So at work I am currently working with a Mazak CNC lathe (similar to the quick-turn model in the link but older by about 8 years or so) basically it does all the work I just have to change out the part and push the cycle start button. The parts go for a project out at the INEL and I have no clue what they are, or what they do, nor are we told what they are, or what they do.

Anyway I have a lot of spare time while the machine runs through its cycle and so I have been bouncing back and forth between reading George Orwell's 1984 and studying time travel on the internet, both theoretical and fictional. I came across a very interesting series of videos on youtube.com that come from TLC or Discovery Channel about Dr. Ronald Mallett a professor of physics at the University of Connecticut. He is building a machine that might be able to accelerate small particles faster then the speed of light to sort of break the laws of physics and actually send a sub-atomic particle back in time. This is amazing stuff as prior to his work most physicists believed that time travel was theoretically possible but only in the forward direction. Basically as you approach the speed of light time slows down for you but continues on at the same speed for everyone else, launching you into the future. (I'm sure I am totally butchering the explanation as I'm nothing more then a very amateur fan of physics.)

So I am watching these videos on his work and his hope to someday create an actual time machine when I come across this completely wacky video of this complete loony talking about time travel, the Philadelphia Experiment, and Nikola Tesla. (Tesla an absolutely amazing man, if you ever get the chance to spend some time learning about Mr. Tesla you should take it. Obviously a man born way before his time.) If you enjoy watching complete crazies like I do here is the link. I laughed so hard my chest hurt, I absolutely love listening to people like this guy. Conspiracy theorists that don't need a single shred of fact to base their wild crazy beliefs on. If you have ever listened to Coast to Coast AM you know the type of people I'm talking about. They play that show late at night on the local AM station here and I absolutely love listening to these people, it helps me remember that no matter how crazy I am or how kooky my ideas are, there is always someone out there that is ten times worse then me.