First day of training today. Taking a Sun course on Designing & Architecting J2EE applications. Sounds exciting, right? So far it’s fairly good. Training is always a good change of pace from the office. Met someone in my class who works at AA as well so I at least have someone to chat to […]

Ok, I’m a little slow on blogging this I’m sure as it’s taken me a while to catch up on Battlestar Galactica (which has just been a freakin’ great show!!), thanks to TiVo, but ever since the Cylon whispered in the president’s ear, it’s been obvious to me.
There’s more than one Adama.
They spin it to […]

OMG! My best friend Jennifer Wells (oops, Renner now!) is married. *sigh* I wish all of you from high school could have been there! Jenn and Dennis got married at the J.P. in Plano on Friday, March 11, 2005. It was really nice, the justice took the time to give the vows and helped make […]

Quite a weekend. Although it seems that’s the usual case. I just can’t stay still too long, though I have learned to appreciate the moments where I can just relax.
Ian’s parents came up for the weekend and we had a great time. After Jennifer’s wedding and dinner afterwards (don’t worry, I’m about to blog about […]

Check it out kiddos. Flashback to all the great t-shirts from the 70’s and 80’s that are making such a comeback lately. (Thanks to Mary and Vic for pointing me here)
I of course love the “smile if you’re gay” shirt. (I can’t claim the Donde estan mis pantalones one since Mary’s got that, and Vic’s […]

Get yanked right away this morning into an urgent meeting in regards to my recent code changes, which overruns another meeting I was supposed to be at so I had to run and find someone to fill in for me. Then, I’m told I’m needed on another project due to past experience and it’s urgent, […]

NOT!!! Oh god. I made it through two hours (of of a “Get Motivated!” seminar in Reunion Arena (with thousands of other people) and then I just had to leave.
First off, I wasn’t that interested in going in the first place. But I tried to keep an open mind. After getting there (paying $8 […]

An observation I’ve had of late is how we slip into routines as we grow older in life. I routinely use only parts of my house, talk to certain people, etc. Every now and then we catch a glimpse of something in our lives that is both unexpected and familiar: running into an old […]

Seem to be when I’m doing an update on the weekend! I haven’t blogged as regularly lately, and I promise to try and do better. I feel such pressure from all of you expecting updates and interesting reading material at work!!
Life is good, not a whole lot new happening. I’m very grateful to […]

Oy! I’m ready to go home. Had this long drawn out discussion with another developer and our architect. The architect and I saw it one way, the developer saw it the other way. Basically he wants to write code in the old framework instead of the new, and it will later have to be converted. […]