Student: How can I be happy?
Master: Live the life you have not the life you imagine.
Month: October 2004
Poems
No poetry here for awhile. I think I’ll point out two poems previously written that I think were slightly overlooked.
The first, The Need to Succeed, appeared on Aug 29 and I thought the hidden words were so obvious that comments would come quickly so quickly in fact I gave it only a day before posting, Of Expectations. After a great deal of time passed I went back and highlighted a few things in Of Expectations and connected the two poems with trackbacks.
I thought instead of pointing out there there was more to the poems than what you first see that I would write more and more of these until someone caught on but I haven’t had the creative energy to keep it up. Don’t go looking for anything earth shattering or life changing. It’s not that deep!
Political
From Salon: World to Americans: You’re OK — it’s Bush we hate But if we reelect the least popular man on the planet, we could find ourselves being despised, too.
Because the United States exercises such decisive influence over the lives of everyone else on this planet, some foreign opinion leaders have begun suggesting that non-Americans should also be able to vote for who runs the United States.
if Americans vote Bush out on Nov. 2, it will signal the world that its affection for us is both recognized and reciprocated. And that — to borrow a line from one of the movies that have made American culture so beloved around the world — could be the start of a beautiful friendship
In the Men’s Room
This work safe movie (must watch!) demonstrates why men’s restrooms are more efficient than the ladies. For the ladies reference, there is a disposable travelaid “TravelMate” that disposes some of the concerns for lack of cleanliness described in Rowan’s post by providing the same conveniences that the guys have. Restrooms.org used to have a tutorial on ‘How to Pee Standing’.
Ponderings of a Princess have a related discussion on whether or not peeing in the shower is ok right now. Thanks Tim!
A New Day! Let’s start the day off with a PayPa…
A New Day!
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This Morning
Slept hard last night. Am struggling with being focused and productive today and not totally tripping out.
This is one of those days where I could really use a strong technical sales person working with me and a programming intern.
Bandwagon
So I jumped on the bandwagon and joined BlogExplosion! It really does generate traffic. Now I feel the overwhelming urge to take two days away from work, house and family and do all the redesign work on my blog that I’ve longed to do. I’ll use Tim as my inspiration and role model for balance between work, family and blog!
Walking Sticks
If everyone carried walking sticks but not me, I would be shunned and medicated.
If everyone looked at the ground and you at the sky, I would ask, “What do you see?” If everyone carried walking sticks, I would ask, “What gives you strength?”
Do you keep their same gait? Or walking your own?
From the Mouths of Babes
While pointing at her toes, “Mamma paints Amy’s toenails.”
Of Grasshoppers
Student: When do the lessons end?
Master: When you accept that you are your own master and then the lessons do not end only the teacher changes.
A New Day! Let’s start the day off with a PayPa…
A New Day!
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This Morning
Hard night last night. Tommy had a meltdown. I missed a call with a perspective client. I failed to get some css to work. I didn’t get as much programming done as I wanted and I still feel achy.
Yesterday everything was clicking. I produced some more magical and beautiful code. I have an increase in prospects. I have had discussions with many people about getting Cathy, Amy and I insured. I’m getting ahead on the bills. Yesterday was a real positive day!
If you search Google for "dodge trucks for girls u…
If you search Google for “dodge trucks for girls uterus” I come up 2nd!
Money or Not
The makers of Hot or Not (worksafe. No nudity. Just pictures of guys and girls and you rate them) [for those of you seeking nudity, its Flash Your Rack that is not safe for work] Anyhow, I stumbled across Vote or Not to see that they are giving away $100,000. The form was so simple that I had to try to figure out why and that’s when I found out it was by the Hot or Not founders. Their FAQ. Important note from their faq “Anyone entering more than once will be disqualified.” If you Click this link for Vote or Not and sign up AND win, I also win $100,000.
Whois.org reveals other rating sites as:
GoRateMyBody.com (dead link)
IRateMyBoss.com (dead link)
IRateMyTeacher.com (dead link)
…wow this list is huge (over 2000 sites)! Let’s move to live links.
You have everything from
RateMyArt.com work safe
to RateMyCar.com work safe
to RateMyCamelToe.com nudity- not safe for work!
to some really disgusting ones. I just can’t list these.
A New Day! Let’s start the day off with a PayPa…
A New Day!
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This Morning
I was exercising with some dumb bells every morning (sometimes every other morning) and as dumb as this may sound my dumb bells disappeared.
I allowed myself to go to sleep at midnight last night and at 4am just couldn’t pull myself from bed. I don’t want to leave the house today. I just want to work on my computer all day long.
Progress!
Alright. Did some magnificient programming.. the kind that is behind the scenes and really will never be appreciated for its elegance but I’m very happy with it. Got the family fed and am taking a few moments for myself then back to more programming.
SQL
Wahoo! I just did an INNER JOIN across two different servers!!
Pertent links:
Linking two servers
AND
Heterogeneous queries require the ANSI_NULLS and ANSI_WARNINGS options to be set for the connection. This ensures consistent query semantics. Enable these options and then reissue your query.
