Reality Me

Visio Rules! If you program, build databases, or build database driven websites (which counts as programming) then you should be documenting your code within the code itself in the form of comments and externally in documents. My stand-bys are a site map (created in Visio), a data dictionary (created in Word), a data map (created in Visio), and a specification (created in Word). I also maintain a single document that records all my assumptions, questions, and notes about future upgrades or oversights that need to be modified "later." Maintaining these documents is enjoyable and having them on -hand makes the coding go so much smoother.

Jeff Haas, Bruce Gay, Kirk Diebolt, Joanne Grist, Spy Farmer

Student: Quit?
Master: Or go for broke.

Aye! I finally hit a milestone at which I promised myself a reward. Tis good to achieve goals.

I’m sitting here…right here on the Group W bench with that nagging feeling that I’m forgetting to do something. Considering 1000 thoughts are fluttering around in my head like a swarm of bats in a moon lit mosquitoe infested Louisana buyou it is not unusual for me to feel like I am forgetting to do something. But this something has the words "I’ll do that right now" attached to them…words carelessly spoken as one phone call ended and another arrived.

Of course, those words were attached to a request for a copy of my resume. Shining bright today aren’t I?!

…because I chose honesty over making a white lie.

On Sunday I wanted to list multiple reasons I was happy but for some reason felt compelled to focus on one. I wanted to add on Sunday that I was happy because:

• Noah had a great time on the camping trip
• Noah made friends and got to be a regular 9 year old boy
• I was able to impart knowledge on several boys and hopefully was a positive influence in their lives.
• I had adult conversations!
• No major tramas, dramas or injuries
• I still having camping skills
• I was home
• I was with my wife and family again!

Today I can feel the self-flagellations coming so I may need to post several reasons I am happy just to keep the negative thoughts at bay.

I haven’t checked email since Thursday due to the camping trip. I’ve avoided it all day. Here goes…

…that wasn’t so bad.

…because Noah had a fantastic time camping.

Your kids will be learning some fundamentals a little differently than you. That is, every school in the country is going to have to do some quick updating and adults are going to have a hard time with this. That’s right.. Our solar system has ten planets not nine!

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune
9. Pluto (maybe not a planet?)
10. Xena [warrior princess] (temporary name is 2003 UB313)

…because tonight I get to sleep in my bed!

Funny that. Lots of scouts at mcdonalds

Lunch

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