Why Are You Surprised?

So here I am, sitting at home with Congress, who is telling me that she wants to see the finale for the Bachelor because the guy chose one woman, has we-are-getting-married sex with her for six weeks, then dumps her on national television and asks miss I-wasn’t-good-enough-for-you-six-weeks-ago if she wants to go get a cup … Read more

Carbon Footprints

Apparently, someone is concerned with Google searches: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10140142-54.html Now, why are they focusing on Google? I mean, how many hits a day does Amazon.com get? Why pick on Google? What about MSN.com? (I would ask about Live Search but chances are not enough people bother using that for it to matter as far as power … Read more

Whaddya Mean, It's Not Free?

I have been attending the WPPI conference in Las Vegas this week, keeping Congress company. I have been to lots of IT-related conferences in my career, but only a handful of conferences outside my current industry. So I was interested in learning more about how this conference was organized, how it was run, meeting some … Read more

More Chainblogging

Looks like I have been tagged again, this time by Dennis Gobo who wants to know some details of my childhood. The question this time is “what was your first computer and what were some of your favorite games”. I have no idea why Denis wants such intimate details of my early childhood. I can only … Read more

The Broken American DBA

I recently finished reading The Broken American Male by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and wanted to share a few thoughts. Congress and I found his show on TLC a while back (it is no longer on the air) and were disappointed that he did not continue to make additional shows. Of course after I read the book … Read more