Many, many years ago there lived a little boy who showed a great aptitude for numbers. He loved numbers very much and was able to learn how to add and multiply even before he was old enough to go to school. When he was old enough to enter school he found himself presented with a … Read more
Today I saw a great post by master blogger Buck Woody that talks about putting DBA’s into two categories: those you see and those you don’t. I have often subscribed to the theory that the best DBA’s are the ones you never see. The idea is that if you do need to see them, then … Read more
I have two children, ages six and five (Happy Birthday to the boy today, BTW), and they went through a phase where they would ask “why?” for just about everything imaginable. They either grew out of this phase or grew tired of my circular reasoning which resulted in conversations such as: “Papa, why [whatever]?” “I … Read more
Last month I made the pilgrimage to Lake Placid, NY, to celebrate my 12th wedding anniversary with Congress. We made the same trip two years ago, and I am thinking we will keep making the trip again in future years. There are two reasons why. The first is that it is quite peaceful, relaxing, and … Read more
In case you have not yet heard, PASS is running a contest and asking for people to submit their stories regarding the best thing they have learned by attending a PASS conference. The contest runs through July 1st and the winner will get their choice of a free registration to the 2009 PASS Community Summit … Read more
“…but you can hear it on the coconut telegraph…” Well, it happened. Again. I got tagged by Tim Ford (@SQLAgentman), who talks about surviving for six months on a tropical island with your only sustenance being coconuts and you spend the time dreaming about all the things you would like to be spending time doing … Read more
