Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
As many of you know, I spent 42 years plying the waters of computer-based technology to provide for myself and my family. In addition to that, I worked programming computers since I first took a computer science course in 1967 in summer school in between 8th and 9th grade. I learned a lot about programming,... Continue Reading →
The weekend is here and it’s time to visit Cheryl at the bar and work our way around Linda G. Hill’s famous Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘weigh/way/whey.’ Use one, use ’em all, bonus points if you do that last thing. Enjoy!” Let’s have some fun.... Continue Reading →
This weekend saw an odd convergence of ideas in my area of space. First off, on Friday, I was talking to one of my favorite people about all things data, analytics and marketing. He gave me what I think will be my one-liner for Wednesday (unless something better comes along), and we laughed and marveled... Continue Reading →
I’ll start today’s rant with the dumbest thing since Labor Day. No, I don’t mean to imply that Labor Day is a dumb thing – that’s a temporal reference – and yes, I’m using that term in an effort to make Mary think that I’m thinking of Star Trek, which I am. She probably won’t... Continue Reading →
If we were having a beer, you’d be showing signs of an attitude. “So, where were you this week?” “Who are you, my wife?” “Sorry, it’s just that, for a while there, you were getting to be a regular at least one night during the week. I was here Tuesday and Wednesday and you were... Continue Reading →
A few days ago, actually, it was over a week ago, but there’s no real time-keeper in the blog universe…is there? Anyway, whenever it was, I was reading a post from my blog-buddy Dan. You know Dan. Dan is the guy in southern California who is sometimes in Poland and sometimes in a pool hall... Continue Reading →
Have you every ordered something to eat that you knew you didn’t want? On more than one occasion, I’ve ordered a third chilidog. I love those things, but I should never eat more than two. Imagine how much worse that would be if after I ordered three chilidogs, the guy said: “that’s going to take... Continue Reading →
