My dad, brother, and I are going to the Reds-Braves game today (well, this was written in the past into the future!). I'll maybe have some photos up soon...but as always, we'll see.
A winner is me (of trades)
I'm thinking to myself that my franchise team is doing really well. I've got loads of good players, reinforcements in the minors, and a secure future. I'm like 30-3. My one problem is the clean up spot. So (as previous readers know), I signed Barry... er Reggie Stocker. As the season progresses, I see two…
Patriotism Versus Nationalism In A Nutshell
I like the idea of fields of study such as womens' studies and anthropology because they take the least-able people and put them in a place where they cannot screw up the well-functioning order of our society. Tony, meanwhile, likes the idea of fields of study such as womens' studies and anthropology, but would prefer…
Education and experience in the work place (NOT FUNNY!!!)
As you may have guessed by my post about going back to school, I am also reentering the job market. As I apply for jobs, I've been thinking about what makes a person employable or what particular strengths are critical for getting a job. Interviews are important, and most business publications focus on that, but…
The Knife Cuts Both Ways
Polar bears are on the endangered species list, threatened by global warming (ignore the part about it not having warmed since 1998). Alaska's governor, Sarah Palin, is suing to take them off of the list, and as the New York Post points out, if she fails, this means that a federal judge could basically allow…
If This Were President Bush, There’d Already Be A Book Written…
Barack Obama has a rather interesting way with words and ideas. Sure, he isn't too great at geography or numbers of states or, well, more geography. Fortunately, though, he's not just an idiot who makes a lot of silly mistakes! After all, he's not a Republican, so he can't possibly be stupid and we should…
Programming Links Of The Day, 5/26
A co-worker of mine had to insert a lot of rows into a SQL Server database and wanted to do it in one nice query. In MySQL, the answer is simple: insert into table (fields) values (fields_1), (fields_2), ..., (fields_n); I wasn't sure if MS SQL could do the same, but it looks like it…
Links To Pass Around
Graphs on index cards are a perfect way of explaining truth. My absolute favorite is this one. I laughed until I plotzed, as Krusty the Clown would say. Cumulative Model is an praxaeological look at driving. I have taken to it quite well as a result of its occasional counter-intuitiveness and curmudgeonliness. Need a product?…
Programming Links Of The Day, 5/24
I haven't done one of these in a while, but here are some links. A little while back, I was wanting to do an Upsert-style statement in MS SQL. It turns out that such a statement does not exist, but Katmai will have an updated version of Merge, which acts as a conditional statement. We…
Internetsless
At the moment, I do not have a connection to the Internets at home, as I have not yet ordered it. This has curtailed my time online and hurt my recent ability to blog. I'm going to queue up some posts and schedule them to come down the pike over the next few days as…
36 Chambers - The Legendary Journeys: Execution to the max! 