"Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; there shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD ( Read more... )

I meant to mention this earlier, but I've started another one of my self control experiments ( Read more... )

There was a time when I had considered going into business management and economics instead of computer science.  I had reasoned that there was significantly more money to be made in banking than programming, and even those many years ago I had dreamt of financial freedom.  I ended up sticking with computer science because, to me, it was more ( Read more... )

It is my understanding that there are distinct differences between being a dork, nerd, and/or geek, and that none of them are specifically inclusive or exclusive of the others ( Read more... )

"Time makes more converts than reason ( Read more... )

I wasn't the one drinking, and "the boys" in this case happen to be co-workers, two of which were actually females.  Started at Chili's, then transitioned to a more typical bar, losing a few of our group in the transition.  It was funny and informative, and I was an acting designated driver which is good because some of our group were drunk enough ( Read more... )

We had a team meeting today, and I was excited about the prospect of showing off our group's latest achievements to my manager.  Last night was a big milestone, and this morning we had both of the devices at the meeting and were ready to go.  So my manager has one device, my co-worker the other.  We ask him to start the server application so we can ( Read more... )

I'm not what most people would consider a "mellow" person, but I do have decent self-control and my flare ups of frustration tend to be short lived.  However, today, for the first time in at least several months, I find myself brooding in my irritation ( Read more... )

"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities ( Read more... )

"The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any ( Read more... )