And the whirlwind came...

So this afternoon I helped Sarah deliver some long overdue girlscout cookies. Then I scored some more programming. Then the boys and I joined the ladies at the mall to help with the girlscout cookie booth and relieve them for dinners. As I returned home Molly was outside and heard the Jeep and bolted down the street for it. The neighbors and Cathy thought I was going to mow her down. Spent some quality time with the neighbors afterwards and that was much fun. Time to settle.

And the day is off!

Had a great meeting with my clients followed by helping a little at the girl scout cookie booth. Came home to debate programming or cleaning but need to run some errands first.

Poof

I like programming because sometimes it feels like I'm performing magic!

Productivity waining

7:45 and that past few hours have been great for programming. The house is coming to life and time before my meeting is running out.

Lots of worms to be caught

It's 6:10am on a Saturday morning and the 8 year old and 2.5 year old have both risen. The 8 year old goes to play with Playmobile and the 2.5 year old immediately requests The Incredibles.

  

Ban gay marriages / beat up your wife

Joestump.net points out that the bans on gay marriages are opening legal loopholes making prosecution of domestic abuse difficult.

Progress!

Two major issues resolved on a project. Excellent! Moving onto another project.

Nice and quiet

I like programming at 3am. It's so quiet. I'll watch the dog take a walk in the crisp air while having a steaming coffee and just stare at the stars while listening to the peace.

Lack of progress

14 hours ago I started trying to write 30 minutes of code. Now I have 11 hours to complete 40 hours of work. I'm tired.

Blogger is back!

I was unable to use Blogger for a day and a half. I was certain that I was having network issues because Google wouldn't allow that much downtime would they? Wherever the problem lay, it seems fixed now.

I have a day and a half of writings cooped up in me but I have weeks of coding begging to get out so I best return to client obligations.

3 Dog Night

It wasn't until recently that I understood "three dog night." I always thought that meant spring up and shout "Jeremiah was a bullfrog. Was a good friend of mine..." Apparently 3 dog night refers to temperature. A 3 dog night means that to stay warm you needed 3 dogs in the bed with you. Thank you Cathy for explaining that to me.

We have 2 dog nights occasionally around here but usually its just a one dog night. Molly plays a game with me. She takes my spot in the bed until I'm ready to come to bed. It's funny and at the same time guarantees me a warm spot to settle into.

Some things do change with time

Remember when gay meant gay? Apparently other words have changed meaning over the years too. Batman's Greatest Boner

Thanks to drawn! for the link!

Free CPR in Knoxville this Saturday - Learn to give life!

The American Red Cross-Knoxville Area Chapter, in conjunction with other chapters throughout East Tennessee, is hosting the 11th annual FREE CPR Saturday in thirteen counties throughout our region. The event will be held on Saturday, March 19th from 9am to 1pm at the Knoxville Convention Center.

Attendees will learn rescue breathing, how to respond to an unconscious and conscious victim, how to perform adult CPR, and many other aspects of responding to emergencies. Upon completion of the course (normally $27), participants are certified in CPR for one year. And again, it's FREE.

For more information or to register, call 865-584-2999.

Feels so good!

In school I used to love to do math because not only could you solve a problem, you could solve it again and prove your answer. Math has a tangible success. You do it and receive instant gratification. Coding is much the same. I actually got to code this morning! And I produced results! And the client is happy.

Now onto more difficult, less quickly solved problems.

Obsessive Compulsive Dog

So the puppy is finally starting to figure out that poop and pee goes outside. She's even picked 2 favorite spots. What's funny is that she doesn't seem capable of going unless she and I have played soccer. I take a blue soccer ball and I'll kick it over the house or down to the lower lot and she will take off with exuberance to find this ball. She'll run down the hill and bring the ball back to me. I'll kick it a second time and she'll return holding this blue soccer ball in her mouth but this time she'll bypass me and go to her spot. She won't let go of the ball while doing her business. It's the funniest sight! Of course it only makes sense that our family would end up with a dog with rules and rituals.

Well Hung

In today's home repairs I rehung the towel rack on the back of the bathroom door (with the proper hex screw so it will stay hung) and I hung the vinyl levelor blinds in Noah's bedroom window so he can stop flashing the neighbors.

Ah! Feels great to make progress on the house!

New and improved FireFox!

I uninstalled Firefox and deleted all references to extensions and temporary files. When I inspected the registry I had references to Firebird and versions predataing .8. With the machine cleaned and a fresh install of Firefox 1.0.1 I'm hoping to be a happier camper. I'll clutter it with extensions soon but not Tabbrowser Extensions. I can live without saving tab sessions if it means better browsing.

FireFuked

Seems as though my installation of FireFox has bitten the dust. I am blaming the Tabbrowser Extension as I have not seem any of this behavior on other computers. Of course, I do use this one the heaviest and it is the only one with Avast! installed. I will completely uninstall FireFox and reinstall to see if things improve. After using FireFox so much, Internet Explorer just seems so pathethic.

Cool! Gross! Beautiful!

Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching a hawk sit in a tree in the backyard and have its lunch. It tore apart a mouse (some kind of rodent), cleaned its beak then flew away. I learned how to use the digital zoom on Cathy's Canon Powershot A95 just after it flew away. For those wanting the same, you move the switch to the picture of the mountain then click the thumb button on the back of the camera down where it reads a picture of a flower and MF; this turns on a magnified sqaure in the viewer and you can use the zoom toggle to move in a little closer. Remember, this is a digital zoom so some quality will be sacrificed.

Of Grasshoppers

Student: How do I learn responsibility?
Master: Teach responsibility.