It sure seems like it. I’ve spent a good portion of this month in Naperville, IL getting our new Tax Processing Office online and functioning. That’s got to be the longest I’ve been away from home in ages. It was productive but somewhat vexing due to the travel hassles. At least at the end [...]

Today’s got that odd kinda feeling.
I flexed yesterday off and spent the day with Shirley and then my Doctors appointment in the afternoon so it feel like Monday today! A very odd sensation considering its Wednesday. I’ve got to go through the results of the External Penn Test with the internal stake holders [...]

It really doesn’t seem like forty years . I certainly don’t feel any different today after having crossed that almost middle age threshold… I suppose that can be attributed to the “frog in boiling water” analogy right ?
No really big changes going on. Just the every day normal goings on. Lots of work [...]

I know it sounds silly to marvel at something so pedestrian as a sandwich but I find myself is just such a position. I normally make a couple of folded sandwiches with which to break my fast during my hour long morning drive to the office. In recent past these are usually nothing more than [...]

As I was reminded recently, I had a commitment due to a long time acquaintance. Never let is be said that I failed to deliver on that… So enjoy the plane plans!

Just like the reminder from Mike, this plane is a fond memory from bygone days of childhood.

Having been in the Management seat for more than a few times, I often try to give Management the benefit of the doubt. I know that making decisions and then communicating the results of those decisions are some of the hardest things that leaders have to do. Just like the axiom of technology and users; [...]

* WARNING * This post is TECHNICAL!
Ok, so the subject of this is about a specific item that I have been trying to figure out for work. We have two AD Domains right now that are in the process of being merged into a forest domain. The Forest Domain is a “.local” type and has [...]

It’s been really slow posting this year. When I look back over the last couple of months and I see only two posts it gets a bit depressing. Not to say that life itself if depressing but rather the opposite. I have a great new Job that I am absolutely loving and the family life [...]

It’s been a looooong week. Not in a bad way but just long because of the hours involved. I was in the VMware Infrastructure 3: Fast Track Program class at MicroTek in King of Prussia. The course basically compresses two individual week long courses into one week comprised of ten hour lectures and labs. Then [...]

I’ve been using social networking sites like LinkedIn for a number of years now. I’ve found it to be a nice way to keep in touch with past professional acquaintances. I usually add people that I’ve met professionally to my LinkedIn contacts without too much concern but a recent event forced me to think a [...]