Talking to the Owl

My little one has developed quite an interest in techy things.  Last week she ate several pages from the Struts-Ajax book and this morning she happily ripped out some notes from a binder I had from a Java conference.  I’m in Sql Server Analysis Services training, our architect is starting to assign me tasks in C#, and what’s really sick is that I’m enjoying it! I wonder if the universe is trying to tell me something?  Perhaps the Java books around my desk are just choking hazards and need to be recycled?  Perhaps I need to just forget this open source nonsense and become a minion of the evil empire?

I am amazed at how easy it is to create databases, duplicate databases in SQL server, create schemas, build OLAP services.  It feels like a developers database, unlike Oracle, which feels like a DBA’s database.  I can create my own sandboxes with slick tools, interface with web services, the documentation is complete and there aren’t new releases every six months to sort through. 

I woke up with the brilliant idea that maybe I should quit my job and study to become a fight director like Roberta Brown.  She is, after all, from Rhode Island, and I’m from Rhode Island.  I’ve had mime, ballet and fencing training.  Maybe this is my calling?  Wouldn’t it be fun to put together something like this: