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Have you ever seen those people on the news scratching their head after they built their home right on the edge of the sea - on a foundation of sand?  They can never quite seem to figure out why their house fell into the ocean one day unexpectedly.

This is the kind of day I’m having at work.  Multiple failures are occurring across many computers affecting hundreds of applications.  Everyone seems befuddled that so much stuff is broken or unavailable.  There is a common denominator at play here.  We trusted a shared disk that supports dozens of computers (maybe hundreds).  This is our version of a sand foundation.  Once it becomes unstable, our whole house of cards starts tumbling down very quickly too.

I now find myself wishing I’d taken two weeks off, not one.

– steve

I don’t do call waiting. I mean to say, we don’t have it. I’ve opted not to pay for that service on our home phone line. I’d get rid of home phone service altogether if my lovely wife didn’t insist we have it. There are kids today who don’t recognize the busy signal or know what it means. How sad is that?

Seems that the days of having a busy signal are over. It feels like the world needs to be in constant communication at every second. I suppose this helps fulfill our need for instant gratification.

It often goes like this. Suppose I’d like to chill and disconnect from the world for a little while.

Then the home phone rings. No message is left.

Seconds later, the cell phone rings. No message is left.

Another few seconds elapse, followed by (you guessed it) home phone again. This time maybe a message.

Then the cell will ring again, and if left unanswered, a message may get left.

Don’t get me wrong, I love talking to you. I do. It’s just that sometimes isn’t a few moments of disconnected time nice? I wonder how anyone survived in the days before call-waiting, cell phones, answering machines?

How long has it been since you’ve heard the busy signal? Better yet, how long has it been since you’ve let callers hear yours?

– steve

Every day I round the corner on this particular road and see a house on the horizon that was recently built.  The front of the house is directly in my crosshairs so to speak.  It drives me nuts becasue when it’s dark, my headlights shine straight into the home’s windows.  It must light up their entire house.  I know this is irrational but it pisses me off.  I mean they have a huge lot.  The house could easily have been positioned to the left or right of the road.  Or perhaps the architect could have placed the garage so it is on the ‘headlight’ side of the home instead the other side.  It’s a design flaw and it makes me crazy for no good reason.

It does make me feel a little better just writting this to get it off my head.

– steve