The last two weeks have been long indeed, and it hit me tonight that I’m tired, and that I really need to get away from the computer. My back is doing extremely well, and I want to get out for a nice long, gentle hike. There’s also an Art Deco neighborhood somewhere in St. Lou […]
Category: Burningbird
On writing
I know I said this once before, but it’s worth repeating: Mama don’t let your babies grow up to be writers. Once you step over the line from being a writer who lives to write to being a writer who writes to live, you’ve entered Dante’s Eleventh Circle. The bad one. The one […]
I sent a note to the RDF Interest Group today, telling them about the draft of the book. I’ve already received some excellent feedback. Some people climb mountains. Others scale rock cliffs, or dive the deepest depths of the ocean. Still others race cars at 180 MPH, ride bulls, or sail across the ocean in a […]
Hiho it’s off to edit I go
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I kept waking up last night with answers to the questions from yesterday’s interview popping into my head. The experience is comparable to a web bot being sent for information and returning two days later. Nice, but a little late. I’m feeling more than a little tired today, so not […]
Blew it
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I didn’t want to say anything before hand but I had an interview with Anhueser-Busch today. It was a J2EE developer position, and the location was ten minutes from my house. I met with the manager and four other people, and they started asking about EJB containers right off the […]
