I haven't checked my RSS reader since two Mondays ago. Sorry folks, but the next time I open it, everything you've written in your blogs will be marked as "read" without actually being read.

The Medalist Band's holiday concert was last night. It's always been at Edinborough Park in Edina. I found out about an hour and a half before the show that it was in Rosemount. About a 45 minute difference in drive time. But even more significant was the fact that a whole bunch of my family (including in and out of towners) was attending. It was a last minute scramble to get a hold of everyone and give them new directions.

The 2nd-most ridiculous requirement on a software development project ever (summed up in my own words): "we want you to implement the system with all out-of-the-box features, but we need it to do all of this custom stuff you can't do out-of-the-box. And can we have it be configurable so that we never have to call you for an enhancement?" Sure. How much time and money do you have? It's not enough.

The 1.5th-most ridiculous requirement: "develop everything with SharePoint lists".

I'm "music-sick". I miss writing and recording music. Our basement still isn't done. It's sooooo close to being finished, but there's just never any time. If it were done, I could make music more easily. We could really use the extra storage space too.

I have four personal days left to take off from work this year. Sweet. Extra-long holiday break for me!

This last paragraph is dedicated to everyone who has an extreme fondness of carp.