Monday, October 31, 2005
Introducing......
In response to my sole repeat reader, I've decided today's entry will consist of some history on who it is who is writing this stuff....
I'm Christian, I'm 36 years old. I hate to say that out loud... My wife, Donna is 33, I *think*. I know my kids ages, Hannah is 9 and Calvin is 5. Both were born in July.
Calvin is a typical boy, full of mischief and cuddles in equal amounts. He is obsessed with girls, and loves to attach himself to Hannah's friends when they visit. He can't eat chocolate, if he does, he goes feral for about a day, full of energy and uncontrollable. He loves playing the X-Box ( I won an X-Box at the MVP summit ), especially Crash Bandicoot ( we have no fighting or shooting games, because when we did, he was feral ALL the time ).
Hannah may well be a typical girl, I have no idea. She can be great, but at other times, she is moody, petulant and impossible to get along with. At 9 years old. I love her though.
As will become apparent, I am sure, my great interests in life apart from my family and my church, are computer programming, farming and rock music. To that end, I work as a developer, I have a hobby farm ( madly planting corn and pumpkins at the moment, and all sorts of other summer veggies ), and I play guitar.
I regret to report that I typed this when I was meant to be coding, so that's it for today.
I'm Christian, I'm 36 years old. I hate to say that out loud... My wife, Donna is 33, I *think*. I know my kids ages, Hannah is 9 and Calvin is 5. Both were born in July.
Calvin is a typical boy, full of mischief and cuddles in equal amounts. He is obsessed with girls, and loves to attach himself to Hannah's friends when they visit. He can't eat chocolate, if he does, he goes feral for about a day, full of energy and uncontrollable. He loves playing the X-Box ( I won an X-Box at the MVP summit ), especially Crash Bandicoot ( we have no fighting or shooting games, because when we did, he was feral ALL the time ).
Hannah may well be a typical girl, I have no idea. She can be great, but at other times, she is moody, petulant and impossible to get along with. At 9 years old. I love her though.
As will become apparent, I am sure, my great interests in life apart from my family and my church, are computer programming, farming and rock music. To that end, I work as a developer, I have a hobby farm ( madly planting corn and pumpkins at the moment, and all sorts of other summer veggies ), and I play guitar.
I regret to report that I typed this when I was meant to be coding, so that's it for today.
Friday, October 28, 2005
The pressure....
OK, so I succumbed to the temptation to make one of these blog things, and now two people have gone and read it. But, what happened in my life over the past 24 hours to justify me writing about it ? Not much, really. And now, I have a public to pander to. Oh, the pressure....
Should I write about work ? In theory, I should be learning about WinFX and LINQ around now, but I'm too busy with paying work to find the time. I'm doing a user group presentation on WinFX in a month though, so I guess I'd better get stuck into that.
Should I say something about my farm ? We have 11 acres, and I have chickens, sheep ( on another property until I build some fences ), and I grow a large amount of fruit and veggies. Does anyone care about that, I wonder ?
Should I talk about my family ? My kids are certainly entertaining to me. My son woke me up this morning at 4 am to ask to play the X-Box. We just got one, I won it at the MVP summit, as it happens. My daughter is a good girl, she doesn't wake me. We just need to hose her down to get her out of bed for school every morning.
What else is there ? Well, I could talk about the Islamic guy who has been mailing me with his arguments against Christianity, and ask myself how anyone could believe in a religion that both requires Jesus to have lived, and requires Him to be a liar ?? Or I could talk about music, I'm a big fan of guitar rock ( bought myself a guiter in the US, a left handed Explorer ). I dunno. Perhaps I'll have some sort of revelation between now and the next time I get online....
Should I write about work ? In theory, I should be learning about WinFX and LINQ around now, but I'm too busy with paying work to find the time. I'm doing a user group presentation on WinFX in a month though, so I guess I'd better get stuck into that.
Should I say something about my farm ? We have 11 acres, and I have chickens, sheep ( on another property until I build some fences ), and I grow a large amount of fruit and veggies. Does anyone care about that, I wonder ?
Should I talk about my family ? My kids are certainly entertaining to me. My son woke me up this morning at 4 am to ask to play the X-Box. We just got one, I won it at the MVP summit, as it happens. My daughter is a good girl, she doesn't wake me. We just need to hose her down to get her out of bed for school every morning.
What else is there ? Well, I could talk about the Islamic guy who has been mailing me with his arguments against Christianity, and ask myself how anyone could believe in a religion that both requires Jesus to have lived, and requires Him to be a liar ?? Or I could talk about music, I'm a big fan of guitar rock ( bought myself a guiter in the US, a left handed Explorer ). I dunno. Perhaps I'll have some sort of revelation between now and the next time I get online....
Thursday, October 27, 2005
And once again....
Once again, I've succumbed to the hype. I've jumped on a bandwagon that at this point has already left town, and probably only has 3 wheels left. Yep, I started a blog. I confidently predict that I won't find 5 people worldwide to read it, but I guess it's cheaper than buying a paper diary.
