It’s been two weeks since I started working at ye olde online retailer.\u00a0 Things are going well.\u00a0 Everyone I work with has been super nice.\u00a0 My boss is great.<\/p>\n
These first two weeks have been about learning their database.\u00a0 I only started to do “real” work late last week.\u00a0 It’s 100% straight up SQL, no chaser.\u00a0 I have the option of using Business Objects Desktop Intelligence or Crystal Reports.\u00a0 However, for now, I’m going to take this opportunity to delve into some of the more esoteric SQL stuff that I never used in my 12 years at ye olde newspaper.<\/p>\n
The company is celebrating their 10th anniversary.\u00a0 As part of that, the CEO hosted a party for everyone at the Saltair Pavillion with special guests…\u00a0 The Wallflowers.\u00a0 It was a fun show, but the drinks at Saltair are pricey!\u00a0 Good thing we were all given a couple of drink coupons to keep us from going thirsty.\u00a0 If you know what I mean… and I think you do.\u00a0 At any rate, I can now check off “see Bob Dylan’s son” off my bucket list.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
One other work related thing.\u00a0 Commuting is super easy now.\u00a0 I live less than 10 miles from the office.\u00a0 That sure beats the nearly 3 hour drive I had in Illinois.\u00a0 I can also catch a bus a couple of blocks from my apartment that takes me directly to my office without transfers.\u00a0 I even rode my bike part of the way and used the bus the rest of the way a couple of times.\u00a0 Gotta love that!<\/p>\n
Liz is doing great.\u00a0 She just got a cool new haircut.\u00a0 You can see pictures on Facebook.\u00a0 I think she looks FAB!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The puppy is doing well, but as it gets colder… it becomes more difficult to get motivated to go for walks. She’s big now… 63+ pounds… and growing.\u00a0 She has developed an unfortunate trait.\u00a0 She’s starting to become a digger.\u00a0 I think we may have inadvertently contributed to this behavior taking root.\u00a0 Now we’ll have to figure out a way to undo it before it becomes a serious problem.<\/p>\n
Kiko is doing OK… has an ear infection at the moment, but he’s doing his thing… which mostly involves sleeping on the bear chair.<\/p>\n
I’ve come to realize that I don’t use Livejournal nearly as much as I used to.\u00a0 That’s kinda sad… really.\u00a0 I like LJ a lot, but it’s not as conducive to the quick bursts that I’m doing lately.\u00a0 Right now my platform of choice is Facebook… but I would dump it for something better in a heartbeat.\u00a0 If Facebook had tag support, better group options (it would be nice to make a posting only viewable by a certain group (a la Livejournal), a decent search, and doubled the max character limit… it would be perfect.\u00a0 Oh well.<\/p>\n
That said…\u00a0 if you haven’t joined Facebook…\u00a0 you should…\u00a0 and be sure to friend me.\u00a0 I post a lot of fun stuff there… not just navel-gazing.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Later gang… for my Orlando peeps… I’ll probably be in Orlando for a few days around Christmas.\u00a0 I don’t have a lot of vacation days with my new job so I’m not sure exactly when, but Christmas weekend for sure.\u00a0 See you then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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