2010 Goals and Themeword

It’s that time of year again, the time where we all think about what we want to accomplish for the next twelve months. Since I did fairly well with my 2009 goals, and since it is always a good idea to write down your objectives, I decided to get my done today and then tag [...]

SQL Prime Rib

We decided to host Christmas dinner for our families this year. There were to be about fifteen people coming over for dinner. Suzanne and I set the menu and we went with a standing rib roast as the main attraction. Early in the week Suzanne stopped at our local meat outlet and walked out with [...]

SQL University Hoops Practice

OK everyone, great job against UDB the other night. It was a real team effort and it made me proud to see just how far we have come in a short amount of time. Our last game is tomorrow afternoon, making this our last practice for the semester. We have to head across town to [...]

A [DBA] Christmas Story

With Christmas coming this Friday I wanted to take some time and reflect upon the past year. 2009 has been quite a ride for me professionally and personally. Lots of action over the past twelve months. I wanted to take some time to reflect, recharge, and redirect where I want to go over the next [...]

Finding Servers On Your Network

I have seen more than one blog post written about how you can use sqlcmd /L to find the SQL Servers on your network. I have seen it mentioned so many times, in fact, that I started to believe it myself. I mean, why would I doubt such statements, especially when I have never used /L [...]

PASS Board Year End Summary

Rushabh Mehta recently posted a blog entry that helps to describe how the PASS Board members have operated in the past with regards to portfolio assignments. After reading his post it occurred to me that I should do a year end summary for my involvement on the PASS Board of Directors.
Last December I was asked [...]

Those Four Little Words

In my life I have managed to upset enough people with just a few words. Well, sometimes it is more than just a few. And other times it is how the message gets delivered. But in my experience there are four words that when spoken, no matter what the context or tone, they will more [...]

Starting Conversations and Making Friends

I finally got around to finishing the book I received from Don Gabor at the PASS Summit, How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends. The book is a great read and I would recommend it to anyone that is looking for some extra help with their communication skills.

 
I attended Don’s seminar at the PASS [...]

Review 2009 Goals

As we close out 2009 I wanted to check back on the goals I had set last year. To recap, I wanted to do the following:

Get elected to the PASS Board
Use my Six Sigma training
Learn more about virtualization
Spend more time with my children

Well, I got elected (and a big ‘thank-you’ to all of my supporters), [...]

What Is Your Biggest Weakness

It has been a while since I have been tagged in a chainpost but Brent Ozar tagged me the other day. As soon as I read the question my first response was “my biggest weakness is responding to these chainposts”. That’s when I realized my biggest weakness is that I am an asshole curmudgeon but Suzanne [...]