Category Archives: Cat Vacuuming

When I know I should be doing something else.

Other than GET A FUCKING HAIR CUT…

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Good christ.

My buddy Jenny sent me this picture after I sent her a series of pictures from not-too-long-ago. This, I guess, is old school. When I saw the picture, after I dried my tears, I wondered, “what could I tell this kid?”

If I could give this goofy looking motherfucker one bit of advice, I would tell him that, “It’s all going to work out.” I wouldn’t warn him away from any of the mistakes–even the colossal ones–nor would I say anything about how quickly things would change for him. I could try and tell him to “get more organized” but he’s a smug bastard who’d just flip me the bird.

In short, I wouldn’t tell him to change. I’d just remind him that he’d manage to work everything out in the end.

Speaking of work, I am behind 4k word on Nano right now. That catch up begins after class…

International Hot Damn Day

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Tomorrow, One Pretentious Bastard will host the first annual HOT DAMN! DAY. What is HOT DAMN! DAY? Glad you asked…

Back in College, whenever a number of us were upset, we would gather in the middle of a quad and yell HOT DAMN before heading off to IHOP or Perkins or some other late-night stop. The point was to just let go for a minute and just allow oneself to get through a series of rough or stressful times. We can’t really do a HOT DAMN! DAY on campus anymore, nor should people in large urban environments walk out into their neighborhood and scream HOT DAMN!

So I am inviting people–friends, fellow bloggers, acquaintances–to post a HOT DAMN tomorrow. A random yell may do us all a lot of good.

The Problem With IT

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I’m taking a break from my text/Business Speak Primer to blog about my concerns regarding IT and Project Management. I had to put the book down and get these thoughts out; otherwise, I’d go crazy.

I have heard, and read, very few good things about IT management. Every developer (and testers) I’ve talked to–about seven people whose opinions I trust–have said point blank that project managers have no idea what they are doing. This is the cleaned-up version. I think I figured out why. The text books are geared more towards business jargon than pratical understanding.

The text I’m currently reading for my pre-requisite courses reads more like an advert for Microsoft Project and Visio than a primer on the basic concepts of systems analysis. It’s redonkulous. If I want to see how a software package works, I’ll look at the demos.

While the text-ad is terrible, the company speak is worse. I fully recognize that working with Information Systems combines business memes and techy-speak. Ending every damn chapter with “every corporation…” does not help me get the necessary concepts.

Thank God that we’re applying the ideas behind “life cycle development” directly into practice with our weekly projects. Relying on this text would create an even bigger glut of project noobs.

In Which Our Author Blogs Nervously

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I write a serious post that gets picked up by wordpress.com and all of a sudden, I’m out of words. More accurately, I’m out of posts. I have a few things I want to write about politics, health care, the Right and a critique of myself (and the rest of the progressive Left) but I got nothing. Nada. Zero. Zilch. I’m instead focused on grad school, other writing projects and a wedding that is happening in a few months…

However, my friend Gabby sent this to me earlier today. It’s a funky little groove that helped break my worries about my work trip (the one I leave for in ten minutes). I hope you enjoy it.

Next stop, Dallas!