A long day today changing all the brakes on the BMW. Took quite a few hours and still have to route a new sensor wire tomorrow

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Sprinkler blowout day. Not sure if I'm a little early but I don't want to gamble anymore. Plus it's warm today

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Monday morning looks way different than most weeks

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I like it when my ride is waiting

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Flying into Pittsburgh. Cool to see a nuclear plant from the sky

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Shirt du jour at SQL Saturday Pittsburgh 2024

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Only gonna do this two more times this year (after today). Down to my last 3 trips, starting with Pittsburgh this weekend. Only my second time there and looking forward to seeing lots of friends.

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My wife left town. Kid #1 moved out last year. Kid #2 went to a concert. Kid #3 had a date. Me and this crew are home alone, unsure of what to do. Leftovers and a little Netflix on the agenda.

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Colorado Has Great Work Life Balance

 A report based on a survey says Colorado has the best balance between work and life.

It's a survey, so take it with a grain of salt. Only a small number of people were surveyed, and likely, they were all professionals with good, salaried jobs. This doesn't mean Colorado is great, but that it's the best of many bad situations.

For context, here are some of the stats

All good things, all apply to me and many in my industry.

But, for the average person in Colorado (or anywhere), they might work a lower-skilled job, or be a tradesperson, or a teacher, or some other job where they commute every day, they work more than 40 hours, they get no maternity or paternity.

Colorado is a great place to live, but for many people, life may not be great. This isn't a Trump or Biden thing, or a Democrat or GOP thing. This is a sad fact of the modern world, where technology and very large companies have eroded a lot of things in the world that made the top of the lower class through the middle class successful.

I read a few comments when our governor posted this link. I see the anger and the disbelief, but that's because those people don't see life the same way and don't have the advantages of those that answered the survey.

Or they're just mad at Democrats. That's a stupid view, and equal to the stupid view that all Republicans are a problem.

78F in Denver today. Still warm enough but the gym bailed and drained the pool. Until next summer

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Afternoon break

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Leaving BOS. A fun bit tiring trip. Down to 3 for the year

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A less exciting view today

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Appropriate for a walk through Boston?

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Great views in downtown Boston today. Not of me, though hopefully I said something smart.

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Morning view in Boston

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Back again. Had a fun train ride to the A gates, on to B gates, and back to A gates because I don't know to check a boarding pass. Still managed to get here in time to get some food.

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Evening views

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Morning view.

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Last day of the year outside. 2:10/100 which is much faster when I haven't spent half a day on ranch work

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A little lunch at Classified, a private restaurant at EWR. Pretty neat, a bit pricey but very quiet

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Planes, trains, automobiles Punctuated by shoes carrying me around the world Now a bus, riding through the English countryside Before more shoes, planes, and cars tomorrow.

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I find myself lucky enough to find a seat in a train as I leave Cambridge, Lucky enough to be able and allowed to visit this small city in another country. I am smiling sadly as the memories of quick goodbyes with friends linger Tempered by the anticipation of meeting another colleague on a Reading, a city I've never visited The view backward, literally from my seat, and figuratively in my head is full of life. If I'm lucky enough the view forward contains more of the same.

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My quiet corner in the Redgate office where I can take a break and strum for a few minutes.

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A little reminiscing before the event today. Walked around campus, which I last did in 1986. This was Shaw,.my freshman dorm. I walked through the doors here one morning in 1986, checked my mail and went into the common area. I stopped to watch the space shuttle take off, intending to go study. Instead I saw the Challenger explode. A sad and wild day as many of us were glued to the little media we had trying to understand what went wrong. The glass sides are the dining hall, where I ate most meals. I'd often see Rony Seikly, Pearl Washington, Sherman Douglas and more in here at lunch. This was the closest dorm to the South campus area where they had afternoon practice.

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Shirt du jour. When your only home for 10 hours, sometimes you don't pack well

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That's my next plane over on the right. We've been on the ground for 45 minutes looking for a gate. The flight closes in 6 minutes. Will I make it?

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10 hours at home and I'm back

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Not often I get to fly over the ranch but did on the way home from Dallas. Now 12 hours until I'm back at DIA for a morning flight

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Shirt du jour. Felt appropriate

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Office for the day

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Jerry-World

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Haven't been here for a minute. Off to Dallas for 28 hours

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Leaving on a trip tomorrow so packing for the family

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A busy day. Hay in feeders for the horses 🐎 then a short break before water and pens cleaned. Then spending manure and dropping this big bales for a few horses that are separated from the herd. Now I'm trying to eradicate some prarie dogs. On a 85F day, I really appreciate the work done on the ranch every day while I door at my desk.

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The ranch manager is on vacation so it's my weekend for chores. A nice quiet morning wandering around the ranch. Now back to the desk

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Trailer house

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Construction at the ranch

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Site prep day

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Leaving New York. Until next year

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A quiet visit to the UN

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Today's views

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Way downtown today

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Watching Bob Ward talk AI at the Redgate Software Summit

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Afternoon snacks

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Morning setup for the Redgate Summit

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Dinner view from New Jersey

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Breakfast in Greenwich Village as I make my way to Jersey City

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Guess where I am?

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Monday morning office view. Got a long commute today.

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