2012: New Year, New Goals

Happy New Year to all! At the start of 2011, I laid out some goals for the year and did an update on them back in July. Now that it’s 2012 it’s a great time to take a look at what I accomplished (and fell short on) last year and also set some new targets. [...]

The Bucket List

A while back, honorary SQL geek Sarah Sjolander (blog | twitter) posted her bucket list after watching the movie of the same name. I have yet to see that movie, but thought I’d share my own personal bucket list that (until now) resided only in my head. These items are listed in descending [...]

Three Events That Brought Me Here

Back in January, Paul Randal (Blog | Twitter) started a wonderful blog meme that asked you to write about 3 events in your life that brought you to where you are today.  I had the pleasure of reading many excellent posts written by people that I really look up to.  I wanted to participate, but [...]