Change is GOOD

I changed back to the original style that I had in the beginning. I like it. So there.

So...yesterday was a heavy post (relative to most of this blog). I'll try and keep today's light and airy, like a Twinkie. All flavor, no nutritional value.

On the cycling front, I am trying to get ready for my LiveSTRONG ride (go donate! PLEASE?) still. I WILL do 100 miles. Not non-stop, of course. they have rest stops with snackies and drinkies. I'm not one to pass up snackies and drinkies. I got up early this morning (not a usual thing for me) and rode ~15 miles. Not very far, but I do have to work...it had three good climbs, so there. I want this gadget incredibly bad. If anyone is willing to buy one for me, I'll take it. I'll even say, "Thank you, kind sir or madam, for so generous a gift." It would be very nice to know some of the things that I currently do not know on my ride, like my cadence and total altitude gain. Then I could come back from the 15 mile ride and brag about the 2000' I climbed. well, it's probably more like 1000'...but still. I hadn't ridden at all this week until this morning, it's so hot here. That's why I got up early. It wasn't exactly cool, but it wasn't hot yet either. There was no wind so I perspired quite profusely, especially on the climbs. But it's already 98 outside, and it isn't even noon. So my rides during a heat wave are either early morning or late afternoon/evening.

Change of Subject.

I'm reading two books right now. I do this alot...but this time it's different because neither of these books are in the realm of "pleasure" reading. The first one is "Time Management for System Administrators" by Tom Limoncelli. This is actually a very good book. I know there are tons of time management books, courses, techniques, etc...what makes this different is that it's geared towards my industry, which has its own unique challenges regarding time management. I can't think of any other industry that is so interrupt-driven. We all deal with interrupts, I know. If you are a sysad, I recommend this book. If you are not a sysad but deal with juggling interrupts and long-term projects, I recommend this book. tom has a great writing style and is very much a geek. He's WAY smart without being arrogant (too much of that in my industry).

The second book is "The CISSP and CAP Prep Guide" by Ronald Krutz and Russell Dean Vines. This is solely to get my CISSP, which is a target of mine for this year. I am trying to ramp up my study cycles on this stuff, for many reasons, some of them obvious. It's a good book, considering that it is covering very technical and detailed content that would absolutely bore a normal person to tears. Well, it bores me to tears as well...but I HAVE to read it.

This doesn't leave much for recreational reading, which I like. Oh well...the sacrifices we make.

Oh. OH, OH, OH! I almost forgot...my good buddy Adam is a new father! well, new in the since that they just had another baby. This one's another girl...poor Wyatt . I don't know all the details, I think it just happened this morning. Congrats, bro! Guess we aren't having coffee today...

that's all for now. cya on the flip side.