Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren

to write a bit about why I wrote something. I complained to him that he

has some "mechanical" posts on this blog that just mention he wrote

something with some questions, and don't really blog about why he wrote

something. He challenged me to write about why I wrote something, so

here I am.

I listen and watch sports quite a bit, too much if you ask my wife, but it's a release and it's exciting to me. I heard one of the people on radio talking about the value of two programs and how one spent much less money on their entire program, but had a similar level of success. Not as great, but they spent much less money, so they were a great value.

I like to say I'm always working, and in some sense I am. Every conversation, everything I hear, even sometimes the thoughts as I'm walking to the barn to shovel manure, give me ideas for editorials. I often relate them back to data, though not always. In this case I wondered about the value of systems we by. Do you need speed (performance) or value (budget well spent).

Curious to see what others think.