Well, you honked my horn with this one. I sing and play keyboard and I even do it in public. I also fool around a little with the...

I'm a VB.Net developer. I learned BASIC years ago in the 70s, but I actually started programming in classic ASP with Visual Studio 6 (ugly). I have nothing...

I'm partying with Tom.

Hi Lekha,

Thanks for the response but I figured out what was happening. As it turned out, it was way simpler than I thought. Somehow the datatype of the...

Jeff, that solution for Age in Years is sweet. (I have saved it for future use.)

Thanks 😀

Steve, you are absolutely right about needing to "bend like a reed". We all need to do this and the person who does will be happier and will live...

Typically, my questions are about how to get Reporting Services to do what I want, so it's never a "cut and paste" solution. I try to glean the concept...

Wow, I must be lucky. Every place I've worked, I've gotten comp time for overtime worked. Sometimes; it's official; sometimes not.

I'll start my weekend counting my blessings ....

I don't have a world of spare time so I only read somewhere between 10 and 20 books per year.

I'm not sure how I feel about the digital reading thing....

Sushi, fresh fruit (peeled, cleaned, and sliced), and a couple of bottles of fine Chardonnay would work for me.

Stress exists for everyone and we must learn to deal with it. I've gotten better at it, but my stress handling is still a work in progress. I...

Gift Peddie, I'm so sorry that you've had such a bad run of things. I also live in Texas where the rednecks do run wild, but I haven't had...

I'm in my fifties, but didn't start with computers until my late 30s, so I feel like I'm still growing - slowly sometimes, but growing.

I agree about the body aches,...

I'm a developer with B.A. in Psychology and A.A.S. in Computer Programming. The 4-year degree got me in the door and the 2-year degree gave me a clue as...

I am a database application programmer (VB.Net) who had the good fortune to be mentored by a great DBA in my last job. My knowledge of SQL makes me...