The Hula Hula Boys
So my first big adventure as DevelopMentor brain has drawn to an end. Today, we closed out the first round of the SQL Server Magazine Roadshows. As the the Dallas group, I have to say -- once again -- that they great! Thanks for putting up with the sweltering room, room swaps and having to venture around to different floors to come be with me today if you did, it was much appreciated.
I'm getting ready to crash for the night and was just relaxing with some music. Warren Zevon's Hula Hula Boys came up in the shuffle. The gist of this song is lammenting life with an unfaithful woman while visiting Maui. That struck a chord with me. Its not that I have enjoyed these events. I have. In many ways, its like a dream unfolded, because I'm getting to talk about stuff that I'm really passionate about it. At the same time, its very much like being in a nice place but not truly being able to enjoy it for all its worth. I've been some places that likely I'd never go on this roadshow for sure, but never stayed long enough to get much of the local culture or even see anything more that you can from a hotel window or a shuttle van as it wisks you to and from the airport. Its not so much the people, the places or the content, its the rate of change, I guess, that's gotten to be a bit.
Speaking of rate of change, one thing I've noticed missing (along with not being home with Janell) is that I haven't taken time as of late to reflect on thoughts and ideas. So I did that too, tonight, about something that's been in my head for a while. Right now, though, I really don't know how to express it well other than:
<question><answer/></question>
What does that mean? I'm not completely sure yet. There's clearly an XML element or two to it (sorry about the bad pun), but there's also a bit of Zen in it. Are the answers to our questions found in the questions themselves? Maybe. Or does it mean that our questions about XML contain their own answers? Or am I just punch drunk from all of these roadshow events? Or something else? Or all of the above?
I'm not quite sure yet. Need to think about it some more.
Or maybe its just time to ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana.