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This was an assignment my son did for his 3rd grade class. They were studying styles of poetry. This one he was proud of and asked me to publish for him. Enjoy. A New Limerick by Biaggio Graziano (copyright 2013 all rights reserved) Once there was a dog and a (more...)

Paralyze resistance with persistence. – Woody Hayes (College football coach) Resistance is futile – The Borg (Intergalactic marauders) Filed under: Quotes Tagged: quote

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. - Benjamin Franklin Filed under: Quotes Tagged: Ben Franklin, benjamin franklin, leadership, quote

Those crazy kids at ODTUG have done it again! At this year’s KScope in New Orleans this user group is introducing an evening of crossover sessions. Over the years the event has grown and actually blended the traditional Oracle database development world with the world of EPM, Hyperion, and Essbase. (more...)

Amazing as it seems, I picked this article up on Twitter today. An up to date, current, and NEW article about automating builds of applications from the Oracle Designer repository. How very agile… Thanks to all the gang over at AMIS (http://technology.amis.nl/) for keeping the technology alive and (more...)

Get thee to KScope13 Jeff Smith (@thatjeffsmith) just posted a great little piece about why you can’t afford to miss this year’s ODTUG event in New Orleans: KScope13. As usually I will be speaking there as well and running my now annual Morning Chi Gung classes. See you there. Kent (more...)

Good is not good where better is expected. - Thomas Fuller Filed under: Quotes Tagged: quote

Just a quick note to let you all know that Dan has finally released the class on how to easily implement a Data Vault using Informatica. I wrote about the class here. I have gone through a few of the lessons already and can tell you the instruction is very (more...)

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. - Vince Lombardi Filed under: Quotes Tagged: quote, success, vince lombardi, work dedication

Saw this great article on LinkedIn last week by Arianna Huffington and just had to repost it. Health and fitness are topics I am always interested in and have written about (here, here, and here). For us to be happy and productive we all need to be at our personal best. This article discusses (more...)