I didn’t promise images, but here they are anyway. I really wasn’t making up the reflective nature of my car: Let’s start with a simple picture of everything in profile. Looks pretty normal from here, right? Looks like a cloudy day, and there are some trees behind my house, so sayeth the hood of my car. Here’s the mirror housing. Black things should not reflect color… this is just wrong.

So, I washed my car. Well, saying I washed my car doesn’t nearly illustrate the grueling procedure both I and my vehicle have undergone in the last two days. Here’s what transpired: The Wash The whole process started with scrubbing my car with Dawn. Yes, that Dawn, the stuff normally used for washing dishes, and could probably be used as an engine degreaser. Why? Because that’s what the instructions told me to do.

I believe I’ve been living in a strange bizarro world for the past few days. In the last week or so, five people from work have been in a car accident of some kind. The first involved stopping to avoid an accident on I74, which of course caused them to be rear-ended by a lady on a cellphone, and sideswiped by a truck avoiding the person who stopped in front of him.

2lb Lean Ground Beef 30oz Chili Beans in sauce 15oz Black Beans 2 boxes Kraft Macaroni & Cheese 15oz Tomato Sauce 6oz Tomato Paste 1/4c Milk 2tbsp Worcestershire Sauce 1tsp Rosemary Leaves 1tsp Ground Pepper 1/2tsp Garlic Powder In 6-quart pot, add ground beef, Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, garlic and pepper. Brown and simmer five minutes; drain. Cook macaroni noodles, set aside cheese mix. Combine cooked beef, cooked macaroni, cheese mix, milk, beans, tomato sauce, tomato paste.

Well, I took part in a phone screening today. I was called by a company that needs a guy with Oracle experience. I figured I knew the basics: stored procedures, tablespaces, rollback segments, etc., so there shouldn’t be much to worry about. I certainly didn’t expect questions such as, “What does a ORA-3113 error mean?” This was followed quickly by “What are some specific Oracle supplied PL/SQL packages you may have used in stored procedures?