Not long ago I had a problem with lying. Several years ago I made lots of changes and one of those was I stopped lying – cold turkey. An around that time my sister and I discussed this topic because she, too, had the same problem. You see, growing up in our household it was okay […]
For those of you who know we well, or knew me during the years of 2000-2005 probably know that I have lost of a lot of weight. Since my heaviest in 2002/3 I have continuously been losing weight – which is a delta of 74 pounds from my current weight to my heaviest weight (on […]
Hey everyone, If you have been reading my blog then you may remember me posting about this book chapter I worked on over the summer. Earlier this year I posted a part of the chapter that didn’t the final cut (distributed systems fault tolerance and monitoring). Well, the book finally came out! You can read […]
Normally I don’t do this many personal posts in a row, but this week I was inspired by Jesse’s post, so I thought I would join in writing my own letter to my former myself a decade or so in the past. —— Dear Katherine (since you don’t call yourself Kate yet), Hello from the […]
I consider myself lucky. I have a loving family, a good job, and a nice home. Working in technology we are so fortunate because we get paid very well to solve interesting problems. For most of us we enjoy a large part of our jobs, we use our minds (no hard physical labor – which […]
Well tomorrow is my birthday. For many people their birthday is a cause for celebration – a day to feel special. I don’t know if it is because I went through a large part of teens and 20s without parties, and my 21st birthday was so momentous that no one even said happy birthday (this […]
I love new years resolutions. I am one of those people who is motivated and excited by accomplishments and achievements. I make lists for everything; and everyday I savor the moments I complete an item on the list. And new years, like birthdays, are a chance to think about the future and plan for what […]
At the risk of embarrassing myself terribly, I decided to tell you all a little bit of my “swan” story. Hopefully a little insight into my path will inspire you a bit on yours…. You see, when most people meet me now they are surprised when I tell them things like: I used to weigh […]
Time for a change In relationships, they say that people get an itch every seven years or so to make a change or shake things up. While I am not sure what the standard timeline is for jobs or careers, mine seems to be about 2 years. The last few years it seems about 2-3 […]
Recently I have been getting some flack about the lack of “personal” updates on my blog – people keep saying I am too serious. Silly people. But to appease them (or at least one of them who suggested I write about my weekends and people I meet) I am writing a post about all the […]