Monthly Archives: October 2026
The Deck of Many (One) Thing(s).
So one of the big marquee artifacts in Dungeons and Dragons is the Deck of Many Things. Anyone who’s played the game knows what I’m talking about. It’s a diabolical artifact of chance and randomness, a deck of cards you … Continue reading
Whiffed it.
So I kind of expected it, but I didn’t pass the AZ-104. I came close, but not close enough. The exam’s way more fiddly than the AWS equivalent, and requires a lot more hands-on, which I didn’t really do. I … Continue reading
Fub Fact Friday: The Great Chiseler
So when Egyptologists started trying to parse out the history of Egypt, they ran into a really weird set of discoveries. Throughout the country, they kept finding all these monuments that essentially said “Ramesses II made this.” The problem was … Continue reading
The final countdown.
Coming up on the last day before the exam. Still absolutely not confident I’m going to pass it, but eh, fuck it. The retake’s going to cost me 90 bucks for two more bites at the apple, and I’ll have … Continue reading
The hits just keep on coming.
I swear when I first started out on the whole IT journey, it seemed like the market was totally screwed. It took me forever to get my first “official” IT position and it wasn’t a very good one. But nine … Continue reading
VisionQuest.
Took a break tonight and watched the two-episode VisionQuest premiere. I knew I was going to dig it—I’d watch James Spader paint a fence—but I forgot how some of the writing in this particular arc speaks to me. “What is … Continue reading
AZ-104.
Last week before the cert exam, and I’m a wee bit nervous. It’s supposed to be a bear, and the course I’ve been going back through has me low-key panicking every time I finish a chapter because I feel like … Continue reading
Meh.
So, yeah, as expected, I got nothing done, just spent the weekend in recovery mode. Not feeling super confident about the AZ-104. I start the testing portion of my process this week, and I’m always nervous before I’ve done the … Continue reading
Off night.
Between working on the first chapter and a really great tropical storm rolling up (one that reminded me of another tropical system a couple of decades ago and someone I watched it with) I spent most of the night in … Continue reading
Helluva night.
So originally I’d planned to be down in Panama City Beach around about this weekend, communing with my long-lost. The job change scuppered that a bit, only for a god damned hurricane to show up, right on schedule. Absolutely bummed … Continue reading