As my good friend and brother Fred approaches his wedding day, I thought I'd publish this word of warning to him, or any man who is considering this endeavor. Please read it carefully and let me know what you think. Food will never taste the same. What I ... Continue Reading
Iran is making a HUGE mistake with Youcef Nadarkhani!
Maybe I thought I had too many friends, because this is certain to lose a few. Please read this with a desire to seek truth. Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is not only receiving a death sentence from Iran, but he's already received a death sentence from ... Continue Reading
Steve Jobs’ Final Wish
I don’t know a lot about Steve Jobs. I watched Pirates of Silicon Valley and have bought a few iPods. I had never met the man: so how do I propose to know his last wish? First we must review Luke 16:27-28. 27 And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send ... Continue Reading
Avoid ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified on Truncate
If you are on an 11g database, you can ignore this post and just use the new ddl_lock_timeout parameter to accomplish what this post explains. "alter session set ddl_lock_timeout=60" - will effectively allow ddl statements to all wait 60 seconds before ... Continue Reading
From the heart…
I haven't 'blogged' for a long time. At least not regularly. But tonight my wife actually suggested it. This is a strange occurrence because we get so little time together anyway. I used to write my blogs on a laptop while riding a bus to work, but my new ... Continue Reading