Oracle install

I've been attempting to install Oracle 11g as well as the Oracle Application Server. The oracle database install is easy...however--getting an Apache server up and running to do appropriate reporting...not so easy.

If anyone knows where to track down an easy installation guide (not the gigantic and largely useless Oracle "help files") I'd be interested in taking a look.

Back in the saddle

It really has been 2 and a half months since my last post. Wow. A ton of things happened.

Most noteworthy (for me) was turning 30. I wrote a poem:

Observations through the years (30)

Turning 30 has its perks,
Especially being able to avoid the jerks.
I get to drink and enjoy my life,
As they say, have fun--be merry, you know...avoid strife.

The days get longer,
due to work demands.
The nights get shorter--
due to work demands.
The sleep gets restless--
and lower adrenal glands.

We fly forward,
by looking back.
Understanding our errors
and how we react.

As 30 comes to bear,
I think of times gone past,
How I molded the minds
of the young, the passionate, the fun, the wild, and the crass.

As 30 has come...I think of change and hope and steadfast dreams.
They cause me to reflect--
Will we win the fight?
Will we lose our way?
Will we follow our definition of right?


Will I find a smile at the end of the day?


Are the things that matter,
The things we hold dear?
Who are the friends.
That remind me that they are near?

Can a person grow,
without another?
We learn things that we know--
Based on eachother.

I grow older - I grow fonder - I grow stronger - I grow wiser - Personally, I grow.

Now I'm thirty...
Thank you all--
New friends--
OLD friends--
fast friends--
good friends--

Let's raise our glass,
Celebrate what has passed.
Forge ahead...
and find tomorrow--slightly hungover in bed.


I also have been working out again. I'm making my way towards getting back in shape to run a few track meets next year. I feel like I have a few more months before I am ready for track workouts as I'm only down to a 6:18 mile and I can only run about 3.6 miles in a half hour. But--I'm doing good.

I also created a twitter account. I don't post to twitter enough either...however--I did just up my mobile text plan to 1500 texts/month...so I may start twittering about the more interesting things that I've been doing with work.

I am continuing my research on my book--and the writing is going painfully slow. But, I do have high hopes to get it done and get it out to the world. The slowness is mostly related to me deciding to start dating. I'm on a quest to find that woman that will allow me to sweep her of her feet and will simultaneously challenge me and allow me to grow. I'm not quite there yet. At times I get impatient when I find a beautiful woman that fits the bill and pull a "Jon Favreau" from Swingers move and blow it. The stories aren't completely false regarding smart men not having a clue about women. At least for me.

Eh...so...I'll try to actually start posting again. As this is more of a digital chronicle of events in my life...rather than a medium where I attempt to market things or ideas.