Database and systems developer since 1987. Over 20 years working with Microsoft SQL and other DB flavors. Where does the time go?

Joined February 2010
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Replying to @SQLBek
@SQLBek from @SentryOne presenting on queries and optimization at our PASS Group meeting.
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The best thing about finishing a 105 ounce slurpee from 7 Eleven is the look on Satan's face.
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4th grade students preparing to visit the Respiratory System using Virtual Reality today!
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Stealing login credentials from a locked PC or Mac just got easier arstechnica.com/?post_type=p…

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Congrats to @SQLReeves on becoming a #BimlHero. View Reeves Linkedin profile at bit.ly/29YruEh #biml
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7 Jul 2016
I'm not anti-Oracle but I have private jets that cost less than Oracle licensing.
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You have to check out BottleKeeper! It's amazing! bottlekeeper.com

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Replying to @data_launderer
@DBArgenis would be pleased, @PureStorage is demoing to @YetAnotherSQL and other DBAs at Granite City in the Quad Cities
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Me: *singing "Don't stop believing"* Joe: What are you doing? Me: Practicing for Journey duty J: You mean Jury duty? M: No, it says...shit
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Hahaha, that's cute.. x.com/GeorgeTakei/status/656…

Was he fuming in anger after getting this? ift.tt/1NmBtxb
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Getting to work and see everyone around the other DBA’s table looking at what he is doing ift.tt/1QTyy42 x.com/DBAReactions/status/61…
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Did you just say SSMS will now have “Check for Updates”? ift.tt/1g2gXGn x.com/DBAReactions/status/61…
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You start a new contract and you find that not one of the databases are in source control,… ift.tt/1fu2mU7 x.com/DBAReactions/status/61…
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Forgetting the Where clause on a delete statement ift.tt/1LjpGzz x.com/DBAReactions/status/62…
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When the developer asks what I did to make their query run faster. ift.tt/1LnRWRL x.com/DBAReactions/status/62…
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when developers, yet again, show you that they don’t understand data types by using a bigi… ift.tt/1I0TpsF x.com/DBAReactions/status/62…
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Getting asked why dev (with FORTY EIGHT DBs up on the host) batch jobs are “slower than pr… ift.tt/1gNwLxr x.com/DBAReactions/status/62…
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“Hello Temp table, this is my close friend memory pressure.” “I don’t believe the two of y… ift.tt/1MW4AZc x.com/DBAReactions/status/62…
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When the SAN team and the sysadmin team both finally realize it *isn’t* the database. (HT … ift.tt/1E8A8cx x.com/DBAReactions/status/63…
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