rjamestaylor's Journal: Beginnings

Ignomious, for sure, but this is a beginning to my Journal. Future writings will cover things that interest me -- family, work, thinking, reaction to news, ideas, plans, ramblings...

The first thing - my family - has recently grown. Less than 2 weeks ago my wife gave birth to our second, healthy, son. Our first son is 22 months old and still very "needy", which makes life interesting as I consider the second thing.

My work has changed as well: I'm working for a new company as a lead Internet application developer. No DOTCOM stuff...but using the Internet as a network. While I've investigated other tools (ASP, PHP, Java) I find myself returning to Perl -- extremely versatile and, well, CPAN makes all the difference. I'm well into the second phase of a new project and am enjoying my work very much.

Thinking: with a new baby and a new job there isn't much time for thinking. What I mean by thinking is considering philosophy, history, religion, politics, human nature (a mix of the foregoing...gee, maybe I am thinking...). When the first things settle down, I'll return to this.

This has been a beginning, and, like all things, needs an ending. (I guess that's it.)