I once heard that the way you can tell if something is actually funny is that it causes you to laugh out loud even when you are by yourself. It is much easier to laugh at something when surrounded by others.

Today is my daughter's last official day at school - they have a party for about an hour tomorrow so that doesn't count.

Part of my current role is prototyping new features and algorithms to determine if and how they will work. It's nice to do some hands on coding still.

Some times expectations are met, or exceeded, and sometimes they fail to be met.

I am a lark.

Adding an alert or alarm for a situation you need to monitor should be a good thing but sometimes, depending on how it is done, it can actually make things worse or at a minimum not work as expected.

Should all learning require an action?

I have a fear of failure ... to an extent. I guess I am a little risk averse.