Jim Dabrowski

Fore sail is finally finished!

Three down, one to go. 

Mast Hoops!

Got all the mast hoops on the fore mast tied to the fore sail. 

I made a giant hoho for dessert. Its very yummy.

Started reading this the other day: Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson 📚. Interesting so far.

As professional software engineers working on large code bases, there are always things that are wrong, small bugs to fix, code that can be improved, etc. When working on some issue or bug fix, it's tempting to just fix these other little things to clean up the code. This may be the right thing to do, or it may not. As software engineers we sometimes have to be disciplined and focused in our work. Keep our work contained to the specific issue we're addressing, get that fixed and get it out the door. Then, once that's done, come back and fix that other issue you found. Depending on the work environment you're in, that work might need to be documented and accounted for. It may need to be prioritized and scheduled by a product team or by a project manager. Your fingers might be itching to "just fix it since I'm right here" but it's possible that little fix could introduce other, unforeseen side-effects. I'll never advocate for ignoring or not helping fix things in your software that are broken, but it can be a sign of a more mature software engineer to know when to not fix something that's broken.

JIm

I told my wife not to go too close to the edge but she wouldn’t listen. ;-)

I think this is a red Alpine Rose at the Idaho Botanical Gardens in Boise.

Nice language to read.

I don’t really like doing game prediction posts because usually I don’t have any significant thoughts about what will happen. This time, however I do have some things to say and it’s not good.

Let me start with what I want to happen. I want to see Justin Fields sling the ball all over the field to his superstar receiver. I want to see him run the Packers ragged trying to stop him. I want to be saying, “Wow, the offensive and defensive lines might just be good this season.” Unfortunately, I don’t think any of that will actually happen.

Last season the Bears run defense was one of if not the worst in the entire NFL. All off-season I heard again and again that they haven’t done enough to address the line and that they’re going to be bad on run defense again this season. The Packers have one of if not the best offensive lines in the NFL. The Packers have one of if not the best running back tandems in the NFL. The Packers have a QB who is effectively a rookie and an injured and inexperienced WR corps that doesn’t look all that good. What do you think the Packers are going to do? They’re going to run the ball right down the Bears throats all game long. They’ll be ripping off carries of five to seven yards every time. Then, when the Bears start to load the box with eight or nine guys to try to stop the run, we’ll find out Jordan Love actually can throw the ball pretty well. It’s not going to be pretty and by the end the defense will have been on the field for the majority of the game and won’t be able to stop anything.

The only positive in all this is hopefully Fields will have some success, but he’ll still likely be running for his life way too often due to an injured, inexperienced, ineffective line. Hopefully he’ll keep the game close, but won’t be on the field enough to make a difference. I just hope he doesn’t get injured in all this.

This game is going to leave Packers fans delirious with joy when Jordan Love says in his post-game press conference that they still own the Bears, while Bears fans will be shocked into silence wondering if they’re facing another 10-15 years of Packer dominance in what used to be a rivalry but has long since devolved into a regular ass-whooping of no importance.

Wow, that’s depressing. Sorry.

JIm

That’s Clingmans Dome overlook at Great Smoky Mountains National Park over yonder!