Good morning, good afternoon, good evening where ever you may be.
A couple of years ago, I lost my domain. I had owned the domain piercingblue.com for a number of years, and in a little piece of miscommunication between me and my web-services provider, that domain somehow ended up in the hands of some Chinese squatter trying to peddle my domain to tattoo and body-piercing shops for 35,000 dollars US.
Rather than fork over 35 grrr to get my domain back, I decided to move on, and over the last couple of years, bobsterism.com has been my internet home away from home.. or, at least, my home away from Facebook.
For 2016, I’ve decided to get back on the ball. I’m going to do my best to post something every day, and I hope that something is meaningful to me, the MCT community, Exchange/Skype admins, and my friends that plop down from time to time to wonder what sort of drivel I’m posting that day.
I’ve thought about participating in a Write Chain that focuses on dropping a thousand words per day, whether the grand be blog entries or that ever-elusive short-story or opening scene to a book.
Here’s the deal. I’m a trainer. I work for a fantastic training company in Leawood, Kansas. I focus on Microsoft technologies, specifically Windows Client & Server offerings, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Skype for Business. I am married with a genius of a wife and three kids that are all smarter than me. I have two dogs that I adore. I’m an old-school, sit-around-the-table-and-roll-dice gamer with two different groups, running a game for my son and his friends, and playing in a game organized by a one-time student of mine that has become a tremendous friend. I dream of writing a great story about mystery and magic, and procrastinate on that goal regularly.
201 is going to be an interesting year. Professionally, I have some goals I have to attain, as Microsoft Certified Trainers have to keep their certs up to date. As Exchange 2016 nears release, I’ll probably seek out an opportunity to work on another book relating to that subject matter. My family will be seeing some interesting changes as well, as my second child graduates from high school and begins pursuing her degree across town at the University of Kansas.
I hope to do a better job of organizing and categorizing parts of my life. I could stand to go through a serious decluttering of my office in the house, as well as the garage. I could also benefit from spending a little more time practicing the guitar, an instrument I fell in love with as a young man.
Today is the last day of 2015. Throughout the day, I’ll make an effort to add some more thoughts. I’ve more to share, and I have to figure out the best way to approach certain topics. I guess I think a little too much about trying to be diplomatic in the presentation of my ideas. I recall an old maxim, “I’m too old to fight and too fat to run… I’m a diplomat!”.
More to come…
My last professional submission for the year, unless something better comes along. Step-By-Step: Skype for Business 2015 Hybrid Configuration
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I added this because I know it’s going to come up in conversation as I prepare to teach my first Skype for Business class in the coming weeks.
Here in Lawrence, it’s almost 1:00. About time for me to pack up my eldest and head off to our annual birthday lunch. She’s 19 years old today, and it seems like yesterday when she was spewing the most vulgar substance out of her bottom before we checked out of the hospital. Today, she’s an honors student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Kansas, and rocking the post-secondary world. I’m proud of her, and quite grateful that she takes after her mother more so than the old man.
Ramen Bowls is a solid place to have lunch in downtown Larry. Their yelp reviews attest to the quality of their food. You will get filled up, trust me.
My goal is a thousand words per day… now looking at about three hundred more words to go on the day. I’m feeling more confident, and that leads to my mind spewing out more drivel.
Wish I had more time to watch bowl games today. My responsibilities today include driving people here and there, but first, lunch with the Bonnie monster!
More later…
Well, it’s now lter. A scant 23 minutes until 2016 falls across Central Standard Time. I’ve had a full day with family and any number of strangers that needed a ride (that’s another story).
The teams I was pulling for fell by the wayside in their pursuit of a national championship in football, but I’m more of a college basketball fan than football these days (such is the life of a University of Kansas sports fan).
I may not make it all the way to tone thousand words in this maiden voyage, but I’ve enjoyed dropping these thoughts onto my blog. As we get further into the year, I hope to find new nuggets for my Exchange and Skype friends, and any number of folks that work with the client and server operating systems from Microsoft.
May your 2016 be filled with wonder, and may all of your goals be within reach… but not too easy, right? If your goals are too easily attained, it might be an indicator that they were too easy to start with. I guess that whole “baby steps” thing can come in to play at some point. If you reach a goal, make a new one, and keep on keepin’ on. Happy New Year everybody!.
