This punchline is priceless, and exactly why I love Scott Adams.

Well, I finally had to do something about SPAM…
You (my loyal & faithful followers) have never seen the on-slaught of SPAM that hits this blog because I am diligent at keeping the comments clear of crap. However, now that I’m getting in excess of 20 SPAM comments every day, I decided I needed to put up some sort of prevention.

I decided that a simple Math Quiz would be easier than one of those impossible to read CAPTCHA messed up word pictures.

Let me know if you ever have a hard time submitting a comment.

- Thomas

I love spending time with my family too much. I mean, really.  As much as I love digging into electronics projects, programming, tinkering with graphics, photography, learning new skills, I just can’t find time to do any of them because I’m spending all of my time with Melisa & the boys.

I suppose that’s a better place to be than the exact opposite. Well, I don’t really suppose it, I know it.

The only problem is I’m finding that I don’t set aside time for myself. I don’t set aside much time for hobbies. I don’t set aside time to build my relationships with my friends. I don’t set aside time for personal development. I don’t set aside time to work on my Techie Thomas adventure.

I used to be of the mind-set that “I don’t have time”… I think I’m finally realizing that my days are made up of whatever I decide to put in them. I have 24 hours in a day. I need an average of 7 hours of sleep per day, so that leaves me with 17 waking hours to fill with whatever I decide. I’m currently employed full-time so Monday through Friday have 9 hours (8am-5pm) eaten up.

I don’t want to get into all the math of exactly how many hours I have at my disposal, but I guess the thought for the day is this…

Where are you spending your time? Do you have time for the important things in your life? What do you wish you would set aside more time for?

Me? I’ve never been good at setting priorities. I’m a better fireman than a scheduler. I can tend to emergencies & work great under that pressure, but put me in a spot where I have to decide for myself where my attentions need to be spent & I end up in a world of hurt.

Sounds like another place for “personal development”.
Now, time to figure out where to set aside time for that…

Oh My…