In our increasingly secular society, it is good to know that a pagan god of thunder still has representation once a week on our calendar.

It's challenging to produce a fully functional query API for a complicated database. That's the lesson at work this week.

The weather has broken momentarily and it is relatively cool. It's not going to last, though. Surprisingly, this may be the first time there is no mention of rain in the weeklong forecast. It'll be hot on the fourth, though. Right when everyone will be outside barbecuing. Well played, atmosphere.

A few more quests down in Chrono Trigger DS and also another hour or so of progression into Final Fantasy XII. That's the way of it in gaming land. Nothing really major has happened there, which is kind of sad, because it leaves me without any exciting stories to tell. I suppose an off day once in a while isn't a bad thing. Look at Tiger Woods. The best golfer in the world and even he has bad days where... oh, ooops. I guess not having exciting video game stories is a little better than what big T has gotten himself into.

Now, how many table joins should be permitted before an Exception is thrown?