I wrestled with some code for 8 hours today. Needless to say, it pretty much won. However, my colleague offered another pair of eyes as was able to see the error in my ways.

As of late, it appears my old title of \"whipping boy\" has returned yet again. Back when I was at Tenneco, that was my unofficial title. I thought I had gotten rid of it, but destiny appears to follow you. I therefore assume that some people are just marked for life. It\'s all good though, as I am pretty used to that sort of thing. If you can\'t laugh at yourself, what good are ya right?

Anyway, the code got beaten into submission. I did the most of the heavy lifting, but had to employ a nuclear physicist, (literally, that\'s his degree) to put the finishing touch on it.

Not too shabby for a newbie java guy/whipping boy eh? All in a day\'s work.