Humble Talent

Yes, I do have a soft spot for those reality TV shows. That particular show has an American counterpart as well. I particularly like it when unassuming people demonstrate extraordinary skill and maintain a kind of quiet humility about it. This fellow seems to be that in spades. His performance there was quite extraordinary.

Thanks for sharing that.

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I am currently in Columbus, Ohio ... getting ready to go home tomorrow. The inaugural launch of the SOA workshop went well ... except for a problem with the Broker lab that I'd never seen before. It turned out to be caused by a loss of connection between CICS and RRS. That made the call from Broker to CICS fail, throwing an error of .

It bothers me greatly when the labs go badly. :-(

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I am watching a show on television right now about obesity. They're profiling a poor soul who consumes 14,500 calories a day, including 700 grams of fat. He's in horrible physical condition, of course. What's sad is that the profile shows his family enabling his "food addiction" by preparing meal after meal for the man, who eats his food in his bed.

Sad ... and somewhat maddening. It's one thing for someone to be obese and try hard to maintain their weight. But to see someone morbidly obese laughing at the vast quantities of food they eat per day is hard to take with much grace.