Yes, I have a scooter, go ahead and laugh

I have had my scooter for 2 years now and my wife has had hers for about a year and a half. I am starting to kick myself now for not opening up a scooter store in Franklin, because they are going to be the next BIG thing to drive. Gas has gotten out of hand.

I know I may look funny at 6"2 and 230 lbs. People may laugh at me all the way to the gas pump, but trust me, I am laughing at them all the way to the bank. Insurance is dirt cheap and I get over 80 miles a gallon. My wife does better since she is smaller.

The blue one is a 2006 Vino 125 by Yamaha, and the red one is a 2005. They are as good as a Vespa, and cheaper too! I saw a piece on WKRN last night about a new scooter store in Nashville. I can't wait to see these all over town. I have already started seeing more of them now. These things are a blast. they get to 55mph, but they are lighter and better suited for city life. There is no need to buy a huge bike that's loud, goes fast, and comes with a huge insurance premium. Get one.

Target Placed on Downtown Nashville

I was on Google maps, looking up some directions for an event I'm going to in downtown Nashville and I just happened to browse over the corner of 11th Ave. and Church Street. That's when I noticed a big red and white target in the parking lot. I wonder what it's there for...

Teach Yourself SQL

So my wife gets offered an interesting opportunity at her work. She knows very little about computers accept that for which she has been trained to do at work. She doesn't have a huge interest in coding and computer language...correction...she has no interest. Anyway, she was offered a job to work with SQL within her company which is hostto one of the world's largest SQL servers. I know, it's crazy! So I got some information from some of the web guys here and one of them let me borrow Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta.

I took it home and showed it to her, but I ended up reading it. I actually found it to be very simple, and very, very, powerful in terms of searching databases. There are a lot operators that I don't have memorized but with a handy reference sheet, I'm confident that I can do SQL now. I just have to convince our web guys to let me practice some. I felt empowered by reading this book and I'll be adding SQL to my resume very soon.

As for my wife, I'm not sure what she has decided. They said they would train her, so we'll see what happens. This is a good lesson on if you will work hard, go the extra mile, and be friendly to your coworkers, opportunities will present themselves.