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About to board my return flight home to Nashville. I never wanted to live in Nashville when growing up, but now I hate leaving it.

Although I had a pretty good time out here, I did not get to do any programming outside of work. I don't want to write code all the time, but I was hoping to get some written.

See you soon Nashville.

In San Mateo for a week and a half visiting the AMA offices. I'm not a huge fan of getting here, but I find it pretty nice once I'm here. The weather is about 10 degrees Fahrenheit from being comfortable. It is definitely a little chilly here.

With us having a weekend here, it's given us some time to do some sight seeing. We went to the Ferry Farmer's Market, Pier 39 to see the sea lions, and then to the Golden Gate Bridge (which sadly isn't made out of gold). Today I plan on going to visit the TWiT Brick House. TWiT is a podcast hosted by Leo Laporte that I have enjoyed for many years and I cannot wait to visit a live show there. It's sort of a geek landmark. Then I will resume work during this next week except for a small excursion to Google's campus for lunch with a colleague.

Anyway, greetings from CA!

Merry Christmas from toddgrooms.com.

The only way I could talk my wife into letting me grow a mustache was for Movember. Movember is when men grow mustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health. This awareness is especially targeted to promote early cancer screenings.

Wikipedia: Movember

The following video is a series of photographs from my month of mustache mischief. Enjoy!

I am three weeks into my new job. Although I've been pretty excited about this change, it hasn't been easy either. It was very tough to leave something known for the unknown, regardless of whether the unknown is in the same field as the known. I think that the proposition of leaving the know for the unknown is the scariest thing one can face in life. It's okay though: I am adjusting and that is important. The one thing that I was scared of in life was that I would become complacent and this shake-up at least shows that I can adapt to new situations if necessary.

I don't really think that my ability to adapt would be as good as it is without the support of friends and family; God knows I've bitched enough to everyone that would lend an ear. It doesn't make up for it, but thank you for your support.

In closing: If you are at a job that doesn't make you happy or isn't exactly what you're looking for then you need to step up and take that plunge. The unknown is terrifying, but it can be very rewarding as well.