Just finished up Glenn Beck’s new book Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine

I consider this a must read for anyone interested in the direction of our country.  It is short and to the point.  And it includes a copy of Thomas Paine’s original “Common Sense” from 1776.

It certainly highlights several things that are not taught anymore as to what the United States is about.  There are some great references and quotes by the founding fathers as to their intentions with regard to the constitution.

Have you ever had something that you understood what it was and thought you understood how it worked, but couldn’t quite wrap your mind around how to use it affectively.  This has been the case for me for some time with regards to inheritance in regards to development.  Because of my background I develop in VB.Net.  Up until just the other night I thought I had got a pretty good feel for OOP.  Then I saw something and realized I had been missing a major part of it all along.

I am using DevExpress (DX) tools for my development including their eXpress Persistent Objects (XPO) ORM product.  At home, in the evenings, I am in need of an application to track info about a collection I have.  So I thought that this would be a good opportunity to play with the trial version of their eXpressApp Framework (XAF) that comes with my Enterprise subscription.

My background is from the Database side of things.  I love dealing with relational database models and laying everything out.  So over the past...