Greetings.

With two weeks of my new job behind me, I look forward to what is to come.

As to what I actually do, that's still a bit up in the air. What is definite is my role, and, of course, the company employing me. I work for Epic (not Epic Games) as a software developer. Epic develops medical information systems, software which currently serves medical data needs for over 25 percent of the U.S. population. That's a lot of people. And that's a lot of software.

I work in healthcare. That still sounds a little strange to me, since I didn't expect to be in this field as a profession. Granted, I guess I didn't know what to expect. Still, the feeling that my work will affect so many people in a very critical way is somewhat... unnerving. I am experiencing alternating waves of excitement and anticipation, though the differences between the two are dwindling as time marches forward.

But enough about that. The past few weeks have been a special kind of high, whereby so much of my life has been changing rapidly I can hardly take stock of it. I have more or less adapted to my new living arrangement (a quiet suburban apartment) and my new work (software development...how awesome is that?!). Now that things are slowing down, let's take another peek at what we have here.

There are many items to be reviewed, per SD-02, as well as more Directives needing final polish and posting. Undoubtedly, TD-02 will need refactoring, as the middle of June has come and gone. Small matters all around to be addressed.

In other news, I am enjoying the latest releases of Kubuntu and Eclipse. Open-source may not be for everyone, but for those willing to put in a bit more effort, the payoff is incredible.

Mr. Bond, signing off.