posted on Monday, May 08, 2006 12:47 PM by amachanic

Speaking engagements canceled

I heard that there were some questions about my whereabouts at the Code Camp this last weekend, so I just want to give a quick update.  I unfortunately managed to get a large chunk of glass embedded deep in my foot (don't ask...) and have a surgery scheduled this Thursday to have it removed.  In the meantime, I can't walk further than to my sofa (with the aid of a cane, at that!) so there's no way I could stand in front of an audience for 90 minutes and deliver an effective presentation.  As a result, I had to cancel on both Code Camp 5 and DevTeach -- quite a disappointment for me, as I was really looking forward to both events!

Luckily, there are a couple of surrogates standing in for me at DevTeach: Paul Nielsen will be doing a T-SQL Enhancements for SQL Server 2005 talk in my stead, and Jean-Rene Roy will be hosting the SQL Server 2005 Round Table discussion that I was scheduled to lead.

I hope everyone has a great week at DevTeach, and I look forward to seeing you at the next one!

Comments

# re: Speaking engagements canceled @ Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:00 PM

>>I unfortunately managed to get a large chunk of glass embedded deep in my foot (don't ask...)

This has nothing to do with home made beer right? ;-)
Anyway get better soon.

Denis the SQL Menace

# re: Speaking engagements canceled @ Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:46 PM

Unfortunately, no -- it was actually a wine glass, not a beer glass, and I wasn't even drinking at the time! I wish it had been a beer glass instead. The piece in my foot is a chunk of the stem from the wine glass :(

amachanic