For the past few years, I have fallen in love with this technology...from a distance.  You see, I normally don't have time to make use of it myself.  I do a lot less coding than I used to (which still pains my soul), but I know that if I really wanted to, I could force myself to use it more.

Maybe I'm being lazy...

Maybe I'm just overwhelming myself with all I know I need to learn.

.NET is HUGE -- the framework, especially.  And I still have not grokked it.  I have over 75 (yes, 75) books on .NET.  And if you saw my bookshelves, you'd see a bookmark about 20% into each book.  I'm all over the place on this stuff.

I've learned a lot by osmosis.  But my biggest problem is that I'm not learning by DOING.  There are so many programs I want to write -- utilities to make my job easier.  But I don't know which to do first.  I'm rarely undecided in my job -- but when it comes to things I want to do on my own time, I'm very undecided.  I want to do it all.

Isn't it strange how a discussion about .NET turns into a rant on my failings?

Like I said, this blog is for kicking myself in the ass.  Join in if you'd like.