I need to contextualize this post and say that I usually apply myself pretty hard to projects.  I like to keep up a level of intensity and energy, and it doesn’t hurt that I like my job for the most part.  But this week has been one of those weeks where I feel a little bit sick, but not quite sick enough to stay home--particularly with multiple deadlines looming over me.  In addition, my right eye appears to be suffering a combination of spring allergies and itchy contact lenses.  I look like the cover to a heavy metal album called “Eye of the Demon.”

For all these reasons, I had difficulty concentrating on work yesterday.

I wrote:
“Enterprise applications sit on top of a database where they extract bits of data and display them in a web-based interface.”

But I was thinking:
Many reasons exist to consider Batman to be the world’s premier superhero.  He has adapted his image many times to fit the needs of particular eras in American culture, all the way from the 30s through the present day.  Indeed, he enjoys a great deal of popularity 70 years after his first appearance.

I wrote:
“Integration is important because applications cannot live isolated from each other.  They need to exchange information in order to ensure maximum efficiency for the end user.”

But I was thinking:
As a kid I related most to Spider-Man because of his accessibility and his everyday problems.  But although Spider-Man has remained popular ever since his first appearance, he has only had to navigate 4 decades of American culture.  Surely Batman remains the more significant achievement.

I wrote:
“Multiple technologies exist to solve the integration puzzle.”

But I was thinking:
Superman is certainly the most well-known superhero, but is he the greatest?  Batman comics outsell Superman comics as a matter of course.

I wrote:
“Regardless of how you choose to integrate Batman, the end result needs to be a 100% Internet-driven architecture.”

But I was thinking:
Furthermore, you have to consider--heyyyy, wait a second.