Congratulations to you both on surviving.

As a fellow database wrangler, I congratulate both you and Steve for a difficult job well done.

But remember, you must use this power only for good.

I have not yet managed to screw my courage to the sticking place, but congratulations!

J. Brad! Host of The World's Most Aggravatingly Unresponsive Comment Section! Rest home of the Spinning Beachball! Please "screw your courage to the sticking place."

love,

The Plain People of Blogdom

Yay!

-l.

You know, it always made more sense to me as "sticking point," which is the one I seem to remember having heard more often. Not "place." It's the point at which whatever it is you're screwing starts to stick, after all. Place is not the wrong word, per se, for the idea, but it is an odd one. But! A quick comparative google reminds me that the Lady M. said, "We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail," and so we're stuck. Ah, well.

Will this be the first of several entries named after Sondheim songs, or just a one-shot, like the Richard Thompson bit?

Actually, I was thinking of "Bright Street Beachhouse Back in Business Blues," by the great Cats Laughing.