And there is the nub of the gist. :)
I'm working on a blog aggregator, that will compile feeds from lots of blogs into one site. But some of the articles are too long, so I want to display only the first two paragraphs. Now that I've had a bourbon, I realize I could have easily have just written a replace function to change all the uppercase tags to lowercase with having to deal with regexp in the first place. Would have only taken a matter of minutes. ~sigh~ One of the hazards of coding sober. :)
Only code sober if you're getting paid for it, dude.
Well, see... there's yer problem right there... :-)
I've done much of my best work after hours there at the old waterin' hole (now closed, peace be upon them).
Like the SOX crap... our entire IT policy document (ITPD) was written under the influence of Wild Turkey and some RedHook ESB (Extra Special Bitter). It remains the signature document in our whole SOX compliance infrastructure. I think it's now up to about 17 chapters and sixty or so pages. In fact, from our consultants, I've come to learn that it is being used as an examplar good policy document for some of their other clients. I'm really proud of it. When I finally pull the rip cord and bug out of here... that's something I'm going to take with me.