I am a font of unbridled optimism.

This will no doubt either be an incredibly boon or squished completely by my future career: farming.

For my current career, computer consulting, this always gets me way too much work.

"Yes, yes I can do it by then. And, seriously, half the cost. Or a quarter. Oh yeah, SUPER high-quality."

I really need to start repeating that thing about

"On-time, under-budget, high-quality: choose ONE."


But of course, in many other areas of our lives, my Wife and I are extreme realists:

Her: "OOOOOOooooohhhhh! Did you see that puppy??!"

Me: "He's cute! We could give him a nice home -- and our baby would LOVE him! I'll bet he's a real nice dog..."

Together: "...with real nice fleas. And hip failure. Look at how he moves those back legs. He's probably a pure-bred, and we'd have to put him under in two years. Still, if we buried him in that spot where we want to plant that persimmon tree, I'm sure it would do nicely..."