Whether or not you are Consistent, I will be persistent In times of turmoil I will be quite. You will return to the predececent, You will insist on the most recent Not because you are reticent, But because you are adolescent 

When my clients ask " Why not WordPress ": Not only is there often a separate licensing cost associated with WordPress plugins, coding standards are lacking or non-existent in the WordPress plugin marketplace. This often leads to disproportionately and unexpected costly WP developer support, and frequent release delays, increasing overall security risks. Not to say these things don't happen with Drupal and contrib modules, just less frequently . Through my direct involvement of various Dev Shops over the past 20 years, has revealed another factor, which is often overlooked: Drupal sparks more joy than WordPress. As a Technical Project Manager, my currency is in passion and velocity and when my team members are frustrated by the work, risks, delays and costs rise, often snowballing towards the end.

I refuse to be ashamed of my pain, my ailments, my anxiety They are not a result of my actions, or lack thereof I refuse to be a prisoner of my trauma, my body, my mind They are not enemies of my experiences, or lack thereof  I refuse to be a fool for my desires, my love, my ambitions They are not the destinations of my life, or lack thereof

No shit, there I was.... Today, started much like any other day.  Finished up with morning communications and coffee, and having a bit of extra time available, and being increasingly eco and health conscious, I decided to ride the bus for a meeting.  With springtime upon us, I was excited to get a jump start on increasing my step goals.  Laptop slung, cell phone squarely in my jacket pocket, wearing my ridiculously furry ushanka hat, trodding along, my mind started to wander.  I was looking forward to finishing out paperwork following a great offer for a remote opportunity with Creighton University (out of Omaha, Nebraska) as a Senior Drupal Architect and pondering some details leading up to a scheduled session with a new mentee this afternoon. Imagining Tulsa's beautiful green rolling hills during spring and summer, though somewhat, decidedly, a lack of sidewalks along S Memorial Dr that I failed to notice a perfectly symmetrical depression and found the land had su...

I'm always open to connecting with awesome people and I tend to surround myself with artists, thinkers, entrepreneurs and dreamers. People that are up for a healthy intelligent debate, can take and dish out jest, and are also willing to trust and talk about their fears, their ugly side, their aspirations and their strength. In this crazy world, we have all become experts at building walls between each other... but, I believe that defeats the purpose of life... I came here to connect... touch... hold... and feel... How about you?

The Drupal FOSS CMS (Free and Open Source Software Content Management System) is considered to be the one of the most developer friendly CMS available. However, for those new to Drupal, something as "simple" as changing the text displayed after submitting a form can be daunting. Originally released in 2011, with Drupal 7, the Drupal Entity API defines different types of information stored and displayed in Drupal. When Drupal 8 was released, the concept was further refined into what's referred to as "specifically typed objects", meaning that each Entity is defined as having a specific set of information and operations that can be performed on it. As you might imagine, Drupal 8 Forms are used to perform operations on Entities, such as add, edit, and delete. When creating a form, a form handler is used to define which class should be used. So, when you want to modify the implementation of a form, you will need to extend the original ...

My life history is.... Unique.... My mother was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia before I was born. My father, a Vietnam vet seduced her and, POP!, there I was living in a shack in northern New Mexico. Not long after my birth, my father abandoned us, and my mother had to carry me 5 miles to the nearest highway in late fall to hitchhike back to Grandma in Los Alamos. We moved into an apartment in Albuquerque, while she tried to goto school and hold down a job. But is was no more than a year before is became clear that she was not capable of caring for me. So, off to live at Grandma's house I went. My Grandma was raised Lutheran. However, lost the desire to attend church several years prior. Because her life choices were limited by religion, she thought it would be best that I wait to be baptized by whomever ended up adopting me. I remember having my first thoughts about spirituality around age 5. I have vivid dreams, you see. Some would say that I am an astral plane walker. An...