protected override void ProcessRecord()
{
    //Make sure both -Name and -Default aren't specified
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_Name) && _Default.IsPresent)
    {
        WriteError(new ErrorRecord(
            new ArgumentException(
                "Default and Name parameters can't both be specified"),
            "DefaultAndName",
            ErrorCategory.InvalidArgument,
            null));

        return;
    }

    //If the machine name is not specified, assume the local machine 
    //(via the "." value)
    string machine = string.IsNullOrEmpty(_MachineName) ? "." : _MachineName;

    //Connect to the specified machine via the SMO WMI ManagedComputer object
    SmoWmi.ManagedComputer mc = new SmoWmi.ManagedComputer(machine);

    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_Name) && !_Default.IsPresent)
    {
        //If neither Name or Default are specified, write all the 
        //server instances on specified machine
        foreach (SmoWmi.ServerInstance si in mc.ServerInstances)
            WriteServerObject(si);

        return;
    }

    string instanceName = _Default.IsPresent ? "MSSQLSERVER" : _Name;

    if (mc.ServerInstances.Contains(instanceName))
        WriteServerObject(mc.ServerInstances[instanceName]);
    else
        WriteDebug("The specified SQL instance does not exist");
}

//Helper method to create a SMO Server object from a 
//SMO WMI ServerInstance object and write it to the pipeline
private void WriteServerObject(SmoWmi.ServerInstance si)
{
    if (si.Name == "MSSQLSERVER")
        WriteObject(new Smo.Server(si.Parent.Name));
    else
        WriteObject(new Smo.Server(si.Parent.Name + "\\" + si.Name));
}

A while back I discovered this site where you can make your own motivational style posters. Here's one I did of my daughter that I thought was pretty funny.

George W. Bush's presidency appears headed for colossal historical disgrace. Barring a cataclysmic event on the order of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, after which the public might rally around the White House once again, there seems to be little the administration can do to avoid being ranked on the lowest tier of U.S. presidents. And that may be the best-case scenario. Many historians are now wondering whether Bush, in fact, will be remembered as the very worst president in all of American history.

On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured by U.S. and Kurdish troops had turned out to be long-sought mobile "biological laboratories." He declared, "We have found the weapons of mass destruction."

A secret fact-finding mission to Iraq -- not made public until now -- had already concluded that the trailers had nothing to do with biological weapons. Leaders of the Pentagon-sponsored mission transmitted their unanimous findings to Washington in a field report on May 27, 2003, two days before the president's statement.

[Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War]

Just another fucking day in the Oval Office I guess

This was the best Christmas ever before it even got started. Just seeing my nearly 3-year old son so excited to see what Santa had brought. He ran up and down the hall waking everybody up. And it wasn't about the presents - he was more excited to see Santa had eaten the cookies and drank the O.J. we left out (Patrick's selection, not mine) than he was to see the "car me a wide in" which was the big present Santa brought him.

This was the first year Patrick could really conceptualize about Christmas and Santa and being good and presents and gift giving. His first Christmas was like Riley's Christmas this year - all pretty lights, family in town, new things to play with and wrapping paper to eat. Last year, he got that it was Christmas, but it was pretty anti-climatic as we were all sick - I brought in Christmas dinner from the resturant in the hotel where my parents used to stay.

The only thing I can think of that could top this Christmas is next Christmas.

I know I haven't blogged here recently, but I had to relate this story...

My son Patrick is just over 2 1/2 years old. Until today, he still slept in his crib. Julie and I are strong believers in co-sleeping so Patrick goes to sleep in his crib at night but rarely wakes up in his crib come morning. So since he's never left in his crib, he's never tried to climb out of it.

However, today we moved his crib into our bedroom because we're getting ready to paint his room - don't want him sleeping in paint fumes. The crib was too big for the door, so I had to take it apart to get in out of his bedroom. When I put it back together in our room, I left one side of it off so it's now it's a bed instead of a crib. He was SO EXCITED!!! It took him an hour to go down for his nap because he was so excited.

Anyway, we went to the movies tonight - Wallice and Gromit which he loved - so by bedtime he was pretty exausted. I stayed in with him since he's still getting used to the new arrangements. He wanted me to be really close, so I sat right there with him and spoke softly so he'd get sleepy and fall asleep. Just as he was drifting off, I said "Thanks for being my son". His response was "Welcome Daddy".

WHAT A GREAT KID!!!

Anyway, here are some more recent pics of Patrick and Rileyanne.

Every once in a while, I listen to as much Rush Limbaugh as I can stomach - typically less than five minutes worth. Good to know the folks at Media Matters have a stronger stomach for Limbaugh's lies, bullshit and bile.

If you ever needed evidence that this asshole (and all the other so-called-right-wing-pundits) just makes this shit up as he goes along, consider this Media Matters Report:

Nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that "no major media outlet or even cable news shows" have mentioned in their "Deep Throat" coverage that W. Mark Felt had been convicted, and later pardoned by President Ronald Reagan, for authorizing illegal break-ins unrelated to Watergate. In fact, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, PBS, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times all noted Felt's conviction and pardon following Vanity Fair's May 31 announcement that its July issue would identify Felt as the famous unnamed source whom Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein relied on in their reporting on the Watergate scandal.

Limbaugh isn't even bothering to try to appear accurate or imparial anymore. Hey, if people who listen to him can't be fucking bothered to check up on his facts, why not just make up outrageous lies like this one (and countless, countless others). It's scary to think about the sheer number of sheep...err...registed voters in rural parts of America that overwhelming voted for Bush who get their "news" purely from Limbaugh (or Savage or FOX or their ilk). Of course, all you have to do is turn on the "news" and see that smirking chimp's face in the Oval Office to be reminded of what the uninformed people in this country have wrought.

Note - Apparently, you can't curse in the title of posts on MSN Spaces. It's not my choice to write "Sh*t" instead of "Shit". But you get the idea.