about

For now, I offer just the basics....

Wife of 26 years: Veva Silva, formerly a nurse, now a ceramist and Realtor. You should soon be able to see examples of her functional and inspiring creations here. 

Oldest Son: Chris Tavares Silva, an accomplished artist and all around wonderful guy. Check out his amazing artwork here. Lauren Feece, Chris's wife of one year, is also a visual artist; you will find her beautiful work here.

Oh yes, there is certainly more to me than meets the eye of a PL/SQL developer. Oh yes, I am sure I can find those bits of me somewhere. Unfortunately, I have to write some PL/SQL code, so I don't have time to....

No, no. Silly me. Yes, PL/SQL does consume much of my life, but I have busily pursued other interests as well.

And as you will read over and over again in this site, at least initially, I will give you small, short and delightful tidbits - and then get back to you later with more details. Here's a quick rundown:

I have two confessions to make: first, I have got to be one of the most narrowly specialized technologists in the world. I really just know one thing: PL/SQL. Fortunately, I know that pretty well—and fortunately also, Oracle has done a splendid job of designing, building, and enhancing the language. Sure, I used to write Fortran, but these days if you ask me about anything outside of PL/SQL you will draw a blank. Second confession: I am not really much of a technologist. I took three “101” courses on programming in college, and that is it for formal education.

You will find below my abreviated,  "professional" biography (which is the reason almost everyone/anyone would want to visit this site, anyway). I will soon offer other, very tantalizing glimpses into my incredibly interesting life. But for now, I am concentrating on making sure a reasonable minimum amount of content is present on all the pages of my spanking new website. 

[ And please, please, please: forgive the third person narrative. ]