#BlogElul Day 29: Return

RETURN is one of the most basic of all constructs in IT. Whether you are a programmer, sysadmin, network engineer, Virtualization architect, or something else, there is an almost 100% likelihood that you have needed to find out the RETURN code from one of your systems at some time in the past.

For that reason, I love that this is the last prompt for this series. It’s a way of saying “We’re all done here. Run garbage collection, write to the log files, and close this puppy down.”

It’s been a great run – by far my most successful participation in #BlogElul. Not only did I complete each and every one of the prompts this year, I did it twice – once on this blog and once on EdibleTorah.com.

For those who are long on time and short on inspiration, here’s a review of each of the essays.

• Elul 1: Prepare
• Elul 2: Act
• Elul 3: Search
• Elul 4: Understand
• Elul 5: Accept
• Elul 6: Know
• Elul 7: Be
• Elul 8: Hear
• Elul 9: See
• Elul 10: Count
• Elul 11: Trust
• Elul 12: Forgive
• Elul 13: Remember
• Elul 14: Learn
• Elul 15: Change
• Elul 16: Pray
• Elul 17: Awaken
• Elul 18: Ask
• Elul 19: Judge
• Elul 20: Dare
• Elul 21: Love
• Elul 22: End
• Elul 23: Begin
• Elul 24: Hope
• Elul 25: Intend
• Elul 26: Create
• Elul 27: Bless
• Elul 28: Give
• Elul 29: Return

Thank you for coming along on this journey with me.

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// Every good programmer leaves an easter egg or two
// Here’s where I would like to thank a few people:
// First, I am blessed beyond measure to have had the chance to marry my best friend.
// without her, I would be lost adrift in the sea of madness and chaos.
//
// Second, thank you to Phyllis Sommer (aka “Ima on (and off) the Bima”) for kicking this // event off year after year and generating both writing prompts AND enthusiasm
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// Third, to Rabbi Raphael Davidovich. This was his first year participating in #BlogElul, and
// I tried not to ape his thoughts too much. or without attribution. But like a good partner
// at the gym or a good chevruta (sorry, CHEVRUSA) at yeshiva, his work pushed me to do
// my best as well even when I might have been more lenient with myself.