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Today I set a new record in the amount of time I spent on a single email.

I've been trying to coordinate a change in how generics work. Ultimately, this will involve coordinating with about 10 teams to figure out how to make a breaking change without breaking the build (which is a pretty big in in the VS team), but for now, I'm just working to get the process started. To do that, I need to write an email that explains what problem we're trying to solve and how to solve it.

I wrote the first verison of the email at about 9 in the morning, and then got some advice on whether I was taking the rigth approach. I repeated this process throughout the day, interrupted by about 2 hours of meetings.

The final version was written just after 5PM, and sent right before I left. 3 hours spent on the email, and another hour or so working on the same issue.

I sent the mail, went down to the garage, got into the car and start to drive home. As I pulled out of the garage, The Cars "Let the Good Times Roll" came on radio. I turned it up.

"Let them leave you up in the air"
"Let them brush your rock and roll hair"

While it's no longer cool to drive around in your car with the windows open listening to "The Cars" and 1978 was a long time ago, you can still sit in the leather seats of you 328, turn up the air conditioning, and cruise home. I've probably listened to this album as much as any in my collection, but it remains on of my favorites.

Have a great weekend.