Ode To ColdFusion On Valentine's Day

Posted February 14, 2011 at 10:19 AM by Ben Nadel

Tags: ColdFusion

Today, on Valentine's Day, I wanted to take a moment and share my love for the ColdFusion programming language.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

As a man, I'm quite aware
Of just how rude it is to stare,
But with your tags and angled brackets —
Your robust code and taunting tactics —
I find that I cannot control
The thoughts of you that haunt my soul.
And as the days lead into night
I keep you fixed within my sight,
Not even sleep can sate this hunger
Where byte-code falls like dreamy thunder.
At first I thought it was my choice,
ColdFusion - my heuristic voice,
But over time, I've been demeaned
To bow before my zoftig Queen.
And now I slave to fill her buffer
In hopes to show just how I love her,
With many lines of homage paid,
So I can say, "ColdFusion-made!"
I do all this to make her proud -
To raise her up above the crowd
And build for her an awesome shrine,
My love, my Queen — My Valentine.

I hope you all have a wonderful, love-filled Valentine's Day!




Reader Comments

Feb 14, 2011 at 10:27 AM // reply »
5 Comments

Thts really gay!


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:28 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Roberto,

If by Gay, you mean awesome - then yes, I agree.


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:30 AM // reply »
79 Comments

Awesome. Well done.

Roberto's comment needs to be deleted though.


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:30 AM // reply »
5 Comments

No, I didnt mean it! Just say its Terrible!


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:31 AM // reply »
5 Comments

@Jason, How can you be agree? kkk


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:31 AM // reply »
16 Comments

Ohh, Ben, Ben, Ben, you big valentine plush toy. You finally lost your marbles, eh?

Awesome song.


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:32 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Tim,

I find the crazier I get, the more interesting life becomes :)


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:34 AM // reply »
12 Comments

I love it!


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:34 AM // reply »
1 Comments

You're definitively crazy :-)


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM // reply »
12 Comments

Ben, Can I quote that: I find the crazier I get, the more interesting life becomes"
You should coin it.


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:36 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Dani,

Thanks - it was fun to write; never written a poem about a programming language before.

@Aurélien,

I'd be hard-pressed to argue with that :)


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:36 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Dani,

Ha ha, go for it :)


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:39 AM // reply »
12 Comments

I have to find an old poem a friend wrote about his love for the "T-bone"


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:40 AM // reply »
2 Comments

Ha, awesome. Good one for a first try.... too bad I would have to change so many words for it to work as a Valentines poem for my wife...

Thanks Ben!


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:42 AM // reply »
25 Comments

Nice, who knew that Ben was also poet!!


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:47 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Dani,

You can't go wrong with a good steak!

@Rob,

I'll help you out next year ;)

@Jalpino,

That's how I filled my Humanities requirements in college - Creative Writing Fiction and Creative Writing Poetry.


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:47 AM // reply »
1 Comments

This is well-timed and EPIC. :)


Feb 14, 2011 at 10:59 AM // reply »
37 Comments

Almost fell out my chair laughing!

faves: "Where byte-code falls like dreamy thunder", and "But over time, I've been demeaned... To bow before my zoftig Queen."

I'll never look at CF the same way again! Love it man!


Feb 14, 2011 at 11:01 AM // reply »
14 Comments

OMG! Ben you're a freak! ;-)

AWESOME!!!!!! I loved it!


Feb 14, 2011 at 11:03 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Aaron,

Heck, I was just happy to use the word zoftig for the first time; I've heard it before, but never put it into action. I just love the way it sounds.

@Marcos,

Ha ha, glad you enjoyed.


Feb 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM // reply »
16 Comments

If only Coldfusion returned the affection. She is a cold, merciless mistress... but still we cannot help ourselves.


Feb 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM // reply »
37 Comments

@Ben, ha! Yeah, I had to look up zoftig :D


Feb 14, 2011 at 11:20 AM // reply »
12 Comments

@manchicken: she's cold but delivers...now I'm confused...am I talking about ColdFusion or my wife...oops


Feb 14, 2011 at 11:30 AM // reply »
16 Comments

Does it matter? (honey, if you're reading I'm just joking.)


Feb 14, 2011 at 11:36 AM // reply »
3 Comments

Absolutely love this Ben!


Feb 14, 2011 at 11:43 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Dani, @Themanchicken,

Ha ha, you guys are too much :)

@Ryan,

Thanks my man - thought I'd have some fun with the day.


Feb 14, 2011 at 11:49 AM // reply »
12 Comments

@themanchicken you are joking, please talk for yourself. :) (I know my honey won't read this)


Feb 14, 2011 at 12:13 PM // reply »
2 Comments

hahahahaha


Feb 14, 2011 at 12:49 PM // reply »
31 Comments

Wow.

Now all you need to do is take up Parkour and you will be my new god.. ;)

You nut job. Love it.


Feb 14, 2011 at 1:14 PM // reply »
22 Comments

ColdFusion coder, body builder, and with the soul of a poet no less. Mr. Nadel, you are a true Renaissance Man. :-)


Feb 14, 2011 at 1:19 PM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@James,

Ha ha ha, I got the sweatpants - now, I just need the class.

@James FE,

Thank you kind sir :)


Feb 14, 2011 at 1:26 PM // reply »
2 Comments

I was thinking about changing the "ColdFusion" with my girlfriend's name but I think she is not going to like the "But with your tags and angled brackets" part


Feb 14, 2011 at 1:36 PM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Jean,

Ha ha, yeah, you'll lose a little something in translation there ;)


Feb 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM // reply »
1 Comments

Much more creative than <cf_valentine />


Feb 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM // reply »
131 Comments

awesomesauce :)


Feb 14, 2011 at 2:11 PM // reply »
272 Comments

jQuery, very quite contrary,
if you had boobies, I would marry.


Feb 14, 2011 at 3:01 PM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Jason,

I'm so happy to see someone else use "awesome sauce". I use that a lot in the real world, but wasn't sure if that was a "thing" people said! Hello validation!

@WebManWalking,

He he he... boobies.


Feb 14, 2011 at 3:37 PM // reply »
1 Comments

I'm proud to say we share the same first name and love of ColdFusion. Great poem, got my first belly laugh in days.


Feb 14, 2011 at 3:52 PM // reply »
131 Comments

@Ben,

My take on 'awesomesauce' is that's it's probably already passe, but I just can't stop using it ... at least not for stuff like this poem ;)


Feb 14, 2011 at 3:57 PM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Ben,

Heck yeah - "Ben" for the win !

@Jason,

Sometimes, the good phrases just keep coming back around. Hella sweeeet :)


Feb 14, 2011 at 7:47 PM // reply »
4 Comments

awwww!!! ha ha!! Ben....you are full of surprises!! this was so creative.
I am sure that love is mutual :D
ah...and the quote:
["I find the crazier I get, the more interesting life becomes"]-- :D So true. I tried that in my life too and it works :D.


Feb 15, 2011 at 1:36 AM // reply »
1 Comments

LOL! That's awesome Ben!


Feb 15, 2011 at 6:37 AM // reply »
16 Comments

haha Ben, always thinking! Very creative :)

Long live the Queen.


Feb 15, 2011 at 8:45 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Iveth,

Thanks - I like to let it all hang out from time to time.

@Jason, @Aaron,

Thanks fellas.


Feb 15, 2011 at 8:56 AM // reply »
4 Comments

Ben, this sounded like open mic night at a sleazy bar at the far end of town. Good on ya. Oh, while this one was ok, last years Valentine's post was much better. ;-)


Feb 15, 2011 at 9:07 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Aaron,

Ha ha, maybe I'll switch back and forth from year to year... just wait till next February ;)


Feb 15, 2011 at 9:32 AM // reply »
23 Comments

Maybe this is part of a future coldfusion dating and romance site :)

To find other coldfusion programmers to date and match up against lol


Feb 15, 2011 at 9:46 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Craig,

Ha ha ... hot!


Feb 15, 2011 at 9:48 AM // reply »
158 Comments

@Ben, you had me at byte-code. <quivering>You had me at byte-code.</quivering>

(LOL'ing at the poem. Way too much effort put in to it).

Ben, it's okay to love Coldfusion. Just don't love ColdFusion.


Feb 15, 2011 at 10:07 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Randall,

The heart wants what the heart wants :D


Feb 15, 2011 at 10:52 AM // reply »
23 Comments

I even have an idea for the domain name...

HotFusionMatches.com - The El33t Dating Site for ColdFusion Professionals, who want it HoT at home :)


Feb 15, 2011 at 11:19 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Craig,

Ha ha, sounds steamy :)


Feb 15, 2011 at 6:12 PM // reply »
5 Comments

[and I quote] "But with your tags and angled brackets -"

...and I screamed "hypocrisy" !!!

I thought people hated those brackets and tags. That's why even cfquery has an equivalent C/Java style syntax (which is stupid IMHO)


Feb 16, 2011 at 12:08 AM // reply »
1 Comments

I love the poem! It's simply lovely, creative and sweet, just like it's author.


Feb 17, 2011 at 10:52 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Aphtk,

What can I say - I'm a fan of the tags. I use so much of the templating aspect of ColdFusion that the tags just seem to be the most seamlessly integratable version of the language.

Perhaps if ColdFusion ever has support for E4X within script, I'll start moving in the script direction.


Feb 17, 2011 at 10:52 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Jasmine,

Thank you :)


Feb 19, 2011 at 2:45 AM // reply »
3 Comments

zoftig? I thought it was zaftig? syntax is always an issue for me, though ...

stay crazy, love it


Feb 19, 2011 at 10:22 AM // reply »
11,246 Comments

@Levan,

Both versions of the spelling seem to show up in dictionaries; so, I wasn't sure which one to pick. I figured it didn't matter so much since the word is so cool :)



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