I just got a paper cut! It's bad... oh so bad. I can see the bone! Blood is spurting everywhere! I think my finger is going to fall off! I can barely manage to type this! I need prayers! Lots of prayers! Oh wait, I'm an athiest. I need donations! Lots of donations! Getting my finger re-attached is going to take some coin. I'm going to pass out now.... goodbye.

"After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one." - Cato the Elder (234-149 BC, AKA Marcus Porcius Cato) "

So the winning suggestion for my 100th Article came from Poetmom. She suggested, and was seconded, that I list 100 things about me. That was easier said than done, let me tell you. But here are the results. 1. I live in Colorado 2. I grew up in the southern United States. 3. I went to school at a fine Southern university, with one of the best Engineering schools around. 4. Before finishing my B.S. I left school to try my hand as an artist. It didn’t work out. 5. I have a baby pic...

So my next article will be magic 100. I've seen other people celebrate this milestone, and thought I would join in the fun. Problem is that I'm about as creative as a... well, something that isn't very creative. So does anyone have any suggestions for my 100 article celebration? If I don't get any suggestions by the time I feel like writing again, I'm just gonna come up with something lame. And let that be on your conscience!

Back when I was an undergrad in college I supported myself by delivering pizzas for Dominos. My school was situated next to a small college town in Mississippi. For those who have never been to Mississippi there are several words that can be used to describe the place. The word I am going to use today is “Trees.” Mississippi is full of trees. Well, 61% of Mississippi’s land is forest. It also has more tree farms than any other state, generates more forestry products than any other sta...

Recently I’ve been working on resource allocation estimates for our next phase of work. This is basically an estimate of how many people are needed for each task for a three-month development cycle. For example, Task A may need 1.5 heads, while Task B might need 0.5. So I finish the estimate, and my boss shows it to his boss. We get a response along the lines of, “No that’s not right. You only have X number of heads to allocate. Change your estimates so that your total is X.” Thi...

Recently I’ve been working on resource allocation estimates for our next phase of work. This is basically an estimate of how many people are needed for each task for a three-month development cycle. For example, Task A may need 1.5 heads, while Task B might need 0.5. So I finish the estimate, and my boss shows it to his boss. We get a response along the lines of, “No that’s not right. You only have X number of heads to allocate. Change your estimates so that your total is X.” Thi...

French arrogance surfaces again. The following notice was found on the front door of the French Consulate in New York City. "Visas for France are not a right. Persons applying for visas are requested to show due respect for Consular personnel. Failure to do so will result in the denial of the application and denied entry into any of the EU countries." So it seems that France is speaking for the entire European Union these days. I certainly think that people should show the proper re...

Scrappleface has an early analysis of the 9/11 Commission report: 9/11 Report Calls for Hiring Imaginative Evil People (2004-07-22) -- The 9/11 commission report released today blames the 2001 terror attacks on a "failure of imagination" among government officials, and urges intelligence agencies to "hire more evil people who could effectively anticipate acts of unrestrained wickedness." According to the report, America is vulnerable to terrorism because the CIA and FBI are filled...

Scrappleface has an early analysis of the 9/11 Commission report: 9/11 Report Calls for Hiring Imaginative Evil People (2004-07-22) -- The 9/11 commission report released today blames the 2001 terror attacks on a "failure of imagination" among government officials, and urges intelligence agencies to "hire more evil people who could effectively anticipate acts of unrestrained wickedness." According to the report, America is vulnerable to terrorism because the CIA and FBI are filled...

“When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.” George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Continental Features, a Sunday-comics consortium, has decided to drop “Doonesbury” after a poll of the 38 papers that run the Continental-produced Sunday comics section. 21 papers voted to drop it, 15 to keep it, and 2 had no opinion. Van Wilkerson, President of Continental Features, said that Garry Trudeau’s comic “created more controversy than other strips.” And stated, “I have fielded numerous complaints about ‘Doonesbury’ in the past and feel it is time to drop this feature and add...

Someone was recently expressing concern about how much exposure their bog site gets on JU, and it got me thinking about how people read other blogs. I can think of a few ways for your site to get exposure 1. Your article shows up in the "Recent JoeUser Articles", and people access it from there. 2. Your article gets a comment that pushes it to the top of the "Recent Forum Posts". 3. Brad makes your article a "Featured JoeUser Article", and this can get you a lot of exposure. 4. You b...

Saturday mornings I like to take a little "me" time and relax. There are several parks in my city, but the one I like the most is the Garden of the Gods. This park has numerous rock formations, all of which are inspiring and beautiful. So on Saturday mornings I will grab some water and head over there and walk the trails. I usually spend about 40 minutes to an hour wandering the paths. Sometimes I will stop at one of the stone formation benches and watch the other visitors marvel at na...