Let me give you, for a brief second, a glimpse inside my mind. Imagine a convoluted jumble of synapses firing in rapid succession, each one a route to an entirely different path of thinking. When you hear of a mind "going like 60", that's mine. Only it doesn't go in any one direction. I'm the guy who always pissed you off in high school by writing his entire 10 page history paper in homeroom....and not only passing with it, but getting an "A". I'm the guy who finished standardized tests...

I'm wondering how I did it. At one time, my blog being in the top ten was almost a given. In fact, the only time it fell below was when I was offline due to having no access to the computer. Now, however, I'm at 14 and falling. Our favorite anti-Catholic blogger is about to leap on top of me. Most of the bloggers above me are worthy, don't get me wrong, but it's pretty embarassing to be on the brink of being passed by Jerry Falwell's retarded stepbrother! I know some of my art...

If you haven't been to my sister site (linked on the sidebar) recently, I encourage you to take a look. As I've added in banners and advertisements, I've had to adjust them with my limited knowledge of where to copy/paste the HTML code. I'm slowly but surely getting "there" (remember, my online time is limited as I access from the library). I think it's looking a little cleaner, though.

Everybody has a root canal phrase. The one that just causes you to cringe in disgust, and causes a flash of intense agony up your spine and through your jaw. Mine is any attachment of the word "humble" to "opinion". The phrase "humble opinion" is oxymoronic, because true humility revolves around deflating your own ego and keeping your tongue in cheek. Bill O'Reilly sets me off when he refers to himself as "your HUMBLE correspondent". The acronym "IMHO" is a more common offense, but I often...

I apologize for my premature naming of March's meathead of the month. Michael Schiavo would have made a MUCH better candidate than Mark McGwire. But, mistakes being what they are, I can move on with my "can't miss" for April. This month's meatheads (can't name one without the other) are India Akins, the mother of the arrested five year old, and the school that the five year old attended. India Akins deserves this award for absolving herself of parental responsibility above and beyond the c...

Well, I was doing some work on my sister site (linked on the sidebar), and I couldn't help but notice that I've already had my 600th visitor in less than 2 weeks' time (my average number of visitors a day at present is in the 65-80 range; not bad for a "new" site). It only works, though, if you spend time surfing other sites to get points (you get a visitor for every two sites you visit; you can also get "mystery credits"). For the newbie, though, I would recommend surfing for a couple days b...

I hate to do this (hell, who am I kidding, it's what I am all about!), but I would like to take a moment to encourage my regular readers to visit my sister site (linked on the sidebar). I am building it up, initially with archives from JU, but hope to add exclusive features (and maybe even a book preview or two). What I'd like for each of you to consider is clicking on the google ads while you're there. While the ads might represent a minor annoyance, they give me the ability to raise revenue...

OK, this is a question for the JU admins. I went to my account, and the option for creating custom links had been removed (I can't remember, but it seems a couple other options were removed too). Is this a glitch, or are we not able to add custom links anymore?

Another point whore in another hall (sigh). In response to my DARING to oppose one of our newest point whore wannabes, he made the insinuation that I might be, err, a little light in the loafers. Apparently, he's out of legitimate arguments (his exact quote was calling me a drama queen, with QUEEN italicized for emphasis). What cracked me up was that somehow questioning my masculinity would offend me or hurt my feelings. Newsflash: it doesn't. I have nothing to prove to you, and your ruden...

For anyone who hasn't signed up with blogexplosion yet,I highly recommend it (Please link through the link on my sidebar; both phoenixboi and I will benefit from it as he referred me, and I need more referrals). My blogspot site has had over 300 visitors, almost all of them from blogexplosion referrals. The only problem I have is surfing enough ads in the time I'm online (which is why I need referrals to help boost my points total). On the blogspot site (also linked on the sidebar), I have a ...

I have seen enough. The name calling and ill feelings on JoeUser have gone pretty far off topic (I won't use the word "vitriol",as it's overused). I've had enough. While I defer to you the right to do whatever you like on your own thread, It's not going to happen on mine. To that end, I am announcing a general blacklist amnesty. If you have been on my blacklist before, you will be removed, with one unmentioned exception. If you're not removed, wait a short while and you will be. Af...

My 15 minutes are up and I didn't exploit them. For regular readers of my blog, some time ago, I wrote the infamous, point whoring "Fred Harteis" blog. I did it in response to the fact that we were inundated with spam blogs from Quixtar (read "AMWAY") recruiters (gotta think something's up with a business that changes its name routinely...but I digress). Googling myself today, I found the following on a quixtar related message board:   And on another point, why aren?t you guys att...

A few articles ago, I reported I was in blogexplosion limbo. I am happy to report that is no longer the case (with THIS site, anyway...the blogspot site is still in limbo...the good news is it's picking up points without spending them). I like the blogexplosion concept. I will probably like it a lot more when I pick up a few more points (for those who haven't done so, they can link on my sidebar to blogexplosion; it's an excellent way to bring more traffic to your blog).

Suddenly, I don't feel so bad. I took PB's referral to blogexplosion (those who are interested may want to follow the link off the sidebar; I could use the referrals), and tried to register my JU site. First time through, rejected. I resubmitted, and now am still awaiting their approval. Meanwhile, I got a blogspot site (also linked on my sidebar; with much the same articles as here, only a couple of them are unique to the sister site), which is also awaiting approval. I am tearing my ...

Well, one of the latest flame wars is heating up, and I have to wonder, why bother? I've been involved in a couple of back and forths with individuals, but our arguments usually centered around our areas of disagreements, not ridiculously juvenile attacks like "You're an idiot!", or other such random name calling. I find it hard to believe that anyone has ever made it to adulthood without enduring some level of name calling somewhere in their past. While such name calling isn't usually app...