A long, long time ago... I can still remember How that JoeUser used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those bloggers dance And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while. But October made me shiver With every twitter JU delivered. Bad news on the doorstep; JU couldn’t take one more step. I can’t remember if I cried When I read about Mason's ride, But something touched me deep inside The day the Joeuser died. So bye-bye, Free IceCream Ride. Drove my G...

When I hit 10k, I was astounded and really proud!  It was an accomplishment for me! Now, I just hit 100k.  Joining an elite group of people that includes Brad, and 2 ladies! I dont expect to advance much beyond this.  But I did reach a mile stone!  And given the people on JU, I am appreciative of that. I am content where I am.  I am happy with my participation numbers.  And I thank everyone for letting me share with you. And for your interaction with me. ...

I have been reading Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson's books about the Butlerian Jihad (I always wondered about the title, and am now glad they wrote it and I am reading them).  Jihad is a unique word.  Christians had Crusades, Hindus and Buddhist don't have any equivalent, and indeed the Crusades are not quite the same. Jihad is a powerful word!  Islam gave us this word.  And it can be bad, but then it can also be a cleansing action (read Brian and Kevin). But Jihad al...

I recently posted a Tale of 2 states, sent to me by a friend.  I asked his permission to post it, and he said ok, but to not mention him.  SO I cleaned it up and posted it.  I had thought I had attributed it to anonymous at the end, but upon looking back on it, I see that line was deleted.  So some got the impression that I had written it.  I did not say I did. Then some accused me of avoiding it.  SOme people spend all day haunting the forums, but as I have stat...

Sorry if my Darth Vader imitation is off by a bit.  I cant seem to get the nuance down at times. Recently, 2 people have called me fatherly, or father like.  One I think was done in a spirit of good natured ribbing, and the other in the heat of debate.  For the life of me, I don't see how any one can say I am fatherly, father like, or paternal.  I never had one! My father left me when I was 4.  I saw him once in my life after that.  I probably would not have r...

My sister had a birthday yesterday!  I will not embarrass her with the age as I intend to send a link to this for her.  But let me tell you about her. She was born of my stepfather and mother.  In fact, I had to sleep with my stepfather as he would not wake form anything and my mother was in the hospital in a difficult labor (this was the X0s - no birthing rooms!).  So about 2am, on October 14th in the year of our lord 19xx, I got a call.  I woke my step father and to...

Before I begin, let me thank all the great citizens of JU Land that welcomed me back, even the ones who scolded me for not telling anyone I was going on vacation.  It just means you missed me! For those who don't know, I took a couple of weeks off to what was originally intended to be, a Wedding.  And a vacation (if you are going to California for a Wedding, might as well make it a vacation too!).  We spent the first weekend in LA, where the weather was seasonable.  M...

Today we had a major server meltdown.  Not just any server, THE DHCP server.  This single point of failure was designed by my supposed superior (in his mind).  It was a hardware failure that I warned about 7 months ago.  But would my little pissant boss listen to me?   Dont make me laugh. But due to some due dilligence on my part (and wholly unauthorized, so I will be written up for it), we were back in Business in less than an hour, with just the clean up taking...

I think JU needs to do one of those holograms for creating accounts.  I counted almost a dozen new accounts that are all BuyDRUGX, and all selling some drug or another.  They may be legal, but do we need it? What next, a dozen selling "male enhancement" "all natural" stuff? Boo on the spammers!  Go spam our mailboxes and stay off JU!

I posted one, not in the forums, and it was.  I posted one in the forums and it was?  No real harm.  And the forums are over 12 hours out of date. I guess they are just whacky. T-Man is on vacation!

With total attributes to Chaos Manager, I would like to add my own take.  His was great!  And indeed I cannot surpass him.  But I want to add my own. My Blessings! God how they are great.  I, like him have 4 blessings.  2 Girls and 2 Boys.  And proud?  Every one is as good or better than I! And each one a different person!  With their own interests! I am a computer nerd.  I love them and sink into their innards with glee!  None of my chi...

Yes, My son.  I took him to see Hostel,  and it was disgusting.  But what did he see?  He saw the artistic direction, and the actors as they played out the sadistic movie.  He saw art, I saw just garbage! But that is who he is.  I go to a movie to see a show.  He goes to it to critique it.  He is my son and I do love him.  And I hope he really does take hollywood by storm!  He is that good! But what do you see?  You see a part of me.&n...

This is actually serious.  Kudos to Alison Watkins for bringing it to the forefront.  She said her students found her "living space".  Or whatever.  Inbloom wrote the original article: http://inbloom.joeuser.com/articleComments.asp?AID=98267 This has nothing to do with Inbloom or Alison, both of whom I respect.  This has to do with the chairman of the Richmond School Board, and his posting!  Steven Johnson decided to have some fun.  He is gay, and single, ...