Author: paul

  • Zorgon the Incredible

    Here’s the short story of Zorgon the Incredible. Actually, rationalist historians claimed he was actually called Zorgon the Inedible (after all, there is no evidence that he was eaten), but realist hysterians just screamed long enough that the subject was dropped… Some fights just can’t be won. Now, Zorgon was a lumbering mess of a…

  • Shipping IT

    Imagine: A Project Image: A Project is like a ship Fact-o-mat: Yes, it’s a ship. A ship with machinists dictating the course: right turns only (experience shows this is best), the pilot hanging out the pool bar, and destination moon.

  • Captain’s Log: Constipated DONUTS

    StarDate 20070320/1243AZT We are orbiting the 13th planet around the newly discovered Total-Block Solar System. Actually this is the inner-most planet, but our investigations have revealed that the other 12 planets were blasted into asteroid dust by an (apparently) sentient species of planet Nr. 13. Which brings me to the reason for our presence: We…

  • Management Library

    Recommended Reading from Aurora Publishing Managing Change with Zero Sigma by Dr. Alfred E. Neumann, 1024 pages (2006). Self-Organizing Chaos: The new Management Paradigm by Zippy the Pinhead, 347 pages (2006). Project Management by PDRR: Panic-Driven-Random-Reactions by Prof. Dr. Zero, 289 pages (2005). Management by Physics: Using the Path-Of-Least-Resistance Approach by Albert Einstone, 654 pages…