A description of my blog. http://www.my-site.com 2702921630812818923 This Should Only Take a Minute 2008/03/#2702921630812818923 2008-03-24 So I'm nearing a major deadline at work, and I can tell my boss is concerned that I'm going to be stressed out and working long hours this week. We were talking about another upcoming project, and I mentioned that I thought I would be able to handle it on top of what I already had scheduled. She kind of laughed, and I said, "Yeah, I have no sense of my own limitations."

"Not when it comes to time estimates," she said.

It's true, I don't. Everything takes more time than I expect it to. It's a weird sort of cognitive deficiency I have.

It doesn't seem to help that I'm aware of the problem either. Even when I try to account for my unrealistic expectations by inflating my time estimate, the actual time still ends up being double what I estimated.

One of the ramifications of this failing is that I tend to take on way too many projects at a time. Right now, for example, in addition to maintaining this blog, Humor-Blogs.com and my job, I'm building a house, writing a novel and working on a master's degree. Oh, and I'm the treasurer for our church.

That is, all of those projects are outstanding. I haven't touched the novel in a few weeks, and I'm perennially two classes away from finishing the master's. The house progresses slowly, and only because I'm paying professionals to progress.

They Clay PigeonAnd then there's the Clay Pigeon, an online humor magazine that several blogging pals and I started a few weeks ago. I think we produced some of the best humor writing on the web, but the fact is that something has to give. The Pigeon is going to have to go on hiatus for a while. I'm hoping we can bring it back at some point, but if and when we do, it will probably be in a somewhat different format. Maybe a format that is not quite so saturated with my blood and sweat.

The good news is that I'm not going to shut down this blog any time soon. I don't think I could stop writing this crap if I wanted to, so I might as well post it. This might not be my most stellar posting week, what with the work stuff, but I'll be around.

Thanks to all the editors and contributors of the CP, and also everybody who linked to us and posted the CP banners on your site. We appreciate your support.

If you want to read some funny stuff, browse through the Clay Pigeon's archives, or visit one of the contributor's blogs.

Crummy Church Signs
O Mighty Crisis
The Frog Bog
Pistols at Dawn
The Gallivanting Monkey
Izzle Pfaff!
The Reasonable Ego
See Mike Draw
HowToKillPeople.com
Armadillo Trader
Renal Failure
Predator Press
Genuine Ideas

Thanks, guys. You rock.

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