Always underestimate your audience's knowledge, never underestimate their intelligence.

-FM

Solo Edited Entries

Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.
-John Steinbeck, 'East of Eden'

2003 - 37 Solo Entries
1. Seinfeld - the TV Series - 03 April, 2003 PR Thread (17 days in PR) 4,462 words
2. British-English Spelling - 29 April, 2003 PR Thread (38 days in PR) 1,006 words
3. The Monitor and Merrimack - 29 April, 2003 PR Thread (44 days in PR) 526 words
4. Toasting in Georgia - 12 May, 2003 PR Thread (14 days in PR) 432 words
5. Calvin and Hobbes - 23 December, 1999 (Update went through June 10, 2003) PR Thread (22 days in PR) 1491 words
6. Andy Kaufman - 25 June, 2003 PR Thread (10 days in PR) 2054 words
7. The Legacies of the Wright Brothers in Dayton, Ohio - 03 July, 2003 PR Thread (10 days in PR) 1081 words
8. Cheers - 04 July, 2003 PR Thread (11 days in PR) 3,123 words
9. The First Canoe to Fly Around the Statue of Liberty - 08 July, 2003 PR Thread (10 days in PR) 713 words
10. I Love Lucy - 08 July, 2003 PR Thread (10 days in PR) 2,196 words
11. The Cosby Show - 11 July, 2003 PR Thread (8 days in PR) 1,618 words
12. The Wright Brothers - How They Almost Quit - 21 July, 2003 PR Thread (9 days in PR)505 words
13. Lou Gehrig - 21 July, 2003 (Uni) 1,245 words
14. Cy Young - 22 July, 2003 (Uni) 985 words
15. Babe Ruth - 22 July, 2003 (Uni) 3,000 words
16. Lake Cumberland - 22 July, 2003 2,005 words
17. Ty Cobb - 22 July, 2003 (Uni) 3,701 words
18. Jackie Robinson - 22 July, 2003 (Uni) 1,599 words
19. Pete Rose - 22 July, 2003 (Uni) 1,758 words
20. Mickey Mantle - 22 July, 2003 (Uni) 1,659 words
21. Joe DiMaggio - 22 July, 2003 (Uni) 1,194 words
22. Yogi Berra - 22 July, 2003 (Uni) 1,415 words
23. Ted Williams - 22 July, 2003 (Uni) 2,450 words
24. Join or Die - 24 July, 2003 (Uni) 664 words
25. Willie Mays - 24 July, 2003 (Uni) 1,717 words
26. Cal Ripken - 28 July, 2003 (Uni) 1,812 words
27. Intro to Legends of Baseball 08 August, 2003 (Uni) 2,807 words
28. Dilbert Books - 14 August, 2003 PR Thread (11 days in PR) 1,539 words
29. Yogi-isms - 20 August, 2003 PR Thread (10 days in PR) 872 words
30. The Family of the Wright Brothers - 29 August, 2003 PR Thread (11 days in PR) 1,033 words
31. Rogers Hornsby - 30 August, 2003 (Uni) 1,358 words
32. The World's Second Largest Ball of Twine - 02 October, 2003 PR Thread (13 days in PR) 581 words
33. Unassisted Triple Plays in Baseball - October 15, 2003 PR Thread (22 days in PR) 1,116 words
34. How to Train Your Parakeet to Speak - October 28, 2003 PR Thread (11 days in PR) 918 words
35. The Lion King - November 19, 2003 PR Thread (18 days in PR) 2,333 words
36. John Glenn - December 30, 2003 PR Thread (11 days in PR) 1,659 words
37. The Patent Wars of the Wright Brothers - December 31, 2003 PR Thread (9 days in PR)908 words
2004 - 28 Solo Entries
38. Christopher Columbus Part One - January 9, 2004 PR Thread (21 days in PR) 3,370 words
39. Christopher Columbus Part Two - January 9, 2004 PR Thread (35 days in PR) 2,543 words
40. Christopher Columbus Part Three - January 9, 2004 PR Thread (36 days in PR) 2,213 words
41. The Winners of the Triple Crown in Horse Racing - January 16, 2004 PR Thread (22 days in PR) 1,672 words
42. Election and Voting Methods in the US - February 18, 2004 PR Thread (32 days in PR) 3,454 words
43. JFK - President - February 20, 2004 PR Thread (17 days in PR - later split up. Original entry was over 8,000 words before splitting.) 3,112 words
44. The Wright Brothers - Aviators - March 24, 2004 PR Thread (19 days in PR) 2,873 words
45. Sandy Koufax - March 31, 2004 PR Thread (27 days in PR) 1,666 words
46. Ohio - May 4, 2004 PR Thread (36 days in PR) 1,459 words
47. LBJ - May 21, 2004 PR Thread (41 days in PR) 5,285 words
48. The Rise of Free Agency and the Reserve Clause in Baseball - June 18, 2004 PR Thread (17 days in PR) 908 words
49. Preparing to be Inaugurated as US President - June 23, 2004 PR Thread (53 days in PR) 2,642 words
50. Twenty-One - July 1, 2004 PR Thread (68 days in PR) 1,445 words
51. Richard Nixon - July 5, 2004 PR Thread (49 days in PR) 3,988 words
52. Lombard Street - July 1, 2004 PR Thread (77 days in PR) 613 words
53. Toledo War - August 20, 2004 PR Thread (27 days in PR) 813 words
54. Kent State Shooting - September 14, 2004 PR Thread (53 days in PR) 976 words
55. State Flag of Ohio - September 23, 2004 PR Thread (71 days in PR) 499 words
56. Canals of Ohio - September 29, 2004 PR Thread (18 days in PR) 2,893 words
57. Life of Abraham Lincoln - November 5, 2004 PR Thread (35 days in PR) 7,490 words
58. Death of Lincoln - November 5, 2004 PR Thread (71 days in PR) 2,656 words
59. Legacy of Lincoln - November 5, 2004 PR Thread (37 days in PR) 1,276 words
60. The Role of Ohio in the Civil War - November 11, 2004 PR Thread (99 days in PR) 1,366 words
61. Oliver Hazard Perry - November 18, 2004 PR Thread (36 days in PR) 1,238 words
62. Beginning of the Civil War - December 3, 2004 PR Thread (49 days in PR) 4,053 words
63. Robert E Lee - December 6, 2004 PR Thread (36 days in PR) 2,531 words
64. Ulysses S Grant - December 14, 2004 PR Thread (47 days in PR) 2,786 words
65. Johnny Appleseed - December 30, 2004 PR Thread (69 days in PR) 1,554 words
2005 - 29 Solo Entries
66. Jonathan Dayton - January 18, 2005 PR Thread (160 days in PR) 1,016 words
67. Smurfs - January 20, 2005 PR Thread (14 days in PR) 2,064 words
68. End of the Civil War - January 21, 2005 PR Thread (70 days in PR) 2,495 words
69. Stonewall Jackson - January 26, 2005 PR Thread (64 days in PR) 1,405 words
70. Jefferson Davis - January 31, 2005 PR Thread (76 days in PR) 1,746 words
71. Hang on Sloopy - February 9, 2005 PR Thread (39 days in PR) 646 words
72. The Civil War I - February 22, 2005 (Jimi X is mistakenly credited) PR Thread (83 days in PR) 3,513 words
73. JFK Administration - March 11, 2005 (split from JFK entry) 3,478 words
74. Assassination of JFK - March 11, 2005 (split from JFK entry) 1,581 words
75. European Cities in Ohio - March 23, 2005 PR Thread (56 days in PR) 2,504 words
76. Robert Taft - May 4, 2005 PR Thread (26 days in PR) 1,769 words
77. Constitution of Ohio - May 11, 2005 PR Thread (17 days in PR) 1,012 words
78. Short History of the USA - May 16, 2005 PR Thread (20 days in PR) 6,232 words
79. Being American - June 20, 2005 PR Thread (66 days in PR) 2,860 words
80. Transportation Between Dayton and Cincinnati - June 21, 2005 PR Thread (44 days in PR) 1,280 words
81. The Connecticut Western Reserve and the Origin of Cleveland - July 6, 2005 PR Thread (50 days in PR) 830 words
82. Seinfeld - a History - July 18, 2005 PR Thread (68 days in PR) 6,806 words
83. The Presidents of the USA Before Washington - July 29, 2005 PR Thread (15 days in PR) 2,539 words
84. William Howard Taft - August 3, 2005 PR Thread (50 days in PR) 2,326 words
85. Democrat or Republican - August 10, 2005 PR Thread (21 days in PR) 3,190 words
86. Baseball Related Injuries - August 22, 2005 PR Thread (72 days in PR) 2,179 words
87. American Pie - August 31, 2005 (update) PR Thread (17 days in PR) 1,991 words
88. Credit Sequences in Woody Allen Movies - October 5, 2005 PR Thread (68 days in PR) 967 words
89. Alexander Hamilton - October 7, 2005 PR Thread (8 days in PR) 5,395 words
90. William Henry Harrison - October 14, 2005 PR Thread (13 days in PR) (Challenge H2G2) 2,353 words
91. Filibusters - October 19, 2005 PR Thread (13 days in PR) 2,255 words
92. The Joy of Third Nipples - October 28, 2005 PR Thread (43 days in PR) 812 words
93. Eisenhower Before Politics - November 9, 2005 PR Thread (28 days in PR) 1,964 words
94. Kennedy Family and Classical Themes - December 13, 2005 PR Thread (18 days in PR) 1,491 words
2006 - 4 Solo Entries
95. Turd Blossoms and the American Dream - February 21, 2006 PR Thread (48 days in PR) 1,826 words
96. The Gettysburg Address - 22 May, 2000 (update went through March 8, 2006) PR Thread (76 days in UF) 1,430 words
97. John Adams - April 20, 2006 PR Thread (37 days in PR) 1,967 words
98. The Giant Jesus - December 29, 2006 PR Thread (13 days in PR) 535 words
2007 - 3 Solo Entries
99. They Founded America - October 5, 2007 PR Thread (17 days in PR) 2,358 words
100. Wishing - October 23, 2007 PR Thread (14 days in PR) 2,660 words
101. Typos in the US Constitution - December 25, 2007 PR Thread (25 days in PR) 1,864 words
2008 - 29 Solo Entries
102. The Potomac River - January 8, 2008 PR Thread (24 days in PR) 3,184 words
103. The US Senate - January 9, 2008 PR Thread (33 days in PR) 3,486 words
104. Ashtabula Horror - January 14, 2008 (Entry of the Month: January, 2008) PR Thread (18 days in PR) 3,142 words
105. Coin Flipping - March 4, 2008 PR Thread (28 days in PR) 1,485 words
106. Intro to US Dialects - 14 March 2008 (Uni) PR Thread (19 days in PR) 1,223 words
107. Southern Drawl - 14 March 2008 (Uni) 4,136 words
108. Noo Yawk - 14 March 2008 (Uni) 2,404 words
109. Boston Accent - 14 March 2008 (Uni) 1,484 words
110. Pennsylvania Dialects - 14 March 2008 (Uni) 1,716 words
111. Midwestern Non-Accent - 14 March 2008 (Uni) 1,098 words
112. Chicago and the Northern Cities Vowel Shift - 14 March 2008 (Uni) 899 words
113. Cigar Store Indians - 19 March 2008 PR Thread (15 days in PR)882 words
114. US House of Representatives - 1 April 2008 PR Thread (12 days in PR) 1,939 words
115. Public Toilet Graffiti - 10 April 2008 PR Thread (9 days in PR) 2,927 words
116. Thomas Jefferson - The Sage of Monticello 28 April, 2008 PR Thread (13 days in PR) 6,452 words
117. The First Amendment to the US Constitution 2 May, 2008 PR Thread (22 days in PR) 3,691 words
118. The Last Words of the Founding Fathers 2 May, 2008 PR Thread (13 days in PR) 2,212 words
119. Hobos 29 May, 2008 PR Thread (22 days in PR) 1,689 words
120. The Cleveland Indians 'Ten Cent Beer Night' June 10, 2008 PR Thread (12 days in PR) 1,058 words
121. An Anagram Entry: 'A Mean Angry Rant' 25 June, 2008 PR Thread 1,665 words
122. The American Presidency 2 July, 2008 PR Thread
123. The Dayton Flood of 1913 29 July, 2008 PR Thread
124. James MadisonPR Thread (44 days in PR)
125. George Washington 07 August, 2008
126. The Ohio State - University of Michigan 'Snow Bowl' Game of 1950 08 August, 2008 PR Thread
127. Facial Hair and the American Civil War 22 August, 2008
128. The Gay Bomb Proposal - Make Love, Lose War 09 September, 2008
129. Smear and Slander Through US Political History 07 October, 2008
130. Tree Sitting - Devolution as a Demonstration 29 October, 2008
2009 - 8 Solo Entries so far
131. Strange Fruit - The Billie Holiday Song 23 June, 2009 - Entry of the Month, June 2009
132. Having a Big Head 23 June, 2009
133. The Boston Small Pox Epidemic of 1775-1776 2 July, 2009
134. Blue Eyes 29 July, 2009
135. Crazy Joe Gallo 12 August, 2009
136. The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge 13 August, 2009
137. Philip Lampi - in process
138. Pickett's Charge - in process

Collaborative

These are entries that were either projects I put together, helped out with or that I wrote the vast majority of. I don't think I really have the temperament for collaboration, and many of these involve sections written wholesale by other people or courtesy credits.

12 entries so far
1. New York City - 18 November, 1999 (An update, I wrote most of this entry and am credited as the Editor for reasons passing understanding)
2. Baseball Basics - 08 June, 2001 (I wrote this whole entry, as an update, but I'm credited as the sub-editor)
3. Alcatraz - 18 April, 2001 (I wrote this whole entry, but the authors of the entry it superseded are credited, and I'm credited as the editor)
4. The Statue of Liberty - 20 March, 2003 (formerly my first solo entry, now updated with a final section by Bels)
5. Visiting the Grand Canyon - 12 June, 2003 (with a quote supplied by JD)
6. A Beginner's Guide to Feng Shui - 12 June, 2003 (with much help from ZSF!)
7. Great Moments in Baseball - 26 January, 2004 (with Jimi, Shea and Gosho)
8. Rasputin - 29 June, 2004 (I rescued this from Magic Hat's FM article, then Matt rescued it again)
9. US Civil War Part II - 11 March, 2005 (with Jimi X who wrote section on Gettysburg)
10. The United States of America - 08 June, 2005 (with Jimi, Mikey, JD, Hyp and EMR)
11. Dwight Eisenhower Administration - 09 November, 2005 (with Jimi X, Hypatia and Jimster)
12. Scrabble - 12 February, 2008 (with The Apprentice)

Topics I Lost Interest In

Entries I started and never finished. Or, if I finished them, were not submitted to PR or were even rejected. Mostly useful in case I need a topic in the future.

2003
1. US License Plates
2. Oakwood
3. SNL
4. Republican Party
5. US Coins
6. Legendary US Standups
7. Baseball Stadiums
8. Washington Monument
9. Jerry Seinfeld
10. Secretariat or Man o' War?
11. CIA Sponsored Assassination Attempts on Fidel Castro
12. ALS
13. Babe Ruth's Called Shot
14. Baseball on Television
15. Great Rivers of Ohio
16. Roald Dahl
17. LA Dodgers - Baseball Team
18. Why Do The Red Sox Suck? (would be out of date now anyways)
19. US Civil Rights Movement
20. A History of Ohio (incorporated into other entries)
21. Pac-Man
22. Boston
23. Garfield
24. The Phrase 23-Skidoo
25. Triple Crowns in Baseball
26. John Paul Jones
2004
27. The Films of Woody Allen
28. The US Bill of Rights
29. Romeo and Juliet
30. San Francisco (would be update)
31. The Dead-Ball Era of Baseball
32. The Battle of the Alamo
33. The Firing on Fort Sumter
34. Statuary Hall
35. The Fighting McCook Clan
2005
36. Edward Tiffin
37. Ohio's Role in US Presidential Politics
38. William McKinley
39. Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington, VA
40. Air Force One
2006
41. George Washington
2007
42. The Ohio State - Michigan Football Rivalry

Superlatives