How To: dice an onion

Because we'd all like to handle these as little as possible... you're making my mascara run...

Quarter your onion 

Now, make half-inch cuts TO the back but not THROUGH the back of the quarter

Here's the view from the bottom (?) of the quarter.. half-inch sections... go all the way across

now flip your knife and make one cut half way up the quarter, again TO the back but not THROUGH the back

start dicing, half-inch cuts up the onion, creating little onion cubes

voila!

here's the stump... save it for stock, toss it... whatever you want!