Saturday, January 05, 2002
Foliage
I'm getting tired of doing a year in review, so I'm gonna consolidate October and November into a single day's post and wrap up December tomorrow. And did you know that there were 666 posts written last year? That's a lot of friggin' text to sift through. I'm glad it's almost over.

10/1 - Taliban pirate stories?
10/1 - Mike gets it.
10/1 - Even more Taliban stories.
10/2 - Pimphats.com
10/5 - Bond breaks the home run record.
10/7 - Enduring Freedom pictures.
10/9 - Naughty copulation slang.
10/11 - Bert is Evil and other internet classics.
10/15 - RPG clichés.
10/22 - A Red Sox fan visits Yankee Stadium.
10/28 - Jarrod's jeep = wrecked.
10/29 - More pretty pictures.

11/3 - Best. Halloween costume. Ever.
11/3 - Jerome and the bat, part 1 of 3.
11/4 - Operation Flying Rat, part 2 of 3.
11/4 - Diamondbacks win the World Series.
11/5 - The bat is gone, part 3 of 3.
11/6 - Jon translates 12-year-old speak.
11/7 - Cleaning the fucking kitchen for dummies.
11/7 - Dirty Poker lines.
11/14 - Vulgar pick-up lines.
11/14 - Play Oregon Trail! The Apple IIe version, no less.
11/17 - Mike starts writing stuff.
11/24 - The WTC tourist guy has been found.
11/27 - Statistics of people in different countries doing the deed.
11/28 - Mullets and more.

2:59:14 PM | Jerome | comments
Friday, January 04, 2002
Don't be dumb
or you may get fined for it. Don't be an asshole, either, because you may go to jail for it.

Sound advice straight from me, your guiding spirit.

10:26:13 PM | Jerome | comments
A small victory for anti-censorship groups
If you’re like me, you think censorship sucks ass. I agree it’s needed in some places but as a country we are way to uptight about this sort of thing. This week the anti-censorship movement won a small victory in Indianapolis when the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to ban minors from playing violent arcade games. In my opinion, it’s the parents’ job to educate their children and talk to them about violence, not the governments. What happens to these kids when they grow up if we hide them from violence all the time? You can read the entire story at this link. Thanks to Slashdot for the article.
More horoscope goodness
Apparently, some astrologist thinks I'm the best thing since sliced bread, and didn't feel like telling me anything about today in particular:

You are determined, disciplined and committed to uncovering the facts. You come fully equipped with all the tools you need. Others question your opinions, but you come prepared and offer the world more than just a handful of controversial ideals. Your awesome brainpower is a thing of envy to those who know you. You've learned your lessons well by watching others bumble along making their mistakes. Be cautious and precise when it's your turn to perform. Feel free to use your connections in the most beneficial way. Lead the way by simply doing what you do best!
That's right, bitches. Bow down before my awesome brainpower within my huge noggin!
11:55:01 AM | Jerome | comments
A look back at September
Aw yow. September.

9/3 - The last decent bouts of Jerome and MegaHAL (part 3 of 3).
9/6 - When hunger strikes.
9/9 - The NFL season starts.
9/9 - Sex, religion, and superheroes.
9/11 - WTC disaster. No post due to Jerome's ISP being down.
9/18 - Jon starts posting without having to email Jerome content.
9/21 - Nortel stocks vs Budweiser recycling.
9/24 - Best. Conversation. Ever.
9/26 - Sex articles, and something on furniture.
9/29 - The Onion wins, even with Taliban stories like this.
9/30 - Some mess between Mike and Jon. Mike doesn't get it.

11:12:40 AM | Jerome | comments
Thursday, January 03, 2002
AIM users beware
You've got mail? How about you've been hacked?
4:04:39 PM | Jerome | comments
Happy New Year and All That
Well, I hope everyone had a great New Years. I know Jon, Jerome, and I did. Well, maybe not so much Jerome from what I hear. Shall we say "This Sucks" again? ;) Anyone have any interesting New Year's resolutions they would like to share? I made a resolution to not make resolutions. It works out.

If anyone out there is into file-sharing programs, such as LimeWire, you might want to take a look at this article and then check the version of your software. Looks like you could have a Trojan Horse on your computer. And just when you all though stealing music was easy! Shame on you!

Thanks to Wired News for this one.

1:09:28 PM | Mike | comments
Summer time
Looks like both July and August didn't have too much going for it here at AtG, so I decided to combined them into a single post.

7/6 - Jerome. Wrecked.
7/15 - "Ow, my ass!"
7/20 - Famous last words of role-played characters.
7/27 - Guides to dating.
7/28 - Manly tips and other links.

8/5 - Dumb court trials.
8/8 - Porn music.
8/30 - MegaHAL and Jerome, part 1 of 3.
8/30 - Junkbot!
8/31 - Jon and MegaHAL, part 2 of 3.

10:48:16 AM | Jerome | comments
Wednesday, January 02, 2002
Random links
I'm not entirely sure where they all came from (mostly MeFi, I believe), but I've had them for a little too long, now. And if I don't share them soon, the little black-suited men will come to my house and beat me unmercifully with slabs of sheet metal and spoiled meat. And then when I'm crying and yelling "Roswell! Roswell!" in the fetal position on my wood floor, they will proceed to kick me and set off firecrackers near my face while calling me bad awful names like "Tasty Cakes" and "You goat bastard." So, you see, I can't let that happen. It's a horrific experience; one that I would not enjoy having for a second time.

* If you're a gamer, or perhaps an intense web surfer, your mouse may get all gross and sweaty as you do your thing. You may want to consider putting a fan in your mouse to cool off that hot palm of yours. Then, when people see your augmented mouse, maybe they will beat you without remorse like the little black-suited men have done to me. You don't want that.

* The wonders of the web, according to the folks at Guardian Unlimited. It seems like a good list, but when they say that "If the internet only consisted of this ultra-fast search engine (Google) it would have justified its existence many times over," then you have to have a little doubt. If the internet consisted of just Google (it's one of their seven wonders), then Google would have nothing to search! Ha! Even the little black-suited men find that funny. That and when I cower like a sissy when they bludgeon me with a hunk of green-spotted sirloin.

* Iceland is all revolutionary and stuff. On a similar note, I think the little black-suited men are from Iceland. They talk funny when they're taunting and kicking me, and they have some affinity towards Björk.

That's all I have time for right now. I need to get ready for my weekly beating.

5:51:08 PM | Jerome | comments
Top 10 reasons why beer is better than religion
10. No one will kill you for not drinking beer.
9. Beer doesn't tell you how to have sex.
8. Beer has never caused a major war.
7. They don't force beer on minors who can't think for themselves.
6. When you have a beer, you don't knock on people's doors trying to give it away.
5. Nobody's ever been burned at the stake, hanged, or tortured over his brand of beer.
4. You don't have to wait 2000+ years for a second beer.
3. There are laws saying beer labels can't lie to you.
2. You can prove you have a beer.
1. If you've devoted your life to beer, there are groups to help you stop.
12:37:29 AM | Jerome | comments
AtG's year in review: June
Yeah. June. That was a good month. And instead of me trying to force small talk, let's just get down to it, shall we?

6/10 - Bourque finally gets the Stanley Cup. Big pimpin.
6/11 - Vicky Botwright wants to show off her ass.
6/12 - Jerome's gall bladder is broken, according to some kook.
6/12 - Jake and his spam.
6/13 - Urantia and the women who believe in it.
6/17 - 1-800-EAT-SHIT
6/25 - Tips for women.
6/26 - Vicky wins.

12:32:00 AM | Jerome | comments
Tuesday, January 01, 2002
India to Camouflage Taj Mahal in Case of War
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - It may be a monument to love, but these days the Taj Mahal is poised for war.

As war clouds loom over the neighborhood, Indian officials are working on plans to camouflage the white marble monument, should it accidentally come under fire from Pakistani fighter jets.
Right. Because the Taj Mahal is where India's military intelligence lies... And even if it was India's war machine's headquarters, how the hell do they expect to camouflage it? It sticks out like a sore thumb! You can't hide that fucker from jets even if you covered it with a huge green and brown tarp!

And I'm sure the Pakstanis already have tourist maps of the area. If they can't find the Taj Mahal (ha!), I'm sure they can make some good guesses based on where the rows of trees, the gardens, the pools, and the mosques are.

10:48:45 PM | Jerome | comments
I want some Euros.
So I would have them.

Then again, I don't really need them, seeing how I've never been to Europe, nor do I see myself going there in the foreseeable future. But it's still pretty neat that a dozen countries over there consolidated their monetary system for a common currency. And I can just imagine the mess it must be for little (local) store owners to recalibrate their cash register and reprice everything. Fun.

I wonder which historical figures are on the Euro coins and bills, assuming they used the faces of former presidents or whatnot instead of, say, a picture of rotisserie chicken or a picket fence. Actually, the more I ponder it, the more I think that they must have used some meaningless pictures on their bills and coins since there's no way that a consensus could have been reached. Or, they may have used symbols of unity. Like duct tape. And rubber cement.

Time to put down the bong, Jerome.

8:55:04 PM | Jerome | comments
May flowers
Didn't have a chance to write yesterday. I'm sure that's understandable, being New Year's and all. I had more important things to do that day, like eat novel roast beef sandwiches, try and be a winner at Millionaire, and a bunch of other things that none of you would understand unless you were with me yesterday. But here's something you should all be able to understand: alcohol and the fast-moving dashed white lines on the highway don't mix. It will break your head.

Worry not; I was a passenger, not a driver.

Hope you all got relatively shitfaced. And if you're still recovering from a hangover, perhaps my soothing words will alleviate you. Of course, I'm not actually saying anything. And you're just sitting there in front of a computer monitor reading text. But whatever. Use your imagination, for God's sake.

Anyhoo, here's the month of May in review:

5/1 - Jon and his junk. He likes it when this post his mentioned.
5/1 - Jerome and his junk?
5/2 - Jerome's brush with the law.
5/5 - Dogs in Elk
5/11 - No more XFL. Damn. I'll miss that tool with "He Hate Me" on the back of his jersey.
5/13 - Graduation recollection.
5/14 - Lots of internet and sex stories. I like the types of IM'ers list.
5/21 - The Family Values Party, chosen by God nonetheless.
5/22 - Algebra shows that girls are evil.
5/22 - The Stanley Cup finals starts. And my original prediction was correct! (The key word here is "original")

8:31:35 PM | Jerome | comments
Monday, December 31, 2001
Happy New Year!
Have a safe and happy new year everyone! I hope you all end up as drunk as I plan on being!
1:56:41 PM | Mike | comments
Sunday, December 30, 2001
Second cousins
I somehow came across this recorded conversation during my otherwise unimpressive internet travels. You'll have to scroll down the page to December 10, 2001. The title of the post is "Conversations From the Bar Scene." Pretty funny shiznit.

December 14's conversation is an ok one, too. It's one post up from the one I told you to read.

And finally, Jon found this gummy bear "act" somewhere. This is how they combine various fruit flavors in different types of candy, you know.

1:05:41 AM | Jerome | comments
April showers
I guess April wasn't that impressive of a month this year, given the current events listed below and the general lack of awesome stories, be they personal or public. That's ok, though, since there are better months of posts still to come! Whee!

4/1 - That old dude sails across the Pacific unassisted.
4/9 - T'was time to fill out to fill the IM usage survey for a class of mine.
4/10 - The case of the missing server.
4/11 - NHL playoffs begin! w00t! The post has random links, too, if you care.
4/12 - Flaming cows. Mmmm... beefy...
4/15 - "I have a phobia..."
4/24 - Ghetto scooters: The predecessors of Segway.

12:56:37 AM | Jerome | comments
 
 

 
 
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British comedy
British fashion
Entertainers at Super Bowl halftime:
Are sell-outs
Are just doing their thing
 
 

 
 
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