PC, Jeep, Nick Berg

Posted on May 13, 2004 by rand0m

Welp, I have a brand new Compaq Presario SR1010NX sitting on my desk. I’ll take a photo of it here in a few minutes and maybe upload it. Ahhh, the wonders of having a PC. w0ot. Paulie swung by the store … two nights ago? to show off his brand new Jeep. He has the extenda-version that is ~2, maybe 3 feet longer than a normal Wrangler, and it’s hot. Soooo nice. GJ Paulie 😀 Keen is off in Las Vegas again, which is no fun. For him or me 😉 But yea, he’s down there until nearly the end of the month, so there won’t be a whole lot happening until he gets back because I am a lazy slob who doesn’t go out unless there is somebody else to go with. And Keen’s my wingman. Sidekick. Buddy. So you know. I watched the Nick Berg beheading video and read a whole truckload of the websites / news things about it. I personally think he’s kinda foolish (at least that’s what I gather from the news) but that video is so over the top. It’s horrendous. I highly advise you don’t watch it, as it is sickening. Like … you think of beheading where a guy takes a huge axe or sword and just goes WHACK and off pops the head with no muss and no fuss. Well. No. Two words: Butcher Knife. There’s a bazillion videos/mirrors of it, just Google it if you want to feel like retching. Associated Links: [L=http://us.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.html]http://us.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/11/iraq.main/index.html[/L] [L=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119854,00.html]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119854,00.html[/L] [L=http://www.lnreview.co.uk/links/001808.php]http://www.lnreview.co.uk/links/001808.php[/L] [L=http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200405/200405130028.html]http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200405/200405130028.html[/L] [L=http://www.wluctv6.com/Global/story.asp?S=1863845]http://www.wluctv6.com/Global/story.asp?S=1863845[/L] [L=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119810,00.html]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119810,00.html[/L] So I don’t know what to make of that. I mean, Holy Shit, Beheading!? Does anybody else think that’s a little nuts? I can see shooting. I can even see raping. Maybe even Burning. But Beheading? Grisly. I am outraged at “them” and at the US Leadership for waging this whole debacle. I’ve read that some people are thinking “Dumb contractor roaming Iraq alone = dead”. I’ve read some people who think that this is retaliation for the Prison Camp Abuse, and some people who think these are just sick fucks and their actions justify the US being there. Read the links, put your opinions below.

2004-05-13 19:26:53 – pinky

I think that they’re saying it’s retaliation for the prison stuff, and maybe they think it is, but the more fucked up shit we continue to do over there, the more excuse they will have to act equally as fucked up. While I suppose death could be argued to be worse than being sodomized with a lightbulb, I don’t know if I’m willing to make a value judgment there. I don’t think that justifies us being there, though, seeing as this happened after we were there, and we obviously weren’t able to stop it. And, besides that, I still believe that us being there has allowed "them" (the terraists) to recruit more people, especially when all the middle east gets to see us abusing people. So, whatever. meh.

2004-05-13 21:48:31 – Siaokh

Point of no return. Unfortunately, as i see it. We had opportunities to get the fuck out of Iraq a few times. But at this point in the conflict, if we (the troops) leave, it shows the warlords and terrorist minded that if they stick it out for long enough, and kill enough people we’ll leave them alone. Sadly with the upcomming election, this might be the case. Very similar to what happened during the US civil war. Lincoln was up for re-election. He was down in the polls… and the South knew that if they could hold out long enough, and get a new president elected that the north would withdraw, and we’d be 2 nations. Lincoln won, and the South fell… Terrorism wont fall because of the re-election of GWB, but we can’t just step back and leave. The terrorists need to know that we wont stand for their tactics, and that we WILL hunt them down and see to it that they find justice (Fourty Virginians?!) 😉 If the call is for Peace in Iraq, the Iraqis need to embrace their new chance at democracy, OR when all is said and done when the government is handed to the Iraqi people, they need to change to something else. Ramblings a-plenty Not too cohereant, but it’s how i feel (sometimes) -Tim

2004-05-13 23:32:00 – Master Ha-reed

We were at the point of no return the minute we invaded. Either a) Bush’s advisors were stupid enough not to know this or b) they knew it, but knew they could never sell a long occupation to the US public so they lied about it. I’m guessing b is the more likely scenario since many of Bush’s cohorts are Bush I era officials, and a big reason we didn’t take out Saddam in the first Gulf War was because we knew we’d have to stay. The reason we can’t leave is that if we go, Iran steps in and creates a client-state. The Shiites are the majority in the country and could easily overpower the Sunni and Kurdish minorities. Even the moderate clerics are advocating a quasi-theocratic government, very similar to Iran’s "Islamic Republic" (a contradiction in terms if ever there was one), to say nothing of nutcases like Sadr who are leading insurrections as we speak. We leave now, and we give Iran (the winner of the "world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism" award for God knows how many years) a partner in crime. We’ve got to do this one right, since Bush & Co fucked up Afghanistan by high-tailing it for Iraq for the job was finished. We left Afghanistan in the oh-so-capable hands of the UN, and the result is a cobbled mass of contradictions they call a Constitution (Islamic law is listed as the highest law of the land, but somehow they think they’re going to guarantee equality of the sexes and freedom of speech, religion and press) and a country that is more or less still run by warlords. The only viable solution we have is to bring in more troops and [B]hunt down and kill[/B] terrorists until they get the message that they’re beaten. This is a key problem we’ve had in this war – we haven’t [B]beaten[/B] the Iraqis. When we fought WWII, we didn’t care if we were going to hurt civilians like we do now. We of course didn’t go out of our way to hurt civilians, but it didn’t stop us from dropping bombs on the enemy. We’re trying (and we have been trying) to fight a half-war here, sending troops in but keeping their hands tied. The result is a needless loss of American life, and a needless prolonging of the war. The country knows how to do this right – we removed dangerous regimes 60 years ago in two nations that are now strong and even (in the case of Japan) surpassing us in some areas. But to do so, our leadership needs to care less about pissing people (both Americans and persons abroad) off and do what needs to be done.

2004-05-15 06:38:07 – Siaokh

THIS JUST IN! [L=http://www.roflcopter.com/]ROFLCOPTER[/L]

No Laptop, Intellectual Masturbation

Posted on May 7, 2004 by rand0m

I have no HPI laptop anymore, it is being shipped somewhere after I formatted it the other night. It is very difficult being a network/systems admin sans PC. I’m going to mention Jared’s website again. I went back and started reading through the comments on the previously linked article and man, those people have _WAY_ too much time on their hands. What happened to writing concise arguments? This is writing, not talking — if it’s going to be written, it should be as clear and as brief as possible. Please note, however, that this is a post/rant, not an argument, and that I am henceforth not bound by such rules. Additionally, I am not a 19-20 year old college student that prizes their super-human brain power, has nothing to do and enjoys masturbating their own ego with prolific posts on a website about a nearly-nondebatable topic. Yes, I just insulted all of them. Good Game, me. Why non-debatable? To me objectivism is a philosophy of life. Generally, people like it or they don’t. If they don’t they are usually ignorant schmucks, but there are a few that aren’t total fucking idiots who actually understand the concepts, yet choose otherwise. Props.Going with that, it’s like trying to persuade a tree to uproot and move over to that sunny spot because I want to water behind the tulips — it isn’t going to happen. Sure, you can debate the merits of it, but it usually boils down to “am I a crybaby who would be afraid of a world where people would be required to produce or not?”. Amazingly, it seems like most people are terrified of having to make results. Of having to do. Of having to lead. So that’s my rant. No comments, please. I had some other stuff to post, but that was at the front of my mind, so I might update again when inspiration hits me.

2004-05-07 18:40:23 – The Disco Nova

In other news, Randalll needs sex. Please ladies, put an American flag over his head and do it for your country

2004-05-07 18:50:47 – rand0m

You’re the one who just went on a nice little picnic, and the one who wants new spiffy matching furniture. Domesticated what?

2004-05-07 18:56:22 – rand0m

OMFG I just watched this fat bitch attempt to parallel park six (6)!!! times before giving up and going around the corner. Reverse, turn, BOOM, hits the curb. Pulls out into traffic. Repeat 3x. Tap car in front of her. Repeat previous exercise 3x. Get frustrated at own horrible parking abilities. Pull around corner. Gah, go back to chewing yer cud.

2004-05-07 22:46:59 – Netheus

I thought James was your pet domestic, lunch in a paper bag and whatnot.

2004-05-07 23:39:31 – rand0m

Well, he was, and then he inexplicably stopped. And now he’s being domestic for her. I feel neglected.

2004-05-11 03:01:43 – WC

Can’t you still steal quickies at lunch time?

2004-05-11 14:07:03 – Netheus

it’s my second anniversary!!! yay!!

2004-05-12 02:19:39 – WC

hmm does anyone have an idea on how this was made? I’ve been starring at it for awhile and the best thing I can come up with is there is a daemon that generates this pic on the fly based on the webserver logs? [L=http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg]Dynamic Pic[/L]

2004-05-12 11:00:35 – rand0m

99% sure that the .jpg is actually a .php, and they’re using stock images (the little guy and the box) and the GD library to insert some text into the box at specific positions … and then outputting the whole thing as image/jpg.

2004-05-13 01:52:00 – Netheus

[L=http://webpages.charter.net/redemption/banana/]Bananna Phone[/L]

Links, Da Vinci Code, Objectivism

Posted on May 4, 2004 by rand0m

Okay, so some things to post about. Shit, I don’t know. How about recent news. James has a girlfriend, her name is Rebecah (sp?) and she is nice. I’ve been out to Hooters twice recently for lunch on Sundays. Paulie, Matt and I used to do it every single Sunday before he left for Iraq. But Paulie’s back, so I guess we’re going to do it again. It’s pretty fun. Linkification: [L=http://grouphug.us/random]Anonymous online confessions page[/L] – good read? [L=http://pupismyname.shackspace.com/red.light.means.stop.jpg]Two photos of a guy getting hit by a car[/L] [L=http://rand0m.org/temp/ad_nutrigrain_ifeelgreat.mov]Hilarious Nutrigrain commercial[/L] I finished reading “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown. It is a really really really really good book. I very strongly recommend it to everybody, especially if you’re into history or into little factoids about the history of words and such. It has a very powerful, very much debated premise that the Catholic Church inspired the demise of Paganism, and with it the celebration of femininity and it’s association with Godliness. I simply cannot say how good it was. The first night I started it, I was up until 6am reading. Can’t put it down, can’t say enough good things about the thought, the research and the idealogy that went into the book. Jared has a writeup on [L=http://jared.seehafer.net]his website[/L] about what Objectivism is and is not. He decries his own writing saying that it’s not precise enough, and while I agree to some extent, it’s pretty well done. Not so much on the acadamian level, but more on the “this feels like what it’s supposed to be”. Go read it, so you can of course lambast him like all the other groupthinkers will. GG. I had a whole bunch of other crap to post, I might put it up soon. I just don’t ever feel like updating. I know, I’m gay.

2004-05-04 23:42:52 – Netheus

That is hilarious! "Lots of babies!! Arrr!!!"

2004-05-05 00:46:55 – WC

That nutrigrain commercial is older than dirt. But still very funny. Especially when you think the guy ate some "special brownies" at work, and when the camera zooms in _that_ is why it hits him he’s high as a mofo. Some of those confessions suck. Some are very long winded. And some .. are . . . wierd. Thanks randal for making me waste 2 hours reading that stupid site. 🙂

2004-05-05 02:14:50 – Master Ha-reed

Reading that confessions site only reaffirms my belief that 90% of the people on the Internet are fucking quacks.

2004-05-05 03:52:49 – Netheus

All people are vulnerable. Exposing that vulnerability can sometimes make you stronger, or give you confidence, that whole what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Do you have the balls to expose your weakness to even yourself?

2004-05-07 03:03:42 – WC

I’ll be in the springs tomarrow. Maybe we can get something to eat? Any takers? Call me. 720-308-6703 🙂

2004-05-07 10:04:04 – Netheus

It’s my birthday tomorrow!

Ahh yes, April 22, and I’m nearly gay.

Posted on April 22, 2004 by rand0m

So what’s new in the life of me. Not too much. Hmmm, let me think – I guess I’ll just go through them all. [B]Text:[/B] I have been doing a ton of reading as of late, and very little of it is uplifting. I finished Snowcrash (Gibson), the 7-novel series Death Gate Cycle (Weis & Hickman), Digital Fortress (Dan Brown) and Pattern Recognition (Gibson). Digital Fortress and Pattern recognition, although fairly long books, were both very engrossing and very quick reads. PR, though, is in Gibson’s typically-cryptic style and takes a lot of think-time outside of reading the book. Like, read 10 pages, stop, think for a few minutes, make sure I have it, then continue. Maybe I am getting dumber. Wouldn’t surprise me. I’m supposed to read The Da Vinci Code next, but I have to wait until Keen is done with it. [b]Web:[/b] [L=http://jared.seehafer.net]Jared’s website[/L] is back up, which is super. He even has all of his archives. Yay. [L=http://pinklaura.blogspot.com]Laura’s site[/L] has some new content, which is nice. Other than that, the [L=http://www.copyright.gov]www.copyright.gov[/L] website has a ton of good reading on it. For example, you don’t need to put a copyright notice on any work created after 1989 — it’s insta-copyrighted upon dissemination. Odd. Also of interest is the latest [L=http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/236929/]TCP Protocol Vulnerability[/L], which is a semi-big deal. Not for me but other people. I also highly suggest reading [L=http://www.kottke.org]Kottke.org[/L] – always good text and links, and it was one of the original reasons why I started rand0m.org [b]Store:[/b] The store is doing OK. We had an issue with our CS Team, but that has been cleared up. I setup the FreeBSD machine to be a [L=http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/filtering-bridges/article.html]packet filtering bridge[/L]. Yay for bandwidth shaping & firewalling. I think implementing that broke our mailserver, though, as it went totally apeshit the other day and stopped accepting mail. Burned an hour of my day to figure out why, too. I had no idea configs could just change. On another note, we are starting up a Counter-Strike League. Here’s to it working. [b]HPI:[/b] Nada, really. Had a bizarre set of circumstances that led to the whole HPI network going down. I’ll put up an article about that shortly, and link it here. Additionally, had some _whack_ weather kill a bunch of our radios in one day. It was not fun. Also, 5.7/5.2GHz ISM/UNII totally owns the shit out of 2.4GHz gear. Period. [b]Personal:[/b] I am not sexually interesting, per Samantha Garrett, my almost-life-long dream girl. How’s that for a start to your Wednesday? Maybe I need to find a floozy and use her to make myself feel good. Meh, that never works. Well fuck that. Maybe I am just uninteresting in general. I could see that, as I’m pretty bland, or have been for the past 6 months or so. Maybe I just give off the “uninteresing sexually” aura and drive women away. Ahh yes, that must be it. Nothing wrong with _me_, just the damned Aura. And some girl’s obviously misguided opinion of things. Yes, that too. One of my roommates Got Laid. He looked happier than a fox in a hen house. I was jealous there for about 3 seconds, then realized that, oh yea, I’m a eunuch, and then went on my way. There’s a girl I’m thinking about pursuing, but it’s going to take some time to sort itself out. God I hate that. And the whole relationship thing in general. It’s so fucking difficult to find good people – especially women. And then they crush your spirit mercilessly, and you’re just like “this is bullshit”. Eat shit and like it. Took Duck in the face at 250 knots. I walked to work today, and despite the inclimate weather, it felt good to be outside.

2004-04-22 15:07:22 – The Disco Nova

It’s not that I got laid, that happens alot and does nothing to improve my mood. I had sex with a girl that I have been dating, that I don’t mind keeping around after I had sex with her. Pretty rare with how regularly most women piss me off nowadays.

2004-04-22 16:39:29 – Netheus

d’oh!

2004-04-22 19:08:51 – Nick

1. Snow Crash is not by Gibson 2. How is Pattern Recogntion both "very engrossing and very quick" and "typically-cryptic" taking "a lot of think-time outside of reading the book?" 3. Try again. 😉

2004-04-22 23:06:18 – rand0m

You’re right, it’s Stephenson, my bad. And yes, it was very engrossing, and hence a quick read. Despite the amount of mental time spent on it, I couldn’t put it down – 2 days, which is extremely quick for my total lack of reading time. And, btw, Gibson’s works make very little sense unless you think about them quite a bit, as he doesn’t always string all the events and facts together for you – he bounces around, leaving big gaps that the reader has to fill. And neg. kthxbye.

2004-04-23 11:03:53 – Nick

Hehe. Fair enough. I agree with you 100% about the Gibson stuff–I’m actually finishing /All Tomorrow’s Parties/ right now. Once I’m done with that, I’ll be taking a look at /Pattern Recognition/, but I think I’m going to do something a little lighter first. I’m really looking forward to the new series by Stephenson, but I’ve been waiting for paperbacks–I can’t stand reading hardcover books.

2004-04-23 16:41:56 – Netheus

I have my sister reading Snow Crash right now… But she got the odd impression after leaving the bookstore that she should read all the books we bought in tandem… The others being "A Clockwork Orange," "Brave New World," and Neil Gaiman’s "Underworld." Kinda makes me glad that we put the Lovecraft novel back…

2004-04-23 17:56:57 – Master Ha-reed

Oh come on Neth, you know Cthulhu loves you.

2004-04-24 18:54:17 – keener2u

Nick, Try out The Difference Engine…it’s quite wierd but kinda cool…based on the premise that the computer age comes about from the early industrial age.

2004-04-25 01:58:55 – a nice girl (seriously)

in my defense, i wan’t implying in any way that you are not a sexual being. jeeze. i was just saying that my night with you carried no potential for an interesting sexual relationship, what with – me being attracted to introverts, and you being th most extroverted guy ever – you living in colorado and me living in iowa – me being too damn picky – my firm belief that if anything were to happen between us, it would have years ago if it makes you feel any better, tonight i was (am) the perfect level of drunk, but still went home alone while the hott ex-roommate of my best friend’s boyfriend went home with some easy skank instead of me, even though we flirt all the time, just because i require a little more effort. bah.

2004-04-25 03:02:32 – Lauren

You are overthinking the whole sex thing you know. Besides, a girl loves a man with confidence(not ego) and judging by your statements you lack that. You shouldn’t care what other people think. Anyhow, just saying hi from Japan! Can’t wait to get back to the states. Wait, do you even remember me? Oh well, just curious. TATA!

2004-04-25 08:24:21 – Nick

Keen, It’s on my shelf and will get read in time. Seriously, though, I have to read something that isn’t Gibson first or my head will never stop hurting. Randal pinpointed it rather well with the reading 10 pages and stop to think bit. Owwie.

2004-04-25 09:09:44 – Netheus

Some people cotact the Alumni Association, some people wait for the reunion. Our class stays together because of Randal’s website. Aren’t we 21st century.

2004-04-25 11:38:30 – realbighead

lauren that no one likes?

2004-04-25 11:54:29 – rand0m

I have nothing witty nor insightful to say, so ya’ll only get this sentence.

2004-04-25 20:45:50 – pinky

jesus, this is why we don’t go digging in bone yards…ahh! ahhh!

2004-04-25 20:47:16 – pinky

ahhh! ahhh! ahhh! what the fuck? ahhh! i just got really really bad flashbacks. lauren, sammi, tore, randal and myself all posting ahh!

2004-04-25 22:02:03 – Netheus

Bad flashbacks listening to everyone bitch about each other…. oh the memories…

2004-04-26 14:11:02 – WC

hmm, yah not even going to touch the thing about Sammi, have I ever met her (I don’t think)? And I haven’t a clue about wtf you guys are talking about since I do zero reading outside man pages (I’m not talking about Maxim or the likes) and newsgroups. wo0o0! Ohh I might be wanting to get back in school yay or nay .. i don’t know hmm. :-p

2004-04-26 16:07:01 – rand0m

Yea, the whole Sammi thing is totally out there. Shit, I can’t even say anything. Maybe "Ow" or "OMFG YOU’RE SO WRONG!!~1", neither of which do any good. So I guess that’s nearly off limits, unless somebody has something enlightening to say. I guess. And yes Tore, you are a total asshole. Congrats on your promotion in the club of "I hate people"! And yes, flashbacks. Oof.

2004-04-26 17:20:45 – pinky

my sophomore year of college, i saw lauren at the weezer concert in denver. i hoped that she didn’t see me and ran off. however, i think it’s been years and years since high school, and assume that everyone has matured a bit. however, by looking at the fact that randal is (was?) still smitten with sammi, tore is still bitter, christina is still herself, i’m pretty much the same, and whatnot, i wonder sometimes. alright, flashbacks. remember the ibo e-mail list? i think it was the ibo. who the hell knows.

2004-04-26 18:16:08 – realbighead

IBu. IB underground, I believe it was? and I’m not bitter. just hateful. there’s a subtle difference, namely, that I rather enjoy life at the moment.

2004-04-27 08:54:20 – Netheus

Laura- do you really think we haven’t changed all that much? I mean, seriously…is that what you think? I’m not sure, but mostly because if I say I have, most of the differences would be just furtherences of the stuff I did in High School, or cosmetic non-sense. Like I am still corrupting the youth, and I am married. But are those really changes?

2004-04-27 11:30:05 – pinky

speaking of high school, go sign your ass up here [L=http://www.classreport.com/usa/co/colorado_springs/phs/]class of 2000 alum[/L]

2004-04-27 11:39:53 – rand0m

If you go to that site and go through the little bios of people, you’ll see that a certain pinky has a GMail account. I can’t believe how envious I am.

2004-04-27 21:25:34 – Master Ha-reed

WTF? How did you land that Laura?

2004-04-27 22:21:55 – pinky

i am a goddess, so i get some hot gmail.

2004-04-28 00:21:46 – Netheus

I just went and saw Taj Mahal. Blues+Ukelelees+8 band members/14 instruments= I had a good time. I wouldn’t buy the CD, but i had a good time. Apparently they play at 32 Bleu a lot. It’s a good way to have a night.

2004-04-28 19:21:04 – Krutt

I was bored at work, and apparently reached the end of the internet for the thousandth time, cause I ended up here. My gut hurts from laughing histerically. "- my firm belief that if anything were to happen between us, it would have years ago" Randall, stop loathing, and dreaming of something that will never happen. Move on, and sometimes it helps to actually care for someone other than yourself. There’s a lot more going on outside your bubble of reality. If you look beyond that you might actually find a dream girl who finds you "interesting" or even "sexually interesting" at that.

2004-04-28 19:45:44 – WC

Spoken like a true man. I was afraid to say the exact same thing but thanks kurty, no I don’t have to. Ohh btw I am a ipfw+natd+bridge pimp. And you all know it. I love acroynms too!

2004-04-28 20:02:16 – rand0m

rofl. kurty, if you only knew. I am offended that you care to make such huge suppositions about my life when you have absolutely no idea (nor interest in?) about what’s going on. Of course, I could still be totally hung up about it. Or not. Or, get this unbelievable concept, maybe it was over a week ago and the whole thing, including her, has been written off. And craig, fuck you.

2004-04-29 00:43:51 – wC

I still <3 you randal! :-p

2004-04-29 02:10:59 – pinky

that was kinda mean… personally, i wonder why anyone should be told to settle, i say fuck that.

2004-04-30 01:39:27 – (still) a nice girl

god damn. i didn’t mean to cause this mess. i just thought it was common sense that a night spent whining about other members of the opposite sex followed by a return to iowa did not equal a date with a whole lot of potential. it was still a good time. and i still find randal interesting, without a doubt. i’m not sure about sexually interesting, but more interesting than most other people i know. oh, and fuck off, kurt. what’s with the trend of people being real asses on this site lately? anyway, in addition to making me feel incredibly awkward, this whole line of posting has caused me to reevaluate my own hopelessly-smittenness with the almost-life-long dream guy from high school… ug. what a world.

2004-04-30 08:15:26 – Netheus

You find them where you are meant to find them. I found Troy at Boulder Street. My grandpa found my grandma at a bed and breakfast she worked at. My other grandparents met in high school. Be as smitten as you want, reciprocation is what matters.

2004-04-30 10:51:34 – rand0m

>>reciprocation is what matters w3rd. If it ain’t going to happen, stop fooling yourself, say fuck it all and move on. GG.

2004-04-30 12:05:34 – The Disco Nova

I say they go on another date. And not a "friendly" one either. We are talking romance here. I will coach Randall on the fine art of dating, since it has been a while.

2004-04-30 12:10:17 – Master Ha-reed

Make sure you include the part about showing her the difference between Platonic love and Aristotlean love.

2004-04-30 13:33:04 – rand0m

Neg. I tire of this thread. Time for a new post.

2004-05-01 04:44:50 – WC

o0 new post!! /me waits anxiously. Sorry btw for my previous comment. I was in a wierd mood that day. 🙁

2004-05-01 11:40:04 – Netheus

Happy May Day. Communists and pagans unite!

2004-05-01 20:33:53 – pinky

what if you’re a pagan communist? or communist pagan? all that means is you all owe me beers the next time i’m in town. right.

2004-05-02 11:32:20 – Master Ha-reed

If you were both, John Ashcroft would have eaten your soul by now.

2004-05-02 23:03:15 – Netheus

why is it that everytine I see the word "unite," I think that it’s actually "untie" untill I stare at it for a while?

2004-05-02 23:22:50 – pinky

john ashcroft is on my underwear, which goes to show he has no power over me.

2004-05-03 15:24:34 – WC

I too have pictures of people I hold dear on my underwear.

Quiz Time!

Posted on April 8, 2004 by rand0m

Ganked from [L=http://pinklaura.blogspot.com]Laura’s Page[/L] A cool survey that ALL the cool kids are doing! 1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says: Phonebook: “9577 Coronary Heart Disease” 2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first? A filing cabinet. It’s been here forever. 3: What is the last thing you watched on TV? Um, it was last night … and it was … Oh, The Daily Show. 4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is: 1:26 5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time? 1:21 6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? People in the hallway, chatting about their kids 7: When did you last step outside? what were you doing? I was outside this morning around 10am when I was getting into my truck 8: Before you came to this website, what did you look at? Mah Inbox. Outlook 2003 Owns me. 9: What are you wearing? Jeans, sneakers, black AMD T-Shirt & a gray Atlanta Braves Sweatshirt 10: Did you dream last night? I am sure I did, and I’m sure it involved everything that is wrong with my life 😉 11: When did you last laugh? A real laugh? Hmmm, yesterday while in #freebsdhelp on EFNet. Somebody said something funny. Other than that it’s all bullshit fake laughing. 12: What is on the walls of the room you are in? A bunch of “Good Job!” emails, network schematics, lots of whiteboards, a poster thing of the Arches in Utah. 13: Seen anything weird lately? Not particularly. Not even yesterday. hmmm. Of course, I exist in only one of 4 places. 14: What do you think of this quiz? Meh. It asks questions that I think are aimed at lighthearted people, and I’m not. So it’s sorta depressing. Like … WOW, I don’t laugh, and WOW, I’m working and WOW, wtf am I doing? 15: What is the last film you saw? Hmm. It was on TV … OH, right, Bill & Ted’s excellent adventure (I know, ‘wtf!?’ you’re saying) 16: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first? Instant answer, New Car. Second answer … a car, followed by a ton of other things. 17: Tell me something about you that I don’t know: I loathe doing almost everything. No joke. 18: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? I would try to remove peoples’ fear – fear of government, fear of retribution, crippling fear. Critical for progress. 19: Do you like to dance? Nope. I’m horrible at it, and I look even worse while doing it. 20: George Bush: is he really doing Dick Cheney? Holy shit, Cheney is gay? 21a: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?: Sarah. Dunno why, but I’ve always liked that name. Maybe Rebecca. 21b: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?: Steven. I’ve known a good amount of amazing Steves. 22: Would you ever consider living abroad? Absolutely.

2004-04-08 16:42:02 – Netheus

Page 18, line 4: ashamed of this? And if the person with whom I am arguing says: Yes, but I do care;

2004-04-08 17:57:22 – Master Ha-reed

WTF? Randal posts twice in one week? It’s amazing!

2004-04-08 18:01:20 – rand0m

*bursts into song* It’s amazing fruit, amazing fruit! On an entirely unrelated note, I don’t like living/working near Palmer HS because it makes me question what the _FUCK_ I was doing while I went there. Or rather, what I wasn’t doing. Goddamn. /Lecher.

2004-04-08 23:50:11 – Master Ha-reed

Watching Hartman juggle staplers and occasionally lose control of one, Watching Schulzki try to apply what he learned in Anger Management therapy by slowly counting to 10, Listening to Kern talk about life, philosophy, Buddhism and happiness, Wondering what fucking moron on Student Council put that asstastic song on the intercom today, Skipping class to hang out at Boulder Street, and singing Chickity Boom A La Bim Boom Bah.

2004-04-09 12:29:07 – WC

Whoever came up with that quiz needs a lot of attention, … or professional help with a side helping of ritalin. I hate it when I get email like that. Often times I wish I could print the email out (I don’t have a paper since I very much hate paper) and burn/bomb/shoot/destroy/mangle/punch holes/crumple/nuke it and then frame the remains.

2004-04-09 14:42:30 – rand0m

WC, read that paragraph then tell me again who needs ritalin.

2004-04-09 17:51:31 – The Disco Nova

Or Valium. Mixed wiht Codein

2004-04-10 00:29:55 – Netheus

I am going to go and see Jello at Pueblo on the 19th at 6pm it’s free, and I am driving the bus, so if anyone else wants to go, and maybe kick in like a buck or two for gas, that would rock. Otherwise it’s my highly impressionable 15 year old sister. call and leave a message if ya wanna go 228-0278

2004-04-12 15:38:55 – WC

J-E-L-L-O: "It’s alive!"

2004-04-15 23:34:17 – Netheus

cynical statement apocalyptic destruction bah esoteric clap trap

2004-04-19 03:38:22 – WC

I hate it when sometimes things get forgotton or overlooked. Sucks. Or people are just TOO lazy to post! BTW who else thinks we went into Iraq big headed and now we are starting to feel the effects since we think we are so "bad to the bone". Sucks we still have to fight this stupid thing. uhhg. … and fire cheetos are yummy.

2004-04-19 08:31:42 – Netheus

I heard a great joke Saturday: Bush goes too see a neurologist. The Neuroligist says, "Well, you have 2 sides to your brain." "Well, doesn’t everybody have 2 sides to their brain?" "Yes, but in your case, on the left side there’s nothing right, and on the right side there’s nothing left!" hee hee hee hee I can’t tell jokes.

2004-04-20 00:45:51 – WC

First things first. Happy 4:20! ok. So how did people know that Adam (the biblical figure) was Luthern? You can tell he was luthern because a naked woman was standing in front of him and he was tempted by fruit. 😉 Have a safe and happy day!

2004-04-20 01:06:31 – Netheus

A> 4-20 is also the anniversary of Columbine, Hitler’s birthday, my boss’s daughter’s wedding, and it doesn’t officially start till 4:20 am. B> Jello kicked ass. Came up with two new pop expressions I plan on using: Christian Supremiscists, and Mad Cowboy disease.

2004-04-20 10:49:53 – Hellbent Rob

14.What do you think of this quiz? A: Its for people that have way too much time on their hands 15. What is the last film you saw? A: Movies? You mean there are still movies, I thought I’d sunk into the abyss of "too much to do, to little time to do it in"

2004-04-21 00:19:23 – a nice girl

minor interruption in the usual pattern of randal’s page because i need a little time to vent: 1) i hate college and all i want to do is crawl in bed and sleep for twelve years and maybe cry for awhile but i don’t even have time to eat or sleep properly 2) i hate the idea that college will be over in a month and then i have to figure out what the hell to do with the next 80 years 3) everyone and their monkey is getting married (or did ages ago, ahem) and it’s really weirding me out, especially considering the closest thing i’ve had to a date lately was a night at mimi’s with randal which, while fun, carried no potential for an interesting sexual relationship 4) i should really be doing homework but i’m wasting time on the internet instead anyway, you may now all return to your usual rand0m.org, and i gotta go figure out a whole buncha crap about walt whitman and some guys from latin america.

2004-04-21 03:08:01 – WC

Neth: I’m not married. 🙂 So I was thinking of posting about today since it has been the best day so far this year. I stayed up way past my bedtime so that I could drive down to boulder for 4:20 am (which is why I posted happy holidays earlier) only to get there in time for the campus police to kick everybody off the field. Meh. So me and my friend Ilya (who also attends SPLAT with me) went back to his place and smoked a bowl. After that we went to this really great place called K’s Donuts and I got a bagel with egg cheese and sausage while Ilya got almost the same thing but without the sausage. After breakfast I took him home and said goodbye since I hadn’t been to bed yet and wanted nothing more than to pass out. Racheal called me at 9 am almost on the dot wanting me to get up and out of bed. I told her to go away and that I was very tired. A little dissappointed she hung up and I went back to bed. After a few hours I woke up again, it was now 1:20 pm. Got dressed, skipping my shower since I took one at 3:50 am and left to take Rachael to Chipotle since she was hungry. Although I didn’t finish my burrito (which is very unlike me) I was content and full. We then went back to my house to finish burning Seabiscuit and grab the DVD’s we rented back to Hollywood Video. On our way out the door my Aunt (who is an extremely nice and outgoing person) [I]gave[/I] me $20 and said have a fun time today. So we took the DVD’s back to the store, grabbed some sandals at her house and took off for Boulder. After walking around Pearl St. Mall for awhile, we found this shop that had all sorts of cool stuff in it. I ended up buying Racheal a nice mood ring since she lost hers over a year ago. That made her proud since she was missing a ring on one hand and needed to be balanced. At about 3:30 pm we are heading back home on US36, when I get the crazy idea to go to this movie theatre in south denver (off Hampden and I25) only becuase neither of us had been there before. We decided on "Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind". It was a good flick starring Jim Cary sp? about how a guy was dating a chick only to find out she erased him from her memory, so he does the same thing and yadi dah you have to see it for yourself to see what actually happens. Anyway back to my story. We were about an hour early to the show so we grabbed some bagel sandwiches at an overpriced deli and headed back to the movie theatre. This place was sweet. This theater had a digital projector for slides and it was SHOWING commercials and trailers for upcomming films. It was pretty slick. So I’m sitting in the theatre during the movie and it kinda made me think and reflect on how nice it is to have someone that cares enough for you that they would die in moment while being with you and feel content with their life. That made my heart glow, as the past few days I have been kinda depressed with my life in general. I don’t know why but I was and that thought helped clear my head. 🙂 . The drive how was for the most part quiet as both of us enjoyed a mellow drive with little traffic on the I. We got home and just hung out. Everything today just kinda clicked.

2004-04-21 04:01:01 – The Disco Nova

It is always nice when a woman that you took out on a date lets you know you are an eunuch in her eyes on your blog. Give the guy a chance, he could surprise you.

2004-04-21 09:35:03 – Netheus

eep. Nice day WC. I have a big ass paper due in 8 hours. I am going to die. Earth day is tommorow. do something earth friendly, like eat something organic or at least not produced by a polluting company like McDonalds, Burger King, Subway, or any of the chains. Go to the organic earth cafe place, it’s actually pretty good. Last I heard, Sencha was organic too. And for the love of your ulcer, try water instead of coffee, soda, or tea.

2004-04-21 12:13:06 – rand0m

>>It is always nice when a woman that you took out on a date lets you know you are an eunuch in her eyes on your blog. No shit. That is no fun to hear, especially from somebody that I’ve been totally smitten with for going on, what, 7 years? I don’t know if she’s just not interested, or if she thinks I’m a total loser-slob who has no value. Regardless, those are her opinions, even if I think their wrong. 😉 And craig, I’m glad your day picked up – you were pretty down for a bit there … tell Rachel HI for me 🙂

2004-04-21 16:51:17 – pinky

randal’s a eunuch? what the hell?

2004-04-22 02:41:54 – WC

If randal’s a enunich than I am a male loathing feminist. Randal is so far from being a enunich … in fact I don’t think randal couldn’t like girls or have any sort of gay tendency if he tried. 🙂 ..and rachael says hi to everyone. I can’t wait until this summer! It’s snowing here 🙁

2004-04-22 04:50:59 – WC

You know I really liked your old site randal. I was just ‘illin on it (in fact i’m posting from it right now) and its really effing fast! I would like to quote you though from something you said a long time ago but yet is still posted in your notes section "[I]I would like to have a woman in my life with which I can share things, instead of keeping it all clammed up inside. I still like panties, though … contradiction there?[/I] –rand0m kinda made me laugh .. and wtf am I doing up at 4:50 am?

2004-04-22 09:32:41 – Netheus

Was at Independent Records last night. Upon looking through the DVD’s, I found a movie that came out in 2001 called "Vampires Anonymous." It was about a group of vampires who don’t want to be vampires anymore starting their own 12 step program. Hee hee hee hee.

2004-04-22 12:46:38 – pinky

my god! all those feminists are male loathing! craig, you’d be lucky to be a feminist…hehehe. that’s right, i said it, snaps!

The good, the bad and the ugly.

Posted on April 1, 2004 by rand0m

Best Day, GeekOut, Paulie’s Back, Shorn Goatee

Posted on March 17, 2004 by rand0m

Sunday was the best day I’ve had in a long time. I didn’t work, as I’d had a long weekend already – thanks for looking out for me, corey! – and was already a peice of meat. I didn’t do anything for most of the day, besides waking up at 1:30pm. I went over to Safeway, spent a lot of money on food of _my_ choosing, came back to the house, and got prepped for some grilling. Unfortunately, we were out of propane. Damn. So Keen and I went out and bought gas for the grill, then came home. Then the grilling commenced – two, 2lb t-bones and a pack of bratwurst, and some garlic bread. Packed that together with some cold beer, some three-potato salad and man, what a good dinner. Watched some tv, then went out with Keen to Phantom and played some pool while drinking their beer. We came up scoring even, 6-6 games, and had a fun time. It was a really good day for me – totally stress free and just really enjoyable. *** geek section *** Amidst all that, I swung by HPI to begin copying a mailserver HD. I had tried this operation, using norton ghost 2003, once before, and it estimated 4 hours to copy 22GB off of our old, slow, dying harddrive onto our new-hotness HD. So I started it at 7pm, and thought I’d swing by HPI after beer & pool to swap the new HD for the old. Well, at 12:30am on monday, it said it still had 4 1/2 hours to go. So I left, barely slept, then came back at 6am to find it wanting another 1h 45m. Drank coffee, took a shower, came back at 8:00a to let it finish it’s last 10 minutes. Then I tried swapping in the HDs. That doesn’t work. Turns out that Windows creates a registry entry that matches up the HD serial number to a Globally Unique IDentifier, so that if you put in like 20 new HDs, win2k will still run off the correct HD. Well, the new HD doesn’t have the same GUID as the old HD, so nothing ran. It would boot, but not let me login. It was horrible. Took about 45 minutes to solve, and involved using a remote-registry access to change / remove 14 separate keys. Total Bullshit. Way to suck, MS. FreeBSD isn’t that gay. *** end geek *** Paulie came home from Iraq on Monday. After following Keen’s horrendous driving and route-planning, Keen, Shawn and I met everyboyd at the base to welcome him home. It was really a heartswell to see all the troops march into this huge gym, then salute the crowd to the National Anthem. It was very impressive. I felt like that group of 300 courageous soldiers could have taken on the world and won. After a short introduction and much applause, they dismissed the troops and the place came alive, families being reunited, friends being found. We got ahold of Paulie, hugged for a few minutes, much relieved to see him alive and well, and then headed over to his place to chill. I’m so glad he’s back and not in that god-forsaken place anymore. I was shaving this morning, and I got to trimming my goatee and totally fucked it up. I took a huge chunk of it out, and it looked really bad and totally beyond repair. Because of that, I shaved the whole thing off. :-/ I have before and after photos, please let me know what you think. And don’t take picture quality into account, as they are both pretty bad — it’s about the content, folks. [L=http://rand0m.org/goatee.php]http://rand0m.org/goatee.php[/L]. Check out the webcam while you’re at it :-).

2004-03-17 15:15:12 – realbighead

paulie’s back, yay! randal got a day off, yay! st. patrick’s day, yay!

2004-03-17 17:09:12 – Netheus

St Patty’s day, boo. Troy shaved most of his goat/ beard too. Must be in the water.

2004-03-17 20:24:26 – something vaguley insulting

(jordan) it turns out that i’ll be spending my entire spring break in chicago because i misread the dates on the boulder student visit site. i will be inthe springs from monday afternoon-ish until thursday morning, then i’m off to boulder. i hope there’s someone who’s not working so much that i’ll be able to do something other than drink by myself.

2004-03-17 21:02:29 – Master Ha-reed

Haven’t we gone over this before? If you want to be mistaken for early 30’s instead of early 20’s, keep the goatee.

2004-03-18 06:04:42 – pinky

jordan. how long are you in boulder? pink

2004-03-18 08:48:19 – something calling into doubt the exact nature of Y

’til sunday around noon.

2004-03-18 09:33:27 – Netheus

So what Monday are we talking about here?

2004-03-18 18:56:01 – i could beat up your honor student

sorry-the 29th, or the monday close to the 29th. whichever one that is.

2004-03-19 00:39:09 – pinky

the first sunday in april? or the sunday in three days? because i’ll chill with ya if it’s the first sunday in april (the 4th?). kewl. pink

2004-03-19 00:46:32 – realbighead

so, as far as I can tell, only the people who live in the Springs and myself are going to be able to see Jordan. because you all have a weak grasp of timing. haha.

2004-03-19 02:00:12 – The Disco Nova

Party friday at our house. Bring alchohol and bitches.

2004-03-19 10:58:40 – shitfuckcock ay-ass

laura-first sunday in april

2004-03-20 15:11:50 – WC

WTF! "FreeBSD isn’t that gay." FBSD is NEVER gay ok 🙂 <geek> Hey randal and those who are otherwise interested. I picked up that book that was on ./ a week ago regarding "Wicked Cool Shell Scripts". Its a pretty good sh scripting guide. You can’t be total dummy to read it but I pretty self explantory. Check it out! ISBN: 1-59327-012-7 </geek> I wish I could come down and hang out with you guys and celebrate Paulie being back. :-/ But I have some things I have to do here in Denver. The next few months seem like they are going to be busy. bleh.

2004-03-21 23:24:57 – Netheus

to anyone that cares- goth night is no longer at the Underground. It’s back at the Annex.

2004-03-22 14:33:55 – Matt K.

Hmmm… I R not well read. I R Bigotted against arabs, with rights to be and reasons also. I R Thankfull for brother with small sarcasm meter. Is good. I R Glad penis is huge. Is very good to have! Usefull! I R not long winded, mearly complicated thoughts. I R extream. Please excuse! Thought: If someone expreses a viewpoint alternate to the general concensus this doesn’t make them nessisarily wrong. Possibly they operate from a position of alternate information and point of deduction. People often tend to irefudiate arguements from a point of emotion instead of with a matching force level of counter arguement. But the basic tactic of pointing your finger at somone and yelling labels is not only ignorant, it expresses the inability of the defamer to actualy combat in a logical manor. Thus the ilogical use of emotional argumentaion as a defence.

2004-03-22 14:43:15 – DEIGHTON

Hey man, I kind of get that. So you saying that sort of if a guy sayes to me that if like he don’t like rap music, it means just only that. Right? This emotional fighter would sort of turn that around like, right. And say somthing like because they don’t like rap that they is racist against blacks right. They using that label thing. Even though the first guy never said that or implied that like. They just call the other guy a name and stuff rather than confront him with valid argument on the same subject. I get it. Matt K. your a wise man. I thought all them people in the south was stupid red necks. But you not like that at all. peace!

2004-03-22 14:51:48 – Matt K

Dear Deighton: Be careful if you generaly of support any of my view points. It seems that I am not very popular at this site for my critisisms of the standard liberal flow. Be forwarned that agreeing with me may cause you to be mocked or sneered at and labeled. Also it may not be compatable with good mental hygene. The view points I express are not politicaly correct most of the time and could tend to get you in trouble.

2004-03-23 14:30:40 – you

I really don’t mean to be snide, but do you spell that way on purpose, or was it just carelessness (and i’m not talking about the parts where you’re imitating rednecks)? Content issues notwithstanding, i’d like to know.

2004-03-23 14:59:18 – Netheus

okay, so let me get this right- Deighton, you state that just because a person doesn’t like rap, it doesn’t mean they are racist. Matt K., you seem to agree with this point of view, that a singularity can not be made into a generalization of the whole. Let’s forget about the whole hating little brown people issue you have. I disagree with wasting resources, human lives, and the psychological scarification that goes along with going to war. Thusly, I am against war almost enitirely. Does that make me un-American? Does that singularity make it so that I fall to the generalization? Or better yet. Catholic priests rape alter boys. Therefore, all Christians are anal raping child molestors that need to be chemically castrated for the protection of society. I mean, if a few radical muslims incur your wrath for the entire populous, why should I think any differently? Or more close to you, a cop likes to beat his wife when he gets home from work. Therefore all cops like to beat their wives. Maybe you can see the flawed logic of racism and bigotry here.

2004-03-24 01:20:12 – The Disco Nova

Despite the efforts of scared people like you, America is still free, and you are entitled to your opinion, as ill informed and offensive as it is. We object to your stupid pointless ten paragraph posts. If you can’t say it in one paragraph or less, it probably isn’t worth saying.

2004-03-24 11:44:39 – jordan

firstly, who are you talking to? secondly, there are a great many things worth saying that take longer than a single paragraph. lastly, no one has answered my question about the spelling. oh, matt- i have to side with christina on this one: not liking rap doesn’t make you a racist. HATING PEOPLE OF ANOTHER RACE BECAUSE THEY ARE OF ANOTHER RACE DOES. you’re a racist. punto y cabal.

2004-03-24 14:24:12 – Master Ha-reed

<geek> Everyone should read Wicked Cool Shell Scripts since the author, Dave Taylor, is a Boulderite and is the shit. </geek> I M WEASEL!

2004-03-25 03:02:54 – WC

OK you know what really bothers me is that Office 2k3 [u]still[/u] is full of stupid idoicy. i.e. it install a folder full of shit in my directory root. Whats it full of ? I don’t know. But yet they want to see who you are. Can you delete your stuff? I sure can’t. Arg! 🙁 Retarded. Ohh yeah look what stupid start up app that MS wants you to run OSE.exe. Hhaha. #kill.

2004-03-26 07:32:53 – Netheus

so where are we going to take Jordan for beer? I say Tony’s, Phantom (yay Pool too!), or get a whole bunch of beer, and go back to Randals. Suggestions?

2004-03-26 10:45:29 – Dice

When I first replied to Matt K., I thought he was joking. (Because I do nothing but joke) I didn’t think that it was possible for someone with the motor skills required to type on a key board to be that ridiculously bigoted. …or is my sarcasm meter broken? I hope it is. BUT, the main thing I have to take Matt K. to task on is siding with the spics. They are evil. They stole all of my roosters from my pen a month ago, and after the cock fights they were forced into, I only got 2 back alive. Say what you will about the Arabs, but at least they are civilized and ironic enough to kill us with our own capitalist/indulgent devices (planes and two overly high towers). At least they don’t pit us in a cage fight to the death…or do they… Actually, if I had to go, I think a cage death match would be pretty damn cool. (Because I have resigned myself to dying since I’m too scared to pick up a rifle and fight along side our boys over seas) Man…this is tough…who should I hate more, Arabs or Spics…eh, screw it. I’ll just hate Matt K. and everyone wins. By the way, I got an E mail from your Jordainian friends, Matt. We cleared things up after some tense conversations, during which I was scared to sleep in my own bed. But now things are cool. I taught them how to kill people more effectively with choke holds, so now we are buds.

2004-03-28 20:20:30 – jordan

hello all. it looks like i’ve lost a few people’s phone numbers: could anyone who wants to see me give me a call? i’ll be int he springs tomorrow 2:30ish. my number is 773.480.0582.

2004-03-29 15:40:10 – Matt K.

Dear site followers: I wish to extend to you an apology along the lines of the bigoted rantings that I have so far expressed, and the length of my input. After reading your last inputs I realy thought deeply what would be a deep and terrifying come-back to your banter, but somehow side tracked myself into an area of self examination. I came to a few realizations. First you are partialy right. I wish to apologize to the entire arab race for starters. I was wrong to blame them en’mass for the actions of a few radicals in their ranks. So for clarification purposes I would like to focus my disdaine to those who truly deserve it. That would be the terroists. For them I have nothing but hatred for the pain and suffering they have caused this country. Second the few arabs that I have come into contact with in the south are not representative of the mass that abode here. I would like to say that the few individuals who have crossed my path are of a particularly greasy and loathsome nature. They in part DO NOT represent the others of their kind who may actualy be decent people and Americans. For this purpose I would like to state that yes, I don’t like rap music but DO NOT hate black people. I infact know several that are quite upstanding people. No, mexicans are not bad at all I have no feelings toward them what so ever. Do feel that people that are not willing to fight for the purpose of freedom in this country are cowards. But I have also noted that yes, as atractive as big bombs and guns are, going to war is a horrible thing always and that nobody in their right mind should go. I do feel that if the choice comes down to fighting a war or placating to tyrants, then war should be the only choice to us as free Americans. Also I would like to take the oppertunity to thank all of you for helping me to reach this point of thought, for with out your help I would have remained ignorant. Thank you. Also, Dice. Sorry about your chicken. Hope you can grow a new one. PS I checked with the Jordanians. They said they will send you a, umm, "REPRESNTATIVE" next week to take care of, er, "GO OVER" a few points with you.

2004-03-29 15:46:17 – Matt K

See I can also write scripts smaller than 10 paragraphs! Hey Randal whats up? Hellbentrob, hows it hanging? Congrates on the degree. Good job! We all might have excaped but at least your going somewhere. Randal, start your own company and get rich. Quite srewing around and letting other people use your skills to make themselves rich. That’s much better.

2004-03-29 16:36:14 – rand0m

I do own my own company. http://cos.everlan.com . kthx.

2004-03-29 17:53:04 – Netheus

was he being sarcastic?

2004-03-30 14:57:18 – WC

Wow, Matt K kind of reminds me of the people you see on TV or at some public place, maybe a bar perhaps, who keeps talking even if nobody pays attention to them. Kind of like a comedian that doesn’t know when to get off stage. Nothing personal dude, just pointing something out. I personally got about half way through his comments and just stop reading them out of boredom. tail -f /dev/urandom > ~/haxfile &;

2004-04-06 08:33:41 – Hellbent Rob

Hmmm, does this string of comments remind anyone of anything else? -Truck stop bathroom graffiti, perhaps?

The reguler + haircut + misc people + other things

Posted on March 11, 2004 by rand0m

hmmm, I guess you all want an update on the shittrainwreck that is my life. Let’s start off with the basics: Girls: No. Money: No. Car?: No. Did I mention Girls? Yes, you dummy. Oh. What about money? Yes, again, you smacktard. Please append your own assorted versions of me bitching about all of the above. You can do it just as well as I can. Well, maybe not, but I don’t want to because it’s 10pm and I just want to type this and be finished. I got a haircut on Monday for a meeting up at Colorado Technical University. This was not just a haircut. This was the be-all, end-all of haircuts. I went to Herb’s Barber Shop, which is across the street north of HPI and got a haircut. It was $12, including tip. Herb cut my hair, and he is 76 years old. No, not shaky, doddering 76 years old. More of a 76 years young. We chatted while he cut hair, and he’s damn good at it. To top it off, he shaved my neck and sideburns. No, he didn’t just cut them, he *shaved* them — with a [L=http://images.google.com/images?q=straight+razor]straight razor[/L]. I have never shaved with one of those, much less been shaved with one by an older gentleman. It was quite the experience, and I definitely want to go back. While I was at Colorado Tech I ran into a bunch of people I know, including Aaron from the Perk, Tom from [L=http://www.spartanmortgagegroup.com]Spartan Mortgage[/L], and of all people, Bryce Case of [L=http://www.ytcracker.com]ytcracker[/L] fame. Unfortunately neither of us had time to chat, but it was nice running into him again. I think everybody goes there for some reason. Other people updates: Mike Lee came back from an 11-day stint in Costa Rica, props. Tore is coming into town for spring break & DLX. Paulie will be back on March 18th (!!!), also going to DLX? Mannie will be back visiting on the 19th, again for DLX. I saw Emily driving her green bug today. Jordan Weil is also coming back into town, but not for DLX. Remember how in January that I [L=http://rand0m.org/viewcomments.php?NewsID=419]mentioned our washer broke[/L] in December? Yep, still broke, still not replaced. Yay for doing laundry at scary laundromats. I don’t know what to say about this. Keen is not doing well. I mean, he might be, but honestly I don’t know, as I never see him. However, he did stay up and drink a whole bottle of wine single handedly, and has not been sleeping (as hit or miss as this is). These are definite signs of something being wrong. No idea what to say, even less energy to handle it. Perk up Keen, life doesn’t suck that much. I put up a 7-and-change mile wireless shot today w/ Sam for HPI. We used Trango gear, and it’s wicked good stuff. We tested it and are getting right under 10mbps across it … unbelievable. We are supposed to be doing another shot tomorrow, but I need to find time to configure the radios (before 9am). The store is getting along. We’re not making any money, but we’re not closing. We are walking the line most dangerous to small businesses, and we need to step to one side or the other. I am just so tired all the time, it’s really hard to muster the energy to do small things, like send out emails or update the webpage. I think it’s because I am horrendously out of shape, have a terrible diet and don’t sleep well. Hmm. I went out with Amanda to get some beer last night. Ordered a pitcher & Tony’s and between the two of us, drank three glasses. Then left. Leaving > 1/2 pitcher. Utter sacrilige. I hope that doesn’t say something about me. *sigh*

2004-03-12 08:40:03 – Manny

Worry ye not randal, we all lack something(s) Girls: Snobby Harvard + Wellesley chicks = 0 Car: Mass emissions inspection = Failed Money: Boston cost of living > Income Can’t wait to get back to the springs to see you guys.

2004-03-13 13:18:20 – ytcracker

http://www.livejournal.com/community/co_springs/116399.html?mode=reply http://www.livejournal.com/community/co_springs/ i hath mentioned yonder everlan to livejournal colorado springs community hopefully they make u rich

2004-03-13 21:36:54 – Netheus

Girls: I am one Money: I have none Car: she’s a volkswagon Laundry: It is done.

2004-03-13 22:07:44 – Hellbent Rob

Rando, As far as the rotten diet, lack of energy, and not sleeping, guess what… biologically, you’re still a KOHUTEK, and life’s a bitch, and then you die. Sorry to hear that the business isn’t going as well as you’d like–that’s always a bummer. I wish I could help you with the washer and dryer, but the situation isn’t that much better here either; try looking in the thrifty nickel, I’m sure there’s some poor G.I. schmuck, who’s shipping out that needs to unload a set. I’m sure the old peps have let you know that they’re taking a cruise in May to Alaska, and I’m being graced by their presence. You know it pisses me off that Dad is willing to fly out to NY for a daugther that shit in the nest and didn’t speak to anyone for 2/3 of a decade, but hell I’m finishing an MBA in Pub. Admin. and he’s not sure if he can take a day off to see me get hooded, besides the fact that he missed my first two graduations. You know, he use to come through here 3-4 times a year plus hunting season, but do you think he ever stopped to say hello. You know something else, I have never recieved a phone from them that I either didn’t initiate or leave a message. You know, my father-in-law calls calls me every other day or so just to talk, not to my wife, but to me. Yeah, it puts you in perspective of where one ranks doesn’t it? Well, when I graduate from law school, I’m not telling anyone, except maybe you and Marla, and I’ll take my little wife to Europe for a month–before I tell her we’re moving out of this damn state. I tell you what, you find somebody like my wife, who’ll put up with all your purile insanity, and support you through all the bullshit of life, you hold on to her. But, I can’t complain too much, from what I’ve read from some of your friends, it could be whole hell of a lot worse. My heart goes out to you, and I hope that you have plenty of good friends out there that’ll help you pull through.

2004-03-15 14:17:15 – Matt K.

Dear Randy, Drink more water. I know that this sounds like more of my cracked shit but I’m serious. My wife made me start drinking more water and eating a little more green leafy stuff, well mostly water. The conversation went like this.. " Honey, will you quit playing with your automatic weapons for a moment. I have somthing I need you to do. And spit out that live chicken. Yes I know your hungry, but you don’t know where that one came from…" Anyways after increasing fluid content I found that I started to feel better and had more energy, slept better, and had more concentration. Also try a massage. OOOOHHH, that works real good! As far as the hidious waste of beer goes, you will never be forgiven. Your only repentance will be to admit that the mind was willing but the body pooped out on you. Anywho, please take care of yourself. Now to the rest of the milling crowd. Think about this. Yes you all think I be insaino, but in actuality I inject (forcfully, and against your will) a small measure of entertainment/altenate view of life. And admittedly you recognize this for the small amount of paranoid thought that each of us contain. I simply vent and give voice to that which we all secretly think on a low level. As for DICE. Yo pal! The band wagon happens to be my country. Either your for the good ol’ USA, or you ain’t. And if you ain’t, which I’m begining to suspect, then leave. Also I’m going to root your adress to a group of militant Jordainian terrorists and and tell them you said some smack about there mothers. Have fun looking over your shoulder for, oh, say the rest of your life. P.S. It would be better if the middle east were closer to us for the simple fact that then we wouldn’t have to shoot the missles so far. And as far as spickes in florida, they happen to be pretty cool. In fact they seem to be into modern assault weapons and such just as much as us other crazy southerners. O.K. in my book as long as they hate Islam basterds too. And as far as my nephew in law being stupid and joining the military. Well that is pretty stupid to put yourself in jeopardy for a bunch of other people who are to weak to defend themselves from tyrany. Like all you assholes who didn’t pick up a rifle and go yourselves! I hope you feel real safe when you sleep in a nice warm bed tonight. It was aforded to you at his expence. I hope you feel good hugging your loveones, grand parents and children. Since they are alive and protected because he is brave enough to stand up to a whole race of people hell bent on erradicating them. Where are you Dice? Coward. Run your panzy mouth some more. After all he’s fighting your fight for the freedom to do so. Better yet, why don’t you get off your little ass and take some responsability your self. Nah, forget that. Why don’t you go eat a dick. Hey Hellbentrob. How’s It hanging. I feel your frustration. Release your pain. It does you no good except to make you bitter at heart. I still love ya man. Besideds I got enough bitter for all of us. Talk more often. I really like to hear from you. I understand how you feel with the peps. I needed some help with my company and asked them after 10 years for help. I got zippola’, except to be reminded about some shit I did as a kid. That’s alright, I got my limo company back on track all by myself and am starting to do better at it as part time any way. Less stress when you get to dictate your own terms. Plus I wouldn’t have gotten the great job I landed if they hadn’t. I realized just how much I missed law enforcement. I really like to help people. It makes me feel better. Anywho, God bless one and all.(except the fucking Islamists.)

2004-03-16 01:40:58 – The Disco Nova

Randall, your brother is fucked up. And irritating.

2004-03-16 10:46:10 – realbighead

yeah. irritating.

2004-03-16 12:55:18 – Matt K.

O.K. Your right. I am a little iritating when extream. For this I am sorry. It’s just that I am very passionate about this great country of ours. I feel so sad that it is threatened from outside and from within by so many attackers. I feel frustrated that it seems like nobody cares about the problems our great nation faces. Truly America is in not just a war but in a fight to survive. Interesting information. The christian nations of this world are reproducing children at a rate of five times less than that of the islamic states. Fact: If the middle eastern terrorist states had a larger technological capabiliy our country would have been attacked in a much more massive way and our people and way of life already subjegated. Fact: The koran, the religious text of islam, does not preach love of life and peace in any way. Infact the koran specificaly details the conquest and enslavement of any territories not already under islamic control. Fact: Through history every nation that islam has become a componant of it’s society has been reduced to chaos and utter ruin. Fact: Great Brittan has opened it’s doors to islam and is now in an internal war for it’s culture. For all intents it has already lost. That is why they have helped us in both military actions in the Gulf. Fact: Islam preaches that it’s progress can only be asertained by military conquest of "the lands and territories of the infidels of Allah." Unfortunatly that means us and the whole rest of the world. Fact: In 1977, 18 of the shiekes from Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afganistan, Libya, and several other terror states signed a treaty called a quidimalla’haristim. This treaty stated basicly that if ever at any time in the future that if one of these states ever gained a weapon status capable of being offencive in nature to western europe and America that they would all imediatly join together in Jehad(holy war)against us. Since that time all Islamist nations have been on a campain of terror and making serious attempts for atomic weapons. This is their quest and docturine. I’m sorry I have irritated you. I’m serious when I say that. I promise not to bring up the subject in polite conversation again. I’m also blessed to say that in 2 weeks Beau is coming home, safe and sound. I only regrett that he had to see and experiance the things he did. I know that those things will haunt him for the rest of his life. I am proud that he was willing to make that sacrifice for our county and our freedom. All I can do is to simply say after what islamic people have done to me and my buisness, my family members, and my nation that I love with all my heart, I will always distrust and HATE them for the miserable animals that they are.

2004-03-16 13:02:30 – Matt K

P.S. Does anybody know the Ayatolla’s adress? I would like to mail him a few hundred tons of free bacon and pork rinds. It would be so tragic if he choked to death on one and went to allah with a piece of swine lodged in his throat.

2004-03-16 13:09:17 – Matt K

Oh, and Dice. I’m sorry. What I said was unkind. I simply forget that some people have no other intrest other than self intrest. I have to respect their view if I wish the same right myself. I apologize. Have to go now. Dinner time. The lights just went out and my wife thew in another live chicken. **BLISS**

2004-03-16 16:43:31 – realbighead

notice the narrow width of the comment boxes? that’s to discourage essays. especially vitriolic rambling ones.

2004-03-16 16:47:28 – The Disco Nova

You actually read them Tore? I read the first paragraph, MAYBE. Maybe if he only did one every once in a while, but when every post is long winded and rambling, I just move on.

2004-03-16 17:39:49 – pinky

so, i started to read the rambling, but then it just pissed me off, so i took a break and continued reading. i have many fun ad-hominem attacks stored up, but whatever. i just want to say that someone has some serious fucked up racist and bigoted issues to deal with. please get some help before trying to sound intelligent ever again. grr.

2004-03-16 22:36:44 – The Disco Nova

Women are the lesser sex and are only on this earth to serve and pleasure men. Discuss.

2004-03-17 00:03:05 – Master Ha-reed

Ooh ooh – even better. Affirmative action is wrong. Wealth redistribution is unethical. The poor should just roll over and die, or better yet, do the jobs the rest of us don’t want to do without bitching about it, and then roll over and die. Rich people should be able to flaunt their money and spend it to the last dime. Gay people are a sin against God and should be shot. Same goes for everyone that isn’t rich, white and Protestant.

2004-03-17 02:13:56 – rand0m

Wow, those really do just roll of your tongue easily, don’t they … or is that just me? Heh. 😀

2004-03-17 02:13:56 – rand0m

Wow, those really do just roll of your tongue easily, don’t they … or is that just me? Heh. 😀

2004-03-17 09:59:19 – Netheus

*sigh* Forget the ad hominem attacks, the logical fallacies, and the out right lies. He obviously isn’t open-minded enough to even consider another argument. Pessimissim wins. Matt K, have you even read the Koran for yourself? Or for that matter ANY holy book? And the Book of Mormon counts only if you read the ENTIRE Bible too, you know, the Jewish part and the xian part.

2004-03-17 10:37:15 – Hellbent Rob

Master Ha-reed, Your arguement is trite and bigotous if you really want deep thought into wealth redistribution, consider John Rawls and Alan Keynes, or their counter-arguements by Robert Nozick and Milton Friedman. Netheus, It appears that you managed to pass Phil 101 Introduction to Informal Logic. According to symbolic logic, your contentions, however, do not hold weight, and you appear to be doing exactly as A.J. Ayer claims, i.e. emoting. Ayer asserted that proclaimations of right, wrong, or fallious statements are merely the interlocutor’s expression of feeling. Your assessment of the content of Matt K.’s bigotous, while ostensibly farcical ramblings, therefore is nothing more than emotive. Claims of fallicy are also therefore inconclusive, and only demonstrate an inability to refute content on a cogent content basis, and as Ayer further postulates that emotive assertions are only valuable in the context of persuassion. Yet, you have not setforth a persuasive counterarguement, but only declared something illogical, and fallious. Refering to ‘On Liberty’ by John Stuart Mill, "Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action; and on no other terms can a being with human faculties have any rational assurance of being right."

2004-03-17 10:41:01 – Hellbent Rob

Incidently, Master Ha-reed, I am emoting when I deem your contention trite and bigotous, however, I am being persuasive by referring you to others that have more conclusively argued over the same propositions.

2004-03-17 10:59:51 – rand0m

Rob, you, by far, have the largest penis of any man alive. And the smallest sarcasm detector ever. 😉

2004-03-17 11:07:51 – realbighead

if Mr. Ayer is referring to whatever that was as "symbolic" logic, then he may actually have just triple-overdosed on methamphetamines and spouted the whole thing out one night. Symbolic logic is based on Aristotle’s categories and Wittgenstein, neither of whom would assert anything about "assuming" truth. Now, analytic logic might assert what you claim, but given that it’s a) a poor address of Nietzche’s objections to philosophy, and b) the world’s least-liked subject even by its practitioners, I doubt the assertion carries much weight for anyone. As to ha-reed and nova, I believe they’re taking part in the semi-monthly "make laura burst into flame" contest. She’s sometimes like the Human Torch. only pinker.

2004-03-17 11:28:13 – Hellbent Rob

A conclusion must be true if all premises are true. Premise A: Hellbent Rob has a big penis–> TRUE Premise B: Hellbent Rob has no sarcasm detector–> False Therefore no conclusion can be made. As far as sarcasm is concerned, I was being sarcastic in regards to Nova and Ha-reed’s conversation, and their sardonic critique on Matt K.’s horribly insensitive commentary, but you would have had to have read these authors to understand that these idealogues are total extremists who take absurd positions, such as those taken by Nova and Ha-reed. I was hoping to add a degree of levity by taking my own critque to an extreme. But instead of interpreting dead-pan humor as such, you mistook the tongue-in-cheek inferences, and instead satificed for penial conjecture. I meant no harm, as I assumed that many people posting on this website are relatively intelligent and well read. I have yet to post anything that is meant to be read in complete seriousness, and I prefer subtle jabs at content and self effacing humor, but I assumed too much without preface.

2004-03-17 11:42:00 – rand0m

"relatively intelligent and well read"? Ha! You assume much. When somebody posts something more than 3-4 lines long, my brain turns to mush and I sorta glaze over the first line, and then usually get bored and rely on something witty. Hence, penis jokes!

2004-03-17 12:00:43 – Hellbent Rob

no offense taken. I don’t blame you about the extended ramblings, and I apologize for them; I will try to make my postings more succint

2004-03-17 13:07:55 – Master Ha-reed

Tore’s got it right – Laura’s hair isn’t pink anymore, so I’m trying to make it burst into flame through anger.

My my my we’re jaded

Posted on February 23, 2004 by rand0m

A real conversation that just occurred while watching a Discovery special on Eathquakes, the 1994 quake in Kobe, Japan in particular: Person 1: “Man, god must hate slopeheads.” Person 2: “These are Japanese, not slopeheads.” Person 1: “Oh. What are slopeheads” Person 2: “I think they’re Koreans.” Person 2: “Hey, Person 3, slopeheads are koreans, right?” Person 3: “I thought those were gooks?” Person 2: “No, those are vietnamese” Person 3: “Oh right” Person 1: “So what are Japenese?” Person 3: “Nips!” Person 1: “Right. So god must hate nips.” It was humorous. Laugh. Although I’m sure none of you will. Ha! I laugh at you in lieu of you laughing at the above!

2004-02-23 00:45:51 – WC

Rachael: "Those people are going to hell." LOL!!

2004-02-23 01:05:50 – Master Ha-reed

[L=http://www.rsdb.org/search?q=slopehead&sort=score]Slopeheads are any asian[/L]

2004-02-23 05:19:28 – pinky

dude, that’s messed up /$.02

2004-02-23 10:54:59 – RANDAL’S PIMP

hmmmm slopeheads are all asians? lol

2004-02-23 11:28:30 – Matt K.

Question of the day: Is it wrong to pay prostitutes with counterfiet currancy? I mean after all they aren’t going to go tell the cops and all are they? I don’t think that I would really have any qualms about ripping off the ol’ local pot dealer with a few fakey greens ay. I wonder if they both would like a big tip to prove what a nice guy we are. HA HA!! That opens a whole avenue of illisit shoping to the average guy. The black market is open to those with enough dough to buy what ever they wish to indulge in. So I ask is it so wrong if you spread some snake money on these thugs. Technicaly if they did somthing wrong they broke the law and shouldn’t profit by it and if they use fako-bucks and go to jail for counterfiting, doesn’t that mean you are doing society a favor? Or does it just mean that we are mean ass pranksters with a load of new goodies. My the wonders of a two sided photocopy machine. By the way I believe the proper term for asiatic people to be zipper heads because of the way their skulls come apart when you blast them. This term originated it the vietnam war but I think has now grown to incompass all peoples of the Islamic persuasion. In that case, open licence on all those @##$%%$$% arabs and ^%^&% camel they screwed to get a ride into town. Seriously, if you want to get a real sick feeling in the pit of your stomach start looking up info about ^&^&%( islam on the web and see what a threat those #$#&$&$)%*^( pose to the U.S.A. Look up a site Linked to S.H.I.T.T. com. Anywho- Happy Mardi-Gras everybody and may the power of alkee-haul be in you. (Except for raghead/zipperhead arabs. They can go eat bacon and choke on it.) God bless America!!! Long live the Christian crusaiders and down with the infidel islamists. Have fun and good hunting!

2004-02-23 12:53:30 – Chester

WTF?

2004-02-23 14:30:35 – rand0m

I think Matt receives the "Off Topic post of the week" award. Where’s tony when you need him ?

2004-02-23 16:32:49 – realbighead

need tony? what’ve you been smoking?

2004-02-23 16:53:11 – rand0m

Nothing but pure, delicious crack.

2004-02-23 20:10:45 – Netheus

Dude. I don’t know what to say. Started out with happy petty racist non-sense, then became…. evil…. Anyway, you shouldn’t rip off prostitutes. How would you like to get paid in counterfeit for doing your job? I mean, you wouldn’t tip a waiter with fakes, would you? It’s just wrong. If you want to try to pay a drug dealer in counterfeit, that’s fine. Your the one who has to try and hide for the rest of your life.

2004-02-23 21:27:19 – Paulie

Hey Matt, the term for arabs is no longer ‘ragead’. The new vogue term is ‘Hajji’….

2004-02-24 09:58:49 – rand0m

*takes that down for later use* Also, check out [L=http://www.rsdb.org]http://www.rsdb.org[/L] – The Racial Slur Database – fun for you _and_ your friends!

2004-02-24 19:27:24 – Master Ha-reed

If "Hadji" is at all derived from the old Jonny Quest cartoon, that’s not much of an insult, since Hadji kicked ass.

2004-02-24 19:50:17 – Netheus

That is the funniest page on the whole entire internet.

2004-02-24 22:01:04 – Paulie

Hajji is arabic for Pilgrim. It is a term of respect used for those who have made the pilgrimage (the Hajj) to Mecca. Ironically, it is an insult akin to a slur if used for those who have not yet made the Hajj.

2004-02-24 23:24:23 – keener2u

Matt K., Never use that screen name again:) Thanks, Matt Keen

2004-02-25 10:38:19 – Manny

Thanks for clearing that up Keen. I thought I might have to take a day out from DLX to come down there.

2004-02-29 07:20:38 – keener2u

I see how it is…you should come down anyway…btw when is DLX?

2004-02-29 09:13:41 – Manny

19-21 Mar, but I probably wont have a car, so you should come up there bro.

2004-03-01 12:24:59 – Paulie

Hey I should be home before DLX….I’ll see you there (if our demobilization stuff gets over in time..)

2004-03-01 12:25:01 – Paulie

Hey I should be home before DLX….I’ll see you there (if our demobilization stuff gets over in time..)

2004-03-01 13:13:29 – Matt K.

Hey Keener, Sorry man I got stuck with this name when my mommy and daddy gave it to me. So now IT’S ALL MINE! MINE I TELL YOU!! MINE! MINE! MINE! GIVE IT TO ME NOW!! HA-HA! AAAAALLLLLLL MINE!! NAA-NAA ALL MINE! PS. Yea I would tip a waiter with funky muny. Most (let me be discrete, I’m not saying all) waiters give you such shitty service that I’d like to give ’em a few blasts of the ol’ scattergun as they run back and forth behind the bar like a friken goffer. Haven you ever noticed when you really need some actual service (HELP! I’M CHOKING!) that there dumb ass’s are out back swagging a smoke or jacking off or somthing. Also anything that it remoatly racist towards arabs; let me please apologise by SENDING YOU A BAG OF PORK RINDS AND A PICTURE OF GROUND ZERO NEW YORK!!!!!! DIE YOU FUCKING ALLAH LOVING PIGS! (Sorry.)sort of got carried away. Anyway-IT’S MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINEMINEMINEMINE!!!!!

2004-03-01 14:25:08 – Manuel

Dude that would be awesome. See all you jokers at DLX. Drag keen up there while your at it.

2004-03-03 13:09:30 – Netheus

A friend in school was just telling me that the majority of his English class doesn’t know what is meant by Bourgeois or Proletariat. Problem is, they are all around 40 years of age or older.

2004-03-03 18:56:31 – Dice

Is this the same site I glanced over a month ago? Wow. Reminds me of my racist Grandma. She’s pretty damn stupid, God bless her. Not only did she tell me not to go to a certain park because of the presence of "Gooks", that wasn’t enough. She had to slant her eyes upward while she did it. Not only was I stunned that she did that, but I was also stunned that any asians actually lived in Wisconsin. Go figure, and Go Cubs…(pretty much none of you know me)

2004-03-03 22:08:46 – Amanda

Hey boys, it sure would be nice to see you all there at DLX. I’m going to be there, I won’t let a broken leg stop me from that! See you there!

2004-03-04 00:58:49 – realbighead

also DLXing. sorry to whore out the comments section.

2004-03-04 11:14:51 – ‘just the way your mother likes it’

-i’m pretty sur that ‘gook’ is korean for ‘people,’ so gooks are koreans. or so the korean kids i hang out with claim. at any rate, you’re a fucking racist. my ass got rejected at yale , so it looks like i’ll be spending the next 4-6 years in lovely boulder,CO–though i guess seattle is still possible, they are sure are taking their sweet fuckign time in getting back to me. i’ll probably be back in CO over my spring break (3/20-3/30 ish). this, incidentally, means i’ll be there for my birthday. yes yes. that’s all i’ve got for now. this is jordan, bythe way.

2004-03-05 01:31:38 – Jackauls McBlackelbey

Hahaha. That dialogue seems like something that should be in a Kevin Smith movie. Nice. =P

2004-03-05 11:18:26 – pinky

hey jordan, coincidentally, i will be in boulder for the next year as a super senior. yay! beer when you show up. pinky

2004-03-06 01:55:31 – WC

Is it bad that you hate your birthday because of your parents? Hmm I think I need a pysch evealuation if that is so, because I am really not looking forward to tuesday. Where’s my free pot and beer? –joking But I could go for some beer. 🙂

2004-03-06 16:15:53 – Netheus

WC- I just avoid them like the plague on my birthday. Last year, my mom jumped in front of my car in traffic on my birthday to hit me up for cash, and my dad left 10 messages on my phone telling me how much of a failure I was. Fortunetly, I unplugged the phone and ran to Manitou for the day, so it didn’t bother me.

2004-03-08 11:05:30 – Matt K.

Hey Dice, you aint’ one of them thar’ islamos’ is ya? We aint’ racist at tall’. We just like our lands sort of "heathen-free" if you catch my drift. Not sayin’ you aint’ American or nutten’ but might seem to be suffren’ from some kinda’ "patriotism deficiency" there buddy. Kinda like three thousand of our fellow countrymen who are suffren’ from "being dead like." Small hint, why don’t hop on the wagon, support the home team and come on in for the big win. Start playing from the same sheet music and reading on the same page son. I got a nephew in law that is taking morter fire in that God forsaken hell hole over there right now, and I bet if you asked him for his opinion right this second he could really tell you where to stick the whole middle east.

2004-03-08 11:29:03 – Matt K.

Hey Rando, time to update the site. What’s going on man? You all right? You haven’t updated since Febuary. You arn’t sick or somthing are you? Worried about you. If we don’t have more entertainment in three days, we’re gonna’ have the fire department break in and start looking for a corps. Don’t make me start my own sick site full of poop-jokes and Choc-o-meal general aplications. (Free beer to the first 100 site posters!)(Just joking, although we have plenty of prepaid prostitutes to go around. At least till they figure out all those 100$ bills came from the photocopy machine. Suckers.) P.S. Hell bent Rob, Drug dealers who actualy pay for the little stamp tend not to, lets’s say, have the best management skills. Thus getting picked off rather quickly by the ever prevalent Federal preditors. So no, they don’t pay taxes.(At least not for long.) P.S.S. Wow! I found a great use for new Super Iradiated Choc-o-meal! My kid found it actualy by mistake. Some how he got a little smear on a piece of paper by accident and then later a piece of steel got set on top. The next day the paper was superglue bonded/ welded to the steel better than any other adhesive I’ve ever seen.!!!! I bet I could stick the cat to the wall with this stuff. This is better than flubber!

2004-03-08 11:41:22 – Matt K.

YAAAAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Super Iradiated Choc-o-meal! Choc-o-meal. Choc-o-meal. Choc-o-meal. Choc-o-meal. I’ve eaten to much Choc-o-meal, should be renamed Choke-o-meal! Buy it cheap, it’s a great deal, even if it’s not a great meal! Choc-o-meal. Choc-o-meal. Choc-o-meal. Let it sit to long and the top will peal. Something even crack addicts won’t steal! Choc-o-meal. Choc-o-meal. Choc-o-meal. Use it like liquid steel, glue on that old boot heel. Tastes like a rotten slimmy old eel! Just try it, an your thoat tighten up and you will squeel! Choc-o-meal. Choc-o-meal. Choc-o-meal.

2004-03-08 14:36:58 – jordan’s sorry ass

hey. it’s me again. is there any way i could get someone to pick me up from the DIA on saturday the 20th (and if saturday isn’t the 20th, whichever saturday is close to the 20th)? i’ll pay you for gas, parking and buy you lunch. i haven’t bought the ticket yet in hopes that i’ll be able to work out a good time with whoever is nice enoughto pick me up. you ca email me at jweil1@uchicago.edu or give me a call at 773.480.0582. thanks loads.

2004-03-08 22:53:55 – Netheus

Not taking the bus back? 😉

2004-03-09 08:46:05 – jweil

FUCK THE FUCKING FUCKED-UP BUS.

2004-03-09 12:47:12 – realbighead

okay, so no one use the "b" word anymore. and if anyone can figure out what word sets New Crazy Matt off, don’t say that either.

2004-03-09 13:41:14 – Dice

"Small hint, why don’t hop on the wagon, support the home team and come on in for the big win." I hate bandwagoners. "I got a nephew in law that is taking morter fire in that God forsaken hell hole" You think that’s bad? My ex-roomate’s thrid grade teacher’s first love’s brother (my cousin) is living in Florida. Do you have any idea how many Spics live there? "…he could really tell you where to stick the whole middle east." I like the Middle East stuck just where it is: way fucking far away from here.

2004-03-09 15:04:32 – WC

"Small hint, why don’t hop on the wagon, support the home team and come on in for the big win." The bandwagon here in Denver is full of pretty white boys that make me wanna pound there face in when I see them. So I’d rather walk. "I got a nephew in law that is taking morter fire in that God forsaken hell hole" –Not my fault. It was his choice he signed up for the military. "…he could really tell you where to stick the whole middle east." I agree with Dice.

2004-03-10 01:06:53 – WC

OK I’m pissed. I wanna rant about something because I am irritated at a ‘female’ but don’t wanna share. So, all I have to say is RANDAL POST SOMETHING NEW! GRR. P.S. This is the alcohol talking. 🙂

2004-03-10 01:09:02 – WC

Anybody wanna try and get this comment thread to 50 comments before randal posts again? then we can nag him on aim about it 🙂 Maybe if he doesn’t notice we can get the comments to 75 posts. Such a slacker. We are at 45 posts with this comment.

2004-03-10 09:10:24 – Netheus

I have had insomnia on and off for about a week now…ergh.. 44

2004-03-10 09:10:25 – Netheus

I have had insomnia on and off for about a week now…ergh.. 44

2004-03-10 23:06:39 – Master Ha-reed

Randal doesn’t post anymore. He must hate us. *sniffle*

2004-03-11 14:18:01 – WC

pure, simple, hate. 🙁

2004-03-11 16:05:57 – Netheus

Maybe he has new friends and he doesn’t need us anymore

Laundry, Flat Tire, Outing, Tax Dilemma

Posted on February 10, 2004 by rand0m

Okay, so I went to the Laundromat again on Sunday night. Not my normal laundromat, which is down the street, but over on the westside as it was late sunday night and I needed a 24 hour one. This trip wasn’t as crazy as it normally is. Well, actually, it was more “crazy” but less exciting. I got there right around 10:40pm and immediately noticed that their washers are newer than my normal laundromat’s, but it costs the same. I think. Honestly, I don’t even notice, I just keep plugging in the quarters until I think it’s ready to go. Regardless, at right around 11pm, ~10 minutes into my wash cycle, three people come in with a truckload of laundry. And by truckload, I mean [i]a truckload[/i], the back of a datsun pickup filled with laundry, covered with a tarp. Not the highest class gang I’ve ever met. Among them was a guy who was crazy as a loon who kept on going on about how “his people”, referring to his own indian heritage?, called the Sioux indians “Prairie Niggers”. He found this quite amusing, and regalled us with the same tale 8-9 times in an hour. Fascinating. The other people, however, were quite normal and were pleasurable company. The time came, and I left with all my laundry – a slow laundry run, coming in at 1h 39m. I woke up and got ready to go to work on Sunday morning and came out to a flat tire on the front-left of my truck. I was unhappy, and walked the requisite 2 blocks to work. Later that evening, James helped me put my spare on so I could go do laundry and such. I got the flat tire fixed for $8, from their normal $16, over at Tire King, just west of Academy on Galley. Good group of guys over there, very fast service, and said they’d cut a deal on my next set of tires. Cool beans. I’ll need to put the real tire back on in place of the spare sometime this week. I went out with [L=http://pinklaura.blogspot.com]Laura[/L] on Saturday night, as she was in town and (I presume) had nothing better to do. We went over to Phantom Canyon and got to enjoy a total solace downstairs – didn’t see any other customers while we were there. I had a good time, especially because Laura is much more fluent and literate than I when it comes to conversing about variably complex topics, ranging from beer to politics to affirmative action. It was nice to have a sit down with her. She isn’t as loony 1-on-1 as she is in a group, and I found myself agreeing with her liberal views on several topics. It really was a breath of fresh air – thanks Laura :-). I have a tax quandry. I made some bucks (untaxed) on some contract work and have to pay the taxes on it real soon now. Depending on how I file that income with the IRS, it will cost me either $820 or $418, alongside a $386 refund ($434 or $32, out of pocket). This is quite the ethical dilemma, and is running the risk of an audit? What the hell is there to audit, here’s my W2 & my 1099, what do I owe now? The difference? I am thinking that it is worth it to intentionally misfile, save the $400 right now then run the slight risk of getting flagged and asked to refile. Oh, the $402 tax difference is FICA/Medicaid/Social Security. Isn’t it great that over 35% of my income goes to Federal taxes? And that I can get 50% of that money back by *not* paying for F/M/SS, which are things I will never use in my lifetime? Incredible. I talked to Sammi the other day, and she, despite being hundreds of miles away, is still incredible. Even three or four sentences from her, over a terribly impersonal medium like the intarweb, totally makes my day. Also amazing. [b]Update[/b]: I totally forgot to mention that there is now a Photos link up at the top that goes to the galleries I’ve collected. Also, the rand0m.org database has been cleaned up considerably, so the site should feel a lot faster.

2004-02-10 18:26:43 – Jared Seehafer

I really wouldn’t worry about not seeing anything from Social Security. The govt will do anything it can before it starts wiping out social security, because old people are cranky and they vote more than us youngins.

2004-02-11 15:44:32 – Hellbent Rob

Randal, I saw that Matt K. has been posting last month. Damn surprised that he’d look any of us up, or that he would even give a shit. Oh well, I figure we’ve all escaped the assylum with a decade to clear our heads. Anyhow, I hope that he is well and that he’ll be able to restart his business. Never thought I’d hear from him again. If its okay, I’d like to try to keep in touch through your website, but truthfully, I’m not ready to make personal contact with him yet. Hell man, I swore I wouldn’t come back to the Springs until my 10th high school reunion, and so far I’m keeping that promise. My kid Cameron is turning 2 on friday 2/13/04; give me a call, I’ll be home all day.

2004-02-11 16:32:02 – rand0m

jesus it’s like a freakin family reunion in here! *plots about buying kohutek.com to clear off rand0m.org*

2004-02-11 22:36:44 – Hellbent Rob

my sentiment exactly, so don’t get all sappy on me. Occassionally, I miss our little F***ed-up herd. I hope that the holy rollers don’t give you too much grief. I’m always still surprised that you didn’t run for the hill like the rest of us little inmates.

2004-02-12 08:35:08 – Netheus

I am getting an $1100 tax refund. Thing is, I only paid in like $450. It’s the I am poor and going to college tax refund. It’s so great.

2004-02-12 17:15:03 – WC

GOD DAMN it dude. I bet you never thought you’d be able to have all your family just start posting away on your site. LOL. Hooray for google.

2004-02-12 21:51:31 – JoeY

cool stuff, yay for laundry stories!!!

2004-02-17 14:32:30 – Matt K.

Dear rando, what’s up! Bit of advice about taxes. If you do things for money as a private contractor you can lie to the government all you want. It’s your word against theirs. You give them the poor mouth and hide your earnings in the other pocket. Just don’t be stupid and put any of it in a bank where they can monitor it. Simply put, if the party you worked for didn’t report those earnings to the govement, then they didn’t actualy happen. Remember the old saying, documentation is everything. If it ain’t documented, it didn’t happen. Besides the I.R.S. is a downsized toothless lion now and won’t go after you unless you really poke them with a stick. They have less pesonel and resources to simply do the same negligent job they alswys did. And if somehow you manage to get targeted out of the other millions of more atractive targets available you simply file for a hearing, push it off several years, refile several times and take advantage of the same beurocratic slowness that they use. If you ever manage to get held liable for lost funds you simply have a tax counciler go and refile again for pennies on the dollar settlement and arange for a payment plan. By then your 85 years old and it don’t matter anyways. Hey Robert! What the, how the heck are you!!!!!! Damn good to hear from you. I have really missed you. Hey sorry about life as we grew up. I make bad choices like everybody else. Glad to see that other people thought that our youth was rather…..odd. Guess we all just got out of dodge any way we could. Life is good now and I’m real glad to hear that you are doing well. Sometimes it’s a struggle to just figure out what direction to go in, but once you get yourself pointed in the right direction and work hard everything works out. Real happy to hear from you. Thought that I had lost you and rando. Heck even Marla was kind of nice to see as an adult. (not nearly as pychotic). So I would realy like to get to know you guys again as adults without the "mom" effect. Remember as always, "Don’t eat the big green mint in the urinal. It’s not good for you." P.S. I have discovered another property of aged choc-o-malt-o-meal. If properly aged to the right consistancy this matterial has extrordinary elastic properties. So much so that it can be used as a subtitute for possible silicone implants?? I have also found that after long periods of exposure to high dose electromagnetic radiation it still makes a pretty good ashtray. With prolonged treatment I wonder if it will make a suitable rubber door stop. So long from the land of the gentle (and mental.) Matt K.

2004-02-17 16:22:01 – WC

ok, hypothecally. Do drug dealers think about paying taxes? I sure wouldn’t if I was a dealer. Cuz think about it. We pay income taxes because our government helps (or tries) to ensure our economy has jobs for its citizens; us. But since the government is very much against illicit drug use, I’d think that legally the government couldn’t legally tax a dealer since the government doesn’t try to ensure a market for the dealer. Which brings me to my next question. Would you consider a drug dealer a ‘private distributor’, ‘personal chemical therapist’, or something else. Ideas?

2004-02-17 17:03:54 – Netheus

how about unlicensed pharmacist?

2004-02-19 19:12:51 – JoeY

notice, randal’s post is exactly 420 pm lol

2004-02-19 23:04:45 – Netheus

Today was beautiful. The thick grey clouds just hung on all day, and the fluffy white ones just kept rolling in and out all day, and right before sunset there were little white ones that were just hanging in the foot hills, resting in the valleys. The rain made the smoke on the trees turn black, and mountains just seemed bluer than usual. I love days like today.

2004-02-21 23:56:57 – WC

yah, ph3ar. And I say if we should have system in place to keep out of state (aliens) in their own stupid state. I’m gready for Colorado. Hehe.

2004-02-26 10:35:15 – Hellbent Rob

WC, Yes the federal government does tax drug dealers. It requires illicit drug dealers to purchase a special stamp/label for each gram of the illicit substance, hence it is a form of sales tax/licensing fee/user surcharge. Remember, the Feds didn’t nail Al Capone on racketeer, that charge was made statutory years later, he was caught evading taxes. Income tax does not just go to the economy for providing jobs. A huge portion of your tax dollar actually goes to servicing the national debt, which as we know is the interest on bonds and securities it sells to banks and brokers. This however, does influence the economy in the form of monetary policy, or the availability of loanable funds. Fiscal policy is the Government ability to influence the economy through taxing and spending, but isn’t used as often or as forcefully as monetary policy. What the Feds really blow your money on after servicing the debt is on defense, social security, medicare and medicaid, and intergovernmental fund transfers. As far as the IRS having no teeth, well it has been severely curtailed during the Clinton Administration when he downsized the federal government. You can file for a hearing with several appeal opportunities, but it isn’t as indefinite as previously mentioned. The IRS administrative hearing is an alternative to the judicial remedy of the normal courts and the process usually only takes one to two years before the IRS punts it back to the federal courts or decides to set up some kind of payment schedule at reduced rates. But it is not unusual for some cases to take much longer before it passes the buck. However, there are certain things that statutorily it can not reduce repayment on such as student loans, back child support, etc. The best way to get flagged for tax evasion is to be a contractor. The IRS has industry actuary statements on how much types of contractors make in your area, and if it looks funny they may investigate, but it is unlikely, unless you’re making a killing under the table. Also remember that tax evasion is both a criminal and civil charge which means that they may not nail you on the criminal charge, but may nail you on the civil side because it doesn’t have to prove its cause beyond a reasonable doubt.

2004-03-08 10:42:53 – Matt K.

Yeah but remember the law of the wild, if you blend in with the rest of the herd when they flock it tends to stump preditors like the I.R.S. into nonaction. They tend to hunt units of a flock that differentate themselves from the rest in some manor. Dr. flemming found that by painting a red stripe on a zebra that it was the same thing as signing it’s death warrent on the plains of africa. As the commecial goes what can a red painted zebra tell us about mutual funds. Nothing, but the point is the I.R.S. has a real hard time picking out one zebra from a herd of a few thousand. Safety in numbers. Just don’t stick your head up. Plus rule number 2#) As a contractor, you are your own boss and being the boss means making winning decisions. Telling the I.R.S. that you are a contractor is not a winning decision. In fact telling the Gov. any information is not a winning decision. The rule says silence is golden because you can only operate on the info at hand. Rule 3#)Safety is when nobody knows what you are doing. Security is when they don’t even suspect that your acting covertly. As one of my anti-gov. / crazy nam’ friends calls it "Stay off the mike and fly stealth." And like I say, "All problems can be solved with high explosives." EXAMPLE: The Federal building bombing. Primarilly this is an example of when a half dozen or so, zebras have taken enough shit and then kick the bejeesus out of the lion. I say more kicking.