that other guy's thoughts

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 :::
 
reason # 5802 the BBC is a sorry excuse for a news network

If you were to decribe Osama Bin Laden with one phrase, what would it be? Islamic fundamentalist?, terrorist?, militant muslim fanatic?, mass murderer? just plain evil?

Ha! not if your the BBC, in that case he is simply a "Saudi-born dissident." Broken down that is: "a guy born in Saudi Arabia who disagrees"

not to shabby a reputation for a guy with the blood of 3000 people on his hands

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 4:29:00 PM


 
end-o-the month stats

Interesting/Unusual Keyword Searches
from Google: "Soccer Hooligans and Columbia", "Strong Bad Sings", "Floyd Remora"
from yahoo: "Hot Jennie Finch", "Fa Shizzle my Nizzle"
from MSN: "Sore Larynx", "Bafoon"
from lycos: "Hot guy picture"

Interesting/Unusual Refering URL's
http://www.dessertstogo.com
http://www.organica.us

Hour in which most viewed:
5 a.m.

Countries viewed in:
United States, United Kingdom, Australia (Hi Calley!), Mexico, Canada, Brazil (wtf?)

Languages view in:
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Icelandic (seriously, wtf?)

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 2:48:00 PM



Tuesday, April 29, 2003 :::
 
but I just want to popular!

ahhh, the eternal question. "Why do they hate us?" No, it's not because we're an evil imperialistic historically opressive people. It just becuase they think we are. thus the real question becomes "Why do they think this stuff" because they are fed lies like this, and this, a big pile of this, or maybe a bucket of this.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 5:01:00 PM


 
Now I hate life in addition to hating people

New computer parts are bad and must be returned, old computer is still old, crappy, and not working. I'm "borrowing" a computer from the Aerospace Department for the next 2 weeks so that I can finish all the work that I have to get done by next Friday.

Life took a crap on my this weekend, not ready to talk to anybody about it yet, but rest assured, you will eventually be able to find out about it.

and now, I sleep.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 1:14:00 AM



Wednesday, April 23, 2003 :::
 
*shudder*

Today I discovered what evil looks like and it came from the hand of an UDK writer. If ever there was a more morally corrupt idea, it is unknown to me.

I am at the mercy of no man's needs. I owe you nothing

I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
-Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 4:15:00 PM


 
un-Hello World

Sorry about the extreme lack of posts lately, my computer has been throughly defeated by the hands of father time. Last parts for the new one are in the mail, so until they get here, don't expect much coming from my homefront.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 1:33:00 AM



Monday, April 21, 2003 :::
 
Seriously dude, I mean WTF?

Once again I am confronted with the most difficult decisions, what exactly to think about this guy's plan to make the Bay Area it's own country. On one hand, I utterly distest majority the people who live there and don't really want to share a country with them. On the other hand, They are so messed up in the head that I almost feel sorry for them, and I think they need somebody to look after them to make sure they don't get themselves killed.

I could seriously pick this article apart piece by piece, but that would take to much room, and it's not worth the effort. I will however pick out random stuff and make fun of it though:

Favorite absurd phrase: "destructive tax cuts"

Their new laws? "bans on guns altogether, full legalization of same-sex unions, an expansion of public television and radio, complete decriminalization of marijuana, basic health care for all, environmental protections that would be the envy of North America.

Their impending results? criminals kill everyone, the gov't spreads it's propoganda to the masses and then makes them pay for it, mass exodus of doctors, non-existent economy, gov't loses control because they don't have money because the people don't have money because the gov't keeps the people from having money.

This guy even hates on Abe Lincoln, and praises the South. Whose discendents (i.e. a huge chunk of the 'publican party) basically think like there forefathers and yet are the "enemy" of all that is "The Bay Area".

Eureka I've got it!
We make this happen, but populate the town with thousands of hidden cameras, seal all the borders for one year, and turn the entire area into the biggest/best reality TV ever! Who wouldn't pay to watch this stuff? I swear, the show would peg the unintenional comedy meter for the rest of time. We could even give the show it's own channel 24/7, like The Truman show, only with 5 million more people. Somebody get me an appointment with the network execs, I've got a show to pitch!

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 4:22:00 PM



Sunday, April 20, 2003 :::
 
Bill Self, Bill Self, Bill Self, Yea!!!

Bill Self is finally coming to town. I hope he wins the National Championship and shoves that trophy up you-know-who's you-know-what. Life can now continue semi-normally, with somebody manning the helm of KU Basketball.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 8:05:00 PM



Saturday, April 19, 2003 :::
 
2wice your weekly dose of random crap

I love Burt Rutan, and all that he represents. For those of you who don't know, Burt also built and design Voyager, the only airplane to circumvent the world with out refueling. I would make a comment of the merits of private industry right now, but that'd just label me a NASA hater.

I've read a lot lately about the "lack of follow through" concerning the U.S. foreign policy. I've read a couple of pieces about it in the N.Y. Times and quite a few AP articles also. The basic jest of all these articles have been: The U.S. goes into a country, kicks their butt, loses interest, and then looks around for somebody else to beat up on. The entire purpose seems to be to point out that we are going into these escapades recklessly and don't think them through. I don't buy it. I think as a whole, this country has put an incredible amount of thought into what comes after the butt kicking. And each time we face the decision we come up with the same conclusion. Let the people rule themselves. We give them initial direction, restore order in the beginning, and then let the people do their own thing. This may seem like a foreign idea to the left-wing editorial writers, but then again, so does the U.S. constitution (except of course for the 2nd amendment, they wave that flag @ super sonic speed). I may be a dirty imperialist, but I don't think the idea of having a bunch of countries modeled after the U.S. is a bad thing.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 3:34:00 PM



Thursday, April 17, 2003 :::
 
Back by popular demand, it’s the new super special extended DVD edition of…
TOG’s semi-official weekly list

Phrase-o-the-week: I got your inverse Laplace Transform right here!
Expletive-o-the-week: wymen
Politician-o-the-week: Tony Blair
Triangle Member-o-the-week: Chris Kelly
Obscure Blog-o-the-week: Whistler's World
Modern Jive Speak Phrase-o-da-week: Fa-Shizzle my Nizzle.
Impending Doom-o-the-week: seeing the ‘rents…again
Triangle Pledge-o-the-week: Jason
Totally Crappy Kansan Article-o-the-week: Pilfered Profits
Totally Sweet Satire Article-o-the-week: U.S. Forces Close in on Shredder.
Biggest Threat to Liberty-o-the-week: Democratic Socialism

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 4:35:00 PM



Wednesday, April 16, 2003 :::
 
the man just be keeping you down

Because of some recent transgressions by some of my less-than-admirable readers, all of the content of this website is now protected by a creative commons license. Yes, even the very words that you are reading right now. Basically this means that you can copy whatever the hell you want and use it, but you have to give me credit. And if you plan on making money using content of my site, you have to ask my permission first.

and now you know... and knowing is half the battle!

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 12:25:00 AM



Tuesday, April 15, 2003 :::
 
Screw you guys, I'm going home

I still have no idea what to think about Roy and the fiasco he just dropped, so I'll leave it up to my fellow students and their assorted statements from the Free-for-All:

Hey, Roy, thanks for all the memories. We´ll miss hearing you say “freakin"

Roy, I´ve defended you since the day you came here 15 years ago and I have to say I have never felt so disrespected

Now that Roy Williams is leaving, what are we going to call Late Night? You can´t say `Late Night with Bill Self.´ And what are we going to yell before the games? You can´t say, “Bill, Bill, Bill.” And “Bill´s Place?” That just sucks.

Ruck Foy.

Oh, I get it, Roy. What you meant to say was, “I could give a shit about the 13 players in the locker room.”

Dadgum. Freakin´ dadgum.

Dean Smith is the Antichrist.

Roy, you made my grandma cry. And I´m not too happy, either.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 6:24:00 PM


 
almost Faces of death, episode 43

My semi-official weekly list has been post-poned for a day or two to allow me to prevent the hatred from flowing through my fingers and injuring the psyche of developing young minds.

Do not worry my friends, your favorite part of the week will come back with a fevor never before seen in modern times.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 1:53:00 AM



Sunday, April 13, 2003 :::
 
obligatory random list

un-props go to my roommate for stealing my phrases. Your name has been officially changed to Floyd Remora.

Taxes are annoying

I'm 1 1/2 weeks away from completing my new computer.

I'm too smart for my own good.

spring is my favorite time on campus... and every guy in the world knows why.

I lost one of my Dilbert books.

80's cartoons are totally sweet!

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 9:22:00 PM



Thursday, April 10, 2003 :::
 
hmmm...

the comment systems seems to be acting poopy.

Operation "Find out what the crap is going on" will now commence

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 11:26:00 PM


 
have you seen my baseball?

In news about sports that are not college basketball: TOG's perennial "closest to my town" team, the Kansas City Royals are 7-0, Seven and Freaking Oh! The best start in franchise history. These are the Royal's we are talking about, how is this even possible?

...in other baseball news, TOG's perennial favorite baseball team in the whole wide world, the Atlanta Braves, are 3-6. We've won the NL East for the past 11 straight years, and now we're 3 and 6? This is going to be a long season.

maybe the Royals stole the Braves mojo? Is there any way to prove this?

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 8:02:00 PM


 
Bah!

"From now on I will no longer try to reason with the idiots I encounter. I will merely dismiss when by waving my paw and saying 'Bah'. "

-Dogbert

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 4:23:00 PM



Wednesday, April 09, 2003 :::
 
Ding Dong Al Bohl is Gone!

Al Bohl got fired about 45 minutes ago, greatly increasing the odds that Roy is staying, Joy Joy Joy!

and now to add insult to unemploymentness, I offer this retort to Al.

Al: "(The) Kansas basketball coach had the power to crush me or let me fly and he chose to crush me. This is a sad day in college athletics when a college basketball coach can hire and fire an athletic director."

Me: Roy=Basketball God, Al=sleazy used car salesmen. Ha ha ha! you're unemployed! Don't you have a bread-line to stand in somewhere? Get the crap off of our campus, and if you ever insult Roy again, I'll personally seek you out in a dark alley and go to work on you with a pair of rusty pliers and a blow torch.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 4:28:00 PM


 
Words Down

A lot had been said about the "propoganda" the U.S. had been dropping in Iraq before military actions started. I just looked at the leaflets we dropped, and well...I'll put it this way. If propogada were alcohol, this stuff would be O'Doul's. There is some demonization of Saddam himself, but nothing compared to the stuff we pulled on our own citizens during WWII, and certainly nothing compared to this junk.

Overall, I give this "propoganda" an R-minus

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 2:22:00 AM



Tuesday, April 08, 2003 :::
 
Wir sind stolz von unser team

I honestly thought they could do it. I really thought this was the moment I'd been waiting the last 12 years for. And now Roy might leave us. The situation would quickly go from crappy to apocalyptic. Damn Al Bohl, and all the bad karma that he brings.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 9:51:00 PM



Monday, April 07, 2003 :::
 
U.N. is evil

I've got the same feelings as this guy about the U.N. but unlike him, I think Bush want's to keep the U.N. around. If he really wanted to force it into irrelavancy, he would have pushed for the final U.N.S.C. vote, let France veto it, and go in anyway. That would have truly put the legitamacy of the U.N. in jeopardy

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 11:00:00 AM


 
40 Minutes

There are 40 minutes of basketball left, 2400 seconds between immortalization and a lifetime of regrets. Validation for everything you’ve worked for, every practice you’ve ever attended, and every wind sprint you’ve ever run, is very near. You’ve been hated and disrespected for an entire year. “A boy among giants” they said. Too young, too old, too soft, not capable of greatness, anything and everything has been said about you, to insult you, to discredit you and all you’ve done. 40 minutes stand between you and an immortal stamp in history. Fight the good fight, outlast the enemy and stand up in the end. Greatness is in the palm of your hand. Grab it, and hold on for 40 minutes. And then stand up to be counted among the elite, the great ones of the greatest game. And if ever there was a point to pay tribute to your own Knute Rockney, this is it. So go out, seize the day, and win one for the gipper

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 10:54:00 AM



Sunday, April 06, 2003 :::
 
Nicholas DeGenova: most evil person on earth

I still don't know why this guy hasn't been fired. He explecitly wished for 19 million American Servicemen to die. And even if you believe America to be the "Great Satan", he also wished for 1 billion members of the opposition militia to die. These numbers aren't exagerated, in any way. I'm not taking a leap of faith, I'm merely doing his math for him. All politics aside, any person who wants to see 1/6th of the Earth's population die is evil personified.

I want him fired right now, as a taxpayer of the United States I help pay his salary, and I want him gone.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 1:55:00 AM



Friday, April 04, 2003 :::
 
Check this shizznit out

Ran across This little tidbit of information in my daily internet wanderings. And yes, I did check out the numbers, they do coorespond to the actual reference. kind of taints the "No Blood for Oil" argument a little bit, eh?

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 6:26:00 PM


 
the anticipation begins

What is Kansas Basketball? it's exactly that, Basketball. The collective personification of the word. Here in Lawrence, Basketball is a proper noun. It transcends everything. I don't know of a more pure group of people, so dedicated to a single cause, that exist anywhere. All Basketball roads lead to Kansas, if you picked out some random high school Basketball player in europe, I will almost garuntee he's got direct player/coach linage to The University of Kansas. For more proof check out Jim Caple's Article about his 1-day visit to campus. You'll truely become a believer.

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 12:47:00 AM



Wednesday, April 02, 2003 :::
 
hot seat?

being the basic Capitalist that I am, and considering the that it raises, I've decided to answer a few sticky questions:

Totally Factious Reader: Since you are all about ability, doesn't that mean letting all the disabled people die?
TOG: Not really, there are plenty of people out there who will help the disabled because they enjoy it. And if those people ask me for some money to feed these disabled people, I'll most likely give lots of it to them. I just don't want self proclaimed, "advocates" getting the government pay them to help the world. Because at that point, it's no longer my choice to give disabled people money, it is being forcibly taken away from me. I don't care how noble the cause; no one "deserves" my money but me.

TFR: You're mean, I hate you! Where does religion fall into this whole thing?
TOG: Religion is entirely a personal matter, and has no place in government. I'm 110% for religion in general, but my personal beliefs and those of others are basically irrelavent on a grand earthly scale. Whenever government gets involved, nothing becomes voluntary. Even though the government may share my religion now, that doesn't mean it will in 50 years, and I don't want to run that chance.

TFR: Whoa, that's pretty heavy stuff
TOG: What did you expect?

TFR: I figured you'd just follow that Republican line...hey, wait a minute, I'm supposed to be asking the questions here!
TOG: Too bad. My website, my rules

TFR: that's not fair
TOG: yes it is

TFR: oh right, sorry dude

what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 3:56:00 PM



Tuesday, April 01, 2003 :::
 
Who can guess what I'm doing this weekend?



what do you think?

::: posted by Kyle at 4:30:00 PM

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