Stare at this title

Watch this. Now watch this. Now tell me they can’t get away with changing Shadowcat between X-2 and X-3. This is part of an awesome experiment at the University of Illinois. To see something else that’s awesome, check out this…

April Fools!

Tell me if this would be a bad idea for an April Fools prank: Text message, 12:01 a.m. April 1, 2006: You were robbed, he had a gun. Your mum was home alone, they just took her to the hospital.…

Random Intelligence III

The Fermi Paradox is a physical paradox that was brought to light by a simple question posed by the physicist Enrico Fermi when speculating about the existence of technologically advanced civilizations within the observable universe, and exactly how common they…

The Perfect Post

The perfect post is insightful. After reading it, you divorce your wife, quit your job, and buy a blue car. The perfect post is relateable. You’ve thought about it before, but never in quite the way that they put it.…

How to be a Mature Aged Student

So you’re over 21? Well, for the sake of this document, I will assume you’re way over 21. We’re talking 21 being ‘oh back then!’ So lets say you’re actually mature. Actually, fuck it, you’re old. OLD. OLD. And so…

Tips for the Academic Writer

Here is a list of short, bullet point tips for you academics out there who wish to impart your obviously extensive knowledge to those people out there in the world. Don’t be afraid to reference yourself. This may seem… hmm…

Tao of Gabe: Obituary

Gabe the Notorious Beaver, 18, passed away Sunday from congenital heart failure and dehydration caused by chronic, explosive diarrhea. He was 21. Beaver, widely recognized for his record-worthy control of his flatulence and butt-gustingly hilarious columns in local and international…

Oh Just Eat The Damn Thing!!

So I have a table of 12 people for a hypothetical dinner party, from anyone on earth, ever, fictional or no. Jesus, Nietzsche, Buddha, Heidegger, Descartes, David Hume, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Sun Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lao Tzu, and Satan…

Communication SUCKS… metaphorically

Ahh there’s nothing quite like a new mobile (or ‘cell’ for you people from that land filled with people who assume that the ‘u’ in ‘colour’ is superfluous). The smell. The feel in the hand. The way it seems to…

Meeting New People and avoiding looking like a Dick

If you’re like me, then you’re a 6-foot-something white guy (with great hair) from Australia, who’s writing a blog post at the very second. However, if you’re similar to me, then you’re probably just white. Now I’m sure the next…

Tips for the struggling writer.

If you are reading this, odds are you are a struggling author. I too know the pains of waking up daily and having to use ‘words’ to craft ‘…things’. But worry not! If you can read this, you’re already halfway…

WTF yo?! WTF?!

Yeah the new WTF Carnival entry is available on my blog right HERE. Sorry for the recent lack of updates- uni has just put its big mits all over mah schiznit (I’ve been told thats the proper way to talk……

Well. I’m a jerk.

Hey all, it’s me. The blog owner. Sorry world. I’ll try to stop subletting my personal life to my damned job. From now on, I’ll make it a point to pay way more attention to the people that matter in…

Here’s To Moving On

Today we of the class 2006 go on to bigger and better things. We, who have been cloistered in the classrooms for the past ten odd years, now finally head out into the wide world we’ve worked so hard to…

DOSAGE

Dosage: Three tablets once daily, after food, during food, or before food. May be taken with liquids (not milk) if tepid (must be tepid) in glass (must be glass, plastic may cause combustion). Side effects may include: headaches, backaches, kneeache,…

WIRED

ME: Sorry, what were you saying? TED: What? ME: I just had an itch back there, that’s all. What were you saying? TED: …I’ve been talking for ten minutes… ME: True, true… but um… recap. TED: …Are you on drugs?…

Congratulations!

A Friend

Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a new Friend(tm) who will doubtlessly give you years of pleasure (actual pleasure not guaranteed, doubtlessness contested). Before you give your Friend(tm) a spin, though, there are a few safety concerns that…