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August 26, 2009

A Quick One, While He’s Away

 
by Gabe Downey
 
Sometimes pure brilliance catches you off guard in the best way possible. I was reading “An Ancestor’s Tale” by Richard Dawkins and these two quotes were featured. I thought I would share their genius:

“So nat’ralists observe, a flea
Hath smaller fleas that on him prey,
And these have smaller fleas that bite ‘em,
And so proceed ad infinitum.”
- [...]

August 10, 2009

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

by Gabe Downey
Generations before us have always had their heros. Baseball fans in the early part of this century had the pleasure of watching Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth play the game of baseball like nobody had, and nobody ever will again. Ty Cobb, in-fact, set a unbelievable 90 baseball records during his career, some which still [...]

June 4, 2009

The War Prayer

Josh Potter
This is an animated adaptation of a famous Mark Twain story called “The War Prayer.” I came across it after reading the story for a class. I’m not sure who the original animators are, but the story is by Mark Twain. It is pretty much self-explanatory and brilliant. It seems particularly important and pertinent [...]

April 28, 2009

Don’t quote me boy, ’cause I ain’t said shit.

by Gabe Downey

I’m an avid reader of Fark, and a fan of Drew Curtis, as well as value his opinion. In the hilarity of the ridiculous over reaction and scare tactic reporting of the Swine Flu by the news media in this country, I was inspired to write my opinion on the whole issue. Just [...]

April 12, 2009

Bless You Boys

by: Gabe Downey
This, for sure, is my favorite time of year. The weather is warming up, the Detroit Tigers have started another season and of course our Red Wings are about to start another year in the playoffs. However, before any of the hockey excitement gets under way, the highlight of my spring is the [...]

February 13, 2009

Porn and God

Josh Potter
I don’t know if you know this, but I write for the University of Montana newspaper, The Kaimin. For the most part, I cover policy issues that the student senate face. But, last tuesday I had the distinct pleasure of being assigned to write a story for an event my campus was hosting called [...]

December 14, 2008

A Modern Lesson

It seems hard to believe it’s been over a month since either one of us have posted.
Don’t you think how funny it is that time moves so fast when all you want it to do is slow down?
Regardless of all the pointlessness of everything (especially this time of year) the world is still a very [...]