My best Usenet posts

Last updated: Sunday, September 25, 2005, 1:16 AM EDT

I used to frequently hang out in the newsgroup rec.sport.football.college. It's about college football, but the conversation occasionally veers into other topics.

Here are links to some of those posts on Google.

• Conspiracy theory about how multiplying two negative numbers yields a positive
• A tongue-in-cheek exposition of the superiority of being single (really, it's tongue-in-cheek)
• What to do about people who "helpfully" think they're keeping you company in an awkward situation
• Why true geeks (i.e., not geek wannabes) hate The Matrix
• An explanation of why I don't like small towns in general, and Blacksburg in particular
• What's better: Cats or Dogs?
• How I keep my the floor of my apartment clean
• How to make Baywatch watchable
• What's wrong with studio wrestling today
• My chili recipe
• Comparing cooking appliances with computer operating systems
• A Complete Reference of British Contributions to Modern Comedy
• "Proof" that there is a liberal bias in the mainstream media
• Even though I am Catholic and religious, I utterly reject creation science. Here I answer some common objections to evolutionary theory:
  • I explain why the odds quoted by creation "scientists" are a bunch of crap
  • I reply to an objection that evolutionists do not follow the scientific method
• I tell off people who think they're cool (includes some inside jokes)
• My theory on why Southern schools have so many NCAA violations
• My objections to Flag Code bigots' opposition to displaying the WTC Flag:
  • Objections
  • More objection
  • And more
• Why Python is better than Perl (for Geeks only)
• The 20 Stages of Python Conversion (for Geeks only)
• Masculine and Feminine mean different things to men and women
• On the definition of chili
• Bobby Bowden = Cardinal Richlieu?
• Perspective can be a bitch (posted on September 11, 2001). It's a true story.
• The Reigning Champion of College Football
• Rant against U.S. News College Ratings
• My conspiracy theory about the fundamental forces in the contraction epoch
• A little description of Pittsburgh
• An amusing (to me) answer I gave to a weenie in a college football playoff debate

 
• Practical Jokes (some are sports-releated; most are fake news articles)
  • Callista Flockhart's Diet (April Fool's Day)
  • Lembas Consumer Warning
  • European Union votes for complete unification (April Fool's Day)
  • Temple joining the ACC
  • Tyrone Willingham puts on a new face (a comical explanation of why the heaad coach of Notre Dame football always looks so grim)
  • Coach Mackovic getting hitched (clue: Mackovic's nickname is "Lip-Balm Mackovic")
  • It's not like he shot the president. . . .
  • Interesting article about the Phillies' fans love of Jim Thome
  • LeBron James makes the decision we've all been waiting for
  • France surrenders again
  
   
• The funniest thing I ever wrote. I was guest on "Boilin' Hot Nit Picks," a feature where these two guys and the guest predict Big Ten football games.