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Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Super Bowl. Thoughts? It was good for Detroit.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Kevin has recently started his new blog Caught on the Bound. After turning IKWITA into a smashing success, Mr. Curran left the company in late 2004 to persue his own ventures, leaving IKWITA to die.
Oh well.
Good luck with that Kevin.
Oh well.
Good luck with that Kevin.
Sunday, August 01, 2004
hey. not so fast. what's with all this mysterious-void-that-brian-supposedly-inhabits shit? i'm alive and kicking.
that said, i'm going to go eat a bagel.
BR
that said, i'm going to go eat a bagel.
BR
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Yes, it's true. Ikwita.com will cease to function sometime today. Unless I renew it. So if 17 people send me a dollar, it will stay. iknowwhatimtalkingabout.blogspot.com will continue to work. But it's not nearly as cool if don't have our own domain name right? Yeah, that's what I thought...Now get cracking on that dollar...or i'll have to brandish some "surely illegal projectile-based persuasion instruments."
Simon
Simon
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
IKWITA STAFF FIRED
"Lack of everything" cited in sudden move
ANN ARBOR, MI - The staff of popular website IKWITA.com was fired in a sudden move aimed at revitalizing the once thriving source of entertainment, news and general hilarity.
"Was I surprised? A little. I knew something was wrong when my car was the only one in the parking lot on Monday morning" said Kevin Curran, a long-time staff writer for the site. "I just assumed the mob got to the others". Popular genius Simon Roberts, who acted as Supreme Webmaster for the site dismissed claims that the site is now gone for good. "I own this thing. They can't fire us. I don't even know WHO fired us" Roberts stated in a press conference shortly after the news broke.
Brian Rosenbaum, the enigmatic mystery of the site, was not available for comment.
IKWITA began in April 2003 at the suggestion of Roberts, who was inspired by Justin Searls popular Framed Poster website. Curran quickly signed on as a staff writer, with Rosenbaum following shortly thereafter.
"Man, this has gone too far" said Curran, reaching for his ever-present shotgun. "They want this turf? They're paying for it". Roberts nodded his head in agreement, brandishing his own arsenal of what are surely illegal projectile-based persuasion instruments.
"You know, maybe they did this to get the attention of the other guys here at IKWITA. You know, to kind of tell them to POST ON THE SITE" said Curran at the press conference, looking directly at Roberts and beyond him into the mysterious void that Rosenbaum supposedly inhabits.
"Lack of everything" cited in sudden move
ANN ARBOR, MI - The staff of popular website IKWITA.com was fired in a sudden move aimed at revitalizing the once thriving source of entertainment, news and general hilarity.
"Was I surprised? A little. I knew something was wrong when my car was the only one in the parking lot on Monday morning" said Kevin Curran, a long-time staff writer for the site. "I just assumed the mob got to the others". Popular genius Simon Roberts, who acted as Supreme Webmaster for the site dismissed claims that the site is now gone for good. "I own this thing. They can't fire us. I don't even know WHO fired us" Roberts stated in a press conference shortly after the news broke.
Brian Rosenbaum, the enigmatic mystery of the site, was not available for comment.
IKWITA began in April 2003 at the suggestion of Roberts, who was inspired by Justin Searls popular Framed Poster website. Curran quickly signed on as a staff writer, with Rosenbaum following shortly thereafter.
"Man, this has gone too far" said Curran, reaching for his ever-present shotgun. "They want this turf? They're paying for it". Roberts nodded his head in agreement, brandishing his own arsenal of what are surely illegal projectile-based persuasion instruments.
"You know, maybe they did this to get the attention of the other guys here at IKWITA. You know, to kind of tell them to POST ON THE SITE" said Curran at the press conference, looking directly at Roberts and beyond him into the mysterious void that Rosenbaum supposedly inhabits.
Thursday, July 15, 2004
What's Been Going On At IKWITA
When we're not pouring over newspapers in search of that masked menace, Spider-man, we're usually pouring coffee on our pants. But seriously, I'm not sure what the deal is here at the IKWITA offices. I think I might be the only one coming into work. Come to think of it, I haven't seen Brian or Simon around for a while. I should contact the authorities.
That's exactly what I want to do with my life, by the way. Be an "authority" or "expert". You know what I mean. You're watching a TV special on Discovery Channel and you hear the voiceover say "Experts believe pigeons find their way back home by following roads". This means that somewhere out there, an expert on pigeon optics is getting his big break! I've been doing some research on how to become an expert or authority. It's actually more complicated than I first imagined. A famous man once said that "Being an expert is knowing more and more about less and less". Oh, what a guffaw that deserves. I figure the first step to becoming an expert or authority is to make a list of things I could be an expert in:
-Rubik's Cube?
-Coca-Cola Classic Consumption Technique
-Ufology
-Presidential Historian
OK, so those are my skillz. This is looking pretty bad. Through rigorous logical exercise, I determined the next step would be to contact the current experts and authorities on these subjects. I sent email to my Rubik's Cube mentors and colleagues, an email to Steven J. Heyer (President and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company), CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies) and MUFON (Mutual UFO Network), as well as respected British UFOlogist Jenny Randles. I'm still looking for a good presidential historian to contact. I think I'm on my way to being one of the authorities. It is my hope and dream that someday, somewhere, someone will say "call the authorities" when they need help drinking Coca-Cola, reporting a UFO, or verifying that Gerald Ford's son really was a soap opera actor; and I will answer as The Authority or The Expert. I'm confident that there must be some Experts Guild or Authorities Union out there. They're quoted and used so darn much. Example: Yahoo News headline "Experts: Pandas Eating Bamboo". They're out there. So until I hear back, wish me luck on my pursuit!
When we're not pouring over newspapers in search of that masked menace, Spider-man, we're usually pouring coffee on our pants. But seriously, I'm not sure what the deal is here at the IKWITA offices. I think I might be the only one coming into work. Come to think of it, I haven't seen Brian or Simon around for a while. I should contact the authorities.
That's exactly what I want to do with my life, by the way. Be an "authority" or "expert". You know what I mean. You're watching a TV special on Discovery Channel and you hear the voiceover say "Experts believe pigeons find their way back home by following roads". This means that somewhere out there, an expert on pigeon optics is getting his big break! I've been doing some research on how to become an expert or authority. It's actually more complicated than I first imagined. A famous man once said that "Being an expert is knowing more and more about less and less". Oh, what a guffaw that deserves. I figure the first step to becoming an expert or authority is to make a list of things I could be an expert in:
-Rubik's Cube?
-Coca-Cola Classic Consumption Technique
-Ufology
-Presidential Historian
OK, so those are my skillz. This is looking pretty bad. Through rigorous logical exercise, I determined the next step would be to contact the current experts and authorities on these subjects. I sent email to my Rubik's Cube mentors and colleagues, an email to Steven J. Heyer (President and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company), CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies) and MUFON (Mutual UFO Network), as well as respected British UFOlogist Jenny Randles. I'm still looking for a good presidential historian to contact. I think I'm on my way to being one of the authorities. It is my hope and dream that someday, somewhere, someone will say "call the authorities" when they need help drinking Coca-Cola, reporting a UFO, or verifying that Gerald Ford's son really was a soap opera actor; and I will answer as The Authority or The Expert. I'm confident that there must be some Experts Guild or Authorities Union out there. They're quoted and used so darn much. Example: Yahoo News headline "Experts: Pandas Eating Bamboo". They're out there. So until I hear back, wish me luck on my pursuit!
Monday, July 12, 2004
All of that exploring just to put a little pepper in your shaker...
Well, anyways, I'm reading this book entitled "1421: The Year China Discovered America" by Gavin Menzies a deeply fascinating book that provides evidence for the title assertion. I've always been interested in alternative history...that is...history being different from what is supposedly common knowledge. Let's take Christopher Columbus for example. In elementary school, we were taught that he sweet-talked the ol' Ferdie and Isabella to fork over the bucks and give him some stylized sailing wood to get SPICES. YES! SPICES! The resulting voyage led to the discovery of America.
So that story held up for a while. But then we heard about the Vikings. Leif Ericson, in all of his brilliance, may have actually discovered America first! There actually is a lot of evidence that supports this. Was Columbus a chump?
Let's sit back and think about this. "Discovering" America. Some might argue we're still in that process. Clearly there were people here. It's the Old World discovering the New that we're talking about. The interesting thing about this book is that it emphasizes a couple of true facts that have simply been lost in common speculation. There are maps that predate Columbus showing accurate drawings of South America, Antarctica (pre-Cook), and North America! The author of this book concludes that the only country/culture capable of doing this would have been China. The evidence is really outstanding too. Archaeologist have actually found ancient Chinese inscribed in rocks in Mexico. Pretty cool huh? I really enjoyed asking if Columbus was a chump too. It just sounds so funny!
Well, anyways, I'm reading this book entitled "1421: The Year China Discovered America" by Gavin Menzies a deeply fascinating book that provides evidence for the title assertion. I've always been interested in alternative history...that is...history being different from what is supposedly common knowledge. Let's take Christopher Columbus for example. In elementary school, we were taught that he sweet-talked the ol' Ferdie and Isabella to fork over the bucks and give him some stylized sailing wood to get SPICES. YES! SPICES! The resulting voyage led to the discovery of America.
So that story held up for a while. But then we heard about the Vikings. Leif Ericson, in all of his brilliance, may have actually discovered America first! There actually is a lot of evidence that supports this. Was Columbus a chump?
Let's sit back and think about this. "Discovering" America. Some might argue we're still in that process. Clearly there were people here. It's the Old World discovering the New that we're talking about. The interesting thing about this book is that it emphasizes a couple of true facts that have simply been lost in common speculation. There are maps that predate Columbus showing accurate drawings of South America, Antarctica (pre-Cook), and North America! The author of this book concludes that the only country/culture capable of doing this would have been China. The evidence is really outstanding too. Archaeologist have actually found ancient Chinese inscribed in rocks in Mexico. Pretty cool huh? I really enjoyed asking if Columbus was a chump too. It just sounds so funny!