Tyrannosaurus Rex

: A T-Rex doesn’t care about the details; a T-Rex just gets stuff done.

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Tyrannosaurus Rex. The very name invokes fear, but what exactly is in a name? Anyone with the most basic background in Latin can tell you that “Rex” is the word for “king”. While the word “Tyrannosaurus” is Latin, it was derived from a combination of two Greek words. Unfortunately the literal translation was lost over time, but in today’s terms, Tyrannosaurus Rex would roughly translate: bad ass eater of kings. The T-Rex was one of the largest known land predators, measuring up to 42 feet in length, up to 13 feet tall at the hips, and up to 7.5 tons in weight. Continue reading “Tyrannosaurus Rex”

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Alan Grant

Alan Grant was everything that we men should aspire to be. In a world full of characters like Rocky Balboa, Rambo, and [insert Sylvester Stallone character here], this may be hard to believe. But while he didn’t spend all of his time flexing amazing pecs like an action hero, he was proving his manliness in countless other ways. In particular, he was super smart, wore awesome hats, and hated kids. All things that men should do.

Annoying JP kid — Didn't you always just want to punch the little turd?

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Useless Observation

Week ‘n Review – Week of June 10

On Fridays, The GBOAT will feature a quick recap of the most popular news stories of the week, according to Yahoo News and CNN.com. Love this post? Hate it? Got any suggestions? Leave some feedback!

1. Sarah Palin messes up Paul Revere story, people react like she rewrote the Bible

While wandering around Boston aimlessly, as politicians frequently do, Sarah Palin started to give an impromptu history lesson on Paul Revere and his famous ride. However, Palin got a little carried away and made the following remarks:

“He who warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free, and then he killed King George with one hand tied behind his back, ended slavery, and brought Lazarus back from the dead.” Continue reading “Week ‘n Review – Week of June 10”

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Angry Birds

Angry Birds is a video game that exists solely to remind us of the futility of life. Since it was released for the iPhone in 2009, over 12 million copies have been sold. That’s through the Apple App Store alone. 12 million people willingly paid a few dollars to hurl little wingless birds towards some pigs that look like they went rooting in the wrong sort of ‘shrooms.

AB TNT — "Man, storing the TNT in this flimsy structure seemed like SUCH a good idea during the rave last night!"

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Sportz

Warriors Hire Mark Jackson, Say “Eh, Whatevs”

I have a lot of friends who don’t follow or understand sports. That’s why I exist. I’m here to try and explain things in a way that helps them understand, whether or not they are actually interested. So periodically on The GBOAT, I’ll offer a simple and (hopefully) humorous view on sports. This is the Sportz Section.

The Golden State Warriors were a slightly dysfunctional team the past few years. They actually had a player hurt himself riding a moped. He was injured so badly he couldn’t play all season. Then he lied about how it happened. Awesome.

Because of this, coupled with the fact that they aren’t a very good team either, they fired their coach and have been searching for a replacement.

In typical Warriors fashion, they didn’t feel like looking too hard and quickly hired TV Analyst Mark Jackson.

mark_jackson_announcing-257x300 — Jackson approached broadcasting with a unique enthusiasm

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The Internet

Imagine a big box. This box is available to everyone in the world. They are able to store things in this box and also see things that other people have stored in the box. This fact makes the box a fantastically powerful tool that revolutionizes communication and accessibility. This is basically what the Internet is.

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