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Funny music shirt

Hello World of earbud snorkling flamethrowing computer using rabid tree chopping homo sapiens!
I come from the same planet you do. (well, I think I do...)

I am not one to like sharing links to online shopping places without getting paid a little. And so usually I don't or I sign up for an affiliate program. But in this case, the shirt was just so awesome. It's the perfect combination of computer geeky and music geeky that it was key to my laughter tonight (that awful pun was not....).



I know probably half of you won't find it all funny and you'll flood the comments with hatred and bitter syrup and crazy Martian bath oils. I value your opinion (and especially Martian bath oils so fire away. Just bear in mind I have the power to terminate things.

Video of the Month: August 2012

I"m aware that this is a little early, but I just HAVE to share it. This aired July 25, and I am now the new face of the movement! (Not really, but thinking that makes me feel special.) The entire article can be viewed here.

Video of the Month: July 2012

Video of the Month: June 2012

Okay, finally, here it is. I've had this video in mind all month and I am FINALLY getting around to putting it on the blog. (Hooray for procrastination!) Here's a prologue for the video: On Newgrounds, a game website, somebody made a game. It was mocking RPGs, because all you can do is press the spacebar and it takes you through the whole game. Most people went along with the joke, and in the review section, they were giving it really good reviews, saying that it was the best game they had ever played. One person, however, didn't get the joke. He left a review publicly bashing the game. (He didn't even use correct grammar and spelling.) Someone else came along and did a voice over for the review, and then someone else made an animation for it. This is the result:

Also, I did in fact take pictures on the way back from Arkansas. If three people leave comments, I will share the pictures with you. (Yes, that's right. I'm bribing you.)

I'm back in Virginia!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! I just got back tonight, and I'm dead tired. My grandpa is still sick, but he was really glad to see us. I'll tell you more about my adventures later on, maybe with a picture or two. (I can't remember if I took any pics on the way back.)

Life Quote

I just want to share this quote in a picture because it pretty much sums up my views on life.

I'm in Arkansas!

That's right! Over the weekend, I packed up my things and moved to Arkansas. Actually, I didn't move permanently, but I'll be here for the next couple of weeks. My grandfather is sick in the hospital, so my family pretty much dropped everything and went as soon as we could. Our cars aren't that reliable, so we rented this:

It's a Dodge Grand Caravan. It's a pretty nice car. I swear, it has everything. You can even open and close the trunk using your key. (Which, actually, doesn't even look like a key. It has no teeth!)

And, of course, we couldn't just leave our two cats at home while we went on vacation for a couple of weeks, so we had to take them with us. I don't know how many of you have owned cats, but traveling with them is just not a good idea. We realized this before we left and therefore had to come up with a solution for spastic behavior. We thought for a while, and then it came to us. How do you make a crazy person shut up and be happy? Drugs. We got this pheromone stuff that is supposed to make cats calm. That's all fine and dandy, but we knew that we'd need something a little stronger. We went to the vet and got some heavy-duty knockout drugs for the cats in case of emergency. (And by emergency, I mean the cats meowing until our ears hurt.) We left Charlottesville at about 10:00 in the morning on Sunday. By the time we got to Waynesboro, everyone in my family agreed that we needed to use the drugs. We gave each of the cats half a pill, and before long, they looked like this:

We put them back in their cat carrier and didn't hear another sound from them all day. We stopped just outside of Nashville, Tennessee for the night, found a hotel that took pets and gave out free cookies, and fell instantly asleep. (The cookie was good.)

Of course, the cats sleeping all day meant that they were awake and energetic all night. The rest of my family got woken up multiple times by the cats, and barely got any sleep. I, however, wasn't even disturbed once. I don't know how that happened, but I wasn't complaining. The next morning, we gave them another dose of the drugs and set on our way. It's been a while since I've been on a car trip, and I forgot just how boring the actual trip is. It's just hours and hours and hours of this:

We finally got to Siloam Springs, Arkansas in the late afternoon on Monday. One of my grandmothers lives here, and we're staying with her. She's incredibly nice. When we got here, she already had a batch of her world-famous fudge waiting for us.I had some and it was delicious. (Much better than the cookie.) I would bring some back to share with everyone, but I would eat it on the way.

Unfortunately, I started feeling a little sick to my stomach later that night. I thought that getting some rest would help, so I went off to bed. I woke up at about midnight, went to the restroom, and barfed my guts out. (Not literally, but I wanted to give you a nice mental picture.) After my violent episode of vomiting, I felt much better, which makes me think that it was something I ate. (Apparently, my body isn't built to run on sausage, quesadillas smothered in hot sauce, mountain dew, chicken sandwiches, and Frostys.) I got a glass of water, and went back to bed.

This morning, even though I felt fine, I decided it would be best for me to not see my grandfather today. His immune system is trashed and I wouldn't want to risk exposing him to any extra germs.

I miss you all, and I hope to be back in Charlottesville soon!

What should I post about???

I'm seriously running out of ideas for creative posts, guys. So instead of posting something witty/funny/complete crap, I'll post about my friend Allison. (And Quinn, because she just asked me to.) We're all sitting together in history class right now, not doing much of anything. We took a practice test, but we finished earlier than the rest of the class. I've known Allison since 4th grade, or so I've been told. I've known Quinn since kindergarten. (Kindergarten sounds German, doesn't it? Allison just informed me that it is in fact German. It means 'child's garden.') Okay, well school is over, so I had better stop talking about my nice friends.

Pascal's Triangle

Recently in my math class we were taught about a thing called Pascal's triangle. I am not sure if this is my synesthesia kicking in (post on that coming soon!) or if its something else but I find Pascal's triangle to be one of the most amazing things, like ever...

I am writing this post to raise awareness to Pascal's triangle since many people I have talked to have no idea what it is. According to Wikipedia, "Pascal's triangle is a triangular array of the binomial coefficients in a triangle." This here is Pascal's Triangle (and it goes on forever.)

See a pattern?

One of the cool things about our friend's triangle is that it is simple to write. All you do is start with 1 at the very top and then go down and put 2 1s. The rows are created by adding the two numbers above it. Say you want to create row 3 (#1 is the zero row so we are talking about row 1 3 3 1) then you just look at row two and see, "Oh, 1+0=1 (the first digit), 1+2=3 (the second digit)..."

Don't think its neat yet?

Well! Prepare for blastoff Elwood, because I am about to make you think this is so neat that...I dunno... but its neat.

So say, your teacher gives you the problem, (a + b)^4

You would find the 4th row in the triangle, (1 4 6 4 1)

Then you would write

1 4 6 4 1

Then put in 1a 4ab 6ab 4ab 1b

and add the exponents starting at 4 for a on the left and 4 for b on the right

and you would get:

a^4 + 4a^3b + 6a^2b^2 + 4ab^3 + b^4

I just think this is really neat and my apologies for bursting into geek mode...

Video of the Month: May 2012

Sorry, but I don't have anything witty to say. It's the end of the school day on Friday, and I just want to sleep. Anyways, here's the video of the month.

Happy May, everybody!

Welcome, 0ld_Sp1ce!

Please give a warm welcome to our new author, 0ld_Sp1ce! We happen to know each other in real life, and since the blog's quality is crashing and burning, I came to him for help.

Elwood: Hey, 0ld_Sp1ce.

0ld_Sp1ce: Hey.

Elwood: My blog sucks.

0ld_Sp1ce: I can help if you want.

Elwood: Okay.

Yeah, that's pretty much the way it happened.

UPDATE
 I have also changed the look of the blog to welcome 0ld_Sp1ce. I particularly like the way that it looks now, so I'm considering making this the norm. If you want your opinion heard, weigh in using the comments section. (Not that anybody actually will. Seriously, guys. Are you afraid of the comments? I feel like I'm talking to a wall here.)

Comments, anyone?

It seems that even though I talk a lot, you people talk very little. I'll bet that you didn't even know that you can comment on any of my posts, did you? Yep, it's true! Look down at the bottom of this post. Just below all my ranting, It says, 'Posted by Morate at 11:38 AM     # comments.' If you click on '# comments', you can see what people have to say, and even say something yourself! If you seem to always have funny or insightful comments, I may even invite you to become an author of Herp of Derps... O.o

I have fancified. You're welcome.

As you have undoubtedly noticed, (unless you are incredibly unobservant,) my blog looks a little different. Here are the new features:

• New background
• New fonts
• New link colors
• New sidebar titles
• New favicon (You may have to clear your cache to see this.)
• New tabs feature

The background has a bit of a double meaning. The obvious one: it is the texture of a Nether portal from Minecraft. But wait! There's more! Today, April 20th, was the Day of Silence. I could describe it, but somebody else already did a much better job. Here's what they said (or didn't say):

Please understand my reasons for not speaking today. I am participating in the Day of Silence (DOS), a national youth movement bringing attention to the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies. My deliberate silence echoes that silence, which is caused by anti-LGBT bullying, name-calling and harassment. I believe that ending the silence is the first step toward building awareness and making a commitment to address these injustices. Think about the voices you ARE NOT hearing today.

That's deep, man. Anyways, I'm not sure if it's just local or what, but in these parts, purple is the representative color for this movement. Therefore, not only did I participate in the Day of Silence and wear purple today, but I am dressing the blog up in purple too. Herp of Derps will remain purple for a few days to show my support. If you want a little more information on the Day of Silence, go here. Have a great weekend!

Happy Demon has taken over this blog.

What is this demon so enthused about? In fact, his name is Happy Demon, and he is on a mission to take over the media. This blog is just the first step in world domination, but Happy Demon expects to expand his territory soon.

My New Favorite Word... Milquetoast!

What the heck does it mean? My awesome English teacher, Ms. Reaser, says that 'milquetoast' means bland or uninteresting. It is pronounced like milk-toast. It sounds nasty. Anyways, this is a less interesting post, but it seemed relevant at the time.

In unrelated news, I will be running the website for the Charlottesville/Albemarle robotics team in the upcoming season. Wish us luck!

Happy Zombie Jesus Day!

This morning, my sister and I were looking around for a funny picture to put on an Easter card. Even though it didn't fit our needs, we thought we should share this picture with you:

The previous picture undoubtedly offended some hardcore Christian person. Sorry. Get over it. What we did end up using was this:

So anyways, that's all for today. Best wishes and happy zombie Jesus day, everyone!

Video of the Month: April 2012

First off, let me apologize for being absent for a while. I've been mainly caught up in my schoolwork. Second, let me express how happy I am that it's now spring break by using a smiley: XD. Finally, I would like to present to you the video of the month! It's a little different this month because, instead of finding something clever on Youtube, I have a live feed of two little eaglets in a nest. These eaglets are in Richmond. Enjoy!

Video of the Month: March 2012

Okay. I am having an idea of the good kind. Starting now, I'm going to post a video of the month. The video will be something that I found funny, amazing, addicting, etc. So, here it is. The Video of the Month...

What is six times nine?

Easy. 42, of course. What am I going on about now? Well, those of you who have read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will understand this reference. those of you who haven't read it, well, just hang in there. I learnt recently that in the base 13 number system, also known as triskadecimal, six times nine does equal 42. How awesome is that? When Douglas Adams was notified of this, he said, "I may be a sorry case, but I don't make jokes in base 13." For a smidge more information on base 13, click here. Also, I just wanted to say congratulations to Kirby for getting his first girlfriend in a long time. Bryan, Pierce, pull yourselves together. You're falling behind the curve. Also, I would like to reflect those last few statements at myself. I haven't had a girlfriend in a while.

Graham: I'M GETTING A LITTLE ANNOYED WITH YOU, UNIVERSE!

Universe: