Actually it's a ripoff of a look-alike/function-alike script of Slashdot called Post Nuke I like the fact that it's pretty simplistic to setup in a virtual hosting environment. Post Nuke has a pretty cool Admin system going for it as well.

Well first off all *good* domain names are taken =P Second: Random Drivel is meant to be a user driven, dynamic, link sharing community Basically RandomDrivel is a centralized place to get funny/weird links to amuse you while you are at work. Kinda a low-brow humor oriented Slashdot

Uh... yeah. Well it's my handle for the site. The origins of rampy go back to my college days... To make a long boring story short: Rampy is an adjective that is what it sounds like. Usage: "ooooooh our sink is rampy someone should do dishes this month"
So, it's basically a nonsense word based on context that I've adopted as a unique handle. *shrug* Well, you asked, didn't you?

#### UPDATE ####
JakeJake28 pointed out to me that in the 1/05/2003 298th episode of the "Simpsons: Special Edna" this scene gives new meaning to my nickname (or something)

in the simpsons episode where ms. krabbable was nominated for teacher of the year, one catagory was most handicapped accesible school, and homer said "who's gonna get the rampy?"

Sorry for the confusion. You can always find our entire list of drivel topics here. When we moved over to our current Drivel 2.0 design, we lost some minor functionality. But thanks to Rampy's hard work, we also gained some great functions that our user base was asking for. That and he got my (thebryon) hair brain front end design to work. That was no small task, especially for someone as unmotivated as Rampy. :P


Rampy says->Note: if you mouse over a topic icon on a story with a semi-modern browser it *should* give you a tool tip with the topic name.

I guess that would be me... but failing fellatio, you could simply post more comments in the forums. The "stars" only count for the forum system, and only counts forum comments. There are several levels you can reach based on different amount of posts. Each "level" has another nickname/rank starting with Bantha Poodoo working up to Jedi Master and Beyond. The number of posts are arbitrary, although meant to be of increasing difficult to get to other levels as you go along.

Does that answer the question?

I'm sorry but unfortunately if there are flubs with the old drivel theme, there's not a lot I can do about it, because of the hardcore edits I had to make to get the new "blue" look happening.

I did the best I could to create a "retro drivel" theme for those people who either hated the new theme or miss simpler old grey theme. But certain things won't translate well to the old look (the forums are a little f**ked for example)

Sorry... I prefer you use the main drivel theme as you miss certain things and functionality if you use the old drivel theme.

Well, there's no easy answer to that question. You see there are so many wonderful cheese products in the world. I suppose, if you were to ask me (thebryon), I'd say American cheese! Please keep in mind that I'm lactose intolerant. Cheese often makes me fart, but I still love it so. Rampy would probably say something stupid like "frumunda cheeze"... I'd like to refer you to this past poll question for further clarification on the matter. All hail cheese! HAIL CHEESE!

NOTE -> Rampy -> you forgot "ass cheeze" thebryon...

At work I was the guy who forwards all the cool/geeky/funny links to a select circle of friends on my e-mail list. I'd use Outlooks infamous "BlueArrow" to indicate that it is a lowpriority e-mail… Since I'm the only one who uses low priority flag in email, people would tend to open these blue arrow emails from me right away as they knew there would be something of interest/entertainment inside.

Fast forward a year later and TheBryon, Julio, Gussers, and Me (Rampy) were bitching about work at Porky's café during our lunch break drinking brews and eating buffalo chicken sandwiches... when we started brainstorming entrepreneur stuff cuz we were through "working for da man"… We ripped apart crappy business model after business model. At some point we came to the conclusion that content was king, and if we could create a series(!) of targeted user driven communities cookie cutting Slash or Slash-alike portals into a loose network umbrella we could tie in some advertising and if we were luck might create a small revenue stream and more importantly have an audience for other projects.

So what content to start the first "portal" with? We'll register bluearrow.com and put up zany links, and allow users to submit new ones… after about a month the site will run itself! We can use Rampy's backlog of crazy links till it picks up steam… Blue arrow was registered of course… so …yeah… we picked the cheezy random drivel as all other name combinations were taken…

So long story, longer… Randomdrivel is supposed to be a user driven community for weird/funny/geeky links/articles… It is supposed to be the go to place if you are bored at work to find diversions (hence the need to keep it sorta clean) Someone could copy our links and email their friends and look like the were the most internet hip person in the office…

Needless to say, we never did make any other "portals" and we never made any money at all (in fact everything is out of pocket... =(

*shrug*

If I were a tree
reaching tall toward the sky
I would call to the birds
who are all flying by


I would invite them to come
sit among all my leaves
enjoy a minute or two
of a soft summer breeze



If I were a tree
reaching branches out wide
I would call to the squirrels
to come play by my side



I would laugh at their chatter
watch them scurry around
watch them play hide and seek
without making a sound



If I were a tree
my roots deep in the ground
I would chat with the worms
who are squirming around


They help make the soil
rich with good things for me
so I can grow and grow
and be a big tree



If I were a tree
standing tall and so true
I would call to the children
but not forget you



I would provide shelter
and a nice place to play
so you can laugh and be carefree
all of the day



If I were a tree
I'd be noble and proud
and if I could
I'd shout it out loud

I am solid and strong
proud to be me
a friend to all creatures
I AM A TREE!

Sorry I was drunk when I replied to this... I think I'd be that scary tree from poltergiest that ate that friggin kid! yeah that's it, I'd eat friggin kids. But then some stupid dog would piss on me or a monkey family would nest in my arm pits. I'd have to kill them too. Eat each and every damn one of them!

I snagged this great pair of wooden shoes and some gold plated corn holders. Oh and some kenny G CDs, signed even! Incidently, you might be surprised that Saddam owns a lot of corduroy pant-suits. He loves them pant-suits!

I *did*... but it got burninated. Sorry.

sure, 5 of your friends can help you! You have 5 friends, right?