September 17, 2000: Into the Vault: True Stories You'll Think Are False

On October 27, this website turns two years old. As a cheap way of commemorating the occasion, I'm looking back through my older files and putting some written stuff back up that hasn't been on the page in a long time. This particular one was one of the three pages that made up the original Web Surf Nicaragua, along with People Who Suck and a page of really bad comedy lists.

#1: The Tale of 27

It was Friday, October 27, 1995. I opened my algebra book to find that we were on set 27. I also noticed that the previous day I had worked 26 problems, starting me on 27. Later, there was a football game on the road, so we had to go to the trainers' room to get our travel bags. A random choice resulted in me getting bag number 27. When we got there, I sat in the locker room between Derrick Rogers and Keith Jennings. Derrick wore number 26, Keith wore number 1...do the math. That night, with 2 minutes and 27 seconds left, the other team suffered a string of penalties that effectively ended the football portion of the game. Shortly after, Tom Jacks downed the ball with 27 seconds left, and we won 27 - 0. Strange!

#2: The Third AntiChrist?

A few years back, my mother and I were watching one of those TV specials about the predictions of Nostradamus. He predicted three anti-Christs, who were basically guys who rose to power and took over everything brutally. The first was called Napolaroy, who is obviously Napoleon Bonaparte. The second, Hister, had all signs pointing to Adolph Hitler, the most evil dude ever. The third would rise from the middle east and be called Mabus(I may have spelled it wrong), and the narrator guy said something about it sounding like "Saddam" when said backward, and we all know who that is. HOWEVER, not much later who was appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia, but none other than our own Ray Maybus! Let's see... Middle East... Maybus sounds like Mabus...Uh Oh! Sounds like RAY MAYBUS IS THE THIRD ANTICHRIST!!!!

#3: The Amazing Spider Man

A few weeks ago a friend told my roommate and I about a strange experience with one of his old roommates. It seemed that his roommate thought he was Spider Man. Wait, hear me out here. I promise I am not lying. It appears that this dude slept all day, only waking up to go to class (sometimes) and to watch "Spider Man: The Animated Series". Also, he said he returned to the room one day to find his roommate on the top bunk with his hands and feet touching the wall. "I just can't do it," he said. "Do what?" "You know."