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[Alex]

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[Spoodles]

breakin' the color barrier



Name: Mike

Location: Harrisburg, PA

DOB: November 6, 2025

A favorite author: David Sedaris

Two songs you enjoy: "Five Years" by David Bowie, "Stickman" by Elliott Smith

Some movies you like: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Empire Strikes Back, Chasing Amy, Wet Hot American Summer, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Some things you are looking forward to: Graduation in May, getting a real job

Your nerdy hobby: Nothing too nerdy, but a lot of hypocrisy. Having a massive collection of shot glasses despite the fact I've never had a drink. Volunteering at a Jesusy food bank and being an atheist. Etc.

Good advice you got from someone else: "Never stick a piano up your nose." -My dad

Something interesting about yourself: I was recently recommended for an award for my poetry and am currently shopping some around to literary journals.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: The site: found articles through CollegeHumor ages ago. The forum: just decided to click through one day.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: I like most of them, but "Super Mario Bros.: The Movie Speed Run" is a favorite. There are a lot of nostalgia favorites too, of course.

[Alicia]

Didn't B lock the original one of this thread in order to discourage fraternization?

You know why I like this thread? Because I was posting on dodgerblues.com's forums for a while and everyone was so private on there. NO ONE ever posted a picture on there, because they're all a bunchy of superficial pussies and if they did, it'd get made fun of in a second. I was one of two girls and ended up leaving because I didn't agree with a couple of guys on there about something mundane and they didn't like it and started calling me fat and ugly everyday just because I liked baseball, played softball and talked like one of the guys on there. Here, everyone's themselves and no one's superficial and if they are, they don't speak up about it, because everyone here pretty much accepts everyone for kicking ass at being themselves and making themselves and this place so personal on the internet. And that's why I like it here. That said, I guess I'll fill this out again.


The MF'in MF Salute.

Name: Alicia

Location: Torrance, CA

DOB: August 20th, 1980

A favorite author: C.D. Payne

Two songs you enjoy: "My Father's Gun" by Elton John and "Twilight" by Elliott Smith

Some movies you like: Stand by Me, Fight Club, American History X, Shawshank Redemption, Memento, Swingers

Some things you are looking forward to: Base ball, my own sports teams, and I'm starting to look for a new job.

Your nerdy hobby: Sports, sabermetrics, photography, and I'm a lazy video game player, meaning, I can never find anyone to play with me nor the time to play myself. I'm fascinated by architecture and museums and oceanography and any science-related stuff. I also could read demographics on any subject all day.

Good advice you got from someone else: I've only received good advice recently that helps only myself out specifically, mostly pointing out to me that I need to stop letting guys use me.

Something interesting about yourself: I was majoring in psychology to be a psychiatrist for about a year before my life took a major turn. I'm extremely happy with how things turned out (career-path-wise, I mean), but I always feel like I wish I could be all the things I've always thought I could be and have fun doing, and I hate that time and money make things so limiting because I want to learn so much and do so many different things.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: Someone posted about The Dugout on Livejournal and I read a few, then someone who doesn't even post on here (maybe they do?) told me to join the forums, so I did, and I became a regular Dugout reader and poster, etc.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: The Dugout, durrr.

[DJ Jazzy Jeff]

introduce yourself if you have big black glasses itt

yes i get it i look like milhouse

Name: Katherine

Location: Claremont, CA

DOB: July 15, 2025

A favorite author: John Steinbeck

Two songs you enjoy: "Say Yes" by Elliott Smith, "A Better Son/Daughter" by Rilo Kiley

Some movies you like: Cheesy Bolly- or Hollywood musicals, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Donnie Darko, Three Kings, The Best Years of Our Lives, Saved!

Some things you are looking forward to: Spending the summer having a somewhat-fun, well-paying job and living in an apartment with close friends; moving back to Sydney after college

Your nerdy hobby: I guess knitting and crocheting, also cross-stitch

Good advice you got from someone else: "Always aim down-range." "Never put your finger in the triggerwell of a weapon unless you are about to fire." "Never clean guns with other people in the room." "Always point weapons to the floor when they are loaded and you are not yet ready to fire." Gun safety, folks.

Something interesting about yourself: I traveled to every continent except Antarctica before my 17th birthday.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: Found B's Family Matters article from College Humor when I was a high school junior (wow, over four years ago!) and promptly read through the archives everything that wasn't about sports.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: "There's a New World Coming," "Tattoo Assassins," "Nintendo Catalogue"

[7th]

Name: Michael Capley
DOB: December 6th, 1974
Favorite Author: Alexandre Dumas
Two Songs I Like: "Dry Spell" By The Descendents, "Where Does Love Go When It Dies" by Def Leppard
Some Movies I Like: Versus, Ichi The Killer, The Prestige, Se7en, Castle In The Sky, Waiting, Employee of the Month (Matt Dillon), Puma Man
Something I Am Looking Forward To: getting my backyard fenced in so I can build a playset for my son
Your Nerdy Hobby: http://www.the7thlevel.com
Good Advice I've Gotten From Someone Else: "It's better to be pissed off and miss than to be pissed on and hit." - Fred Capley
Something Interesting About Myself: Every so often a fully written novel magically appears in my Word folder. I blame the fornits.
How I learned About Progressiveboink: TLDW
Favorite PBoi Article/Feature: Toss up between the HBIFDB, Diary of a Mad Blank Manta, or Bismark's GTA script.

[extensionofbob]

Name: Marian

Location: NYC

DOB: 5/26/1984

A favorite author: Kurt Vonnegut

Two songs you enjoy: "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" by CSS and "The New You" by the Vandals

Some movies you like: LOTR: The Two Towers, Starship Troopers, A Bronx Tale, The Secret of NIMH, etc.

Some things you are looking forward to: finding out whether or not I got into grad school, taking some vacation time

Your nerdy hobby: Well, I still watch some anime and read some manga. I doubt that counts, since I'm no longer a hardcore Sailor Moon fan like I was when I was 15...

Good advice you got from someone else: "You don't have to be right all of the time." -my Mom

Something interesting about yourself: I surround myself with interesting people so that I myself don't have to be interesting.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: I found the site through http://www.x-entertainment.com a couple of years ago but recently joined the forum to spice up my internet life.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: I have my favs. But I think it was the Sandlot article that truly won me over. Though my friends and I have bonded over Rating the Lesbians.

[Dan Pee]

Name: Dan P

Location: Cleveland, OH

DOB: 5/6/2025

A favorite author: Douglas Adams

Two songs you enjoy: Break the Glass by the Suicide Machines, and It's All Too Much by the Beatles

Some movies you like: Swingers, Mallrats, Clerks, Dogma, Star Wars, 300, Field of Dreams, etc.

Some things you are looking forward to: Finishing up my Senior Thesis, Opening Day, buying a house

Your nerdy hobby: Magic: the Gathering, although not as much as when I was younger.

Good advice you got from someone else: Don't procrastinate. Damn, I wish I was better at heeding that advice.

Something interesting about yourself: I am the College of Wooster (Ohio) kareoke champion. Won it with the Beastie Boys' Ch-Check It Out

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: A friend of mine pointed me to the Dugout, and I was hooked instantly.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: Perhaps my favorite Dugout special would be the Farnsworth Triton bit. Very funny.

[Casey]

Name: Casey
Location: Wilton, CT
DOB: August 2, 2025
Favorite Author: Bill Bryson
Two Songs I Like: "Dear Sirs" by El-P and "Sister" by Sufjan Stevens
Some Movies I Like: "Rushmore", "Monsters, Inc", "Brick", "Coffee & Cigarettes"

Something You Are Looking Forward To: someday actually getting to marry my fiancée

Your Nerdy Hobby: you name it. I'm getting to the point where I enjoy collecting rare video games and related hardware/accessories almost as much as I actually enjoy playing them, though. That's pretty scary.

Good Advice You've Gotten From Someone Else: "Look, I've never had a dream in my life because a dream is what you wanna do but still haven't pursued. I knew what I wanted and did it till it was done, so I've been the dream I wanted to be since Day One." --Aesop Rock, "No Regrets"

Something Interesting About Yourself: I have almost no sense of smell.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: I'm fairly sure it was the Top 25 Futurama Moments linked from Fark or somewhere like that.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: The Jumping and Standing Forum, Hangin Out Gang, Connor X... too many to properly give recognition to here.

[Kyle]

Name: Kyle Daly

Location: Charlottesville, VA

DOB: 8/29/1985

A favorite author: Richard Yates

Two songs you enjoy: "That's How Strong My Love Is," Otis Redding; "Girl From the North Country," Bob Dylan (Freewheelin' version)

Some movies you like: Rushmore, Boogie Nights, Jules & Jim, The 400 Blows, Raging Bull, Mystery Train, Waiting for Guffman, Ikiru, Barton Fink, blag blorg

Some things you are looking forward to: leaving Virginia for places unknown, being published

Your nerdy hobby: Internet

Good advice you got from someone else: "dont get high on you're own supply"-borat, borat movie 2006

Something interesting about yourself: I had a very promising Jeopardy! audition last summer. I have yet to hear back, but it went really well and it can take up to 18 months to get the call, so I'm still banking on being on the show.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: Read B's articles on Whatever-Dude, lurked on forums, posted about Illinois Smith looking like Ted Nugent, beed funny, got hired on staff, bing bong bing

P-Boi feature/article you liked: i liked writing rony danza's novel (yo fireball, put that and my web aptitude test on my archives you silly lil bitch)

[Jim]

Name: Jim Voorhees

DOB: August 13, 2025

Favorite Author: Roald Dahl

Two Songs I Like: "All Dead, All Dead" by Queen, "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" by Flogging Molly

Some Movies I Like: The Big Lebowski, Fargo, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Dr. Strangelove, Terminator 2, Léon, Goodfellas, and so-on

Something I Am Looking Forward To: the ROH doubleshot in Detroit next weekend; also, graduating in July

Your Nerdy Hobby: Obsessively watching wrestling in my free time, as well as spending most of my video game playing time playing No Mercy or Fire Pro 2 on a GBA emulator

Good Advice I've Gotten From Someone Else: I honestly can't recall any particularly worthwhile advice I've ever received.

Something Interesting About Myself: I once had my forehead split open by a putter while playing "miniature golf" in my bedroom. The object of the game was to see how far you could hit a basketball up the wall (with the help of a carom board).

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: While doing a Google image search for Brock Lesnar in his college days, I stumbled upon The 50 Reasons to Hate the New York Yankees. I soon began checking the site ever-so-often, until Nick wrote "The Montreal Expos." Even as a person who never once cheered for the Expos (or gave much of a damn about them in general), I got all mushy and misty eyed because Nick is a sensational writer. I joined the forums so that I could PM him and tell him how much I enjoyed the article. I've stuck around ever since.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: Come on. There are so fucking many. Uhhhh... let's go with "192.168.100.1." in hopes that Jon will give us the next chapter soon.

[Daniel]

Name: Daniel Chase Peach

Location: Beaver Dam, KY

DOB: March 25th, 1986

A favorite author: Kurt Vonnegut

Two songs you enjoy: "Buckets of Rain" by Bob Dylan and "Old Sept. Blues" by My Morning Jacket.

Some movies you like: Annie Hall, All the Real Girls, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, the Royal Tenenbaums, Pearl Jam Touring Band 2000, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.

Some things you are looking forward to: Finishing the god damn Miss Umbrella album.

Your nerdy hobby: Maelstrom, the game.

Good advice you got from someone else: "If you want the rainbow, you've gotta put up with the rain." Do you know which "philosopher" said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she's just a big pair of tits.

Something interesting about yourself: I take pictures of clowns and tattoo artists.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: Logan.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: rony danza

[Duzzy Funlop]

Name: Z. Lyon

Location: Columbia/College Park, MD

DOB: June 8, 2025

A favorite author: Let's say Fitzgerald.

Two songs you enjoy: "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen and "Tear-Stained Letter" by Richard Thompson.

Some movies you like: The Iron Giant, Shawshank, Empire Records, Ikiru, Royal Tenenbaums, Harold and Maude, Cool Hand Luke, Crybaby, Lagaan, basically anything that makes me feel anything.

Some things you are looking forward to: It's spring break right now so... don't have much else to look forward to.
edit: april 6, going to an O's game at yankee stadium and getting mean looks from yuppies. it'll be just like an O's-yankees game at camden yards!

Your nerdy hobby: My friends have been getting on me for my fantasy baseball obsession(nine leagues this season).

Good advice you got from someone else: 1. You're not a character in a book. 2. Faith will be rewarded. 3. It's true even if it never happened. 4. Sit tight, take hold, thunder road. I don't think that counts but it's in my head now.

Something interesting about yourself: I'm going to be a cult leader when I grow up. Also my hair is about 8 inches longer than in that pic.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: The Dugout basically became my favorite part of the internet. My anger with the best Simpson's characters list caused me to join the forum and make sure future lists don't suffer quite as much.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: you know I normally hate the whole Rob Gordon list obsession, but the Pboi ones on the site are really good and subjective. Especially the Calvin and Hobbes and AD and Futurama ones.

[B]

Name: B

Location: Bedford (Cleveland), OH

DOB: January 16th, 1980

A favorite author: E.B. White

Two songs you enjoy: "Seed of Memory" by Terry Reid, "The Wreck of the Edmund Kyle Farnsworth" by The Gunslinger

Some movies you like: Ikiru, Roman Holiday, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Fountain, Babe: Pig in the City, everything Studio Ghibli has ever done, everything Akira Kurosawa has ever done. Heavyweights.

Some things you are looking forward to: The ROH double-shot in Detroit (both for Dragon Gate wrestling and hanging out with Jim and Folby again), Mike Fireball visiting for Spider-Man 3 in May

Your nerdy hobby: Obsessively watching, analyzing, talking about, and arguing professional wrestling.

Good advice you got from someone else: "Geniuses finish things."

Something interesting about yourself: My eyes are two different colors. I've got a skunk spot. I've got pulmonary fibrosis, and might not live to see 50. I don't give a shit about anyone in my family outside of my mother and father, but would gladly thrown down my life for American Dragon Bryan Danielson.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: I co-founded it with Jon and Nick after our NBA Jam collaboration article for Whatever-Dude went over so personally well and professionally bad.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: A lot (lot) of things, but I'd be lying if I didn't just type "The Jumping and Standing Forum." The closest things to that are Jon's Bill Pecota dugouts.

[Andy]

This pic is from when I was trying to support the t-shirt "company" I designed for by showing myself in one of the t-shirts. I don't normally pose like a douche.

Name: Andy

Location: Jax, Florida

DOB: June 3, '88 (I really hope I'm not the youngest person that comes here.)

Favorite Author: William Golding, I guess

Two songs I enjoy: "Dont Stop me Now", Queen, and "Typical", MuteMath

Movies I Like: Back to the Future (another notch on that belt), Shaun of the Dead, Clue the Movie, The Green Mile, Willy Wonka, Little Miss Sunshine, Cast Away

Looking Forward to: Busch Gardens in two days, hopefully Europe in a few months. Oh, and my new position at an old job.

Nerdy Hobby: Video Games, and going on the internet more than is natural.

Good Advice I've gotten: "No use getting into a pissing contest."

Something Interesting About Myself: I had childhood cancer. I've been off treatment around 8 years now.

How I became a Regular at P-Boi: I dunno, I saw some articles when Fireball moved over here, they had me rolling, so I hopped around on the forum for a bit and found it pretty fun. I've been around probably three or so years now.

P-Boi Features I like: Jumping and Standing Forum, The Monster at the End of this Book, anything dealing with Jon's 'Event,' but especially Livejournal of Tim, Survivor of the Apocalypse. Oh, and Mike's Emo article.

[Lindy]

Name: Lindy

Location: Bedford, OH

DOB: 14 May, 1983

A favorite author: David Sedaris

Two songs you enjoy: "Iceland" - Ozma, "Undercover Funny" - Atom and His Package

Some movies you like: Adaptation., Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Gates of Heaven, Babe: Pig in the City, The Land Before Time

Some things you are looking forward to: Traveling to visit friends, baseball games, swimmin' pools (movie stars)

Your nerdy hobby: Playing sudoku

Good advice you got from someone else: Don't feel bad about setting a goal too, it's a worse thing to set your goals too low and accomplish them.

Something interesting about yourself: I'm missing half of one of my front teeth and if I didn't have a cap on it, I'd look like Lloyd Christmas. When I was 13, I could recite the entirety of "The Crow", word for word. That's really emarassing, honestly.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: Mike joined the staff, I followed him as a reader. Then B wanted to do a comic with me which led to Kelly R, the most esoteric piece of shit I can think of.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: The Internet Hanna-Barbera Fashion Database is a wonderful and completely underappreciated part of the site.

[Logan]

Name: Logan Newby

Location: Owensboro, KY

DOB: May 7th, 1986

Favorite Author: Kurt Vonnegut

Two songs I enjoy: "3rd Planet" by Modest Mouse and "Evenflow" by Pearl Jam

Some movies I like: Life Aquatic, Rushmore, Punch Drunk Love, Eyes Wide Shut, Groundhog Day bill murray bill murray bill murray

Looking forward to: Moving out of the house.

Nerdy hobby: The Legend of Zelda and Lord of the Rings

Good advice I've gotten: "Always be on the watch for wandering spirits and things not of this world (paraphrased)." ~my dad

Something interesting: I once won a short story contest. There weren't that many people who entered, though.

How I became a Regular at P-Boi: After deciding I liked the site I registered with the forums and after I decided I liked them too I started posting here and there.

P-Boi Features I like: Jumping and Standing, Hyspace

[the judo madonna]

Name: The Judo Madonna

Location: Columbus, OH

DOB: August 8th, 1982

Favorite Author: Douglas Adams

Two songs I enjoy: "Your X-Rays Have Come Back From the Lab, And We Think We Know What Your Problem Is" by Jets to Brazil, and "Star Fruit Surf Rider" by Cornelius

Some movies I like: The Big Lebowski, The Royal Tenenbaums, Amelie, Rushmore, True Romance, Harold and Maude, Your Friends and Neighbors

Looking forward to: Finishing college (summer '07)

Nerdy hobby: I try to work quotes from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series into conversation without people realizing i'm quoting it.

Good advice I've gotten: "Stop that, or you'll go blind."

Something interesting: Sometimes after an electrical storm, i see in five dimensions.

How I became a Regular at P-Boi: I write for Zubazpants.com, and some of the other writers are HUGE fans of the dugout, particularly delicious strips would end up being linked to from our forums, and i followed 'em here.

P-Boi Features I like: I really enjoy nearly everything. I've killed hours at a time digging through each author's archives. I think Hyspace is fantastically brilliant from concept to execution.

[Rusty Cooledge v2]

total muthafuckin ladies man

Name: Khris

Location: Icebox of the nation!, Minnesota

DOB: 1 July, 1987

A favorite author: Mick Foley

Two songs you enjoy: "Punx in Vegas" by The Bouncing Souls.
"Kellum" by Bayside

Some movies you like: Clerks, Mallrats, Groundhog Day, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Wayne's World

Some things you are looking forward to: Moving away from home, playing a show next month, finishing up at the local community college this spring.

Your nerdy hobby: Pro wrestling enthusiast.

Good advice you got from someone else: Life sucks, and then you DIE!!!

Something interesting about yourself: I sing for a band sometimes.

How you became a regular visitor to Progressive Boink: Can't exactly recall, but definitly started out with seeing one of B's articles and loving his pro wrestling and Stan jokes.

P-Boi feature/article you liked: Moviefone

[A Link to the Matt]

Name: Matt

Location: Currently Auburn, CA. Soon to be Nashville, TN

DOB: November 14th, 1983

Favorite Author: Stephen King

Two songs I enjoy: "White Men in Black Suits" Everclear. "Angel's Son" Sevendust

Some movies I like: The Shawshank Redemption, Misery, Lucky Number Slevin, Super Troopers, Beerfest, Goodfellas.

Looking forward to: Driving across the country from Auburn to Nashville.

Nerdy hobby: Wrestling, and unfortunatley for me since I'm not a hick, fantasy Nascar league (makes the races actually interesting)

Good advice I've gotten: Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

Something interesting: Fake right front tooth, and since we seem to be doing head injuries in this spot, I once talked a friend of mine into playing baseball with a basketball. Needless to say, the bat rebounded off the basketball and busted his head wide open. First time I had ever been within a few feet of an ambulance.

How I became a Regular at P-Boi: I found Pop Rocks and Coke linked from an X-E article, and from there I followed Mike's work to here.

P-Boi Features I like: Its the only site I can spend hours on and re-read the articles over and over. I'm a huge zelda fan (hence the name) and so hyspace is probbaly one of my favorites. Mike's Mario Bros. speed run ranks up there too.

[randy ~~c====3]

Not my best picture, but the hair is longer now than in my Dave Coulier impersonation pic. Plus I like that shirt and can't currently find it.

Name: Randy S. lastname

Location: Arlington TX

DOB: Feb 23 1982

Favorite Author: Michael Chabon

Two songs what I enjoy: "Tangled Up In Blue" by Bob Dylan and "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen

Some movies what I like: "Singin' in the Rain," "The Godfather," "Jackie Brown," "Lost in Translation"

Some things what I am lookin' forward to: Baseball season at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington for the first two months before they cellar-dwell, music school in the fall, making a record within the next year (unlikely to happen)

Your nerd hobby: Music, oh lord the music.

Good advice what I got from someone else: If you can't make a statement to the audience, what's the point of music?

Something interesting what about me: I might be the only person in the world who liked the movie "Snake Eyes"

How I found the P-boi: Cruising for boobie shots of Keira Knightley led to rating the lesbians and so I read them all and then other things then I got a penis in my username.

PBoi Feature/article what I enjoyed: The Jumping and Standing Forum