Great, I had to register.

Another new person here. I'm a college student from, but not in Pennsylvania and I won't be more specific because I'm trying to develop a healthy sense of paranoia. I thought it might be interesting to lay out how I got to this site:
I woke up this morning to my alarm clock at 9AM Eastern time, tuned to this radio show hosted by a guy with a weird accent who talks about classical music. Today he mentioned the innovation of the metronome, Beethoven's mocking song of the man who invented it, and the incorporation of its melody into his 8th symphony, the whole time comparing the rhythm to clockwork. That stuck in the back of my head until I got back from class, when I proceeded to reset the alarm, which reminded me of the earlier subject on the radio, which reminded me tangentially of the Old Faithful geyser. At that point I remembered some magazine article mentioning that Yellowstone Park was on top of a giant volcano, so I spent the next few hours on the internet looking up information on that. Somewhere on page 4 of the Google list was a thread on ATS discussing the Yellowstone volcano, and so after reading that I went on to check some other threads, and here I am.

Take the blue pill



Too late. You're hooked. Welcome aboard. Check out Below Top Secret for lighter topics and Politics@ for political discussion. Later.

Glad you could find and join us. Enjoy your stay here at the great ATS!

Hey BeefotronX.

You might find the ATS Handbook helpful in your wanderings around the site.

welcome to ATS/BTS. I read your entry and, to be truthful, that's more or less the way I found myself registering. I've discovered that there's plenty of news and info out there. ATS/BTS helps make all of that news and info into something, well, different. There are so many different views and opinions on things that it really becomes helpful to question everything. View everything from several different angles -- in a way, they are all valid -- and then make up your mind. ATS/BTS has become an invaluable tool to help shift your paradigm.

Again, welcome. I hope to be seeing your "nick" on many, many posts and replies.

Hi B.

Why did u come to ats/bts/...

Sorry drunk at the mo...

Oh before I forget, have a good stay.

Or not!

Aye, matey, you found the lost sould of the oceans gathered here. Beware tis I can only say once to thee, Welcome aboard and may God help ya sailing through these blasted waters.
Arh, have fun on the high seas.

tick ... tick ... tick ... tick ... tick ... tick ... tick ... tick ... tick ... tick ... CRUNCH !

I hate metronomes Still, if they resulted in another victim ... sorry ... sacrifice ... thats not right is it ... I hope Asala's not watching or I'll be beaten with a packet of pixy stix for letting out ATS secrets ... thats it ... another member to swell the ranks of those who deny ignorance.

Welcome to ATS, BeefotronX

Well.. you woke up at 9a.m. hummm sounds to be very cozy to do that, I suspect from this point on, that was the last decent night sleep you will get, after all, this site pulls you in and won't let go... no sleep for you!! Welcome!!

Welcome BeefotronX!
You joined the most dangerous Site ever! Be carefull - within blink of an eye you will get addicted