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I was perusing Wikipedia today and ran across an article on the Canadian Heraldic Authority. Apparently you can write them (write a "petition") and ask them ("petition" them) to make you a legal coat of arms. An artist (the "Fraser Herald") will even draw it for you. I don't know how they decide who to accept and who to reject, and the process is a little pricey (it could be as much as $1500 all told).

If you're interested in "petitioning", you can find information on how to "petition" here. If you're going into battle, it's only chivalrous that you should have your own coat of arms so that your enemies can recognize you. Or, if you're still in school, maybe you could just stamp your coat of arms on your homework instead of writing your name.

And yes, it's not just limited to coats of arms. You could also get your own flag.

The time is come. I must announce that I am waging war on Pat Robertson. This guy I believe, is the biggest douche in the universe. He has even surpassed Jon Edwards.

So you dont know who Pat Roberson is, he is this screwed-in-the-head neo-conservative from the States. Corporal Douche Bag Robertson first caught my attention when he openly prayed for vacancies in the American supreme court (also see here). Not a crazy thing to some, however there are two things that don't sit well with me on this: 1) He pretty much wants the old and/or liberal judges to die or basically fall so ill that they cannot preform thier bench duties seeing as this is pretty much the only way that a judge leaves the bench and 2)He only wants to further his neo-conservative agenda. Now, I am not one to say what another person can and cannot believe, even with regards to religion. But anyone who claims that "the rise of homosexuality is a sign that a society is in the last stages of decay, bible-based or not, deserves douchebag status. Please patty boy, leave the homos alone, they arn't hurting anyone and they arn't going away anytime soon... deal with it buddy!

But wait, there's more!
Paticake's also reciently PUBLICLY called for the assassination of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. I'm not making this shit up. This guys believes that killing a fetus is wrong, but when it comes to elected government officials from foreign countries, it's a different story. There is no better way of showing you care for you fellow man than wishing death upon him. Not to mention, wishing someone else will do it. Mad Patter, you are a pussy my friend.

Just so you know, below is a picture of my nominee for Biggest Douch in the Universe.

Here he is shown in the middle of what is likely a nazi salute giving props to the abolition of gays and minorities.

The fun doesn't end just now. Even YOU can ask life's tough questions to the tru biblical playa hata himself in his own ask Pat forum. You can do even it right from the website! It's just so easy!

So get out there and ask the 700 Club's poster boy how best to dispose of the body of that prostitute you murdered in Nevada last year!

Brian
PS: This rant does not reflect the opinions of www.e-filler.ca or any of it's owners. All hate mail can be sent to Brian
PPS: Pussy cat Pat also has an Age Defying Shake that he promotes on his website. Delicious!

Earlier this year I was complaining (surprise!) about the amount of stuff people were throwing out...well, I was just cleaning off my digital camera when I found two jewels from that same era. Here's someone's way of expediting the moving process:


(Sorry the quality isn't so good...and there isn't any sound...) That crap-shack in question is Varsity Commons.

About bloody time.

I normally buy poultry bacon (because it's tastier than straight pork bacon). Last time I was at the grocery store I decided to go for turkey bacon instead of the usual chicken bacon. As I was cracking it open this morning I noticed an odd selling feature on the packaging.

Now maybe I'm not getting something, but it seems to be saying that 30g of turkey bacon has 79% less fat than 54g of normal bacon. Which is great...especially considering 30g of turkey bacon has 30% less MATTER than 54g of regular bacon.

Did they just tweak these numbers arbitrarily just so they could say "79% less fat"? The world of bacon is too confusing for me.

As some of you already know, Google has released their IM client today: Google Talk. Will Google Talk replace MSN, like MSN replaced ICQ? Only time will tell. At this time, the only upside I see to using Google is that:
A) It's an open protocol, so you can use the client of your choosing
B) It's not related to Microsoft

Of course, now Google will have a handle on:
A) Your search/surf habits
B) Your e-mail
C) Your IM
D) Where you live (if you use Google Personalized Homepage)
E) Where you're going (Google Maps -> Directions)

None-the-less, I have setup my account...now if only I had someone to talk to...(add me: first inital + last name at gmail.com)

...and you won't believe who's NOT gay: Those two guys from Mythbusters. If I was sure of anything, I was sure of that. Now I don't know what to believe.

You'll never guess what Wikipedia article is currently 'Disputed'...London, Ontario. I have no idea what there is to dispute about the city, but the page is locked at this time, and cannot be edited. Go London!

Well kids,

It's about that time...my Linux box is running smoothly and everything is just the way I like it. What's next? Time to reinstall of course. The problem is which distro to use. Micah says that Mandrake Linux (of which I'm a big fan) is for funboys, he thinks Ubuntu is the way to go. Unfortunately it comes with Gnome...and everyone knows that Gnome is for funboys. So can I get the goodness of Ubuntu without the...how shall we say, 'funness'...of Gnome? Perhaps Kubuntu is the answer. Anyone tried it? Thoughts?

I just received a nice spam with the following contents:

We have detected an excessive amount of Internet intruders on
your computer. Your computer and your privacy are at risk.

Spy Sniper Pro is a protective shield that blocks dangerous and
unwanted Internet intruders on your computer.

So, my computer has an excessive amount of Internet intruders? Good too know I have too many. I wonder what a safe number to have is? Probably no more than 10.

To those who doubted me tonight: Behold the watch from ground zero at Hiroshima


Notice the Roman Numeral for 4...that's right kiddies, not IV.

Learn more about it here.

I'm surprised we haven't seen Internet ready cable boxes yet. Almost every commercial displays a URL at some point. It would be cool if you could just click a button on your remote to bring up the webpage right away. Has anyone seen something like this yet?

I just saw the tail end of Jeopardy (Corner Gas comes on after, you know). It's college week. The guy who won wagered $1337 on Final Jeopardy. K-Rad.

So...5,500 CBC workers might be locked out at midnight tonight. There will be reduced programming on CBC (obviously), but what happens to their website/headline service?

If the headline service is disrupted, where should I look for an alternative? BBC? Globe and Mail?

I added the ability to hide the various items in the left and right columns. It works very well in Mozilla and Firefox, but IE has some issues with changing the little '-' icon to a '+'...I will hopefully have it fixed soon. (If anyone knows what the issue is, please drop me a hint...)

With gas prices finally over $1.00/liter in this province it's becoming obvious that the days of the $1.00 liter are here. I can't help but wonder how much gas is wasted on people:

A) Commuting between cities
B) Within their city

Rather than group all the offices together, all the factories together and all the homes together, wouldn't it be better to mix it all up, there by allowing people to drive less (or even *gasp* walk) to work? Why do people put up with commuting? Not me (and hopefully not ever)...walking to work has proved very effective in terms of cost (no gas, no parking) and time (leave for work 10 minutes early, no traffic). Anyway, I would guess that the easiest way to reduce our dependence on foreign oil isn't to switch to electric or hybrid cars...it's to live in places that make sense. (Just look at the morning traffic on the QEW...so much waste.)

So...I want to change up the look of e-filler but am too lazy (and I don't have the necessary skills...I copied most of this one from another site). Someone send me a new style-sheet. The old one can be found here.

Thanks.

Hey Hey
Here is a good nugget of a video for ya. Especially in this heat!
Brian

No explanation will do it justice: just look. I dare you not to laugh through the whole thing.

"Dad, do you know what day it is?"
"The Vernal equinox?!"

Update: This really isn't worth of it's own post, so I'm just adding on to this one: A tribute to Comic Book Guy.

I've made some small changes to e-filler to try and deal with our spam problem, and the news headlines should now work for IE users.

Feel free to use the comment section of this thread to verify that you can still post comments. (I had a heck of a time getting this to work, and hopefully it works on all browser/platform combinations.)

Excerpt from The Christian Paradox. One sentence summary: America is simultaneously the most professedly Christian of the developed nations and the least Christian in its behavior.

Not exactly the same thing, but somewhat related: I've always wondered what happened to the Christian Left in Canada and the US. Yes, a large proportion of NDPers are ordained, but it's certainly not what I would describe as a Christian party.

Since our old logo consists of a MS paint bmp and size 19 font we've decided that a new logo is now necessary. Below are three potential candidates. Please speak up as to the ones you like in the message board area, if you don't like any of them say so, then go screw yourself.

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So, as some of you noticed, the spammers have found their way into/onto the 'comment' pages of E-Filler. Until now, it's been a relatively minor problem, but it's starting to grow. No doubt, it will only get worse with time. (I've manually removed all the spam until now.)

What's the best way to prevent this? I could make usernames and passwords mandatory for posting comments, although this complicates things for already used usernames. Anyone have any better ideas?

Just in case you're as bored as I am today, here's Wikipedia's list of sexual slurs. "Vagitarian" cracked me up.

At last week's CS pub night, I happened to win a Schick Quattro Midnight (aka Quattro Goth). As a condition of winning, I agreed to post a story about my first experience with the four blades. For the past 10 years I've been using my trusty old two-bladed Schick FX (using Schick Protector blades, since they stopped making FX blades about 9 years ago, I think). I hadn't shaved since Wednesday morning, so I had a fair amount of hair to take out.

First of all, the razor itself seems to have advanced quite a bit since I was buying razors in 1995. You've got soft rubber and some button that'll pop the blade off for you, and it's got like suspension or something crazy like that. Pretty cool. The main advantages of the four blades become apparent pretty quickly. It glides really smoothly. You can pretty much just whip it up and down your face and it'll mow down everything in sight, and you'll hardly be able to feel it even. Areas that I had to go over twice I can now go over just once.

The one downside is that if you're shaving a spot where you want some manoeuverability (e.g., the moustache area), the sheer size of the blade will make it a bit unwieldly. You get used to it, though...I suppose it's not really that bad.

Overall, it's pretty damned sweet. Much better than my experience with the Mach 3 about 4 years back (I have very few good things to say about the Mach 3, other than I also got it for free). I'll have to check out the price on the replacement blades for the Quattro, as that's really going to be the deciding factor for me on whether I use it or stick to my trusty old two-blader.