E-Filler Archives

...or maybe they should say 16% of grade 10s can't read.

Go ahead, take a look at the article...I'll wait.

Apparently only 80% of grade 10 boys passed the test, and that's an increase! I find it a little shocking. If that's true, then if you were to pick a random sampling of five grade 10 boys, one of them can't read...in Canada...in 2008.

I suppose those who can't pass the test, can read to some degree. I suspect these standardized tests aren't rocket science, so shouldn't they all be passing?

Check out this "trailer" someone made for The Shining. It's amazing what a little editing can do...

Happy Star Wars Day everyone: May the forth be with you.

So I was reading CNN's website tonight when I was staring at the picture on the front page. I was staring at it for some reason, and I noticed this really creepy kid staring into the lens of the camera from the backseat of the truck. Creepy.

Creepy.

If you've got some time to kill, check out the Wikipeida article on the Collyer Brothers. They were a pair of compulsive hoarders who lived in New York...the article is filled with all the goodness you'd expect from a Cat Lady story, with a special twist at the end.

Enjoy.

The raise to the age of consent has finally gone through, so the age of consent is now 16 instead of 14 like it was yesterday. There's a 5-year proximity rule, though, so don't worry: 19 year-olds can still have sex with 14 year-olds.