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Since heroes has become so lame…an idea occurred to me on how to reboot it. Hiro goes back in time and says something to Angela Pitrelli, new story ensues from new time line, a newer and better show (much like season 1) appears.

John says:
it's not like there's anything wrong with leaving the toilet seat up…it's easier that way
why does the toilet seat always have to be down
after the girls done, why can't she put the toilet seat UP
anthony says:
I'm not sure, to be honest.
John says:
why is it always on us for not putting it down
anthony says:
That is my argument!
Put it up for me for once

Just a little happiness to show all our faithful readers that some of us are doing alright, I thought I'd give a little bit of love to our fellow writers/good friends here at dovka.

First off, our good friend andrew has recently gotten married, so lets all give him a round of applause {clap, clap, clap}, here is a picture of him and his bootiful mistress brittany, better known as SPOCK.



Secondly, our friend anthony who is expecting his second (or thousandth) child, recently got engaged to a LOVELY girl named Tandah, so let's all boo and jeer him. I kid, we love you anthony.



So, I just thought the internet should be informed of these breaking events.

Congrats to you both, may you live long and happy lives!

A friend linked me to this. Although I'm certainly not in the affected demographic, I wanted to weigh in on this.

The campaign itself, is a great idea. I can't imagine the constant torment that teenagers in these types of situations go through. But, the posters themselves are (even if meant to be ironic) are really just bashing other stereotypes.

The feeling I get from these is; it's okay to make the remark about the gamer kid, but don't ever make a similar statement about a gay/lesbian/transexual, etc. I understand, that's NOT the idea, but essentially the campaign is using double-negative methods to attempt a positive outcome.

The dictionary style posters are just as bad. Instead of trying to be moderately humorous, the creators could have just left the actual definition on a poster. To me, knowing a faggot represents a bundle of sticks is far more destructive to such a hurtful slur than the rest of the poster, but the message is lost in the translation.

The problem with campaigns like this, is they alienate the group they are trying to help. Every demographic is picked on by one another in school, to be honest I don't know anyone who never had a problem with someone in their school years. However, the same people that picked on me are now the guys I go drinking with.

Just a thought, as incoherent as it came out.

As anyone can quickly tell, I'm a huge fan of Thrice. So I was pretty ecstatic when their new album, Beggars came out. The band have pretty much shed their aggressive sound for something more akin to alt-rock. It's a strange transition, but one that I saw coming when Vheissu was released. I like it. Either way, pick it up on iTunes, it's worth the listen!

Liam and I have discussed this countless times, and I know Ollie was on it as well. Kevin Smith is a highly over-rated director, but his Q&A Sessions are awesome and hilarious. Some of it even makes it to his movies. My favourite, and most often used quote comes from him: There is only one return; and it ain't of the King it's of the Jedi!

We're enjoying a near 40C heat wave this week, I say enjoying because it's better then the -40C cold snap we will get in about 6 months.

The AceKard2 is my new favourite piece of equipment. For $12 (plus free shipping at the link) you can't go wrong. I've got a 2GB MicroSD Card in mine and loaded about 10 games without filling it. Nintendo DS Roms are easy enough to find.

I've been trying to get my Blackberry on IRC for two weeks. But my company's IT Policy won't let me run a program such as an IRC Client on the 'Berry, does anyone know a WAP/Web Based IRC client that will run on a Blackberry 8700(R)? eBuddy claims to support IRC, but the mobile version lacks the feature.

Lastly, everyone should change their Facebook language to English (Pirate) for a good lolz.

I thought this was really well done - entertaining as well. Who said sex doesn't sell? Just to note: this video may not be safe for work.


Kotaku dropped this intro earlier today; It's the start of a German documentary, which begins with a montage of arcade classes such as Pong and Pac-Man set to a beat, but steadily escalates into crazy sex and violence between Space Invaders, Guybrush Threepwood, Street Fighter's Ken & Ryu, Lara Croft, Mario and many others.

Pure Awesome.

I just had a boneless chicken wing from KFC, it’s kind of weird because I think it is mostly just a chicken finger.

On the chicken winger (see what I did there) note, I one day pray for a microwave that equally heats everything.

The has been a week of season finale’s for me, don’t read any further if you watch any of the following shows: LOST, HOUSE, Survivor.

For one, I thought LOST ended on a rather predictable note. I mean, we all KNEW the H-bomb was gonna go off, ending the season with it going off was weak, real weak. But all in all I thought it was a good ending to the season all other things considered. I’m 100% sure that Jacob (or is it jakob) is not actually dead, he has planned for this with that latino girl who leads those guys carrying dead john locke around.

HOUSE ended sweetly, man, I totally thought he did cuddy.

I’m pumped Coach finally got voted off, but he was entertaining if nothing else, I admire anyone who can compulsively lie so well and constantly. I wonder if JT will retaliate against Stephen for the pseudo-blindside.

The blue jays are somehow holding onto the AL East lead. God they’re getting my hopes up and it’s not a good thing.

I don’t normally watch boxing (read as don’t ever watch) but it is on my tv right now and I always wonder, who is losing matches if EVERYONE is 27-6 or 28-2 or 45-8. Someone must have a losing record how come we never see this guy.

I’ve recently begun thinking about going back to school, though I’m wondering what I should take. I would like to take Computer Science because I’ve always had a passing interest in programming, I’m just wondering whether it would translate to an education. I could also finish my math degree, but I’m not sure if I’m smart enough for that because that Linear Algebra II class in my last year of University kicked my ass.

It’s probably because I never went though because it was at 8:30 in the morning and University takes place during the winter months.

Even when at home in his lazing around shorts and t-shirt my dad tucks his shirt in…isn’t that more uncomfortable than leaving it untucked?

At work lately I’ve been so bored and they block so many sites on the internet that I’ve pretty much given up…then I rediscovered digg.com. I’d say maybe one in ten sites interests me, but I click them all just to kill time.

If I had a lot of money and wanted to build a tourist attraction that I would actually be proud of I think I would build a house made entirely out of lego. Not just the house but everything inside would be made of lego as well. Do you think the roof would leak? Or you could layer it properly enough to not. Would it shatter in the cold?

[19:39] <@anthony> It wouldn't leak if you used the big sheet pieces as your roof

An excellent idea. Just like shingles.

My slo-pitch season has started for the summer, we’ve played two games and I think I’ve injured my shoulder somehow. I dunno what I’ve done, it’s still mobile but right below my collarbone is killing me. I’m worried the muscle might be torn off. One of my not so good habits is when I think something is wrong with my body I google the symptoms trying to find out what is wrong. Google tells me I have a rotator cuff tear, the only problem is, I don’t match any of the symptoms. I continue to play baseball though. I aspire to be Manny Ramirez.

I’m amazed at how often people update their twitter sometimes, I’m lucky if I get to mine once every 2 weeks.

I really enjoy the books by this Canadian author. If you like anything fantasy in books, I suggest you read them. To be honest, Steve Erikson is probably some of the best fantasy I have ever read, and I’m not saying that as a boasting Canadian.

Has it really been 10 years? I can remember when the lobby fight scene was the most hyped thing I'd ever heard. Still amongst my favourite all-time sequences, despite the cheesy techno music.

Excuse the link to xkcd. I'm torn on still enjoying it. While I used to really enjoy the comics, a lot of them now just feel rushed to fulfill a deadline. I think I liked it more when Randall just updated when he had something funny to say.

I'm glad the snow is finally melting here. Winter gets old after about January 1st or so, which is long before we had our week long -40c cold-snap.

As the snow melts, I've discovered the fence running along the drainage ditch is broken. The soft ground looks to have gave way, causing the fence posts to slide into the ditch. We had planned on building up a containing wall last summer, but never got around to it.

Time has become a rare commodity lately. My day is made up of work, and then spending as much possible time with Jaedyhn before she goes to bed for the night. Weekends are the same, with brief rest periods when she naps or is occupied with her blocks, books or some other toy.

That in mind, explains why my skills at games like Counter-Strike Source have become atrocious; no time to even keep them up to par. Let alone get better! I could stay up until dawn playing, but when your child WAKES UP at dawn, it's no good.

I try to sit down and write a good post about her growth over the days. Truth be told, a lot happens in terms of her growth every day; she learns new words, co-ordination improves, figures out a new toy or generally causes havoc around the house. Our current battle is keeping her out of everything in the house; every cupboard, door, nook, window, couch and table is an adventure for her at this stage. It's not uncommon to take her down from a chair, only to find her crawling onto the window ledge a few moments later, or swinging on the rocking chair yelling "ROOOOOOCKY!" to everyone that passes by.

Jaedyhn's trying really hard to learn to jump, her balance needs some more improvement before she can do it (Bonus Tip: Lift her up and say "JUMP!", she will be your best friend forever).

I'm introducing her to music, slowly. She already has an affinity for Protest The Hero, which is amusing.

On a complete sidenote, congratulations to Microsoft for finally making an advertisement that I enjoy and isn't completely pointless.