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Chuck Norris Identifies the One Man Who Can Kick His Ass

Chuck Norris has been riding a wave of fame recently thanks to the “Chuck Norris Facts” meme that’s been floating around the ‘net for the past little while. He’s parleyed it into appearances on talk shows, and now he’s got a columnist gig over at the WorldNetDaily, the online rag that’s so right-wingnut that even most conservatives treat it like a Weekly World News (Current headline, I kid you not: “Bigfoot tracks indicate salsa lessons”).

In his inaugural column, Chuck wants to set the record straight about the powers and abilities that people claim he has:

Alleged Chuck Norris Fact:“Chuck Norris’ tears can cure cancer. Too bad he never cries. Ever.”

There was a man whose tears could cure cancer or any other disease, including the real cause of all diseases – sin. His blood did. His name was Jesus, not Chuck Norris.

If your soul needs healing, the prescription you need is not Chuck Norris’ tears, it’s Jesus’ blood.

Apparently, he doesn’t buy into that evolution thing, either.

After reading the article, I was inspired to create the graphic below, which depicts the man who not only can kick Chuck’s ass, but afterwards can turn water into a cold refreshing post-ass-kicking brewski:

He died for your sins...now it's YOUR TURN!
Click the picture for a full-size kick-ass Messiah.

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Extended Warranties are for Suckers

That’s another article I’ve posted over at Global Nerdy. Read it and remember it, especially when you go Christmas shopping for high-tech goodies.

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Area Man’s Third Attempt to Install Windows Vista

If you’ve been checking out Global Nerdy, a tech blog I share with my buddy George, I’ve gotten my hands on a copy of Release Candidate 1 of Microsoft’s next version of Windows, Windows Vista. So far, I’ve made two attempts to install it, both without success.

Here’s the short version: yes, I finally got it installed. As with software from Microsoft, the third time’s the charm. My trick was the tried-and-true fix that all IT workers know: turn the damned machine off and on again. This trick is so useful that it’s been immortalized on t-shirts and in at least one television show, The IT Crowd:

For more, go check out the full story.

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Toronto (a.k.a. Accordion City)

NOW We’re a World-Class City

“”I wanted to do something that was simple in concept, but executed really, really well,” says Kristen Gale, owner of Queen Street West’s hot new nails-and-waxing place, The Ten Spot.

“And I thought Toronto was missing something like The Ten Spot. I mean, when you ask people what’s the coolest hotel, they say The Drake. Or where’s a really great gym, they might say Diesel.”

(“Good” is subjective. I would say that if you’re a 20- or 30-something scenester making at least $70K who wants a Time Out magazine lifestyle, then yes, the Drake and Diesel are a good hotel and gym.)

“But for where to go for a Brazilian…,” she continues.

Kristen’s answer to that question was to open The Ten Spot, and blogger “Panthea’s” got the inside scoop (with possible a little too much information for some readers) over at BlogTO.

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Unfortunate Sign Placement


Thanks to Miss Fipi Lele for the photo!

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Area Man Makes Second Attempt to Install Windows Vista

“If I wanted my computer rendered useless,” I said, “I would’ve saved myself some time by simply continuing to run Windows XP on it.”

Refusing to take “no” for an answer from my computer, I made a second attempt to install Windows Vista. For the full story, check out my article at Global Nerdy.

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All Saints’ Day

Today, November 1st, is All Saints’ Day, a.k.a. Hallowmas (which is why October 31st is All Hallows’ Eve, a.k.a. Hallowe’en). It’s the day before All Souls’ Day: November 2nd, unless it’s a Sunday, in which case it’s moved to November 3rd). However, in Mexico, festivities for what they call El Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead — typically begin today.

In the Philippines, we don’t throw fiestas like the Mexicans do. Instead, November 1st is typically the day when you go visit your relatives’ graves. I decided to go traditional this morning and pay Dad a visit.

I miss the big guy.