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• Favorited Balloon Man visits a nursing home. on Boing Boing
• Favorited Donate to ORG and double your money on Boing Boing
• Favorited Disney lawyers enstupidize ride with dumb legal disclaimer on Boing Boing
• Favorited Victims of Congo rape epidemic: how you can help (update). on Boing Boing
• Commented on The art of A. Andrew Gonzalez
  I love it. After going to the link, it seems clear he is trending toward an outright cameo style (as noted by others.) Which appears far superior to the earlier works on the site. The multiple and varied subtleties...
• Commented on Comic bio of Jack Parsons, rocket scientist and magician
  If you care to read more about the interplay of scientists at JPL during this time period, I highly recommend M.G. Lord's Astro Turf. At this here Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Astro-Turf-Private-Rocket-Science/dp/0802777392/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219878836&sr=1-2...
• Commented on How to buy a new car and not get screwed
  You can bargain on the warranty like you can bargain on the price of the vehicle. A nice, totally comprhensive warranty by the actual automaker is far superior to a third party one from either the dealer or the credit...
• Commented on How to buy a new car and not get screwed
  Finally! An area of some expertise for me mentioned on BoingBoing! First, I recommend re-reading #20, who knows whereof he speaks. Good advice. In re banks vs credit unions vs dealers in the finance department (often the "F&I" - Finance...
• Commented on Dog cloner suspected to be kidnapper of Mormon missionary sex slave in 1978
  Ah, the Mail, and now the Times. #44 - It isn't tablodization of BB. This is just the "of note" follow on to an interesting cloning story! I expect my BB to give me cloning stories ... wherever they lead....
• Commented on 2nd Century AD bust looks like Elvis
  Don't you ... step on my blue suede sandals? C'mon and be my little ... good ankh charm? We could go all night with these....
• Commented on Obligatory cute animal video to close out the week
  I had two thoughts by the end of this. 1) The THX music makes me think I should be seeing a movie next. Where is my feature film? 2) Mary Feldman got reincarnated! Yay, Marty!...
• Commented on Moon has water
  Okay. Where are my analysts/spacegeeks/engineers/mathletes to tell me at what point is it more reliable and economical in re Moon v. Mars to mine water for ... (insert mission or idea here)...
• Commented on Virtual Iraq for traumatized vets
  Recently, I learned that my Pop suffers from PTSD. (WWII) He does group therapy at the VA were the rest of the guys are Vietnam vets. I can see, in retrospect, his PTSD. In many ways, he protected me from...
• Commented on Will Eder and Harvey Kurtzman's "Goodman Goes Playboy" comic
  I used to have an old "Help" mag and a little "Help" paperback. I was facinated with the pictures of the staff ... one in particular looked very familiar. When I finally figured out that the lovely lady in the...
• Commented on Science of orgasm
  “At the moment of orgasm, women do not have any emotional feelings.” Right. They have them right after. On the other hand, men are probably exactly the opposite. ;-) (I know, I know. Cheap joke.)...
• Commented on Little Brother, New York Times and Booksense bestseller!
  I'm excited for you, Cory. Congratulations! I liked the other cover - but hey, my taste sucks. Looking forward to reading this newest work......
• Commented on TED talk: Joshua Klein's vending machine for crows
  I subscribe to the TEDTalks on Miro. Very cool. I think I'll teach my crows to steal other peoples coins, and put it in my ... Oh, hell. I'll never be rich....
• Commented on Photo of honor system at bookstore in Ojai, CA
  My mom lives in SLC, UT area and goes out to a rural-ish goat dairy farm every couple weeks just to buy from their honor system store. She calls her order in ahead, and they pack it up for her...
• Commented on Social worker befriends mugger
  #131 Why would I spend more time on it. I don't buy the story. Got other things to do and read and see. I've moved on. Next? The only people that should spend any more time than that sussing out...
• Commented on China wants sun on demand for Beijing Olympics
  I was there last June at the end of the month, and hardly noticed it. And I've suffered much worse in Los Angeles waaay back in the day. (Not nearly as bad now. Infinitely better, I would say.) But athletes,...
• Commented on Social worker befriends mugger
  I'm a skeptical type and I'm with BOOMBOTZ on this one. Firstly, the media is easily fooled, "fact checkers"/harried "producers" notwithstanding. Secondly, it just smells like a feel good tale akin to Washington chopping down the cherry tree; or an...
• Commented on Humanity's Identity Crisis
  That's almost exactly what I was thinking. The least weed in my garden has as much innate value as me. So, when you have a heart attack in your weedy garden, the paramedics are justified in putting down their equipment...
• Commented on Fingertip biometrics at Disney turnstiles: the Mouse does its bit for the police state
  This seems like yet another bad data gathering effort for everything from park traffic flow to marketing ... at least to me. In the olden days, when there was just one Disneeyland. they stamped your hand so you could go...
• Commented on Videos of TV station signoffs from times gone by
  That would be a great poetic gesture, #6 ZUZU! You should suggest it to them. Their association, or whatever....
• Commented on Balloon Man visits a nursing home.
  Thanks for the links, Yank! The non-profit I work for has several adult day care centers; and entertainment, socializing, plus arts/crafts are all part of what keeps clients coming back....
• Commented on Another success in Homeland Security's War on Babies
  I've seen Cory's rants about airports. I have heard and seen many others. And "some of my best friends ... " erm, work at an airport. I have heard everything from horrible deaths of detained people(on CNN) to celebutard treatment...
• Commented on Balloon Man visits a nursing home.
  As a youth, a young adult, an adult, and as a middle ager ... I have been entertained and amused by various artists of less ore more skill. Whether at school, church (yikes, I know!), clubs, work, parties, whatever. When...
• Commented on Who cut the cheese? I mean the transoceanic 'net cables?
  Bigtime SF reader here and though I read Cryptonomicon too, and all that- And I am also no conspiracy theorist- I think I should mention a reality based book called "Blind Man's Bluff" by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew. I...
• Commented on Freeconomy practitioner will walk from UK to India without touching money
  " ... and I couldn't pay for my visas. Trip cancelled. The End." /sarcasm Seriously. They're probably buying a whole lot of co-operation and other things besides in advance of this stunt. I can't imagine a BBC camera crew trekking...
• Commented on You Suck at Photoshop, Episode 3
  It sounds just a few degrees treble-up of being done by Ron Moore and his wife Terry, just for kicks. Heh. I just love it. I don't care who this guy is. This is all kinds of terrific comedic art....