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• Commented on Woman jailed, charged with felony camcordering after recording 4 mins of sister's birthday party in a movie theater
  According to the SunTimes article, the theater management insisted on pressing charges. While the corporate letter above indicates that theater managers are instructed to alert law enforcement, the letter doesn't mention that they must always press charges. Zero tolerance for...
• Commented on Conservative children's book vilifies Nancy Pelosi
  lol. From the book's web site "Sometimes You Want to Scream...Why Not Laugh a Little Instead?" Laugh indeed....
• Commented on The decline of civilization symbolized in a modern light socket
  I understand why the riveted socket is built that way, but am darn glad to see you restore the old one to service. Aesthetics and all that....
• Commented on Fireplace named world's most beautiful object
  I like it. I am sure it isn't the most efficient fireplace, but I still like it....
• Commented on Rich guy dislikes poor people, wants local kids to "lose sleep" over plan to shut library
  I have to thank Mr Xinos for having sparked a highly amusing thread on BoingBoing. Scrooge, Mr. Burns, Old Man Potter - you have been out-grouched....
• Commented on Yeast? Where We're Going, We Don't Need Yeast
  I have been baking bread for years, but once I started using wild yeast starter, my bread is much better. If you refresh the starter often enough, it doesn't really get very sour. I prefer to call it levain. I...
• Commented on San Francisco police officer arresting skateboarder: "I'll break your arm like a fckng twig."
  "Not long ago near my home a 30 year old man was knifed and killed over a casual insult. It's a tragedy to be sure, but it's also a lesson: Don't mouth off to someone you don't know, unless you're...
• Commented on San Francisco police officer arresting skateboarder: "I'll break your arm like a fckng twig."
  compared to the "baltimore cop" this sfpd cop looks pretty reasonable. obviously he loses his temper, but does a reasonable job of containing it....
• Commented on Lonnie Johnson - Another Night to Cry, 1963
  I like the sets....
• Commented on French burlesque film: The Dancing Pig
  Beautiful. I agree, the last 30 seconds or so are magnificent. The costume was pretty darn nice too. The top hat....
• Commented on Scratch-built miniature arcade game replica
  yeah I want one too....
• Commented on Rachel Maddow interviews Tom Ridge on politicizing terror threat alerts
  I watched the last segment of the interview, and found it quite interesting. Also found myself thinking of her as the "serious" Jon Stewart. Back in the days when I listened to Air America and RM filled in for whoever...
• Commented on Police Women of Broward County takes reality cop TV to new depths
  The "Taser Time" ad is awfully tasteless. I need to watch the show sometime, but I find it hard to worry about it too much. It is TV anyway. No tasing on Dragnet or Night Watch: http://www.archive.org/details/NightWatch...
• Commented on Meth dealers laundered drug money with comic books
  weird eyes. weird haircut. result of rare comic books?...
• Commented on Rice Krispies classic operatic commercial
  beautiful....
• Commented on Anti-health-care loon says Stephen Hawking wouldn't stand a chance under British health care system
  Wow. This ranks up there with the "keep your government hands off of my medicare" comment. http://bit.ly/3OLwRM...
• Commented on Woman books entire jetliner biz-class so her dog can fly with her
  she needs more dogs....
• Commented on "Snow Day," by Emma: 8-year-old girl rocks out massively.
  My favorite was that Connor kid's "Civil War."...
• Commented on Ray Bradbury's 89th birthday party in Glendale, CA, Aug 22
  What a great opportunity. Almost makes me consider a journey to Glendale....
• Commented on Nicholson Baker on the Kindle
  I think the Kindle is perfect for non-illustrated books, but the couple of times I have played with the gadget it just did not have anything approaching 300 bucks worth of interest for me. I could buy a few gorgeous...
• Commented on Apple's new Final Cut Studio is out (short version: I am impressed).
  As someone who is just getting involved with video for the web, this does look interesting and encouraging. If I ever have a project of significant size, I will consider investing in the software. As for FOSS alternatives, I tried...
• Commented on US withheld reports on the risks of driving while using mobile devices
  Dean, sadly it is often other people getting creamed by the less fit....
• Commented on NYPD is spending $1 million in typewriters
  There may be an advantage to having the folks in the evidence room using the paper system - from what I learned on The Wire, the officers working there have a bit of time on their hands....
• Commented on Myth of the Rational Market: the rise and fall of the idea of market rationality
  Orwell reference?...
• Commented on Music videos of records on turntables
  DEVOPHILL, as soon as I saw that nice grid of videos, I clicked on each one to see them all playing. If i build a page of 16 of them - like I told myself I should do - I...
• Commented on Tim O'Reilly: Kindle needs to embrace standards or die
  A friend of mine bought the first Kindle, and replaced it with the newer one. I certainly see it has advantages - an avid reader who travels can really benefit. At least one book lost it's pictures in the kindle...
• Commented on Twitter in 1935
  "@Depression you're not so great #grapesofwrath" thanks for the chuckles, HeruRaHa!...
• Commented on Obama Shoes
  the seam where the vamp meets the upper makes me think this are Omar (of the Wire) shoes, not Obama shoes...
• Commented on Kerouac on Firing Line
  sad....
• Favorited Survival bracelet made from 15-20' of paracord on Boing Boing