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• Commented on Anti-paparazzi handbag
  Well, if that shot on flickr is any indication of your paparazzi skills, all I can say is "don't give up your day job."...
• Commented on Financial shenanigans wiped out all productivity gains from digital technology
  Soooo.... this is funny?...
• Commented on Man's pond mysteriously drained
  It took more than 90 minutes, but our 'Koi' pond nearly emptied itself overnight when the fountain head got clogged in a particular way as to shoot 3 long sprays of water over the edge of the pond. The pond...
• Commented on NYPD directive on the legality of public photography to print and carry
  Moriarty, I've been harassed at least a dozen times since 9-11, by security guards, cops & citizens; but I'm a pretty prolific photog. Nothing ever came of any of it - I always talked my way out of any 'problem'...
• Commented on Joanna Harcourt-Smith on Douglas Rushkoff's radio show tells all about her and Leary's arrest, "torture" and compliance.
  Yeah, well, I have an interest in this but that link is totally bogus & I just wasted 10 freaking minutes of my life when I should be pulling weeds. Thanks A Lot ! ! !...
• Commented on Phil Spector and his spectacular hair convicted of murder
  Hair jokes aside - ha ha ha - this asshole KILLED a woman. Isn't that funny?...
• Favorited Lagos: fastest-growing city in the world on Boing Boing
• Commented on Puppy Dog Journos Protect Poor Dick Cheney from Criticism
  Remember how shocking it was when Nicolae Ceauşescu & his wife were put up against the wall & shot? I'm just saying....
• Commented on Basket Case Insurer Gets $170 Billion from Taxpayers, Still Pays Huge Bonuses
  #13 POSTED BY EVAWES I think you just defined "best and brightest talent."...
• Commented on Funny tale of an online romance and its real-world conclusion
  Met my wife in an AOL chat room in June, '91. We're still married....
• Commented on Hand-tooled aluminum hard hat
  Incredible ! ! ! As someone who has worn many hard hats in my life I would have killed for one of these....
• Commented on Something For Those Who Hate Mondays
  I guess just posting "carpe diem" when you've got 2137 words bottled up wouldn't do....
• Commented on Kevin Kelly: "The Unabomber Was Right"
  I once was a carpenter and did everything by hand. I had nothing but disdain for guns and electricity. Finally, I bought some guns and damn it was so much easier and faster. Then I shot a 12 penny into...
• Commented on Kittens, Inspired by Kittens: Best Internet Video Evar?
  Good Lord. My vote: Most Irritating Internet Video EVER. It's embarrassing....
• Commented on Rotting ancient shipyard in Sydney Harbour: photos
  All that wood just laying there... what a shame....
• Commented on Problem of saggy-pants "much bigger" than Constitution, says Mayor
  Probably too late to get an answer but what I want to know is how in hell they keep the pants on in the first place. If my pants ever dropped below my ass they'd just keep on going to...
• Commented on What will you miss about newspapers?
  Bedding for my worm bins....
• Commented on Making sauerkraut is easy
  OK, I must be stoopid, but if the sauerkraut can't be exposed to air why are there 4 holes drilled in the wooden lid? Or did you have to drill them to hook the clothes hanger in to get it...
• Commented on Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
  What strike me is just what incredibly bad writing that was....
• Commented on Web Zen: Commercial Zen
  This is not the zen I thought it was....
• Commented on Ancient Mayan underworld discovered in Mexico
  Evidently, there's much more to pus than I ever suspected....
• Commented on Japanese with common last name Yoda denied Facebook account
  Slightly OT, but is there a more maddening phrase than "Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance." ??...
• Commented on Debate coaches scream at each other
  I went one semester at Ft. Hays. But that was before there was such a thing as forensics....
• Commented on Drew Friedman: George W. Bush as The Joker
  I'll bet GW would love the signed original....
• Commented on Band features two keyboard-playing chickens
  Embarrassing...
• Commented on Christopher Hitchens waterboards himself
  FOETUSNAIL: OK, I accept that. But I maintain he (Hitchens) has not changed his position Vis A Vis Iraq, the war on terror or any of our Mideast debacle. The only thing he has changed his views on is that...
• Commented on Christopher Hitchens waterboards himself
  FLAMINGPHONEBOOK: You really need to STFU. DANIEL: Your writing is incomprehensible. FOETUSNAIL: So there's no 'reader feedback & response by Hitchens?' ... this thread really confirms the 55% of Americans approve of torturing terrorists....
• Commented on Christopher Hitchens waterboards himself
  FOETUSNAIL @ #70: "Hitchens wrote an article, responded to readers comments and then reviewed his position publicly." Could you link the response to reader comments?...
• Commented on Christopher Hitchens waterboards himself
  Page 2 of Hitchen's VF piece he writes: "The team who agreed to give me a hard time in the woods of North Carolina belong to a highly honorable group. This group regards itself as out on the front line...
• Commented on Ten Perfectly Pure Gadgets
  My Norwegian rats eat mousetraps. Found this one in a closet: http://www.pbase.com/garyb50/image/97430033 I've tried everything but a shotgun & they still run wild in the attic....