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• Commented on Bob Dylan mistaken for hobo, 40 years after Woodstock
  @62 Tizroc: No, just forget it. I didn't get 'inflamed' as much as 'flamed' but I meant it when posting I'll let it go. Where you ask "I just don't fathom your ill humor and lack of grace when you...
• Commented on Bob Dylan mistaken for hobo, 40 years after Woodstock
  @51: Ad Hominem attacks? No, not coincidence. Hell, I just like the way that phrase rolls off the tongue. I also like the famous anagram of 'Spiro Agnew'. BTW, what bearing does '$10k in bribe money' have on this topic?...
• Commented on Bob Dylan mistaken for hobo, 40 years after Woodstock
  Sorry folks; righteous indignation only plays so far in my book. While my wife and I were on vacation my neighbor noticed a 'door-to-door salesman' at our front door who, when nobody answered the door bell, proceeded to peek in...
• Commented on NYPD is spending $1 million in typewriters
  One mil over three years? Not bad at all considering service agreements I've heard of in my industry.... How hard can it be to implement? If there's a written procedure you link the form and add the info to the...
• Commented on High-ranking insurance PR flack defects, explains dirty tricks used to fight universal healthcare
  @ #35 haineux: Well said. I hold Libertarian beliefs which include the view that there's Too Much Government, yet I would rather see gov't put the reigns on costs and cut personnel in other areas to compensate for the growth...
• Commented on Supreme Court declares strip search of 13-year-old student unconstitutional
  Granted, drug use among kids is a problem but a strip search based on unsubstantiated accusations merits at best detaining the child and a call to the parent(s). This is the logical conclusion to the BS of "Zero Tolerance" policies...
• Commented on Health insurers invest billions in tobacco stocks
  After smoking for 25 years, I've decided I want to quit (currently around 1/2 pack per day). When I contacted my 'insurance' company about cessation programs, I'm told that I need to find a mental health specialist and they allow...
• Commented on Obama Reverses Promise to Release Detainee Torture Photos
  Christ people, can't you let Obama make a freakin' decision? Just because he doesn't release the photos now doesn't mean he won't in the future, and don't forget he still has four and a half years left. Personally, I don't...
• Commented on Legalizing Drugs: The Least Bad Answer
  Just seen on our local (Oregon) news: The State is considering a bill to prohibit citizens from growing their own Medical Marijuana (MM); one of the subjects interviewed (MS sufferer, MM prescription) grows her own for roughly $75/month with a...
• Commented on Terrific special effects reel by 12-year-old
  I chuckled over the video on the t.v. showing him doing some FX with the Windows Vista caption... FX inside of FX......
• Commented on Canadian Club 30-Year Whisky (New Policy: On Fridays, booze is now a gadget)
  Joel - Once you make it to Oregon, I strongly and enthusiastically recommend McMenamin's Pot Still Brandy. I enjoy a nice VSOP cognac when I can, and this brandy holds rank with the best. Unfortunately, bottles are only available from...
• Commented on Trader Joe's fan commercial not to be missed
  TJs rocks! Their Peaberry coffee was (sob!) the best! Those damn cart brakes drive me nuts; they are primarily to prevent theft. I lived across the street from a Fred Meyer store (think "Kroger's" for all you east coasters) that...
• Commented on Salmonella Peanut CEO won't eat his own peanuts, cites Fifth Amendment
  Why is this idiot even present at congress? Someone mentioned grandstanding [on behalf of the committee, not surprising] which is about as useful as the proverbial tits on a boar. Why aren't they fast-tracking a criminal trial for this bunghole?...
• Commented on MIT's Chameleon Guitar
  That is pure awesomeness....
• Commented on High school teacher recounts being dosed
  Noen - I see your point and concur. I lived in a building like that for several years (really cheap rent) so I know that part; something wrong with watching people outside your window break into your own car on...
• Commented on Black light tattoo of a skeleton
  As I understand it, the ink is FDA approved. The dye itself is encapsulated (microencapsulation?) so as not to react with the body. Chances are, you'd be less likely to react to this ink than regular tattoo ink because of...
• Commented on Gallery of medical marijuana
  From Elfspice @ 33: "Anyway, as far as addiction goes everyone has their own measure of what it is but one that everyone can agree on is that the sufferer is willing to break laws to acquire the object of...
• Commented on About the "Ukrainian Serial Killers" post
  I'm with Flashboy; 'nuff said. A genuine curiosity about this case had me follow the link. Reading the transcript and subsequent discussion was enough to keep me from watching. If I can take responsibility for my own actions, why can't...
• Commented on Array of strange animals found in Southeast Asia
  Awesome! And now we see the real-life HypnoToad!...
• Commented on Random Cache of Wonderful '70s Images
  Pretty cool... Brought back some memories as that was my 'prime time' at around age 13. Thanks for the up!...
• Commented on Toddlepuff Game
  ILANS - it looks interesting as a concept; I see (from your last comment) the possibilities. Maybe gating the enclosure, and papering it with a flexible display to embed the items they need to touch. Could make for an interesting...
• Commented on Inside a Cuddle Party (video)
  I guess I'd have to partially agree with some... It does seem off - I agree with and approve of 'cuddling' and human contact, but I don't like the strangers aspect. I don't like to be touched AT ALL if...
• Commented on Microsoft Zune spec ad finally gets the metaphor right
  It's toe-curling wonderfulness!...
• Commented on Gentleman insists he's not a "douchebag," sues book publisher
  Sorry, but in my travels I have come across both 'guidos' AND 'douchebags'. Guidos can be douchebags, douchebags can be guidos, but neither is always the other. While the guidos I have observed in nature were acting like douchebags, I...
• Commented on Papercraft heart of rotating gears
  Awesome. Plain awesome....
• Commented on Infinite bubble wrap popping toy
  Highly addictive. I can get away with keeping it in the pocket of my hoody and pushing the buttons during staff meeting, but I'm screwed when the 100th sound comes out. Nothing like interrupting the boss with a poorly rendered...
• Commented on Long profile of Dean Kamen, discusses his Stirling engine
  I find it disturbing and distasteful that nattering naybobs are poo-pooing someone's inventiveness. I enjoy and applause innovation for innovation's sake; sure, the Segway didn't take off like it could have (I blame the hype surrounding it) but it's still...
• Commented on Thank God. La Pequeña is back, as LA PEQUEÑA HILARY HULK CLINTON
  Whoa. I'm with Pinholery; after watching "The Youth" and clicking thru to "Parisian Goldfish"(?) I'm already teetering, and this ended up as an optical non sequitur......
• Commented on Brown Monday: open thread on today's economic panic.
  @ SeattlePete "I'm just sitting here waiting for my fellow Cascadian Seperatists to give me the high-sign." Portland sez "The black dog barks at midnight"......
• Commented on Artificial foreskin lets you keep your sensitivity AND the covenant of Abraham!
  I guess it's one way to turn your foreskin into a fiveskin. Cut, but don't seem to have a sensitivity problem. Frankly, it really doesn't matter; for those cut at birth how would we know the difference?...