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• Commented on Katie Couric's salary exceeds combined budgets of NPR's top news shows
  So what? She and her agent negotiated a contract, and she's getting the agreed upon salary. I guess only movie stars, rock stars, and star athletes are allowed to make big money. This is some Amerika....
• Commented on Teacher asks YA author if virtual visit can take place "with us being able to see you, but you not being able to see us"
  Thanks, Rotwang! There is now spewed coffee on my monitor and keyboard....
• Commented on Pocket-sized gadget for detecting autism in children
  Hooray! Just in time for Christmas! Makes a great stocking stuffer for all of you helicopter parents....
• Commented on Botfly maggot removed from head -- the video
  THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!...
• Commented on Drew Friedman's Jerry Lewis illustration
  Drew Friedman is one of the most talented guys I have ever met. I had a quick meeting with him when he was the cartoon editor at National Lampoon. I came off as an a$$hole, and have regretted it ever...
• Commented on Contrafactual history of Jimmy Carter's green space-race
  Could someone please do a computer model where America has harnessed the power of rainbows, and the laughter of little children. Oh, and let's not forget the power of a unicorn chaser!...
• Commented on Les Paul wows Alistair Cooke with tape recorder
  Amazing. Les Paul did it all...in a suit and tie!...
• Commented on Photos of science fiction writers' nests
  I see that I am not the only one who keeps the collected works of Don Martin by his work station....
• Commented on Neil Gaiman reads my story "The Right Book" at WorldCon
  Congrats, Cory! I really like your fiction, and am a huge fan of Gaiman....
• Commented on Cat burglar falls off three-storey building across from my bedroom window
  Geez, Good thing you had a camera. Glad you got that picture in focus. Please, if I break my leg, could you put the camera down, get off the web, and call for the ambulance. Thank you....
• Commented on Video of Walt Disney World's Obamabot
  That's my old work/karate buddy, John Cutry, animating Obama. Good job, John!...
• Commented on Bloody tongue from Tootsie Pop
  For God's sake, man! Don't let him eat Captain Crunch! The horror! The horror!...
• Commented on Flies make ants into zombies?
  Redmonkey, you beat me to it! Well played....
• Commented on Walking Dead Compendium One
  I have a birthday coming up in June. This would make a great gift. (hint hint)...
• Commented on Gun-wielding pharmacist responds to drugstore cowboy
  I don't think it's a problem at all to have law-abiding citizens exercise their 2nd Amendment right. The lesson to be learned is to behave yourself, you don't know who is packing heat....
• Commented on Travis Barker vs. teen band geek
  I'll see your Peart,cover your Bonham, and throw down a RINGO!...
• Commented on Terrifying, Gory Workplace Safety PSA Horror-Video
  NOT MY FINGER.....AAAAHHHHHH! Thanks for posting this!...
• Commented on Ian McDonald's "Cyberabad Days" -- short stories in 2047 India that blend technology with spirituality, love, sex, war and humanity
  Thanks for the heads-up. Ian McDonald is one of my favorite authors. I wish someone would make a movie out of his fantastic book, "Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone "....
• Commented on Group moves homeless people into foreclosed homes
  GEEKMAN, I couldn't agree more. You said it so eloquently....
• Commented on The Goons: "I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas"
  There was a show on NPR that used to play bits from the Goon Show. Funny stuff. The show also played Bob and Ray bits....
• Commented on Charles Platt on life in prison
  Boo hoo...cry me a river. The highlight of the prisoner's day is eating some crappy sandwiches? I'm sure his victim's family would live to share a gas-station sandwich with their murdered loved one. Listen....the deal is this: Prison is supposed...
• Commented on Cop seen on video knocking over bicyclist has been indicted
  It's a damn shame that the cop on the video is still a police officer. He doesn't represent the other men and women who keep the peace, and manage to do so without losing their humanity. Keep that film rolling!...
• Commented on Soft 9/11 sculpture by Jenny Ryan
  These towers are SO cute! But she forgot to add the people that jumped to their deaths from the windows while the towers were on fire. They could be little gingerbread men! It would be SO heartfelt ! Wouldn't that...
• Commented on Felted Cthulhu
  I would gladly offer human sacrifices for... "an official Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time". http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u120/Fooksie/Cthulu.jpg...
• Commented on Why Homebrew is Better
  I love to home brew. We moved into a new house where I have enough room to pursue this hobby of mine. My friends always ask me why my beer tastes better than theirs, and I always tell them that...
• Commented on Scans of old Scholastic book covers
  I loved Scholastic Books! If only someone had a site where we could read them. The only Encyclopedia Brown story I remember was the one where the kid with a cast on his arm was accused of stealing something and...
• Commented on The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg tests airport security
  Just imagine the funny ending to this story if the writers had been found out and given a beat-down. Your government employees at work. But don't worry, the government will be better at spreading the wealth around "fairly"....
• Commented on My-- *Our* BoingBoing Future
  I used to really enjoy this blog, but now I think it has jumped the shark. Between the log winded posts, buzzwords and "WIRED" nomenclature, not to mention the political screeds, it really has become less enjoyable. It is starting...
• Commented on Great Books By Women
  " Geek Love " is a fantastic book! But what....no " Atlas Shrugged " or " The Fountainhead "?...
• Commented on BBtv: Star Simpson's first interview on the Boston airport LED sweatshirt scare.
  Cry me a river! You would have to be retarded to think that a cobbled together assemblage of wires and LEDs worn on your body would easily soar past the TSA wage slaves. And don't give me that..." they are...