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• Commented on Psychologists answer the question "What's the one nagging thing you still don't understand about yourself?"
  "believing that I will be happy for a long time after some accomplishment (e.g. publishing a new book), when in fact the happiness dissipates more quickly than anticipated." Brother, ain't that the truth....
• Commented on Only 2 bids on rainbow-girded, fully-functional Tyco Brick Phone.
  I used to have this phone, back in the early '90s. The three-stack of blocks on the side is actually a handle, because the middle slides out to reveal a drawer full of loose LEGO pieces. You can then build...
• Commented on Apple says no Project Gutenberg for iPhone because some old books are dirty
  Yep, confirmed -- the Kama Sutra is available through Stanza, an approved iPhone app. I downloaded it just now....
• Commented on Transformer USB stick
  Love it. That's how you update a cassette tape for the 2000s....
• Commented on Review: A few days w/the Mind Lamp [verdict: trippy!]
  The reason why people are yawning is not because they're the new Inquisition. It's because if the PEAR claims are true, it would rewrite science as we know it. Rather than selling a $150 color-changing lamp, why not submit a...
• Commented on Photo: To the shores of Tatooine
  That's from a 1983 issue of Rolling Stone, iirc....
• Commented on Frozen movie of cops vs. clowns in hospital shootout
  I feel like I'm missing something. A clown shed his clown clothes in the final room, then jumped out the window? And the cop on top of the car is looking for the jumper? Or the cop on top of...
• Favorited Gorgeous art deco fan is a missed branding opportunity on Boing Boing Gadgets
• Commented on London cops reach new heights of anti-terror poster stupidity
  #10, I assumed they were parodies too. They are so ridiculously, over-the-top paranoid that they read like an 8th-grader's parody of "1984." That these are real (!) is depressing beyond measure....
• Commented on Treasure trove of godawful comic book covers
  I dunno, I think these are pretty godawesome....
• Commented on Star Wars fleet week in San Francisco
  This is a great vid -- my favorite bit is the TIE fighter flyby shot from the sailboat in the bay. TIE fighters look odd when hovering, though......
• Commented on Monkey from Mars?
  That's awesome! I love a good hoax, and a shaved, tailless monkey dyed green dating from 1953 is a great hoax....
• Commented on Great Batman panels
  Yeah, I've got to agree that the Joker "pulling a boner" thing is one of the funniest things ever -- when I first read it I couldn't breathe, I was laughing so hard. "Come Robin, let us continue our studies...
• Commented on Video: DEVO on Square Pegs
  yep, I remember that episode! Haven't thought of Square Pegs for ages... Damn, now I need to download the Waitresses!...
• Commented on Steampunk R2-D2 tee (steampunk! steampunk! steampunk!)
  what the hell are you all talking about?...
• Commented on Phoenix lander in descent, shot by the Mars Orbiter
  This is awesome in every way that it is possible to measure awesome. We did this -- sent a metal robot to a ball 180 million miles away! Look what we've done!...
• Commented on Officer tries in vain to catch people fleeing from van
  "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny. ANYTHING....
• Commented on Celebrity robot tee
  The Tin Woodsman is actually a cyborg -- according to the Baum books, he was a human who replaced all his body parts with tin. REALLY want this shirt....
• Commented on Super Mario Bros theme performed by an RC car on a row of liquid-filled bottles
  amazing. well-executed and whimsical....
• Commented on HOWTO Earn an artist's living in the 21st century: 1000 True Fans
  "If you have 1,000 fans that sums up to $100,000 per year, which minus some modest expenses, is a living for most folks." uhhh... yeah. I hope you were being sarcastic with your airy "for most folks," considering the median...
• Commented on Fake cold remedy Airborne settles lawsuit -- get your cash back
  "Made by a school teacher!" And my son's lesson plan was written by a podiatrist! yay!...
• Commented on Scans from 1962 book that tries to predict life in 1975
  How is it that nobody's developed toaster bacon yet? Get on that, Hawking!...
• Commented on Rat kings
  holy #$@&!!! that is absolutely terrifying. mind-numbingly horrific. I can't believe the phenomenon actually exists....
• Commented on Video of man firing 18 rounds from a pistol in 3 seconds
  that's awesome. he looks like a Dick Tracy villain....
• Commented on Nextwave Agents of Hate: merciless attack on underwear pervert comics
  *sigh* Can we PLEASE retire the phrase "underwear perverts"? NEXTWAVE is awesome, btw....
• Commented on The View's flat earther blames "senior poopy moment"
  Quoting Glugenwog: "I'll simplify it for you Mike: see, you would cast a human-shaped shadow on a wall, right? That would hint at the fact that you, the shadow-caster is what shape? That's right, HUMAN shaped. Good boy." Actually IVY...
• Commented on Superman coat-hanger
  Can we retire the term "underwear pervert" already?...