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• Commented on Video: man in Japan weds anime game character
  @#63 - My thoughts exactly. He may be mentally ill, but I think it's much more likely that this is a piece of "performance art" (or something akin to it)....
• Commented on Abstinence-only rappers sing about the "Christian Side Hug"
  wow...hilarious and horrible at the same time, much like the extremely silly music played at many Christian camps and conventions I went to as a kid. I remember one set of lyrics in particular that I think these kids could...
• Commented on Anti-energy drinks
  I was thinking the same thing! Valerian works wonders (I take it more or less nightly), but it sure as heck smells like shite....
• Commented on Chickens terrified of dried sunflower head
  Okay, here is my theory. Bear in mind I raise ducks, not chickens, but I think that this applies to both of them. Animals who are "prey" have eyes on both sides of their heads, including many birds, horses, cows,...
• Commented on It's healthy for kids to get dirty
  There was a study published a couple of years ago indicating that kids who grew up with animals in the house also had healthier immune systems. I am not surprised - I subscribe to the George Carlin ideology about cleanliness:...
• Commented on EZ Cracker egg cracker
  Cracking chicken eggs is very easy - I will give you that. But if you cook with duck eggs, like I do, it's another matter altogether. Duck eggs are notoriously hard to crack due to the thickness of the albumen....
• Commented on Taste Test: natto, gooey fermented soy beans
  THANK YOU so much for this info! I am REALLY happy to see edamame is listed as "good soy". This makes a lot of sense. I've recently been researching my own dietary habits, trying to make better choices, etc., and...
• Commented on Is It Too Early To Start Drinking at the Airport?
  Totally aside from the computer issues facing all of our airports today: It is never too early to drink in an airport. NEVER....
• Commented on SFPD cops from imaginary anti-dance-party squad steal laptops
  Okay - detail that's missing: Are the cops coming in and confiscating this equipment at parties being held legitimately (like "I rented this warehouse for the party" or "I own this warehouse") or is this a case of a bunch...
• Commented on <s>Live-action</s> CGI version of Smurfs in the works?
  seriously, the Smurfs absolutely sucked when it was on tv the first time. Now someone wants to make a 2 hour version of it? Can I put in a request to have Jokey just blow all of them up for...
• Commented on Comic on the joy of online reading
  I still LOVE my paperbooks (in fact, I have a subscription to the COOLEST book service ever - Indiespensible through Powell's Books in Portland, OR), but I have to admit that I also LOVE reading on my iPod touch. It's...
• Commented on Homophobic murder in Puerto Rico. Cop: "he deserved it" for his lifestyle
  This is horrible. At least an arrest has been made, the FBI is involved, and the dumbass officer who insinuated that this poor kid somehow deserved to be brutally murdered is facing disciplinary action: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/man-arrested-in-horrific-murder-of-puerto-rican-gay-teen.html...
• Commented on 100-word fiction competition &mdash; win an HP MediaSmart EX495
  Regina was quite certain that things were not supposed to happen this way. She could feel her mind slipping away slowly as she stared into the cave full of objects half-buried in red, dusty soil. She had known there were...
• Commented on Conservative children's book vilifies Nancy Pelosi
  you know, you're probably right - seems like we need both sides to have some power at the same time to try and balance everything out. And I concur with other commenters here - the artwork is HIDEOUS....
• Commented on Lou Jing, half black Chinese girl, sparks race debate in China
  How totally unfortunate for her. I find it amazing that anyone cares what anyone else does, or what anyone else is, what anyone else wears, etc., etc., etc. As long as other people aren't hurting someone else, who the hell...
• Commented on Conservative children's book vilifies Nancy Pelosi
  Yeah, it's all Nancy Pelosi's fault. Never before in the history of the United States have we ever had a National Debt, and we certainly didn't have reserves before Bush took office, and he certainly didn't leave the White House...
• Commented on Do you understand my first-grade child's homework?
  wow...I totally understand the "math" part, but the "counters" part would have me stumped, too. Seems like an extremely arduous way to teach a kid how to count up stuff to add. Even when I was a kid, I probably...
• Commented on Is Sony legally required to make its games accessible to disabled people?
  It all depends - there is this concept of "reasonable accommodation". Would it be reasonable for a 1,000 pound person to knock holes in a wall? It might be, if the 1,000 pound person can viably return the rental to...
• Commented on Is Sony legally required to make its games accessible to disabled people?
  Okay, sorry if someone else already pointed this out, but you can't compare landlording to the provision of video games (at least not in the US), and here is why: Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act actually indicates, with...
• Commented on Do chimps grieve?
  It's a very haunting picture. I can't say whether or not chimps "grieve", not being one myself, but I can attest to the fact that every living thing has a range of emotion. We probably will never be able to...
• Commented on What to do if you smell a terrorist
  re: Micheal Busch - sure looks like the same guy to me! And the REALLY ironic thing, for anyone familiar with the old UCB (Upright Citizens Brigade) show is that the whole premise of the show was that there were...
• Commented on What to do if you smell a terrorist
  First off: load of shit. Secondly: I agree about the slightly distorted faces, blurry edges, etc., being creepy. It gives the whole thing an otherworldly, slightly nightmarish quality that gives me the heebie jeebies. I hope to never see it...
• Commented on Grown-Ups are Dumb! (No Offense) -- fun book by a 12-year-old cartoonist
  bboyneko: If you're going to criticize a talented 12 year old, USE VOWELS....
• Commented on When Country Bear Jamboree was serious business
  @crashproof - I am sure your programmers probably have pipes to smoke at home....
• Commented on Beauty and Brazil
  whatever the answer is, this post just makes me glad I don't live in Brazil since I don't wear make up, don't have my nails done, and leave the house with wet hair every day....
• Commented on Tumors Can Grow Faster Than You Think
  As a person with incredibly stupid anxiety that I am constatnly just on the verge of dying, this is not the kind of thing my brain needs to know about....
• Commented on Exorcisms vs. schizophrenia drugs
  I want this on a plaque on my wall: "How well do you think it would work out if psychiatry dropped the charade and diagnosed 85% of the population as paranoid schizophrenic because they believe that a Jewish zombie was...
• Commented on 1967 dance video - "Do the Tantrum"
  Yet another classic example of the moral decline of our society's young people... ...OH WAIT... Okay, had to do it. Now my second joke: Holy cow! They're krunking!...
• Commented on HOWTO flout the flavored tobacco ban and make DIY homemade clove cigarettes
  @#55: "Smokers in general smell bad, but pipe smokers are the worst. They smell like shit, even when they're not smoking." I have to respectfully disagree. My dad smoked a pipe for most of my childhood and he smelled great...
• Commented on A visit to a store called Mr. Stuff in Los Angeles
  That sounds like an awesome place! There used to be a store in Salem, Oregon called "Metropolitan" that sounds similar. I think it used to be a variety store and then became a weird close-out place that provided cheap and...