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• Commented on Home Movie Day Oct 17: Show your home movies to your neighbors
  Home Movies My Father bought a Bell & Howell movie camera and projector around 1960. He used it to document our annual circuitous pilgrimages, driving from Pennsylvania to visit relatives in Southern California. Over the years we took several different...
• Commented on Boy missing after experimental balloon crash lands
  I'm surprised that none of the so-called 'Rescuers' made any attempt to secure the balloon once in hit ground. It easily could have begun blowing across the landscape or with a quick gust, become airborne again. The immediately fan-out and...
• Commented on Bubble wrapping death masks
  Excellent if eclectic collection. It's like a 3D view into the past. When you see Dante's death mask it is faithful down to the moles and palsy in his face. Death masks are an incisive view to a world beyond...
• Commented on Saddam's mega-yacht for sale - complete with secret passage!
  #6 Mark you are 100% correct I agree with you completely. Just a punk, running a gang. The commitment of lives and cash is beyond the pale....
• Commented on Keeping a bald eagle feather could result in a $100,000 fine and a year in prison
  #110 No condors in Seattle (vultures stay farther inland) and there are 2 pairs of baldies nesting near by.... BTW, No other bird in the coastal PNW has the bulk to support that quill. Those are bald eagle feathers...I've been...
• Commented on Hit by a Rock from Outer Space?
  I was interested in this story until I saw that it was from SKY NEWS. That's a bit like hearing that Obama and Lindsay Lohan were caught smoking crack in the oval office then noting that the source is FOX...
• Commented on Why No Famous Scientists or Engineers?
  No current famous sea captains, surgeons, explorers or aviators, why? Because most breakthroughs have already occurred in theses disciplines. It's the epiphanies that break away from the pack and garner the attention. Create a platform to exhibit new, exciting ideas...
• Commented on Keeping a bald eagle feather could result in a $100,000 fine and a year in prison
  The deadliest animal in North America (besides drunk people) is the white tail deer. More folks are killed in crashes with deer than any other animal. States with the most deer hits: 1. Pennsylvania 2. Michigan 3. Illinois 4. Ohio...
• Commented on Keeping a bald eagle feather could result in a $100,000 fine and a year in prison
  Cat pellets?...
• Commented on Keeping a bald eagle feather could result in a $100,000 fine and a year in prison
  #57 I saw a huge bald eagle fly-up my driveway the other day, maybe 20 ft altitude... cool sight except that my neighbors bichon was out in the next open area. I mentioned it to them and they dismissed the...
• Commented on Keeping a bald eagle feather could result in a $100,000 fine and a year in prison
  I think their feet look like sharp pitchforks poised to pierce a snack! So big and strong. No wonder handlers wear thick leather gloves when handling raptors....
• Commented on Keeping a bald eagle feather could result in a $100,000 fine and a year in prison
  Lots of great input...thanks to all....
• Commented on Keeping a bald eagle feather could result in a $100,000 fine and a year in prison
  #47 Now that IS funny! We can still cut down maple trees! LOL British Columbia has loads of lodges with stuffed Bald Eagles over the fire place. We put maple syrup on our pancakes, let's hope our Canadian pals never...
• Commented on Keeping a bald eagle feather could result in a $100,000 fine and a year in prison
  Xeni: Loads of eagles in the area... very,very few vultures in the vicinity, they avoid the windy coast line prefer warmer inland thermals. Two nesting pairs of bald eagles adjacent to the site, many in the surrounding area. White pin...
• Favorited Surowiecki on the "anticommons problem" -- The Gridlock Economy reviewed on Boing Boing
• Favorited BBtv: Hot Couture at the Crucible on Boing Boing
• Favorited Seattle police receive spanking for taking photographer's camera on Boing Boing
• Commented on Golfer's periscope, 1933
  "Golf, a waste of a good walk," Mark Twain. Golf is an elitist sport for the most part that requires ridiculous amounts of water, herbicide and insecticides to maintain. It's a bio-hazard, water waste and wild life detriment all rolled...
• Commented on Prison ships converted to guestworker housing
  Nothing good ever comes from creating ghettos....
• Commented on Something For Those Who Hate Mondays
  One of the reasons that death is so dramatic these days is because of our disconnection from this morbid reality. 100 years ago it was very different. You lived daily with death. Lowered life expectancy, infant mortality, hunting for food,...
• Commented on Did dental examiner create the bite marks that put a man on death row?
  The death penalty, who needs that sort of blood on your hands. Society is about supporting,,,well, the more fucked up individuals. Killers: Give'em a bed and a few books...we'll call it even. No real Life...just maintained. Then we wait.... JG...
• Commented on Driving from Brooklyn to Oregon next week; What weird should I espy?
  #276 so true.. I just moved BACK to Seattle for these reasons. The PNW (Pacific Northwest) is a very difficult market to crack. So many people want to move here that if you apply for a position writing fortune cookie...
• Commented on Did dental examiner create the bite marks that put a man on death row?
  Ok, finally some hard news item we can sink our teeth into. Thanks Boing-Boing! Tampering with evidence or lying to an FBI agent is a felony. I hope these creeps are reviewed and reviled for those innocently condemned by the...
• Commented on Driving from Brooklyn to Oregon next week; What weird should I espy?
  Yes never drive at night...the deer are deadly. Deer are responsible for more human deaths than any other animal!!...
• Commented on Driving from Brooklyn to Oregon next week; What weird should I espy?
  I've done this drive about 30 times...all for pleasure. You have enough places listed here to keep you busy. Reading Kerouac's ' On the Road' is highly recommended. But you really can't beat 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance:...
• Commented on The Strange Realm of Infra-Red: 3
  IR has become a gimmick. It can be art..but rarely. CP did a very good job and provided a great explanation. Proving that even cliches may still have some room to maneuver. Nice work CP....
• Commented on Charts: 2
  Once again the so-called 'moderators' are mucking- up and over moderating the site. Back down attack dogs! Let people discuss without your relentless input. I used to enjoy your comments; your sarcasm and constant criticism is tiresome. Yeah, I know,...
• Commented on Charts: 2
  Life Span for humans has always been around 70 years and still is. It's Life Expectancy that is increaseing. The problem is that they keep adding years to your life expectancy with each new medical breakthrough. Unfortunately the years are...
• Commented on Aerial shots of London by night -- magic
  #15 y gys spnd mr tm nd spc tllng flks NT t d t thn th prblm ctlly css.. t's ct t bsrv....
• Commented on Aerial shots of London by night -- magic
  Wait, you call that a city scape?! No huge bodies of water, no towering mountains or looming volcanoes? I live (and fly into) Seattle regularly. You'll have to do MUCH better than this to beat seeing Mt Rainer, Mt Jefferson...