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• Commented on Dark-skinned nativity scene angers conservatives in Verona
  Not so fair Verona... amiright?...
• Commented on Eurovision 1971: Woman Freezes Mid-Applause
  Every time that lady claps, someone dies. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Like_a_monkey_with_a_minature_cymbal.jpg/180px-Like_a_monkey_with_a_minature_cymbal.jpg...
• Commented on Ice Queen ... plus 30 or so on the hue slider
  Worked in color management for a few years and did pre-press work. My initial gut reaction was too heavy a pressing on the magenta pass (assuming blue was initially correct), but that would have affected the oft-mentioned skintone too. The...
• Commented on Bow hunting for carp
  Not to dogpile on the south, but... isn't Kudzu thanks to southern farmers as well? Someone needs to whip up a recipe for Kudzu stuffed Asian Carp....
• Commented on How the "legal high" industry stays one step ahead of governments
  I'm fascinated. While not into it myself (the smell of burning leaves makes me vomit), I do think the prohibition on marijuana should be repealed. And at $30 to $60 for a 3 gram baggie? Jesus, there is good tax...
• Commented on Funny conversations between book dealer and customers
  #9 That's the first thing I thought of too! I love Gord. Went out of my way to buy a game from his old stock so I could say "That game... was sold by Gord"....
• Commented on Animation: pitcher Dock Ellis's no-hitter while on LSD
  I've actually heard this story more than once and sometimes things are different. The first time I CLEARLY remember (because of the awesome phrasing) that he was hanging out with "a cat named Al Rambo" when he dropped the acid....
• Commented on An evening of confusion with Dell customer service
  Know what? Then don't work a commission job. A lot of times it's an initial greed that gets people into it in the first place. "You could be making $500,000 a year!" That DOES sound nice!! It's the employment equivalent...
• Commented on Supreme Master Television
  This... this can not possibly be real. I'll sooner believe it's the world's most elaborate viral ad/practical joke....
• Commented on A Tokyo photographer offers tips on taking pro shots with an iPhone 3GS
  The composition on 2,4 and 6 are excellent. The point of the article isn't "How to make your cellphone behave like a $200 point and shoot". Read it and ignore the pictures. It's about divorcing yourself from the equipment and...
• Commented on Taste test: Togarashi
  Side note: For some odd reason you'll find Shichimi labeled as Togarashi Nanami in some stores. Why? I don't know. But my local japanese store does. Enrichment: Shichi and Nana both mean "seven"....
• Commented on The magic of Japanese space-saving products
  Sweet sassy molassy! I need that bookcase. No, seriously, not in a 'oh, that'd make my life easier wouldn't it be neat' way... but as in: 1) Just moved to a new place. 2) Walls are old plaster so I...
• Commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
  I've been convinced for years that "Zero Tolerance" is just a euphemism for "Zero Thinking". Stories like this makes me happy because they make me think I'm clever and sad because they make me think I'm correct....
• Commented on Swedish children demand end to gender stereotypes in Toys R Us catalog
  Alright Fee!! I thought I was going to be the only one... My sister (who is a lesbian, served in a combat unit of the Army [Air Defense Artillery] and has a degree in psychology) turned me on to this...
• Commented on Bank of America demands thumbprint from man with no arms
  Coop- I think it runs deeper than that. It's not that employees are automatons, it's that in many ways if you don't act like a drone you'll lose your job. Here's the timeline as I see it: 1) Man tries...
• Commented on Coffee-and-mad-science party video
  I wanna chime in on the Chris Young love fest. I was 8 years old and I desperately wanted to be like Bryce when I grew up. I just turned 30 yesterday...and... not so much. But everything is levels of...
• Commented on The Planet of Storms - 1962 Russian science fiction movie
  Well... this is a first. The Russian download site has bee boingboinged! The file can not be downloaded until September 17th at 05:30 Moscow time....
• Commented on Podcast of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
  Awesome! Easily your best work. I can't wait....
• Commented on Bob Dylan mistaken for hobo, 40 years after Woodstock
  40th anniversary of Woodstock wasn't last month....
• Commented on Continental imprisons 50 passengers overnight in grounded plane with no food, overflowing toilets
  #19 I mean... Continental is aware of their existence. As a regional operator, flying the Continental banner it's just as much their fault. It's like if I find a turd in a Big Mac. You wouldn't say "Don't blame McDonalds,...
• Commented on Photos of unusual animals
  18th one right after the star-nosed mole is a fake. That's a Seaman from the Dreamcast game of the same name. http://www.gamellama.net/images/stories/gamellama/animals/freakish-and-odd-animals/18.jpg from the game: http://www.ugo.com/games/japanese-games-that-made-no-sense/images/entries/seaman.jpg It's an awesome game, too. Best video game with Leonard Nimoy narration that I've...
• Commented on Improbable Video Games
  Don't forget about Dallas the RPG. http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/VirtualExhibits/TV%20Games/dallas/index.html I've actually heard good things about it....
• Commented on Fireworks hammers
  I desperately want to know the recipe. I won't do it, I just want to know....
• Commented on Oklahoma Highway Patrol finally releases video of trooper attack on paramedic
  You know what... no, this doesn't add up. It's not possible for BOTH people to be cleared of charges when the cop assaulted the emt. Either the cop is right in exercising force to apprehend a criminal OR he's a...
• Commented on Maker of world's cheapest car is going to sell $7,800 apartments in India
  Add me to the list of the people who aren't taken aback by this. There's something very, very Walden-esque about a reasonable size dwelling that you own (again, own). I'd love to buy one instead of paying rent, actually build...
• Commented on Justin (aka "Tsimfuckis," aka "Tsimfuckus," aka "chick3n little.")
  He likes the Steelers. He's good with me....
• Commented on The Green Fairy
  For some reason one of the links I posted didn't work: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jf703568f It's a 2008 study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. A nice slice of the article: The prevalence of the twin myths that preban absinthe...
• Commented on The Green Fairy
  For the nth time on BoingBoing: 1) Absinthe is nothing more than grass flavored Ouzo. Period. 2) Modern Absinthe actually has MORE thujone than antique Absinthes. Current regulations allow 10 parts per million, pre-ban mixtures that were tested showed 5...
• Commented on E309: <em>Scribblenauts</em> DS settles Kraken vs. God vs. Keyboard Cat debate
  The only thing the game is really, really missing is SD card support for the DSi. Imagine if you could download updates of topical items....
• Commented on Original Peek now $20
  I actually got mine for $14 at Target. And the difference between a regular Peek and a Peek Pronto is cosmetic and software. You can also buy a USB cable that fits and upgrade it yourself....