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Commented on 100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495
Somewhere, on some arbitrary landmass, on an only-somewhat-special blue, blotchy orb hurtling around a not-very-noteworthy star, a woman sits and cries. She wears a shapeless earth-toned dress and dirt is smudged at the crevices on her cheeks and forehead. For...
Commented on Alternate Star Trek pilot to be released
I quite like this, actually....
Commented on Cellphone contracts getting even better!
I don't know about you folks, but I absolutely love my cell phone carrier (Verizon). Sometimes I get frustrated when it's time to pay the bill, but then I think about how good I really have it: *I pay for...
Commented on Toronto Star copyeditor edits memo announcing the elimination of copyeditor jobs
AS A HUMAN BEING, I enjoy relating to things....
Commented on Large Hadron Collider: Now This Is Just Getting Ridiculous
"Hey, Steve, since this thing's gonna be outside and all, you think we oughtta' put a screen or something over it?" "Um, no, I haven't heard of anything happening outside, we should be fine."...
Commented on Shoes made out of bread
Ah yes, nothing promotes good hygiene like putting your sweaty feet in to a warm pair of yeasty loaves of bread....
Commented on The evolution of birth control in pictures
Wow. We are... terrible....
Commented on Computopia, a circa 1969 vision of the future from Japan
Can't... stop... laughing... picturing a never ending fleet of mobile student boppers... "No, Mom, I don't want to go back to school today! Last time the robot broke and sat there punching me for the whole hour!" bwahahaha...
Commented on 1953 cartoon about atomic energy
I'll stay out of the real discussion and add this: "When I grow up, I'm going to Bovine University!"...
Commented on Legal battle over Shepard Fairey Obama poster takes an unexpected turn
One of the things that I really like about Boing Boing is that when something like this goes down (i.e. someone who "the gang" have stuck up for turns out to have done something wrong), they very rarely ignore it....
Commented on Taiwan city launches new cash-for-poop initiative
Wait. Wait wait wait. Are that dog's back feet off of the ground?!...
Commented on Industrial robotic pancake production video
The Flex Picker... it's driving me maaaaad!!!...
Commented on G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon
@ 11 You think a FEW of them got off on it? I bet it was all they could do to stop themselves from running over and tasering the fuck out of them afterward. Seriously, what's the difference between this...
Commented on Scary alien hand in real estate listing photo?
Way to ruin it, first poster (and good eye...)...
Commented on 1917 Beekman Street Subway collapse
I'm sure they aren't doing a perfect job, but I'd bet being a an engineer for New York and being in charge of trying to keep straight the underground infrastructure is a huge, thankless job....
Commented on Fear And Loathing: The Board Game
Try explaining that one at the airport security checkpoint. "No, really, it's um, a board game..."...
Commented on Prop Hate
Take that ya' lousy, um... humans. Aw man, we're a terrible species. :(...
Commented on Ikea's free tack-hammer assistant
@#10 I have a Malm platform bed and the laminate that they cover that thing with has a cool texture and a nice pattern, but it's just the same plasticky shit that is on every other piece of cheap furniture...
Commented on Ikea's free tack-hammer assistant
I wish I were an engineer so that I could admire the way that ikea consistently uses a small set of fastening systems. I'm just a regular guy, I can only dream....
Commented on Bra counts down to marriage, plays wedding march
@ #9 Yeah, I don't know why they would think that it's Japanese, that German model is standing right there....
Commented on Your Day Can't Possibly Be as Bad as Richard Simmons' Day.
@33: I agree! I thought that was actually kind of endearing. I thought it was going to be Richard Simmons going all Bill O'Reilly on some poor stage hand or something....
Commented on Boing Boing apartment in Comcast Town
My comcast apartment will be about 14 feet by 14 feet and feature a 30 year old 21" television because that's all I can afford after dishing out 60 bucks a month to watch bloody Comedy Central....
Commented on New age holy water
Well, there's some Dr. Bronner's soap in my shower right now and I have to say, the label makes a lot more sense than this stuff. Dr. Bronner's stuff just promotes working together and peace and blah blah blah....
Commented on "Marx was Right!"
Karl, the world isn't fair. It isn't and never will be......
Commented on We found the chip inside the new iPod headphones...but is it DRM? (Update: It is not!)
Well I don't know what the hell this article's talking about, but it sure gets me pissed off at someone!!!...
Commented on UPSO's recording of a broken radio station
Turns out that "and final reduction" is very close to the alien phrase meaning, "You are scheduled for destruction". They heard it in an earth broadcast and redirected it to us as a warning....
Commented on Manchester man arrested for alleged sewer-grate photography, held as a terrorist
I'm glad that they led this with "Manchester...", that way I didn't have to hold my breath dreading to read the US state in which it happened. I know that people in American glass houses shouldn't throw stones, but man,...
Commented on More unsold inventory piling up: Toyota stores unsold cars aboard ship
Damn those American car compan... oh....
Commented on Wil Wheaton vs. Authors' Guild vs. Kindle
I just think it's funny... not even funny... interesting that no matter the profession, no matter how intelligent and critical the people of said profession, they will at some point forsake logic and an interest in technological advancement in order...
Commented on BB Video: Soviet Unterzoegersdorf, pt. 4 of 6 / Cheetos Boredom Busters. (This is an ad)
Advertising Cheetos to a bunch of nerds is like advertising sun to Arizonans. Already have full market penetration, dudes....

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jg.fw commented on 100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495
Will (Bloop) Found was proud to be born in Riverside and he rarely left. Now, naturally, he and his family travel a lot. When he was thirty one when he had The Idea and it took him three years to secretly build the spaceship Jupiter II out of wood. After he was in orbit, Will freely published everything about The Idea on the internet. It changed the world. He was proud it did, even though the changes were unexpected. But Will was most proud of the Riverside newspaper's headline printed as he orbited the Earth: "Found in Space"....
echogoblin commented on 100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495
He floated outside the ship, holding the dull silver sphere clumsily in his gloved hands. Turning it, he found a raised square in the center. He thought he might report in, take it inside to examine. But… Impulsively, he pressed down on the square. And was suddenly inside a dull sphere, lit from nowhere, floating free. “Zephraim to Alpha, over.” Nothing. “Zephraim to Alpha.” He wouldn’t panic. Not yet. He looked around: dull, featureless. Except for the little silver sphere in the center of the chamber. He floated to it, picked it up. Examined the raised square in the center…...
H33T3R commented on 100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495
I have spent 25 years searching the depths of space, galaxy after galaxy, world upon world. In a dark tavern just outside of the city Geisler on planet Morpha, there he was. Smaller than I expected, but still mind boggling that after so long I finally found him. I walked up to him and asked him for his autograph and Captain James T Kirk set his drink down and said, “ I don’t do autographs, you Denebian slime devil.” He handed me a headshot and I went home. What a douche bag!...
wgkelly commented on 100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495
“He after this,” the bodyguard presented a sleek electronic-looking cube. “Charged right in and started hootin’ when he grab it.” Cortez waved back a patrolman. “Says it his. Saw it on Cribs. Knew right where it at.” The bodyguard made a low huffing sound that Cortez placed finally as a laugh. “Needs it to get back home. Some kind of space man.” Cortez studied the bruised up cracker in the squad car. More cars arrived every few moments, drawn to the address more than the call. “The man’s name really Marion?” Cortez wanted to know. “Naw, man. Name is Mister.”...
Rob Beschizza commented on 100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495
Thank you all for your entries. Holy crap. Winner to be announced ... soon?...

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