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• Commented on Shackleton's Antarctic whisky found
  well, *that* didn't take very long. didn't they just start looking for it recently?...
• Commented on Meow Mix
  my (black!) cat was sleeping on my lap when i started this vid, and upon the first MEOW, he started up and looked around like he'd been poked with a needle. he lasted about 3 more meows in the room...
• Commented on New Catholic video game promises to brings family closer to heaven
  if you can't beat 'em, join 'em — i remember when video games were destroying us....
• Commented on Affectionate kitteh distracts cop
  black kitties are incredibly friendly. i think this is part of what led to them being accused of being familiars. i could see our black kitteh doing this....
• Commented on Slo-mo demolition of iconic Philadelphia Drexel smokestack
  holy crap, caffeine addict, that video was a lot of buildup but the payoff was TOTALLY WORTH IT. everyone should see that. i had never heard of mr. dibnah before, but my hat's off to him. what a craftsman....
• Commented on Music video with naked human furniture: Valley Lodge
  there's either some canny tucking & taping going on, or some deft post-production abracadabra action, because otherwise some of these people are defying gravity, if you get my drift......
• Commented on Orgy: the game from 1967
  i was born in 1967, and i am 100% certain that this game had nothing to do with it. WTF indeed. "in session" plaque and a certificate "suitable for framing"?? O.O...
• Commented on Peter Tchaikovsky (and Friends) Messing Around With A Wax Cylinder Phonograph
  *mind blown*...
• Commented on Mark Dery on 2012 bunkum
  actually, i was kinda hoping the 2012 thing was true, because, you know... we kinda deserve it....
• Commented on Sweet, inadvertent Sesame Street PSA for gay marriage
  happy 40th, sesame street. you keep on rocking, and teaching us all what's what. i'm a bit older than you, and i still value your teachings....
• Commented on Garden Jawa
  it's official: garden gnomes are passé. i await several jawas in different poses suitable for a garden tableau....
• Commented on Color film of 1927 London
  i've never been to london, so i'm not familiar with how these places look now. i (for one) would love to see a side-by-side video comparison, showing all these places now....
• Commented on Twitter o'clock
  genius. i love the humor and creativity of people....
• Commented on The Secret of Liquid Smoke
  being a vegetarian, i haven't had much call for liquid smoke. are there any vegetarian recipes out there that anyone knows of that use it?...
• Commented on Vote for the best Sesame Street segments
  i hope one of the segments when grover is serving the frustrated customer in the restaurant is one of the selections. pure hilarity....
• Commented on Creepy spidery candy-clutching pumpkinbot
  somewhere, tim burton is searching for his credit card and the phone number for the builders. it's like seeing one of his cartoons brought to life. i want one....
• Commented on Off-course pilots were laptopping-while-flying
  well, from all the FUD we've been given over the years about wireless usage while on planes, it's a wonder the plane didn't immediately plummet from the sky like a stone....
• Commented on The White House switch to open source: Tim O'Reilly's thoughts
  [/...waiting to see how someone is going to spin this as a bad thing...]...
• Commented on Office Karaoke Video Makes Cubicle Life Fun
  who's to say that they weren't all on lunch or some other break? the (possibly misnamed) fun-hater was taking personal calls, too, so it's all good. and didn't she pop in at the very end and contribute a line? it...
• Commented on Hitler Finds Out Balloon Boy Was A Hoax
  oh man, LOVE IT. now i'm waiting for keyboard cat to weigh in.......
• Commented on Anvil Shooting: using explosives to fire anvils -- yes, ANVILS -- into the air
  what i want to know is, WHERE DO YOU GET THE ANVILS? the anvil store? up until this video, i haven't seen an anvil since the road runner cartoons of my youth. i find it odd that the anvil is...
• Commented on BREATHE DEEP AND LET GO OF THINGS -- alternative to "Keep Calm and Carry On"
  sorry, george571, speaking as a buddhist, it's correct in its original phrasing. it's a buddhist thing. i find it easier to let go of wanting this shirt so badly when i realize it's gonna cost me $42 + shipping to...
• Commented on 86-year-old WWII vet on gay marriage: "What do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?"
  this man made me cry this morning. THANK YOU, philip. for everything....
• Commented on Chillits 2009 ambient music mixes online
  dammit, saying goodbye to my hard drive space... i look forward to these every year. chillits rocks my world. amazing, gorgeous, inspiring music....
• Commented on Impressionist Cake
  gorgeous. as someone who's long been fascinated by van gogh, i would be beside myself if i was given a cake like this. i was going to nitpick as well in regards of which movement he was or wasn't part...
• Commented on The magic of Japanese space-saving products
  is that an earthquake icon? i though it was saying "world ending? don't forget your portable toilet!"...
• Commented on Report on a revival meeting for the creepy Process Church
  there is CLEARLY a cat on that flyer, people. they were equal-opportunity. and @acb — i thought the same thing. the process was big among goths and industrial-music minded people during the late 1980s, if i recall correctly....
• Commented on Ghost Town Tour
  “Goodbye God, I’m going to Bodie.” i have been here, and this place is so perfect, it's hard to believe it's not staged (i'm jaded by too much hollywood, i know). it boggled my mind that people just got up...
• Commented on Transformer-and-crossbones tees
  and more importantly, they are the cutlasses from jack rackham's flag (or calico jack, if you will) — i'm always glad to see him getting more exposure. such a colorful (uh, pun intended?) character. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Rackham ....
• Commented on The Hard Questions of Climate Change
  i'm so glad the first post was about the gary larson cartoon. that was the first thing that came to my mind, and at first i thought, "oh, they put up a statue in honor of him, how cool!" —...