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• Commented on Arthur Goldwag on the queen of the "birther" movement
  @ #38: Would you rather be associated with Apollo moon landing deniers? That's your other option. :)...
• Commented on Arthur Goldwag on the queen of the "birther" movement
  In my opinion, is seems like the whole birther thing long ago reached the same point as the 9/11 truthers: Started out a little amusing, and quickly grew tiresome. If you treat their arguments seriously, you just lend credibility to...
• Commented on How to run, meditate, and not get hurt
  I don't run, although I walk over 200 miles a month. I seriously believe that each person has a natural gait and pace individual to them alone. Of course this can be unlearned or relearned, but in my experience it's...
• Commented on Katie Couric's salary exceeds combined budgets of NPR's top news shows
  I agree that the disparity is astonishing and unfair, but I just can't get mad at Katie Couric, for one simple reason: If it weren't for her interview, we might very well have Vice President Palin today. You might have...
• Commented on Would you be happy with metered internet in return for enforced net neutrality?
  Yes... this is a possible outcome, at least temporarily. There are two things keeping metered internet from becoming the standard in this country. 1. In the parts of the country with the most net usage, there are already many different...
• Commented on Creeps tear down hundreds of handsome posters for African gay/lesbian film fest
  Outrage isn't a zero-sum game. Just because terrible things are happening elsewhere doesn't mean that we should ignore the 'merely' awful things happening in our back yards, does it? On a related note, I tore down a poster myself the...
• Commented on Motor attached to series of reduction gears - final gear fixed in concrete
  These strongly remind me of some of Joseph Kohnke's pieces. http://www.josephkohnke.com/ (annoying that it's a flash site, but worth it IMO) @#8: I was reminded of the Tim Hawkinson piece as well. Also the Clock of the Long Now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_of_the_Long_Now...
• Commented on Photos of an 1890s camping trip
  @1: I'm pretty sure Amy is female. I see photos like this, and idly wish that my family wasn't so typically left coast American, carrying forward no familial detritus beyond a generation or two. No past, no memories, just the...
• Commented on Podcast of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
  I coincidentally finished reading this book last night on my iPhone using Stanza. Due to some minor paragraph malformation, some parts of the book were a wee bit hard to parse as the POV swapped rapid-fire between a couple different...
• Commented on Story about Wal-Mart founder's treatment of his employees
  The cool thing is, he could never get away with that in this day and age: if someone tried that now, they would have a wrongful termination suit you could fricking retire on....
• Commented on Story about Wal-Mart founder's treatment of his employees
  I've worked for people like this, and when you talk to them, invariably they truly believe they are in the right. They also blame the workers for not having any other options. "If they were worth more, they would make...
• Commented on Damien Hirst installation owner charges teen art-rival with theft of £500,000 for removing box of pencils from installation
  If some kid were using my work to promote himself, I sure as hell would throw the book at him. Right? Wrong? It only matters who has the best barristers. It sucks to have people make money off of something...
• Commented on Tweet (#3745361641)
  Hey, it takes all kinds. I don't personally get the Walkman appeal, but then I don't understand the appeal of Furries and Slash fiction either. To each their own....
• Commented on Crazy organic bread-slicer sign for crazy organic bread eaters
  Having worked in the ag industry for a fair number of years, I'm pretty confident in saying that the whole "certified organic" thing is essentially just a marketing blurb. There are no significant differences in any of the farming practices...
• Commented on Atheists who'll take in your pets after the Rapture
  @48: You seem to be under the impression that the difference between agnostics and atheists is that the former acknowledge the possibility of a deity (or many deities), and the latter do not. This is not the case. In my...
• Commented on Write an iPhone disappointment Haiku in the comments, win a Mophie Juice Pack Air
  I love you so much little iPhone so perfect shit: battery's dead...
• Commented on Frankie Flood's pizza cutter designs
  These are very attractive, but don't appear to be very good at actually cutting pizza. Ever since being introduced to them years ago, I have embraced the 2-handed rocker-style pizza knife: far faster and more accurate cuts than a wheel,...
• Commented on Flooded Louisville Free Public Library needs your help
  Well good luck with the library, but if I were going to donate to a library it would be one in my own community. Kentucky isn't exactly a third-world hell-hole: if they value the library and the services it provides,...
• Commented on Nicholson Baker on the Kindle
  I adore reading on my iPhone. Been doing it for about a year. As someone who goes through 2-3 novels a week, it's been a big change to my way of life. For the first time, I don't have to...
• Commented on Bees in my light fixture
  I'm not overly afraid of bees, but that photo is just totally freaking me the hell out....
• Commented on Settlers of tiny Pacific island go nuts
  Perhaps it's a sign of how much my job is getting to me, but this sounds like the best place on earth. As long as I had plenty of fishing gear, that is. Oh, and electricity, an ebook reader, and...
• Commented on Tom Hanks trash can
  Thank you, Tom Hanks. T.hanks....
• Commented on Homemade oatmeal stout and Heath Bar ice cream
  While most people think of Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout (which I love, don't get me wrong), there's a far better alternative which I discovered on my trip to Scotland a few weeks ago: Black Isle Brewery's Hibernator Oatmeal Stout. Black...
• Commented on People getting stuck on freshly tarred street
  With posts like this, we're going to have to change your name to "Mark Schadenfreudenfelder"....
• Commented on Proposal to raise book royalties, lower advances
  I think the financial situation of the author would have a huge amount to do with which option they would choose. Compare the following examples: 1. Comfortably employed The author makes a reasonably good living in IT, has some money...
• Commented on Mexico's Isla De Las Muñecas
  While this is pretty darn creepy, the Clootie Well I just visited on the Black Isle of Scotland would also be a strong contender. Something about the modern observance of a deeply ancient (and nakedly pagan) ritual was very shiver-inducing,...
• Commented on The Apple Cafés that 1996 nearly saw
  Hmmmm, that is a spitting image of the first floor at the Sony Metreon in downtown SF. Seriously....
• Commented on Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles
  I never met either one of them, but knew a couple of people who worked for both father and son and their production company. I won't repeat any of the stories I heard, but neither one of them (the son...
• Commented on Damien Hirst's giant replica of a kid's anatomy model
  There's something about our society that seems to loathe people who achieve outrageous success. Why is this? Are other cultures like this? Has it always been this way?...
• Commented on Damien Hirst's giant replica of a kid's anatomy model
  @ #60: Hey, feel free to reject the entirety of 20th and 21st century art and culture. There are endless hordes of Walmart shoppers who agree wholeheartedly with you. This is why Thomas Kindade and his ilk exist. I actually...