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Commented on Dinosaur creationist theme park seized by government
I've walked by this park on my way from Pensacola Christian College to Jones' Barber many times. Never seemed to be much going on. PCC students weren't allowed there, because he was a known tax evader. (There's a lot more...
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Commented on Death by Chocolate (no, really): worker dies in hot cocoa mixing vat
Takuan, chill out dude....
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Commented on Guerrilla swimming pools made from dumpsters
@8 Charles3rd That would be great if it weren't for the sloshing. You might lose a few recently-made friends at every traffic light....
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Commented on Duchamp's bicycle wheel back on the street
I believe the point Duchamp was making with his readymades was that the art world would accept anything as art, as long as a famous name was attached to it. He succeeded heroically....
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Commented on Hat for hitting people
I don't know if this is still true, but in junior high the first thing that you'd do to someone you wanted to fight with is knock their hat off....
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Commented on Can scavenger died wealthy
#9 DOUGROGERS Capitalism rewards good ideas, not hard work. Hard work by itself usually gets you nowhere....
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Commented on Best Government Flak Quote of The Week
Legalized marijuana will always be a pipe dream....
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Commented on It's Scutigera Coleoptrata Season!
I remember seeing these (or some similar species) about the size of an alligator in the last iteration of "King Kong". I'm probably not the only one whose skin was crawling during that scene....
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Commented on Design the Hugo Award logo, win $500 and a ticket to WorldCon
Just say "no" to spec work....
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Commented on Hi-rez Tetris after two weeks
You know if you tape your enter key down you get the same results after about 45 minutes?...
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Commented on Fox's Glenn Beck says Obama is building concentration camps for Republicans
*sigh*...
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Commented on Police chase "ramshackle" motorcycle going 142 mph
#4 i'm not sure what i just watched, but i'd like my three minutes back. It's a police chase. They make whole TV shows out of these....
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Commented on Fox's Glenn Beck says Obama is building concentration camps for Republicans
Notice what Glenn Beck doesn't say – that Obama is building concentration camps for Republicans. *sigh*...
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Commented on Tactile illusions
#8 That was the feeling I got after mowing the lawn. The constant vibration made everything feel softer....
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Commented on Stuff that looks like stuff archive
Dang you anonymous! I was #4 when I posted!...
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Commented on Stuff that looks like stuff archive
This concept made better through crowdsourcing: http://totallylookslike.com/...
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Commented on Resignation letter on cake
#6 I'm guessing you are from the East Coast. Me too, but I understand that this is culturally acceptable behavior in California....
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Commented on Tabloid TV Goes After Bailout Babies
Add to that it was a charity event....
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Commented on Tabloid TV Goes After Bailout Babies
If I remember the CNN article correctly, this was a corporate sponsorship of a PGA Tournament. Sponsorship, as in the type of event hosted to increase awareness for the sponsor and hopefully drum up some business. Northern Trust was completely...
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Commented on Font made of stacked books
I'm not sure I'd call this a font — an interesting little exercise though....
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Commented on Sita Sings the Blues is finally free!
@SAM #12 & #14 This film deals with modern interpretations/recollections of ancient legends. The English-speaking Indian college students' narrations fit very well within this archetype. You should stop taking yourself so seriously....
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Commented on For sale: One French Internet, slightly sarkoed
What's with the recent fad of using eBay as a protest venue? Can't we continue with naked demonstrations instead? Those are more fun to read about....
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Commented on How kids in England are smeared in the press, and what to do about it
Bad behavior causes poverty more effectively than poverty causes bad behavior. I wish people would stop blaming their circumstances and take responsibility for themselves. Then again, I grew up next to a junkyard so what do I know?...
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Commented on How Obama's sentence-structure works
I thought it sounded like a run-on sentence....
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Commented on Magenta isn't a real color?
Brown is dark orange. (Try it with Photoshop, or paints if you're old school.)...
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Commented on Research on snap judgments based on people's faces
I think there's something to your face forming around your personality. I knew a set of identical twins in college. One was a Criminal Justice major and one was Commercial Art. I never got them confused. That's me smack dab...
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Commented on Prince Charles: Dharavi slum is a model for sustainable living
Just goes to show nobody really has any clue what "sustainable" means....
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Commented on Power adapter "Designed by Apple in Calitomia"
Phonics, everyone. Learn it. Use it....
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Commented on Armored animals photoshopping contest
STEAMPUNK MOSQUITOS!!!...
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Commented on Animated running animal skeleton
So it's more like a "bounding and leaping" animal skeleton, right?...
