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• Commented on Conscious "coma man"'s words seemingly delivered via discredited "facilitated communications" technique
  What is amazing is how quick most folks -- myself included -- were to accept this story at face value. I was taken in with the horror-story notion of being trapped in your own body, that questioning the story didn't...
• Commented on Train track inspector almost gets hit twice
  Jaan, they do work in pairs. Unfortunately, a pair of them just got squished outside of Philly when SEPTA decided to switch tracks and not tell anybody....
• Commented on Slo-mo demolition of iconic Philadelphia Drexel smokestack
  Or it aptly visualizes the decline in use of steam heat powered by coal in the us, but lets not quibble. Exactly. If anything it is a sign of progress in this town. That thing has stood lifeless over 30th...
• Commented on America needs a "Manhunting Agency"
  I want a "Maneater Agency" if only to give Hall and Oates something to do....
• Commented on Crucixion and beheading for child rapist in Saudi Arabia
  I am certainly mixed on this one. I don't think the state ought to be allowed to kill, but I really don't mind if this guy is somehow erased from existence. The torture part, however, is morally repugnant....
• Commented on Careless forklift driver brings down the warehouse - video
  Came here to say just that alisong76: http://james.nerdiphythesoul.com/bennyhillifier/?id=hqC2URQstz4&feature=player_embedded#...
• Commented on 1953 cartoon about atomic energy
  I'm going to go with artistic license on that whole mushroom cloud thing. You know, same with the giant glowing man emerging over the horizon... Nuclear power will remain in the small minority of power generation until people stop equating...
• Commented on All of Mojo Nixon in free, legal MP3 -- US ONLY
  Dammit, I just bought, like, three Mojo Nixon albums. Dammit!...
• Commented on Swedish children demand end to gender stereotypes in Toys R Us catalog
  Catalogs are meant to market to groups, not individuals. If your particular individual son prefers to play with a play kitchen -- or daughter prefers Spider Man action figures -- then it is your job to teach them that it...
• Commented on Rich guy dislikes poor people, wants local kids to "lose sleep" over plan to shut library
  Are we sure that this is a real person and not a villain in a Little Rascals short? "Don't cry crocodile tears about people who are making $100,000 a year wiping tables and putting the books back on the shelves,"...
• Commented on The ecologist who found his wedding ring
  Hey! I lost my wedding ring while on my honeymoon in New Zealand. We were kayaking in Russel (I think) amid the mangroves. We went under a waterfall and the damn thing slid right off. If anyone sees it, let...
• Commented on A Song To Celebrate
  Heavy metal? Weighty brass!...
• Commented on Boing Boing: The World's Greatest Neurozine!
  I like the new design, but not the new logo. I was preparing myself to accept the new logo, but the trip to the login page spurred a microburst of nostalgia for the Boing Boing of our yesterdays...erm...literally. Of course,...
• Commented on Red dawn in Australia
  If only Patrick Swayze were still alive to stop this......
• Commented on Beware the Bearsharktopus
  It needs a machete, a drug habit and a disrespect for traditional British values....
• Commented on Jedi says Tesco discriminated against him
  The one thing that bothers me about all this is that Tesco questioning the basis of the Jedi religon by suggesting that their interpretation of the Jedi holy books is wrong (i.e., whether or not Yoda and Obi-Wan wore a...
• Commented on Jedi says Tesco discriminated against him
  #41 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha#Early_life_and_marriage He had an eating disorder, but was able to learn from it....
• Commented on Jedi says Tesco discriminated against him
  Yes, exactly my point! Let's make fun of this guy! Sure, that's easy. Do you have the cajones to start making fun of the Burqa wearers or the zombie carpenter believers? And really, enough with the prohibitions on pork? Is...
• Commented on Jedi says Tesco discriminated against him
  Well, see, that's where I think we differ. If you know your religion is based on fiction then I don't see the rationale for having it in the first place. First off, there isn't a rationale for most religions. If...
• Commented on Jedi says Tesco discriminated against him
  @27 I'm fairly certain, as Xenu (heh, almost wrote Xeni) pointed out, that the Jedi know they're being silly. IIRC, Jedi in Britain was begun to screw with a census. Most Jews/Christians/Muslims/Mormons/Scientologists, etc., however, are unaware of how silly the...
• Commented on Jedi says Tesco discriminated against him
  @#5 We're in an age when people make MOVIES and others still decide be believe in it as a religion. I had no idea there were so many silly people in this world. As opposed to the age where we...
• Commented on Spider and Jeanne Robinson need help
  Poor Jeanne. I owe Spider more than I could possibly pay in cash. http://wedreamforjeanne.blogspot.com/ Go there and use PayPal. It's a kick to pay in Canadian....
• Commented on Fantastic Russia photography
  Being a perve, I immediately clicked on the one of the naked couple standing on a table (the women is in a Jesus-on-the-cross pose, her face covered with a guy standing behind her). Then I read the caption: Office workers...
• Commented on Fresh Greens: A surprising twist for an ex-Enron-er, building houses for under $3k, presto-change-o chocolates, and goats
  Cob home's look neat and hobbity, but I can't help but be a little bummed if the best thing in affordable homes of the future is a mud hut....
• Commented on Science of BBQing
  How fun. Last summer, at their Philly meeting, ACS gave an award to NYTimes food writer Harold McGee. McGee brought along a chef who liked to experiment with infusing drinks with bubbles (nitrous, CO2, etc.) It was a blast and...
• Commented on Things that have always been true for the class of 2013
  #9 I agree, the Spears on classic rock thing is BS. However, I think they mean the old long rectangular cardboard boxes that CDs used to come in, that is, when they were first introduced. Not the cool funky cardboard...
• Commented on Dude lives in spaceship house
  #8, Whoa, that's an entirely different structure than what I pictured -- or see in the NYTimes article. Amazing. Its also hard to tell what the structure would look like from the water (based on the one complaint mentioned in...
• Commented on Dara O’Briain on homeopathy from Derren Brown Blog
  It is amazing that homeopathy and chiropractic are still somewhat mainstream, considering that they're 19th century non-scientific nonsense. Ben Goldacre has this neat bit explaining homeopathy and how such notions can be (and are) scientifically tested. http://www.vimeo.com/4770157 Chiropractic, I'm sure,...
• Commented on Report: Deet, popular and potent insect repellent, is neurotoxic
  Article in Science Daily = Press release. (Not saying there is anything wrong with that, its my bread and butter. It is just something you should know.) I remember a study from a few years back that found excessive deet...
• Commented on Naked burglar caught on video
  It's "Abington" (inexplicably rated by Forbes as a top place to live) and it is right down the street from my home. Hooray....