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• Commented on Video of Tiny Tim performance mentioned in Pynchon's Inherent Vice
  Fabulous. I remember seeing him on some terrible 60s or 70s game show here in the UK. He was impossible to look away from - at once funny, charismatic, slightly scary and wholly other-worldly; a proper pop star, in short....
• Commented on Toronto Star copyeditor edits memo announcing the elimination of copyeditor jobs
  In the UK the symbol in townhall in the first line means 'line break' rather than 'insert space' which I assume to be the intended instruction. Is it different in Canada?...
• Commented on De-touching the lollipop-headed Ralph Lauren image that prompted a legal threat
  WHAAAAT the friggin flip is THAT meant to look like!...
• Commented on Britain seeks ban on glass pint-glasses to prevent bar-brawl injuries
  Pint glasses don't inflict appalling facial injuries, people inflict appalling facial injuries. I ran pubs in London for quite a long time, some of them a bit rough. Never actually saw a glass attack even in the aftermath but I...
• Commented on Storm-sewer dwellers of Las Vegas
  "The Mole People" consists of half-truths and exaggerations combined with 3rd-hand stories retold by paranoid schizophrenics. Won't bother reading it then, I can get all that in the pub....
• Commented on Lily Allen's copyright problem
  Ah! It seems someone has followed my excellent advice @ #34: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/24/lily-allen-filesharing-twitter...
• Commented on An illustrated guide to making t-shirts with the Yudu machine
  a great compact home printing machine as long as you don't have high expectations and are armed with mountains of patience Where do I sign?...
• Commented on Lily Allen's copyright problem
  Allen just hasn't thought this through. Well duh. If you'd said "Dawkins just hasn't thought this through" or "Hawking just hasn't thought this through" that mighta been a bit closer to earth shattering. Lily Allen is just a daft pop...
• Commented on Bulletproof glass demonstration
  Use of bullet proof glass has been illegal in the USA since 1852 because it impinges on the right, enshrined in the 2nd amendment, of all free born citizens to shoot one another in the face....
• Commented on Daredevil LA tagger "Buket" of YouTube fame gets nearly 4 years in jail.
  Angry Hippo is dead right - if you take the royal piss out of the courts, the courts will express their displeasure. Also, his tag is shit - not street art, just messing the place up, and in a way...
• Commented on Detroit houses being eaten by nature
  Said it before and I'll say it again, Rennie Sparks is a prophetess. (Check out Peace in The Valley from the album Twilight if you don't believe me.) I'd have added to the 'Previously' list the story about the guy...
• Commented on Free download: tribute to The Clash's Sandinista!
  "The Sandinista Project didn't set any sales record" Probably because the original is a bloated self-indulgent mess. Anon @ 23 - pleeeease tell me your kidding?! It wasn't even close to the best album of 1980 (Closer? Ace of Spades?)...
• Commented on Les Paul wows Alistair Cooke with tape recorder
  'How High The Moon' has long been a favourite of mine and I am slightly disappointed to discover that it was created with the help of a lot of electro-trickery I must say....
• Commented on Rich NY town tries to shut down children's library because poor kids might use it
  How do they sleep? Seriously, how the fuck do they sleep? MG Farrelly: chapeau....
• Commented on Steampunk cosplayers at ComicCon
  "OK guys, let's go get laid."...
• Commented on The Most Elephantest Switch You've Ever Seen
  on the SPRS (Standardized Pachyderm Resemblance Scale) it scored an incredible 8.4-- a mammoth only scores 8.2! Funny, very....
• Commented on Six String Nation, the chronicle of Voyageur, a remarkable, unifying, synthesizing Canadian guitar
  O Canda, eh?...
• Commented on Firefighter allegedly shoots cyclist in head to teach him not to ride on a busy street
  If I was this fireman I'd be having a word with my ammo dealer, seriously. I really do think though that you're overdue an amendment to that Americans Shall Forever Have The Right To Shoot One Another In The Face...
• Commented on Improbable Video Games
  There was a prototype Schindler's List pinball machine but it never went into production for some reason....
• Commented on Abusive "coal-thugs" try to break up anti-mountaintop-removal festival
  Run for your lives, it's the Blubbery Hellbellies!!...
• Commented on Michael Jackson's everlasting death spectacle and "Paedogeddon"
  Seems to me that Aldasin and KLG19 have raised the two most damning points: Who but a paedophile actively seeks opportunities to share a bed with children not his own? Who but a guilty man pays $25m to silence his...
• Commented on Radiohead manager to launch new record label
  Although specifics [sic] details have not been released... ...policies look set... ...may see... I'm sure it'll all be just fine....
• Commented on Frazetta Meatcard challenge results
  Apparently we all have a hard time (no pun) seeing past her scrumptious rear end: what does it say about it, her, us and them cards? sex > violence...
• Commented on Frazetta Meatcard challenge results
  There was an orc? The lady is awesome, easily the hottest thing on BoingBoing since Star Trek basque gal. If you happen to read this madam, can I say that you have possibly the greatest derriere in the world....
• Commented on LA's vegan restaurants are full of egg
  Dunno about eggs but that food certainly contains high levels of 'looks like shit'. JeremyMarseille said: I tell my friends, eating eggs is sort of like eating a woman's monthly period If that don't convince them Jel, I guess nothing...
• Commented on Junkyard workers enshrine tree that grew to lift a car
  Coop: re my guess as to the car's condition.... it looks to be in better shape (rust wise) than my 5 year old car, but as was previously noted, that may be a Canadian bias. I suggest that Cedeih and...
• Commented on RIP Michael Jackson
  Swells, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, all within 48 hours - my youth is disappearing before my eyes it seems. Goodbye and thank you to all three....
• Commented on Junkyard workers enshrine tree that grew to lift a car
  @Mojave: yes indeed. This is the second recent boingboing post that's reminded me of Peace In The Valley Once Again by the Handsome Family. The other one was the 'coon hunter of Detroit....
• Commented on Junkyard workers enshrine tree that grew to lift a car
  I don't know whether this is a fake or not (I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's a really Wonderful Thing) but I must ask Coop and Cedehi: a) how did you arrive at your respective conclusions that the car...
• Commented on Life with a 100 lb rodent that sounds like a Geiger counter when it's happy
  @ Anonymous #48. Capivara is the name of this animal in Portuguese, but the article is written in English so the name is given correctly in the English form, Capybara. It's a different language, do you see? In France they...