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• Commented on First photo of baby coelacanth
  So cute!!...
• Commented on Steampunk rugged corset
  Argh, HTML FAIL on my part. The website is http://www.tulgeywooddesigns.com....
• Commented on Steampunk rugged corset
  My website, by the way, is here. Thanks!...
• Commented on Plastic coelacanth figurine
  Coelacanths are love....
• Commented on Steampunk rugged corset
  Thank you for posting this! I'm the maker. It was a pleasure working with Nifer on this corset! I love the contrast of the workhorse toolbelt with the classic Victorian curves. Regarding corset construction and the wearing of corsets: This...
• Commented on Taibbi on Goldman Sachs: "Planet-eating Death Star," "Vampire squid"
  That's a *terrible* thing to say about the vampire squid. They're beautiful creatures!...
• Commented on Bulletproof "tactical" corset
  They're very cute, but they're more like bustiers than like corsets. I don't see busks being used, and they don't appear to change the shape of the body the way a proper corset does. Yeah, it's nitpicky, but I'm a...
• Commented on Rampant boobies to reign at Disneyland!
  It was never a separate job; it was just another position that cast members rotated through during their shifts. In WDW, it's the merchandise CMs who handled it; I don't know if the same was true at Disneyland. So you'd...
• Commented on Repo Man with LARPers: "Unhand Thine Prius!" (ridiculous video)
  I know nobody likes a grammar nazi, but: It really should be "thy Prius," not "thine." "Thine" is used when the next word starts with a vowel....
• Commented on I think it's time for another baby/synthesizer video.
  Oof. Can we get a unicorn chaser?...
• Commented on Yet Another Baby Playing a Synthesizer (video, this time with pants)
  Christ, but it's getting breederific around here....
• Commented on Driving from Brooklyn to Oregon next week; What weird should I espy?
  Go to Baraboo, Wisconsin and see the Forevertron. It's the world's largest scrap-metal sculpture, and it is made of STEAMPUNK and AWESOME and WIN. Doc Evermore, the alter-ego of the sculptor, has been working on this thing for a couple...
• Commented on Star Trek Inspired Corset
  $200 is on the low end for a custom corset. They are fairly labor-intensive, and if you are doing any kind of pattern adjustment, that adds significantly to the time spent building the corset. Just to give you some perspective,...
• Commented on Star Trek Inspired Corset
  For those of you thinking of purchasing it - do take note that there is no busk. This means that you will have to lace it from scratch every time you want to wear it, which is a pain in...
• Commented on The Periodic Table of Awesoments
  Wow, that's a seriously male-centric list....
• Commented on Youngest Twitterer EVAR?
  I think it should be "tweeter," not "twitterer." After all, one produces tweets, not twits....
• Commented on Boing Boing's Holiday Gift Guide part two: Fiction
  Teresa, you have many shining qualities, but as a moderator, you are not doing so well. Calling the people you unpublish "stupid" doesn't make you look good. It's not just this one instance; you've done it repeatedly. It's becoming one...
• Commented on LIFE and Google bring us 10 million historic images
  Redmonkey, fret not: Disneyland has resurrected the Submarine Voyage, and it now features new technology with Nemo, Dory, and friends. Dive! Dive!...
• Commented on Mickey Mouse arrested at Disneyland
  Speaking as a former Disney character, I can say with authority that characters are NOT paid according to their height range. I have no idea where you got that impression, baldhead, but it's wrong. The only thing your height determines...
• Commented on Disney's 10 rules of theme-park design
  #4 was what Walt called a weenie. "You've got to have a weenie at the end of the street," he said....
• Commented on Slow-motion video baby's laughter
  Some people do. Not everyone does. Your children are not necessarily Wonderful Things to anybody but you. In fact, lots of people think they're irritating, ugly, and unappealing....
• Commented on Slow-motion video baby's laughter
  Gross. God, what is it with all the pro-baby stuff on boingboing lately? Is it because Cory just sprogged?...
• Commented on Jewelry made from cast octopus tentacles
  For those of you who are wondering what the plural of octopus is, it's "octopodes." Greek root, you see. "Octopuses" is also acceptable....
• Commented on Steamy tell-all memoir by a Disneyland "Jack Sparrow"
  I'm not sure how it is at Disneyland, but at WDW, the points system is more complex than the article described. There's a matrix, which allows you to have a certain number of points in a time period, and points...
• Commented on HOWTO make "rotten shark"
  The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program is not keen on the consumption of shark meat. Shark populations are declining worldwide, and part of the problem is that sharks are part of the "bycatch," ie, the unwanted stuff that gets...
• Commented on Creationist documentary premiere bars science blogger, accidentally lets in Richard Dawkins
  They wanted to see the movie because a) it's probably quite funny, although unintentionally, and b) because they're both in it. The producers of "Expelled," which is supposedly a documentary, managed to interview both PZ Myers and Richard Dawkins under...
• Commented on Stingray strike results in sunbather's death
  It doesn't say what happened to the ray, although from the pictures I would guess it stayed on the boat and died. I hope that's not true....
• Commented on Adorable moppet sings Beatles songs
  Oh my god, Cory. You have breeder brain....
• Commented on Blender-shaped baby-bath
  What do you mean, "too much"?...
• Commented on Boing Boing t-shirts by COOP!
  Teresa, how is that *not* just posing with tools? In the shirt, she's standing with the hammer. Not using it. Posing. I don't see how you've refuted my statement at all. As for political persuasion and Coop's sensibilities, I'm not...