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• Commented on Abstinence-only rappers sing about the "Christian Side Hug"
  The Urban Dictionary defines "rough rider" as: (i) a condom covered with spikes enhancing sexual experience for the female, sometimes pain, (ii) someone who prefers dry anal or vaginal sex, or is extra rough with intercourse, (iii) a person who...
• Commented on Chickens terrified of dried sunflower head
  I saw a giant, obviously mummified chicken head. Someone else mentioned it looked like a dead bird, and a few others said a wasp's nest. If I was a foot tall I wouldn't go near that thing, either....
• Commented on Beard worn as cage around head
  Remember that crazy baby-swinging video? Lots of commenters on BoingBoing said that was a fake. It wasn't. Oh, but that didn't stop people from talking about how the baby looked like a poorly rendered CG puppet designed in Poser. They...
• Commented on SFPD cops from imaginary anti-dance-party squad steal laptops
  @ johnfoster: "Just get a netbook"? What kind of advice is that for a DJ or music producer? I'll tell you. It's lousy advice. Not useful in the least. For starters, a netbook doesn't usually have the computing power necessary...
• Commented on SFPD cops from imaginary anti-dance-party squad steal laptops
  It's not just DJs. One of my friends, a graphic designer who lives in Eureka, had his brand new $3,500 laptop "confiscated" at his friends' party in the Mission. Fearing arrest, he didn't argue with them. SFPD now say they...
• Commented on 100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495
  The asteroseismologists were no help. Pln B'net would be forced to rely on figures sent back from the missing team. Six weeks with no word. They must have been transported to a neighboring galaxy, or perhaps another dimension altogether. "Hyperspace?"...
• Commented on Do you understand my first-grade child's homework?
  It's perfectly simple. If you're not getting your hair cut, you don't have to put your brother's clothes down on the lower peg, you just collect the note before you do your scripture prep after lunch when you've written your...
• Commented on Antony Gormley - let's all go barefoot
  I went shoeless for more than 3 years. I recommend it to anyone who works at home. Shoes restrict natural toe movement when you walk, and a good number of knee and back problems in later life are shoe-related....
• Commented on What MP3 player should I buy?
  @ gruntfuttock: Uh, your solution ticks all the boxes except for the "does't want an iPod" box. iPods are great for people who enjoy shelling out $60 every time their stupid iPod's battery dies. Add to that the fact that...
• Commented on Cats with fraudulent diplomas
  I can has doctorate?...
• Commented on The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
  That's a bit of information from the introductory paragraph of gallium's Wikipedia entry. Somewhat more useful to people who are considering purchasing this element: you can make homemade mirrors with indium, caesium, and gallium....
• Commented on Bicycle defense kit fits in Altoids tin
  I never suspected that one thread could provide so many wet blankets. Gorilla Glue causes more damage, by the way. That stuff is liquid revenge, squared....
• Commented on Praying Mantis consumes grasshopper.
  Doesn't waste a single morsel....
• Commented on Norman Rockwell, "King of Photoshop"
  Rockwell wasn't the first artist to use this technique. I think calling him "the original King of Photoshop" is a bit absurd. Is Alexander Graham Bell the King of Cellular Phones? Is Orson Welles the King of Digital Video? Is...
• Commented on Dioramas "captured" from nature
  @ Cruxx: Yeah, because you know, in the REAL world, artists and galleries should never say or do anything that we hadn't already correctly assumed we could say or do better. I didn't read the description until I saw it...
• Commented on Dioramas "captured" from nature
  Ah, too bad! I was thinking I'd missed an opportunity to meet you. It was a terrific show. Very different from the kind of work I'm used to seeing at Denver galleries. Now that I know about the space, I'll...
• Commented on Dioramas "captured" from nature
  I was at the opening last night. Lovely work. Were you there, too, David?...
• Commented on A drink that sounds even more unappetizing than "Dairy Drink"
  Or, if you're so used to seeing the word "diarrhea" end with "-ea," it LOOKS even funnier. Some people are either willfully dense or just plain stupid, cultural distinctions aside. I'd never heard the word "Dairylea" spoken, and "Lea" (pronounced...
• Commented on WTF is "Dairy Drink?"
  Rice milk? Bleh. Soy milk? Cancer. I'll take milk (or cream) for my cereal, coffee, and ice cream. Raw eggs in the ice cream, too. You ever eat vegan ice cream made with Rice Dream? Tastes like a newspaper took...
• Commented on Anne Frank on film
  Not so curious when one considers the other things Otto Frank has been accused of, including writing much of his daughter's famous diary. I'm not saying it's outside the realm of possibilities, but in light of the subject matter it...
• Commented on Vegas uses computers to nab card counters
  I have no love for casinos, but card counting is cheating, plain and simple. As mentioned, it's harder to get away with nowadays, but far from impossible....
• Commented on Another impossibly skinny Ralph Lauren model
  I own a few Ralph Lauren shirts, and I'm not an idiot. That said, I never pay attention to advertising, unlike Phikus. Talk about a complete waste of time! This whole "if you do (x) you must be an idiot"...
• Commented on T-shirt design contest for Fender
  Squiers aren't "student" guitars, any more than generic toothpaste is "student" toothpaste. Sure, you can use it on your teeth, assuming you don't mind scrubbing your molars with liquefied baby seals....
• Commented on Squirrel for dinner
  Damn. Somebody beat me to the squirrel melts video. Arguably the creepiest thing on YouTube....
• Commented on EFF comes to the rescue of Texas Instruments calculator hackers
  Aren't calculator hackers the most likely people to BUY these calculators? Sheesh. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you....
• Commented on What actual Mayans are saying about 2012
  I've been doing some independent research, asking people what they think will happen on December 21, 2012. Alarmingly, almost every one of the respondents feels that it's all a big joke. Books and movies aside, I don't see any signs...
• Commented on Fireplace named world's most beautiful object
  Maybe it's the picture, but it looks ugly to me. Useful, sure, but damned ugly. Like a squashed Pac-Man with third-degree burns, suspended upside down from his distended esophagus....
• Commented on The ecologist who found his wedding ring
  Let's assume that a higher power did help this gentleman find his wedding ring. What's wrong with that? It's still an entertaining story about a guy who found his wedding ring, and if he wants to believe it was because...
• Commented on Thoughts for Polanski apologists, by another woman raped at 13.
  Since no one else has done so, I would like to personally apologize on behalf of Roman Polanski. He's unapologetically sorry, and he's working 'round-the-clock to ensure that all concerned parties (and us) can finally get back to their (and...
• Commented on Rogue helicopter pilots and "chameleon lemon-headed coward terrorist pussies."
  @ #1: "There is Miss South Carolina stupid and I can laugh at that stuff forever. Stupid is funny. Unchecked and unmanaged schizoaffective disorder is just sad." But unchecked and unmanaged schizoaffective disorder with a dash of poetry is amazing....