Fred H

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• Commented on Couple charged with trying to sell fake Warhols
  When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold, Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould; And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was...
• Commented on Tom Gauld print: "Characters for an Epic Tale"
  I've had this hung above my computer. Works when you need a character fast....
• Commented on Galileo's fingers found
  I can only hope for this kind of fame. Didn't Mozart's skull make the rounds for awhile?...
• Commented on Spray Paint The Walls: The Story of Black Flag
  Sweet. Flag's work ethic is an inspiration to me to this day. Always wanted to hear Dukowski's side of things....
• Commented on Cats for Gold: turn your glitter to litter!
  I prefer this the other way around. I guess I'm not a cat lover. Or maybe I love gold more. One or the other....
• Commented on BB Video: "Man in the Sand," by Gordon "Violent Femmes" Gano
  Her work is done. The beach spirit is happy....
• Commented on Remixing the default Twitter avatar
  To me Galactus is all helmet. Start there, and go down. I vote for the Jack Kirby-style; "about to consume a world" eyes!...
• Commented on Make an audiobook, get an audiobook science fiction challenge
  Arghhh,if I only had the time! I DREAM of doing old -time radio shows constantly. Dammit Dammit Dammit!!!! Well, maybe next year. Also. Ford M. Ford and Conrad collaborated on a story together? Did not know....
• Commented on Slow loris: possibly cutest animal ever
  Arocklegend, I was going to suggest the Pika too. I believe they would be impossible to keep as a pet, though. Don't they have to move a lot or die?...
• Commented on Sleep: more important than you think (Psychology Today)
  Awesome. Especially as I'm just finishing up a paper on Wild Bill Hickok-in spanish, no less, for tomorrow. I still have 6 pages of workbook stuff to do, and hopefully I'll be ready for the exam tomorrow night. It's now...
• Commented on Sleep: more important than you think (Psychology Today)
  Favorite line: "These mice were messed up."...
• Commented on Wintertime on Mars: lonely Phoenix Lander, blanketed in carbon dioxide frost
  How much would it cost to knit him a scarf and hat, then send it to him? A few billion?...
• Commented on Crucixion and beheading for child rapist in Saudi Arabia
  I'm on the horrified side of this, but still must reference one of my favorite jokes from Kentucky Fried Movie: [Evil Overlord, in "Enter the Dragon" spoof, beheads man then turns to henchmen] Evil Overlord: Now, take him away to...
• Commented on Praying Mantis consumes grasshopper.
  I was waiting for him, at the end, to turn to the camera and burp. Also, needs Yakkity-Sax version....
• Commented on 3D printed ban-hammer
  @Zadaz, For the same reason discussion threads exist-to enter a discussion. Maybe to engage in some human interaction? I'd rather read a (possibly funny) summation rather than scroll through some emotionless article. Maybe that's just me....
• Commented on NASA to irradiate monkeys
  I, for one, feel NASA hasn't irradiated monkeys enough....
• Commented on Halloween: good excuse for gratuitous "doggies in costumes" blog posts
  You NEVER need an excuse for gratuitous "doggies in costumes." It's a perennial favorite....
• Commented on Art That Illustrates the Danger of Antibacterial Everything
  I, for one, welcome our bacterial overlords, and will provide them with petri dishes brimming over with whatever brand of agar is their favorite. (Please don't kill me, rapidly evolving, benevolent rulers!)...
• Commented on Alligators Sing! (But Not to Attract Mates)
  Arghh! Beat me to it thequickbrownfox. So, what's the basis for those lyrics. I always assumed it was just psychedelic nonsense, but was it known alligators sang before?...
• Commented on Essential plot twists for writers
  Cartoonist Tom Gauld has some pretty amazing lists too. I remember one full of stick figures for Epic Tales. Actually I think all his stuff is stick figures....
• Commented on Helping Mick Jagger in a toy store
  [phone rings] Mick Jagger: 'o, 'ello Keef. What am I doin'? Well, I'm just looking at the new Magic Eye book. Yeah, roight, there's a new one. It's better than drugs, mate! Well, I wouldn't expect you to agree anyway....
• Commented on Boing Boing Moderation Policy
  Is the "favorite this" link gone? Is it coming back? I often don't have time to read all the posts in one sitting and sometimes "favorite" to read it later. I guess that's not really what it's made for....
• Commented on Pop Quiz: True Love, or About To End in Tears (or Worse)?
  Eunice, Sell the house. Sell the car. Sell the kids. Find someone else. Forget it. I'm never coming back. Forget it! -Jim...
• Commented on Chinese watermelon sausage
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• Commented on All of Mojo Nixon in free, legal MP3 -- US ONLY
  Best acoustic cover of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida ever. Maybe the only one....
• Commented on Art is People! It's People!
  "Muppet-esque blue" is my favorite color....
• Commented on Alan Moore's new zine: Dodgem Logic
  Hot damn!...
• Commented on Saint Expedite
  I remember reading in the SAINT-A-DAY GUIDE, by Kelly and Rogers, that the church appropriated a saint from Asia. Someone pointed out to the church, later, that the stories they had heard (and had no record of) could be...
• Commented on Today is 24 hour Comics Day!
  Sharpies are tools, Andy Gates, not recreational drugs....
• Favorited Psychedelic Nollywood film about Satan on Boing Boing