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• Commented on Neutrality takes no side but that of convenience
  Utterly beneath contempt. An exercise in willful ignorance and bigotry. Shame on them all....
• Commented on WWI images from Library and Archives Canada
  I just like how many people wore hats in those days....
• Commented on What's Your Christmas Card List Got to Do With the Development of the Human Brain?
  Monkeys with car keys....
• Commented on Video game wedding: a letter and photos from the bride and groom
  Just don't drop her....
• Commented on Alligators in NYC sewers
  Whoah - this is weird. Just last night I watched "Alligator" with my son - starring Robert Forster, Dean Jagger et al - written by John Sayles. My son asked me: "Is it really possible for alligators to live in...
• Commented on Murdoch-Microsoft deal in the works
  One dinosaur dragging another dinosaur down into teh tarry goo. So apropos. Just never thought it would happen with such a disgusting reach-around and mutual blow job - metaphorically speaking of course. Still - all too happy to stand on...
• Commented on The Lung Flute: A Sort of Gross (But Important) Medical Innovation
  Having lived with asthma for 50 years and having suffered through several bouts of pneumonia I think this is frickin' great. Even a bad cold can threaten to kill someone like me once it settles in the lungs - by...
• Commented on Garden Jawa
  I'm gonna wait for the premium solar powered garden light version - so when the sun goes down their eyes will gleam in the night - and my garden will be an awesome yet wretched hive of scum and villainy....
• Commented on How inductors work
  ZOMG! It's Clint Howard!...
• Commented on Supreme Master Television
  Does she sell special oatmeal for the dogs too?...
• Commented on Praying Mantis consumes grasshopper.
  Nomnomnomnom!...
• Commented on Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
  This is insane. Hopefully, as Geist points out, it won't get slimed past parliamentary procedure in Canada since these negotiations exceed Canadian law. I get so furious with the slimeball tactics of these corporate fascist weasels who think they own...
• Commented on Portraits of child beauty pageant participants
  Placing hands over eyes - watching the kid in Little Miss Sunshine do her dance - Alan Arkin helped her - all is okay with the world - flush - flush - flush. That and a gallon of vodka should...
• Commented on Praying mantis in my backyard
  The look on its face suggests it's either contemplating you as a meal or perhaps maybe just getting ready to perform some slight of hand: "Nothing up my sleeve! Ahhhh! Dinner theatre!"...
• Commented on Legendary punk drummer Chuck Biscuits is undead
  Glad to hear Chuck is still with us. First saw him playing with D.O.A. in the late '70's in Vansterdam - he must of been all of 15 years old then. From what little I remember of the evening he...
• Commented on Web Zen: goth zombie monster a-go-go zen
  Zzzzzzombies is one of the finalists in this year's Zombie Short Film Festival - http://www.zombieshortfilmfestival.com/ - being held tonight at the Revue Cinema in Toronto....
• Commented on Replica of Professor Marvel wagon art from Wizard of Oz
  That's lovely! For the record, the best Professor Marvel line: Dorthy - "Please take us to see the Crown Heads of Europe." Marvel - "What? You know any? Oh - you mean the - thing." and of lesser note: Marvel...
• Commented on Coordinated motorcycle performance video from the 1950s
  You can find it on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvvB8jJqrLU - around the 5:00 mark....
• Commented on Coordinated motorcycle performance video from the 1950s
  Reminds me of the scene from Meet John Doe where the fascist industrialist shows off his private army of cops....
• Commented on Access Copyright tells Canadian gov't: no home TV recording, no ripping music, no moving old ebooks to new readers
  What a bunch of well-intentioned albeit deluded and ignorant frickin' morons. As a Canadian writer I am stunned and embarrassed by their comments. They neither represent the true needs of creators nor reflect the reality we are now living in....
• Commented on Public domain collection of film noir at Archive.org
  Ida Lupino's "The Hitchhiker" is the real gem of the collection. http://www.archive.org/details/IdaLupinostheHitch-hiker1953...
• Commented on French burlesque film: The Dancing Pig
  Having worked in the trade for years I must say that is an extraordinary costume for the time period. Makes you wish we had a Georges Melies version of Where The Wild Things Are....
• Commented on An oral history of Over the Edge, "The greatest teen rebellion movie of all time"
  The out of print soundtrack is available as a torrent (with the film) via Pirate Bay. Just so you know....
• Commented on PRX: huge, searchable library of public radio goodness
  This is brilliant - thank you!...
• Commented on Raiders of the Lost Ark as a 1951 adventure movie
  Secret Of The Incas wasn't the only source of "inspiration" for the Indy franchise. There was also the old Republic serial "Manhunt In The African Jungle", which featured a fedora wearing, leather jacket clad, whip wielding treasure hunter doing battle...
• Commented on Poe archive from UT Austin goes online
  I wanted to come up with Poe poo poo jike - but I got nuthin'. Mercifully....
• Commented on Lynchian version of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
  Also - Freddy looks like he's got someone waiting for him outside - in the trunk of his car....
• Commented on Lynchian version of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
  Always go for Mary Anne! MOMMY!!!!!! Huh? Oh nothing....
• Commented on Lawyers for TV überdouche Glenn Beck go after satirical website, saying the url itself is defamatory
  Oh, that is fucking priceless! I am now going to run out and buy domains for: glennbecktieshisskinnydickinaknotandthatiswhyhecriesallthetime.com and glennbecksuinganyonefordefamationisabsurdsinceheisalreadysoadeptattarnishinghisownreputationbybeingsuchahypocriticallyingassdouchebag.com I think we should all acquire at least one domain each. The more the merrier. Pile on! Cheers....
• Commented on London bus with 16 CCTV cameras inside
  I'm just waiting for some inventive band to storm the bus with all their gear and tape a music video off the screen as they play their music enroute....