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• Commented on Slo-mo demolition of iconic Philadelphia Drexel smokestack
  Hey, I'm not complaining about it coming down. I am aware of Penn's plans to revitalize the area. I just liked how the original blogger linked it to the demise of industry in the US. Truthfully, I never expected my...
• Commented on The rise of the Flapper
  Ha, sorry Miss Cellania! You are absolutely right, it is rather silly to think you would track down a fashion historian for a blog post. It's just that i am in grad school for this and we often lament the...
• Commented on The rise of the Flapper
  Sigh, if only Miss Cellania had consulted a fashion historian she would find out all the misinformation she just posted. The errors are too long and detailed to lay out here, but the main point I would make is that...
• Commented on Philadelphia Free Library System is shutting down
  2 things - This was posted by a local philly blog that has been covering the budget crisis: http://www.philebrity.com/2009/09/10/readers-cameraphone-we-regret-to-inform-you-that-due-to-the-budget-crisis-in-harrisburg-the-city-can-no-longer-support-your-brain/ Also, the Philadelphia Free Library is supported by both city funding and private funding. It was once described to me by...
• Favorited Ducklings in a Bathtub on Boing Boing
• Favorited Snarky Amazon reviews for Denon's dumb-ass $500 Ethernet cable on Boing Boing
• Favorited GOOD's guide to secret societies on Boing Boing
• Favorited Alice, a song and video composed from the Disney movie's audiobits. on Boing Boing
• Favorited Best of BBtv - Food Fight on Boing Boing
• Commented on Glitching Speak & Spell without cracking it open
  I found the math one...aaaahhh nostalgia is so sweet! http://www.99er.net/spkmath.html...
• Commented on Glitching Speak & Spell without cracking it open
  #4 - I had the math one too! I wish i could remember what it was called. I totally remember the weird divide key sound, my sister and i could never figure out what it was saying. It's a sort...
• Commented on Tortoise hates cats
  That is one bad ass tortoise! I love how he kept going for the tail too....
• Commented on Did eBoost Media customer service rep call customer a faggot?
  i don't think it's the same woman. The second one's voice seems deeper, but they are very close. Anyone else wondering what "severely reprimanded" means. Shouldn't that person have been fired???...
• Commented on Teen discovers bat hiding in her bra
  @12 Taken directly from the article: "The teenager's general manager freed the bat in the hotel garden." The bat got away! Yay! (There is something very Beatrix Potter about this, al la 2 bad mice)...
• Commented on Go Anywhere Backpack smooshes into a pocket-sized ball
  @10 I know, i was bummed too, it seemed so perfect-great size, folds up to almost nothing, and cool design/colors. Oh well, maybe they will make a better version....
• Commented on Go Anywhere Backpack smooshes into a pocket-sized ball
  @8 - i have the exact bag you posted a link to, unfortunately it is not sturdy at all. I have had to sew it up a bunch of times. There are too many seams that can't handle very much...
• Commented on Won't someone please think of the kitten videos
  cuteness in a cup over at neatorama: http://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/07/ferrets-in-a-cup/...
• Commented on Ducklings in a Bathtub
  starting the day with baby anything makes me happy. Thanks!!...
• Commented on Top X: 10 Perfectly Pure Gadgets
  the zipper?? no way, it always gets stuck, or the teeth break, or the little handle thingy comes off. Velcro instead!!!!...
• Commented on Bank of America enrolls you in "Credit Protection Plus" without your permission
  My mom was just telling me about Citizens Bank doing this to her too. It took her multiple phone calls, but eventually she got them to reverse the charges. Such a scam - i hate banks...credit union seems like a...
• Commented on Goodbye, George Carlin
  in the 90s i got to see him in NYC for the taping of one of the HBO specials. I was 16 and and the tickets were a birthday present. I have never laughed so hard in my life; still...
• Commented on <i>The Birds</i> Barbie doll gets her eyes pecked
  and while we're at it, why not a Rear Window doll with Jimmy Stewart in a wheel chair, there could even be an accompanying cardboard backdrop of his apartment and the view. Of course there would have to be a...
• Commented on 6th severed foot found in B.C.?
  talk about a foot fetish......
• Commented on Philly cops raids activists who circulated anti-CCTV petititon
  I was thinking that perhaps the cops are a little overaggressive about this because of the whole MOVE thing that happened in the 70s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE It is still talked about here (i live in philly) and i wouldn't be surprised...
• Commented on Video: <i>Climb Dance</i>, Peugeot 405 T16 run up Pikes Peak (1990)
  This reminds me of a video i saw of a Ferrari speeding through Paris without stopping once. I heard and i don't know if it's true that the guy who made this film submitted it to Cannes and then was...
• Commented on Monks video from 1966
  I second Bat Guano, Monk chant is incredible. A friend of mine showed it to me a few months ago, the monks were so ahead of their time....
• Commented on Alice, a song and video composed from the Disney movie's audiobits.
  i think this is my favorite post of the week! Three cheers for singing flowers!...
• Commented on mmk_kobayashi's funny photostream
  ok - someone please stop me now...i can't stop looking!!!...
• Commented on Sign advertising rabbit meat
  It reminds me of a little shop i went to in Italy - they specialized in cured meats and had this little scene set up in the entry way that had like 4 taxidermy pigs (actually i think they were...
• Commented on All AT&T phones $0.01 on Amazon today only
  Arrrggghhhh - why is it that right after i buy a new anything, it goes on sale for next to nothing immediately after?!?!? Oh well - i didn't really feel like switching service anyway, but i just paid $100 for...