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• Commented on Joel Spolsky on the perfect electronics store
  Willy Wonka? The photo geeks I know think of it as more of a Mecca. Why, one of my buds razzed me for a week when he found out I'd been to NYC and not gone there. I've been on...
• Commented on Diff'rent Strokes opening sequence, reconsidered
  I'm not sure that this one's got sexual overtones. I think the music just implies something sinister. I think it's interesting how the music (especially since it's not synchronized with the video) changes the context of the images....
• Commented on HRP-4C fashion model robot
  Point of interest: At least it doesn't appear to have machine gun jumblies....
• Commented on Vicodin earrings
  But if she sells them, is she breaking a law?...
• Commented on Goose doesn't like sweet natured doggy
  @#10 That's an astute observation. I wonder if there's any research to indicate that geese have memories intense enough to act upon in that way. I smell grant money....
• Commented on Victorious Mongoose 1902a Concealable Ray Pistol
  I don't remember where I read it - probably in high school - but I always thought the "particle projection potato" was a good choice. And yes, that's a smart looking little blaster....
• Commented on Listen: 2D Boy's free <em>World of Goo</em> soundtrack
  It reminds me a little of the original MYST soundtrack mixed with the Sega Saturn's Rayman soundtrack. Good times....
• Commented on Headphones that won't fall off my ears
  You don't worry that something might get you while you're zoned out listening? I mean, these guys were expecting a bear and still... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZx1wbeQg7w...
• Commented on Australian court rules that Facebook "Wall" scribbles are legal notice
  Another feather for Takuan's hat: I thought of that same situation, although I thought of what Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz had said about the demolition of the earth rather than the decidedly gullible Mister Prosser....
• Commented on Work-chair with a giant no-distraction hood
  There's no control pad with which to open the trap doors above the alligator pit. Fail....
• Commented on New Sharper Image site up
  Ha! I was just listening to that in my office....
• Commented on Photo of world's oldest living animal?
  Yikes. I just got to the end of the clip I linked. I do not advocate killing turtles for their ignorance. Sheesh....
• Commented on Photo of world's oldest living animal?
  And yet, he and his kind have not yet discovered how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jx5g9AZlcc&feature=related...
• Commented on 130,000 inflatable breasts missing at sea
  Can you imagine what a killer "The Gods Must Be Crazy" film this would make?...
• Commented on Chainsaw "bayonet" mounted on rifle
  Interesting. 'Cause his saw sounds a lot like an electric carving knife from Thanksgiving....
• Commented on Chickens stop rabbits from fighting
  First off, "fighting rabbits" is worth double the price of admission. The chicken brute squad is just icing on the cake....
• Commented on Photo gallery of female body builders
  Wow. That's a lot of judgment. To each her own, I figure....
• Commented on The Job is a Lie: Valve almost lured <em>Half-Life 2</em> source hacker with fake job interview
  Sounds like a setup for this: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/12/new-reality-show-smi.html...
• Commented on Quantum of Solace is an anagram for 18,258 better titles
  But how is the film? The reviewer here in Richmond, VA totally panned it, which for me was disheartening 'cause I really wanted it to be good....
• Commented on Place setting by a five-year-old girl
  @7 I am TOTALLY appropriating the phrase "co-owner/admin" That is COMPLETELY what I've become....
• Commented on Amelie, Jr.
  avec Frenchness!...
• Commented on What kind of animal is on this rubber ball?
  Dinosaur. Cuddling its young. A la Matthew Sweet's album Altered Beast: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_fAT7UABRBOo/SCD4zALApII/AAAAAAAAB0o/yfacRWiX1Dk/Matthew_Sweet_-_Altered_Beast2-%5BFront%5D-%5Bwww.FreeCovers.net%5D.jpg...
• Commented on Lovely photo of Lemming skeleton
  ALISONG ftw.. I had forgotten that lemmings were actual animals that didn't wear shirt-dresses and have tufts of green hair....
• Commented on The Visible Woman Stalks The Catwalk
  Clearly Slim Goodbody's comin' to get his duds from this chick. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Goodbody...
• Commented on VOTE NERD
  @Tim: Wish I was as convinced as you. I've been black in this country for a loooong time....
• Commented on Great John Williams movie themes, a capella (video)
  @xeni jardin: Yeah, way. I just found out that we had Richmond in common a few days ago. It's good to see people escape. Keep up the good work! @tom hale: I used to date a criminal psychologist and nobody...
• Commented on Great John Williams movie themes, a capella (video)
  @xeni jardin: I'm an "English" teacher at VCU! Math is out of my field! (grin)...
• Commented on Great John Williams movie themes, a capella (video)
  Great. Now the Indiana Jones music is stuck in my head for who knows how long. Sheesh....
• Commented on Child's mech walker costume
  Nothing less than brilliant....
• Commented on White Supremacists Plotted to Assasinate Obama, Behead Black Children
  It scares me to know that people like this are still around. I mean, really....