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Commented on Spider and Jeanne Robinson need help
I'm about to drop a few bucks in the hat, myself. Spider's books are responsible for introducing me to several of my closest friends and, indirectly, my wife. I know Spider holds dual US/Canadian citizenship, and they both currently live...
Commented on Toy Fair: LEGO: New minifigs, new sets!
They're bringing Space Police back? My day is made. :-)...
Commented on Tiny statue from the third century CE
Artnik @10: If it wasn't for the fact that there are archaeological discoveries coming out of Israel on a pretty regular basis, you might have been on to something. This isn't the controversy you're looking for, move along....
Commented on Malia Obama recommends the Kodak EasyShare M893
I kinda want to see the photos she took....
Commented on Manhattan Project plutonium has been inside a rusting safe in a pit in WA since 1943
@17 DBarak They're not kidding. THose weight listings on the side of diaper boxes? That's all they can hold......
Commented on Maggot cheese that tries to eat your eyes
Illegal cheese? Where's Jasper Fforde when you really need him. :-)...
Commented on For once, news about why we're safer than we used to be
To quote the Woody Allen play Don't Drink the Water: "Be thankful nobody died. Wonderful, we're thinking about making that our new slogan."...
Commented on Dehydrated water
Dehydrated water, just add milk....
Commented on Adware programmer explains slide into evil
That photo's kinda scary....
Commented on Unintentionally funny video challenging Barack Obama's citizenship
Jamie Sue @30: We have the same sort of runaround whenever anyone asks my wife (Born in Canada to an American and a Canadian) if it was difficult for her to get US citizenship after she and I got married....
Commented on Far Side reenactments
Little bullseye yarmulkes! I want one!...
Commented on Gaza Attacks: Two Related Reactions, in Second Life and Twitter
@Greglondon: So, in your estimation, what *is* Israel supposed to do about Hamas rockets being fired from Gaza into Israel? Even if they've "only" killed 17 Israelis by your count. (I'm taking your count on faith for now, since I...
Commented on Dyson Airblade nuclear blasts your hands dry
They have these set up at Logan airport, and they're about as effective as Dyson claims they are....
Commented on Special Barbie commemorates Hitchcock's The Birds
Seriously? What next, Psycho shower-scene Skipper?...
Commented on Apple netbook announcement imminent, analyst predicts
Since we're talking about magical Cupertino fairydust and all, I'd love a detachable PDA, a la the Newton....
Commented on Stay Close to Daddy and Stay Away From the Octopus Man!
Oddly, I misread "Lambda Literary Awards in Lesbian Debut Fiction" as Lambda Literary Awards in Lesbian Donut Fiction," and assumed it was a reward for some really niche-specific fiction....
Commented on Hyper-surveilled handbag in shop-window
There's a similar display at the Copley Plaza mall in Boston, MA....
Commented on Virgin Mary in MRI
I see genitalia....
Commented on Women in science group want a female Doctor Who
@Andrew Katz Lots of planets have a Denmark?...
Commented on Vers 1.5R alarm clock has retro-futuristic <em>Mad Men</em> styling
I love the aesthetics, I hate the price....
Commented on Lenovo introducing SMS disable to Thinkpad
At the risk of sounding like the motorola shill from the other day, I've installed a theft recovery program on my Macbook. If my laptop gets stolen, I go to the company's website and activate the program. The next time...
Commented on Sweet Snow-made Declaration
That's so sweet, congratulations to them....
Commented on What do you call the shop on the corner?
I grew up and currently live in Boston. I've heard the terms "package store" (shortened to packy) and "spa," and I live near a few that use "spa" as part of their name. Personally, I've just said convenience store. I...
Commented on Stanley Milgram radio documentary
One of my undergrad professors was a grad student of Milgram's. Interesting stories......
Commented on Wonkette: Jesus people pray that false idol will save God’s economy
@94: It's not that they're praying *to* the bull. That they're somehow identified as a Christian group strongly suggests that they're most likely praying to God using Jesus as an intermediary, like they usually do. It's the fact that they're...
Commented on From the makers of "Bacon Salt", a new type of sandwich spread
To quote from their website: "Hickory, Peppered, Jalapeno, Maple, Applewood and Mesquite Bacon Salts are Kof-K Parve, while Original, Natural, and Cheddar Bacon Salts along with Regular and Lite Baconnaise are Kof-K Dairy. " So, not only is this stuff...
Commented on Giant spider eats bird
Gha! Next thing you know it'll be attaching itself to people's faces to implant alien larvae......
Commented on Why "dial 9 for outside line" may go away
At my office, they sent around a memo telling us to stay on the line if we accidentally dial 911, so we can inform the operator that it was a mis-dial. Apparently, they send the cops over to investigate any...
Commented on Cool photoblog: elders with style
Awesome. I've yet to find a hat-based look that I can carry out, probably because I don't wear a suit to work during the week. (Honestly, I'd wear one with my suit to services, but that'd get spendy after a...
Commented on The LEGO Zombie Apocafest
Where do they get the zombie minifigs?...

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Kieran O'Neill commented on Untitled 1
@Arkizzle: Lol. Sorry I probably shouldn't have opened that Pandora's Box, although I doubt I'm the only one thinking that. I guess we can try and close the lid and hope nothing comes out through the crack... Anyway, I think the discussion's moved on, and most of the "regulars" are kinda fading into the background. One opinion I have is that by banning Takuan, the Boingers are laying their community down on the ground, putting a pistol to its head, and pulling the trigger. All that will remain will be the twitching of a slowly cooling corpse. Well, that's melodramatic,...
eustace commented on Untitled 1
Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Untitled 1?...
buddy66 commented on Untitled 1
"Banish plump Jack and banish all the world." I've enjoyed y'all's company the past couple of years and have had a thousand laughs. BB was a bright spot in a dark time and I am properly grateful. I rarely added to this thread, although I engaged in some spirited exchanges elsewhere, and I always checked it out as a sort of bulletin board. I will continue to check in and lurk about on occasion but have decided to otherwise end my participation in BB's community. This business with Takuan is too much for me... It's time to transfer out of...
arkizzle / Moderator commented on Untitled 1
Damn Buddy, sad to see you go. You added a fine, true tone to the noise. Hope you'll drop back when it suits. You'll be missed....
ridl commented on Untitled 1
you know there's something about it all that no one talks about, or at least I haven't spent that much time mulling over, and that is that even if we fail even if the species dies and the planet is set back hundreds of millions of generations and all the languages are lost we can't fail we can't be lost and it's just not true because our timeline is one of infinite and somewhere we make it somewhere some iteration of me and you and everyone every decision I make somewhere I make the decision that I would make if...

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