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• Commented on Old advertisement for Evel Knievel's popsicles
  I vaguely remember these (or something very similar around that same time) and I recall it being almost impossible to get the finished product out of the mold. Oh, and I'm not the kid in that pic....
• Commented on Witch bottle from the 18th century
  Lol, so in what part of Revelation was the beast cast into a pit of naval fluff?...
• Commented on Owner of trendy Manhattan restaurant Paradou plumbs new depths of evil bad-bossitude
  "seeing the big picture" use of that expression alone is grounds for boycotting his establishment. If he followed it up with "at the end of the day", "low hanging fruit", "out of pocket" or "reaching out" I'd say he should...
• Commented on Mishap at the Electrical Substation
  That looks like the coolest jungle gym in the world!...
• Commented on Aerobics championship video from 1987
  I love videos from the 80's like this but I'm always left wanting a "where are they now" followup. It would be very interesting to see the journey some of these folks took after winning (or losing) the 1987 Crystal...
• Commented on Inebriated woman falls in front of oncoming train
  Not only is she fortunate she didn't get squished she's also damn lucky she didn't use touch the third rail. dcluberson is right, it's motion recognition software. I've seen some systems that assign an id to the "boxes" and...
• Commented on The Perfect Turkey Doesn't Really Exist
  Mine are perfect but I cheat. I completely debone it, brine it, stuff it with herbs, vac seal it, simmer for 4 or 5 hours at 125F, then take it out of the bag and broil it to crisp the...
• Commented on Hallowe'en is safe, your kids are safe, the only scary thing is the warnings
  Ha! Where I live in PG County MD you have much more to fear from the trick or treating kids than they have to fear from you! We're changing it up this year, we bought 100 22" glowsticks on amazon...
• Commented on Bees That Drink Human Tears
  I love this planet....
• Commented on Internet Archaeology
  In the last five minutes on internetarcheology I saw more unicorns and dragons than I've seen in the last ten yeas....
• Commented on Life: Detroit and WWII image gallery
  If you ride the green line on the dc metro from the Chinatown stop towards MD keep an eye on the back lots filled with junk. Just after you pass the Rhode Island Ave stop you'll see one of these...
• Commented on Boy missing after experimental balloon crash lands
  anonymous: Well, if there's only one good thing to come of this balloon fiasco it's that you pointed me to http://scientificsonline.com/ Now, I'm going to see if I can buy something that actually can lift a six year old child...
• Commented on Boy missing after experimental balloon crash lands
  Bryant: thanks for doing the math, but now I'm bummed. I'm going to keep hoping the kid watched in innocent amazement as the balloon floated away from him until he realized "Shit, dad is going to kill me..." and then...
• Commented on Flu, and You: The Basics
  I'm disappointed the link is down. There seems to be no shortage of people extolling the dangers of getting a flu vaccine. I have a friend I hadn't seen in 10 years just contact me recently. Suddenly my inbox is...
• Commented on Meet the Hon. James David Manning, PhD.
  Can someone tell me what Obama has done to so thoroughly piss off the right? 'Cause if anyone should be pissed it's the lefties that voted for Change and instead got Obama....
• Commented on Report: Deet, popular and potent insect repellent, is neurotoxic
  Does DEET even work? Because other than a mosquito net or a steady breeze or a decent amount of smoke (campfire) I don't think I've ever seen anything that actually repelled mosquitoes....
• Commented on Ray Charles covers Johnny Cash
  godDAMN he could sing....
• Commented on Burk Uzzle's photos of Woodstock
  The fact that so many people could show up for a concert where both the sponsors and the fans were so unprepared and yet there were virtually no fights or murders is amazing to me. I tip my hat to...
• Commented on Man, our president is cool.
  He's charismatic and well marketed. That's it. I think what depresses me most is that we've got The Left ceaselessly patting each other on the back while exclaiming "we did it, things are better" and we've got The Right clenching...
• Commented on North Korea's first beer commercial
  http://wcco.com/business/video/?id=17678@cbslocal.dayport.com...
• Commented on Polite Umbrella Contracts To Avoid Poking Others In The Eye
  CNOOCY#8: I guess perhaps you're the type of person who wouldn't have a problem putting a vampire squid on the end of a stick and walk around while letting it periodically reach down and envelope your head....
• Commented on Polite Umbrella Contracts To Avoid Poking Others In The Eye
  Looks too much like a vampire squid for me to use. Still pretty clever though....
• Commented on 08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail: beautifully designed, superbly written history of the 2008 election in graphic novel form
  I guess I kinda' liked it? The art was cool. But really, since the campaigning for 2008 started shortly after 2004 and media coverage of the election was somewhere between "thorough" and "24/7 pundit firehose" levels I'm not sure what...
• Commented on 1800s surgical kit unboxed
  I was wondering what purpose the little brush served. Oh, to brush away bone fragments. That's uh, going to haunt me for a while....
• Commented on Donald Rumsfeld's Strangeloveian Defense Briefing Art
  @ #15 if you look at the article itself there's a bunch of the cover pages for the briefs and a few have half the classifications blacked out. I've actually seen this before but generally it was the REL UK/AUS/etc...
• Commented on Donald Rumsfeld's Strangeloveian Defense Briefing Art
  You know it's serious stuff when the classification of a document itself is classified. Really weird. I wonder if the briefs themselves were cartoons....
• Commented on Debt-collectors and credit card companies: the psychologists of predatory lending
  Novel concept: do without, if you can't pay for it outright then don't get it. Has everyone in the US caught some kind of behavior modifying virus that forces us to spend money on anything that catches our eye? I've...
• Commented on Obama Reverses Promise to Release Detainee Torture Photos
  Don't blame me, I voted for Kucinich! Actually I voted for Obama but I was never under the illusion that much would "change". It's still disappointing though....
• Commented on Noodling: catching a catfish by letting it bite your arm
  I wonder if they have to worry about the bony fins the smaller catfish have. Holding it that close to your chest seems like you're begging to have one of their foot and a half long fins puncture a lung....
• Commented on Madonna of Orgasm Church
  What's the criteria for being recognized as a religious organization? What makes one valid and another not valid? Scientology is the most recent example I can think of. Basically Hubbard just wrote a book, got it published and started his...