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• Commented on Dictator Wars: social game where you get to be a despot
  In the interest of fairness, I decided to actually try this. Gamelayers made a really unique and innovative game when they created PMOG/Nethernet. Dictator Wars, as other commentors have said, is nothing but a clone of Mafia Wars/Vampire Wars/etc. I'm...
• Commented on Dictator Wars: social game where you get to be a despot
  With the disappointing end to the Nethernet ... I'm not sure I want to try this game or not....
• Commented on Fart fight
  Wait a minute. I just read the original story on the Waco Tribune website. It looks like the man who threw the knife then picked up the knife and stabbed the "farter". So the guy who threw the knife was...
• Commented on Terrifying, Gory Workplace Safety PSA Horror-Video
  About 12 years ago, an employee at the company I worked for really was crushed and killed by a forklift. Luckily I didn't see it, but it was a pretty traumatic experience for the whole company. Forklifts scare the crap...
• Commented on Senator's bill to ban profanity
  If you watch the video in the link, the Senator himself says, "We're going to catch hell trying to get this through." Ok, so that's a pretty low level of cussing, but still....
• Commented on Now we are nine: Boing Boing's birthday!
  Happy b-day BoingBoing! I wish I'd discovered you sooner....
• Commented on Robophiliac Chinese farmer invents robotic filial piety in robot form
  @MOJAVE So if you play the fruity oaty bar song, it goes psycho and beats everyone up? Cool....
• Commented on Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town podcast
  I just read this over Christmas and loved it. I look forward to hearing you read it....
• Commented on Traditions That Make You Feel Good
  My mother always made me eat black eyed peas on New Years day. I hate black eyed peas. I detest them. They make me gag. She'd always make me eat at least one, though. I'd usually try to mix it...
• Commented on Purple people eater gloves
  Aren't they supposed to have a horn? And wings. Cause, they can fly right? I still want these gloves, though....
• Commented on What do you call the shop on the corner?
  When I was little, growing up in Texas, we called them jiffy stores. Everyone I know now just calls them convenience stores. Or sometimes we genericize 7-11....
• Commented on Will Obama continue failed drug war policies?
  As a recovering alcoholic myself, I do like the idea of having a recovering addict and/or alcoholic as drug czar. I would hope such a person would be less likely to view addicts as criminals. Maybe Jim Ramstad is not...
• Commented on Clowns! art show in Los Angeles
  Clowns scare me. It's one of the only phobias I have (all my other fears are completely rational .. really). My grandmother was also an artist, and the only piece of hers I have is a painting she made of...
• Commented on 4-1 odds on the existence of God
  I think you might have to wait an eternity for a payout....
• Commented on VOTE NERD
  I'm hoping I don't have a problem tomorrow. I moved two months ago, and I do have my new voter registration. Unfortunately, my ID is still the one from my previous state. It's supposed to be acceptable, but I have...
• Commented on Giant spider eats bird
  I live in a basement. It's a finished basement, and really nice. Nice carpet, new paint on the walls, brand new closet and bathroom. And spiders. And sometimes centipedes, or millipedes or some kind of crawly thing that make my...
• Commented on New US RFID passports manufactured offshore at a huge profit, transported by unsecured couriers
  There's a priceless statement in the original article about the profits the GPO is reaping from these. They said they've had "accelerated revenue recognition," and "not necessarily excess profits."...
• Commented on North Texas house burns because local authorities switched off hydrants "to fight terrorism"
  Yet another example of the authorities doing things to make us safer that don't. One minor correction. The way I read the original story, I don't think anyone died in the fire. The homeowner said "My grandfather died last year....
• Commented on TSA declares war on large breasts
  I have a surgical rod in my right femur, and two steel plates and several screws in my left leg. I also have nipple rings and braces on my teeth. For some reason, I have never set off a metal...
• Commented on Man electrocutes pickle to demonstrate power of Christianity
  Unfortunately, this kind of lends credence to people who say Scientology is just as valid as Christianity. Tom Cruise is still crazier than this guy, but not by much....
• Commented on Cop busts guy for taking his pic: "It's illegal to take a picture of a law enforcement officer... if you don't give it to me, you're going to jail"
  From the news article: "Under the advice of the Johnson County attorney, the sheriff would not comment and the arresting deputy said he didn’t want to incriminate himself by talking to us." Incriminate himself? It sounds like the officer knows...
• Commented on Homophobic politician sends self-published comic book to voters
  If everyone else in Oklahoma City wasn't well aware that this guy is a crook, I'd be ashamed to say I live there. As it is, meh. I am a bit curious what Sally Kern thinks about it....
• Commented on Elective surgery to increase height
  I've had my femur surgically broken, not to lengthen it but to straighten it after it didn't heal properly from a fracture. This lengthening procedure would involve an intense amount of pain. I can't imagine going through that voluntarily for...