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• Commented on Dude lives in spaceship house
  @#12 I was surprised at the same quote...esp given the big initial argument for the building per the article: "I said something like: 'I know you're all Republicans and businessman and I know you think I'm a communist or a...
• Commented on Corpses are rotting more slowly than they used to -- is it because we are germophobic?
  This isn't just anecdotal evidence...it's lousy anecdotal evidence. Thirty people saying the same thing would still be anecdotal, but at least something to start wondering about, doing a few tests on or something. One person commenting on their own distant...
• Commented on What makes us happy?
  So...what does make us happy? I also felt an initial gut feeling to the video of gack...if you were entirely privileged in the 1930s, you probably made out pretty well in middle life... But, after squelching my initial US-privileged-guilt response,...
• Commented on Plants vs. Zombies
  Unbelievably addictive. Sadly, I paid full price ('cus I didn't read carefully enough about the discount on Steam)....
• Commented on Florrie Fisher in "The Trip Back" (part 1)
  Perspective: hearing a 50yo woman in the '60s (right?) referring to herself as "fly" when you thought that was a '90s word. Who knew....
• Commented on Great Depression Cooking show
  @#13 I also noticed her risky cutting style, but it reminded me of my own grandmother, who after years of cooking for family and working in restaurants could easily pull a tray of rolls out of the hot oven without...
• Favorited The One Man Living Cartoon Factory on Boing Boing
• Commented on Gimme Indie Game: the flails and flagellations of Flashbang's <em>Blush</em>
  Right click on the game and it offers a switch to full screen....
• Commented on Gimme Indie Game: the flails and flagellations of Flashbang's <em>Blush</em>
  Sooo pretty...esp in full screen. Wish it didn't end after 4 minutes....
• Commented on Trader Joe's fan commercial not to be missed
  Here's something I don't understand...I mean, I really don't. Why is it that the checkout staff at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are so much more, um, er, caucasian, than my regular, non-fancy grocery store? Geez, I know I'm opening...
• Commented on Knife Porn: Four years waiting and one month with the Randall Model 1 Fighting Knife
  For someone with absolutely no need for a knife like this (esp now that they're $345) and no big draw to weapons (outside of video games), I found this oddly compelling. After thinking about it, I think that it was...
• Commented on Joel Stein: "Nut allergies -- a Yuppie invention"
  I know this refers back to a way earlier comment, but here it goes: @26 "How the AAP will gently back down from their possibly harmful no-exposure recommendation will be interesting to watch. " The AAP has already backed off...
• Commented on The Importance of Battle Scars
  Hee hee...I also have a little half circle notch out of my left front tooth from trying to push a needle through tough cloth! Who woulda thought that this was a common occurance? Now I look upon it with a...
• Commented on Traditions That Make You Feel Good
  @35 ShawnBruce...Thanks for the reply...and sorry about my pronoun error above. I will say, I had an absolutely spectacular day at work today, and I think starting the day with a focus on "traditions that make you feel good" helped...
• Commented on Traditions That Make You Feel Good
  You seem like a lovely family with many great experiences and interests. I'm curious, though...do you see the phrase "self-absorbed" as a neutral or as a negative? If you see it as a neutral descriptor, I'm surprised (I've generally heard...
• Commented on Snowmen in popular culture
  Honestly, I never knew that snowmen were associated with drinking....
• Commented on Neurologist recounts the time he was conned
  If you haven't already been looking at it, I recommend the "Scam School" podcast, which reflects the gentle art of conning...sort of scams, but not intended to really rip anyone off, except for maybe the price of a drink. Fun...
• Commented on However do you cope without a commercial portable shopping cart washer
  My cat now dislikes BoingBoing. Saw the thing about the carts...led me to read the thing about the dog-washing machine...realized that the cat hadn't had a bath in way too long...well...the rest is history....
• Commented on Hiranao Tsuoboi's LED Watch concept
  Having repeatedly bought the same $25 Timex with faux-mother-of-pearl background, indiglo, and straight-forward Arabic numerals (and the all-important second hand) that is worn 24hrs per day including shower (hence the need to buy more than one of this watch), I've...
• Commented on Wade Davis: an Inuit elder and his shit knife
  Sure, sure...myth, legend, awesome true anecdote, generator of puns, whatever. A small part of an otherwise interesting video. Nevertheless, I'm of the mind that learning about the TED talks is the BEST thing (of many very good things) that I've...
• Commented on Log Bowls by Doha Chebib
  "but are not suggested for food consumption" Well, darnit, that's what I wanted them for. Thanks for the link, though, Lantobland. (Now I'm off to research really shiny laquers that can be used to coat the inside of logs without...
• Commented on Hentai NVIDIA card reveals new benchmark standard in GPU processing
  Um...er...um. I'm not sure why this post bothers me more than most. I guess it's because this is not(admittedly) really a gadget, but a probable photoshop, so the posting is just an excuse to put up a really young-looking cartoon...
• Commented on Video uses boy band to sell lab equipment
  Jeez...sorry about the double post. Loved the biorad video too..."when you need to find out who the daddy is"...
• Commented on Video uses boy band to sell lab equipment
  I thought that was great. It really brought back those days of yore when I should have been out listening to boy bands (ok, maybe that never would have happened), but instead spent the evenings pipetting radiolabled DNA into little...
• Commented on Puppies
  Zippyspincycle...congrats on pulling another non-commenter out of the dark. After reading 800+ VB posts (the good arguments--as I saw them--were already stated) and finally giving up to the tide (who are these people who read 800 posts in 45 minutes?...