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• Commented on Ben Rosenbaum's "The Ant King" as a podcast
  I listened to this on Podcastle way back when. It's a good story. I don't know that I would have been able to sit and read it through the absurdism, but having it read to me worked really well....
• Commented on HOWTO: Take jaw-dropping photos with a mid-grade digital camera and worklights
  So, professional photographers want you to know that the photographer is more important than the camera. Every artist makes this claim, that it's they who produce the greatness, not the tools they use. Not saying it's incorrect, but it's not...
• Commented on Help design a cipher for my crypto wedding-rings!
  You said "Take out the garbage?" Funny, when I decoded the note it told me to lie on the couch and watch football all afternoon. Honest mistake, I suppose....
• Commented on Douglas Rushkoff on the RNC
  I've always hated Giuliani. A big part of why I voted for Kerry in 2004 was because the RNC left a voice message on my machine from Giuliani trying to get me to vote for Bush. If I used the...
• Commented on Mad Magazine's War on Bush collection
  As a Canadian, I somehow doubt Cory thinks much about what our government will do for him....
• Commented on What's worth more, a pound of grass or a pound of peacock feathers? Or a pound of human blood?
  Huh. I'd always been told saffron was the most expensive substance on earth by weight. I'm surprised to see how low it actually ranks....
• Commented on Chinese people discovering fortune cookies
  I used to live in Hong Kong, my experience is that American Chinese food isn't really better or worse, just different, often more heavily sauced for example. Still, I wish I could get char siu easily in the US, but...
• Commented on Reminiscing about The Knack's "Good Girls Don't"
  Nothing like bringing the family to see a band who got famous for writing a song about pedophilia!...
• Commented on McCain's D&D character stats
  He's a chameleon who morphs to whatever has the best chance of winning him votes. I'm pretty sure that's just cynical slang for "politician." Don't get me wrong, I'm not planning to vote for him or anything, but people buying...
• Commented on McCain's D&D character stats
  I don't think it's fair to say McCain supports torture. He's consistently spoken out against it from the beginning, and the bill that people point to saying he flip flopped is one that he's said he objected to on the...
• Commented on McCain's D&D character stats
  If those stats are adjusted for age, he must have been pretty strong and not very smart to begin with. At venerable age (let's face, it McCain is well past old age), he gets -3 to Str, Dex, and Con,...
• Commented on How to watch videos while driving
  Having your eyes pointed in the general direction of the road is not the same as watching it....
• Commented on Hanako, the fish who lived to 226
  Reason #305 the Japanese are clearly insane....
• Commented on Pro-Obama D&D tee
  I would totally vote for Obama if he admitted to playing D&D, but only if he actually does. I don't need to be pandered to, and I've put lots of ranks in Sense Motive....
• Commented on HOWTO Make a Viking spoon
  The Tick > The Matrix (disavowing sequels) > The Simpsons...
• Commented on HOWTO Make a Viking spoon
  Boy, that Diogenes guy couldn't have been too bright if it took him seeing someone else do it to realize he could drink by cupping his hands. I'm pretty sure most 3 year olds get that one!...
• Commented on Miniature cattle - family pets that provide milk
  Sweet....
• Commented on Man whose US immigration notice was sent to the wrong address is detained with untreated spinal cancer until he dies, denied access to his wife and children
  You know what bugs me? When people argue that illegal immigrants/terrorists are not subject to the Constitution therefore we should be able to do to them whatever we feel is necessary. It seems that they've forgotten that the same people...
• Commented on How to buy a new car and not get screwed
  I can't watch the video (at work), but I'm not sure what the justification for the hatred of leasing a vehicle is in the comments. Considering the rapid depreciation of cars, if you're not planning to drive it for a...
• Commented on Jerry Beck finds the worst comic strip ever
  A lot of newspaper strips are good at first but then go stale. I think partly it's the medium - they have to produce something every day, and are constrained from telling long stories or from going too far outside...
• Commented on Food that turns from liquid to solid?
  Milk turns to cheese, but it needs help. It doesn't have to be rennet, but it has to be something - like acid. Maple syrup doesn't turn into sugar, maple syrup is sugar and water, once the water is gone,...
• Commented on Food that turns from liquid to solid?
  Jelly/Jam/Marmalade. The original fruit might be solid, but it's the juices inside that turn into the jam, the pectin sets from exposure to heat and causes it to solidify. I know this from brewing experience - if you want to...
• Commented on To destroy Al Qaeda, we must end the war on terror: Rand Corporation
  We can (and do) use the FBI to combat terrorism within our own borders, but we can't send the FBI to, say, Pakistan. It's doubtful any of the organizations you mentioned would be allowed to operate freely within another country...
• Commented on To destroy Al Qaeda, we must end the war on terror: Rand Corporation
  I hate the war as much as the next guy, but I think Joelmichael #6 makes a good point about the data set they're working with. If you're dealing with international terrorism, who is the police force? The UN? NATO?...
• Commented on Drew Friedman: George W. Bush as The Joker
  If you didn't tell me that was Bush, I wouldn't have known. I suppose it's a caricature, though, so I dunno....
• Commented on Critical Mass bicyclist knocked over by NYPD
  Jakze #76: That's why I said "it seems like 90%" instead of "everyone." Maybe I should have just said "most of them." It just drives me crazy when I'm driving down a one way road that actually has a bike...
• Commented on Critical Mass bicyclist knocked over by NYPD
  I can't watch the video (at work at the moment), but wanted to comment on cyclists in cities in general. They drive me insane. It seems like 90% of them are completely unaware of the laws and regulations that limit...