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• Commented on Coordinated motorcycle performance video from the 1950s
  Triumph of the Wheel? Moda Italiana....
• Commented on Spurning the "false god of coffee"
  I don't have grounds to disbelieve this post, but I'll filter the information and try to come to a meaningful conclusion. I tried to quit, but after a few hours I felt as if I'd been mugged, just felt illy,...
• Commented on Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Meat Stick Blowtorch
  No wonder they give me heartburn....
• Commented on Ralph Lauren fires photo-chopped model for being too big
  I heard she's found work as a 'plus size' model, so all ends well in this best of all possible worlds....
• Commented on "Happy Splasher" could face charges for driving through puddle to drench kids
  She's videotaping it AND driving on the wrong side of the road! She's a maniac!! ;)...
• Commented on Japanese hidden camera show: Panic Face King
  Inducing PTSD for laughs? Just when you think you've seen it all....
• Commented on Fireplace named world's most beautiful object
  They haven't seen my butt! Pulchra-tuda to the maximus glutta. Holla!...
• Commented on Report: Woman paralyzed by E. coli-tainted hamburger
  An awesome movie is "Food Inc.", just saw it last week. It not only covers food production in the USA, which will stand your hair on end, but offers alternatives for people who want to take control of their diet...
• Commented on Man with hair styled as hat
  Polysics caught my ear at :35, then I realized there has to be at least 9 snippets of music in this clip. I'm used to frenetic visual editing, but this is a new style for me. With the little insets...
• Commented on American health care UI: snapshot
  Some older stuff just works well, staff is familiar with it, best of all, it's paid for. Sometimes it makes sense to stick with what's working, and not get caught up in the pursuit of the newest stuff. There's probably...
• Commented on Ant Army wall-stickers
  Them! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AOspwNxjtE A biblical prophecy come true! No thanks!...
• Commented on The rise of the Flapper
  What's with these kids today?!...
• Commented on Night Cars: gorgeous dreamlike picture book about the traffic below the bedroom
  @5 Weetimmy, you might be right about Amazon's lack of info. I learned from a google search Teddy Jam is Matt Cohen, a Canadian author, sadly deceased, who wrote a lot besides children's books. The "over and over" books for...
• Commented on Night Cars: gorgeous dreamlike picture book about the traffic below the bedroom
  Teddy Jam? Organizer of the Teddy Bear's Picnic, or a nom de plume?...
• Commented on Depressing 1950s Jell-O commercial
  Well, this is bad enough, I guess, and has occasioned all kinds of comment, mostly analysis of the nefarious ingredients in that lil' box o' poison. BUT, here's a 'Jerro' commercial from that era that's sure to get y'all spun...
• Commented on Midcentury Mexican sci-fi kitsch movies: an appreciation
  The folks at www.itsdeadlicious.com are into this Lucha Libre stuff too. What a nutty genre. I wonder if the films are fun to watch?...
• Commented on Report: Deet, popular and potent insect repellent, is neurotoxic
  Doesn't it just make sense, though? If it kills/repels little organisms, of course it's harmful to larger ones, maybe it just takes a little more! That said, I'm going hiking Sunday, and I'm going to spray it on my pants...
• Commented on Baseball pitching and batting robots
  That batter's juiced, I know it. 220v, I'd bet....
• Commented on Comic-Con: splendid excuse for cosplay-themed pinups
  Xeni, you are a sexy radish, aren't you? I'm starting to associate posts with their posters, and you do have a playful side....
• Commented on IKEA sends breastfeeder to the toilets
  Bunch of rednecks up there in Red Hook, whaddya' expect? Still a goodly number of farmers and 4H'ers, so you'd think they'd be in tune with natural functions, but people are funny, huh? Maybe if they prosecuted the babies, as...
• Commented on RoboGeisha trailer is awesome, includes weaponized tempura shrimp
  Machine Girl was delirious fun. I'm pretty sure there was a deadly food scene in that one too. Tempura preparation gone awry, if memory serves....
• Commented on Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies
  I also have used/know how to use all the things listed. We "graduated" to a Mergenthaler Linocomp, which was one of the various electro-mechanical-optical nightmares #1Themadlibrarian mentions. No memory on the sonofabitch, and we'd have to re-keyboard everything if any...
• Commented on How to incorporate escrow of your keys and passwords into your estate plan
  Not too grandiose! My crummy little secrets pale. Imagine the conversation with 10 'friends' as you divvy up the codes to the Hard Drive of Knowledge. I'm resigning myself to the idea nothing I've done or accumulated is worth much...
• Commented on Whatever Happened to the Self-Portrait of Hananuma Masakichi?
  @#2, MISTERVEGA; "just beware of floods and tornadoes" and, may I add, termites....
• Commented on Just Another Giant Hole...
  @Danequin, leave it to The Onion. Thanks, that's a riot....
• Commented on Just Another Giant Hole...
  what about the man made hole the economy is in?...
• Commented on Cats getting stoned on catnip
  duuuuude, they're wayshted! Hilarious! I'm not sure what I learned about HOW the cats get high, but I loved the narrator, the music, the sound effects, the screwing around with the lens! It' like the film makers were trying to...
• Commented on Led Zeppelin: "Kashmir" animation used as live performance backdrop
  The illustration is too symmetrical for my taste, but does seem to parallel the song's ponderous, plodding aspects. Which is not at all meant to be a total put down of either. They each have their good points, in a...
• Commented on DIY breast lump examination gadget
  The info makes it clear this is not a substitute for treatment, and urges a visit to the doctor if one detects an abnormality. If a woman has a family history or cancer, or a past experience, this could be...
• Commented on Goths in Hot Weather
  Now that's funny. Plus, no animals were embarrassed or made nauseous, so let's score it a win!...