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• Commented on Alice in Wonderland nudes
  The Mad Tea Party was done in 1977 (look at the signature at the bottom), so the 'women being inexplicably naked for the consumption of the male gaze' thing was pretty edgy back then....
• Favorited US official threatens employees with magic on Boing Boing
• Commented on Adventures in Cartooning: wit and instruction for kids who want to learn cartooning
  Screw you purists. My daughter will love this....
• Commented on Web Zen: Bacon Zen 3
  Every time you overuse an internet meme, God kills a kitten....
• Commented on Web Zen: Bacon Zen 3
  For Gods sake, FIND. A. DIFFERENT. MEME....
• Commented on Arizona continued
  The Titan Missile gets the fake tilt shift treatment. http://www.flickr.com/photos/62463008@N00/108481965/in/set-72157604055509136/ My father-in-law used to be a docent at this place. It's incredible to see the engineering that must have gone into one of these silos. And multiply that by the...
• Commented on Acclaimed animated movie can't be shown because of licensing costs for 80+ year-old music
  I would never have heard of Annette Hanshaw if it wasn't for Nina Paley's work. I liked her music so much, I went out and bought a couple of her cds last year. If I show a receipt, will that...
• Commented on Hygiene for the Worker: 1912 guide to being a sweet-smelling prole
  "There is nothing more distasteful to the average business man than unclean finery." Tell THAT to the Nation of Japan....
• Commented on Studying the emotion of "elevation"
  It's the feeling I get at the end of Disney movies. I always thought it was just called the "Ridiculous Soft Headed Fool" syndrome....
• Commented on Drew Friedman: McCain/Obama as Kirk/Spock
  Of course Obama is unable to connect with working-class voters; so too McCain. But that's no surprise, since they never mention the working class. The political class long ago decided to flatter American workers by calling them middle class. And...
• Commented on Frank Sinatra's Watertown
  Firstly, she has not only abandoned him but also the two kids - I know this DOES happen but is not exactly common behaviour amongst women. Secondly, he mentions that her Mother still comes by to help with the children...
• Commented on Neuros open set-top box lets you crowd-subtitle the presidential debate
  I predict that this will be used to turn the debate--if it happens--into LOLcandidates. Even if it does, this is still one of the most awesome uses for technology I've seen. So simple, and yet, wow....
• Commented on Stabilized bigfoot film
  Man. I love technology....
• Commented on Ancient Mayan underworld discovered in Mexico
  the entrance to Xibalba was once protected by rivers filled with blood, scorpions, and pus, and houses swarming with shrieking bats. I think I went there on holiday this Summer. (note to Fodors: You lied!)...
• Commented on Progressive geek looking for 3,000 people to help him win Kansas election against dinosauric anti-science/pro-surveillance dude
  His page borked about 8 EDT this morning, and it's STILL borked (apart from the contributions button). I'm hoping that by now he's had millions of pageviews, garnered 10's of thousands of contributions, and has completely blown every political junkies...
• Commented on That Violet Blue thing
  Stay classy, Boing Boing!...
• Commented on Robt. Williams weed packaging
  Wait... Is that "Bob" and Connie on the back?...
• Commented on Drive-in movie theater gallery
  If you're in Philadelphia any Tuesday evening this summer, the Lawn Chair Drive-In shows great, classic obscure films (both good and bad) in the park. This week, it's Brian DePalma's classic badfilm Phantom of the Paradise. Lawnchairs, popcorn, and free...
• Commented on Science of orgasm
  Achieving orgasm in a PET scanner? There's a perversion for everybody, I guess....
• Commented on Return of the Moon-Nazis in Creative Commons-licensed film from Star Wreck creators
  Well, you don't get much more awesome than that....
• Commented on "Medical necessity" defense a success in Texas pot possession trial
  what a stupid thing to say I believe that's what is known as an ironic statement, meant as humor....
• Commented on Bike racers line up for bio-break
  Are they peeing in bottles? I sure hope so. It's called Gatorade....
• Commented on Close-up toy photography by Sonic Youth's Richard Edson
  Similar to this?...
• Commented on One Got Fat: 1962 bike safety film uses macabre monkey masks
  The Bastard Fairies used this for their video for their song "We're all going to hell". Sick, and catchy as all get-out....
• Commented on The TSA has a blog
  The TSA is under scrutiny by the HSA currently. Hence the reason for this happy friendly blog?...
• Commented on Secret safe-words of the Emergency Broadcasting System
  When I was a DJ in college in the late 80s, we had a teletype machine that rang when a news story was being printed. One bell equaled a regular story, two bells something more important, three bells more important...
• Commented on History of trepanation
  Link to Neurophilsophy blog...
• Commented on Wedding cake clone of bride
  The husband looks scared. REALLY scared....
• Commented on Tool for mindfulness: Powerseed
  I thought this might be a good tool for a lot of things, but HOLY CRAP! $49.95 for an lcd diode and a logic circuit? Even throwing in the sprightly packaging and the helpful 20 page booklet, that's what, $3.75?...
• Commented on Taos Toolbox, an advanced science fiction writing workshop
  The Taos Ski Valley is one of the most beautiful places on earth, but bring your oxygen - at the summit it's almost 12,000 feet....