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• Commented on Witch bottle from the 18th century
  Witches Bottle Hex* * 13 straight pins * 3x3" square of red felt * Black permanent marker * Small bottle with a screw-cap lid * Assortment of sharp objects (broken glass, pins, needles,tack, wood splinters, etc.) * Black candle drippings...
• Commented on Traffic cameras used to harass and limit movement of peaceful protestors
  So the lesson here is don't drive to demos? Or if you're bloody-minded, get a lift to one from someone you don't like....
• Commented on Woman accidentally buys wrapping paper covered with swastikas
  The best way to reclaim the swastika as a symbol of peace is to use it as such. If we leave it to the sole use of neo-Nazis then the West will never associate it with anything but hate. The...
• Commented on Music made from YouTube baby videos
  *recoils with horror* Why do people think crap-encrusted babies are cute?...
• Commented on Eyeball matrioshke
  That makes four of us. Phallic was my immediate impression. I like!...
• Commented on Zero gravity spice rack for crowded kitchens
  @Brainspore I feel your pain. What is really needed is a robust storage solution for the hardcore spice junkie. My spice rack is two cupboards filled with mason jars. A rack like this would be great provided jars were double...
• Commented on Handmade old-school leather luggage
  Gorgeous but surely not for traveling. I hate to think of what baggage handlers would do to it, including stealing it outright....
• Commented on Healthy baby poop gallery
  Ok, I take back all the bad things I said about the people who were repulsed by the cervix photos. I confess - everyone has their limit and this one is mine....
• Commented on De-touching the lollipop-headed Ralph Lauren image that prompted a legal threat
  @sixta That's a good effort. As ugly as those clothes are they look so much more flattering on an undistorted body....
• Commented on The criticism that Ralph Lauren doesn't want you to see!
  Sadly their threats do work against some because the original post on PhotoshopDisasters.com is gone....
• Commented on Saint Expedite
  @25 It's an aphorism that Man creates God in his/her own image. Some schools of Neo-Pagan cosmology would assert that if enough persons believe strongly enough for long enough in any figure, the collective energy of their belief can create...
• Commented on A Farewell and Edhi
  Sorry to lose you. You've been by far the most interesting guest blogger in the last year. Thank you for sharing a genuinely fresh viewpoint....
• Commented on Cydwoq: handmade shoes designed by an LA architect
  @4 (and others) Yep, navigation doesn't work in Firefox and barely in IE. I'm soo going to give them my credit card info. Not....
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  Ironically, I think the anonymous Muslim woman on the burkini thread has done a far better job of expressing her opinions then this blogger. I'm an open-minded practitioner of non-Abrahamic spirituality. I'm also an ex-nun (Discalced Carmelite) and spent several...
• Commented on HOWTO make mushroom shelves
  While they are quite whimsical I can't help but think looking at the photo above that the irregular surfaces are going to cause your knick-knacks to tumble on to the floor the first time a large truck passes the house....
• Commented on Will a clean fridge get you laid?
  "Hey baby, I'm anal retentive." *winks* Doesn't work for me, but there are women out there looking for every fetish under the sun. At least he's honest about his. To be perfectly honest (and I know this is politically incorrect)...
• Commented on Treatment of intersexed African athlete appalling
  I cannot see how she or her family would not know she was physically unique. She's eighteen years old but if the preliminary reports are correct she's never had a menstrual cycle and never will. No uterus = no periods....
• Commented on David Byrne: Kindle DRM means "you are f*cked"
  Real books have no DRM, and no one's going to come into your house and take it from your bedside. Early adopter was so 20th century. Luddite is the new cool....
• Commented on In America, it is increasingly illegal to be poor.
  Need I point out the tragic and obscene contrast between this topic and the one directly preceding it? Frou-frou bedrooms for overprivileged children while adults go homeless. Shameful....
• Commented on Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with the pentatonic scale
  @torley They also sound Celtic. Check out "The Chieftains in China" to hear an Irish folk band playing with Chinese traditional artists for a very receptive Chinese audience....
• Commented on High school student suing Amazon over book-deletions which rendered his study-notes useless
  Next time kid, buy a real book....
• Commented on Pages Books in Toronto to close
  The HoSu Bistro totally needs to expand into their space. That place is always packed....
• Commented on Awesome pixel-art in cross-stitch form
  Now that is some nicely done stitchery. Monochrome sure, but well designed with subtle parody. This old lady approves....
• Commented on Cross-Stitch him off, Keyboard Cat.
  I've been cross stitching for twenty years. That may be mildly cute but a masterpiece it ain't. Nice even stitches but the pattern is simplistic and derivative and the colour palette is laughably small. Any decent stitcher could have tossed...
• Commented on Twitter Tracker Twitter Tracker Twitter Tracker!
  BB, babes - It's pretty hypocritical to post stories on other country's attacks on freedom of expression while continuing to post videos that a substantial proportion of your visitors can't see. Deal with the mote in your eye first....
• Commented on Scavenger's Manifesto: HOWTO be an urban scavenger
  #34 Thank you for the moment of sanity! Before jumping enthusiastically into the lifestyle of reuse (which is a good thing) please remember: While people can be lazy, often if something has been thrown out it's for a reason. Lamps...
• Commented on When spellcheckers attack: The Cupertino Effect
  The office manager of my co-op once carelesly used the spellcheck to change every occurrence of the word 'organisation' in our board agenda to 'orgasm.' That was a fun meeting....