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• Commented on Liveblogging the Mecca pilgrimage
  10:15am: Lots of muslims here 10:21am: Some more muslims just showed up 10:30am: Okay they're starting to move around 10:35am: They keep walking in circles 10:45am: More muslims...
• Commented on African leaders advise Bono on reform of U2, warn of poverty in "listenable songs"
  This sounds much more plausible than the inverse....
• Commented on Couple charged with trying to sell fake Warhols
  65-year-old guy with a 29-year-old woman. Well done, sir....
• Commented on "Where Are Your Keys?" a language fluency game
  The number of ponytails in that room made me uncomfortable....
• Commented on In Fort Hood story, are reporters rushing to press too fast?
  Jessica Lynch, much?...
• Commented on Antony Gormley - let's all go barefoot
  ronton, the premise of feet being a reliable instrument for measuring global temperature/climate change is ridiculous on its face. If you can't see why, I suggest you stop smoking granola....
• Commented on Antony Gormley - let's all go barefoot
  Artist Antony Gormley advocates we all give up shoes and go barefoot to get closer to our syringes....
• Commented on DC sniper to die today
  Scalping as in Ticketmaster. There are many reasons to be against the death penalty, but some good ones are: - it's much more expensive for the state to execute someone than it is to house/feed them for the rest...
• Commented on DC sniper to die today
  I'm against the use of the death penalty as a deterrent, simply because it doesn't work. I'm also against scalping... But if anyone has kick-ass seats for this event, let me know....
• Commented on GoDaddy blocks friends of jailed Iranian blogger "Hoder" from renewing hoder.com
  "If you ... haven't had any problems with them, it's merely because you haven't had any problems with them." How Zen....
• Commented on Damning interview with Baby Einstein founder
  Ahem, taken from a (deliciously painful) CBC interview with a Disney producer of the videos: RASHMI TURNER: What’s really important about Baby Einstein is giving the parent and a child a chance to interact with one another… We chose the...
• Commented on Meet the 42 lucky people who got to see the secret copyright treaty
  New band name: "Tosee the Secret Copyright Treaty"...
• Commented on Love Cake, a baking song by Rocky and Balls
  Sorry dudes. Lazytown's cake song is the pinnacle of human cake song achievement. Hang up your yooks and watch some crazy icelandic dancing....
• Commented on 1967 dance video - "Do the Tantrum"
  Part of me wanted this to be an Arch Hall Jr. movie. Part of me knows Arch Hall Jr. couldn't dance that... well... well?...
• Commented on Zeitoun Giveaway Haiku Winners
  Honourable mention, eh? *updates curriculum vitae*...
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  "My canoe is fight," I cry all day and all night. This book is my proof....
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  As a canuck kid, I saw Mr. Canoe Head. Canoe Beard is next....
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  New Dan Brown novel, "Templar Summer Canoe Trip" all time best seller...
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  ORPHANS SINKING. STOP. BOOK-SIZE HOLE IN CANOE. STOP. GOOD HEALTHCARE, THOUGH. STOP....
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  I deserve the book. I'm a Nigerian prince living in London....
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  Homophony makes "Zeitoun" a greek comic. Plato would be proud....
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  Marzipan canoe will be made for you, my friend if I win a book...
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  My solemn promise: If I win a lovely book, I will give you half...
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  Stuck in Chinese jail. No canoe novel in sight. Portage my heart, yo....
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  Guy in the canoe isn't steam punk enough for Cory Doctorow...
• Commented on Zeitoun Book Giveaway Haiku Contest
  "Bacon and Eggers" A guide to canoeing and pork, apparently....
• Commented on Fresh Greens: Tandem Bike-Pedaling Robot, Crazy Building Grown from Trees, Peeing on Tomatoes and More!
  You had me at "peeing on tomatoes"....
• Commented on Electronic tongue
  Strange. I always thought quarters tasted green white RED white white red......
• Commented on Nanoparticles linked to illness and death in factory workers exposed to them
  I'd also like to congratulate BoingBoing for winning the AdWords lottery: the sidebar for this post is full of mesothelioma ads. Ivory back scratchers for all!...
• Commented on Nanoparticles linked to illness and death in factory workers exposed to them
  Of course, a less alarmist headline would've been "Nanoparticles linked to _death_ of factory _worker_ exposed to them" Unless that single factory worker split into multiple amorphous workblobs before he died. And we all pray that he did....