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Darrin Stephens, version 1 and 2 together
March 17, 2008 6:58pm
Map of choose your own adventure book
March 8, 2008 12:23pm
@20/Patrick M: Inside UFO 54-40 was my all-time favorite for just that reason. (Minor nitpick: the utopia was actually named "Ultima.")
Obsolete skills
March 2, 2008 1:35pm
Y'all might look up the definitions of obsolete. "No longer in use or no longer useful" is the most restrictive definition, but the word also describes something "of a kind or style no longer current: old-fashioned."
Shadow Unit: award-winning sf writers create "fan site for a show that never existed"
January 11, 2008 11:13am
Does this remind anybody else of Hiatus?
The punishments of China: 1804 book
January 5, 2008 5:46am
#18, the British idiom is "knickers in a twist"; "panties in a knot" and panties in a bunch" are common American equivalents.
Hello Kitty contact lenses
December 31, 2007 9:34am
My immediate reaction was to wonder how they'd be oriented properly, but I've never worn contacts; those who have, does that seem feasible?
xkcd on the writer's strike: I miss Jon Stewart
December 21, 2007 12:54am
Much as I enjoy the comic, it and the first comment above miss the fact that Stewart and Colbert aren't funny entirely on their own. Those witty analyses come from the writers.
(See also that video linked to at the bottom of the post.)
HOWTO make a cardboard orthodox synagogue dollhouse
December 5, 2007 7:18pm
Looking around that site, I noticed How to make a bulk cookie cutter from tuna cans, which seems even more appropriate here.
(Further evidence that today's "lifehacking" is yesterday's "Hints from Heloise," I guess...)
Book price-fixing: good, bad, or just weird?
October 24, 2007 10:56pm
where all books, used, new, damaged or whole, have to be sold for the same priceThe article actually confines this to undamaged new books. ("Save for old, used or damaged books, discounting in Germany is illegal.")
Hallowe'en mashups from Mashing Pumpkins
October 23, 2007 10:56pm
Giving credit where it's due, "Purple People Eater" is by Sheb Wooley, not Dr. Demento.
68-year-old man jailed for paying toll with tokens
September 18, 2007 8:09am
"Meh. There was a grace period to use them that expired 2 years ago."
At the time, it had been less than three months, if that helps any...
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There's Morty Seinfeld, but the first actor appeared only on one episode.
Also, the present Gordon on Sesame Street is the third actor in the role.