everything has buddha nature. patriarchy, feminists, gta, bingbong discussions, even dried shit on a stick.

OMG - the brubru hot sauce is my favorite by far. so creepy!

@27 - BEST COMMENT EVER.

lulz, for real.

Haven't played WoW, but have found videogames of ALL types to be relaxing, ever since Space Invaders. Hell, even blowing the heads off hordes of zombies with a shotgun in Resident Evil 4 was incredibly cathartic, and afterward I'd sleep like a li'l baby. Ahhhhh.

In the town where I grew up someone had painted just as crudely on their regular garage door: "No se orine aqui!" Which I think means "Don't piss here!"

There weren't many hispanic residents in this town, yet the message was there for years.

The difference between JJ Abrams and Amy Tan is that Abrams will never show you what is in the box. In fact, he relishes not knowing what is in it himself.

Whether that makes him more original or a better writer is up for debate.

I feel like I've seen this post about 5 times already. Am I crazy?

Using the plural "mechas" is misleading. There is but one! :(

i want a whole army.

I blame the trickster spirit, myself. On the one hand, this article could be seen as a rationalization for whiny blogs. On the other, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Also, first!

wtf?! no comments on this post? bending is awesome, and this is a cool video. 'nuff sed.

SO AWESOME.

If you put this shit in a movie people would never believe it.

Quentin Crisp said it best:

If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.

The video was funny, but the comments thread for this post is the funniest one I've seen yet on BingBong. I don't know when I've laffed so hard! Oh, the humanity.

It almost makes up for my time spent foolishly skimming the long and tiresome rants about Honda and Microsoft.

Almost.

O, Canada... Glorious & Free!

OMG, a COP hassled a SKATER?!?! What is this world coming to?

Well, at least the kid learned a good lesson - cops can be gigantic dicks. I'm not saying all cops are dicks, but a hell of a lot of them are.

And here's another clue for the little grommet (what we used to call kids who skated back in the olden days of yore when I ground a curb or two) - uh...dude? when you're illegally skating somewhere, and you aren't fast/smart enough dodge the cop in the first place and you end up in a confrontation, act like you're Eddie Haskell (google it, dude). Those wanna-be intimidating control freaks eat that shit up with a silver spoon.

Really I'm just bummed we didn't have mini video cams and every other goddam thing when I skated! I fondly remember receiving some choice words of advice from a hardon in uniform on several occasions...

the plasma was fricken awesome!

Two words that should NEVER go together: religious+police.

Crap! It's gone! Does anyone have another link for it?

Hurts so good!

Ahhh, mammals.

A little fastener nomenclature trivia:
Having worked in the hardware industry for years, I can tell you that both are screws. The tapered/pointy type are either wood- or sheetmetal-screws, and the non-tapered/non-pointy type are called machine screws. Typically what people call a "bolt" is a machine screw with a hexagonally shaped head. The odd thing is, an "eye bolt" always has machine threads, and an "eye screw" is always tapered/pointy. Another odd thing is that the tripod mount hole has always been 1/4-20 size, even though I'd bet that everything else on a camera (and most other new stuff) has changed to metric sizes.
Sorry if I put everyone to sleep...
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

@19: Carlin demonstrates proof of God's existence with that one, as well.

@37: please run for office so I can vote for you.

Isabella, I love you.

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fnaghn!

Hardly surprising. Shoulda known it was only a matter of time when he traded some sketchbooks for a house in France! Perhaps now some other comix artists will get the respect (and $$$) they deserve...

The future is now.

link is broken

Someday people will finally realize that other species are much more intelligent than we give them credit for. Octopi, for instance. There are other kinds of intelligence than what humans typically test for!
Then again, perhaps we'll have killed off most of the species on the planet before we realize it. Yeah, humans are real smart!

#59 is a WIZARD!!!

I second #4.

#10, you are nought but a troll, and I shall not rise to your flamebait.

It's way overdue, but any innocent person released from Gitmo is a cause for celebration.

Check out Fred in his wifebeater! Adorable.

There is already one available for faucets! It's intended as a novelty but has actually been widely adopted for use by preschools, nursing homes, etc (anywhere someone could get accidentally burned)!

You can find them here.

Who sez nothing is made in the good ol' USA anymore?

But where is the Definitive Squidpunk Anthology, I'd like to know?

@Niteowl: Mieville is my personal favorite, although perhaps purists wouldn't consider him "steampunk." I like his genre-defying appelation: "new fantastic" literature. Perdido Street Station and The Scar are absolutely incredible - you should read them!

Wait, you mean to tell me that religious extremists are fucked?

Whaaaaaaaat???

Everyone who is outraged by this crap please realize that the same sorts of ridiculous reactions occur in the western world, and immediately join Amnesty International & the ACLU. Vote, and speak out about persecution! Please don't just bitch on blogs.

@#40 Bruce Arthurs

Not sure exactly when this happened, but it DID happen. Everyone should tip 20%. Blame Bush if you want - he probably deserves it. Although at this point, his crimes are so numerous that crippling the (American) working class poor economically just fades away into the haze.

The worst part of this whole strike is the now widespread use of my least favorite neologism, the word "webisodes."

UGH!!!

Ugh. As a longtime resident of Portland, I feel an all-too-familiar sinking feeling in my stomach when I read this. Portland in general is a 'progressive' city, yet the police department is obviously out of control, and has been for a long time. Mark Kroeker was even hired as chief AFTER the L.A. riots! Talk about a WTF moment.

There have been numerous failed efforts to create a civilian review board (one that has actual power) since the police department's own review system essentially always finds the same result: "Nope, those cops who beat/shot/tased/killed the "suspect" did nothing wrong at all!"

I can't think of a single instance when an officer in question was actally disciplined in any substantial way after any incident like this. Disgusting.

@apelad: I've been watching since the very beginning, and I continue to watch the Simpsons every week. The sad part is these days I'm averaging maybe one weak chuckle per episode if I'm lucky, and most often simply a groan at the end when I realize I've watched yet another without laughing AT ALL. My wife refuses to even watch anymore.

The sole exception to this is usually the Halloween episodes - those are usually pretty awesome!

p.s. your comics are rad.

The US government should sponsor the addition of in-game terrorist strikes. Then you could figure out how you'll surveil the citizens of your city - Hmmm, now where do I put all those security cameras...

The Simpsons status as a cultural icon is secure, obviously, and the show initially set the bar for TV satire, improving over many seasons to become biting, hilarious, and truly subversive. However, there is a widespread feeling that it has declined in the last few seasons.

The writing has always been the most important factor in the show's success, IMO, so how can the show attract more talented writers? Is there more competition out there for the talent (Family Guy, etc)? Is it possible for the Simpsons to become great again, or has it's day passed? What is the point of continuing until they've exhausted every variation on every classic story line ad nauseum? Why can't the current crop of writers write one single goddamn joke?

YESSSSSSSS!

It's things like this that make me proud to live in Oregon. I can't wait for the day the whole goddam "Patriot" act is repealed. Until then, we'll have to celebrate li'l chunks of it crumbling away...

This thread is blowing my mind! I was born in Denver in the early seventies, and the memories are flooding back...enthusiastic gushing follows:

For me, the ideal birthday would have included Casa Bonita and Celebrity, but the theater would have been the Cooper! That's where I saw Star Wars AND The Empire Strikes Back when they premiered. My mom loves to tell the story of how the line for Star Wars was so humongous we had to get McDonalds burgers and eat while we were waiting (IN THE RAIN) because it took so damn long! Now, the Cooper is also gone, like the old Elitch Gardens.

The food at Casa Bonita was strictly incidental - criticizing it is like saying the food at Disneyland sucks. Who cares? When you've got grottoes to explore, gorillas running around, and guys cliff-diving in the middle of the room? C'mon! Food is the last thing on your mind.

I'll never forget the time I was finally tall enough to ride Mr. Twister, the old wooden coaster at Elitch's. It scared the holy hell out of me and made me sick all night! I kept getting dizzy. Man, that was great.

I, too, remember the Soda Straw! My cousin always had his birthday parties there. I was really envious. There was something peculiar about the way they sang happy birthday, but I can't remember exactly what it was...

On a side note, my aunt worked at Celebrity, and one summer in the 80's, my dad got a job remodelling some part of it. I got to hang out there with my little sister for DAYS at a time, playing free skee-ball, free video games, and watersliding until our eyes were blood red from the chlorine. In retrospect, it was perhaps not ideal parenting, but for a kid it was freakin' AWESOME.

OLD SKOOL DENVER!