Works great while your cig is under the dome. Of course when you pull it out and take a drag and blow a giant cloud of smoke into the air around you... it doesn't really help.

What is so unpleasant about girl-on-girl action?

Carry it to Comicon all you want... but, if you walk around the streets of San Franciso with this thing some cop is going to unload a clip on you.

I've experienced the opposite of this. Usually happens late at night when I am in a dark place and I close my eyes. If I hear a noise I see a visual flash or a burst of colors in my mind. After the noise goes away the colors stop. If I hear another noise I get another burst of color. It only happens rarely.

The only time I've ever tasted color is on LSD. But, that was a long time ago and purple was the best tasting color for some reason.

You can have your Pinkberrys. I'll stick with good old Stonyfield Farm frozen yogurt. It's a lot cheaper and I know what's in it:

CULTURED PASTEURIZED ORGANIC NONFAT MILK, NATURALLY MILLED ORGANIC SUGAR,
ORGANIC RICE SYRUP,
WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE,
ORGANIC VANILLA FLAVOR,
CAROB BEAN GUM,
GUAR GUM,
ORGANIC VANILLA BEAN SPECKS,
ANNATTO EXTRACT(FOR COLOR)

http://www.stonyfield.com/

Well, they got the 'space cops' part right. But, instead of enforcing peace, we seem to have orbiting lasers designed to annihilate stuff on the surface. "America. Fuck Yeah!"

Sounds like he was already a brainwashed Catholic before taking the stuff? I've done drugs too... and it's always amazing what your mind comes up with when you're intoxicated. The next day it all returns to normal. But, at the time it seems like the most important revelation in the world. The mysteries of life are suddenly revealed. The only problem is: you can't remember what it all meant the next day.

Klaatu verrata n... Necktie... Nickel... It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word! Klaatu verrata nekt agh agh ahh.

And with lyrics like:

"Ride the tiger you can see his stripes but you know he's clean oh don't you see what I mean"

How can you doubt Ronnie James Dio?

"...the more physical work I do the worse it gets"

Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have a winner.....

How convenient. Three hundred years ago you would have either:

* married someone rich
* been killed by the towns people
* died of starvation.

I still think its a bunch of bullshit.

I am not trying to offend anyone who may have a legitimate medical condition. I'm just ranting about the drug and pharmaceutical companies who push their drugs on television. Since when is a noob at home qualified to diagnose, treat, and prescribe medications for themselves? It really irritates me to see drug companies making commercials and saying "Ask your doctor about...." Instead of a medical professional deciding treatment you have people going in and telling their doctor what drugs they want.

@Bazilisk: makes sense. I noticed it wasn't the women themselves coming out to talk about it... but rather their husband/boyfriend who volunteered the info to the public for them.

@lautaylo: No offense to your mom. I do believe that there are a VERY SMALL percentage of people who may have a series of medical symptoms called "RLS". But, this percentage is so small that you would barely notice it. The problem is that everyone gloms on to the latest syndrome and likes to pretend they have it too. I also worked in a building once where there were a bunch of doctor's offices. These amazingly beautiful women would come in all the time. I thought they were models! I started talking to them and found that they were from the drug companies. They were there to visit the doctors (who were mostly middle-aged men). I'm sure that there were spiffs, incentives, and payola working all through the system. It's no wonder these doctors hand out drugs like Pez. Not only do they get to talk to a beautiful sales rep... they probably get kickbacks when they sell some. Just throw in a whole bunch of people who saw the TV commercial.... and you end up with the US Healthcare system.

My point is that our system is corrupt, the television doesn't help, and that people have become a bunch of hypochondriacs who's problems mainly stem from poor diet and exercise.

"....it kills me when people labels syndromes as BS because they find them to be unworthy. Physicians have been presenting findings on RLS for at least one hundred years."

And amazingly enough, prior to 100 years ago you never heard of this f*cking 'syndrome'. You know why? Because people were trying to figure out where their next meal was coming from. People were working in the field for 12 hours a day. People were hauling food and goods to the market. People were busy leading a hard life and trying to survive.

Enter the "modern world". Suddenly, you have a population who is over-educated, lazy, and soft. The only thing they got going for them is that they have lots of time and lots of money on their hands.

Do you have "RLS"? Do you feel you want to run? Get your fat ass out and run 10 miles. Try biking 50 miles. Try hiking a mountain. Try hauling heavy things up and down the stairs for awhile. I guarantee you that if you work hard (like the previous generations did) then you won't be thinking about "RLS" at night...... you'll be sound asleep because you are too tired to move.

I see a lot of guys saying "my wife has this..." What about the guys? Where are the guys who have "RLS"? And, what do these women who have RLS do? My guess is that they lead a sedentary lifestyle in a household that makes over $100,000K / yr. and they spend at least 3 hours a day watching TV.

Easy solution: stop paying them.

When they arrest you, tell them that you sent in your email dispute and you're waiting for a reply.

I love these made up 'syndromes' that people come up with. There has to be some pharma think tank sitting around asking themselves: "So, what *other* human oddities can we make up names and sell cures for?"

"IBS" -- Itchy Balls Syndrome
"NADS" -- Nausea After Drinking Syndrome

I'm sure the list goes on and on and on. Find a bunch of hypochondriacs who: don't eat right, don't exercise, have too much time and money on their hands, watch television, live in America -- and sell them a bunch of crap that they don't really need. The best part is they convince them that they need this crap.

Yeah... I totally agree with Joel on this one. I currently have a Dish Network DVR and it is included in the cost of my service. I've often considered getting a Tivo but, I won't pay their subscription fee. I'm sure that in the future that it will become standard practice for cable / satellite companies to give out DVR's to everyone who signs up. When that day comes.... Tivo is fucked.

What a bunch of morons. What is this? 5th Grade?

If I were one of their clients I'd pull my account and take my money elsewhere. I'd rather have a PR firm that focuses on me and my needs instead of bickering with each other like a bunch of school kids.

Yeah... those blond haired, blue-eyed, Nordic terrorists are the worst.

"How they advertise, however, and whether they do it consciously, is unclear."

He said, as the butt-naked stripper started grinding on his crotch.

I have no problem working with Christians, born-agains, evengelicals, whatever....... the problems start when they begin prostelitizing.

The way I see it, you get to ask the question one time: "Do you believe in Jesus?". If my answer is "No." then it stops right there. Don't ask about it again. Don't bring it up in conversations. Don't try to preach to me or force your religious beliefs down my throat.

That is my ONLY problem with Christians. Some of them are very nice people but they are intent on clubbing you over the head with their beliefs.

I think that Mahatma Gandhi said it best:

"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ."

The big question:

"How many copy cat installations is this story going to produce?"

Kids all over the world are now scoping out malls, parking garages and buildings to see if they can reproduce the idea. I wouldn't be surprised if hundreds of these installations popped up all over the world.

Maybe they can borrow some theme music from Conan O' Brian?

http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/intheyear2000/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jDU8zAsjqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwDdc52udI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZBYFljumWQ

"In the year 2000......"

@ Stacy C:

The limit is only temporary (from what they say on their web site):

"Due to overwhelming user interest, we are temporarily limiting loan contributions to $25 per business so that everyone has a chance to make a Kiva loan. We appreciate your patience and look forward to removing this limit soon!"

I would imagine that the national press coverage has maxed them out in terms of finding needy businesses. Check back in a month or so and I'm sure you'll find plenty of new businesses to invest in.

Just wait! When Cobra Commander attacks you'll all be glad that Northrop was looking out for everyone.

@ Anonymous who said: "Named anchors are the spawn of the devil. Their resurgence among blogging sites is making me reconsider how much time I want to spend on the web."

Well... we'll miss you. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

The new format is nice. I like it. One observation: the sign-up process for adding comments is a bit awkward and could use a bit of tweaking.

1. You leave the page you're on and are taken to a page with a Moveable Type logo. You might consider putting the BB logo on the "Sign In" and "Create Account" pages.

2. The confirmation email has the subject line: "Movable Type Account Confirmation". You might want to add something about BB in there so people know it is coming from you w/o opening the message.

Good work guys.