There is no such thing as the soul. Descartes made a mistake when he said "I think therefore I am" There is no "I". There is just the think.

We should treat the IDers as what they are. Mentally slow. We should be nice, like "That's ok, honey, you can believe in Santa if you like". After all, they're just babies who can't accept reality.

You people are de-evolving. Are we not men? I will gladly destroy myself physically for the sake of style. It's what being human is all about. I will wear my big heavy boots in the dead of summer, my posture, spine and orthopaedic health be damned. BB is becoming so damned suburban, domesticated and ex-frat-boy-who-wants-think-he's-hip.

We have something that the general populous of the WWII era and the Vietnam era did not. We have the interwebs. We have BB. We can communicate with each other without having to know each other personally. We can know that we are not alone in our justified paranoia.

Serious question: Is our Interwebs censored in the US? I honestly don't know.

That's so old. That site has been there forever. I used the pizza-buying rule of thumb and ended up with way too much for my business meeting and everyone thought I was an idiot, which I was.

Long may she live.

Morrissey is not whiney, he's sensitive. And how banal to bring up the fact that you find his head to be large or orthogonal. I was talking about his lyrics.

But this wouldn't be about music if Takuan hadn't started quoting again. It's supposed to be about sex toys.

Quite possibly. But then, everything is a mating request in your eyes, Antinous.

Quit quoting songs, Takuan. What's next, a hair band ballad mix tape on cassette? If you must, at least let it be Morrissey.

Poor aim.

I'm going to employ that ingenious training technique on my wife. It should work: Her IQ is about the same.

Dwiff: Shane doing "It's a Small World". Please. Fuck it, throw in the Pogues, as well. But alas, Mr. McGowan's voice cannot be reproduced electronically.

Needs animatronics. I want to see that bad boy chomping on those mice.

#52: Totally. That person is clueless. Sounds more like acid.

#56: So now a tranny mess can still be hot? Ok, I'll go with it.

BTW, doing lines off of mirrors is so 80's, so old school. We gave up caring about that shit a long time ago. It way turned into just CD cases, the countertop, whatever. Just spill it.

#42: Who the hell cares whether they "fall flat" for you, are appealing or not, or seem remarkable? You haven't done it so how would you know? God, the incredible narcissism.

Takuan, cocaine is not like espresso. It's smooth (if you get the good stuff) and can be sensual rather than jittery. You're thinking of meth. Nor does it destroy the inside of your nose like meth. The money part, though--absolutely. Can't argue with that.

Why is it "stupid crap" and an implicitly known "mistake" to do lines? I was strung out on blow for over a year, and it was some of the best times of my life. An experience that most of you, from what I gather, will never have. No, one cannot maintain it, but I wouldn't trade it for the world--least of all what you conservatives think of as "experiencing life". Alcohol and cigarettes: Those are legal and thus boring. No one would publish images of people partaking in those much more deadly substances.

Tom, they're all three still with us.

#13: What mistake? It's your own judgmental nature that's the problem. Not "living it down" or any of your holier than thou bullshit. I've done things that were that extreme, and I wear my experience like a badge of honor. Lawsuit. Please. Uhm.

#2: That is so meta. It's turning my brain inside out.

Also, check the size of that rock in the first photo of the originals. That just makes me want to--no!--wrong number--prank caller--prank caller!

Well, if the concept is what is important here, the concept is very weak. I find it childish.

Agreed, tho, teh Ceiling Cat lieks teh ppl lots. No 2 ever diez no moar, k? Psst--djew 'ear tha'?

Ok, you're right, that was kind of buzzkill. But still. Fine art? Here's what miniature artwork is about. (Disclosure: Rik is my uncle) http://www.frogmorton.com/interiors.htm or http://www.frogmorton.com/hogwarts.htm.

Parallel worlds? You've got to be kidding. I guess you can just call creating miniatures and sticking them on the ceiling a "Parallel Universe" and everyone will accept it now. He's making doll furniture and gluing it to the ceiling. Nothing more. And there are plenty of people who create miniatures way better than he does.

I like fluids. Prill, prill. Sorry for your shriveled nut Antinous. That sucks balls.

I'm peaking. And that ain't no city in China. I'm buying this right now. Imagine the chicks I can pick up!

"it's like the hesitation marks on the wrists of a half-ass suicide."

Way killer line and I'm stealing it and and I'm not crediting you, Cory. Ok, I guess I should credit you.

Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien! Alert! Copyright infringement! She better not even think about selling those...

I'm confused about the terminology. I have areas that seem to be "male", but none of them have ever been private. And what is the difference between an "external" observer and an "internal" one? The "I" and the "other"? To answer one of your questions: There are precisely 100 male private areas, and yes, each one is unique.

#8 Songe: Hilarious. One of the funniest posts I've ever read on BB.

And yes, people like Bailey are what is wrong with the United States, and she is entirely clueless to the fact.

#35 Lauren: Totally!

I'd just want to open a tin and find a SIG SAUER P226 in it. I'd be fine.

No, I had not heard about the brick factories. That's horrifying. Maybe your posting it here on BB might have an effect somewhere. We know that the Chinese government knows about it. Let's hope.

Those are bold statements, but most are true as far as I know (I've traveled to China quite a few times and have done business with Chinese organizations--which of course does not make me, in any way, an expert)

"Slavery exists on a mass scale in the provinces." Slavery?

Ah-ight!

China: STOP KILLING PEOPLE!

You are not going to achieve your goals that way. Learn from the past. It has never worked in history and it will not work now.

(Oh shit, am I on some list now?)

Shut up. This is a serious issue. All the inside interwebs jokes are played like 8-ball jackets. Joker.

They're only trying to "de-pollute and such" precisely because they have won the Olympic contract. Otherwise they wouldn't give a damn whether their people are breathing fresh air or not.

I'm boycotting. It's hard to figure out exactly how to go about it (very smart people like Takuan help), but I will do what I can. I'm starting today.

Who are we kidding? Chavez tastes power and he wants more of it. Isn't that obvious? Venezuela is fucked. Squash him like the insect that he is and take the the petrol.

Antinous, I suppose you are the rightful successor to Norton I?

Of course the first really successful application for synthetics will be porn. I can't wait. Then I no longer have to worry about Ms. Flesh's "needs" and all that nonsense.

The scary part (and I think the main point) is that the gubment is citing 9/11 when that incident has entirely nothing to do with it. Water contamination is certainly an issue. But their continued use of 9/11 as a defacto reason to deceive the American populace is far more nefarious.

Takuan, that just gave me chills. Good quote, good call, as always.

Good for him. I hope to visit his grave, where I will say a solemn and sincere prayer. Thankfully, someone is standing up to those lazy, uneducated, no-talent, worthless criminals.

I'm consistently shocked that there are still roughly 76 million people in the US alone who subscribe to this deadly nonsense. Three times as many as the next largest cult, Baptists. They accuse me of being in a cult because I wear black clothes, and yet they worship this bloody corpse hanging from an instrument of torture and death. Yeah, I'm the one that's morbid.

And you're right, Kid, they just threw those obvious ones in so they could get away with calling drug addicts and scientists sinners. The reason they are against abortion is because they want catholics to make more catholics who will give them more money. None of them are intelligent enough to actually think through the issue.

Oh, btw, I went to catholic school, was an alter boy, the whole nine.

How do you ride that thing? On your knees?

Too sweet! I remember buying some of those exact sets and the absolute thrill of first opening them up. I had a LOT of LEGO.

20+ cats. A sure indicator that they are merely weirdos.

Antinous, I understand your frustrations, and I agree with pretty much every thing you say, but does every single post have to be about your gayness, other people's homophobia, etc.? It's becoming repetitive.

Antinous, can I be in the GLBT BoingBoing club even though I am a raging hetero? I like you guys better than the procreaters.

I immediately thought that this could be very dangerous. Every mathematical formulation is calibrated to the Nth degree with space-going projects. By attaching something somewhere secretly, couldn't you inadvertently endanger people's lives?

We shouldn't forget that it is awesome and promising that Harper Collins is doing this at all. We're still experiencing the first steps of a massive change in paradigm.

Re 36: C'mon, there are enough Photoshop geeks here--someone has to make that shit. (Sorry Prof. Doc)

I want those shoes, dammit. I'm neither female nor a cross-dresser. I just want them to sit there until someone comes along who can actually wear them.

How has this treasure been hidden for five years? Marvelous!

As a long-time Boinger, I express full support of Cory's hawking his wares here (I also support the streetwalker lifting up her skirt to promote what she is selling). It's always been that way and there is nothing wrong with it.

You incredible, perspectivist fools. An underpowered laptop with a dim screen is a miracle to a child who has never seen one. And it just might change his life, giving him opportunities that he never would have seen otherwise.

Self-healing condoms! No more clammoring for that morning-after pill!

Well, it's done now. Just got posted on MSNBC that the missle has been fired. Won't know the outcome for certain for a day or two.

The swine are all stoked to be herded into trucks on their way to slaughter, grinning like happy children. And the handlers happy as shit, waving their "canvas slappers". It reminds me of something else from just before mid-century.

Organized crime already has its own state. It's called Sicily.

My eyeliner is all smeared now.

They're in that new movie Strange Wilderness (but they're tattoos rather than stickers). Life imitating art--again.

Xeni, why are you talking like a network newscaster now? It's so fake and corporate. It's bumming me out.

That's enough to put you off your food. U.C. up front!

I could be wrong, but I believe the Inuit people need to hunt the polar bear at a certain time of year. Would putting the polar bear on this list prevent them from a fundamental means of survival? I guess they can resort to trading bizarre derivatives on the FTSE.

Joel, your last line in the blurb is pure classic.

That's what I do when I go camping: get shitfaced. I only go because some girl wants me to go and then I sit around smugly getting drunk while the granola people do whatever the hell it is they came to do out there. Then I head into the tent with the girl. Right? I want one of these bad.

Leave it to Takuan to care more about the mangy dog than the christians (refuse to capitalize).

Those diagrams, though: Did anyone at the time realize how childish they were? Good Lord!

All my best wishes, Doc. From a confirmed bachelor who doesn't go in for such things normally. She's beautiful.

Should the human race restrict their dominance of the planet Earth? Other species want to know.

Talking like PB does isn't so bad in the larger scheme. He's just sewing his oats. He'll grow up.

Anyone who's not an ubermensch are all slaves!

Leave it to Bazilisk to invoke Neitzche in the context of this banal subject! Only on BB.

All the way back to #1, Pango: You're right--is it just us, or is there no really good international news online or on paper? Even The Economist is disappointing now.

#5: I just spit coffee all over my clean white shirt!

Joel, that's just downright inspiring. When the opportunity presents itself, I'm going to think of what you've done here, in order to lend myself the courage. To be grossly over-optimistic, maybe these corporate liars (and philosophically unethical bastards) will stop lying if they think they're going to get called on it. Right? Right.

Thanks for the suggestion. Mokin' a yoint? No offense, but you don't realize the intensity. It's way beyond THC.

I have pancreatitis. As a devout atheist/existentialist, I would readily kill my worst enemy, but I would not wish this horribly painful malady on him.

Trip out: When it flares up, about every 4 months or so, I take heroin to deal with the pain, and I'm not a drug user otherwise--at all. I can't go to hospital any more because they think I'm just trying to get free drugs from them. I have no choice.

That's right, I thought you were "OUT OF HERE"? Well get gone, and take your incredibly lame, epitome-of-pseudo-intellectual, shit-ass attitude with you. And good riddance.

I want that protuberance to be real. Damned reality. She needs fangs, like sharp blood-sucking teeth. Then we could wed.

Thanks (again) Cory. I had no idea Toplin was blogging. Good word, brother.

This person is a good artist. He or she makes me smile and feel warm inside.

I'm the operator with my pocket calculator.

Stolen tools are karma death.

My favorite tool is an everyday kitchen butter knife.

Regardless of the port, this is big news to those of us who knew and loved Sim City back when it first came out. I gave a part of my life to that "game".

Rez let me and baby capture base together.

#2, maybe one of these would do the trick: http://nexus404.com/Blog/2007/07/16/beer-serving-robot/.

LOL #6, literally, I can't stop laughing!--bolted to the table...HA!... Just make the arm brass instead of steel and we can all call it steampunk.

Dude, I think it's okay to crosslink. Cory's always selling his books and crap.

Not everyone appreciates knitting: http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/articles/16125

Bring back Lynx!