and a cow-humping farmer,

That's a donkey, maybe a mule. Not a cow.

"crazy rasberry ants" -- an exotic species that eats fireants and electronic equipment.

They don't eat electronics. That's ridiculous. From the article (emph. mine):

they ... are attracted to electrical equipment, for reasons that are not well understood by scientists.

My try at drawing it:

   Flickr link

Who did the art used for this post? I can't find an attribution.

I am sure it works. Do you actually think that thousands of people would be hanging water bags all around if no one ever saw some results? LOL

How many people kiss the Blarney Stone? How many pray? Just because thousands do something doesn't mean it works.

You were micro-huffing? For shame, Mr. Frauenfelder.

barred from entering the US for a book tour, on the grounds of "moral turpitude."You say that (with scare quotes) as though he was barred because some customs agent didn't like his values. Whereas the article indicates it was probably for his drug conviction or involvement in illegal activities.

Hard to believe pants made from old, used tents can cost $120 USD...

Texas is really bad about this. We're going to lose snack machines because of the fat kids.

Umm, you're not losing them because of the "fat kids." You're losing them because of overprotective parents.

4 weeks later and there's still no link. What gives?

I can honestly say this is the ugliest shirt I've ever seen.

Hey, there's no actual link... (unless you count the Digg link)

That woman looks like a replicant.

Plus real Moon Sand repels water and can be baked solid.

Dennisdennis (#33), you seem to have missed this section:

Unfortunately, quick-buck hucksters push colloidal silver on the Internet in the same way that ... scam artists sold bogus remedies ... in the 19th century.

It's also against law for them to relieve themselves in public

What the hell are you supposed to do when you walk your dog? Carry a collapsable privacy screen?

I can't believe this kind of idiocy goes on in Oklahoma of all places...

She stopped taking the drops, but the condition clear up.

Seems to be missing a "did not."

Also, this guy would make an awesome Anti-Santa (who presumably wears a black suit, lives at the south pole, and steals toys during the summer).

The Wii ad was a sketch on a crappy G4 show, not a real ad (i.e. it never aired on TV as a commecial).

Don't they know stargates are the Air Force's domain?

> Right, HJ03. Care to tell us how to tastefully decorate one's satellite dish?

Who said you have to decorate them at all? This is like putting sweaters on cats or plastic flamingos on lawns. Some things are inherently cheap- and stupid-looking.

Is it a matter of taste? Of course. I didn't demand that you share my opinion.

Can I get my $5 in Canadian dollars instead?

Why would you want to short yourself 7 cents?

Yes, guns are bad, hunters are bad, we get it. Sarcastically implying they're idiots is always comedy gold on Boing Boing.

Yay -- onto my Amazon wishlist it goes. Fables is my favorite ongoing comic after Walking Dead.

Maybe physics itself changed at the moment of the big bang. Maybe these forces didn't always work the way they do today.

How tacky.

I think it's great that Dumbledore was gay.

But if it had been mentioned in the books too many people would have focussed on it. Come on, you know they'd have made it a big discussion on The View or FOX & Friends. And that kind of attention would have changed the books' cultural significance. I, and I'm sure JK Rowling as well, would have hated for the books to simply become known as "that series with the gay wizard."

This is why gay characters aren't included in so many works of fiction. Because of the nature of the "issue," it detracts from the primary story when it's not an integral detail. Can you imagine how Star Trek: TNG would've been treated by society at large if Data had been gay?

It's stupid that things like that are usually only seen as attempts to "make a statement," but that's the world we live in for now.

Might not be the best idea to talk about other people being retarded if you're going to use terms like "electrical static."

If anyone actually likes their cereal that dry (I don't), it seems like it'd be more effective to design a spoon that could inject a tiny bit of milk into each bite.

Okay, I can understand giving illegal aliens water in the desert. They're criminals, but they shouldn't have to die of dehydration. But why the hell do they need internet access? I'm all for saving their lives, but affording them luxuries like this is insane.

Just got my confirmation today. Tried to register on September 18th. Talk about delays!