I think every political group should make a deck of cards like this one - it's a handy, simple, clear, direct way to show what individuals GROUP X thinks is awesome.

This group of people, for instance, is pretty obviously political and left-leaning. I tend to clench when people start talking about media justice, so I'll be sure to give these folks a wide ideological berth.

Having said that, no list of big-time media changers is complete without Howard Stern. Seriously.

When it comes to making fake things look real, you have to remember the rule of stage magic - the trick is in the willingness of the magicians to work very long and hard and do a ridiculous amount of prep work in order for the illusion to seem real.

This is a viral video, probably an early promotion for a movie or tv show involving people who get angry for no reason. I'd say it's for M. Night's new movie, but it doesn't fit the premise.

Maybe the new X-Files movie? It comes out next month.

Fake. No question.

Airborne "works" because one will often have the early symptoms of a cold without ever actually getting a cold - scratchy throats, runny noses, achy muscles and other symptoms are usually nothing. But people take things like Airborne and handfuls of vitamin pills at the onset of these symptoms and BOOM - they "worked."

Even some of the Airborne proponents above say that when they got sick anyway, they still took Airborne the next time they started getting cold symptoms.

All you need is this handy-dandy Occam's Amazing, Cure-All, Reason-Enhancing, Logic-Inducing Laser Razor!

IKEA has known this for years. The waft of those delicious cinnamon rolls fills the entire structure, reducing my ability to resist their fiberboard furniture.

IKEA has known this for years. The waft of those delicious cinnamon rolls fills the entire structure, reducing my ability to resist their fiberboard furniture.

People who are outraged about how dumb we are for laughing at poop and penis jokes always come off sounding like Tobias Fünke.

Also, I'm pretty sure there's some hipster dude out there with a closet full of expired internet meme t-shirts.

In a world short on idols for people like me, David Byrne is a boon. He is a musician, an artist, an author, a geek - a modern-day polymath, a true creator in an age that deifies destruction.

His every insight isn't profound, but his insights have a high rate of profundity. That's enough for me.

Wise, considerate, intelligent, articulate people can be found on either side of the aisle, but rarely can they be found on radio. It's a medium ruled by people who say crazy things for money.

Have you ever heard Michael Savage? That guy is basically a human cadaver animated solely for the purpose of housing Hitler's brain.

I've bought six copies of Guards! Guards! for friends, and all six of those friends are Pratchett fans now. That's my recommended starter point, since the satire concerns Arthurian tropes and police dramas, which I think are more accessible to American readers. It's also the first Night Watch book, which is the strongest thread in the Discworld tapestry.

I'm amazed by otherwise fans of fantasy who won't read Pratchett. Fantasy satire does sound kind of generic and a little lame - one expects to read about Dildo Baggins in some ham fisted Mad Magazine parody.

That's not what Pratchett's work is. He's a genius. Cory is being hyperbolic, but sometimes the hyperbole is deserved.

1) I like Theresa, and I like her style. It's actually kind of clever to remove the vowels when she doesn't like what somebody says - she's making her opinion known without having to post something about it. It also draws the reader's attention to the phrase, which is actually the opposite of deleting it. The Boingers hired a known, established, articulate Internet personality to moderate their comments for a reason. Every aspect of Boing Boing reflects the personalities of the people who contribute to it - why should the comment section be any different?

2) I worry that some people are forced to behave or dress in specific ways because of religious doctrine, but I'm also afraid of well-meaning folks who see oppression in every religious doctrine. Forcing somebody to dress a certain way is the very least of humanity's inhumanity, and certainly not the worst that religion can do.