Does anyone else see the Nokia ad displayed here on BoingBoing with the guy who had electrodes attached to his head? The one right next to this story... because, you know. Coincidence?

Everyone knows that the biggest threat to ferries are irresponsible ferry captains:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/10/15/ferry.accident/

#4:

I think I love you. I'd ask you to marry me, but you're probably a 5-year-old girl or a 50-year-old pedophile. Maybe both. It's Schrodinger's Internet!

I agree with the commenter on dethroner that this negative feedback ransom thing has got to stop. I've seen too many "If you give us negative feedback we'll give you negative feedback" things on eBay that just turn me off to the whole online marketplace/auction thing.

Maybe all feedback should be hidden until both sides have submitted?

Ah, I've been waiting for Cory to finally fess up to his YA obsession!

I just finished reading the Uglies Trilogy (well, not Extras yet, I'll wait for paperback) and I'm surprised no one has mentioned InterWorld by Michael Reaves and Neil Gaiman.

(I'd also recommend the Alex Unlimited series, which has a similar premise.)

Yeah, I was about to say, not forthcoming, saw it in B&N on Thursdays, drooled over the cover treatment.

I don't know what city all her critics are living in, but as a New York commuter, I see 9-year-olds on the subway all the time.

#5: Well, and the couple already had kids, so their genes have been spread and now those poor kids don't have a mother.

Let's hope they learn from this example.

This is the third article I've seen today that repeats something I've seen before... on BoingBoing.

(At least, I'm pretty sure.)

You see, this is why I voted for a short story collection. Those can be read comfortably online.

For those who don't have the backstory, Pocket Books was supposed to be publishing Firefly novels and Brust was one of the authors they approached. The deal fell through because Joss was too busy to vet them like he wanted. Brust decided to just write the novel anyway, since as Cory said, it was in his head.

I want to see what the dog barking in the background would do.

The Nex is the Navy Exchange Service. Every military installation has something similar (NEX or AAFES).

Same with the McDonald's, the Pizza Hut, and the gift shop, though the Starbucks is new to me.

I agree, "underwear perverts" is getting old.

I also agree that neither Warren nor Stuart are really all that bitter about superhero comics, this is just a place to blow off some steam. I highly recommend Thunderbolts, BTW, it's a great superhero book, and a great look at the Marvel Universe gone bad.

That, right there, is a future Young Republican.

Anyone who's actually been to an anime con recently knows that those are where a lot of the younger sci-fi/fantasy fans are ending up - and the cons are being changed as a result. The cons aren't just about anime anymore, but they do manga, and music, and fashion, and modeling, and novels and so forth - it won't be long before someone gets the bright idea to focus a convention around sci-fi/fantasy, bringing us full-circle.

The first real posts start in September, BTW, but it's mostly just filler for a while (as they were jsut testing the system).

God, that picture makes me miss when department stores were supposed to be beautiful...

When the hell did they launch? I thought I'd look over all their posts, and uh, so far I've hit November with no end/beginning in sight.

I know it's crazy to try and look at everything, but if they just launched, it should have been easy, right?

They may come pre-painted, but HeroClix are still pretty neat - the sheer variety of characters is amazing. They have a Jessica Jones *and* a Jewel figure.

If only I knew, I would have picked up that McLuhan.

They do make a Pinky Street toy of the Messerschmitt: http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT75956

Huh, now with Teresa responding, it looks like the good folks at BoingBoing don't respond well to legit criticism.

I'm going to have to agree with #1 and #3 - this post was weaksauce.

#4 Ethanol:

Yes, the dog's name for most of the novel is Kudryavka.

I read this book last week, and honestly, I didn't see Pavlovich as a monster. He's really just another guy mixed up in the same mess as all the rest.

"Driven semi-madman," however, I will not disagree with.

#1 Noen:

Been there, done that. Boyfriend bought one at San Diego Comic-Con and we got it back to NYC just fine.

Okay, reading the comic now, and it points out there were no typists to slow down. So okay, my previous point? Not really so valid anymore.

I thought the point of QWERTY was to slow typists down, as the old typewriters would jam if they typed too fast.

...and uh, Wikipedia is backing me up on that.

Of course, this is not an effective argument for why we continue to use QWERTY, it's just explains how we got here in the first place.

Great. I've just been told I suck because some idiot doesn't know what Jennifer Lopez looks like.