#7 Kudos to you for the Futurama quote!

@Albedo,
That's how they find alligators too. I lived in an apartment complex with TONS of alligators in an adjoining lake. I saw game wardens doing that at night sometimes, sans cardboard tube.

Dark Roasted Blend is a never-ending source of "wow!"moments for me. Thanks for keeping them on the radar here at BB!

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who had this reaction when encountering this magazine cover. I saw it yesterday at my local Barnes & Noble and thought the same thing.

This is so cool! It reminds me of "Gamma World", a roleplaying game from TSR I played as a kid.

@#9:

Are you kidding? I live in a tiny little town in the United States and there are several places that do very good business in fresh-baked bread of all makes and stripes.

I can't decide if you're trolling or are just ignorant of what life is really like here. I'm going to assume it's the latter. Come on by. I'll make you a "sammich" with your choice of about a zillion varieties of artisan breads.

@#10.
First thing I thought of.

got me a movie
i want you to know
slicing up eyeballs
i want you to know
girlie so groovy
i want you to know
don't know about you
but i am un chien andalusia
wanna grow
up to be
be a debaser, debaser!

I loved the first book in this series - I didn't realize it had gotten this far along! I've got to check this out.

This waaaay too real for this early in the morning.

Waiting for Hipster Douchebag Parking Lot....

Ah, "Life in the So-Called Space Age," indeed.

at #11.
That's how I submitted it... :)

This makes me so happy.

Consider this book sold, at least to me.
From a PR perspective, being denied entry to the US might be one of the best things that could have happened to him.

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving...er...death?

As a person plagued by a tiny boar that runs wild through my body I appreciate Boing Boing bringing attention to the plight of sufferers world-over.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go slop my Jinshaku.

When I was working for a small-town newspaper I had some unmarked, plainsclothed "security" guard for the railways stop and accost me when I took a picture of a stop sign on the line.

He cited all the usual stuff bout turr'ism and what not. At the end of the day I was on a public road and there wasn't a damn thing he could do about it.

Asking him for his name, identification and some quotes to use in my story resulted in the desired result of seeing him speed quickly away.

This is chock full o' woo.

This game completely shaped the course of my life. I'm really bummed out about this.

Seems a little exploitative.

Thanks for posting this: I love Tim and Eric, but rarely get a chance to watch them.

Oh, and Ridestowe, thanks for the heads-up on the livecast. I'll check that out.

To me, it's basic politeness. Providing internet access to guests is kind of like providing heat and electricity, or a hot cup of tea.
Agreed, but I think that my definition and your definition of who constitutes a guest differs.
Guests are people I know and have invited to share my hospitality, not a stranger who pulls up outside my house hoping to score some free web access.

Caiman is not "used to" living with humans. There is not enough brain there for such concepts as "used to". One day, a child will be eaten.

This.

You got it, SIMPLEHUMAN.
Jeez, what a waste.

Agreed. What a waste of time.
I couldn't imagine having to live through ten years of dealing with kooks who think they have paranormal abilities.

I'll tell you what's gonnna happen: zombie cows, man.

@Cory:
I had very nearly the exact same thing happen to me as a college student. I was in town to do some shopping and had met some friends for dinner. A security guard - probably younger than I was at the time - came and rousted us from dinner and banned us from the mall for "hanging around."

And yes, you're right, these malls depend on considerable government largesse and public good will in order to operate - and often abuse both.

Can someone define what "subversive" means in the context of knitting?

Is this where I come to watch that jumping shark?

One person's charming is another's relentless creep of organized religion.
Seriously, come down south if you like that kind of stuff. Better yet, let me trade places with you.
Churches like this are everywhere.
I opened my medicine cabinet this morning and someone had started a church in there....

Nex, I know what you meant - just a joke :)
Matt

Apart from the reinforcement of groupthink, I think such a system is also in danger of becoming biased. Imagine that during the next two months, an unusually high number of heavy metal fans signs up. (This is unlikely, but it's not at all implausible that something of the sort happens; remember how Brazilians took over half of Orkut?) Their ratings will tend to clump together, which earns them disproportionally many points, making them more influential.

God forbid those Plebs discover our beautiful, nuanced oh-so-indie world, eh?

God, I might as well go back to bed. My day cannot get any better after this - might as well end on a high note...

"The Dino-Mummy from Hell Creek" sounds like an awesome B-movie.

Nelson, how do you know that the folks you're rolling your eyes at are American?
BoingBoing has international readers.

And for the record, most of the Americans here (myself included) aren't that happy with the state of privacy in our country either.

What? No RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD reference yet?

Frank: International treaty, all skeletons come from India.
Freddy: No kidding, how come?
Frank: How the hell do I know how come? The important question is, where do they get all the skeletons with perfect teeth?

Ewww...x-rayed cat poop!

Do we have to put up with the FakeSteveBallmer spam here, too? WIRED seems unwilling or unable to do anything about this guy. Can BoingBoing do something about this pathetic also-ran?

Thanks for the answers, guys! Makes sense now.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is this good for? Seriously - not trying to be a smart alek here, but I honestly don't know.

I'm really happy you like this comic - I've been reading it since it first came out (I'm only missing issues #1 and maybe a couple of others), and it's been great to see it get the attention it deserves.

Too bad about Kirkman's Wolf Man comic, though. Not too good.

Thanks for the email addresses!

Seems like one Mr. Schulz published some work pertaining to a kite-eating tree...could be related.

The truth is out there - and it keeps moving the damn football.

I ain't fraid of one who utilizes the systematic use of violence and intimidation to achieve political objectives

Like yourself, I'm an atheist - although being from a southern family I'm the first and only one that I know of in our particular lineage. We're pretty rare down south.

Anyway, having been raised in such a religious environment, faith has always fascinated me, and the Good Brother sounds like he might have a cool book there. Thanks for bringing it up.

#4 - I had no idea. OK, this makes more sense now.

Um. Well, yeah. Would you be just as shocked to discover you can't go shopping at Victoria's Secret in just bras and panties?
Duh.

Can you moonwalk in those?

Teresa,
I just think that it's funny seeing this touted at BoingBoing.

Hey, isn't this called "censorship" when other people do it?

Oh noes!11!!! Abercrombie & Fitch in teh Hyperspace!

"Woke up?"
Yeah, right.

I know a resurrected, flesh-hungry corpse when I see one (or read about one).

I'm stocking up on canned food and ammunition right now.

Beat 'em or burn 'em!

Wh-hooo goes there?

Ride the lightning, Malibu Barbie!

Not that I have much to add here, but I've not been able to eat octopus of any kind since I learned that they're as intelligent as cats.

Sea kitties.

Thankfully Gmail sorted this into my spam folder, and I never even opened it. Thanks for the heads up!

Great cover - I really like it. Can't wait to go read the book.

If I were an author represented by this group I'd be embarrased as all hell.

Perhaps many of them will be and withdraw their membership.