So much for the ownership society...

I'm going to patent the concept of both creationism and evolution and sue anything that is either formed spontaneously or evolves.

The only person I won't be able to sue is Ben Stein.

You can also get a 3 head pro tape deck for cheap on the ebay these days. You won't get a 3 second delay out of it, but if you split off the signal pre tape deck to monitor it and then monitor off the play head while recording, you can get some sweet tape delay action.

I may be remembering some of this wrong, but we used to use this trick back in college radio. A deck with variable speed makes it even better.

For $68, that better be some high grade beef.

Please disemvowel this message. I just want to see what it would look like and I'm too lazy to do it on my own.*

Thank you.

*joking...but not really

Pls dsmvwl ths mssg. jst wnt t s wht t wld lk lk nd 'm t lzy t d t n my wn.*

Thnk y.

*jkng...bt nt rlly

I don't know...This kinda smells like paperrad. If it's legit...it's beyond wonderful. If it's a come-on it's still great!

This is damn funny.

Good lord! It's a catheter! Aaaggggghhhhhh.*

*Regrettably, I speak from experience.

The embedded chat that comes up on their page is creeping me out. That girl keeps smiling inappropriately.

I'm with you...My dying wish is to be composted and then used as fertilizer.

I used to get something similar to this...I'd be driving and suddenly I'd feel like my arms were 100 feet long and hanging off of the steering wheel. Nothing would change visually, but what felt and what i saw were horribly mismatched.

Maybe they can call this Spongebob's elongated arms syndrome or something.

I could just see the conversation with my wife.

Wife: "Stop playing that game."
Me: "But dear...I'm trying to get us supper."

The Flaming Lips should do a performance of Zaireeka in honor of this guy.

Prufrock451...That's a great link.

Loose lips...what is it that they do again?

Gahhhh.. Unicorn chaser please.

I should be embarrassed by this, but I have to tout the following Osmonds video:

The Osmonds - Crazy Horses

Way better than the pinup.

Nelson C...

You're assuming that if they see the shoes in a bag, they'll take them out and actually scan those as well as the ones on your feet.

I think this method of defeat relies on them placing a different value on worn vs. carried shoes.

Yeah...stupid.

Tensegrity...did it look like: http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=2863

"Wild Moose"...it may not be the worst one out there, but it certainly isn't good either.

I especially like that the document says:
[UNMAILABLE. Must be forwarded by express.]

Wonder if the postal service was subject to obscenity laws...probably.

I need a smite button.

I agree with Umbriel on this. We're in the midst of a period where our culture has ceded community in favor of fear and hysteria.

Parents take their kids to the mall to trick or treat eschewing neighbors (I have a bowl full of candy to prove that). Local news broadcasts are constantly telling us that we have to stay up until 11 to find out that something is going to harm us or our children.

I just keep hoping that at some point our culture decides collectively that "living afraid" isn't really living at all. I'm not holding my breath (because that would be dangerous).

Grumble grumble...suburbia...grumble grumble.
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My friend Emily got 2nd place in a Somerville, MA pumpkin carving contest a week ago with Pacman themed squash.

I guess the Pacman is a run of the mill pumpkin. I am proud to say that the ghosts are patty-pan squash that I actually gave her back in July. Patty-pans rule for summer squash staying power.

As a side note...it's worth looking at the first prize pumpkin (the Hindenburg) as well.

I think it IS that hard to understand. They spent years and years working to turn everything they do into a formula. In the process, they pushed their in house artistic expertise to the side in favor of those versed in commerce.

I also think those same people saw the dawn of downloading as an era where their importance as middlemen would be greatly diminished. It's nothing more than businessmen fighting against increasing insignificance.

On the other side of the coin, this has allowed smaller labels continued growth. I'd argue that labels like Merge and Matador are doing well because of their focus on artists.

It does the same thing in Firefox on my work PC. It does seem to work in IE. Blech.