Conky Goes Wild!

I already have a sledgehammer, can I just get the overpriced block of metal?

The inventor has obviously never had a real cat, the kind with a mind of its own, one you can't tell where to sit, or when...

Plum Island already exists - The article says the current facility isn't secure enough for heightened research, but doesn't go very much into what would be involved in expanding the existing labs. The only mention is of the expense of a site only accessible by ferry or 'copter, however that infrastructure is already in place, and being used. Why build entirely new labs in a possibly less secure site, when we could enhance what's already there?

Besides, where would Hannibal Lecter get to go for vacation if we close Plum Island?

In many ways, a counterpoint to Rowan Atkinson's 'Guys After The Game'

Flipdon, that's exactly what I was coming in to say. One of my few guilty pleasures left on MTV...

Takhys, that was my first thought. All you need is Derek Jacobi wandering around and the nightmare would be complete...

I knew a guy with a 'fraternization chamber' chamber once upon a time. Then one day the police showed up...

I'd have to sit in either of these first, they both look uncomfortable as hell, too much of a curve all the way up your spine.

There are legal issues too, as the sets would have to be offered without the swastikas in parts of Europe. Cheaper (in terms of money and PR) to just offer them without...

There's mention of a rat king in Scott Westerfeld's Peeps, and I got a little creeped out by the description, but I have heard stories from older relatives about discovering a rat king in an old barn, and that story was FAR more scarring to my psyche as a youngster...

Um, looks like the 'link' goes to the video to me, the 'via' goes through all the nesting...

I got the Gerber set a few months ago when Amazon had a similar deal. The Clutch is pretty good for a small multitool, but the Evo Jr. has turned out to be the best knife I've carried.

Pterodactyl would be an awesome name for a mixed drink. Then we could blame all sorts of things on them...

Not only does this seem like a plan destined to fail (spectacularly) somewhere down the road, T.E. Bush III didn't even get the Daft Punk quote right...

My father has a walking stick similar to this, except it's a brass knob on top, and the flask-tube is stoppered onto the bottom of the knob, There's a spring inside the shaft to cushion the bottom of the tube, and the brass knob screws apart itself into two halves, to store whatever you might want to hide...

greg7sins, the prune juice is sadly just a nasty rumor. I grew up hearing it every now and then, and finally asked a rep of the local distributor I knew. Apparently it comes up enough that they used to have pamphlets they would mail you, and its even in the Dr Pepper FAQs.

Oh Noes! The kimchi is next!

Even better MINVARIN was when Automan tried to 'correct' the 90 degree instant turns, and instead employed a series of lesser-angles. I can still remember the chik-chik-chik the car made going around a corner, 10 or 15 degrees at a time...

I've dealt with eCost's customer service before, and they were great for me - I bought a watch, and the package I received had a nice box, but no watch inside. I called them up, about an hour later got a call back from a shipping supervisor, and had a new watch 2 days later. I've recommended them to folks since then because of this, I'd hate to think I got lucky and most folks get screwed.

Almost interesting, but given QT's track record lately, it's be a lot of buildup, and very little payoff.

Then again, it IS porn...