In "Mystery misnomer machines from Alibaba.com. "

Have you *ever* seen spam that used the phrase "platonic ideal"?

In "Man, unable to prove he is not an orangutan, becomes President of the United States "

I dropped them an email, and got a message and a thanks back. Happy New Year!

In "4:44 Last Day on Earth"

Greg Bear wrote it, in The Forge of God. Singularly depressing, and persistent for weeks after I'd finished it. And there was a sequel.

In "M.O.N.K.E.Y. Part N.I.N.E.: Now It Never Ends"

Yeesh.

In "Send Me Something"

Nothing yet. I think they're busy.

That's supposed to be parasite pal.

Okay, it's away. I was going to send themsomething, but in the rush to get it done, I just got it done. I would have sent a parasite pal.

In "Know Your Meme: Om Nom Nom Nom."

I think this is the funniest thing that I've ever seen regarding Obama (from the same site).

In "Send Me Something"

Best: an interesting surprise, serially numbered. Worst: letter is not returned. Actual: a pencil drawing, bathroom style, of penis. I'll report back soon.

In "Sad forest of ghosts"

It is believed to be very bad luck if the corpse is left alone, for the "yurei" (ghost) of the suicide will scream through the night, and the body will move itself on its own. Well, this is what they say happens, when the corpses is all disheveled the next morning.

In "You can't handle the squeeeeee!"

Those rat pictures are unique, and the plane and depth of focus are superb.

In "Space Zen: Will Humans' Brains Change During Travel in Outer Space?"

Nope. Same brain, same operations, different perspective. It's shown that this information at this deep level, at the quantum level, can transcend electromagnetic theory Nonsense.

In "Earth Hour has been and gone for the year."

UnMonoBlanco, you don't know your greenhouse gass from an ozone hole. But you will.

I've "saved" 80 kilowatt hours by line-drying my laundry this month. Has anyone seen anything quantitative on how much demand for electricity was reduced by Earth Hour?

In "One-eyed Filmmaker Becomes "Eyeborg""

Well, since you asked: the other two and a half stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Or perhaps a perfect pair of blue Zeiss Ikons. Or maybe a nice Tleilaxu pair, but I don't trust those guys.

In "Gobekli Tepe:"

From the bottom of the article, it is noted that Tom Cox, the author of the story, is coming out with a book soon. What a coincidence. "The Genesis Secret by Tom Knox is published by Harper Collins on March 9, priced £6.99. To order a copy (P&P free), call 0845 155 0720." On the other hand, if the Christians could be convinced that this was the actual site of the Garden of Eden, then the Atheists can set about casting God out of it.

In "Lawmaker proposes fixing California's budget crisis..."

It would be darned interesting if this passed. If the price went up, then you might know that there was pent-up demand for marijuana, and that people had been avoiding it because it was illegal. If the price went down, then you might know that the illegality had been keeping the price high, because of the risk involved in trafficing. If the price stayed the same, I don't know what you might know! There would be some other effects that are unforeseen, such as the decrease in asset forfeiture and the subsequent defunding of many police budgets. I predict that law enforcement will be against it. Some study is in order. I hope our legislators don't botch it.

In "Animal Kingdom Gets"

Ur-mother's so old, she's not even a placozoan.

In "Hail to the chief!"

Thanks, H Mabuse. I read it here first.

In "How would you feel about a half-human half-chimp hybrid?"

I wouldn't feel too good about it. I know how cruel humans are. Cordwainer Smith called them underpeople.

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