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"Why can't you use Facebook, like everybody else?" - grant fox from Bookmarklet

I'm there, but actually, no, I'm not. I'm here. My stuff from here goes there. Or at least I think it does. I haven't checked in months. - Kamilah Gill

The injection-molded seat mounts to an extremely sturdy bar that clamps to the seat post and steerer tube. This allows the seat to be removed quickly and easily when not in use. This is done by unscrewing a single large bolt. Also, the carrier features a padded "face pad" which 1) keeps your passenger from messing with your handlebars and controls; 2) protects your passenger from smacking his/her face on the handlebars (assuming you left the four-point harness too loose); and 3) gives your passenger a natural place to rest his/her head when sleeping. In addition, the Kangaroo's foot cups are adjustable and flexible, but I've never seen a child get his/her toes anywhere near the front wheel. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

The United States economy lost 539,000 jobs in April, the government reported on Friday, a sign that the relentless pace of job losses was starting to level off slightly. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

This is a device for emergency areas / unclean-water areas for yes, you guessed it, turning urine into drinkable water. Human or animal. First, pee on the Activated Carbon in the device to make the pee lose it’s color and it’s flavor. Second, squeeze the container, third, drink! - grant fox from Bookmarklet

"See the circle? It's an O, so that stands for 'Oh.' The deer means 'Dear.' And see the cross with the lines radiating out? It makes you think of what? God. So the logo means 'Oh Dear God.' Get it?" But then I spoke to my new friend Kate over at Jägermeister, and bragged how I knew the deal. She said, "Not true." - grant fox from Bookmarklet

Jägermeister = master hunter in German. That should explain a good portion of the label. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

after the jump there's a more detailed (and accurate) explanation of the origin of the logo, from a Jagermeister employee. - grant fox

Al Kooper didn’t know what to play. He’d told some half-truths to get into Bob Dylan’s recording session — the musicians were working on some song tentatively titled “Like A Rolling Stone” — and Kooper had been assigned the Hammond organ. There was only one problem: Kooper didn’t play the organ. He was a guitarist. The first takes were predictably terrible — Kooper was just trying not to get kicked out of the studio. But on take four, he suddenly found his chords. Kooper’s playing was pure improv — “I was like a little kid fumbling in the dark for a light switch,” he would later remember — but he ended up inventing one of the most famous organ riffs in modern music. But how does such an act of imagination happen? How does the mind create on command? - grant fox from Bookmarklet

Igor Panarin has been predicting the “moral and economic collapse” of the US for about a decade now; he set the Endtime for the American Empire at the year 2010, and the recent arrival of the credit crunch lends some credence to his outlandish forecast - at least as far as the Russian (state) media is concerned. Panarin, formerly a KGB analyst and now an academic, gets about two interview requests a day. The break-up predicted by Panarin would be the result of mass immigration, economic decline and moral degradation, all of which would trigger a second American civil war, and the collapse of the dollar. This would then lead to the break-up of the United States, by mid-2010, into half a dozen regional sub-entities. These would be dominated or absorbed outright by foreign powers. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

This has been around forever. The only reason this is getting play now is because Republicans are having a hard time dealing with the worm turning. The wing-nuts that want to seceded are at most 15-20% of the republican party. Not going to happen - Bluesun 2600

"Republican anti-abortion activist Neal Horsley admitted to having sex with a mule. Alan Colmes radio show." He's also running for governor of Georgia. WOW. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

let me guess: they let mules vote in Georgia, right? - MikeAmundsen

Unlike other business cards, MEAT CARDS will retain value after the econopocalypse. Hoard and barter your calorie-rich, life-sustaining cards. MEAT CARDS do not fit in a Rolodex, because their deliciousness CANNOT BE CONTAINED in a Rolodex. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

So what you see is what to be said an entry level test leaked from Russian army. Here is the translation: “Six questions that help to identify any hidden psychological diseases young soldier might. If the soldier can’t see the number in one of the 6 circles on the test picture, the he likely might having: Can’t see circle 1: High agression, proneness to conflict, the recommendation is to add more physical excercise and cold showers. Can’t see circle 2: Possible low than average intellectual abilities, can’t serve with sophisticated equipment. Can’t see circle 3: Possible debauchery, soldier should get increased daily ration, should get more physical activity tasks, should not be connected to food supplies, etc. Can’t see circle 4: Possible inclination to violence, can be assigend as a leader to his unit, as he can preserve discipline. Can’t see circle 5: Possible latent homosexuality. Can be light uncontrolled accesses of attraction to the same sex. Can’t see circle 6: Possible schizophreanic tendency. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

Russians can see no.5 huh? - Snehasis Patra

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in tropical fish stores. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband’s illicit lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired. - grant fox

"What is a friend?" This question is constantly echoing across the internet. But, digital relationships (just like non-digtal ones) are not absolute. They are fluid. And online friendship is better described along a spectrum defined by the actions people take and how we feel about them. The more useful question for individuals and brands who are interested in cultivating online friendships is How do I move my friends from acquaintanceship to "best friendliness"? - grant fox from Bookmarklet

Susan Boyle singing "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

I <3 Susan Boyle - Soup

The war on drugs keeps law enforcement busy--13 percent of all arrests made in 2007 were drug related--but the kinds of battles police are fighting vary widely across the country, from meth labs in California to cocaine dealers in Florida. This is a look at what drugs local law enforcement officials said were posing the greatest dangers to their communities, when asked by the Department of Justice. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

Also, "Our Favorite Drugs/title>", heh. - ⓞnor

look at his face! - Alejandro

awesome lol - Alan Le

I just shaved my beard and now have sideburns!! - Derrick

Luke Perry's effort is pathetic. - Chris Nixon

A book called No Regrets: The Best, Worst & Most £$%*ing Ridiculous Tattoos Ever is packed with hundreds of hilarious, cringe-worthy and downright stupid examples of tattoos - grant fox from Bookmarklet

NEED - Shey, Jamaican of FF

The latest research suggests a more prosaic, democratic, even puritanical view of the world. The key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It’s not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success, even in realms like chess. Instead, it’s deliberate practice. Top performers spend more hours (many more hours) rigorously practicing their craft. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

Hm, I associate puritanism with predestination which is the opposite of the practice to become approach. And it's far from being boring. It's exciting to know you have a chance of being great at least. - Todd Hoff

yellow in the front and brown in the back- you never even have to wash them! - grant fox from Bookmarklet

I've often thought that baby onesies should be labelled according to the color of the spitup they resemble. "I think we'll dress him in the sweet potato outfit today." - DGentry

British politics has been rocked recently by a series of political and financial scandals – from Nixon-esque attempts at defamation, to claiming taxpayer’s money for pornographic films. In July, after a sustained freedom of information campaign, the expense claims of all members of parliament from 2004 will be made public – and it seems that some M.P.s are very concerned. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

The last six months were brutal. Output fell at a 6.1 percent annual rate in the January-through-March quarter after falling at a rate of 6.3 percent in last year’s fourth quarter, according to the Commerce Department. If that pace were to continue, nearly $1 trillion would be wiped out this year from the nation’s economic output of $14.2 trillion last year. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

"A member of Barack Obama's security detail has contracted a suspected case of the swine flu—this outbreak has Barack "The Typhoid President" Obama's fingerprints all over it. It started in Mexico when Obama just happened to be visiting there. An archaeologist he met there died the next day from swine flu-like symptoms. And now a member of his own security team has it. Barack Obama is Patient Zero!" - grant fox from Bookmarklet

Woah - orionstarr

interactive map, very cool! - grant fox from Bookmarklet

LOL NO! - Mona Nomura

worth a shot... :) - grant fox

[LIKE] <--double like ;) - Mona Nomura

Ah, the classical "hypochondriac" :) - Eivind

I wonder if Sir Jeffery was knighted for what his epitaph says. - grant fox

A person medically qualified by Google's search engine to diagnose symptoms of sickness. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

If you want to buy a .tv domain name, Bob Parsons's GoDaddy registrar will sell it to you. But not without a tsk-tsk lecture about how the island of Tuvalu, which owns .tv, is sinking. Boing Boing noticed the warning (and groused that CNN had registered boingboing.tv a couple of years ago). But it turns out that the loudmouthed Parsons (full disclosure: I'm a weekly guest on his GoDaddy Radio show) has been beating this Tuvalu-is-sinking drum. USA Today writer Kevin Maney looked into the issue some years ago: If the Pacific island sinks beneath the waves due to global warming, your .tv domains will still be safe. And knowing Parsons, he'll still be complaining about it. - grant fox from Bookmarklet

huh - andy brudtkuhl

I've seen this before, but I still like it - Chieze Okoye