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USB-powered breast warmers for the nippy office

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Great post Joel.

Ladies, a question: For years I have offered my services as a breast warmer out of what I must now admit was a desire not for the comfort of your more prominent glands, …

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WTD 230

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That’s why you’ll see so few words from me.
What’s this?! A comic on a Saturday?!!Director’s Commentary: My wife affectionately refers to me as a “notorious nonreader”. I probably would have skipped over this strip myself. …

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Atheist bus ads roll in London today: massive success

A UK campaign to raise money to buy London bus-ads to promote atheism was a massive success — 800 of the busses took the streets today, and the campaign is spreading around the world.

Today, thanks to many Cif readers, …

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Take Accurate Photos with the White Balance Lens Cap

The White Balance Lens Cap is a replacement for your standard plastic lens cap with the added benefit of helping you easily set a custom white balance. The center of the cap has a white plastic dome like …

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German traffic cops angered by British driver who mocks traffic cams with a Muppet

Someone in Germany is driving an automobile built for UK roads and has installed a Muppet in the passenger seat. The speed cameras in Germany are made to take photos of drivers who sit in the left side of …

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Daily Mirror trapped in Wikicirclejerk

Journo seduced by cult of nonsense

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Web Therapy: Lisa Kudrow’s smart new web comedy series

I’m really sick and tired of these online series that use the first personal confessional –like Lonelygirl15 and the totally awful Gemini Division with Rosario Dawson — in service of the hokey dramatic trope of overly expository webcam monologues. …

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Does ideology trump facts? Studies say it often does

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Sadly this story tells the truth, many humans ignore the truth and live their blinkered lives in denial.
This content was generated from Alan’s shared items in Google Reader. All credit goes to the original author. …

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Philip Pullman on the pointless menace of censorship | Books | guardian.co.uk

Censorship is a terrible thing. So thank goodness it never works, says Philip Pullman
This content was generated from Alan’s shared items in Google Reader. All credit goes to the original author. The original entry can be found here.

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The Two Classes of Airport Contraband

Airport security found a jar of pasta sauce in my luggage last month. It was a 6-ounce jar, above the limit; the official confiscated it, because allowing it on the airplane with me would have been too dangerous. And …

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