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Archive for November 25th, 2008

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Maybe They Can Slip You an Eisner with a File in It

Art-cartoonist Ursula Vernon offers a very personal take on a very bad precedent prosecutors are setting in a "child pornography" case. Writes Vernon:
My teen years are now off-limits to me as an artist.

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Monkey Tuesday: Gossip Gorilla

By Thoreau
Scientists speculate that language emerged to facilitate gossip among females.  Why?  Because female monkeys make more noises than male monkeys.
*Disclaimer:  This post should in no way be interpreted as an endorsement of any particular theory regarding gender differences in humans or other vertebrates.  This post is offered strictly for entertainment purposes only, and does [...]

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

It’s Christmas Time in the Citi

You know how some guy supposedly said, "Democracies survive until the citizens realize they can vote themselves money from the treasury?" I’d like to find that person and punch him in the face.