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The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there’s no law against wacking them around a little.

Joe Martin, Porterfield

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Finally answering the question, “How many Internet/You Tube jokes can be crammed into one music video.”:

Apparently, toy maker Playmobil thinks there’s a burgeoning market in toys for a police state including this roadblock setup.  According to the description, they have stop signs, maps and pistols.  Of course, if they were really going to do this right, I think they need black cloth bags, zip cuffs and truncheons.  Via Hit n’ Run.

The French have come up with a way to finally improve the self-esteem of all of those bicycle cops:

About 3,000 officers were deployed on motorcycles, in jogging gear and with inline roller skates [my emphasis].

Protests halt Paris torch relay early - Yahoo! News

Apparently, I only rate as a Slightly Dorky Nerd King via the Nerd 2.0 test.  Slightly disappointing . . .

In the strange bedfellows department, folk-singer Arlo Guthrie has thrown his political hat to Ron Paul with this ringing endorsement: “I love this guy. Dr. Paul is the only candidate I know of who would have signed the Constitution of The United States had he been there. I’m with him, because he seems to be the only candidate who actually believes it has as much relevance today as it did a couple of hundred years ago. [Read More]

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of the Lego Building Blocks, here’s a little silliness:

Via: Pirate4x4.com

Every now and then, The Onion can’t resist getting really dark such as in the case of my horoscope for the week:

Virgo August 23 - September 22

After months of carrying it around, you’ll suddenly lose all that excess weight midway through your second trimester.

Your Astrological Predictions For 2008 | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source

Sometime’s it’s nice to see my life encapsulated so concisely in a video: