@Larfin,

Yes, my experience with them was quite extraordinary. I tried to argue with them but the self-satisfied, closed-mindedness of that site's operators was simply overwhelming. The problem goes far beyond what most people think of it. In fact, it merits some serious research and open press coverage because people keep linking to these frauds and taking them seriously.

It's very easy to run around the web talking about how one must protect the 'civility' of a comments section. But that is most definitely not what Boing Boing is up to. Not by a very long stretch. But it's easy for them to hide behind a mountain of comments in a database. It's not such an easy thing to dig into and expose.

In my opinion, one of the worst phrases on the web is 'via Boing Boing.'

By the way, this entire comment would have been disappeared in seconds by the Boing Boing outfit.

Oh, yes, because Boing Boing knows all about commenting. Don't they? Ummm hmmmm! They know all about them thar comments. Yep. Because they're cool geeky technical liberal free speech people, right?

Some people spell it Boing Boing. I spell it 'hypocrite.'

No, consistent athletic effort does not produce this. A medical condition causes this. Ridiculous writing does not improve a blog.

I went to a Borders and waited almost 20 minutes in a long line. When I got to the register I found out why the line was so slow. The employees were spending several minutes each trying to convince every customer to sign up for unwanted memberships and cards, etc. When I said 'no thanks' the guy would just move on to some other offer. By the time I actually got my books in a bag I was just about ready to give him the finger.

Is it also a stupid question if you ask it of a weight lifter?

I think there is no way out. The only solution is to not blog at all really, but rather to produce one's own material from scratch. You can either make things or talk about things. Making things is infinitely better.

So you have an accident in which someone could have been injured and these movie set workers immediately start covering up the car that was involved? Pulling pieces off the road and putting them under a tarp?

I don't know but that looks pretty goddamn illegal to me. You can't hit a police car and start covering up the accident scene! Unbelievable. In an emergency, the cop car has total and complete right of way regardless of what permits the idiots from Hollywood had.

Who says you can't use 'their?' Ridiculous. Use it. That's how the language gets official: by using it incorrectly until it gets made official.

'A person should not ruin their writing by following stupid rules.'