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		<title>Hail Burst, Pride &amp; Predator, DTV</title>
		<link>http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2009/02/17/hail-austen-dtv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelson</dc:creator>
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Wow&#8230;just had a seriously intense burst of hail. ~30 seconds, but LOUD! #
This looks hilarious: Pride and Predator (via @breagrant) #
Just remembered it&#8217;s Digital TV Switch Day! Or rather, it WAS. Looks like a lot of stations are taking the new June deadline. #

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<li>Wow&#8230;just had a seriously intense burst of hail. ~30 seconds, but LOUD! <a href="http://twitter.com/KelsonV/statuses/1219633268" class="aktt_tweet_time">#</a></li>
<li>This looks hilarious: <a href="http://movies.ign.com/articles/954/954510p1.html">Pride and Predator</a> (via @<a href="http://twitter.com/breagrant">breagrant</a>) <a href="http://twitter.com/KelsonV/statuses/1219937107" class="aktt_tweet_time">#</a></li>
<li>Just remembered it&#8217;s <a href="http://dtv.gov">Digital TV Switch Day</a>! Or rather, it WAS. Looks like a lot of stations are taking the new June deadline. <a href="http://twitter.com/KelsonV/statuses/1220151382" class="aktt_tweet_time">#</a></li>
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		<title>Weirdest Spam Yet</title>
		<link>http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2008/05/03/witchcraft-spam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 17:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen some pretty weird spam in my time, both as an email user and an email admin.  My favorite is still the request to purchase a Dimensional Warp Generator.  But this one, which showed up in the spamtraps a few days ago, has got to be pretty close.
Old Witchcraft Secrets &#8211; make [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve seen some pretty weird spam in my time, both as an email user and an email admin.  My favorite is still the request to purchase a <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/03/21/dwg/">Dimensional Warp Generator</a>.  But this one, which showed up in the spamtraps a few days ago, has got to be pretty close.</p>
<p><strong>Old Witchcraft Secrets &#8211; make your wildest dreams come true</strong><br />
<span id="more-2474"></span></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Old Witchcraft Secrets&#8221; will show you in detail, how you can cast powerful spells, to make your wildest dreams come true.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s NOT your fault that your spells and rituals aren&#8217;t turning out like you want&#8230; YET.</p>
<p><em>The truth is&#8230; you&#8217;ve been misled by self-proclaimed powerful wizards and witches&#8230; and the truth is that 99% of these &#8216;professionals&#8217; are DEAD WRONG!</em></p>
<p>In fact, a lot of what they say will actually diminish your powers.</p>
<p>They don&#8217;t want you to know the right way to cast spells because if you did, you&#8217;d never need them again and they would lose their power!</p>
<p>You cannot invent &#8216;new&#8217; spells like you cannot invent a new tree. Everything is old. But not everything is known in the right way.</p>
<p><strong>Get 3 Spells just for visiting our site</strong></p>
<p>As you know, many witches and wizards are FURIOUS about this. Why?</p>
<p>Because it reveals the true forgotten secrets of witchcraft. Secrets more powerful than what they can do through their very expensive services&#8230; </p>
<p>Soon, everybody will be able to do this at home, more effectively, cheaper and faster&#8230;.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve seen some ridiculous prices on the internet for getting a spell done. It&#8217;s obvious they are getting rich off of normal people and their problems&#8230; </p>
<p>Once you know their secrets, you wonít need to give them your money!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve personally tested this information, and some of the old forgotten stuff is mind blowing: it&#8217;s accurate, effective and quite easy to do. </p>
<p>Discover The Most Powerful Spells and Secrets</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s so close to the make money fast and business/health secrets &#8220;they&#8221; don&#8217;t want you to know genres that I have to wonder if it&#8217;s a parody.  It sounds like something Harry Potter would find in the Classifieds section of <strong><i>The Daily Prophet</i></strong>&#8212;or perhaps <strong><i>The Quibbler</i></strong>.</p>
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		<title>Classics Declassified</title>
		<link>http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2007/11/23/classics-declassified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when you put 1940s Batman comics and Crime and Punishment in a blender?  No, not shredded paper, but Dostoyevsky Comics starring Raskol.  Hilarious parody of golden-age comic book storytelling and classic Russian literature. Though some of the commenters seem to feel it was a personal insult against Fyodor Dostoevsky and Russian [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://againwiththecomics.blogspot.com/2007/08/batman-by-dostoyevsky.html"><img class="alignright" src='http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/dostoyevsky-comics.jpg' alt='Dostoyevsky Comics Cover' /></a>What happens when you put 1940s <strong><i>Batman</i></strong> comics and <strong><i>Crime and Punishment</i></strong> in a blender?  No, not shredded paper, but <a href="http://againwiththecomics.blogspot.com/2007/08/batman-by-dostoyevsky.html"><strong>Dostoyevsky Comics</strong> starring Raskol</a>.  Hilarious parody of golden-age comic book storytelling and classic Russian literature. Though some of the commenters seem to feel it was a personal insult against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky">Fyodor Dostoevsky</a> and Russian culture in general.<br />
<small>(<a href="http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/23/read-batman-by-dostoyevsky/">via The Beat</a>)</small></p>
<p>This next one doesn&#8217;t really qualify as a classic, but here&#8217;s <a href="http://slipjig.livejournal.com/473008.html"><strong>88 Lines About 44 Fangirls</strong></a>, a filk based on &#8220;<a href="http://www.the-nails.com/88lines.html">88 Lines About 44 Women</a>.&#8221; <small>(<a href="http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/11/19/all-you-need-is-love-linkblogging/">via Comics Worth Reading</a>)</small></p>
<p>And moving forward in time once more, we have an answer to the question I&#8217;m sure you were all wondering about: <a href="http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-11-20-n35.html"><strong>What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft?</strong></a> It shows a step-by-step transformation, with a steady increase in clutter and a steady decrease in usability&#8230; sort of in the spirit of the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2006/mar/14/ifmicrosoftpa">If Microsoft packaged the iPod</a> video.  <small>(<a href="http://hill-kleerup.org/blog/2007/11/22/windows_gmail.html">via ***Dave</a>)</small> <!-- orig. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/03/14/if_microsoft_packaged_the_ipod.html --></p>
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		<title>Snow More!</title>
		<link>http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2006/12/21/let-it-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh the crowds outside are frightful,
But the music&#8217;s so delightful&#8230;
’Cept for ev&#8217;ry darn place we go,
It&#8217;s &#8220;Let it Snow!&#8221; &#8220;Let it Snow!&#8221; &#8220;Let it Snow!&#8221;
Seriously.  It seems like this song has somehow become the most popular Christmas song this year.  I normally don&#8217;t mind it, but come on!
It doesn&#8217;t help that it&#8217;s about [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh the crowds outside are frightful,<br />
But the music&#8217;s so delightful&#8230;<br />
’Cept for ev&#8217;ry darn place we go,<br />
It&#8217;s &#8220;Let it Snow!&#8221; &#8220;Let it Snow!&#8221; &#8220;Let it Snow!&#8221;</p>
<p>Seriously.  It seems like this song has somehow become the most popular Christmas song this year.  I normally don&#8217;t mind it, but come on!</p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t help that it&#8217;s about as likely to snow here as it is for a meteor to strike Times Square at exactly midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve.  But that&#8217;s worth its own post.</p>
<p><small>(Incidentally, the parody&#8217;s original.  We made it up together in the grocery store on Sunday.  Katie has more, but I can&#8217;t remember it.)</small></p>
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		<title>Ask your doctor&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2006/01/02/panexa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 03:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you troubled by ridiculous drug advertisements?  Concerned that the pharaceuticals industry might be trying to unduly influence your medical care?  Ask your doctor about Panexa today!
Aside from a great parody of those ads that list all the side effects, it really points up something that&#8217;s always bothered me about ads for prescription [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you troubled by ridiculous drug advertisements?  Concerned that the pharaceuticals industry might be trying to unduly influence your medical care?  Ask your doctor about <a href="http://www.panexa.com/">Panexa</a> today!</p>
<p>Aside from a great parody of those ads that list all the side effects, it really points up something that&#8217;s always bothered me about ads for prescription drugs: The person watching the commercial is generally not the person who chooses the medication.</p>
<p>(<a href="http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_01_02.html#010778">via News From ME</a>)</p>
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