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• Mean Monkey Monday 5
• Cut-up artist alphabetizes the newspaper
• First delicate tendrils of the nascent IT industry
• Colorado DA drops felony hit-and-run charges against billion-dollar financier because of "serious job implications"
• Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band "dances" to Nutcracker Suite on Segways
• U.S. government simultaneously pushing and warning against increased cheese consumption
• Don Draper v. Samwell: What What? (In the Butt)
• Time (a photo from the Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

Mean Monkey Monday 5 Posted: 18 Oct 2010 10:47 AM PDT "Attacked by a Giant Gorilla." More Mean Monkeys: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Cut-up artist alphabetizes the newspaper Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:34 AM PST Kim Rugg is a Canadian visual artist with a very sharp knife and a lot of patience and glue: she newspapers, stamps and other paper ephemera up, letter by letter, and makes does delightful and demented art like newspapers in which all the type has been rearranged in alphabetical order. The work is a beautiful and provocative commentary on the form and content of print media. Kim Rugg - A London artist's knife skills and knack for precision Kim Rugg, Mark Moore Gallery

First delicate tendrils of the nascent IT industry Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:26 AM PST The original poster in the Vintage Ads LiveJournal group asks, "Just what would you practice on....a typewriter?" Learn at home!

Colorado DA drops felony hit-and-run charges against billion-dollar financier because of "serious job implications" Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:22 AM PST Colorado District Attorney Mark Hurlbert has dropped felony charges against Martin Joel Erzinger, a Morgan Stanley Smith Barney wealth manager who controls $1 billion in investments, because financial rules would require Erzinger to notify his clients that he was charged with a felony, and this would have "serious job implications" for the financier. Erzinger is facing charges for allegedly rear-ending cyclist Dr. Steven Milo, and then leaving the scene of the crime. Milo, a liver transplant surgeon, has spinal and brain injuries, disfiguring scars, and will likely be in pain for the rest of his life. Milo was bicycling eastbound on Highway 6 just east of Miller Ranch Road, when Erzinger allegedly hit him with the black 2010 Mercedes Benz sedan he was driving. Erzinger fled the scene and was arrested later, police say. Erzinger allegedly veered onto the side of the road and hit Milo from behind. Milo was thrown to the pavement, while Erzinger struck a culvert and kept driving, according to court documents. Erzinger drove all the way through Avon, the town's roundabouts, under I-70 and stopped in the Pizza Hut parking lot where he called the Mercedes auto assistance service to report damage to his vehicle, and asked that his car be towed, records show. He did not ask for law enforcement assistance, according to court records. Erzinger told police he was unaware he had hit Milo, court documents say. When Avon police arrived he was putting a broken side mirror and a bumper in his trunk, court record say. Alleged hit-and-run driver may not face felony (Thanks, Bass!) SFPD won't investigate hit-and-run car-v-bike accident Ghost Bikes memorialize accidents Critical Mass bicyclist knocked over by NYPD Hit-and-run driver who hit cyclist Firefighter allegedly shoots cyclist in head to teach him not to ...

Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band "dances" to Nutcracker Suite on Segways Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:03 PM PST Via the BB Submitterator, Boing Boing reader Billy Green shares the video above, and explains, Members of the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band on Segways "dancing" to "Waltz of the Flowers" outside the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. Shot by me and my partner, edited by me. Video Link. It's only 38 seconds, but I could have watched much more!

U.S. government simultaneously pushing and warning against increased cheese consumption Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:52 PM PST According to a report in today's New York Times, a US Dept. of Agriculture division tasked with increasing dairy product sales found new ways to promote increased cheese consumption at the same time our government was warning Americans about health risks associated with the increased consumption of cheese. Bonus: a bonafide gubmint documint referencing the menace of "cheese snacking fanatics. (via BB Submitterator, thanks millrick; photo submitted to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by arooj)

Don Draper v. Samwell: What What? (In the Butt) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:37 AM PST [Video Link] In recent weeks, a cut-up has been circulating on the internets of Mad Men boss Don Draper (Jon Hamm) saying "what?" in various episodes of the AMC TV series. YouTube uploader musicvideosthatsuck has just taken that to the proverbial Whole Nother Level, by smushing the "What?" video into the iconic anal anthem known as "What What? (In the Butt)," by flight attendant turned gay meme master Samwell. (Via Dangerous Minds.)

Time (a photo from the Boing Boing Flickr Pool) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:10 AM PST Americans, don't forget to force the hands of time back one hour today. Image above, "I-Way Project ," a photo contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by Bill, aka provbenson2009. A related YouTube clip is here.

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