My first thought was, "Why is there a star magnet at all? Also, that's not where the multipliers go..."

Off-topic somewhat, but you might be interested in Denyhosts [denyhosts.sourceforge.net] . It takes a bit more *nix-familiarity than is usually expected in Gizmodo and Lifehacker how-to articles, but it's not really hard to set up.

They should have checked that, yes, but for some reason I suspect that you're a very small minority; I imagine that despite all the "don't use one password for everything" warnings, people still use one password for every site, and it's probably something like "password", "money", "god", and the like.

They were actually just receiving a broadcast from a pirate ship that retransmits based on implied oral permission rather than express written permission.

Hmm... What sort of bait do you use with a Master Ball?

[bit.ly] (points to consumerist)

Out of curiosity, and having NOTHING to do with your loss whatsoever... um, what's the closest pawn shop to your work?

I have the offline app for my ipod.

Well, most of us end up getting Cool Whip, which is basically artificial non-dairy whipped cream and the progenitor of the whole "whipped topping" thing. Of course, "non-dairy" seems to be a misnomer, since it apparently contains milk derivatives.

I think that's how the book Eon started. It's been a few years, though...

You're right on the nose in both cases :)

Once in a while, you just have to give in to your urges, you know...

I like my peaches-and-cream ones...

Seems it'd be easier to mine if broken into little chunks and scattered onto the surface of the Moon, don'cha think?

Lose $600 phone, thieves have access to your prepaid card to make $25 transactions, they spend all day eating chicken mcnuggets...

I just discovered an entirely new meaning for the phrase "sausage fest" now.

I suspect two outcome possibilities:

...oh, if only this were possible for actual speech and without the long delay.

I'd disagree, having been in the middle of a butterfly swarm before, but only because I was so bewildered that I couldn't even be afraid. Interesting experience, though.

Love the map, thanks!