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“He said he thought I was an angel sent from God, and that I was his sister and he was my brother in Christ. And that he was lost, and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people.”

Remarkable story about what it was like to be a hostage with a madman slowly becoming sane again …

(categories: interesting amazing holy.shit)
“A man who created suspicion by collecting items from various department of K-Mart and taking them into the restroom just before closing time Wednesday arrested after police said they found him operating a methamphetamine lab in the bathroom.”

(categories: funny as.hell)
“Happy Pi Day everyone!”

Hmm. 3.14 = 3/14 = March 14. Weird.

(categories: weird funny)
“This moving photograph of a veteran overcome with emotion while embracing a wounded Marine is a cropped version of a photograph that originally appeared in newspapers in November 2004.”

(categories: amazing sad iraq images)
“You need pliers to open the package, to get to the pliers!”

(categories: funny images)
“We decided to quickly conclude the scan, given police activity in the area earlier in the day from a bomb scare.”

Yes, because wielding a rifle-shaped object from a city rooftop might indeed BE A BAD IDEA.

(categories: dumbass geekery)
“Yikes. We never realized that you had to be a computer scientist to use toilet paper. Worse, we didn’t realize that thinking was required to select the roll.”

(categories: funny geekery)
“Chicago is also famous for a somewhat peculiar annual event: dyeing the Chicago River green. The tradition started in 1962, when city pollution-control workers used dyes to trace illegal sewage discharges and realized that the green dye might provide a u

(categories: chicago interesting)
Chicago Tribune: CTA operator makes commute a real joy ride

“He created a community of riders through this train. It’s totally through his efforts that we have a sense of oneness.”

(categories: chicago subway cool)
Worth 1000: ‘Miscast Movies’ Photoshop Contest

(categories: funny movies)
“Firefox straight ‘out of the zip’ is ok, but there’s a lot you can change, modify and improve. From performance to looks to usability, Firefox tuning gives you the power to make a browser specific to your needs and taste.”

If I go back to Firefox at some point in the future, I need to remember to come back here.

(categories: geekery cool)
“I couldn’t resist a close-up of the lady hot dog at The Chipmunks Inc. She’s standing in an awkward squat, her eyes are askew, but of course the most horrifying aspect of her: the breasts!”

(categories: images gross scary)

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