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Hello. My name is Dorothy Dursley of Rio Rancho, NM, and I have a story I have GOT to share!

I’ve had a weight problem for a long time. I’ve tried everything - Weight Watchers, Atkins, Slimfast, you know the drill! I just haven’t been able to keep the pounds off!

Then, last February, I found myself full of remorse as I pulled down yet another bag of Cheetohs. I said “Jesus, I know you want me to lose weight somehow. Please, Lord, give me a sign to help me find the courage to do what I need to. I’m so weak - HELP ME, JESUS!!”

And that’s when the Miracle happened. I opened the bag, full of guilt, and pulled out a Cheetoh, and THERE WAS LORD JESUS STARING ME IN THE FACE!!!

Here are some pictures of this Blessed Message. Praise Jesus, I have not eaten one Cheetoh since then.

PRAISE HIM!

Love, Dorothy

6 year old Ford really likes the Laughing Squid logo, so much that he’s been drawing it non-stop. We are quite honored by the tribute from this promising young artist.

how we find out what’s going on since 1999. Ford wears one of the original tees. While I was fixing snack he stole away to the computer and found scott beale’s twitter icon. apparently, it drew him in and within minutes he ran into the kitchen with his own copy. he knows good graphic design when he sees it. - Stephanie Sicore’s description for the photo on Flickr

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Inside AT&T Park, home to the San Francisco Giants, there is a food concession that calls itself “Doggie Diner”. Of course it has little to do with the original Doggie Diner restaurant chain aside from having a Doggie Diner logo on the clock above the window. Looks like it’s not that great, it only received a 3 star average rating on Yelp. photos by Scott Beale This is a blog post from Laughing Squid For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS feed, Twitter & FriendFeed. Pseudo Doggie Diner at San Francisco Giants’ AT&T Park

guest post by Eddie Codel I had the immense pleasure of experiencing my first Comic-Con this past weekend in San Diego. Comic-Con is a massive event for all things comics, science fiction and anime in all its media manifestations (comic books, movies, TV shows, video games, card games, toys, collectibles, cosplayers and LARPers). Comic-Con’s essential ingredients are a giant expo floor, numerous panel discussions and speakers, TV and movie actors signing autographs, tons of parties and the official masquerade ball. Most attendees make a noble attempt at dressing up as their favorite superhero, villain or anime character. The Dark Knight flavor of The Joker was by far the most popular getup there this year. Battlestar Galactica, old and new school, were also quite popular. Throughout the day I overhead many noobs proclaiming they had wished they had dressed up and they were certainly going to next year. I couldn’t help but think of the similarity to Burning Man virgins who go home knowing exactly what art project they’re going to do next year. With 150,000 fans packing the halls it sometimes was a bit of challenge getting in and around. All the big panels had massive lines snaking around the walls of the convention center and across passageways. Some of the most popular panels were Joss Whedon and the cast of Dr. Horrible, the Watchmen where some exclusive footage was shown and Terminator 4 where a new trailer debuted. The expo hall is a football field or two of space filled with booths small to enormous. Many of the big movie studios and television networks had massive displays hyping their latest offerings. Some examples are a full scale Owl Ship from the upcoming Watchmen movie, a larger than life Ironman suit, a Dunder Mifflin set from The Office, a two-story Guantanamo Bay prison complex complete with a unicorn you could mount from the movie Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Of course there are the old standbys like a life size Jabba the Hut you could snuggle up with, a Lego Indiana Jones and ridiculous sized Pokemon characters. This montage I shot of the expo floor will you give you a tiny sense of what it was like. On the edges of the hall, you could actually buy or trade comic books and get autographs from your favorite artists. Plenty of collectibles and vinyl toys as well. There’s also a video games section at one far end that was a ghetto compared to the prime space the studios got. Tucked in between G4’s mobile studio and NBC’s The Office set was a small space occupied by pals Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine of Ask a Ninja fame who were signing autographs and pimping their remake of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Even though the film has yet to be shot and is at least a year off from screening, it’s never too early to build buzz. A curious thing I noticed this year were many young cosplayers with FREE HUGS signs. A mixing of cultural and Internet memes maybe? You can find tons more photos & video in my Flickr set and everyone else’s. Sci-fi blog io9 has tons of coverage as well (full disclosure: I was hired by io9 to shoot video at Comic-Con). Conclusion: An amazing event, you should go! Just book your hotel now as it gets impossible to find a room as the event approaches. photos & video by Eddie Codel This is a blog post from Laughing Squid For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS feed, Twitter & FriendFeed. A N00b’s Trip Through Comic-Con

guest post by mikl-em Berkeley’s Shotgun Players are staging Ubu Roi the classic work of proto-dadaism. Performances will be in John Hinkel Park in Berkeley. The show opens this Saturday and runs until mid-September, it’s a free show in the park but donations are encouraged (just like the SF Mime Troupe). It’s a rare opportunity to see a first rate production of one of the great strange theatrical works of all time. And it’s the perfect thing for an election year!

Ridiculous! Raucous! Irreverent! Absurd! Shotgun Players invite you to jeer at the candidates, throw some rotten cabbages and stand up for what you really believe in at John Hinkel Park - starting this weekend! Saturdays and Sundays at 4pm August 2nd - September 14th Bring a picnic! Or belly up to the concessions stand for a Shotgun snack. JOHN HINKEL PARK (Southampton Ave. off The Arlington in North Berkeley) FREE ADMISSION with Campaign contributions to Shotgun Players strongly encouraged! FEATURING: Dave Garrett, Ryan O’Donnell, Carla Pantoja, Gary Grossman, Sung Min Park, Casi Maggio, Marlon Deleon, Megan Guzman, Raechel Lockhardt, Alf Pollard & Jordan Winer

This is show four of an impressive 6-show year for the Shotgun Players including Beowulf (by Banana Bag & Bodice which earned Best Theatrical Production of the Year) and the upcoming Vera Wilde (with Sean Owens as Oscar Wilde). And if the on-stage work weren’t enough, Shotgun’s guest poster designer is artist R Black, that’s his work above. Ubu Roi is a play by Alfred Jarry which pre-dated and influenced Dada (as well as Surrealism). It debuted in 1896 (when he was only 23 years old) and was, by any considered Dadaist’s terms, a mind-blowingly raging success… To quote from Wikipedia….

Ubu Roi’s savage humor and monstrous absurdity, unlike anything thus far performed in French theater, seemed unlikely to ever actually be performed on stage. However, impetuous theater director Aurélien-Marie Lugné-Poe took the risk, producing the play at his Théâtre de l’Oeuvre. On opening night (10 December 1896), with traditionalists and the avant-garde in the audience, King Ubu (played by Firmin Gémier) stepped forward and intoned the opening word, “Merdre!” (”Shittr!”). A quarter of an hour of pandemonium ensued: outraged cries, booing, and whistling by the offended parties, countered by cheers and applause by the more forward-thinking contingent. Such interruptions continued through the evening. At the time, only the dress rehearsal and opening night performance were held, and the play was not revived until 1907.

Alfred Jarry died that same year–1907, less than a decade into the 20th Century–at the ripe age of 34 from complications related to his sincere love for ether and absinthe. He was remembered and his spirit carried on by friends who would become great and ground-breaking writers and artists in their own right including Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, and Pablo Picasso. Jarry also invented “Pataphysics” which he described as the science of imaginary solutions. His other literary works include Caesar Antichrist and Le Surmâle (The Supermale) which is known as the first cyborg sex novel. A film based on The Supermale will show later this year at YBCA in San Francisco. poster art by R Black image #1 from the original program for Ubu Roi image #2 from Wikipedia This is a blog post from Laughing Squid For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS feed, Twitter & FriendFeed. Dada Comes to Berkeley — Shotgun Players Take Ubu to the Park

guest post by Aaron Muszalski In the latest post on his superlative hip-hop videoblog, Ill Doctrine, Jay Smooth offers this lyrical explanation of the crucial difference between the “what they did conversation” and the “what they are conversation.” Jay’s video response to Gary Vaynerchuk’s Good People Day is also worth watching, as is “How To Avoid George Bush Syndrome” aka “Failure Is Always An Option.” In fact, pretty much everything on Ill Doctrine is either entertaining, insightful or semantically def(t). And usually all three. Highly recommended. via His Wholiness The Reverend DrJon This is a blog post from Laughing Squid For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS feed, Twitter & FriendFeed. How To Tell People They Sound Racist by Jay Smooth

guest post by mikl-em So first off, I guess it was Wil Wheaton’s birthday on Tuesday (he’s so shy about it). He’s a square 36 years old–Happy Birthday! In case there was any question that Star Trek (including Wheaton’s The Next Generation) continues to hold sway over all of geekdom, the following pix from last week’s Comic-con convention should clear that up. There seems to have been good representation across its many incarnations (6 series and 726 episodes in all). Since I couldn’t make it to San Diego this year, I am instead window-surfing as it were, watching everybody else’s geeky good time via Flickr. Yes, I’m jealous of Eddie. Here’s a sampling of Trekkie treats I’ve found… Looks like Geordi has gone jazz on us… Tuvok and Chekov talk about their shared consonants… But keep in mind, not everyone in a starfleet outfit is legit–I think any of these 3 have actually ever been on the bridge of a starship: Ditto on this lineup, they’re packin’ Razrs not Communicators (and definitely not Tricorders) Wheaton himself shares this clip of Riker (aka number 1 aka Jonathan Frakes) favoring a presumably late-night crowd with a rendition of Ain’t Misbehavin’ photos by chiquitadequeso, Timmy Farol, viciouswargoose, fathom216, Jason Mouratides video by R. Stevens This is a blog post from Laughing Squid For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS feed, Twitter & FriendFeed. Multi-Generational Star Trek Stars at Comic-Con, Plus Riker Sings!

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