Imagine being in a crowd of people 200,000+ strong, and feeling completely safe. Not only do you feel safe, but people are helpful, happy, and holding up hilarious signs everywhere you look. There are people as far as the eye can see, and everyone is awesome.

This was the scene Saturday in Washington D.C. at Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear which drew an enormous crowd and was such an incredible experience to attend.

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We don’t normally talk politics here on MLD, and this is no exception. Over the past few days it’s been impossible not to be exposed to campaign ads for tomorrow’s midterm election, and it’s pretty clear that attack ads are the only ads out there at this point. I usually try to stay informed, but this year I can’t make sense of any of it. From what I can tell, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is running for some office in Pennsylvania. I don’t like his chances. I don’t think Gordon Gekko has a shot either, despite his recent performance at the box office.

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I know SEPTA gets a lot of grief for running behind schedule, but this is ridiculous. I was almost 70 years late for work this morning.

Also, what you can’t see in the photo is that it was taken at 11:15PM. In the future, that time of day is broad daylight. I can only assume this is the result of Daylight Savings Time run amok, or humanity’s last ditch effort to stave off the vampire apocalypse by throwing off their sleep schedule.

Recently going across digg.com, I saw an article featuring an infographic from RentersInsurance.org squaring off Netflix and Redbox.  Now I’m sure I don’t have to highlight who Netflix is, although some people may not know about Redbox.  This company provides Kiosks at many retail locations (grocery stores, convenience stores, etc) where you can rent DVDs for $1 per day.  Pretty cheap, but how does this stack up to the Netflix price of $8.99 per month for unlimited rentals?

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I need to you tell you about something incredibly funny and HUGE for comedy here in Philadelphia. It’s ComedySportz International Tournament 2010, hosted for the very first time here in Philadelphia, PA!

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