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	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
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		<title>By: Aaron</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-378288</link>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Astronomer is clearly a hero, as he is -hero- gallery! Of course he studies the way in which the world can end, for he is they only person who wields the knowledge needed to stop it! We should only hope that he has clear skies . . .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Astronomer is clearly a hero, as he is -hero- gallery! Of course he studies the way in which the world can end, for he is they only person who wields the knowledge needed to stop it! We should only hope that he has clear skies . . .</p>
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		<title>By: mike burkhart</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377876</link>
		<dc:creator>mike burkhart</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So Phil your : faster then a speeding bullet, more powerful then a locomotive, able to leep tall bulding with a single bownd . Sorry I got you confused with Superman. As for enemys haow about anti-science a villan determed to wipe out sciencetific knowlge , Id man who wants to force kids to learn Id , astrology freak , brian washes people into bleveing in astrology . and of course we need Phil to stop a alien invasion of Earth. Maybe we can have him take on the space invaders I&#039;ve been fighting them for years. (forgive me I&#039;ve been hooked on the video game Space Invaders since 4th grade)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So Phil your : faster then a speeding bullet, more powerful then a locomotive, able to leep tall bulding with a single bownd . Sorry I got you confused with Superman. As for enemys haow about anti-science a villan determed to wipe out sciencetific knowlge , Id man who wants to force kids to learn Id , astrology freak , brian washes people into bleveing in astrology . and of course we need Phil to stop a alien invasion of Earth. Maybe we can have him take on the space invaders I&#8217;ve been fighting them for years. (forgive me I&#8217;ve been hooked on the video game Space Invaders since 4th grade)</p>
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		<title>By: Tony</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377826</link>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I vote for the evil &quot;DR&quot; McCarthy as villain</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I vote for the evil &#8220;DR&#8221; McCarthy as villain</p>
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		<title>By: Sebastian</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377767</link>
		<dc:creator>Sebastian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your hand looks weird in the drawing...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your hand looks weird in the drawing&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Phillip Helbig</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377731</link>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Helbig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;I&gt;&quot;Holy Halakaleiuea! Where did your index finger go?&quot;&lt;/I&gt;

This (why do comic figures have one finger too few?) is one of the Two Great Mysteries of Life.  The other is why do women often go in pairs to public toilets (say, at a restaurant).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>&#8220;Holy Halakaleiuea! Where did your index finger go?&#8221;</i></p>
<p>This (why do comic figures have one finger too few?) is one of the Two Great Mysteries of Life.  The other is why do women often go in pairs to public toilets (say, at a restaurant).</p>
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		<title>By: Ewan</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377687</link>
		<dc:creator>Ewan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, this is *too* cool.  Just purchased &#039;Doc Brain&#039; - weakness: NIH funding cuts - and I bet he sells out very, very fast now...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, this is *too* cool.  Just purchased &#8216;Doc Brain&#8217; &#8211; weakness: NIH funding cuts &#8211; and I bet he sells out very, very fast now&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Kimpatsu</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377679</link>
		<dc:creator>Kimpatsu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, Phil, but Brian Cox is clearly the cooler superhero. He even has a secret underground base in Geneva!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, Phil, but Brian Cox is clearly the cooler superhero. He even has a secret underground base in Geneva!</p>
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		<title>By: Verbatim</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377649</link>
		<dc:creator>Verbatim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Trebuchet beat me to it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trebuchet beat me to it.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377629</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Already at $152.  I wonder how much it would be if you appeared in a grilled cheese sandwich?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Already at $152.  I wonder how much it would be if you appeared in a grilled cheese sandwich?</p>
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		<title>By: Trebuchet</title>
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		<dc:creator>Trebuchet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You shave?

For me, I&#039;m afraid, the only point in having a beard was not shaving.  Ever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You shave?</p>
<p>For me, I&#8217;m afraid, the only point in having a beard was not shaving.  Ever.</p>
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		<title>By: Georg</title>
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		<dc:creator>Georg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This sounds a lot like : 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Socialist_Labour

About this (and some analog east german Medal) we 
used to make jokes.  

:=)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This sounds a lot like : </p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Socialist_Labour" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Socialist_Labour</a></p>
<p>About this (and some analog east german Medal) we<br />
used to make jokes.  </p>
<p>:=)</p>
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		<title>By: Dennis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hero?  The guy who gleefully writes and lectures about the myriad ways in which the Earth can and WILL be destroyed?
Heroes don&#039;t write books called &quot;Death From the Skies&quot;!
-Just sayin&#039;.

;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hero?  The guy who gleefully writes and lectures about the myriad ways in which the Earth can and WILL be destroyed?<br />
Heroes don&#8217;t write books called &#8220;Death From the Skies&#8221;!<br />
-Just sayin&#8217;.</p>
<p> <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: DrFlimmer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377590</link>
		<dc:creator>DrFlimmer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Me, a hero. Awesome.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Why are you so sure you&#039;re not a villain? 
I mean, that deranged gaze, and the power to manipulate black holes. This looks and sounds more like the aim to gain world dominion to me! Like every crazy doctor from any crazy movie you can possibly think of (except maybe &quot;Back to the Future&quot; ;)).

So, don&#039;t do too much &quot;Hero-stuff&quot;, it could be that you&#039;re just a villain!

:D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Me, a hero. Awesome.</p></blockquote>
<p>Why are you so sure you&#8217;re not a villain?<br />
I mean, that deranged gaze, and the power to manipulate black holes. This looks and sounds more like the aim to gain world dominion to me! Like every crazy doctor from any crazy movie you can possibly think of (except maybe &#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> ).</p>
<p>So, don&#8217;t do too much &#8220;Hero-stuff&#8221;, it could be that you&#8217;re just a villain!</p>
<p> <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Steve (treelobsters)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve (treelobsters)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm, trying to decide between a villain named The Charlatan (power: deception, weakness: the scientific method) and a hero name Tree Lobster (power: snarkiness, weakness: melted butter)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm, trying to decide between a villain named The Charlatan (power: deception, weakness: the scientific method) and a hero name Tree Lobster (power: snarkiness, weakness: melted butter)</p>
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		<title>By: Zeno</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Where did you get that padded-torso T-shirt you&#039;re wearing? Or did Len just make it up?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where did you get that padded-torso T-shirt you&#8217;re wearing? Or did Len just make it up?</p>
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		<title>By: HumanisticJones</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377578</link>
		<dc:creator>HumanisticJones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So if you&#039;re on the hero page does that put Wheaton on the villain page?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So if you&#8217;re on the hero page does that put Wheaton on the villain page?</p>
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		<title>By: Julia (Jules)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/19/hero-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-377576</link>
		<dc:creator>Julia (Jules)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d so bid on that if I hadn&#039;t already purchased a hero for myself, Lupus inspired, named Papillon and a villain for kid2&#039;s 12th birthday, named Sedux.

Len does a fabulous job on these!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d so bid on that if I hadn&#8217;t already purchased a hero for myself, Lupus inspired, named Papillon and a villain for kid2&#8242;s 12th birthday, named Sedux.</p>
<p>Len does a fabulous job on these!</p>
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		<title>By: kevbo</title>
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		<dc:creator>kevbo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Holy Halakaleiuea!  Where did your index finger go?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy Halakaleiuea!  Where did your index finger go?</p>
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		<title>By: Chris L.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris L.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I nominate Richard C. Hoagland as a villain. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I nominate Richard C. Hoagland as a villain. <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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