31 March 2007
Recommend me some good music! Any genre, just share your favourites... please?
This is a sympathy thread! F@cking tree roots.... I have to have a plumber come out tomorrow (Sunday!) to get the tree roots out of my main line.
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Radio Mecha - Music Box I'm on the Radio Mecha, playing soul, jazz, soul-jazz, funk, maybe some reggae or African music, that kind of stuff. I'm making it up as I go along, so please listen, if you're so inclined.
What are you doing for April Fools Day? I'm moving to Mexico to live on the street and teach myself guitar by busking for change and burritos. Or perhaps joining a feral cat colony to live as a feline.
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This week's OMG! pictures will be Easter- or spring-themed Starting with
some ducklings. OMG!.
Netflix Friends - Not entirely certain how this works.
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Anything exiting happen today? In my wee town fires were set by axe-weilding men right here on my street, and someone forgot to secure the cranetruck, thus tipping it and requiring a bigger cranetruck to lift it up again. Go Malmö! (pics inside)
Just bought a 250 GB drive for $80 and now I am migrating my collection of 80+ mp3 CD-ROMs into one consolidated directory. Oh, happy day! I will buy a back-up drive next month; a terabyte for less than $300, whoda thunkit.
Yay, it's tomato day! I just bought 9 'mater plants.
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Good grief, this little flash game makes me crazy!
(has sound) Mouse over the falling cards as they get faster and faster... when you miss 20, the game's over.
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Strange Dell Laptop Problem OK it is well known that one of the weak links in the power system of a laptop is the AC adapter cord.
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Ask MeCha: Should I 'sell' my online identity? →Read more...
R.I.P. Robert Taylor, alien encounter victim, at 88, of unrelated causes. "Not a man given to inventing fanciful stories, this pragmatic Scottish forester sparked the only criminal investigation into an alien sighting."
Last year it was CBGBs, this year it's the Hammersmith Palais Dammit. I think I had some great nights here in the late 70s and early 80s!
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Brave New World had Space Cowboy. But it also had My Dark Hour. +
live. And
Seasons + a live
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30 March 2007
Mr Show: Pallies - I tell you what, the both of yous can grab on to my *books*, you *mother father* *Chinese dentist*.
Radio_Replica... after
uws's excellent set. Dance:techno (old & new), stadium, house. Get yer rocks off.
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Despite my inner 'anarchist-leaning libertarian' seething and screaming "TRAITOR!!!" (as well as all due apologies to my dear friend jon), does anyone have any experience with getting a "smoking ban near outdoor bus stops" on a ballot?
mudpuppie I planted your scarlet runner beans!
Baby shower n00b Going to my first tomorrow.
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Paging jonmc - I find it odd the timing of this post giving your recent
mefi notariety.
I knew it. The pet food recall is being extended to dry foods... our
Kayla used to eat the dry version of one of the brands in this recall, and started vomiting daily about a week before this story broke.
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I just got an email from the assistant to my city supervisor, about a police hearing concerning a new security camera to be put on a corner where there was recently a shooting near my old apartment. I have no idea how City Hall got my email address
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icons and images as i'm restocking my lost icons and images, any know where that icon maker that was posted here is, or have any icons or wallpapers they want to recommend?
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Daddy! Tearful Surprise Homecoming -- A sailor returns from Iraq and surprises his young son in front of his classmates.
[Tissue required for those who have a heart].
Boy meets married girl. Boy and married girl have sex in front of married woman's house. Husband comes home, catches the two in the act. Wife cries "Rape!" Husband shoots and kills lover.
Wife charged with manslaughter. Husband not charged.
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Little Boy Cologne --
SUPERMAN For Boys fragrance set: "SUPERMAN carries notes of bergamot and petitgrain take on hints of Orange Blossom, with woody tones complemented with a touch of vanilla and musk. Set Contains: 1 Eau De Toilette Spray; Kids Watch."
My job broke up with me Tuesday night. Things seemed to be going great; we were getting along just fine, learning interesting things about one another, really enjoying keeping company together, and then, out of the blue, BANG! You don't have the pedigree or the credentials needed for permanent placement, and there's no point in raising false hopes on either side when the right man might be just an interview away. Don't come back after Wednesday.
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What's going on here? Photo problems. →Read more...
AskMecha: Background Check Software? So my overzealous coworker wants to do background checks on the people she's considering hiring to help with the summer camp. Anyone have any idea how to go about this or (cheap/free) software to recommend? Googling for software is daunting.
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OK I know these are a dime a dozen But this particular parody motivational poster cracked me up.
Aussie slang... LOL, I wanted to explain something to a friend and I found
this. Aussies, want to share some fun stuff with us like
the Bunyip?
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Blog Title Ideas? Do you have any, and how can I come up with one?
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"I got a short Flickr message asking me if I was interested in selling some of my work, without mentioning the party that is interested in buying." An interesting interview with Hamad Darwish, n00b photographer.
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These Songs For You For
ethylene, or for anybody, here are some links to .mp3s. I hope folks will add their own, too.
Insanely cute and detailed lunches that a Mom has made for her kids. Also,
Vegan Lunchbox, where I get some great ideas for my own din-din.
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From a shrink's perspective: - "[Y]our child is a billion times more at risk from 'pedophilia' with an adult they know (30% of victims have known their attacker for a full year prior to the offense), who is already married with kids of his own that he has not molested, than they are from the registered pedophile who lives in your city who was hoarding child porn in his mom's basement."
The Wire? Oh, yeah. Later. →Read more...
YAYAS AND BOOBOOS Get you're yayas out. This IS a SHOUTING THREAD.
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Mango and I are going to the vet right now. My little hedgie is lethargic, shaky and wobbly when she walks. I noticed it this morning when I went to give her a bath. Please send good wishes... I'm very worried about her!
My mom just called and told me that two URI girls from Warwick were in a car accident last night, one of whom died. She's been trying to call my sister but her phone is, apparently, off. (edited to note: happy ending inside)
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More ambient. Tetsu Inoue's World Reciever
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Ambient Temple of Imagination - Mystery School Please download this. This is my favorite album of all time.
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It's Friday Arvo Here , so here's my tree.
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29 March 2007
the return of the door to door salesman. What services would you like to have come by like the ice cream man? The eight o'clock beer bus? The midnight taco delivery?
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Google maps is great, but I'm not sure about step 20...
Listen To Me Baby, You Got To Understand. You're Old Enough To Understand The Makings of A Man.
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I love the smell of nostalgia on a Thursday. I'm going to a screening of
this documentary tonight. Where'd my old patched-n-studded hoodie go?
Be My MySpace Friend It's silly, but ages ago someone convinced me to join MySpace. Now someone else convinced me to network for animal rights people there, which is a good idea. Since I'm there now, will u b my frend, lol okbye ttfn?
Bummertown, USA For years now, my grandpa's been trying to get rich.
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Subtitled hymn on Songs of Praise. I think it's great that they do this so the deaf viewers can enjoy the singing too.
Mike Brady was an architect. Archie Bunker was a stevedore. Herman Munster was a gravedigger. Ricky Ricardo was a bandleader. I was just watching a rerun of Leave It To Beaver and it occured to me: just what the hell did Ward Cleaver do for a living anyway? (Also I've concluded that Eddie Haskell was the model for the 'Dell Dude.')
Invite me! Inspired by
nitsuj , but wanting to take it up a notch, I would like to receive an invitation to any and all closed betas / private trackers / whatever, anything exclusionary is fine, just as long as other people can't get in and I can.
The 2007 Hugo Nominations are up. As is often the case I haven't read any of the nominated novels, though at least I've got a copy of
Rainbows End in front of me on my desk.
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SwapTree invite? Anyone have any idea how I can get an invite to SwapTree? I signed up for one, but I want it NOW!
Colonialism question that I'm having a hard time quite articulating: I was inwardly groaning this morning because I have to write up a history of Cuba, and it's getting to the point where it's just depressing to write histories of countries where Europeans came in, destroyed the native populations, and screwed over the country badly enough over the next few hundred years that they're having a hard time getting a fair shake now. My question is, why didn't this happen in the U.S. and Australia?
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If there was a landmark guide to the internet would goatse be Mount Rushmore? Trying to come up with internet "landmarks" and their real world parallels.
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I still haven't filed my taxes.... You?
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Movies! What were the last 3 movies you watched? Not at the theater, just the last 3...
It’s Not You, It’s Your Apartment Reminds me of this old askme thread.. Someone should make a post of this. Maybe a new askme thread is in order?
A high pollen count is considered to be anything above 120, meaning, 120 particles in a cubic meter of air.
Today's pollen count in
Atlanta is
5937.
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Population question! What's the average yearly % population growth for the U.S.? For instance, if a city had 50,000 people living in it in 2007, what's the projection for 2008 based on national average? Sources?
Hotel recommendation por favor Who has a good hotel recommendation for San Francisco?
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Ask MeCha because it's friendlier here: How do phone cards work, and should I look into an alternative cell-phone plan to help a friend for four months?
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The Beatnik Bard Meets The Boss, live on stage, in a tribute to the ladies of the great Garden State.
Cat macros and particle physics. Two reasonable tastes that sort of go okay together.
Photographers Block I signed up for the
Fiona Project after seeing it on Mefi Projects. I received my sticker in the post the other day, but now I am having trouble feeling inspired.
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Is it just me or is JRun going down more often than Sad Kermit in the video for Hurt?
This story about a motel in S.C. refusing to rent a room to a gay couple reminds me of what happened to us when we visited Nashville last month...
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AskMeCha: Fat cat. →Read more...
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Radio b – Your Cover Is Blown All
covers, all the time. I tried to avoid the usual suspects, but there were a couple I just couldn’t leave out. Some will be instantly recognizable, others… less so. Commencing at 12:30 AM PDT, give or take.
Thanks, all! Not to detract from the previous post, but just a simple shoutout to those who offered advice on how not to be nervous for a first gig.
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Update on the boob smash... Everything came out ok--
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28 March 2007
I found THE PERFECT POPCORN SIEVE for unpopped seeds!!! →Read more...
Taxing work I'm just about finished doing my tax return.
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Ask MeCha Redux: What is the fewest number of pixels (height by width as well as colors in the pallette) required to create a photorealistic image of a human face, allowing for other elements in the image like setting, background and/or objects associated with that person? Specifically, the smallest picture that the average person would think real?
(This question has its origin in an existential debate so subjective answers are as valid as hard numbers. Thankee, sai.)
Ask MeCha: I need good, cheap (free works, too!) CD burning software that will make audio CDs from WMA and MP3 files, AND that will equalize the volume of the various tracks- make them all the same volume, even if the original files vary.
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Woo hoo! Another interview this afternoon! It was at
Maya Romanoff, a high-end wallcovering manufacturer. You've got to love a company with
a contact page like this. The employee in the lower right corner of the page was the one I first met.
OK Firefox lovers- I just began using it today. Tell me cool tricks and neato stuff that makes it better than IE.
Ask MeCha. What should I take for my tree pollen allergies?
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uuuuuhh objectively I know there are worse things than a bad cold
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This is a STRESS thread Uncertainity with the business, a friend's marriage exploding, possible health concerns. These are my stresses of the moment, what are yours?
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Things you never thought you'd say. →Read more...
Ask MeCha What is it that causes rooms to feel stuffy? How do you sense it? Why does it happen more often in warm weather?
I've been Ho-Boed! Anyone else get in on this?
So, what would the world be like if a large red dot appeared on your forehead every time you had an orgasm and lingered for 24 hours? Sadly the post the comment was made in is gone and closed, but it's an interesting question, as well as a great opportunity to make bindi jokes.
So I got my path reports back from my surgery.
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THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD!!!!!!!!! →Read more...
What % of TV is power (and $$) obsessed these days? I just heard a radio promo for Showtime's
the Tudors. Pure shmaltz. "No woman could resisit him." Even BBC is full of shite like Footballer's Wives. Power/money/sex. A related question: Have you ever considered tuning a radio to a light jazz station then smashing it with a large hammer?
Glasses Wearers -Does this happen to you? →Read more...
MeTaCha: What's the origin of this new [IST] joke? I'm seeing it all over MeFi.
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Best. Name. Evah There's something, er, deliciously ironic about the name of the director of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization... (yes, yes, I know it's childish)
MeChaTa: Please help me find a MeCha post within the last six months which linked to a site about creating new rules for old board games. Search isn't working out for this.
drezdn's crazy business ideas #2: Just like Anne Geddes but... →Read more...
27 March 2007
First gig! So, I'm a drummer in a band, and we're playing our first gig tomorrow night, and I've never done this before.
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Countertop Dishwashers - Anyone have any experience with any of these?
OMG otters! Drowsy otters holding hands = mega-cute!
Daughter just called from SF She has been walking all over, and
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Just broke up with the gf - how do I not go crawling back?
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Make up video games for bands. →Read more...
I challenge you all to a game of
Monkey Kick Off!
Are you a leaner? Given the option, do you lean against something, or do you choose to stand on your own? What do you think this says about you?
I've been reading Roberto
Calasso's
Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India.
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Stupid iTunes AskMecha →Read more...
Dudley & Cedar, Cambridge, MA, Sep 23 2007, 2:38 PM.
Nothing will happen. But you'll know where to be.
Has GMail been down all day for everybody? Or is it just me?
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Easter is upon us, bunnies! And I want to send you all goodies!
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Awesome space picture. →Read more...
America's Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band? I don't have much to say about
Aerosmith (though I daydreamed recently about writing an essay about the folkloric aspects of Run-DMC's accounts of recording 'Walk This Way'), but now I'm thinking about who America's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band is. Any nominations? This isn't the kind of decision you'd want to leave up to me, that's for sure.
drezdn's crazy business ideas: #1 Superthriftybaby.com -your source for DIY Baby supplies
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Quick question: What's the deal with "Dogs have no sense of time"? Truth or BS? Four different people have said told me this in 3 days, and I'm dubious.
Eep, Opp, Ork, Ah-Ah! as played by the Violent Femmes. I mentioned this song about a month ago, and FINALLY found my CD. More cartoon tunes inside.
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I'm moving to Glasgow tomorrow! Yay! I won't have interbunnies for a week! Boo! Post your YAY/BOOs inside.
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OMG! Be afraid! It's ... →Read more...
Where to sell stuff online? A question too small for AskMe:
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How do I get my groove on? →Read more...
Oh, you're sooo welcome! This is the story of a baby gift I gave and of the way it was acknowledged.
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You know who has an awesome work photo? This guy.
26 March 2007
Time Square Lullaby. →Read more...
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Desktop thread! Searching the site revealed that the last one was last year,
unless that in my laziness I missed one, so...
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A post for 3 question (and/or 3 answer) comments . . . Yours should probably be shorter than mine, which are as follows:
1. What should be starting salary for the person promoted to coordinating all shipping/receiving for a multi-million dollar company, and what should s/he ask for if s/he won't do it for less than 32K/yr?
2. This Photo Friday is evidently
Trees, but followed next week by
Femme Fatales (and hommes)?
3. How about some Photo Friday themes inspired by JPG Mag's simple themes, like maybe "Reflections" and "Geometry" and "Hot or Cold"?
How many places have you lived? (Residences, could be in the same area.) Favorite?
Last week's TAL podcast? I just got back from being gone for spring break for a week and I realized that because I haven't opened iTunes in a week I missed last week's TAL podcast!
So. Anyone have "What I Learned From TV"? Email's in profile.
Yes, I could just listen to it on their website. But I'd much rather have it whenever I want on my iPod!
What are you listening to?
Crazy Frog Bros. Two kids dancing hilariously. This has probably been posted here, but I never saw it until today, so there you go.
Any Opinions about This Phone? I currently have one of those Nokia candy bar phones (the 6010) and have had it for 2 years and can change, cheap.
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The 2007 Equality Ride for GLBT students is making a stop at my old college in April. For the first time since I left, I wish I was there, just to be a part of the madness that will most likely ensue.
20 Year Reunion. Wow.
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I'm getting a mammogram Wednesday...
this is the first time I'll have had the boob smash.
Doom is like crack. I always come back. Awhile back I found
Zdaemon and happily began playing my copy of Doom online. I've pretty much been out of the gaming scene for a decade, but is there any other service like Zdaemon that uses other old pc games?
Sometimes I wish they had cast William Shatner and not Adam West in that hilarious 1960s "Batman" series. He would have made it a masterpiece of bad, now it's only greatly bad. What's your favorite "I wish they'd cast ___" dream?
"Get happy in that skin you're in!" An awesome little video about being fat and one woman's acceptance of her body (YouTube).
I got an expected 'second phone call' from one of
my interviews last Thursday. They want to talk about salary. I've never done this before and I have no idea how to proceed. Help me so I don't mess this up!
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Things I am pointlessly nostalgic for: →Read more...
I'm pretty sure that the theme for Photo Friday this week is The Tree Project.
Macros for life. →Read more...
The Blog I Am Going To Do Will consist of audio interviews with interesting people in Glasgow, some photos, and some annotations. It's for improving my interview skills and getting my recording and editing up to par.
What blog are YOU going to do?
meh file under: bound to happen
This is a hugging thread... →Read more...
Raccoon on my rooftop terrace I was just sitting here in my attic workroom, typing away, when I heard something at the door to the terrace and looked over to see a raccoon sniffing at the door. I got up and walked over to the door, and it didn't even run away, just stared me down. The raccoons in Toronto live off the fat of the land and are quite brazen.
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Possum in my yard. Tonight I took the garbage out and met a big fat possum in my backyard.
GREAT THINGS POST! Please tell me about three great things happening in your life!
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Zoological fanaticism or corporate greed? You decide. Big Llama wants
tort reform for
llama activities.
"Red Alert is 100% pure grade ruling class propraganda and serves as an excellent example as such. The ruling class perspective is the only education this game will provide."→Read more...
25 March 2007
In line with today's events, my sister and a friend were randomly maced last night.
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What I hate ...when someone is trashing someone else's motives and you call them on it, YOU're the one being judgemental. *rolls eyes*
2008?!!?! 2008? Two-thousand-EIGHT?! Are you frakking kidding me?
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My girlfriend got mugged at the door of where she's living. Now I feel guilty because I could have gone with her but I didn't.
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Make up a new word. Mine's
demigrate: to reduce one's cheese intake by half.
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Time Killing Activity For Desperate Mefites Go to google images and google your first name. Link to or post the very first image result.
I don't know who this young lady is, but it's a difficult aria, and she's not bad at all. Many big names in opera badly screw this up, so, good for her.
Giorno Poetry Systems - The Nova Convention William Burroughs, John Giorno, Patti Smith, Brion Gysin, Frank Zappa, John Cage and more mp3's.
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EuroMecha Guy Maddin Fans: Have any of you obtained this French DVD
set of his films? The region 1 releases are full of compression artifacts (especially
The Guy Maddin Collection DVD from Zeitgeist), and I was wondering if these were any cleaner.
Rayman Raving Rabbids!!!! Best Wii game so far. The bunnies are so cracked out, it's great! Right now, we're trying to trap them in the toilets.
Wikipedia Co-Founder Seeks To Start Over -- "This week, Larry Sanger takes the wraps off a Wikipedia alternative,
Citizendium. His goal is to capture Wikipedia's bustle but this time, avoid the vandalism and inconsistency that are its pitfalls."
Tolkien Son Completes Unfinished Lord Of The Rings Book -- "It is likely to be a publishing sensation, particularly as it is illustrated by veteran Middle Earth artist
Alan Lee, who won an Oscar for art direction on Peter Jackson's third film 'The Return of The King.'"
I can't believe I lived two blocks away from this place for five years and didn't know!
I was attacked. So, I'm walking home from a couple of hours in the Pub and I was attacked by a gang of youths! Yay me. Well, not so much attacked as slightly knocked.
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Childhood heroes. I'm researching a project for grade-school kids, and I keep trying to remember what and who I was interested in at that time. I remember being fascinated with
Harriet Tubman and especially with
Maria Tallchief, who I thought was the coolest person ever to live. Who were yours?
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New albums this week Went on a bit of a splurge, some bought, some borrowed and burned.
Wha'd you get?
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HARPTALLICA is pretty much exactly what you think it is.
MEFI DOWN FER A BIT YET - street riots "worrying but contained" reports Chief of Police.
So has anyone here seen Zodiac? I saw it yesterday afternoon, on a digital projector.
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Getting Lippy My lips are perpetually dry and chapped. So many lip balms are worse than useless. Does anyone know of a product that is actually good for this?
Conversations with your loved ones. In which we write down short little exchanges we've had with our loved ones, family and friends, that are sweet, amusing, telling, entertaining, etc.
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Long, Weird, Entertaining Dream Egregious self link but I wanted to write it all down before I forgot it and keep it. If you are bored this pretty Sunday you may enjoy it as well.
80 Punk songs in chronological order Special one-time only long set. Ordering is approximate.
Radio Question Can anyone give instructions for broadcasting MeCha radio using iTunes?
I reported my neighbour to the police today and now I'm scared →Read more...
Smile, and the world smiles with you… →Read more...
Macro this cat. (photo by
this guy).
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24 March 2007
Heard an incredibly good cover today, but ... I can't figure out who is singing.
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This post may be for lonefrontranger as well. I saw the best bumper sticker ever this afternoon.
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This post is for lonefrontranger. Calvin and Hobbes snowmen, brought to life!
Bump! Hey, it's a gorgeous weekend, and there are probably lots of opportunities around you to take pictures of a tree (or something else nature-related) for next week's Photo Friday.
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what smells like baby aspirin? Other than baby aspirin?
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(rant) I hate the TSA. →Read more...
Sad single man I was doing my grocery shopping yesterday when I noticed that the man behind me in the checkout was buying somewhere between 30 to 40 frozen dinners, half a dozen 4-packs of puddings in a cup, three or four family-size bags of chocolate bars, many boxes of those breakfast cereal bars, and other such processed crap, all in multiples. I bagged up my fresh chicken breasts and strawberries and milk and so forth slowly so I could try to count how many frozen dinners he was buying. I couldn't. And let's just say, the man looked like he ate that way. Ew. Being single is no reason not to live like a human being.
Oh dear. Click 'Select a Dog Breed' to get the full effect of how vile these are.
They do cats too.
Maine-Up! Portland, Maine, meetup details. More Maine -- now with added cortex! It was even called out
MeFi podcast #4, so media saturation has been achieved.
Grammar Girl. (Blog and Podcast). I like it.
My Cetaphil arrived! Everybody say "Woo! Yay!" →Read more...
23 March 2007
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BP Radio A s1hort Friday-night type set, starting now!
I thought my ISP hated me; turns out, they hate everybody. →Read more...
Have captcha fonts evolved to being totally unreadable? I tried to find a reputable clearinghouse on the state-of-the-art of captcha fonts without much success. Anyone know of one?
mudpuppie I planted your chives! And your arugula!
Did someone post Photo Friday today? If not, will you? And extend it till Saturday? 'kay tks gotta go!
Greatings from Prince Edward Island. A small collection of old postcards from PEI.
Best student complaint ever Read through the comments for the complaint made into poetry, including a sestina version.
For jonmc. Rachel Ray, in summary.
Today's Outrageous Story Making the Rounds The American Girl Place in Manhattan turns away a 6 year old girl from the dolly hairstyling saloon because her Target doll isn't "real".
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Landlord rules? I gave my landlord permission to let the electrician into my apartment on Tuesday and now I discover they didn't come until yesterday.
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Radio TDF A couple of hours of stuff for whatever time it is with you this Friday.
Friday 3-point status report. →Read more...
I <3 PMS WTF?
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We've been Metafiltered. Because of a
this thread, there's been an uncommon amount of new signups in the last 48 hours. I'd just like to say hello to all our new members, and point you to the
FAQ and the
About Page. If you're new and you want to say hello, then this is the thread to do it in. Go on, introduce yourself. It's fun to chat.
MY COW-ORKER IS A PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE LITTLE BITCH SHOUTING THREAD
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Bump from AskMe I figure that we can help this person. Paging Orange Swan, jonmc, iconomy. . .and various other twisted denizens of this place.
Blatant self-promotion: The show I've been working on for three months (and that airs this weekend) got a
GREAT writeup in the Atlanta paper today!!
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I just used the word "modicum" in conversation... →Read more...
So a good friend of mine is going through a nasty divorce →Read more...
Ask Bunnies: I need to get a microphone that will work with a sony ICD ST25 digital voice recorder - i.e. it needs to plug in to a jack the size of a standard iPod or Walkman headphone jack. (the gadget also has one of those, but I have 'phones.) One good for recording interviews. Any suggestions?
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Tell Me What's Been Happening I have had the flu. In fact, I still do,
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Hey nOObs, go add yourselves to the MeCha Wiki. Just log in with your MeCha username and password and your name will be automatically added. Then we can go to your personal page and write nasty things about you. Thanks!
DS game recommendation. Howdy, folks. I'm looking for a long-ass turn-based rpg for the DS. Like, super long.
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T.T F. S. M. I. P. F. = thank the flying spaghetti monster it's Photo Friday! The theme this week is Sacred Things.
"In fact, as a piece of film design, the movie is first-rate; on sheer aesthetics alone, it rivals
Triumph of the Will for astonishments." Not like I'm going to see it, but--huh. (Washington Post--you might need a login.)
Insomnia... →Read more...
Radio b - Rethreading the head I took a long weekend last week, and while it was great, The Man is grinding me back down to pre-timeout stress levels. Blowing off steam at the top of the hour.
22 March 2007
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Because we're the richest, most beautiful bunnies around... What are your favourite inexpensive beauty/personal care products?
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More of the Olena/Billy saga.... →Read more...
Schools refuse gifts of 'boring' classics. "Around 50 schools have refused to stock literary works by the likes of Jane Austen, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens after admitting that youngsters also find them boring."
Quick AskMeCha for the New Yorkers in the house: I know Tiffany's flagship store is on Fifth Ave.; is the Madison Ave. location also a retail location, or is it just administrative/office space?
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It's not just me... The latest Firefox update has hosed so many people that the support site is too swamped to be useful.
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What's the difference between your "enough" and your "too much?" That's really all I'm asking. If it seems to vague or general, think of something specific. For example, how much is enough ice cream for you as compared to how much too much is?
much much much much.
Sometimes things are pretty neat: A link to a little story on my blog about a small blast from the past.
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You lovely bunnies It's all over. I'm home on the couch listening to NZ radio sport online (cricket, of course) and eating Ben & Jerry's.
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Food squishin' on the green This thread is just so bizarre and wonderful.
What's a 17yo girl to do in The City? My wife had a brilliant idea (she has many). Farm out our daughter to wife's old school chum who lives in Oakland and runs a successful graphic arts studio there. Daughter has an interest in art, so
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Dlisted? I'm so confused. 1. Who the hell are all these people? Jordan? Fergie? Etc.
2. Why is the person who knows who they are and follows them enough to write about them so mean?
3. What does Edward Furlong do now?
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'pode, 'pode, 'pode, 'pode This is the thread where we are collecting the good mojo for the 'pode who is having surgery today.
Portland, ME meetup xpostery! I've got Sunday in Maine, and I know for a fact that they sell beer there.
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Starvation for Sanjaya Some girl hates Sanjaya (on America Idol) so much, she's on a hunger strike until he's voted off. I can't decide if she's serious, or if this is some sort of reverse psychology thing. Either way, I voted for him.
Today is an exciting day! I have two interviews and I'm getting a Wii! Wo0t!
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I had a vivid dream last night. Akebono, the retired sumo wrestler, was coming with his entourage to visit me at my parents' house. I was upstairs getting dressed when the doorbell rang.
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Tree photo project. Everyone grab your camera and go take photos of the most beautiful or most interesting tree you know of in your area. Meet back here and post them next Thursday. Multiple trees allowed.
(Inspired by
this post.)
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Dear jonmc, thanks for always talking about how great Bruce Frederick Joseph is. Thanks to your harranguing, I finally got around to REALLY listening to some of his early stuff. Wow. So, thanks.
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What More Can I Say? R.E.M. + underrated John Lennon song + good cause = turning Wendell into a Hurf Durf Hippie
In three years time. A very inspirational video that made me cry. One man's promise to the world. 7 minutes. Watch the vid and tell me, what will you be doing in three years time? And what do you have to do to get there?
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One for sorrow ... →Read more...
Chutzpah! Step 1: Buy beautiful 380-year-old Kyoto inn (ryokan)
Step 2: Knock it down and put up condominium
Step 3:
Use photographs of inn to sell condos
This is my neighborhood.
21 March 2007
WHAT, NO SHOUTING THREADS IN TWO DAYS? GUESS I'LL START ONE NOW!!! →Read more...
I just worked an eleven hour shift. I get to do it all over again tomorrow. My mantra is now "time and a half. time and a half."
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I am cooking gulyas for tomorrow. Friday will be braised pork ribs with cabbage. →Read more...
Sending good vibes gaspode's way... gaspode is heading into surgery to remove an ovarian cyst.
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Writer's block sucks. →Read more...
My corner store has for some reason started stocking European snacks, including
this one, which is quite tasty. I also just love saying 'I got us a coupla drifters to eat.' I just hope the house isn't bugged.
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MetaCHAT? I am struggling to catch up on my Metachat backlog but have drifted quite easily back into IRC. Join us?
The Neglected Garden: A Modern Aesop's Fable Back in January I got a bill for $185 from the City of Toronto that looked kind of odd, so I called them to inquire about it.
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monitor poll and questions and resolution and things and ferrets and also a llama →Read more...
"I'm ba-ack!" Thank you's to all of you for your expressions of sympathy and emails.
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Elie Wiesel reading suggestions? I need to read some Elie Wiesel in the next month or so, and I have very little context for choosing something. Recommendations?
What comes next in this sequence: 8, 5, 4, 9? Why?
Gift ideas for a creative friend stuck in the hospital? One of my best friends is pregnant, and she isn't due for 5 weeks... But, her water broke today and now she's stuck in the hospital until the baby (which, of course, the doctors are trying to keep inside her as long as possible) is born. She's an elementary school art teacher, and one of the most energetic and creative people I know. I think she's already going stir crazy (she's called me three times today), plus she's got 3-year old twins at home and she'll be missing them terribly, which will make her stay in the hospital that much more difficult. So, what to bring to a bedbound artist?
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Don't call me honey! Unless you're talking about my bread.
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I need your photo opinions again. (Loose) theme = Geometry.
1 ?
2 ?
3 ?
4 ? Your fave (if any, heh)?
THANKS!
So surreal and unintentionally funny , I had to post this [youtube] I'm not trying to poke fun at anyones beliefs, its just that this video struck me as both very strange, and very funny.
Liquorice allsorts tea cosy. A new-ish addition to the collection. Single-handedly sums up quite a lot of what makes this country special.
Are you happy? When you look inside and strip away outside actions are you, on the whole, happy?
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HotEnough.org -- "
Jason Pellegrino (an 8.2 on the attractiveness scale) says the problem with Internet dating services is not enough really hot-looking people. So he and a business partner have created
HotEnough.org."
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A Brief History of Disbelief This three-part documentary on atheism will be showing in the U.S. on public television beginning on May 4.
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You wanna know what's funny? Ducks in long pants.
Vox Users and Computer Geniuses I need help. It seems I can no longer upload the posts from my blog to my vox blog. This worked so well in the beginning. Now I get the following error...
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"0.002 dollars and 0.002 cents is not the same thing," man tries to explain to Verizon customer service. An oldy-but-goody that's making the rounds again.
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What do you call your parents? And when did you (or did you?) start calling them by their first names, rather than Mom/Dad/variants?
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Fantasy Baseball League Needs You! My fantasy baseball league drafts in 9:30 hours. We need at least two more teams, won't you come and join us? Sign up info is inside.
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Brian Setzer was the lead vocalist and guitarist for 80's faux-rockabilly outfit the Stray Cats. Nowadays he leads an orchestra playing ersatz swing dance music. What many people don't know is what happened in between.
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Maybe I should just have them all pulled. →Read more...
Ack. Mac Mail mailbox missing! Hope me! →Read more...
A work in progress. Social network maps are fun!
What comes next in this sequence? J A S O N _____
Happy birthday mike9322!! Have a wonderful day, you.
I want to BE a part of it. Is avenue Q worth eighty bucks?
Three Point Status Update...of DOOM! 1) I got a mover! His name is Colin, he's coming on the 28th at 2PM.
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Paging Detective fenriq. It seems the death of Pakistan's One Day cricket coach was
suspicious or
worse.
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20 March 2007
Photo(s) Friday Anyday . . : Vote for your MeCha buddies' pics in this thread; Cuffs are
cool, show us
your cuffs ? ; You can still add to
"Toys" (
I did); Is this Fri's Photo theme fenriq's
"Sacred Things", yes ?
OMG! Bunny bumpers! (If the annoying site asks for your birthyear and gender, tell 'em 1955 and M. They'll think it's me again...)
NYC 3/18 Meetup Pics With shoutouts, of course.
I filled out paperwork today on whether we have too much paperwork. →Read more...
Everybody on the internet thinks he's a slob and a drunk, I don't agree. I'd go have a few beers with the guy. I kinda like him. And those bags under his eyes are just a work of art.
Sorry about our president sends your apology to the world
Hero dog collar up for auction; what a story!
In the late 1960's and early 1970's in upper Manhattan and a few other locales, a new sound began to emerge that combined salsa, rock, and R&B, some called it Latin Soul, but it's better served my it's more euphonious sobriquet: BOOGALOO!
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Shopping Venting Thread Why is it so hard to find pants that fit?
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Radio TDH I am a ridiculously tired bunny, so here's a couple of hours of quiet stuff. Shhhhh.
Model Bridge Design. With
photos,
tips,
projects and more. You can thank me later.
d00dz, we got a FLAT! Wootage. Thanks for the whuffles! It's pretty and has a huge kitchen and double-glazed windows and is the awesomeness! It's in Maryhill.
I was just at the grocery store. One of the store's price tags, in the milk section: BF HOMO-CHUG.
Dreams: running on all fours. Ever since I was a kid, when I'm dreaming and I need to run faster, I lean forward and use my hands to help out. Especially going up stairs. Anyone else?
Hometown Baghdad is a website hosting short (2-3 minute) videos of Iraqis and their families trying to live in what has become the world's least livable cities.
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Work it. I'm looking at a 100-hour work week this week. Bleh. How much do you work, on average?
Is anyone else f*cking drunk on a Monday night? - I am.
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19 March 2007
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What? Nobody's doing any Monday Music? Well, if the RIAA hasn't shut Radio MeCha down yet, I'll play an hour-and-a-half of "global warming" themed songs, from Cold to Hot, right about.... NOW! (9:15PM Pacific Nightlight Time)
Cartoonist apologizes for ticking off librarians (May require you to click through an ad if you are not a Salon.com subscriber)
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Vote! Please! Theme = "Entropy." Which photo? 1?
2?
3?
4?
5?
Apparently I need to drag my paws up to the
Starland Ballroom in April.
How is Joe Famous doing? I haven't seen an update in a few days- did I just miss it?
Let's go to f#%$in' Hawaii. A friend gave me a copy of
The Young Canadians when I was in town (warning, band link has embedded audio--sorry, best link I could find). I'd forgotten how good they were. This song brought back fond memories of many a bad-singin', beer-swillin', pogo-jumpin' evening/afternoon/day. Enjoy.
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Computer Conundrum To Repair the Old One or Buy A New One
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THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
I'm trying to eat more tofu. Anyone have recipes or cooking tips?
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When I read too much of
this kind of stuff in one day, it starts to
freak me out a little.
Way-hay-HELP! Enlarge photo w/o pixellation? I can only find the small version of a photo, and a competition wants the larger. I shrunk the damn thing down to 686 x 515 pix. They want at least 2000 width. Enlarge = pixellation, and I don't have a program that interpolates (is that the right word--enlarges and fills in the pixels?)
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Another Bunny Mission If you are captured or killed on this mission, then you are taking it somewhat too seriously. But I have a kitchen issue, the solution for which has long escaped me.
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Conservapedia reviewed Previously discussed on
MeFi.
Ok bunnies...GOOD FLATRENTING MOJO PLEASE. We have poopy credit. We are going to be renting privately for this reason. We're going to bother a nice guy named Donald tomorrow who's gonna rent us a flat on the West End of Glasgow. SEND HIM GOOD BUNNYVIBES!
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So 2005... when was the last time we had a last.fm rollcall? Frankly My friends I don't remember the last.time.
This is moored outside our office. It's beautiful. I'm bringing my camera in tomorrow.
And, woo hoo! Men in uniform!
Lost recipes. Woohoo! While packing up, I found several recipes that I haven't seen in five years, and given up as lost.
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Conversation with your mother →Read more...
18 March 2007
Dumb i-Tunes Question →Read more...
Rabbits Life This made me cry, but oh, so many cute bunnies...
Happiness Is... →Read more...
World Cup cricket. Probably the strangest day of cricket ever, yesterday. First,
Bangladesh beat India, defending a lowly 192 runs, and then World Cup newcomers
Ireland beat Pakistan.
Pakistan fans were up in arms,
taking to the streets and holding fake burials for the team. Then, this morning Pakistani coach
Bob Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room and died a few hours later.
What's in your pockets right now? Or, y'know, your purse or bag or whatever, if you're more the purse-or-bag-or-whatever type.
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Is this too weird? I just had this drunk nostalgic idea.
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17 March 2007
Theremin Killed The Radio Star The YouTube-istas seem to prefer this to the original. Happy Green Beer Day!
What's wrong with turning up cuffs on my jeans? The rednecks say I look like someone out of Happy Days. The fashionistas say it's out of style, which is enough to make me do it.
Only Canadians with skills can win Jelly Belly Jelly Beans from Old Navy. As for the rest of you, well....tough luck. No beans for you.
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Ooo, Bunnies and Gemstones! I happen to like pretty, shiney things.
Dyslexic beyond all belief, The Irishman sobs in his grief:
Instead of the usual
Patty's day victuals
He'd served up corned beer and green beef.
Author Revealed To Be Stephen King's Son -- "'I really wanted to allow myself to rise and fall on my own merits,' [Joseph Hillstrom King aka
Joe Hill] said over breakfast....'One of the good things about it was that it let me make my mistakes in private.'"
sitting in the sun and fully connected: now that's modern convenience.
How are you?
I have just made burgers filled with habanero jack cheese. I also put red pepper and cumin (among other things) into the meat. I'm kinda scared to eat mine - there is no milk in the house.
Okay. DJ Shadow's DVD of In Tune and On Time? →Read more...
Radio_Replica: Radio as conceptual art -
World War II Radio Broadcast, Part One - 1939 to 1941.
Starting at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern to 12:10pm/3:10pm
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Dostoevsky's dowager A visit to Svetlana Geier, the Grande Dame of Russian-German translation.
Bizarre viral thing or just an embarrassing typo? That image is from Nine Inch Nails's record label. I know vinyl isn't a particularly modern format, but you'd think that someone would have spotted the mistake. Assuming that it's a genuine mistake...
Three point weekend update? Going to see
300 this evening! Weeeeee!!!
Have to go into office on the weekend, to cover some leftover work.
Plan to spend some time with the family, and catch up on some tv if I can in between.
If you could post anything in the Mefi blue right now, what would you post?
16 March 2007
I am both an idiot and a pathetic addict.
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BP Radio A set based on power-pop, beer, and love. What could be finer?
Potentially dangerous product recall for cat and dog owners. I know a lot of mechans have pets. If you feed them canned or pouched soft food you should see this.
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Think Happy Thoughts Leave it to the dead to put things into perspective.
Stalker songs? I need your helps. Can you suggest any songs about stalking, particularly from the stalker's point of view?
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OMG! A bunny's boobies! (NSFW) Yes, I actually was shouting out, "Hey! I'm
walking here!"
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It came from the 70s! Music from the most reviled decade since the fifties. Are you brave enough for Radio b? Starting around 8PM PDT, or whenever edgeways ends.
‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ Case Heads to High Court -- "Justices to hear student’s argument that banner was about free speech."
venting. I want to vent about work (sort of)
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8 pee em CCT (Current Central Time) - Edgeways Productions Radio - (ERPM)Eclectic Recently Purchased Music.
*not necessarily NEW music, just new additions*
-check it soon
Bad news, good news Bad news: I just found out my son won't get to come home on leave this summer which means he won't get to see his sister and nephew again before they leave to follow her husband to wherever the Navy sends him...
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Been awful quiet today What's going on, peeps?
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This MeFi post is exceptional. (In case you missed it. It doesn't seem to be getting much play.)
Coffee delivery! In a truly San Francisco development, I have found a local coffee roaster who delivers his fair-trade coffee
by bicycle to my doorstep. I am so in love with this concept. And the coffee. COFFEE!
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Is it time for another lolcats thread?
This image (and the accompanying video) just gets my heart racing. I am a sucker for stuff like this. Breathtaking.
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Helm's Deep Siege out of candy! Did this get posted? Because it's awesome! Awesome!
I said it twice because it's doubly true.
Characters mentioned on television shows that rarely if ever appeared? →Read more...
Photo Friday: Toys! This week's theme was "toys." Post your pics!
Pete Rose says he bet on the Cincinnati Reds every night.
Meanwhile,
Cincinnatus bet on the Plebeians every
other night.
Have a cookie. No, really.
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What are your plans for St Patrick's Day? →Read more...
15 March 2007
Poll: Private or Public School? →Read more...
Hobbette: tales of a mad co-worker ctd. Awhile ago I posted a thread about
Hobbette, an insanely annoying co-worker of mine. Here's a little something I wrote and sent to Kay, a co-worker of mine who is equally as maddened by Hobbette as I am and has to sit much, much closer to her. I like to tease Kay that the two of them are secretly best friends.
So here we go... 10 Things Kay and Hobbette Like To Do During Their Sleepovers...
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Far better than death by chocolate, this is
Extermination By Chocolate!
Bridge to Wimpy Dad-ia So, this afternoon I took my 5, 7 and 9 year-old kids to see
Bridge to Terabithia, expecting the same old crappy CGI kids' movie, because the reviews I had read were pretty sucky. But a few hours later
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Tell me about your spring cleaning rituals. →Read more...
I've been a bad bunny →Read more...
Sooo it's not until June... but i just found out I'll be in San Francisco for a couple of days in June! yay! SF bunnies: be prepared to be harrassed into a meetup on a weekday.
Good deals for the artistically inclined. Amazon currently is offering fairly a fairly good
USB condenser mic and a nice
camera lens for 68% and 70% off, respectively (with some used slightly cheaper).
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Ancient Audio AskMecha So I have this car and in this car is this cassette deck and on this cassette deck it says CLEAN in increasingly strident letters.
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You just discovered a working time machine. What year do you set the dials to, and why?
CSI Pie Ami Weebl And Bob take on Caruso at his own game. As usual, the ending is lame...
I cannot *WAIT* for this movie!! And I'm absolutely going to see it at the
drive-in.
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50 Greatest/Worst Local TV Commercials in case you missed this on MeFi. I rofled.
They Call it Wacky Dust Are you a viper?
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Quick rockabilly cover question: →Read more...
Penultimate Update →Read more...
Beware the Ides of March! Some GREAT photos today on Slate's "Pictures of the Day."
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I am incredibly brilliant. I did this www.tagged.com thing, because someone invited me to it.. then I accidentally sent an invitation to ALL 650 PEOPLE IN MY CONTACTS LIST!
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This is a sympathy thread →Read more...
Okay, I'm thinking about adopting another cat, and would welcome advice and stories.
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He found a formula for drawing comic rabbits. [flash].
And that Timmy, is why the internet sucks.
Upcoming MeCha Radio... for all you history buffs out there, or people who may be interested...
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14 March 2007
Am I the only weirdo that looks forward to tax time?
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I hate Jaslene... →Read more...
I Love Suze Orman... →Read more...
"I say sexy things to myself when i'm daaaaancing" the kitty cat dance. beware: it's an earworm, and you might even end up singing it. an old classic.
(flash.)
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Bunnies and kitties and squirrels, oh my! They're dead but they are having tea and parties and playing cricket and more. The grotesques of Walter Potter.
Via.
Icky skin thing →Read more...
One a, one b, one d, twenty-four e's, six f's, four g's, seven h's, eight i's, one l,
thirteen n's, thirteen o's, one q, eight r's, eighteen s's, fourteen t's, five u's,
three v's, four w's, two x's, two y's, one z.
I officially have a new job! The background check finally came through, so it's official. I start on Monday. Whee!
Maybe it was the flash. I took a picture of the inside of my mouth (I've scheduled an appointment at the dentist for next week and I was curious) and, frankly, with the roof of the mouth so bright pink and the teeth so white and all, at 6 megapixel, seen at 100% on my computer, it's kinda shocking. Not as shocking as goatse, but pretty shocking. Have you ever tried to photograph your own teeth, too?
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Topless in New York City! Remember these pictures? I'm not sure when, but yours truly will be immortalized here with the rest of these models...
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i need a muse more than amusement. For some reason it's easier to do things for someone else. Taking applications for someone to make me a better person.
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AskMeCha Computah! Where can I find NVIDIA Control Panel Presets for a Dell Inspiron E1705?
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Merry Christmas. Probably not safe for work. Actually, not really safe for anyone. Honestly, it's complete insanity.
"Help was sought from two council wardens who tied a number of hamster ladders and Curly Wurly bars together."
SHOUTING THREAD!!! LOUD NOISES!! LOUD NOISES!! LOUD NOISES!!!
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OMG! Wet pussies! (SFW) Only one of them looks vaguely happy about it. I have never bathed my cats. I would probably die in the attempt.
Another version of the truth. I am trying
to believe. Remember: FREEDOM IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT. Call 216-333-1810.
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What's this song? I am not sure, but I think I got it from here.
I can't believe I'm so excited about this but... →Read more...
Paging jonmc Jonmc to the green courtesy phone, please.
Sooo, the haircut.... It's nothing drastic, just a trim and some layering. I like it but the shampoo person put in too much conditioner. They listened to me when I said I didn't put styling junk in my hair and didn't try to push their products. I'd definitely go back.
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Tom Waits: Bone Machine CitrusFreak12 and I were talking about this album in IRC last weekend, and I thought I'd share two of my favorite songs from it:
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Bump. NCAA Tournament Pick'Em. First round picks due by tomorrow afternoon. Join up - you seriously don't need to know anything about basketball.
The last college basketball game I watched was when Christian Laettner still played for Duke.
What is the average age of a Mechazen? →Read more...
Female? Live in Portland, OR? Want to date an
indie fucking
rock fucking
star?
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I hear a symphony A true story:
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Big brassy Betty Hutton dead at 86. "It’s groovy being a star again," she said.
"But I know how fast it can be over."
What is your biggest fear? →Read more...
13 March 2007
IANAD I strained a hamstring last Thursday night, and I've been stretching it and using a heating pad on it. It wasn't getting better, so today I researched it on the net and found I was doing exactly the wrong thing. I should be avoiding strenuous activity, elevating and icing my leg, taking ibuprofen, and wearing a tension bandage to compress the muscle. I bought a tension bandage today and it brought immediate relief. I think from now on I won't rely on my intuition when it comes to doctoring myself.
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Follow up, for those of you curious about how
my programming is going.
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JPGers? So, I have submitted a photo to JPG Magazine. It's in the "Beauty Redefined" theme. It's been getting pretty decent response. Have any other Meta folks submitted or been published in JPG? If so, what was your ratio of views to "yeahs" was for your submission?
Q1 resolutions update... story time and some inspiration →Read more...
I'm seeing a dermatologist today because my skin is falling off.
Owies.
Metafilter: it's blue and it's nerdy
The server is stable and sturdy
Dependably slow,
It reliably goes
Tits up every day by 2:30
It's Tuesday, the weekend seems a long way off ... →Read more...
Half Seen and Not Quite Overheard Things you have seen that aren't what you think they are and things overheard that are probably wrong but still funny.
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Rental car choices? →Read more...
Bunnies OMG! Will look nice on your desktop.
Stupid medical studies →Read more...
The Pursuit of Happyness →Read more...
Is anyone watching the cricket? Either online or on tv?
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Did you do this: Action figures and bad guys →Read more...
My golden boy! →Read more...
Photo Friday reminder: This week's theme is "toys." (And remember, a theme doesn't have to be literally interpreted.) I'm looking forward to seeing what people come up with for this one! :)
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Let's get started. →Read more...
Ask Mecha: I have a web page where the user enters a bunch of details on a PDA. I'm looking for vague advice on how to show the user what actions are available... [pictures, & more inside]
I found the asparagus patch! I love exploring a new garden.
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12 March 2007
Swan Lake Here's the story of a burst pipe and flooded basement.
You know it's bad when you create... →Read more...
LOL, unexpected oral surgery! As you may recall, pi had some wisdom teeth pulled in December...
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OMG he sort of proposed! →Read more...
What's worth picking up for a Nintedo DS? The wife and I recently got DS Lites as presents, and aside from Mario Cart and Brain Age, I'm not sure what games to get...
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Askmecha: Looking for an article - Somewhere on the web I read an article on office rumors and how they usually end up being true. Does anyone remember this? I saw it in the last 3-6 months, and searching my main link-aggregators and googling don't seem to be helping me. Thanks!
Age-appropriate racial terms. I'm writing something for a first-grade-level audience, and I'm trying to write a short spiel about the Civil Rights Movement, and both because of the age-related comprehension issues and the white-guilt-confusion issues, I'm not sure how to phrase things.
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Asking for a friend: How do you decide when the time has come to euthanize your pet? →Read more...
Flash game: Please the Art Critic As of now I can only get to level 3. Can anyone else here do better?
Three Point Status Report The link has nothing to do with my TPS report, it is just really cute.
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Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif) is the first Congress member in history to acknowledge his nontheism.
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Shopping Gripe - no blue shoes →Read more...
The Saddest Music In The World Would one of you bunnies like a copy of this movie? I've ended up with an extra DVD of it.
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Paging Mr. jrossi4r...
Do you read this?
How are she and the new rosslet?
The medusa ringlets are getting cut tomorrow....
at the curly hair place--the feedback for it says they do one lock at a time. This is the first time I'll be at a big-name salon.
I don't want anything too drastic...New York bunnies will see the results Sunday.
300 Anyone else see it this weekend?
Is Gaspode going to the pajama extravaganza? I know you have to get a teeth bearing hairball removed, but you are still going to the World Cup, right?
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Last minute Houston meet-up? Wondering if anyone else is in town and interested in having a pint.
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11 March 2007
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omgpics. A few pics from our mini-meetup in AZ.
Unless there are any objections, Radio b Starting at maybe five minutes after the hour.
Richard Jeni Killed himself yesterday. I hate it when "Whatever happened to X?" has a horrible answer.
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Is it nice out ALL OVER THE WORLD? No posts for over 4 hours? Is everyone okay? Heh.
We have blue jays playing outside our window! That's nice, for Manhattan and all...
I have made exactly 300 MeCha posts! D'oh! 301 now... I guess I should go see the film
300 today. Anyway: Ghaaah! Sculpey is great 'cuz it bakes, but it drives me nuts. Dilemna.
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Radio TDF Wow - no one's got any sets planned today. In that case...
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Well, doesn't that figure. After patching dozens of machines because OMG TIMEZONES!!1!, I discover this morning that I forgot to patch my own machines. Carpenter, House, wreck, always.
Take 2: "The Unguarded Moment" (acoustic) - now in thrilling
M4A format!
10 March 2007
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Cat-a-pult: On a day when I needed some comic relief, here's what just happened...
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If the grandbun could post, this would be a screaming thread... →Read more...
Attention Wilco fans More Sky Blue Sky streaming previews this Sunday:
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Windows and daylight savings time: Is there any reason I can't just manually reset my computer clock?
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Counter offer 101. A small marketing firm quoted me a rate of $4k per month for a 3 month period to market my business.
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Loquacious vs The Nazis. Just wanted to highlight Loquacious' fantastic attempt to shame participants in a 27 month long "debate" about a neo-nazi preteen pop-duo.
Good thoughts brigade, please line up here: My grandma, who turned 90 two weeks ago, fell and broke her hip last night.
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THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD FOR PEOPLE →Read more...
Music Message Board Recommendations →Read more...
Woo! I'm going to the Police Concert →Read more...
Family tech support. Just helped my parents set up their computer over the phone. It went surprisingly well (eventually). It makes me giggle that I'm now the family IT guy. How's your Saturday morning?
The Best Burger -- a cross-country journey to find burger perfection.
Map - A Hamburger Odyssey [PDF]
Ask Mecha: 360 Degrees of Power I think I might buy an X-Box 360. Do you have one? Should I get the Core or the Premium? What games should I get for the thing? Bearing in mind that I'll probably only buy one console this generation, should I get a Wii or PS3 instead?
Return of the Kildeer I guess some of you have come across me recommending this album before. If you haven't then check out this little podcast that is a tour of the album with clips.
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Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears fans, of their work on the Hurting and/or Songs from the Big Chair; what did/do you think of Seeds of Love (the song)? Too cheesy? Awesome? The end of TfF as we know it?
Is there a list of mods somewhere? I need to contact a mod but I really don't know who I should contact. My criteria was like if a mod had made a comment within the past few hours I'd contact them. But the only mod I'm sure of is taz. I think seanyboy is still a mod maybe? I looked in the wiki for "moderators" but came up empty. Maybe that section should be added there, hm?
I like pie? discuss
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09 March 2007
TGIF BP Radio starting at 11pm EST...
Ephemera Blog For the old paper lovers. Some good stuff, if you page through.
It just occurred to me that these brazen mice i'd recently dealt with might have had toxoplasmosis. While i don't think this explains my current blinding headache, it would explain their weirdo behavior. i wonder if i could have it.
BUMP This is that last female bodily function post for awhile from me. . .*smile*. . .but in the name of thoroughness I felt I had to follow up with
this in the way of explanation. This was in another restroom in the same school, oddly without of of those devices next to it.
/creepiness
My new doctor rocks and I saw her today and she got me a slot for surgery next thursday!
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NCAA Tournament Pick'Em! If that link doesn't work, go
here and enter the info manually:
Group ID: 63648
Password: bunnies!
It's probably just me, but... I found this silly Q & A tiresomely offensive.
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So how's your Friday going? →Read more...
I'm working on a fabulous . . . →Read more...
Long Shot: Looking for a website. I'm trying to track down a website for a classmate. It was a feminist site (surprise) that dealt with pregnancy, and I seem to remember them having a great deal of resources for pregnant women who had been discriminated against.
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Should we have a NCAA Tourney pick'em this year? I'll go ahead and start one, but I wanted to first check if anyone who was interested in participating had a strong aversion to
Yahoo. If you do, speak up, but please mention an alternative you'd be okay with.
Laser tagging Graffiti Research Lab tags a building in Rotterdam with a laser.
Photeaux Friday: BABIES Your baby shots - you, your babies, other people's babies, animal babies - you know, OMG BABIES!
Thinking about jrossi4r. Hope it goes well, dear lady.
Goin' to see Joe Famous again →Read more...
Belated youtube tribute fo International Women's Day →Read more...
life's little injustices →Read more...
Let's talk about memory. →Read more...
AskMeCha: Why would the phrase "
bouffant hairdo" offend Jews?
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Sudan, 1993. Famine victim in a feeding centre. This is the most disturbing image I have ever seen. Via BoingBoing.
Scared, but safe. I cried when I saw this picture.
Nutty Old Catwomanhood comes even closer. Shoot me now.
Anyone know this movie? I'm trying to remember the name of a movie. The plot, as far as I can tell, revolved around a couple of state or federal agents that were sent to a town out west to convince the residents to vacate the land so the government could divert water into the valley. Released in the last few years. I kept thinking that William H. Macy was in it, but I'm not recognizing the name in his IMDB listing. I'm pretty sure the name of the film is a single word. Grazie.
Dr Evermore Self link to a short flicr set of Dr. Evermore sculpture in the snow
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08 March 2007
The Top 100 Most Viewed Pages on Wikipedia, Or at least, the top 100 in the past eight days that this site has been tracking them. (via
Waxy)
i always liked this song.... →Read more...
Do you have extra heads? I do! →Read more...
per photo fried-ay suggestions, how about: -
babies tomorrow [suggested by mgl.]
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sacred things next week [fenriq's idea that might need more prep time.]
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toys after that [from bp; oh my, i could go nuts w/ that.]
-followed by maybe
femme fatales [also bp] if it's not too sexist [femme fatales & homme fatales as well?], including weretable's
hot sluts with big butts [which i find not sexist at all.]
[As always, please interpret as liberally as you like.]
ALSO, would you folks suggest to me what i should look for in a decent-priced laptop to be used mainly for art and graphics (loaded with Corel, Adobe, PSP, and weighed down with lots of large img files)?
sorry! long post! but we got a lot done, eh?
"The Harvest," by Amy Hempel. Why did I not know about
her until this week...
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Good Commercials →Read more...
Happy International Women's Day! Mimosas for all the women of Mecha, who are some of the coolest chicks in the world.
Self-Bump from AskMe Feel free to weigh in. This issue has been on my mind for awhile, for reasons I do not know.
As a follow up to jrossi4r's post below Richard Thompson's take on Kenny G. It is freely downloadable on his
website, but I thought I'd do a yousendit here.
Radio TDF. Mainly new stuff, including a couple of tracks from albums out this week.
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Tomorrow is the Photo Fri-Day. Theme?
The 200 Albums Everyone Must Have Includes Kenny G. Seriously.
Kenny G.
me and another dumb computer problem Hey MeCha! Why can't I open excel all of a sudden?
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Askmecha: Becoming a picture book author? Is it possible/how does one become an author of children's picture books?
Gang Starr... my favorite MC, Guru... my favorite DJ, Premier...
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THIS, BUNNIES AND GENTLEBUNS, IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
An Old Photo with a Lot of Stories This was a birthday party on my block when I was a kid. Around this time a drama played out that had a big effect on me
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"Today Is the Day" to act like today is your day and you will be surprised that it is, that it is.
YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY. But now I can't remember what I was supposed to do.
TOMORROW IS THE DAY The day I get to evict my abdomen's deadbeat tenant.
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Coming soon - Slavercise certification! Become a certified Slavercise instructor! "As a participant, you may opt for verbal and/or light physical discipline as incentive" Not really SFW.
Pushy Galore Who's man enough to fill the new Bond's swimtrunks?
(inspired by small_ruminant's thread below)
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Hi, I'm Wendell and I'm a Domain Name addict. Please stop me before I register more...
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07 March 2007
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Dear God, but I miss You People! →Read more...
wtf? (Found through this post.)
Why did I just see a commercial on TV for Jack in the Box, when the
closest location is almost 600 miles away from NJ in NC? Sort of a waste of their advertising budget, no?
Board Shorts Okay, who was it who posted the link to a good place to buy board shorts?
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"The Gay Agenda." It always makes me laugh. You know, I can actually understand -- even if it's so not my thing -- people being anti-abortion, anti-gun legislation, pro-war, pro-Jesus, whatever; I can understand people taking those arguments seriously. But "the gay agenda" is still comical to me -- it's just goofy, it makes me think of gay people chasing elderly straight ladies down the street and forcing them to be fabulous and listen to the opera. Or something. Do you have a catchphrase that you simply cannot take seriously?
Ask Mecha: Hair donations for wigs for cancer victims. Do they accept hair from a smoker?
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I'd watch it Wouldn't you?
Break: Watching Mark Frauenfelder promoting Make Magazine on the Colbert Report, and seeing his 'robot mouse' run off the table and smash on the floor like a 'robot lemming' (Colbert's adlib), I was inspired...
AskMeCha: Mightn't I piggyback a used bicycle question? For several months now my beloved old school Fuji Thrill has needed repairs that exceed the cost of a new low-end hybrid bike.
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I can't get enough snow!
I kid. Enough with the snow already. But this youtube of guys at the Mount Washington Observatory turning boiling water into snow is pretty cool. It was 32 below zero there last week when they did this. Makes my 30 degree weather seem positively balmy.
Has anyone figured out how to listen to RPM '07 entries yet? I've worked out how to get to someone's profile page... and then... I'm lost. I'm not seeing links to either the latest music or last year's music, which I used to listen to all the time. WTF? Hope me? Mr. taz wants to hear Miko's "Both Ends of a Gun" and I want to hear "Ladies of the Radio Barn Dance" and we're having big trouble finding any of them at RPM. Has anyone managed to hear any of the new music? :(
Overhead in Berkeley Mom to 4 year old: "If you don't calm down, we're going to have to spend some time in the post office!"
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Today I learnt that Suzanne Vega is indirectly responsible for the MP3 file format.
Tell me some other interesting facts. Please.
I've had it with winter.... Here's why.
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Best recipe title ever Shame about the 'flushing out the toxins' wish-wash.
Patrick Wolf "The Magic Position" Cool, catchy music (with a video that's not as good as the song)... I like this a lot.
Ask mecha (a 2-fer): Does anyone know who the photographer of this great Ida Lupino promo shot (inside) was, or what it was for? Also, she is apparently considered
the first woman to ever direct a noir film; who are some other female directors in this genre? I can't think of any.
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I heard ninjas are pretty sweet too! The purpose of Britney Speakrs is to flip out and kill people. Umbrella.
U R L8, C YA, TONY. Crappiest idea of the week.
Banned in Sweden! Baby Doll: Yeah, after the weddin'...he waited.
Vaccarro: For what?
Baby Doll: For me to be ready for marriage.
Vaccarro: How long did he have to wait?
Baby Doll: Oh he's still waitin'.
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06 March 2007
my limpet houseguest →Read more...
I hate bumblebees. I hate eating dinner. I hate believers. I hate young people. Except for myself. I hate ants.
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anybody here like "abandoned pools"? →Read more...
LEGO is making an MMOG The LEGO® Group today announced it has commenced a working relationship with NetDevil® to develop a massively multiplayer online gaming experience to further engage its dedicated and active community.
Virtual LEGO bricks. That has so much potential.
I hate seafood. Even the smell makes me queasy. Yes, that includes crab, lobster, shrimp, and clams.
I hate popcorn. The kind you get at the movies, the homemade kind, whatever. I just don't like it. It's just chewy/salty, I might as well pour salt on cardboard and go to town. Blah.
Dear Portland: Let us go then,
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Welcome to My Job I have a room that has high fungal counts, and
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So here I am analyzing Northeast sub-area expense summaries for redundancies, and there's a guy in the office across the hall visiting from the Atlanta office who starts a phone call.
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Our sidebar art has been brought to you by mudpuppie and her legendary photo of the Fris (frisbee girl), the handsome and talented BoringPostcards and his faboo photo of some gorgeous signage (cropped here), and
moi, from our first-ever emcee squared. Over on the right are three of mrs. pants' great "sad animals" buttons (follow the link if you want to get some for yourself!).
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More creative test answers I love these.
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What would you do if you had an Internet Arch-nemesis? →Read more...
I've been drinking Snapperhead IPA today. It says it's "all malt" which I guess means no hops. It tastes... interesting. Complements Nutter Butters well.
Lame Relationship Ending Thread So Saturday night I went on a relationship "break" with my boyfriend of nine months... "break"...rarely a good leaf to turn. While we are not together nor single he changed his relationship status on his Myspace page to "single" on Sunday. He also took me off his top 8. Juvenile as it is, it still bites. And it hurts. Carrie Bradshaws of the World: has anyone ever given you a Berger Post It?
The Hungry Cabbie has probably already shown up here at some time or other; here's a good
interview with him and a link to his five-borough tour
trailer [YouTube].
Household Hints with TPS I've been meaning to share this tip I read on how to wash bras
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Hey! It's frisbee girl! →Read more...
Regimental Sex (totally NSFW) Photos of a room of one hundred couples having sex in formation. Um yeah, how romantic, or something.
Happy Birthday Interrobang! →Read more...
hang on to your hats... I'm getting ready to upload several small changes here at the same time, so if things go boing, don't worry - I'm working on it. If it goes boing badbad ickybad, I'll just backpedal and then try making the changes one by one. Ready? Me too. Let's go. (update: Okay, done did it. Please let me know if anything looks ucky, but do try refreshing/reloading first!)
Cool photos "shot with vintage rangefinders, Russian clones, LOMO's and toy cameras."
Emma, who are you? Hey Metachat, I've got a story for you...
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05 March 2007
Radio Mecha - Music Box: Random-A-Go-Go Inspired by slack's
post from today, here's some random Radio Mecha. I queued up my entire mp3 collection and hit 'random.' Now I'm deleting audiobooks and dj mixes and whatnot. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
By request: the sublime acoustic version of the Church's
"The Unguarded Moment."
THIS IS A SHOUTING ABOUT GOOD THINGS THREAD!
An hour of radio: pre and suffixes-friendly types rock and punk to be played.
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Do over the counter sleeping pills actually work? →Read more...
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
A weekend of cheerful movies! Saw "Zodiac" on Saturday night, and "Children of Men" last night. Both of them excellent, but I do increasingly understand the impulse to flee to a secret cabin in the woods.
When is the best time to post a Craigslist ad? A job ad, specifically.
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Recommendations for books on Mexico's history? I was researching and writing up a short overview of Mexico's history this weekend, and I was fascinated -- both by the history itself, and by how ignorant I was of most of it. Anyone have any good literary history/non-fiction recommendations for remedying that?
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MP3 Shuffle-a-gogo →Read more...
Annoying Flickr trend: Maybe I'm a cranky old bastard for complaining about this, but
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AskMeCha: Guy Talk? I'm asking this on behalf of a friend who needs some very impartial advice.
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More cards for Joe Famous? I just got rainbaby's card; are there any more I should be expecting?
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WANT MY CHICAGO POGUES TIX FOR TOMORROW NIGHT? *sniffle!* I don't think I can make it. But I can overnight mail them from work today. A token offer of $$ would be accepted, or just pay the shipping. Again: *sniffle!* Aw, heck: *bawls uncontrollably* (not really.)
Monday Monday After an agonizing weekend trying to decide what to do, we decided to euthanize our cat today.
That Jewish Porn Star. Adult film legend Ron Jeremy on Jews in the porn industry, and what he likes--and doesn't like--about religion
I was a myspace hater I hated on myspace for years, but no longer.
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Battlestar Galactica (might be spoilers in thread) →Read more...
04 March 2007
ANTM(Mystery Spectator) [no spoilers, but I can't speak for the follow-ups]
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Benny Swartzberg's old postcards. I've only been looking for a short time but early favs include:
Moscow,
Spinoza, and
Death car.
Radio GNFTI: songs you know in ways you don't.
So I'm watching The Maltese Falcon And Sam Spade calls what is plainly a revolver an automatic.
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Meet Lucy! Without a doubt the cutest dog ever. Viachicago and I picked her up yesterday in Anderson, and she's had a whirlwind of fun ever since. Next on the agenda: peeing outside!
Me, You and Everyone We Know..... →Read more...
My neighbor has a
sense of humor.
Sunday afternoon community radio music genre? So I've noticed that whenever I listen to community-sponsored radio on Sunday afternoons (right now I'm listening to WFMU, I sometimes listen to KPFA), I hear a certain genre of music that I find tolerable for just a few songs. Is there a name for it?
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I read this in the Guardian a few weeks ago: Father (in a patient, controlled voice): Son, where did you get that sleeping bag for your Action Man (GI Joe over here)?
Kid: I found it in the street.
Father: We need to talk about condoms.
Today is the only day of the year that is a command: "March forth!" Or so folks are fond of saying... But isn't every day in March a command? "March first!" and so on...
"Mein Gott! Mein Garten enthaelt angereichertes Uran!" the hive mind nust know more languages than this.. right? Or: I'm tres bored and reckon everyone should contribute with a translation. Does that break any blue-rules?
This weekend I treated myself to... →Read more...
BP Radio Good morning! Good night! Good music, at least I hope you'll like it.. starting now.
Know when Adobe is releasing Creative Suite 3? Tech whine inside. Cause I'm waiting to buy a new laptop till it is available.
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A bat in the house! →Read more...
03 March 2007
Talented Fans Found two fan made Batman-verse comics created by fans that are pretty wonderful.
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"In the Studio with Redbeard" - is it any good? Where can I get it?
Just how unethical is it? I have discovered that a daily podcast I am interested in has already loaded future episodes on their server. These are easily reached by a slight change to the url for currently available eps.
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Attention Wilco fans This just arrived in my inbox - seems like it's happening tonight. Waaaaaay too late for me, being stuck in the UK. Wilco's site is as
wilcoworld.net
The RIAA is trying to kill Radio MeCha Specifically, Music Exchange, an org set up under the DMCA by the RIAA labels and some non-RIAA labels, has 'negotiated' a royalty rate with the Copyright Royalty Board that would cost most internet broadcasters more money than they can possibly make. How does this effect our little occasional broadcasts on LoudCity? "For noncommercial webcasters, the fee will be $500 per channel, for up to 159,140 ATH (aggregate tuning hours) per month." If Radio MeCha is defined as a 'channel', we're screwed. And it's retroactive to the beginning of 2006. If LoudCity is considered a single 'channel', they may be put out of business by the retro charges, but they'll definitely have to jack up the cost to us. Just a little something to brighten up your Saturday Night.
does anyone know where you can find past modern rock charts for free? →Read more...
A question for Brit bunnies. From this article. What does
"1,046 pupils in London have been offered no secondary school place at all" mean? Screw you kid? What happens now?
Bunny graffiti! This bunny just appeared (within the last few days, I mean) on the side of a store near my house. You don't see a heck of a lot of graffiti in my 'hood, and I doubt he will last long. That's okay, though; he looks a little horrified by the world.
It's been 14 weeks, 6 days since I quit Give me some love?
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One getting older thing I have embraced →Read more...
More Noise, Please In approximately one hour (12:30 PST, or as soon as I get home from work), the return of Radio b: an eclectic mix of stuff & junk.
02 March 2007
Radio Mecha - Music Box: Jazz Here I am, on the Radio Mecha, playing some more of that rough jazz, from 1972 until a little while later. First, the Peter Brotzmann Octet's 'Machine Gun.' Please listen, if you're so inclined.
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Is Metafilter slow? →Read more...
My (perpetually drunk) neighbor seems to be passed out in a chair next to her front door with a cigarette in her hand.
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So where was everybody at tonight's meetup? →Read more...
In honor of tonight's $267 million dollar jackpot that *I* will be winning, would you want the lump sum, or 20 year payout? And what would you do with your winnings? This will give me some ideas for the wealth I will have at 11:01 p.m. EST, TIA.
Oh, Annie, Get Your Gun! Mitt Romney at the Conservative Political Action Conference today: “I am happy to hear that after you hear from me, you will hear from Ann Coulter. That is a good thing. Oh yeah!”
Ann Coulter speaking later: “I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot,’ so I — so kind of an impasse, can’t really talk about Edwards.”
Help with Query A folklorist correspondent is looking for examples of the workplace folk culture of office workers and high-tech lab workers.
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So, like, I just won a hideous vase. From filling out a really dumb survey at a PR meet n' greet. It is a gruesome, babyshit brown piece by a local artist I've never much liked. What have you ever won?
Radio TDF Old stuff, new stuff, stuff I haven't heard for years. Happy late sometime on Friday!
I'd like to see the rt sidebar spork graphic full-size, so I'd like it to link to a full-size img. Cool? That would make the front page an even more effective showcase for MeCha art. I want more MeCha art. What's going on lately, besides the bun exchange I'm so late for?
I share an office floor with hizzoner Rudy G. Well, at least with his consulting firm. I wonder if he stops by the office very often. Maybe we'll meet in the men's room, and he'll talk to me while we stand at the urinal.
Weekend plans roundup! →Read more...
Ice Storm! Everything I can see from the safety of my windows is covered in roughly 1cm of ice.
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The Prime Minister makes a traditional and time-honoured gesture, while the Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition
strikes a pose (2). What a country to live in!
Photo Friday 2 March! Um, tell me what the theme is and post some photos? Okay, how about you post some photos and we'll guess what your theme is? Or feel free to use one of
these themes?
I don't know how you girls function with long fingernails. If mine get the slightest bit too long, I go nuts. But thanks for making yourselves pretty and all that.
If I had to give up A, or B, which would it be? Meat or cheese? I'd give up meat. I love cheeses too much, although there are so many wonderful meats, too..especially german and italian sausages, but still.
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Don't get around much any more. Lately I've been kind of busy.
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ENOUGH! no more earthquakes, please! that is all.
01 March 2007
The Pocket Mod This site lets you create a small fold-able book to fit in your pocket. It has fun templates, like graph paper and SuDokus. Even Ben Franklin's virtues. You print it out, two folds, one snip, viola! Handy tiny organizer.
Did you guys see this? If so, please ignore.
My Jaw's Faulty! I gots the TMJ please help! →Read more...
Radio TDH Bit of a last minute one decision. Two hours of stuff, hopefully in the same "new stuff, old stuff" vein as before.
Sharing delema! A co-worker has asked to borrow my elecrtic fondue pot for a party she's going to tomorrow night. These are her friends, so I'm not going to the party. I got it for Christmas and haven't yet used it (and don't plan on using it this weekend), but I don't know if I want her to 'break it in' for me. Would you lend it to her?
Vacation Jealousy, , , Just stumbled on these in Flickr and
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If you watched Lost last night *potential spoilers* →Read more...
Why is there no outcry about last monday's university challenge? I mean, I realise it's rather insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but Paxman accepted an incorrect answer from Warwick, without which it would have ended in a tie break. From any other quiz show it'd be par for the course, but this is University Challenge for heaven's sake!
Bunny in my pocket that made me feel a bit better on a shitty day.
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RPM Challenge? How did everyone do?
rabbit, rabbit! Happy March, everyone!
Desk jockey again. Yo, this office is nice! I'm doing accounting again, and lovin' it. I look out the window down onto Times Square and a big billboard of Will Farrell in an ice-skating getup.
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Good News, Bad News →Read more...
Spam header of the day: "The Hungarians support the training of their gipsy fiddlers, and Scotland should do no less."
Letters Of Complaint Dear Steering Committee:
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ACME is a worldwide leader of manufactured goods from Adding Machines to X-ray Machines. ACME, accept no imitations.
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