31 October 2007
This thread is for Halloween pictures! →Read more...
Monty Python Killer Rabbit Slippers , cuz, you know, that's what we do.
What was the strangest thing you've ever seen on the side of the road? →Read more...
Help me suck up to my boss! →Read more...
Boys and girls, I would like to share the awesome English lesson about Halloween, death and dying I just did a few hours ago for a class of seven Latvian adults.
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Birdfeeders: If I put up a birdfeeder within 5 feet of my car in one direction and 5 feet of my porch in the other, am I going to end up with birdie poo all over them?
_____ killed the ______ star Are the 1980s just a distant memory for you? Try the
90s quiz instead.
Bah, humdung -- who is gonna draw the curtains, turn off the lights in the front and ignore the rugrats ringing the door bell tonight?
Just wanted to share with you pictures from my sister's wedding.
*sniffle*
I have to tell you that I'm making this. Because, omg, the hard work (chopping and sauteeing) is done, and I'm sitting here enjoying the wafting aroma from the oven, omg.
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"People felt safe walking the dark streets of Austin without fear of robbery or murder; they left doors and windows open and unlocked throughout the city to allow the night air to cool their homes. However, the last day of December 1884 brought an end to peaceful nights for the citizens of Austin..."
Hark to the tale of
The Servant Girl Annihilator.
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My favourite Halloween link Yes, I know I posted this last year, but I love it. So there :-P
The scariest music video ever: Aphex Twin's "
Come To Daddy."
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My dog tore her ACL this morning. →Read more...
Paul Rand tribute film for Paul Rand fans. Droooool.
Let's go back... waaaaaay back... to 1993. [GEEK WARNING & Flash (looks much better if you reduce page size.)] Are you scared yet? Good! Aging puzzle nerds like me might also like to check out
these Overclocked Remixes of music from The 7th Guest (including
one from the Fatman, one of the game's original composers). || Plus, inside, a little sumpin' sumpin' from me...
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I just ordered a new laptop! And a router! I am finally going wireless. I am happy.
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If you need a smile today.......... ..this will help. (SFW but youtube music video, Flight of the Conchords)........
This... is a HORROR thread When I was a lad of 13, my brother (who was rather sadistic in an older-brother way) and my stepdad (who had no idea how to behave like a parent) took me to see
An American Werewolf in London...
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Hallo, Weenies! Your harrowing-yet-festive sideart has been brought to you by mygothlaundry (top and bottom, left), chuckdarwin (middle left), and LunaticFringe (our wonderful zombie bunnyboy, on the right). The theme is ... those haunting, empty eyes...aieeeeeeeee!
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 I HATE NEW YORK I HATE NEW YORK I HATE NEW YORK!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If it were possible, and if you had the choice, would you want to live forever? Or, if not forever, for 500 years?
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30 October 2007
Did anyone else feel that? It was pretty big, so you probably did. I'm sure there are better
circumstances under which to meet the neighbors. Everyone all right?
I'm in Indy! →Read more...
Eekacat finally is getting a VAG. Yeah, it's about time
Penis and the Poo-Poo Kitty! →Read more...
AskMecha: Halloween treats for apartment buildings I want to make tasty tasty homemade cookies and/or cupcakes to hand out tomorrow to the sweet little chidders in our apartment building. What are the odds that my delicious homemade treats will actually get eaten, instead of being x-rayed for razor blades and dipped in strange chemical solutions to test for LSD? This is in L.A.
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Keep your fingers crossed for me. We just wrapped up a job today (or, more accurately, did all we could with what we had, but that's another rant). While there, I ran into someone I'd love to work for, and let him know that I'm available if he or someone he knows needs a helper. (The guy I usually work for is fine with this, btw.)
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I love Raymond Chandler →Read more...
New phone negotiations...arg They want me to sign a contract in blood...
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Anyone else hate Halloween? →Read more...
Hurry! Free Taco Bell tacos until 5pm! Can't get there in time?
Donate your taco.
(Sorry east coasters, I just found out about this.)
I am feeling sorry for myself. So I say to me: PTHTBTBBTTBBTBT!!!
Books and books For the 2nd or 3rd time, I have stopped in to visit jonmc at work, only not to find him.
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If you could have one thing delivered to your doorstep every morning, what would it be?
"The Undertaking on PBS" FRONTLINE's The Undertaking, coming October 30 at 9 pm on PBS, enters the world of Thomas Lynch, a writer, poet and undertaker whose family for three generations has cared for both the living and the dead in a small Michigan town.
WASH ME I'm normally a semi-fanatical car washer, but with the drought here in the southeastern U.S., I've been gritting my teeth
(har har) and letting the car stay dirty. May I can get this guy draw
one of
these in my back window.
The Lion in Winter Why had nobody told me that I needed to watch this because of its awesomeness? Hence I do so for those of you who haven't seen it. (the 1968 version).
I'm going as Little Edie for Halloween
I hab a code ana coff ana sduffed-up dose I feel like hammered shit. Fess up; who has the croup?
Happy Birthday the great big mulp !
What's the absolute coolest looking biplane? Or triplane? Or uniplane, if you must include that
Mystery thing that put the biplanes out of business? I mean, a
Sopwith Camel looks obviously somehow kinda niftier than a
Spad, no?
29 October 2007
elizard: I got your package. Apparently, the Post Office has a sense of humor, too, just not the same one.
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Double Blind: Lebanon Conflict 2006 by Magnum's
Paolo Pellegrin. (warning: some images quite graphic)
Are you a complete loser? Do you have no friends? Well,
it could always be worse!
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Best Truncation Ever: On the message line of a non-spam ad email*… “important advice: if you wish to shop for health insurance, do it with a top rat…”
* from a mailing list I was about to unsubscribe from, but I think I’ll keep it around just for laughs
OMG! FROGS! Pretty colored frogs. Prettyprettypretty.
AskChicagoBunnyFilter I'm picking up my parents tonight from O'Hare, Terminal 1. Will security let you drive/linger around the baggage claim area until you see your party, or do they force you to park?
I need help with PayPal, quick! →Read more...
OMGs bunnies! Literally, OMG.
Nastyfilter How often do you wash the coffee mug at your desk? As I rinsed and filled my mug this morning, I realized that it's been at least a month that I've been using this mug, without once washing it. There are many rings on the inside, where coffee has been left overnight, and the rim is surrounded with brown droplets and lip marks. The bottom of the aluminum mug is now solid brown. Can you beat that?
If Wes Anderson took a photo safari in a time machine, he'd bring back
photos that look like these.
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Will taking on a freelance project right now increase, or decrease, my stress levels? Discuss.
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School is making my kid dumber. I hate the way they teach reading and writing.
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My office is freezing this morning. Can barely feel my mouse. So I'm starting to wonder ... would wearing a glove on my right hand really be all that bad?
Morning predators. It's foggy here, and the sun has just barely risen enough to give some light; the beginning of the rainy season has brought back all the green to the landscape, and with the dark misty fog it looks very Jurassic.
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More Drive-By Truckers, as promised yesterday.
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This week's Photo Friday will be... Pictures of ourselves. A combination of suggestions by brina and redvixen. So get ready to show us your baby pictues, prom pictures, wedding pictures, whatever pictures! The theme picker for 11/9 will be crush-onastick.
Last night, I had a dream. I dreamt I found MetaFilter's actual Liberal Agenda.
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What time is it? My computer and the time card clock at my work are both back one hour for some reason. But daylights savings (or is it dumpings this time?) doesn't start to November 4th, right?
Happy Birthday to the often lurking anastasiav !
28 October 2007
Hay there ladies. D'you girls swing, if ya know wut I mean?
So, Who Swings Here? →Read more...
On my way home ... →Read more...
The building where I live was profiled in the NY TImes today →Read more...
Maybe I'm getting tired of living in the past. Or maybe I'm just running out of unheard past to listen to. You all know what
I like (emphatic melodies, ballsy vocals and meaty guitars & momentum I guess) and what I
don't like. Gimme some new bands to hear that I'd actually like.
Ask Mecha: I think I might be ready to cut my hair but I'm scared and would like some hand holding kthx.
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27 October 2007
Happy Halloween! So what did everyone else do??
(and yes, this is a self-link. :P)
Woodins The Fall 2007 issue of
Knitty.com has cute little woodland creatures. The designer, Anna Hrachovec, offers more knitty fun over at her
blog where you'll find her
Ninjabuns and other
fun creations.
Jessica the pet hippo Yeah, I'm a sucker for cute animal stories.
This is my last post today. I promise. What do you think of
these metal chairs for ten dollars?
Yay or Nay? I'm thinking they would be very cute spray painted a bright yellow or red. Does one need more folding metal chairs? I already have a lot, but they are not cute like these.
Open Mouth, Insert... I was at a birthday party today, and I openly ridiculed The Sun ('newpaper'). Oops.
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I'm a bad bunny. →Read more...
David Tennant is the Best Doctor in the History of the Role... Discuss.
Talking of Anonymity and idiots. Whistleblower email addresses sent to Vice President by House Judiciary Committee. Technology blamed, but I suspect
PEBKAC
Hey rainbaby how did the opening go?
MeCha friends, I need some advice and guidance. It's kind of a long story... I've been keeping a blog for about three years. Chronicling funny things that have happened to me, my move to Korea and the changes it brought, daily frustrations, my occasional attempts at writing something of substance, pictures, links, personal stories.
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Decriminalization == reduced use. Marked drop in cannabis use by teens as "pinch and scold" rates go up.
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26 October 2007
Nobody's posted about the MO yet. Well, my suspicions were confirmed. But I'm not saying.
Best word to say in a Boston accent ever: →Read more...
So Halloween is a high holy holiday here, right? Deserving secret messages and pagentry?
Say yes!
i need a holiday.
i'll help decorate.
Son of Wandom Wendell Wadio 6-8 Pacifico, 9-11 Easternado, in other words, right about now...
You Are BEAUTIFUL Chicago bunnies - any ideas on the origin of this sign? Taken on Madison between Wacker and Franklin.
What's the breed of dog that looks like an English sheepdog, but with ringletted fur?
harlem.org. Explore jazz history through a single photograph. "He figured he would contact every major jazz musician in New York to show up on 126th street in Harlem at 10am to take a group portrait. Getting jazz musicians anywhere together at 10am seemed impossible, but to everyone's surprise 57 musicians showed up."
Today I got the bargain to end all bargains. →Read more...
My turn to ask for clothing advice You guys always come through on questions like this.
I'm mulling over what to wear to a smallish reception at an elegant old hotel, followed by an even smaller dinner at a private club. I'll probably be jetlagged as hell; the people will be familiar and friendly, but I won't have seen some of them for a very long time. It'll be cold out.
Any ideas?
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Mecha Radio Transition Dear current and future Metachat radio broadcasters, please note that mudpuppie will be handing off radio administration (also known as Supreme Poobah Metachat Radio Czar) to
box, so you should address future inquiries and requests for privileges to him. We'll also be having a retirement party for pupps at 9 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom (will the band kindly show up 45 minutes earlier for sound checks and meds, please?). Formal attire, masque, furrie/cosplay preferred, and do bring gifts and cash donations for the pupps, as well as non-trivial bribes for box. Thank you very much for your attention!
That's why I was so popular in college... So apparently British cads love the Kelly's of the world
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Well, I'm off to Indy tomorrow... and it has been a hell of an effort to get ready to be away for 3 whole weeks. If anyone can make the Bloomington meetup on the 11th, please come -- I'll be there.
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Self-carving jack-o-lantern horror Nice beguiling little stop-motion animated music video (except for the annoying tag at the end).
If you could have a romance with any fictional character, who would it be? →Read more...
Knit or crochet a “cat” sweater and enter to win an amazing stuffed bag of knitting awesomeness
Photo Friday This is the thread in which Interrobang tells us what today's theme is and who will be picking the theme for next Friday. Then we post pictures here. Got it?
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Bumped from Metatalk Tonight the identity of the MO will be revealed. All those present will take a blood oath of secrecy, so if you want to find out who he is, you must attend the meetup.
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Heard on the train yesterday: 'Not Stephen Pinker! He's an idiot!'
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25 October 2007
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Party in #bunnies! Let's see if we can break the record tonight! Get your butt in here!
Unnerving, creepy coincidence. I've been incommunicado for a while. Just switched to a new team at work and things are crazy and hectic, but good. Yesterday, though, something so weird happened that I felt compelled to share.
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Radio Mecha - Music Box I'm on the Radio Mecha for a little while, playing a bunch of my most-played songs. Soul, jazz, hip-hop, etc. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
Halp! I have to make lunch for a friend I haven't seen in a while, and I don't know what to make!
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I went to the Museum of Modern Art today. →Read more...
Firefox question - does FF ever not allow you to type in input boxes? This happens to me somewhat often. It goes away if I wait or restart, but it's annoying. What's the deal?
Paging CitrusFreak, again. Did you pick someone to pick a theme for Photo Friday tomorrow? Yes. I am the Photo Friday nazi.
I have a new dream. In the winter I shall live
here. In the summer, I shall live
here.
*buys lottery ticket*
2007 Wino Sign Awards From Modern Drunkard Magazine
Bad haircut. BAD.
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I think we should all engage in a little
moss graffiti.
AskMeCha, can you recommend sad or melancholy music? I need it for the background for a presentation I'm doing. It needs to be at least 3 minutes long. Instrumental only, any genre.
Three point update! →Read more...
Describe something that's happened to you for which you have no explanation.
He cannot be contained! →Read more...
Am i making it to Chicago? Not in costume. →Read more...
Attention Joy Division fans... ...I've just got back from the advanced screening of
Control, the Ian Curtis biopic.
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This evening... They are redoing the road in front of my house and repaving it, but they are doing it at 9pm ...
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24 October 2007
LOLarry Craig I was in the Minneapolis airport recently, so like a good tourist, I visited
the Larry Craig Memorial Restroom.
This is the stall (it's the one on the right), and this is
my proposal for a monument to honor the events which transpired therein.
To Tattoo Two, Too! →Read more...
In the spirit of the season (possible nsfw) If you enjoyed "shoes" and like romero movies this is for you!
A Baseball Wager on Flickr. A flickr alter ego of mine and a contact have a friendly wager on the World Series, and this group is the result. Come join in on the fun!
Write beef poetry. Win $100 worth of beef. Come on people, I know you can do it.
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The BF helps California with fire information stuff. He and a couple of our other friends that work for AT&T worked on this project. Neat.
Now that Kitaj has passed away, who's the greatest living American painter? I vote for Schnabel.
Bunnies with super eyesight, help please. →Read more...
Canadian Bunnies: Is there a jobsearch site like indeed.com for Canada?
Bizarre cellphone tricks. I've been getting misdirected text messages for months, and I think I finally know why.
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What do you love about the place where you live? →Read more...
From yum woon sen to anaphylaxis, or
Why am I so Damn Tired Right Now?→Read more...
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I have spent too much time in the dark contemplating the future of an illusion →Read more...
If I had an extra 25 grand lying around, I would SO be
getting this for my partner for Xmas.
By the time I got to Woodstock ... →Read more...
Worried about being tracked down and fined as a former member of
Oink?
At least you're not a pro-democracy protester in Burma.
Stardust Have any of you seen it? I need some advice...
Happy birthday to sisterhavana!
23 October 2007
Learn by using Forth ... worst computer book cover ever.
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There's something disconcerting about shuffling through ankle-deep autumn leaves on a 75-degree day.
If you could invent one magical device, what would it be?
"I am proud to be a disappointment to almost everybody." One of the most profound lines in a
book full of them. Let's hear it for underachievement!
Three Little Words that bring a smile to a parent's face →Read more...
You are Donny Osmond's biggest fan a few, many, several years ago there was a song
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This thread is about cookies. →Read more...
This is a whispering thread →Read more...
Have we had a shouting thread yet today? BECAUSE WE SHOULD!
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Flooded with new music! I love late birthday presents. Between yesterday and today, I got five new cds in the mail, and what albums they are:
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James Watson v. Craig Venter Now you can compare their genomes head-to-head. This is for one of the breast cancer genes. [I didn't work on this but a lot of people in my department do so you might consider it approaching self-linkiness.]
Worrywort? Usually, I am blisfully oblivious to possible problems. I don't usually think about potential crime, but for some reason, I cannot shake this...
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Speed Dating Advice I got talked into speed dating tonight, so hit me with your best possible speed dating advice, bunnies.
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Ok, an apocalyptic event happens - you have to leave your home - what do you do with your pets?
Ugh. My coworkers are being pains today. →Read more...
Weeeeeeird dreams. Ideas on what the hell's going on with my mind?
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Alternative to shoe polish? Help. Black shoes, no polish. Job interview. Help.
BP Radio starting at 9:30am Eastern, about ten minutes from now. Some energetic music for a foggy, gloomy day.
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The Cleveland Indians logo So, along with many other Boston Red Sox fans, I watched with great interest the Sox's comeback from a 3-1 deficit against the Cleveland Indians.
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So-Cal Fire area bunnies? OK? Let us know.
22 October 2007
Any bunnies in Our Nation's Capital? Looks like I might be in Ottawa next month. Anyone here live there? Y'know, in case we want to have a meetup or something?
Music in honor of lfr's new spex. Well, download it if you like the Violent Femmes "Breakin Hearts" and can play in Itunes format. Otherwise ignore it and move along. Nothing to see here...
Wandom Wendell Wadio Short notice but filling in a big empty space. Coming up @ 11:05 Eastern, 8:05 Pacific, aka in about three minutes
Radio Mecha - Music Box: Dub It'sa me, on the Radio Mecha, playing dub reggae. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
Gimme Some Money. Even the fake '60s bands sell out.
Literature bunnies , is there any way to make an online 'what I'm reading/I've read lately' list?
Something like last.fm but for books.
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Pop is dead, long live Pop What's the new big music magazine?
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I'm so lame I need advice about a boy. Yes, I'm mentally fourteen.
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THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD →Read more...
The Fallout from the S. Cal Fires When I was a kid, October was always the only month when the air at the beach was really bad.
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Brief NYC update →Read more...
Dakou ("Saw Gash") CDs are shipped to China to be dumped in landfill sites. As you might expect, they don't always make it to the tip.
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Happy birthday to our always mercurial ethylene !!!
I need some advice, I've done something silly! I seem to have let a weird animal into my building?
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21 October 2007
The drains of Canada. Wonderful photo exploration of sewers in Canada. I remember sneaking out of the house and
exploring this one at night when it was just about to open. An interview with
Michael Cook.
AskMecha: Laundromat noob question. Help me get my clothes cleaner! What detergent/additive/bleach should I use?
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JibJab starring YOU! My Dad has been doing these all week, and they are so funny.... let's see you!
Is a 130MB QT mov file too insanely big to stream? It's a promo of a portfolio we're want to open the site with (index page). I'm also attempting to convert it to an FLV file thanks to a converter doodad from Dreamhost. I don't know if that will make it smaller & therefore speedier. As is, it takes at least 5 mins to load on cable modem. I'm new to embedding media. :/
They be in my PayPal stealin' my money! 107 euros to play World of Warcraft.
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All bunnies need to read this and be safe.
Not just the girl bunnies, neither.
Holy Crap, See This Movie! I do not know everyone's situation here, but
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"The Most Beautiful Six Minutes in the History of Cinema" Sancho Panza enters the cinema of a provincial town. He is looking for Don Quixote and finds him sitting apart, staring at the screen.
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Radio TheDonF I haven't done one of these for months. No theme, just stuff for a couple of hours.
Any UK girl-type bunnies around? A question about shoes: do you know your UK shoe size and either your European or US shoe size?
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Steve Martin is a killer banjo player. The song is Martin's own composition "The Crow". Bela Fleck completely hotdogs his solo and muffs the last note, although I suspect that may have been planned. The
lead-in with David Letterman is classic.
Igor remodels chainsaws Watch the juggling and duels! With soundtrack by Boring Postcards! What the heck were you doing with your Saturday night anyway?
BP Radio: just for an hour. Starting now.
20 October 2007
"Bureaucracy is an everyday form of state power with which citizens are confronted everywhere. Jan Banning has done portraits of bureaucrats at all levels, from village clerks to governors. Although the bureaucrats pose, their desk is the real subject."
More from Jan.
Background on
Traces of war.
Can a non-Canadian do me a favour? Please click on this
link and let me know if Demonoid is up?
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When pigs fly. Last night, I dreamed a group of young ruffians hurled a pig at me...
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Weekends are made for... →Read more...
Jazzy Jeffs, Jazzbos and Jazz Aesthetes Lend Me Your Knowledge... →Read more...
I so happy. I just got back from running errands and buying groceries... not five minutes before it started pouring rain. Now I'm sitting here sipping Jameson and smoking a cigarette, all by myself, in my kitchen. with the storm outside. And it's great. :)
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Who the hell is operating chainsaws at midnight? Rural duelling: it's serious business, I tells ya.
We're all really cool. I re-propose the idea that we buy an island somewhere and start a bunny colony. Who's in? What will you be contributing to the community? Islands for sale
here.
Halloween music. Some satanic sleaze. "God, you've got a dirty mind!"→Read more...
People Who You Wouldn't Expect To Have Worked For Wal-Mart. Contributions requested. I have two:
Mo Tucker, and
Loretta Nall, who's working there now while her new court monitoring program gets off the ground.
19 October 2007
Slip sliding away.... Hey, I just got my Daniel Green slippers today! My tootsies and I are happy like Christmas. Thanks so much, Janet Land!
Really stupid geek tricks. I can't believe I just did this. →Read more...
The Buffalo State Hospital is a vast complex of mouldering
Victorian buildings, sitting right in the middle of a residential
neighborhood of
Buffalo. It is also an architectural gem, not only by Buffalo standards, but for the nation as a whole. It is one of the largest and most complex commissions of New England architect
H. H. Richardson, who is known for promulgating his unique, heavy looking stone Romanesque variant of the then dominant Queen Anne style. The Buffalo asylum’s grounds were planned by landscape architect (and designer of Central Park)
Fredrick Law Olmsted.
On a side note, Olmstead later
died in another asylum which he had landscaped!
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Dance band bonanza is a collection of dead cool pictures of 60s and 70s Scandinavian dance bands. They liked to rock the blonde afros and the ginormous collars.
I am enjoying a Dark 'n Stormy, made with home-made ginger beer. →Read more...
Today, I didn't even have to use my AK.... →Read more...
Blog owner cheated me out of my pay - do I do anything about it? →Read more...
The Last Mimzy / Baby's First Acid Trip It's a one-off. Love this movie or hate it [It's 54% at RT], it is pretty unique. Sci-fi, Buddhism, Palmistry, Time Travel, Pink Floyd, Post-September Paranoia... everything finds a home in this script.
I'm listening to Lindsey Buckingham's Under the Skin (2006), which I just picked up after listening to it with my brother last month, and I love it!
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Quick question: Hose or Nos? →Read more...
What songs released in 2007 annoyed you? I don't mean songs that were overplayed or that you heard everywhere. I'm talking about songs that make you want to turn in your "i'm a human being" card.
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Mad Men (possible spoilers) Who watches it? What did you think of last night's finale?
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What Price Did You Choose? Survey results about the price people paid for In Rainbows.
BUMP: "Don't think. Do." The author responded in the thread.
Coffee and Buffy: the wonder drugs! →Read more...
Last weekend, Bruce Springsteen played in Ottawa, and had members of the Arcade Fire onstage to play "
Keep The Car Running," from
Neon Bible. Awesome.
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drezdn's crazy business ideas #10: CCbill for Indie Rockers →Read more...
Is the name Dove male or female? I have a job interview with someone named Dove next week.
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It must be nice to not have a job
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Should I go? I woke up about ten minutes before I should have been at my crappy part-time job.
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What sounds better? AreYou*.com or AmI*.com? →Read more...
Ask Mecha: Why do people hammer coins into dead trees. I've seen this a few times and it has me puzzled. Anyone know why people hammer coins into dead trees? Is it for luck? To kill the tree? Why?
Holy CRAP! Amazon's MP3 Downloads is teh awesome.
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I had a good day. How about you?
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18 October 2007
Happy Birthday to getoffmylawn !!!
Does Chicago get Halloweenie? What is Halloweening anywhere? With you?
My old standby is to throw the candy in the air over the lawn and scream "Crawl for it!"
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I outed myself today. →Read more...
I arrived in New York a couple of hours ago. And ... it is over.
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Another Frank Lloyd Wright photoset for you. I visited another Wright building last weekend and took a few pics. They're nothing special, but I wanted to share them with you. Todays destination: the
Graycliff Estate, outside Buffalo, NY.
AskMeCha: Is the term "straight" homophobic? →Read more...
RFI: Do cable boxes report viewer's choices? If so, is it anonymized or residence-specific?
This thread is for summoning the mailman. It's 4:00 and he still hasn't shown up and he has my paycheck.
Please do what you can to conjure him. Thanks.
Bruce Review? Jon? Pips? How was the show? Still sleepin' it off?
Slash! And a story from a buddy who just moved to Frisco. Plus a bonus!
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Gelatinous Critters Can Get Funky, Too. The video for
Amp Fiddler's "If I Don't." If you're not in the best mood today, maybe this will help.
By Threes (not that I wish it on anyone) Deborah Kerr, Joey Bishop, and. . . .
Help donate free mammograms For every click you help donate money towards giving mamograms to women in need. There's no catch at all, you just need to click every day for the remaining 13 days.
Trivia: Film director Lasse Hallström may be best known for films like
Chocolat,
What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and
The Cider House Rules, but he got his start making (pre-MTV) music videos
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This is a family mysteries thread... I didn't want to derail the
military thread.
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Secret Diary of a Call Girl (18+)(IE only, sadly)(NSWF, obv) ITV has the first three episodes up for free (yes, entire episodes).
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Today I learned that "whelmed" is an actual word. At home we've always used it to mean "ok".
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Woke to violent storming-- how i love storms. Maybe that's why the air is a'crackle with possibilities?
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I might resign from my job. I say resign because quit sounds bad to me. I feel like, well, a quitter.
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This is a Military Thread I think it's appropriate to start a new thread, so I am.
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17 October 2007
I'm coming out of my Percoset haze. Did I miss anything?
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So I made a scene at dinner tonight... →Read more...
Eponysterical Well, more like Eponamusing.
My first FPP! I'm so excited! And I just can't hide it!
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Cold Nicotine Three months in, chilly Autumn temperatures have arrived and made the smoking ban in England uncomfortable indeed. I wonder if it will really affect pub trade. Will smokers stay home and smoke in the warmth of their homes? I know a lot of people have taken this opportunity to quit, but I don't really have any statistics (a drop in cigarette sales, etc). Are any of you British Metachatters smokers?
LOL Cats 3D (The third dimension is time.) So I should be doing other things. But a friend had the basics of this, and I just *had* to add some angry music and LOL cat titles.
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WTF? I thought there would be a violent implosion/explosion if these two met...
(The Dalai Lama and GWB for those who don't want to click through)
AskMecha: Web hosting and domain names →Read more...
WiFi am I so clueless? →Read more...
Fast, Quality, Cheap... We all know those we can only have 2 of those 3 at any given time, but what are other examples of the "you can only have 2 of the three at a time" situation?
Paging CitrusFreak! Did you get my email? Did you pick a Photo Friday theme for this week?
I found out last night that a good friend is HIV positive. WTF world? We don't want any more crappy things to happen this week. Seriously.
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My son decided to not be a pilot ...so now he will be doing something called Security Forces after graduation. Boy does that ever sound deployable.
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mobilechat Posting from the M5... another traffic jam. Has anyone else here used their phone to post here?
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ann coulter's site hackificated! get it while it's hot! via the colbert thread on mefi.
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I'm silly. Let's discuss. →Read more...
Since we're on the bad news trip at the moment, I just let someone down, hard. and I feel like crap about it
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New hardcore techno mix! Did this two Saturdays ago. Finally got it encoded and posted.
Someone fire-bombed the third floor of my office building. There was little fire damage, but lots of water from the sprinklers. We spent the day
drying out our files.
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16 October 2007
Hi Bunnies. Band imploded. I'm Depressed. File Under "How The Fuck Did THAT Happen?" Long story. Our band is no longer, as of October 27th where we will do a final show and try not to kill each other. I've been with the same band for almost 8 years so it's like getting a divorce. Sigh... Thanks for letting me yell at the internets.
I know some clowns who just got married in China. And yes, her dress is made out of balloons.
And yet another breathtaking offer from a Lava lad.... I suppose this guy could be real and I'm just way too jaded from far too much dating, but my thinking is this guy a) is probably at least somewhat screwed up and b) this is a form email he sends out to everyone.
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24 Hours and counting! This time tommorrow, Me & Pips will be at Madison Square Garden shouting 'Brooooce!' at the top of my lungs. In beteween I have a day of sweating it out on the street of a runaway American Dream. I've been waiting 20-odd years for this and I am
stoked.
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Peter Sagal's new book sounds hilarious. He is the perfect smart-but-innocently-curious guy to report on
some of these things and I welcome his calm, bemused viewpoint. The
Fresh Air interview is fun.
Need help right now! Read more to discover how inept I really am with computers.
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3-point status update. 1. I am almost packed for my trip. And I haven't even needed to unzip the expander space on my suitcase.
2. I sprained two fingers this morning and my hand's really starting to hurt now.
3. Tomorrow is my last day in the office until 30 October! Woo! Yay!
Any Major Dude Will Tell You I’ve been spending some time with the
Citizen Steely Dan box set lately,
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So what is this thing called optimism, anyway? All of my life I've believed that the glass is half empty.
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OMG! Quince! A friend just dropped of an imperial arseload of quinces. Any favourite canning recipes?
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"I said last week that Jakey Gyllenhaal's beard wasn't doing anything for me. I change my mind. I've always had a unabomber fantasy and Jake is now the one that can make it come true. He can be Ted Kaczynski and I'll be the bomb". The Unabomber fantasy made me laugh.
Fitness update. →Read more...
Happy birthday to dno! Because even though he mostly just lurks, I love him like a brother anyway. Possibly because he is my brother. Happy birthday!
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Question for British Bunnies I was listening to a health care show on the radio yesterday,
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Death By Teh Kyoot.
That is all.
ROCKIES SWEEP! Take that Arizona!
15 October 2007
Doves (and puppies) released at wedding (nsfw) A friend of mine sent me this picture today at work. I think the woman's shoulders and chest look extremely odd and am wondering if the picture was faked. Can any photoshoppers in the house confirm or deny?
Lite Brite! Must be one of the oldest things on the web - I just found it in the 2000 MeFi archives - but still. Lite Brite!
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Do you dream of the same imaginary place? I occasionally dream that I'm living back in Toronto, in a neighbourhood that doesn't exist.
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OMG! Disapproving Bunnies! (with caption contest featuring bun under bed with mug)
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AskMeCha: Anyone know about trains? Specifically, the train from DC to NYC... →Read more...
EthicsFilter Not sure if I posted this, but in July, I was forced into a decision to either pay for a flight I had already paid for,
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My last Bunnystock post: I finally got all my
pictures online
(first set), and as an added bonus, two videos from the event!
Bumper-boat bunnies, featuring gaspode, youcancallmeal, rainbaby, and tristan
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Let's play I Have, I Want, I Need →Read more...
No carb diet. Please hope me!
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Oh no WAY! Bravia does it again.
Sorry, but I like this more than the bunnies.
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People around here are yelling at each other. I don't think it's personal, or even particularly upsetting to the people who are in the midst of doing it, but I wish they would stop because it's making my anxiety levels rise to not-good levels.
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Hip-Hop has an (often deserved) reputation for being something of a boy's club, and even outright misogyny. Ironically, one of the most consistent hit-making machines in the genre consisted of three tough, sexy broads from Queens...
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Is MetaFilter's Own Steve Wozniak dating Kathy Griffin? I think they look cute together.
AskMecha Anyone here practice in the Federal Courts? I've got a procedural question and no mentor to ask.
RSS on comments. I've added RSS feeds to the comment pages.
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omg parrot! hilarious video of parrot dancing to backstreet boys. via cute overload.
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
Ratatouille Beautifully made; but it fails on one crucial level: kids don't really enjoy it.
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Minipigs! OMG! Don't forget to click the 'In Pictures' button.
What fun new things are going on with you? →Read more...
Instead of shoutouts at meetups, I want to see
shootouts.
14 October 2007
Holy carp- I got sidebarred! woohoo- I'm famous!!
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So Effing Domenstic, I Am. →Read more...
"Don't think. Do." Is one of the program's mantras. →Read more...
Does anyone remember hearing Daniel Pinkwater on NPR saying he had lost weight by avoiding the 'white' foods: sugar, bread, and potatoes? This was maybe 2 or 3 years ago.
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Recommend me a mouse Unabashed self-linkage to AskMe in hopes of some help.
Bunnystock II is in the books. My pictures are
here.
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Whoever said, "Where there's smoke, there's fire" has not dealt with my wood stove. That is all.
13 October 2007
First volunteer shift at recycling today. Now I have a dream. →Read more...
What should I do with my impatiens? →Read more...
BUNNYSTOCK II Live from mullacc's hotel room. I can hear the ocean. We just had a great dinner with lots of beer, hush puppies, and crab, followed by custard at Kohr's Brothers. Life is good.
I swear, I didn't intend to steal those wipes (caution: poo story) →Read more...
Apropos, perhaps, of nothing, but I was just listening to some
Lightning Bolt and was reminded of this
cool little video my buddy Casey made in downtown Houston some years back. And...that's all, I guess. Enjoy your weekend.
I finally quit that crap freelance job. So I'm unemployed again. Yet...
it's time to dance.
Alright, which one of you hid the sugar bowl? →Read more...
For your Saturday morning amusement: Japanese Human Tetris
Toledo, OH - do any of you live there? →Read more...
Dirty Cash - Dunno why I woke up needing to listen to this song, but I love YouTube! Post your "guilty pleasure" (or unabashed good time) late 80s-early 90s songs/videos inside!
Enjoyable moments It's been a long time since I've gone to a concert alone, but out I went last night. Gene Bertoncini was playing at the local community college
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Radio_Replica Impromptu Set. Ambient/strange latenite sounds.
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Be still my beating heart. ... I must say, if I had to choose between him and George Clooney, the beautiful George would not get a look-in.
12 October 2007
Bunnystock! What a swell group of people. Met up with the crew this evening, had coffee and cake, and now am back at home to get some sleep in case I'm called in to work.
It was great meeting everyone!
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I Want To Have Iris Dement's Precious Little Babies.... →Read more...
Do the Hokey Pokey This woman is now doing five years in the luxury digs of the state pen.
Her colleague J.Z. was already sentenced to three and change some months ago. J.Z. was a former tenant of ours, one of these white women/black boyfriend setups.
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I have no plans for tonight and it's raining.
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Dana Perino Creeps Me Out Watching her on telly makes my skin crawl. Maybe it's just because she looks like Ann Coulter's (actually female) sister.
Weather report! Tomorrow's high here in nippy Riga is 39F/4C! What's happening in your neck of the woods?
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I've got a miniature secret camera. I got a digital camera for my birthday! So, because previous threads have been deemed useless without...[pics inside]
In Memoriam -- ten years ago today
John Denver died after the experimental aircraft he was piloting crashed just off the coast of California at Pacific Grove.
Get Off My Lawn! The site is sluggish so I'll separately link its
youtube video.
The beginning of the end... ...my daughter is on her way to the airport to pick up her husband,and she has the Grandbun with her.
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That Girl's Got Talent -- beauty pageant contestant toots out a thrilling trumpet solo to the theme from
Star Wars!
ComplainFilter: New laptop woes: Compaq F730us Bought it, now disgusted.
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Metatit! OMG! SFW→Read more...
Happy Birthday to netbros !!
Road Stories Inspired by a passing mention of Huck Finn, I've decided my next project will center around American road stories. Please help me compile a list to work from?
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Online dating serenity prayer This week I've been messaging a rather promising Lava lad who wrote a clever AA member introduction speech parody for his profile. Inspired by this, when he messaged me I included an online dating serenity prayer in my reply.
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Venting - Roommate update - so, roomie called a house meeting last night, →Read more...
BUNNYSTOCK II The morning has been spent playing Guitar Hero. BoringPostcards just arrived. On the agenda after this: lunch.
Sir spillage + their new toy. Here he is, in all his jumbo glory. [pic inside]
Oh, this is just wonderful. It appears that the bank right next door to my office just got robbed.
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I blame you all for my singing outburst. →Read more...
Photo Friday: Handwriting
11 October 2007
I need help with my new recipe book. It's a divided, blank book in which you write your recipes. The sections include both "Desserts" and "Baking". What goes in baking? Casseroles? Bread?
BUNNYSTOCK II We have arrived at mike9322's place! It is quite lovely! And I have internet access! Hurray!
This is a new thread because no one checks the older ones and I want to say hi. So... Hi.
Well, this is googlerific. Is anyone else noticing that www.google.com (but not other google properties, like news.google.com) regularly becomes unavailable starting right about now?
AskMecha: What should I wear? Interview tomorrow for a volunteer position with a nonprofit.
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While we're on the subject of '80's music... It's important to remember the band that, in a decade where rock and roll seemed to be on life support, gave one adolescent weirdo the message that not all the great stuff was in the past...
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I am having an exciting week! Many[1] things of interest have happened!
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because I can... I'm actually considering getting an LOLCAT or KITTEH vanity plate.
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I never thought a lolcat could sum up my week before.... at least, not until
now.
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It's no secret that I love Meerkat Manor but
this is one of the funniest things I've read in a few weeks. In, of all places, the NY Times.
Spelling and grammar blog Much coolness on one of my favourite subjects.
My boss has put on an eighties radio station. Shoot me now.
Unlikeliest uninsured event ever. →Read more...
Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros Flight of the Conchord videos have been flying fast and furious amongst my friends these days. This is my favorite of the lot.
Three point status report. →Read more...
I did something totally gross by accident this morning. Please tell me I'm not the only one that has done this. (possible graphic uckyness inside)
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Pink Photos for Breast Cancer A nice gesture & maybe even a little money from Yahoo & Flickr. Add a pink photo to the pool; they'll give a dollar for research.
Hey, can you guys help my daughter? Cool school project details inside!
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Have a cigar, my nephew's home early! Five weeks early, but who's counting? Five pounds five ounces, eighteen inches of newborn man; he's in fine fettle, mom's doing great. Hurrah!
The axe fell I've had
this song stuck in my head since Sunday. Turns out the other shoe was just waiting for last night to drop.
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Anyone here get popbitch? If not, then guess who made an appearance...
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Gmail Notifier woes — hope me! I'm trying to make Gmail Notifier run through a https using
these instructions, but nothing secret or special is happening. I keep getting the same old preferences box. I'm on a Mac. What am I doing wrong?
Cats really are evil. [1] [2]
10 October 2007
Getting hit on when your SO isn't around and you're not *obviously, publicly, legally* entwined. How do you deal with it?
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Hotel Babylon Best show, or best show ever?
What advice sites do you trust? Some sites do a great job delivering straight dope advice from ordinary people. Yelp, TripAdvisor, Ask Metafilter are all good examples. What others do you use and trust when you're researching an important choice you need to make? FWIW I'm not so much asking about sites like Digg and Newsvine where ordinary people filter the web / news. I'm asking where do you go to get reliable advice on something?
toronto has been pretty fucking cool. that is all.
Posting This from the Seattle Library What does anyone think of this building? I think it's ugly, jarring, unrestful, etc but I RESPECT it and I am glad that someone got to build their vision, even if I don't like it much.
I am at this stage rigging workshop learning metric asstons about how to deal with rigging so I can go back and kick some drama teacher but about all the unsafe stuff they do that I knew was unsafe but never had the lingo for. Now I do.
How's everyone been, anyway? Mudpuppie, how is your mom?
New Salad Fingers After a year away, it's still disturbing and surreal. Yay!
A couple things. I picked up Tannhäuser the other day, mostly so I could listen to the incredible overture. Which I listened to this morning, followed by the fourth movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, followed by
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Beautiful satelloon! What else has NASA invented that I never could have imagined?
And it only weighed 132 pounds!
A few weeks back, a number of metal shows that were scheduled to be held at House of Blues venues on Disney property were canceled suddenly. Machine Head was the first band affected by this, as they were scheduled to play HoB two days after the announcement was made. The show was moved to a venue 80 miles away and many fans missed out. In
this blog post, Robb Flynn, Machine Head frontman, takes an honest and thoughtful look at Disney's actions.
The Bunnypin Conspiracy Anyone still have their pin? I have mine!
*sigh* One of my many officemates is singing along to whatever that is leaking out of her earphones. Geez. Unfortunately she's the supervisor of the room, so I can't just laugh at her and tell her she sounds like an idiot.
Ask Mecha: tell an old man the secret of Sonic Youth. Ok, I am reading this anecdote about a heckler at a Sonic Youth cover band. In between songs, the heckler says, "skip tracer."
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If you could design your own MeFi accessory, what would it be? I fully intend to knit myself a MeFi blue hoodie with the logo on the front sometime this winter. What would MeFi geek must-have item would you design or make if you could? A lap top carrying case in the MeFi colours? A camera bag with the MeFi logo and the slogan "We have cameras"? A set of dried bean canisters with "Overthinking a plate of beans" stencilled on them? A set of MeFi action figures?
Your weekly (American) football thread →Read more...
Celebrities like to carry stuff. →Read more...
Let's Dance to Joy Division. (NOTE: link does not go to a Joy Division song)
Is anyone awake at this hour?
Layer Tennis. (via meFi Projects)
Click on "go to the match" on the right hand side to see the match play out.
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Grace Wants Her Moo Cards But the posties are on intermittent strike and I don't have them!
Strike witterings and magpies inside.
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Okay, now I'm laughing. From a mefi link, I went to
websitegrader.com, which actually turns out to be focused on SEO - something we're not interested in (quite the contrary, in fact)... but I put in our url, anyway, and had to giggle at this:
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Ask MeCha: Which Word Processor? →Read more...
Eyeball yarn Just in time for Halloween.
I had 8 animals for dinner last night. They were, in no particular order...
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The video doesn't do her justice. Kelly Hogan rocks. Former lead singer of Atlanta's The Jody Grind until a car wreck killed much of the band, she relocated to Chicago and despite the annoying echo on her new record, she rules.
Your morning giggle Youtube link, with sound!
(Slightly unsafe FW)
Thoughts on In Rainbows I'm about two thirds of the way through and so far it's very, very strong. Much, much better than Hail To The Thief, which I didn't rate too highly.
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According to this it's mathowie's birthday !!!
09 October 2007
So, apparently I share a birthday with elizard I didn't know that. And apparently no one else did either...
HALP stinky people are wrecking my vacation. →Read more...
What a big BABY! Related photos & video in upper-right of page.
Czech Dream Just seen a documentary about this. Not sure if I saw exactly the same film as this
film, but it's a great story nonetheless.
Here's Michael Moore talking about it,
here's an advert for it,
this gives you an idea of the scale of it and here's the
reveal. It certainly puts other
pranks into context.
(previously on metafilter)
The pictures are up! Follow up to
this thread. The pictures turned out way better than I could have hoped for. Best girlfriend ever.
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Dawn French does Björk An oldie, but a goodie.
the semantics of volume (in which the bunnies are tasked with resolving a minor domestic squabble)
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Let me pick your braaaaiiins, zombie-style I've been invited to a Halloween party and must think of a costume concept. I especially like costumes that work with one's existing looks. What could a voluptuous redhead be for Halloween?
Cheese officionados, hope me! I'm cross posting from AskMe in hopes you guys know the answer. Muchas gracias, yoga/chewie.
*hic* I have the hiccups!
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If your cat already thinks he's God, don't let him see
this.
My nose is bleeding. Bad way to wake up.
Bald Eagle should be the Colbert Report 'house band'
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Happy birthday to the elizard!!!!
08 October 2007
Do you flickr? I know a lot of you and probably a thread like this already exists but as there are some new people around here (including me) maybe it's a good idea to share our URLs?
3191: a year of mornings. A visual blog by two people who live 3191 miles apart.
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Adios, Señor This Saturday, we had to have Martin, our 19-year-old cat, put down.
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Your friendly family informant. Apparently your doctor is all too likely to be using your kids as informers.
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Banana Republic giftcard Yo, does anyone shop here?
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MetaIkea. What would our users be if they were something sold at Ikea?
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Can You Swim? I need your help, and I've used my AskMe question already.
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I have now tried Pocky. Chocolate. It was good.
That is all.
Video.... from the
future.
The Manly Man Candle Company You want your apartment to smell nice but every scented product on the market has this girly lavender-verbena thing going on. Until now. Light up a cigar, ramp up the testosterone, and kick back with a Manly Man Candle!
Is there a trick to helping people who like to process their thoughts out loud? I have a co-worker who often comes into my office to talk about some issue that needs to be fixed, but she just starts talking and talking and I think it's mostly just that she can't think things through unless she talks about them, but I always feel like I'm just sitting here looking desperate for the conversation to end, and I'm never quite sure how to respond helpfully.
... and now the dream is fulfilled. I found out in February that my favorite band was coming from Holland for their first US tour. On Saturday I was in Atlanta to do what I've been waiting six years to do: see After Forever live in concert.
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A Flickr Question →Read more...
This is a George Clooney thread. So as not to derail the 'new people' thread, I thought I'd start my own thread on the subject. It is not intended to be a picture thread, btw.
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THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
Anybody want to talk about guitars? →Read more...
Pop! Tell us all about your love affair with cooked maize.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Canuckbunnies! May you be blessed with the company of family/friends/really good people and an overabundance of insanely rich food. May the good lord see fit to provide you with a comfortable place to slip peacefully into a turkey-induced coma, and may you never run out of bacon.
This Week's Photo Friday Theme: Handwriting! I pick CitrusFreak to do the honors and pick a theme for Friday the 19th.
Your Foundation. Let's say you had a pile of money that had to be used to start a foundation of some kind.
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I've seen a lot of new names lately, and it's been a while since we've done one of those introduce-yourself posts. So, let's. Welcome new people--I hope you'll introduce yourselves inside. And hiya, longtime members--if you're feeling neighborly, why not do the same?
The top 25 documentaries as voted by the members of the International Documentary Association.
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Descartes is sitting in bar, having a drink. The bartender asks him if he would like another. "I think not," he says and vanishes in a puff of logic.
Serpent Tree [St Ann's Well]
WTF? Another Monday, another killing spree story.
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07 October 2007
Back in the USA (some photos inside) →Read more...
Am I the only one who keeps writing metachat.com instead of metachat.org?
3 point status report →Read more...
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Radio_Replica Black Planet::Gothic Hell. Early goth and EBM from the early-to-late 80's from my vinyl collection. Some rare stuff, too! Starting at 12PM Pacific/3PM Eastern/8PM GMT, for just under two hours.
Random Butt Crack -- The Flickr Pool You need more posterior cleavage in your life. (mildly NSFW)
So, why not tell me about your cooking skillz (mad? bad? sad? rad?), and how they came to be?
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OMG KITTY [AskMeCha] Boy, I haven't even gotten around to mentioning the kitten I took in.
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Only in India, or does it happen in your neck of the woods as well? →Read more...
06 October 2007
Ramps. I'm stuck on level 24.
Tonight's yummitude. Chicken pumpkin chowder.
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Cheap DVD Player, Good Flick My old cheapshit fuzzy warbler crapped out on me, so I bought (and hacked) a new one today at Morrisons for £24.99 (call me a freak, but I like the fact that the tax is included here).
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I Got a Hideous New Chair! Come inside and look at it. I want to do some stuff to make it even more hideous and I need your suggestions.
Unusual Homes, Amazing Architecture, Strange Places Warning: if you have a liking for the kitsch or unusual, be prepared to spend a lot of time on this site.
Student Quote of the Week. →Read more...
AskMeCha: Foiled Again? So I awoke from a weird dream and was thinking about conspiracy nuts and their tinfoil hats? Why do they call them 'tinfoil hats' when I can't find tinfoil at my local supermarket, only aluminum foil?
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Be assured you're insured I was just reading over my home insurance renewal notice, and I found a letter in the packet announcing a new kind of insurance — identity theft insurance. Wow. Insurance people must stay up at night thinking about every eventuality. And how to milch money out of people for it.
Ask Mecha: If I was starting one, I'd call it 'Cook' So, I want a site that's along the same lines as
Make or
Craft (both kinda geeky DIY sites), except about food and cooking. Does such a thing exist? If not, what's the next best thing?
Raising Sand - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant Produced by T-Bone Burnett. I know it sounds like a weird combination. It isn't.
Casablanca - the radio edit →Read more...
apples ahoy. My sister in PA is sending us a care package of apples to devour. We're looking forward to some with taste that also aren't mealy b/c that's all we get around here.
How to be the perfect girlfriend. I can't help but feel that men come off quite badly...
05 October 2007
Photos from tonight's meetup. We had gaspode! We had mathowie! We had cake!
Greetings! I just wanted to say hello
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For Wii Owners Nintendo will give you up to 4 free little rubber jackets for your Wii remotes!
Today feels like a MeCha thread gone wonky. Anyone else feel this way? Come inside and twist your brain a little more.
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So, my cheap rent is about to get cheaper... but I have a question for you...
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Photo post-processing Friday in which I accomplish something incredibly nerdy. Shameless self-link.
Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass is anyone else playing it?
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Friday Time-waster. Join me over at Layer Tennis, starting at 3pm Eastern (8pm GMT).
Bump - Seattle Meetup Next Week? I emailed the two people who expressed interest last time. I can
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Let's play pretend You're at Target/Wal-Mart/K-Mart (or the local equivalent). You have a coupon for a FREE 5 things. What do you get and why?
AskMeCha: Does anyone know who makes these jeans? Step inside to see them. They're cute and I want them.
moonbird's photostream has great titles. Just flip through them. It's like poetry with pictures.
Black Kids. When I woke up this morning I'd never heard of this band, but now I love them.
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Photo Friday: But is it art? As suggested by shane, the topic includes "abstractions or anything you find interesting." As always, themes can be interpreted pretty much any way you like!
You do not have to be good. A poem that I think I may read every morning from now on, because it's lovely.
Winchell D. Chung Jr.'s (aka Nyrath the nearly wise) 15 minutes of fame came back in 1975, when he did the
illustration for a boardgame about robot tanks, called
Ogre. He has often brooded about wasting his moment in the limelight while still in high school.
Okaaaay... younger girl and shane are both missing . (hmmmm.) So I appoint the first person to post a comment inside to choose a topic from the
wiki or the recent
themes thread for today's Photo Friday, and make a post for it.
Which (if any) of your parents’ records (or CDs or whatever they had) did you like to listen to as a young (pre-teen) child?
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Balearic elect-tech breakstep bleepcore fiesta Download a fun mix of bouncey, bleepy goodness for the weekend. Intro courtesy of the KLF's roadie Gimpo. Tracklist available via the download page.
Cat on a hot tin roof. Photos of my neighbor's cat, from my kitchen window...
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The Unusual Man I came across this and wonder if any of you know who this man was, or anything about him.
I hope he had a happy life. I like the picture of him with his banjo.
04 October 2007
On Skillets and Mushrooms: Questions While Cooking Dinner As I sauté mushrooms and chop basil, taking breaks with the laptop on the counter, it occurred to ask about a few things that have puzzled me for a while.
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Pet Peeve: People who repeatedly use words that aren't words.
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The Softlightes - "The Robots in My Bedroom Were Playing Arena Rock" All of the drawings were done by the band's singer. I love lo-fi videos like this. (Good song, too.)
"I've heard so much about you!" How are you supposed to respond to this?
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MetaChicago? How's the weather?
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Bunnystock II: on Flickr If you're planning to come to
Bunnystock, or you just want to see the drunken revelry, please join our
Bunnystock group on Flickr.
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I made the most incredible ribs last night, so incredible that I have to share the recipe with you.
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Is wordpress a decent blog software? So I'm looking to set up a blog to track the building of my CNC machine (and personal stuff probably) and my hosting (dreamhost) provides Wordpress as a simple install so I'm thinking of going with that.
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Will any of you Ameribunnies do me a favour? Pretty please? I want to order these slippers from
Daniel Green. Trouble is, turns out Daniel Green only ships within the States. So will anyone be so wonderful as to receive and reship the package to me? Of course I will pay whatever postage you have to slap on it to get it to Canada, and I will be most discreet in my use of your real name and home address. And you'll have perma-leverage in your dealings with me;-)
I'm having a North American moment Ever have these moments when you realize just how good you have it and how ridiculous it is for you to upset over some trifle? Here's mine. A few months back I found a pair of lust-worthy slippers online.
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I Watch Very Little TV But with all of the critical buzz happening around Pushing Daisies,
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Children's Television What was your favourite show when you were a kid?
I was given a big hint by management today that I won't be laid off next year, but there is, of course, a catch.
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03 October 2007
1170 Elati Street, Denver, CO. Turns out the house where Neutral Milk Hotel's
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea was recorded (as were many other Elephant 6 records)
has since been demolished. Fitting, really.
Sometimes... Sometimes I hate my job, and sometimes I love it.
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New Photo Friday themes? Your ideas?
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A nice rant about on-screen clutter From the Emmys by some guy I've never heard of, but completely agree with.
FWF - That is what is used to be called before it was called FWB. I had one of these situations in my past, and
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How to Disappear Hand lettered and drawn.
BP Radio: A quiet-ish, October-ish midday set, starting at 11:30 AM EDT.
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I finally had my first . . . MetaChat dream! →Read more...
Dear God. I'm a close friend of a close friend of this guy. Saw his work some months ago at an art show over towards Todmorden. Now, he's "on the run" and
famous and my friend's getting calls from the Daily Mail about him. It is indeed a small world. (
And here's his website which was designed and built by a guy I used to know really well.)
02 October 2007
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Sam Harris says: "Atheists, Go Underground" (Say WHAT, Sam?) One of the most famous of those danged "atheist thinkers" said some things that folks like Dawkins and Hitchens ain't gonna like... but it gives me some food for thought that's very - chewy.
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Today at work, as we were unloding boxes of books for people trying to sell them to the store, my co-worker Alan said "you're kind of a man of the people, arent you?" I was going to ask him if he had ever heard of MeFi but we were interrupted by more work. Odd moment.
Following this, I bring you the
french-fry-coated hotdog. On a stick.
No fantasy football thread? I've been AFM (Away From Metachat) since last week so maybe I missed it.
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Note to klangklangston I tried to e-mail you, but it didn't work. Could you drop me a line? Thanks.
This is an observation thread Today's random observation: Organic Grape-Nuts taste funny
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Overheard in Grand Rapids. 2 winos sitting outside my building, right outside the back door to the business.
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Hey, I think something's missing! Yesterday I commented in a cool post about casting the Big Lebowski with my fellow mechanisms. Was it just really old and I haven't gone deep enough in the archives, or did it get the zip-tie? Or was it all just a wonderful dream?
Love and Rockets were one of my favorite bands of the 1980s, for my money even surpassing
Bauhaus, their previous incarnation. Some tunes inside...
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The Hell? All the baseball playoff games are gonna be on TBS and TNT?? WTF? I thought TBS was getting OUT of the baseball business, and they go and do this to me. Grrrrr.
Two MeTa-esque questions... The DaShiv/NYT meta thread is cracking me up. But it's brought up two questions — when was the first MeFi meet-up (and how did it come about) and what is the origin of WHAT. THE. FUCK. MATT? The MeFi wiki has revealed nothing.
This is too fun I had so many happy flashbacks. Can we please add to the mefi commentary or talk about it here?
01 October 2007
Am I too old & too suburban to get it? I keep hearing
this song on the radio, and I just don't get the appeal.
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Keepers Of The Flame. →Read more...
Ask Mecha: Furnace-filter Water dripped onto our 14 year old furnace.
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Updates about your fall plans. Please to make them. →Read more...
Ask Mecha: I'm looking for recommendations for songs for a mix tape. The twist. It's for playing at the birthday party of a six year old girl. Any ideas?
Bump my AskMe question about earplugs
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The slow ebb of printed pornography This is about a small disappointment to my employers.
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I just leafed through Alison Jackson's new
book, it's fun.
mygothlaundry won! A well deserved w00t! (Scroll down to "and the winners are" to see the glory that is Hangover Journals and mgl sporting some grand prizes.)
Pimping my own question. Man, I feel stupid. But in my defense, it was the BF that left it outside.
From the Radiohead post on MeFi... A little mid-day True Stories to get you through your Moday.
Beverly Hills Nop "Axel F" (that song from
Beverly Hills Cop that was ubiquitous in the 80s) as played on a Gameboy.
Where my #bunnies at? It's 8:35 AM EDT and I am trying to avoid housework. Where my morning* #bunnies at? (I'm looking at you gomichild, Nucleo, goshling, et alia) Please save me from the constantly idle cortex!
* yes, morning is a relative term here.
I went to the Folsom Street Fair. A few pictures of the craziness...
The new Weakerthans album is out. Let's discuss it!
My initial reaction: So far, so good.
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It's Raining Florence Henderson birthday today !!! EXTRA EARLY!
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