31 December 2008
"just look up" 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy.
Full screen HD in a dark room with a good set of headphones is even better. Happy 2009!
New Year's Eve Cams? →Read more...
Today's lesson is: Always Take Before Photos (caps for emphasis).
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short story audio [mp3]: These Zombies Are Not A Metaphor! (by jeff goldberg, from
The Apocalypse Reader)
HAY GUISE, IM POSTING THIS FROM THE FUTURE! HAPPY 2009!
... and the award for the best Bunny! OMG! of 2008 goes to ...
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CPSIA - Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
Could this
law spell doom for the
handmade toy and
independent children's retail (toys, clothes, books) industries?
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Do you like the Radio Experience? With all the hoopla over the
Zunepocalypse this morning, it brought up something I wondered about yesterday.
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Stand by Me Sung by artists across the world. For the New Year.
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Happy New Year's Eve, Everybunny... or Happy New Year, as the case may be, whenever you are!
30 December 2008
"The Codex of Alchemical Engineering" is a fantastic logic/sequencing/engineering puzzle game that has sucked up my afternoon, just with the first five levels. Read the
instructions given here, since the site itself has very few. Then,
try the game.
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Sometimes you just want to slam on the brakes and say "NPR is awesome." This story made me want to do that. The song is available free, too. This is
great radio and vastly improved my day. Part of a "story/song series" by
Long Haul Productions.
... the idiots forgot to duck. I survived the heart cath but I'm not well.
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Coatcat! OMG! This is the best thing I have seen all week.
Accidentally outing someone. So I was chatting with the spouse of an old friend I had discovered on Facebook, and recommended a book for him. His wife responded, "Oh, he hasn't read anything since college."
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Public Service Announcement: Shiner Hefeweizen tastes like ass.
Sparks!! (Some manic music for a depressive Tuesday.)
Bonus:
1 and
2
I need a wonderful new project.
Is it just me? Or does the new promo for
Damages (a TV show, incidentally, that had never registered on my radar screen until a million billboards suddenly went up EVERYWHERE) make Glenn Close look a little
Bride of Wildenstein?
29 December 2008
I have seen the Grandbun His mom and dad brought him over tonight.
He can say "bunny"!
Attack Of The Killer Earworms. This was in HEAVY rotation at my gym a couple of years ago; you could count on hearing it at least once or twice on a typical visit. It drove people crazy.
NYC MeChazens: Free Concert Tickets! Remember those Chuck Berry tickets me and pips bought for New Years eve? Well, with my injury, going would be difficult if not impossible, and it seems a shame to waste them, so if anyone wants them (free of charge) let me know. Thanks and enjoy.
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This is a whiny, exhausted thread. →Read more...
AskMecha DVDs has anyone used abundatrade.com? I have close to 400 dvds I never watch and think I will sell them. Is abundatrade a good place to sell them or would selling them as bulk on ebay be easier? They are not in the boxes, they are in plastic sleeves in big folders.
What do ya'll think?
Ask Mecha So, I'm writing to various people in charge to protest demolition of
St. Boniface here in Chicago, and I'm looking for an English word to replace
ding an sich, which is frankly too high falutin' for a letter to an alderman. Suggestions?
I got a new toy! So, iphone owners, what apps would you recommend so I'm really using this thing to its fullest potential?
The Age of Aquarius Three movies in one day. Three "Age of Aquarius" references.
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Unsubscribe from yellow pages! (USA) I really hope this works, because I hate all yellow/white page directory books.
What Happened to Michael Vick's Dogs I had no idea that the majority of them (the ones found alive, that is) had been rescued. A long but interesting story.
How-to-interview I have to start interviewing candidates for a web designer position in an hour. Quick, give some tips on what to ask / look for!
If you're like me... you're feeling a bit like this with all the festivities:
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28 December 2008
Tomorrow I have heart cath #7 or #8, I lost track years ago. I know already that I must make some extensive quality- vs quantity-of-life decisions, adding meaning to 'resolutions'. So, two guys walk into a bar... ;-P
It's 1944, with the summer off before starting a teaching career. What better way for a girl and her best friend to spend the summer than riding from Buffalo to New Orleans (and back) on bicycles?
The most beautiful phrase in the English language just might be "
pizza vending machine."
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Ask Mecha, version française: tips for a Saturday night in Lyon? →Read more...
MeCha House Hunters NYC (and its vicinity) Part II. →Read more...
Enter Sandman with kazoos.
This is not how I would have expected him to react... Penn of Penn and Teller...well, let him tell it in his own words.
A crutch is great for air guitar, in case you were
Sudden realization time! Okay, so I was on Digg.com when I realized that it's a more technowonky version of Metachat!
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The Joke's on Catwoman In memory of Eartha Kitt's passing.
27 December 2008
Attention All NY Mechazens.....I, LT, Have Finally Seen The Big Apple.... →Read more...
Action Image Exchange! My friend Ange and I, having spent our junior year of college together in England, may be the only people in America who A) know this sketch by heart, and B) find it as screamingly funny now as we did nearly 20 years ago (gulp).
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Yay! FICO likes me! →Read more...
Time for a Quiz! How well do you know the U.S. Presidents? Take this
quiz and find out.
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Analog Film Peeps →Read more...
Ask MeCha: Tell me how I should feel. (Warning: long and melodramatic.) →Read more...
Kitteh humiliation Fat, grumpy cat is made to wear a variety of costumes for a calendar shoot. The cat is Not Amused.
ZooBorns! OMG! This site promises to bring you the newest and cutest exotic animal babies from zoos and aquariums around the world.
It does not break that promise.
This is hilarious: Shoplifting dog. Supermarket surveillance video records rawhide-snatching husky. News video
here.
apologies to U.S. folk if this has been all over the news.
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26 December 2008
Ho. Ho. Ho... One of my fave creepy Santa pics. Happy Holidays, bunnyheads. I wish I'd've caught the card exchange, but I was sidetracked.
I found Cheerwine at my grocery store! This is awesome!
(It's a soda, not a wine...) I'm drinking one now, and it brings back memories of road trips when I was a kid, and we'd find Cheerwine being sold at little gas stations and diners around the southeast.
Identify this techno song #13322 Hi, I've heard this song plenty of times before, at sporting events, clubs, etc, but don't know the artist or title to it.
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25 December 2008
How strangely ironic... ...to lose Eartha Kitt today of all days.
That is all.
Handy Household Tip: A brisk rub with Bounce dryer sheets can keep your cast from stinking.
I'm making this plum cake that crush-onastick pointed out. I'm a little worried, though...
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24 December 2008
Dig me... but don't... bury me
Merry Christmas! I'm having a super nice Christmas.
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Wesołych Świąt!* Here's what you missed at Midnight Mass with my friend and her family this evening:
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This post does not exist. Nor will it ever exist.
does anybody have any good articles about religion and autism/aspergers people? also, any autistic or aspergers priests or ministers?
Something just occured to me. The Ex hasn't said "Bah Humbug" to me at all this year.
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My Whereabouts The Past Few Days. . . . Went down to SF and got Daughter. The trip down was easy,
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In case you missed it on MetaFilter... sierray posted a
great story that seems appropriate for Christmas Eve, no matter your particular faith or lack thereof. (To those bunnies who are the sentimental type: you may want to get your tissues handy. To those bunnies who are not: you may be surprised.)
Polar Bear and Sled Dog action sequence caught by photographer
Norbert Rosing.
The photographer was sure that he was going to see the end of his dogs when the polar bear wandered in ...
Have a very surreal Christmas! An excerpt (incl. the truly fantastic opening song) from "The Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special."
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Googling weather zipcode is about the fastest and most accurate weather bookmark I've found. What have you got in the way of fast and informative?
Bunnies! OMG! They've found out you've been naughty, not nice. And they Do Not Approve.
One this Xmas Eve, I give you one of the finest rock and roll carols of all time:
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Happy Christmas All (Cos I'm first)
Gary Moore plays the blues. This is fabulous. There's a single note, 1:59 in, that's utterly sublime.
Sending whuffles and bunny hugs to mightshould today. →Read more...
I'm a great-uncle! →Read more...
23 December 2008
Wow, a fur baseball hat. I'd LOVE one of those... ah... okay
...
SOUTING THREAD PART II. →Read more...
Salvador Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli purse I find "must have" items I never knew I wanted on auctions. It even has a lamp inside! Lighter missing, lipstick and pen intact. Want!
Little, inexpensive ways to help your neighbors →Read more...
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
It's a Very Merry Notebook I'm currently typing on. As in, Woo! I got a cute-as-a-bug little Thinkpad for Christmas.
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Health/diet AskMeCha (kind of embarrassing) "Sassy water is an easy-to-make mixture of water with a lemon, a cucumber, grated ginger and spearmint leaves." This is supposed to help you stay more healthy and de-bloat (whatever, right?).
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what's botherin me so I just watched Breakfast at Tiffany's
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However-many Point Gratitude Thread. I'm currently thankful for:
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Oh, wow! You're a bigger fan than I, lady.
Two incredibly drunk German guys gamely
sing their way through an acoustic version of "Angie" by the Stones.
(Singing starts about at about 0:40).
FriendFace. It's the new social networking site all the kids are joining. You can find it
here.
This is a poor me I am sick post.... Let me say first that I love my brother but I am going to kill him because he gave me his cold. I am a snotty, sinus congested and hurting, running nose mess. OK, I just have to come in to work today and tomorrow and then I have the next 11 days off. I can do it! Yes I can! Ugh, I am going to drink some tea now.
I feel more holidayish now. Last night I gave a flock of geese, some chicks, some honey bees, and an extra $30 to Heifer International. It was in honor of my 3 older sisters and my late Mom & Dad. The holidays have felt way too commercial & superficial the older I get. Doing this warmed me up. :)
When are you supposed to call those Samaritans people? I have made a big screwup and am in a lot of trouble but I don't feel like killing myself. Have texted/emailed a few friends but everyone is busy and I'm too embarrassed to tell them how I am actually feeling.
This just hurts my heart The ash pond at the steam plant 2 miles from my parents house, where I grew up, "failed" last night sending ash and mud flooding nearly 250 acres.
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22 December 2008
"Like many in his generation, my grandfather believed in hard work, and disdained handouts... But he could never ignore the brutal reality of times when work was simply not to be had and self-reliance reached its limits. He sought no credit for acts of conscience. He saw them as the debt we owe one another and ourselves." A family mystery revealed, a bittersweet but encouraging tale.
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Bunny! OMG! Yes, the second BOMG! of the day.
Shock and Awe
A little shoe hurling for the rest of us.
I bought a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe guitar amp, 40 watts of pure tone bliss. With the clean channel turned halfway up, my knees turned to jelly. To hell with Social Security and the insurance company, I'll be dead before they get their acts together. A new laptop on Friday and the remainder goes into a savings account.
Pulidor? Labraduli? Hm. Rather cute, whatever you want to call her.
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Update on your favorite gimp. →Read more...
Is there a way to turn RealPLayer files into listenable mp3s that will play on an audio player? Asking for Santa.
My office is mostly a ghost town this morning. What about yours?
Holiday cheer you can eat! Recepie inside. →Read more...
midnight opentape extravaganza my friend Graham asked "what're you listening to?" and I figured this was easier than explaining.
Bellies and the bird. I sent this picture to a flicker contact and today, she posted
this one. I smell a meme!
Fifteen seconds is 5 bucks. I was doing a last second snipe bid on ebay tonight, and I forgot about the item. When I remembered and went back to it, there were 36 seconds, and no new bids. So I thought WTF, I'll just bid now instead of waiting the 15 seconds to when I'd normally bid. That gave the person bidding after me time to bid twice, costing me 5 bucks on a final price of 21 dollars. Sigh, at least I won.
21 December 2008
Song-blogging anyone? Introducing Ken Ficara, who is writing new songs as he travels across country from NYC to Arizona.
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Happy Chanukah everyone! I decided to celebrate Chanukah by making hummus. With extra olive oil. (It is traditional to celebrate with oil-containing foods, which are usually fried, but I think this is a good variation.)
Happiness is ... playing "Give A Little Bit" on an electric 12-string guitar.
Four point Karma update. - Find a hurt mouse on zebra crossing, Carry it to safety in bushes.
- Finally found and got that
bathing baby doll she
wanted. Can't afford tub as well.
- Walking home, we find a perfectly fine baby doll bathtub on sidewalk. ??
- Check bushes, mouse didn't survive. Poor thing.
The Best Musical Antidote For Enduring Winter Blizzards... →Read more...
Fatherly advice. (Warning: involves highly disrespectful discussion of a major religious figure.)
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"I'm Jennifer's husband, down the street? I'm locked out. Don't you recognize me?" I'm getting sick of my neighborhood.
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Bargain! OMG! →Read more...
I Get It. Finally. I'm trashed, and Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Under The Sea is blaring. I get it. I really do. I get it. It makes you want to harrow your cheeks, right? OK, I get it. It's SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL.
I guess. Sometimes I just wanna slap him.
20 December 2008
Gee, my hair smells terrific. →Read more...
I hate seeing people's christmas party pictures on facebook. Please, make your photos private if others in your circle of friends didn't get invited to your party.
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Facts of the day 1. Maybe I shouldn't have just watched Terms of Endearment. *wipes eyes*
2. Hungry
3. ............?
A relative of mine who works for a car rental place usually drives one of his store's cars as a company car. Yesterday he found a large amount of crack cocaine in the car he was using. How can he safely get rid of it?
Do ghosts smell? I just walked through a cloud of butterscotch scent in the dining room. We have nothing sweet in the house.
Happy Birthday miss-lapin!
My most played singles of 2008. What singles were on heavy rotation on your record player?
Happy birthday dame! →Read more...
FAMILY HOLIDAY DRAMA SHOUTING THREAD →Read more...
Rantity rant rant rant. →Read more...
nom nom nom Ultra low-cal chex party mix? Substitute a 7.5 oz box Kashi 7 Grain Puffs for the carbs and a 6 oz bag sliced almonds for size consistency ...
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19 December 2008
Richmond Spiders 2008 NCAA Division I Football Champions →Read more...
Unsolved Mysteries: One of the most surreal things I have ever seen.... →Read more...
Drawminos Set up, then knock down, virtual dominoes. Kind of cool.
work is trying to kill me. arrgg...
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Client Stories. I decided to start keeping them. Here are 2 so far.
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Minor rant inside... →Read more...
AskMeCha: how best to help my friend in the psychiatric unit? →Read more...
Did I just hear on NPR that Mental Illness Insurance Parity legislation just passed as part of a larger bailout bill?
Itching to burn the bridges. I am getting so frustrated with being stuck part-time in my old career while I try to accumulate enough schooling/supervision/experience to go into my new career full-time.
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Ex-boyfriend urge to kill....rising.... →Read more...
Christmas Music [divshare] →Read more...
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Do you read the morning newspaper? I've gotten the local newspaper delivered every morning for the last twenty years and I'm bummed that it might be going under. Does anyone else read the morning paper with their coffee or am I the only one left?
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Tech support for my friend! We have a Canon HV30 videocamera and a firewire cable, 4 pin, and a Vista laptop. She gets the plugged in noise and Vista finds the drivers, but she can't see the camera in Explorer or find a way to transfer out video. What gives?
Weather report! What's it doing by you? Here it's snow, snow, and more snow.
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What's the best payment in kind you ever got? I did some database work for a Green race and got paid in, erm, green..
Read in 2008. Here's my list (those I can remember, anyway). Do you keep track? Wanna share?
Will Ferrell & Dave Grohl do "Leather and Lace" I laughed. Out loud. While rolling on the floor, laughing.
18 December 2008
Bump! Sakura's 30th b-day party this Saturday, and location change for Karaoke!
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I know a lot of people here hate Britney Spears. But
this is still a pretty good cover by Lily Allen
Questions about Librarything: Does anyone here have an account there? I just started one today
here. So far I've added only the teeniest tiniest tip top of my huge library iceberg (completely randomly, and I've rated hardly anything, and added no tags so far), and I've reached my limit for the free account (200 books)...
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Customer Service Frustration. I have just had a very bad phone experience with Dell, involving many transfers, lengthy holds, and getting cut off. For the next time I buy a computer, is there anybody left out there who has GOOD customer service?
Something on your mind? Foot found in baby's brain.
Not for the Squeamish (SLYT) PredatorFilter. . .Golden Eagles taking Mountain Goats
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Today I learned why we do not use regular dish soap in the dishwasher. Bubbles! Bubbles! suds suds suds
Adventures in Bizarre Casting! Presenting 1966's
Sky West and Crooked, starring Hayley Mills...and Ian McShane.
Cat in a Fez! Thanks to
MonkeyButter, my cat now has a fez. Which he isn't thrilled about, but he'll learn.
Ask MeCha: Website developers edition! I'm trying to get a fair quote from a friend who's consulting with my boss...
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Question about museums. I stopped by the local art museum on my way to my Mom’s house last night and traipsed through the gift shop.
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Bringing some folks some xmas cards and sweets today. What sort of sweets should I bring? Default is those freshly made mixed cake-sweet things from the pakistani store
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Dean and Company have been making "family-friendly TV" on local cable in Birmingham, Alabama for thirty years or so, and they haven't gotten any better at it. Now they have a deeply weird and annoying website. Caution: do not visit The Time Warp. You have been warned. (Flash, intensely painful audio, forced jocularity, creepy family photographs, howlingly bad original music and choreography. May contain home-made hand puppets and Jean Harlow's stand-in.)
A thread for fibbing. →Read more...
17 December 2008
In the space of 15 minutes, I filleted the end of my index finger with an 8-inch chef's knife and my wife ripped the handle off our freezer door.
Foodmageddon is upon us.
I am posting this story about Jeremy Piven quitting "Speed the Plow" because
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I gave in I am on twitter now. add me?
Ask MeCha: bus stop etiquette edition. →Read more...
OK, I Know I'm worrying for nothing... →Read more...
Are there any other weirdos that like to eat pasta WITHOUT sauce?
Age-Maps "Two photographs of the same person, from different periods of time (child and adult) are spliced together. In this fusion a jump-of-time is established at the tear." (
via)
jrossi, do you have detachable earlobes? Because I had a dream last night that you had detachable earlobes. I was polite and all and decided not to say anything to you about them because you were *definitely* trying to hide them behind your hair. Then it turned out that they were part of a hearing aid system, and let me tell you, I sure was glad I didn't say anything. Because that would have been sooooo embarrassing if I'd made fun of your detachable earlobes and really they were related to a disability. Whew.
Should I eat this? I can't believe I actually have a "is it safe to eat" question but here goes:
I looked through the freezer for something to fix for dinner and found some frozen chicken breasts. Great! I put them in the sink to defrost and noticed that the sell-by date on the package was 9-1-07. So, that chicken has been in my freezer for more than a year.
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A craving for casserole I have to make dinner for one tonight, and I'm craving an old-school ground meat casserole like my mother used to make.
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A three-foot vertical jump is pretty damned good . . . but it's jaw-droppingly awesome when the jumper weighs 360 pounds.
Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy performed on bicycle parts.
does anyone know what happened to paulsc? I've sent him an email and no response.
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Darwin award candidate. So, friend and I go to a dining hall
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Do Not Open — if your feeling a tad peckish or feeling like a bit of a snack →Read more...
OMG Recall! ...or, the power of the intarwebz!
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Please to enjoy this enjoyable favorite J-drama (warning chick flick) When I get bored or unhappy, I like girlie Japanese or Korean soap operas which are more like mini-series to US audiences because they always have an ending.
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Sakura said yes! I am an engaged bunny!
16 December 2008
A thread about chocolate and apparently sweetened condensed milk
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I got accepted to the Art Institute of Portland! w00t! Also, it's my 30th Birthday. Glad I stuck around. :p
What were your favorite movies of 2008? Here are mine in no perticular order. NOTE: Some are from 2007 but did not play here so I had to see them on DVD.
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Crosspost from Askme I'm looking for a dayplanner for my sister, please help!
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Happy Birthday Frisbee Girl!
Any other Dexter fans among the bunnies? Possible spoilers. I really liked this season and Jimmy Smits had an amazing role as Miguel Prado.
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Let 'em hunt rodents Berlin politician proposes that the long-term unemployed should be put to work hunting rats.
Bunny! OMG! ♪ ♫ "Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-laaaa ..."
♪ ♫
In our MeCha Xmas pageant, guess who'll be great as Tiny Tim? Remember my
toe woe yesterday, and my
insole middle-aged moment a few weeks ago. Well, long story short, the pain got so bad yesterday that I went to the emergency room today and I learned that I've been gallavanting around on a stress fracture of the bone behind my third toe for a couple of weeks. My foot's all wrapped up and I have crutches, I haven't quite got the hang of, but I also get a week off and an oxcodone scrip. God bless us, every one!
No cake for you! The Rite Aid bakery department is a bunch of cake Nazis.
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Christmas Recipes. I would like some suggestions.
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Everything was quiet indoors, only the crack of the fire every so often, and the click-click of the knitting needles, and my sighs. My sighs, you say? Well, yes, my sighs. Because I wasn't happy. I'd fallen into remembering, and that's a bad habit for a woman of fifty. I'd got a warm fire, a roof over my head and a cooked dinner inside of me, but was I content? Not I. So there I sat sighing over my gray sock, while the rain kept coming. After a time I got up to fetch a slice of plum cake from the pantry, nice and mature, fed with brandy. Cheered me up no end. →Read more...
More yay = Pics of my beautiful sis and bro-to-be My sister's wedding photographer has finally posted some shots from their engagement sesssion on her blog!
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15 December 2008
Post Your Woes Here I am having a woeful Xmas this year, how about you?
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A little fun in a Subaru and the best use of a Segway ever.
Cross-posted from AskMe. (Need new dentist in L.A.)
Happy birthday to deborah! Have a wonderful day!
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Good news goes here -------> →Read more...
I had a date it went really well!
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An Unbelievably Graceful Gesture From the President-Elect... →Read more...
Pitysville, USA. Population: me. →Read more...
A brilliant idea to thwart phone solicitors I want to make an iphone app that allows you to hand off a phone call off to it.
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You know you really shouldn't but you still:
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Grump. Just got back from the dentist, again!
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Cats and Dogs (a little word game) →Read more...
Can I ask a really silly favor? As you may have seen in a previous shouting thread, I have a website for my events. It's really important that it work properly before our next ad campaign begins on 12/31.
I just need people to take a look in their preferred browser and screen size, and let me know if it looks ok.
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My receptionist didn't come in this morning. She had a domestic disput disupt the office last week, andni drove her to the courthouse for a restraining order. She may have left a message, but our voicemail is down. I'm really worried about her.
I just came across Jill Santopietro in the New York times, and I think she's adorable. (Plus the
Roquefort salad looks yummy.)
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Missing the point or hitting it on the head? Another discussion about a questionable ad....
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something new to me in human relations When I see effective people who are rivals or drive me up the wall, my first impulse lately is to try to bring them into the project. Before I'd try to avoid such people.
It's December 15, and it's 60 damn degrees out in NYC. The next person who tells me global warming is a myth gets a size 11 Chuck Taylor to the ass. (Not that I won't enjoy the nice day out on my porch, but jeez.)
14 December 2008
Speaking of Dogs Vice president elect Joe Biden selects a German Shepherd puppy to be Second Dog.
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SUNDAY SHOUTING THREAD OMFG →Read more...
Have you seen this Macy's website for their Christmas campaign, 'Believe?' The concept (a big brass belief-meter powered by your holiday spirit) strikes me as sort of steampunkish. Anyway, nice for an ad campaign.
The Standard Deviations Econ Stats class, we formed a team and conducted a survey on drinking habits.
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Know of a good place to mail-order prepared food? →Read more...
A guidebook to her heart ... ... or a whole list of dealbreakers?
Original Versions Of Songs You Didn't Know Were Covers. →Read more...
13 December 2008
I just got a phone call from my daughter... ...you know, the mother of the Grandbun.
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Creamed corn with bacon. I made a version of this tonight (I saw it being made on tv while I was at the gym, and tried to re-create it from memory based on "It looked like this much" measurements), and it was
awesome.
Discovering my inner sadist. →Read more...
What's your favorite Michael Jackson song? Inspired by
this AskMe.
The person upstairs is walking around with one lead foot. Step THUMP step THUMP step THUMP through the entire apartment. I hate my new neighbours, they create the strangest noises.
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I'm watching reruns of the Biggest Loser... →Read more...
OMG! White Stripes Cats! Featuring Stage Diving Kitteh in a supporting role.
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Name something you only ever eat from a salad bar. →Read more...
Holiday Party Guilt So, we're invited to a get-together tonight, and I don't want to go for a variety of reasons, to wit:
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What's for lunch? →Read more...
Can anyone suggest me a decent fleece slipper similar to
this but, oh, say, somewhere around half that price?
I spent last night in a motel. A weeklong argument with my husband reached the point where I felt I needed some space. I am really sad that it got to this point.
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When you can't remember a thing you want to remember... →Read more...
Three-point VACATION/HOLIDAY status report/advice! →Read more...
Do a Youtube search for Xuefei Yang, a rising star in classical guitar. Fey is the first guitarist to graduate from the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music and the first Chinese to study guitar in the West.
12 December 2008
Does anybody besides me (and just about every male friend I've asked) love
this commercial? Yeah, I know it's based in gender stereotypes and all that stuff, but it does it pretty hilariously.
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You know, when I have kids when I feed them, I will probably refer to this as 'nomming'. Because we definitely do with the cats.
Wheels -- A Dynamic Pushup Damn. This is like a clap pushup on steroids.
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"O Cannenbaum" OMG Xmas tree made from Mountain Dew Cans!!
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Bunny Cards! contains spoilers...
What's more fun than sorting a stack of medical records?
An uplifting backstory for all those who were distressed by the photo on
Faildogs.com that we saw yesterday.
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There is some serious Office Space behavior going on at work today and it's really upsetting me for some reason.
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R.I.P. Bettie Page. She died yesterday at age 85.
Sweet Polly Brown, enigma profound. I automatically seem to make stupid sounds, every time I'm round Polly Brown.
OMG! Laughing kitten! Lollo here is aiming to take over from
Bubees in the make you smile department.
11 December 2008
Ask MeCha: What should I draw into this scene?
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I am feeling grinchy. My family has shifted to a "Make me a shopping list, including internet links for each item, so that I can just click 'Buy' and be done with it" holiday gift thing, and I'm really just not feeling it.
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Today, I was tickled by a tranny. →Read more...
"6 to 8 Black Men" - David Sedaris For those who haven't heard it yet this year.
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Mecha poll: Will gas break $1/gal? If so, when?
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Happy birthday mykescipark!
And the award for the Awesomest Use of Lard goes to ...
Searching for kitten image Many months ago, did somebody post on here a pic of a kitten shot in such a way that its feet looked really big? I wanted it for my desktop background.
In the meantime, I'm using essexjan's 3-kitten pic, which is *almost* as awsome.
Never mind "Beatles or Stones" -
Connections,
Cosmos, or
Life on Earth?
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Caroling (SF) Hey, FYI, I'm trying to drag together some carolers for this Saturday at my place (19th & Noe in SF). Eat, drink, practice, walk around the Castro caroling.
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In the MeFi Virgin Killer fpp, did anyone mention the Nirvana Nevermind baby?
I am not punctual In Catholic school they never told me that the late deserve to go to hell.
Behaviour survey: does anyone else do this? When I'm looking for the salt and pepper grinders in the kitchen I will mime the relevant grinding motion - I just noticed this at lunchtime and I guess I do it every time.
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Bug killer Heh, I just discovered that the laser printer is a good cockroach killer!
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Too much coffee! Help me find the photo of the lawyer with the intense stare
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what badges do you wear on a regular basis? I wear my party badge (it's really pretty), and occasionally Palestine and Stop the War badges. But the party badge nearly all the time.. we're in government and it's really interesting when you get Various Feedback from people!
Keitai Goddess vs SEO Comment Spammer My friend posts some eye-rolling worthy email correspondence between her and a blog comment spammer.
Made it to Vancouver. Got to see Denver (albeit briefly and from the air) and waved to you lfr. Did you see me? My luggage is enjoying the hospitality of San Francisco, so if any of you SF bunnies are free tonight, maybe you could show it around.
The responses to this tacky faildog post have restored some of my faith in people.
10 December 2008
I need a favor please... →Read more...
I need an adventure. To start after Christmas. Not too expensive, within North America. Bumming around is fine. Any ideas? Anybody want me to swing by and pick them up? Can you tell I'm bored?
This picture makes me happy and gives me a glimmer of hope.
Fave New Band! Annuals, from North Carolina! →Read more...
Stay Classy, NYPD Michael Mineo is accusing three NYPD officers of sexually assaulting him on a subway platform. During a courtroom appearance, a plainclothes officer taunted him with an anti-gay slur.
So I'm packing for a 1 month trip. I'll be carrying a messenger bag holding a camera and a laptop, a carry on bag containing a suit and I'm limited to only one checked bag that will max out at around 35 lbs. I'm gonna do laundry while away but does anyone have tips on how to maximize what I should bring?
three point update: 1. I am now an EMPLOYED BUNNY. I work at a local, very established, florist shop, behind the counter mostly (altho they do let me "process flowers" i.e., unpack em, clip em and get 'em ready for the floral designers)....I have been working there for just over a week and already I think I will be giving jonmc a run for his money with the stories.
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What a crappy xmas season for movies. Nothing but Reeves and Cruise. Did I miss anything?
Do not click on this link! Unless, of course, you in fact do want your head to asplode from teh kyoot.
"When you stopped worrying about the curliness of your fries... that’s when this country got on the wrong track."
Three-Point Ask MeCha Special! Today only!
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We're going to see Santa tonight. Got any requests you'd like me to pass on?
Newsflash: I have overcome my longtime fear of toggle bolts.
09 December 2008
Anyone got some whuffles to spare? I know I don't post here that often, but I need some positive energy.
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Today, just before I left work, one of the managers called an impromptu meeting.
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Name That Goon: Tony Soprano vs. Rod Blagojevich
Meetup Crosspost New Year's Eve. Durham, NC, USA. Come!
Five a Day for Happiness. Listened to
BBC Health Check yesterday, and they interviewed two researchers who study happiness. At the end,
Sam Thompson shared a simple "recipe" for happiness, based on the data showing what works - do these five things each day, and you're likely to be happier:
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MUTO An incredible animated short created with graffiti.
(My mind BOGGLES at the amount of work that went into this.)
The guys working on the roof have no idea I'm here. →Read more...
Charlie Brown Christmas + Wine = Nostalgia →Read more...
08 December 2008
So... any other Quebeckers around? →Read more...
If any of y'all are looking for new makeup... →Read more...
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
We get to give a gift to some local seniors whose names we drew at the UU Church the other day for a community gift-giving. They are "Mr and Mrs. C" and they asked for blankets and "holiday treats and decorations." We're good on the blankets...what treats would you suggest - not too much $?
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Pips, you married a moron. →Read more...
Dance. I find it brings cheer.
I can haz anchovy flavour? So, Specklet and I aren't too fond of anchovies, but have heard that they're great as a flavour enhancer for things. BUT WHAT THINGS? Yr halp, plz. Thx.
AskMecha: How easy/hard is it to author a DVD? →Read more...
I was in Turin on Thursday watching them shoot the New Sony Bravia ad it's going to be rather neat, especially if you like zoetropes!
ad nerdery and quotes from people only famous in advertising under link, plus some pictures!→Read more...
Oh nom nom nom! AKA, Ambrosia Voyeur's MeFi post kept me up too late on a Sunday night watching youtube videos, and now I'm really hungry.
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A sliver of good news. I know some people here were very fond of Mother's Cookies.
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07 December 2008
This goddamn economy. I just read this and started crying.
PSA for the NYC monkeys: Make sure your brass monkey is in tonight. Brrr!
Get Behind Me, Santa! A Christmas song for ColdChef's little girl.
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I'm a space cadet. I spaced on sending the form back to the city parking authority and as of December 1, all of my parking passes have expired. So now it's illegal for me to park in front of my own house.
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Santa Worshipper Her spelling needs work, but you get the point.
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06 December 2008
Item Requests Company for his birthday—yours! Get to
#bunnies, forthwith!
Yummy New Beer Discovery! →Read more...
"Enjoy playing with your balls!" I was thinking about getting the big
neocube alpha for my cousin for Channukah. He's a total physics/science geek. He's also 21 and when I visited him last week all conversations eventually led to him making jokes or comments about balls. No idea why. Anyways,
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Ask MeCha: New desktop wallpaper to make me smile? Been having a craptacular week, and I need some desktop wallpaper that's going to make me laugh or smile every time I start up the computer. Suggestions?
Free 4AD sampler Twelve tracks from some great stuff that they've put out this year. Listen online or give 'em your email address and download them all for free.
does anyone know photoshop here... i need to make equilateral triangles. in fact a lot of them, and then stack them together.
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Teddynauts! This made me go "Heee!" this morning.
05 December 2008
What did you learn the hard way?
I can haz caption? This kitty is BEGGING to be made into a LOLcat, but I suck at captions. Surely y'all can come up with something.
Hey Portland Bunnies! My beloved, whom you know as
Sakura, is turning 30! Help us celebrate!
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Help me help my hair. →Read more...
ImInLikeWithYou It's another online Pictionary Clone!
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I'm such a web nerd, when I get drunk, I register domain names. So I was drinking with my Friend Dave last year and I ordered
imbeingattackedbyashark.com and that was hiiiiilarious.
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Got a great comic book quote? The editor of the Yale Book of Quotations would like your input. I already submitted "Stupid, stupid rat creatures!" (Bone)
Transit Buddies. →Read more...
Stop construction on La Sagrada Familia? A group of Spanish artists and architects
say yes.
Cool pics (Flickr) of Barcelona's most famous cathedral.
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Fashion faux pas: I'm wearing dark tights under my
peep-toed shoes today.
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Youtube's recommendation engine has got the idea that
this would be right up my alley for some reason. I'm going to attribute that to you people and your Britney Spears links. Thanks a lot.
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Today's Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day is The X-Files: Complete Collector's Edition (61 DVDs containing all nine seasons, the first movie, and extras) for $123.99.
stupid question about burning music cd in a mac Hi bunnies. Sorry if this is a dumb q - I've got tracks I need to burn to a cd and I am wondering if there is anything special I need to do to make sure it works on run of the mill cd players? The tracks are mp3s.
Having a Ball This made me smile...
04 December 2008
A Really Funny and Gross and Awful Story That I Starred In Today! →Read more...
My pal Jeff is probably going to be on 30 Rock tonight!
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things i didn't know last week: "rational" doesn't mean what i thought it meant
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I haz employment! Moving to Houston, need housing advice please.
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In related news, hordes of infants have been seen migrating, lemming-like,
into the ocean.
Got links for sites with good OSX tips? Christmas came early this year -- last night I got a new Macbook Pro, my first ever Mac. And may I say, holy shit I love this thing. But I'm a longtime Windows guy and still new to this -- are there any good Mac tips sites out there you'd recommend? What software am I not using but should be?
Adopt a koala! I'm thinking of doing this for my nephews for Christmas.
03 December 2008
Silly quirks →Read more...
Neurotic Cat Lady Post The Second So Limpy McPegLeg from my
prior post is
still limping.
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And the best man is.... a woman →Read more...
Recent Comments - a Rant (plz 2 ad yrs) →Read more...
What are your favorite holiday specials? →Read more...
Why do people steal? Why do people NOT steal? →Read more...
I'm being ATTACKED by a shark! Just a little thing I made. In case you are being attacked by a shark. Please check out the
completed forms page as well!
Laptop recommendations? My girlfriend is in the market for a laptop.
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omg radscorpion not cute at all.
OMG! BABY WOLF! This is adorable. Anyone know what program it's from?
Hey, you laptop DJ kids. The age-old question: Traktor Scratch Pro + the controller of your choice (and which one), or Torq XPonent?
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Nostradamabunny II "We didn't light the fire" didn't get re-released. And there never was an iPod pico. But who wants to make some non-obvious predictions for the upcoming year?
Paging BP - Apartment Therapy likes your holiday decor. And so do I.
Tumblr, anyone? I notice that we've lists of
Mechazens who
Flickr and
Twitter, so why not those who
Tumblr? Surely, I am not the only one.
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Yesterday, I bought a car. I got tired of Social Security and my private disability insurance dicking around trying to decide what's what while my heart ticks away like a time bomb.
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Specklet is a fantastic cook! That is all.
02 December 2008
Long Songs [divshare] - six songs, averaging about 15:00 each.
Three point update! Subject: Time.
THIS IS A MOTHER-FUCKING SHOUTING THREAD WITH EXPLETIVES! Oh, and welcome back, Hugh Janus!
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Headed back to NYC after a couple weeks of travel.
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I'm going to talk about Britney Spears again. I hate to link to the daily mail, but this is pretty shocking to me. I'll keep neutral on opinions because I have a question: Is this level of control for extended periods common, and useful, in mental health recovery?
Happy birthday Specklet! Yay!
I Hate Whole Foods Whole Foods is bullying PDX's local market, New Seasons, for their financial records and expansion plans.
01 December 2008
How do you delete a website from the URL drop-down box on top of your screen?
Happy (early) birthday Specklet!!!
A first for MOFB. I don't think anyone has linked to my blog before. I feel like a
Somebody!
Attention those in the Mecha Card Exchange: I have sent the list!
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JUST BOOKED SOME TICKETS TO MOROCCO WHOOOOOOOOO! →Read more...
A Christmas Gift For You from BoringPostcards: a 21-song Christmas music mix, ranging from rockin' to traditional and back again. You can stream it or d/l the tracks
here, or download it in one big ZIP file from
here. Ho ho ho!
What's for dinner? →Read more...
So I started back at work today →Read more...
Shatner is doing a talk show! He's already proved that he can't act in any role besides Kirk (to say nothing of his other media attempts, like singing), so what makes people think that this will work?
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Stray kitten update Hi everyone! I saw a question on one of my photos in flickr so I thought y'all might want a kitten update. (Long, sorry)
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How to build an igloo A great NFB video that shows how thoughtful and efficient the construction of an igloo can be.
I'm a (sort-of) aunt! →Read more...
Live feeds you're addicted to? Yes, we know about the cute puppies, but what are you watching right now?
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Is everyone watching Smart Girls at the Party? It's pretty good. Today's episode with Ruby is my favorite so far.
CanadianPoliticsfilter: What the hell?
My sister is expecting her third child on the 5th. My four-year-old neice thinks that if it's a boy, they should name it "Tyrone."
I always wanted to know how Tina Fey got her scar. Now I know and it freaks me out and makes me sad.
The sky is smiling down on me It's so cute! the moon makes a cheerfully inane and dopey smile, the eyes are twinkling at me. The whole impression is of one of kindness, benevolence, and a little of silliness. The sky looks a little dopey tonight.
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30 November 2008
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no acorns this year. ok, this is terrifying - as if the trees don't think next spring is going to come.
Hope me, science fiction readers! I can't remember the titles or authors of two short stories:
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A question of major importance. What do you put on your hot dog? and where's your favorite place to get one? I like mine with chili, cheese, bacon, sauerkraut & mustard. My favorite stand is
here, closely followed by
here.
Today is the last day to signup for the Mecha Card Exchange! →Read more...
Scientific Attempt To Create Most Annoying Song Ever I dunno, though; as someone who's just tried to revisit Bon Jovi's "New Jersey" album and lasted 1½ tracks, this has its merits.
What are your Sunday plans? Mine are ... →Read more...
"I said, 'Sir, you just got hit by a train.' He says, 'No, I didn't.' I go, 'Yes, you did,' ... and he goes, 'Where's my teeth?' and his back was ripped, all the way down,"
Einstein On The Beach. My better half was gone today doing the Thanksgiving thing, and the weather was cold and rainy, so I stayed in
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29 November 2008
What it's like to be me right now. (warning: bummer.) →Read more...
Anyone in L.A. in the market for an amazing dog? →Read more...
28 November 2008
50,304 words in 28 days I won nanowrimo. YEAAAAAAAAHHHH.
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Turkey success! I was told more than once "this is the best turkey I've ever had!!"
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I hate working the day after Thanksgiving ... And I really hate the crappy radio station I am forced to listen to here. What the liveing HELL is this aural fungus that sounds like a complete note for note rip off of "Werewolves of London"???
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Thanksgiving is tomorrow! I've been cooking all week for this weekend's feast.
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I'm eating jell-o. →Read more...
Yesterday, this site and its associates made half the previous day. i thanked them for fixing the problem on my old computer with the old firefox and abreast
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Newest resident of Cootsville The calendar on the wall indicates that today I turned 50. As a teenager my father actually said he didn't think I'd live to be 21, so here's to you, Pops.
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Portland (OR) Bunnies present and past, I have a question. We are dropping Daughter off for her flight back to SF
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How can I increase text size? →Read more...
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A comprehensive list of all Christmas specials in 2008 Just in the US, sorry. But they're all there! From a Garfield Christmas to Jack Frost to Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too!
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My home computer isn't working!!! My last post was about YouTube not working properly for me anymore. I uninstalled and reinstalled Flash, and then it worked. But the next time I turned my computer on, I had a new and much more serious problem.
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Cissy from Family Affair was Smoking Hot! Much →Read more...
Tragedy: The All Metal Tribute To The Bee Gees Awesomeness! I'll be seeing them in December as one of the supports to
The Wildhearts.
70s rock musicians in their family homes These are fab.
It was definitely the decade that taste forgot. The wallpaper in Elton John's mum's place is enough to trigger an epileptic fit. And Donovan's mum looks like Donovan in drag.
I don't think it's Bruce Lee, but is this faked?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Can you help me find this cell phone charger I saw today? →Read more...
Ask MeCha: Medical Edition: Why do my eyes sometimes move/shake back and forth, involuntarily?
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27 November 2008
My cat is limping. Tell me not to freak out, please. So we just spent a really stressful week giving our female cat,
Daeva, antibiotics for a fever and then she had two teeth extracted, and now we come home from Thanksgiving and our male cat,
Daksha, is limping.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Ameri-Bunnies. Did anybody else get Rick-Rolled watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
When our boy Astley came out of the float and started singing, we clapped and giggled as we explained to my in-laws why we found it so amusing.
OMG Bunnies! (very, very mildly NSFW.)
Hello I love love love love love love this.
Just saw Milk. Thumbs way up!
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Cranky filter (part II) -- OMG I'm so cranky So ... I've been cranky for about six weeks. Well, sometimes I've been enraged, sometimes cranky, sometimes just regular angry. WTF? This is not my normal state.
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Cranky filter (part I) -- What makes you cranky? →Read more...
Axl Rose vs. Dr. Pepper; 50 Cent vs. Taco Bell “The redemption scheme your company clumsily implemented for this offer was an unmitigated disaster which defrauded consumers and, in the eyes of vocal fans, ‘ruined’ the day of ’Chinese Democracy’s’ release,” Gutman wrote. “Now it is time to clean up the mess.”
26 November 2008
Love to eat the turkey like a good boy should Happy Turkey Day to you all. Here's hoping that the joy of your gathering exceeds the pain of your traveling this Thanksgiving. I am getting up at four AM to travel tomorrow. That gathering has very high expectations, which I am sure it will meet.
This year, more than most years, our exercise in assessing our blessings and giving thanks for them will be more important than ever. When times are tough it is good to remember how many blessings we still have. (just keep repeating this and it will all be ok, just keep....oh I hope so)
It's that time of year again. (This is a venting post) →Read more...
Some students left me a present today. →Read more...
This is my 65th Post! I'm so proud of myself!
Happy Thanksgiving Bunnies
If you're travelling today or tomorrow, have a safe journey. Enjoy the holiday, whether it's with friends and family or if you're just having a quiet time at home. Think of me getting up for work at 5.30 tomorrow morning and give thanks for your warm bed.
What kind of scam is this? →Read more...
ask mecha: Thanksgiving timeline What can I make in advance?
(also, bonus points for tips on how to cook a tofurkey for the vegetarians without needing an hour and a half in my oven)
This is not a deja vu ... but what is the phenomenon called?
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How do I get a graphic out of a flash object? I need to get the logo graphic out of that flash intro, for a teeny logo displayed on a menu card for an event for us they're sponsoring! warning site makes an annoying noise :)
25 November 2008
Everyone seems sad... Admire my
new earrings - they might cheer you all up! :)
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Only 5 days left to sign up for the Mecha Card Exchange Step inside to see who else has already joined the fun!
How do you define a "connection"? (Another sort-of dating question, sorry...)
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Cotton blend sheets and pillowcases and duvets, oh my! A friend of a friend in Japan would like to purchase some twin-sized flat sheets, king-sized pillowcases, and duvet covers. All of them must be cotton blend - e.g., 50% cotton, 50% polyester. Can anyone suggest a place outside Japan that sells them and could ship them for a reasonable price?
Thanks much for your help!
AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! →Read more...
This is My Milwaukee Hope it's not a double
Help me! I'm applying to grad school as we speak and I'm conflicted about recommendation letters! (long rant under the cut)
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ok i want this for christmas post what you want for christmas within!
Fish emblem tape/glue removal filter. I got a new (to me) car today and it had a chrome fish thing on it I didn't want.
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My favorite malapropist →Read more...
Truman Syndrome, "a delusion afflicting people who are convinced that their lives are secretly playing out on a reality TV show."
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Traced in Air [divshare] - I don't really give a shit about Chinese Democracy, but here's one I actually
have been waiting for fifteen years now
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40-Somethings On Facebook. "It is a cohort that is entirely comfortable with computers, but which also has a memory of the courtesies and languor of the pre-computer age. We read a lot online, but also have newspapers delivered to our homes. We write e-mail as if we were born with the skill to do so, yet we wrote letters by hand until we were well into our 30s."
What if a First Lady was accused of treason? I've been wondering about this. What would happen to a first lady who was accused of treason?
Would she have protection similar to the president?
Would she be forced to spend time in jail or be executed?
Any links to statutes or other helpful sources would be appreciated.
Ask MeCha Yet another one of those "Goddamn, there needs to be a website for this" questions...
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"Somebody was here the other day from BBC Radio. It’s odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, 'I’ve been reading you all my life.' It makes you feel a slight chill."
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Ok guys so I have been waiting for this big political job I want, and I think I have got it!
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Trying to set up modem or router on a Mac, but installation software won't auto-run. →Read more...
Power Outage Report →Read more...
An idea for a halloween party theme recently came to me. But a) halloween is eleven months away, and b) I'm not the type to throw parties, so I'm putting this out there in the hope that someone else can use it.
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Funny. (if you're a computer programmer)
Can I touch them? Wow! Whoa! Ho! I don't like to touch them! Can I touch them? Saw this a couple of days ago, and watching the little guy swing back and forth from curiosity to trepidation and back again made me smile.
24 November 2008
grrr, life's little disappointments... →Read more...
Now this is neat Custom fabric! Make the image, upload it, and for $18 a yard they send it out to you. ($18 a yard is not unreasonable in fabric shopping land).
YouTube, MyTube, whatever, I just want it to work... I've been having a problem with YouTube the past four days or so. It keeps freezing up. I play a song, and it plays for a few seconds and stops for a few. I get the little spinny circle in the middle. If I grit my teeth and let the song stop and start all the way through once, it plays okay the second time provided I don't navigate away from the page. I've run a virus scan on my computer and it came up empty. I didn't change anything on my computer four days ago, and before that it was fine. Ideas?
Had to share - you've probably seen it.
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When the MeFi realm crosses over into work... I have to manually unsubscribe people from our mailing lists at work. I get all the emails asking to unsubscribe, search for them manually, and then have to click a few more times to delete someone.
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Book suggestions for someone in prison? And an appeal for anyone inclined to be a penpal with a prisoner.
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Jonmc defends the (semi) defensible. →Read more...
RugCareFilter. . . We got this nice Pottery Barn rugs similar to
this one.
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Happy birthday, halonine! Woo hoo!
What jewelry do you wear every day? I'll go first:
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No Mo' Ho Ho Ho Damn. Even Santa Claus is having a hard time finding work these days.
A brief history of Carrie Fisher I would very much like to be her friend and join her for lunch with Penny Marshall and have marvelous, sardonic conversations.
On the fragile beauty of Buffalo. The Times reports on the endangered history of a great vision of a democratic city.
Register as Alumni Need a new identity?
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Ask MeCha: YouSendIt alternatives? I'm trying to get a largish file (over 100MB) to Florida and it needs to be there today.
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Whuffles for kitten in need Hey folks. Whuffles needed here. Last night, my husband found a kitten while taking our dog for her nighttime walk.
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Really Bad Book Names. Have any you'd like to offer up?
Once-a-Day Bean Factoid. Can a bunny who knows Japanese tell us WTF this is all about?
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Possibly petty and minor gripe about flickr comments →Read more...
23 November 2008
My weekend and some observations on online dating. →Read more...
Do you like Elvis Costello? Or Feist? Or Willie Nelson? Or John Legend? Or John Stewart? Or Stephen Colbert? Do you HATE BEARS?
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Dear Craigslist shopper: Here are some helpful hints that will help keep well-intentioned sellers (like me) from GOING FUCKING INSANE.
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I need braising advice. I want to make this recipe for
North African Braised Lamb Shoulder with Harissa, but I'm confused about cooking times and methods.
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legit or scam? A friend asked me about this site. My natural inclination towards distrust was immediately triggered, especially with the tag line "entertainment shopping," but I thought I'd ask if any of you had any experience with swoopo.com so far and if it was on the up and up, or if my suspicions are correct and it's a scam?
In a ziplock bag, I have a 14 inch braid of hair... →Read more...
Another amazing dog walk today... Seriously magical. Like our own little bit of Myst, or something.
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What do you fear most in the world? →Read more...
Crafting for christmas (or otherwise)? →Read more...
Google search is allowing users to promote/remove search results now? Not sure I like it.
London Meetup? →Read more...
Postsecret.com - be warned this week. →Read more...
I have a very bad feeling I'll end up buying this. My nostalgia for the unremembered 90's has hit a fever pitch.
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22 November 2008
i r certain cat. i r certain u want 2
join us.
I need advice, bunnies: I'm questioning whether I should stick around at my current job and see if they'll pay for schooling or if I should continue with the 'leave in June to go backpacking' thing.
Thanks y'all.
I apologize if this isn't right for MeCha. If so, delete at will.
WORD SEARCH!!! HELP! Quick! What's a word for a situation where someone treats you dismissively?? Like, a noun for something that is condescendingly given to placate you. I am writing a term paper and need a word to describe how many doctors are using depression and hypochondria as the new "hysteria" to dismiss women's health concerns. (in other words "go take some Cymbalta and buy yourself a pretty new hat, you'll feel better). It's not a red herring or a bugaboo.... BAH! What word am I looking for????
There is something wrong with my heating system. There is heat in the rest of the house, but no heat in my bedroom. The bedroom is ice cold. The irony of this I really really don't need right now.
My horoscope tells me today is a good day for a party... →Read more...
Which book should I read first? I'm going to the Caribbean on holidays for a couple of weeks, and have picked the thickest books (that I won't read at home, as they make my work bag too heavy) from my to-be-read pile to take with me, but can't choose one to start with. Which would you read first of:
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Meet the new girls! (And help me name them.)
They had a spaghetti luncheon today, which
Chickpea actually
shared with them.
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So what do people *do* on Twitter? I just joined, now I'm feeling like an idiot. It looked fun until I realize that I don't know anyone on Twitter...
My SO says that my brain is just too highly tuned for this world (probably his way of saying I'm non compos mentis most of the time). So tell me folks -- what do you do on Twitter?
Gosh darn. I sure do like this photo I took. This is a photo I took this past summer of a surf fisherman at Rockaway beach. He's standing at the edge of the surf with a cruise ship in the background.
Here are some other beach shots.
Saturday night suggestions: Given that it's frickin' cold out, anyone got any good ideas for how to spend the evening?
Puppies! I'm sure it's been posted before, but I just happily lost 20 minutes watching them. Happy Saturday!
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THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!! Mashed potatoes - skin off or on?
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21 November 2008
The latest GF is FAIL. She preferred being an interfering mother-in-law even after her son asked her to butt out. Her reason for cancelling a date: "Christina isn't home yet and Ryan is too tired to deal with the kids." Sure, whatever you say.
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hey, someone want to test skype with me? . . .I just loaded it. . .if you wanna help me on this, email in my profile.
if not, well, another time. . .
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Florida bigots, feeling all flush after denying marriage to gay Floridians, now
want to make sure they can't get domestic partner benefits at work, either.
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Ask Mecha: What's the best (read, smallest, lightest, most durable, most reliable, easiest to operate when opening the second or third bottle of wine, etc.) wine-opening device (I probably mean 'corkscrew,' but maybe there's some weird gadget I'm not thinking of) that can be reasonably carried in a messenger bag? In a pocket? On a keyring?
When the cats are away... ...the mice here in this office are goofing off, slacking off, looking at supermodels on Facebook, and gossiping about what porn stores they live near or would like to visit.
And this is just
the women.
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The afternoon I've had, I needed a laugh. This was it.
The airlines? They suck. Let us gripe about them. →Read more...
tomorrow's tech designs :) for your friday distraction
Each hard vinyl unicorn is 3-3/4" tall with articulated joints for all sorts of dramatic poses.
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Daughter's Perspective on Twilight. . . Kids these days! Enclosed is a short chat.
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I am in tears of disappointment. →Read more...
True Colors: Björn Borg wedding (at the site pick your poison way of viewing the film. Maybe I should say something about proposition 8 to signal topic here. Done)
Still here; still preggers...hmmph!!! →Read more...
Whoever invented iTunes: your special circle of hell, let me show you it. (aka SHOUTING THREAD)
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Did Talk Radio Kill Conservatism? Interesting insight from the ever-awesome Nate Silver.
Sarah Palin goes to a Wasilla turkey farm to pardon a turkey before thanksgiving. Cute. She then proceeds to give a TV interview
while turkeys are being slaughtered in the background.
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20 November 2008
Do you have a secret embarrassing dream? I'm coming out of the closet with mine. I'm learning to be proud. PROUD I TELL YOU.
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Chinese Democracy is here. (MySpace link, streaming audio) After four hundred years and eleventy billion dollars, Axl Rose has given the world 14 bloated, infuriating, pretentious, narcissistic, and intermittently kinda great Guns'n'Roses songs. Chuck Klosterman reviews it for the
AV Club. I think much of it sucks, but DAMN are the guitars mixed right.
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Dear Jessamyn I have just realised that "super" has emigrated to my vocabulary alongside "awesome,"
and I think this is because of you.
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Metachat Holiday Card Exchange! Oh yea, we're doing it again this year
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So I wasn't quite geeky enough... I'm seriously thinking about getting involved with the local SCA group. Anyone ever belong? What am I in for?
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Thursday 3-point update. →Read more...
Have i mentioned how much i love some of you just for existing?
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Vote early, vote often. An event I am involved in is in the running to be listed as one of the 150 must-do events in our state.
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Today I turn 50! →Read more...
Oh, yay, my second-ever panic attack. Well, that was roundly terrifying. Five hours long! I think I read every Web site on Earth about coping with panic attacks in the meantime. I feel for all of you who have to deal with those on anything approaching a regular basis... *sigh*
YAY YAY We got our wedding photos!!
19 November 2008
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More middle-aged moments. →Read more...
How Do You Decompress? In a period of overwork or other stress,
what do you do to decompress?
(Felt like rhyming. So there.)
Academic/existential crisis (not really, but yeah): How'd you figure out what you wanted to study? Did your studies translate into a career?
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Tonight I learned that the minor scale is more than just a lowered third, which is how I played for years, but also a lowered sixth and seventh. Wow, do I love this scale now. If this proper way is the natural minor, what is the name for my old way?
Which one is worse? - your ex gets a new love way hotter than you
- your ex gets a new love way un-hotter than you
- your ex ten years ago now procreates with someone who looks much like you did ten years ago
Local culture apparently dictates that is acceptable, indeed even mandatory, when making a telephone call, to ignore the other party's courteous salutation ("Hello, Wolfdog here!") and immediately interject with "HOOZISS?!" a very forcible interrogative expression with no fewer than eighteen syllables in it which my orthography may fail to fully capture.
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Wednesday Species Standoff: Puppy Vs. Lion. (Hopefully not a double. Have we OMG'd this before?)
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Marching band music? →Read more...
Procrastinators Only! Don't open this thread unless you like to procrastinate all day.
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The Church of Beethoven: I love this idea. I'd attend if I lived in the area.
But damn, it is REFRESHING to have visibility into WTF is going on. My new favorite site. After this one, of course. What a freaking overdue change for the country.
Okee, what's in your bag? No lying. Inspired by
this metatalk comment, but it's about time for one of these threads, is it not?
Whatever bag you choose to share with us: handbag, messenger bag, backpack, lunchbox, fannypack... whevs - spit it out.
intentionally included "fannypack" to make Jan giggle
I need whuffles. (aka dementia update)
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18 November 2008
Late night snack! What are you having?
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A rant about the impending auto industry bailout. →Read more...
A funny thing happened on the way to city hall It has a happy ending (if getting jacked up for five C-notes is overlooked.)
*waves to everybody*
Seizing those moments that make us human Inspired by this article, what have you noticed recently that reminds you that we are gloriously, foible ridden humans?
let's play "3 spiffy things" - GO →Read more...
Ask MeCha: Kinda stupid wireless question →Read more...
Finished Flight last night Finished
Flight by Shermal Alexie last night. There was a lot of it that went right past me, but I definitely enjoyed what I got out of it. For example, a lot of it was inspired by Slaughterhouse Five, which I have yet to read, and I didn´t know a thing about Pine Ridge. I picked up a lot of background and filled in a lot of blanks from
this interview. Even without a good understanding of the issues, you can definitely appreciate the way Alexie puts you in the kid´s perspective, as well as the other perspectives that the kid encounters.
ONE AND A HALF MILLIMETERS! 1.5 lousy millimeters!!!
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Oh, how tired I am of anxiety about ordinary things. When I say I am doing better folks, it doesn't mean I am FEELING better, just DOING better.
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Bean Soup! Help me quick before I ruin more food! →Read more...
Product withdrawal blues: what food-items have recently disappeared from the shelves of your supermarket, corner shop or grocery store?
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Id Engager Of Montreal get exquisite-corpse and pansexual via animation
17 November 2008
I'm going to be in Florida for almost a month over the holidays, and I want to do something with my mail. The USPS can hold mail and forward mail. Which should I do?
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We call the grey one "Bitey" Why, my bunny did this happen? Overnight you go from the sweet mango eating Cute Overload candidate to this mom-biting, cord-chewing, blanket-tearing scary bunny!
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I just lost the game! Someone mentioned to me today that you can't almost forget something, you either forget it or you don't...
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The new James Bond movie: Quantum of Stupid. [spoiler] →Read more...
The Puppie family has expanded. →Read more...
I'd like to talk about product placement. Lately, brand names have been jumping out at me from books and movies and tv shows and video games and who knows what-all else. Do you notice product placement? Do you like it?
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Am I the only one not seeing a new comments count? →Read more...
I have similar feelings about nondairy creamer.
Jeez, when did Weeds get so racy? →Read more...
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16 November 2008
The - This really pisses me off! - Thread! Ok - so I've finally gotten myself organised and booked my flights to Brisbane
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Hey, California people, are you OK? Saw some of these photos of the wildfires and I felt concerned. Are y'all OK out there?
The gym I attend will loan all sorts of equipment. Towels, basketballs, rackets, and as I noticed yesterday, even swimsuits. Am I the only one who is a little grossed out at the thought of wearing a swimsuit shared by lots of other guys? I'm sure the swimsuit has been bathed in chlorine during most of its existence, and hopefully disinfected somehow between wearings, but it still seems yucky somehow.
It's beginning to look a lot like... wait what? It's Christmas, according to the places I shop at...
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What's been the highlight of your weekend? Mine was today.
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Live&Die&Gone. . . . Just saw
Annabelle Chvostek tonight.
Highly highly recommended.
Prop 8 Filter Anyone rally today? I was at SF City Hall for about 3 hours.
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long, navel-gazey GYOFB-y content within →Read more...
15 November 2008
Bookstore Madness Update. →Read more...
I was just sent a pornographic text by someone I don't know (NSFW) →Read more...
all the life has been leached out of barack obama's oratory. i am in support of almost everything in this speech, and i am in huge support of his graphic designers, but omg, the beautiful oratory of barack obama has turned ... presidential. some committee wrote this :(
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Christmas Music! I just rechecked all my Christmas/winter/holiday music in iTunes. I held off for as long as I could.
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Anyone written widgets and/or Facebook apps before? →Read more...
14 November 2008
The Wizard of Oz is playing now on TBS (in the USA). I swear that one of the lollipop guild is
Jonmc in disguise.
Recovering from wisdom tooth extraction. Also, books I have read recently. I got two wisdom teeth out today. I got the IV sedation, so I didn´t feel it much then, but it´s getting a little uncomfortable now. I´ve got percocet, benzocaine lozenges, and a ton of vitamin water, though, so I should be okay. I´ve got 3 days of SIQ and 2 days of LLD to recover.
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I am dithering, and I need outside help and perspective. →Read more...
Lightbox/fluorescent light question. I want to get a lightbox for this winter. Most of the ones I'm seeing, however, are fluorescent (presumably because that's the most efficient way of getting
reeeeeaally bright lighting) and I have some sort of completely irrational aversion -- like, anxiety bordering on hatred -- to normal fluorescent lights (including CFLs).
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Photo Friday: Photos that you think should/could be paintings.
Friday 3-point happy/sad update. I'll start.
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Behold the power of comics! "Here's a guy who had to flee his country because of death threats against him as a Western collaborator, who had been speaking about the resentment Iraqis feel towards Americans, who hasn't seen his family in months, and cannot go and visit them because he will be denied reentry to the US if he leaves.
And he was excited to be doing a comic [for DC]." [LJ Filter]
Goodbye, Sadie. Thanks to all of you who sent the good vibes to my cat. They had power, but we had to let her go today.
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Farding? Am I the only person who has NEVER heard of this term before?
Please Never Talk About that Bad Boy Again. My office mate, whenever an object is referred to
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Soup Wars Attack Ads →Read more...
My wii fit says I have the body of a 20 year old! So how is everyone else going with their exercise/fitness plans lately?
Santa Barbara is burning Specifically, in the hills about four miles from my home.
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**warning girly content within** PENCIL BUN SUCCESS AT LAST!!! →Read more...
13 November 2008
On the way home, I stopped at the corner store to buy a pack of cigarettes. The guy behind the counter said that each pack of Camels (my brand) came with a free pack of
SNU's. Isn't this a bit like giving away AA literature with every six-pack or a Bible with every copy of
Hustler?
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Huh, where did the comment counts go on the front page?
Eating McDonald's french fries leads to a question... →Read more...
this is just to say i have a f-ing awesome FLAMING SWORD in fallout 3. It is so awesome that I run in like a crazy berserker at super mutants while they shoot at me so I can whack-em with my FIRE SWORD!!!
Wanda Sykes talks to Ellen Degeneres and it's freakin' hilarious. I love Wanda.
(This is from Halloween, pre-election and pre-Proposition 8, but worth watching anyway. Also, Wanda's costume is awesome.)
First Pictures Taken Of Extrasolar Planets (I know that I already posted this on the Blue but I'm repeating it here because this is just too good to keep to myself.)
I love the simplicity of this fall leaf votive project Oooh, and an even easier looking
leaf mobile. Okay, and to continue the autumnal theme
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A few pictures of my cruise to Europe last April. You can bypass DivShare's slideshow by clickiing on the "View Images" link.
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What's your favorite web-based blog aggregator? I hear good things about the Google Reader but I'm growing more google-resistant over time. Its been quite a while since I used an aggregator and the last one was a desktop app -- probably the primary reason I stopped using it.
So I'd like to find a really good web-based aggregator that isn't Google Reader. I found a list of RSS readers but it is merely a list with no rankings.
What do you use and why do you like it?
Angebunnies, or Bunnilenos, whatever. . . . Did anyone down there take part? Was it good for you?
Shuffle-a-gogo anyone? 10 songs in a row on shuffle on the music delivery device of your choice.
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ALL-PURPOSE SHOUTING THREAD!!!! →Read more...
Think you're pretty awesome? Are you as awesome as this? I'm skeptical.
Attention Cookery Lovers. Thekitchn.com is a great website for recipes and food related articles.
Perogies are made with yum.
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12 November 2008
Bunny! OMG!
Behold! My baby Alice the bun!
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I just checked my email and got my hopes up I had 17 new emails in my inbox. Comments on my website.
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What song makes you want to stab your eardrums with a fork? (I'll go first: Sting, Fields of Gold. Heard tonight in HOME DEPOT.)
A man lost his dog, so he put an ad in the paper. It said:
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Yahoo Answers: Iron Maiden VS Tokio Hotel? Scroll down to my buddy Jim's answer. It is rather awesome.
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Got new cell phone! I got the Razr V9. Love it so far.
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Como Se Dice "Those Kicks Were Fast As Lightning" En Espanol? (Bronx grandfather unleashes his karate skillz on some young punks and PWNS! them.)
Does everything have to be a lesson? So, the gift giving season is upon us and I'm running into a dilemma.
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In these tough economic times ... →Read more...
Recipes... it seems to be a recipe week for meta,
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Bunny! OMG! That better not be Twinkie!
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Rip Van Meta I have been busy. What did I miss?
Should I get a flu shot? I
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What song is stuck in your head at the moment? (warning: my present earworm has copious f-bombs in it)
"Up" It looks like Pixar's next movie is going to have a Terry Gilliam-type vibe to it.
Cute Kid This made me smile
Check out hermitosis' Halloween costume! Short (42 second) flickr video of him speaking at Frankenstein Night.
I have $65.69 in Ikea vouchers. What should I do with them? If I had a car I might go back to Ikea but since I don't, it will cost me that much to get back. I was going to sell them on Craigslist or EBay, but I'm surprised there aren't already some on sale. Does this mean people just always use them themselves? Or that Ikea shuts down the sale somehow? Their web site explicitly says these vouchers are transferable, although it doesn't discuss selling them.
11 November 2008
Your really good xmas turkey stuffing recipes please! →Read more...
Keith Olbermann pleads with America to accept same-sex marriage I thought this was interesting and moving, even though I normally find him totally obnoxious. Enjoy.
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Meatbomb's 20 Minute Spaghetti Sauce First time in print!
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Ow! I am an eejit. Stupid cooking stories solicited. Making chile today, and decided to roast a shwack of peppers for it. Normally I oil my hands to handle chiles, which has two benefits: it keeps the burn away, and ensures that I'll wash my hands before touching anything. Since roasted peppers are enough of a PIA to handle without adding oily hands to the mix, I thought, "Meh. How bad can it be?"
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Posted just because it's just another bit of evidence of the awesomeness of dogs
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OMG baby penguin! #4. I want one. Going to Antarctica is on my list of things to do before I die.
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Is this strange? My health insurance is changing how visits to the gyn are billed for 2009. Something seems... wrong.
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The wonders of social networking AKA: Why it can be good to be multi-contactable
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retail marketers suck? don't be sending me email every 3 days!!
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Bunny! OMG! Get back here!
Am I the only one who loved poring over albums trying to decipher lyrics when they weren't printed in the liner notes?
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10 November 2008
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Mixtape ideas? I was sitting, staring at the music on my computer, wanting to make a mix last night. But I was bereft of ideas and overwhelmed by choice. Perhaps some of you can think of short phrases or images? If I make a playlist, I'll upload the songs as a zip here. (And if it's an image that sparked the idea, then you'll already have cover art!)
This is the next print to be hung in my baby's bedroom. We are making a nerd, here. Hopefully.
I can haz comix! A new comic book store has opened next to my neighborhood supermarket, and I have already spent way too much money there. After I catch up on Joss Whedon's X-men run and the Civil War story arc, what should I order for my pull box?
I love a man in uniform and if I can surround myself with them at 90 I might look as happy as this gal.
(I used to have a poster of the photo in question in my dorm room)
Angry? Here's a
little playlist full of violence for you [divshare].
WTF is going on on Long Island? →Read more...
This is a mini-tantrum thread. I can't decide which cell phone to buy!
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Knit Wit On Saturday night, when I was at Value Village, I found a Knit Wit tool kit. By which I mean one of
these. Have you ever seen the commercial for those? They used to be on TV when I was little, and I lusted after them. The commercials showed a woman and her little girl happily making afghans. Which, in retrospect, were freaking hideous. But the kit was $5, I thought the tool could be used to make something good, and I do have lots odd balls of yarn I’d like to use up. So once I got home and got some supper cooking in the oven, I went on the net to look for some design ideas.
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The Thread in which We Discuss Rachel Getting Married. . .Spoilers. . . We went to see this on saturday
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Puns I want for Xmas. (Lets list punny items we all might enjoy as stocking stuffers and get a headstart on the gift-thing)
"Jewish inmates of the Yanov labor camp in occupied Poland defied their Nazi guards secretly conducting religious services inside their darkened barracks. To observe their ritual, the Jews had cut religious scrolls into sections, bound the parchment pieces around their bodies and walked them through Yanov's front gate. They hid the fragments wherever they could". Now that Torah has been restored and is in Los Angeles.
Happy Birthday, eamondaly That's pretty much it. Have a good one!
What does revenge taste like? →Read more...
Books, books, books! What are you reading now? Tell, tell!
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Freeze Frame Photography. Photographing people mid-fall. I think these are amazing.
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Can one of you smart people explain this joke to me? I've come up with a few possibilities but they don't seem very funny. Can someone explain it to me? I know it won't seem as funny if it has to be explained, but I'd like to know! Thanks
09 November 2008
What's your favorite James Bond song? Besides Goldfinger, of course.
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I just ordered my first pair of reading glasses. Hopefully they won't look too ridiculous. And I'll be able to read the menu now.
A hitherto unknown (to me at least) urban legend. →Read more...
Cool heads prevail A guy decided to masturbate while watching me work in the yard today.
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Bumping a fascinating askme question random old-school iraqi outpost on the island of mauritius.. wtf?
Bunny! OMG! This is
Bun Bun, quite probably the cutest bunny on the internet.
See her looking
sweet,
scary,
not wanting to take her medicine, and dressed as a
bee.
Ray of Gob: Madonna + the Sex Pistols. I've had this mashup in my MP3 player for so long that when I listen to
"Never Mind The Bollocks..." like I've done a lot this weekend, I find myself almost disappointed that this song isn't on it.
Politics at the barbershop. I got my hair cut today. When I walked in there was a 30'ish Greek Orthodox priest in the chair,
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08 November 2008
Today at work, a woman cut in the line to sell books. My boss told her to get in line. She didn't move. My boss told her again, louder. She barked back at him, "I was thinking of something else, in my mind!" Good place to be thinking of stuff, lady.
Quantum of Solace (spoilers, I guess, kinda? No, not really.)
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Separated at birth - I'll start, post images inside.
i just laid a truth bomb on my boss said look boss we are gonna fail it unless u do x y or z
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Roast cooking question .... What beer to use?
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What have you dreamed of lately? →Read more...
I have an almost-dead chicken. :( →Read more...
Public Service Announcement: A blow-torch may not be the safest way to clear cobwebs from the rafters
Unexpected. →Read more...
Get Your War On takes on the election. (Animated!)
Up and at 'em! This is a thread to encourage productivity.
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SHOUTING THREAD!!! (warning: all about mortgages, boring and whiny) →Read more...
MeCha survey: Leatherman or
Gerber?
Best Dog Walk Route Ever! Yesterday evening we took Sky for a walk to the Acropolis, specifically to Areios Pagos, the "Rock of Ares".
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Ave Maria. To me, this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and this is the rendition of it that made me a fan, unbeliever that I am.
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High point / low point! What's your high point / low point of the day?
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07 November 2008
I love you guys. That is all.
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AskMeCha: Rock Tees for Fat Guys? All I want is a Blind Guardian t-shirt in XXL. Preferably with the winged reaper, but I'll settle for anything. But everything maxes out at XL! And I'm NOT dieting just to fit into a t-shirt advertising German power metal. No love via Amazon or Planet Caravan. Hope me! Also, discuss your newfound love for music you used to sneer at.
Encyclopedia Dramatica has seen fit to include a link
their Ievan Polkka article to my remake on YouTube. I'm not sure whether this should be a point of pride.
Hope me! There seems to be a black hole living in my computer, eating any files that come near it. I've run antivirus scans and more, but still can't figure out what the hell's going on.
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completely shallow fashion-related Friday post, come inside for girly-talk! →Read more...
AskMeCha: Can you hyperlink to a part of a Flash website? AKA: Why real estate websites piss me off!
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Art-marking types, I'm looking for advice →Read more...
I feel like hot fetid ass on a stick. ON a STICK, PEOPLE!
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OMG Bunny In The House (not in a good way) →Read more...
OMG! NINJA KITTIES! (yeah, it's a QT commercial but dammit that was funny)
Wiring your facial muscles up to electronica Weird. And a little freaky. I'd like to see him try this with it hooked up to some Slayer!
06 November 2008
I am now mobile-webitized with a browser phone. unlimited data and various video sources. A helluva lot cheaper than a new laptop, TV, phone, phoneline, cable and everything else it replaces. I may never come down from this mountain.
Help me indulge a completely intrusive and possibly inappropriate curiosity.... →Read more...
i have a very very bad cold and i need to stop sneezing so i can sleep. what drug can i take to help please?
This is Sadie. She is in the hospital. Please send good vibes to Sadie!
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I'm a sap no doubt but I teared up at the latest from 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper.
Friday Status Updates! Have as many as you want. Not limited to two or three today...
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IMHO.... "Duet" is the best "Whose Line" segment EVAR... Except maybe for Tony Slattery's reading the credits as a drunken Austrialian soap star.
Jump to 6:55.
So I was talking with my Mom on the phone last night . . . My Mom is single. She went to an older singles dance just before Halloween.
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NC is blue, baby. AP news reports there weren't enough outstanding provisional ballots for McCain to close the 13,693 vote deficit to Obama.
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Staging a Google Street View event. Last spring, some artists staged a little parade/art event in a tiny alley-way in my neighborhood in co-ordination with Google so that it shows up in street-view.
Here's a list of the different staged scenes.
Obama identifies the main reason he didn't choose Hillary as his VP.
Brownies so good they’ll make your friends puke. Perhaps not the best brownie recipe ever, but amusing - and I think most of us can relate. (And I like the blog name.) Anyway...
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What's your new favourite thing? Mine is ONION SALT. Yum yum yum.
While preparing dinner tonight I realized that the three nice, large zucchinis I bought
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05 November 2008
YAY! (Although I would trade a lot of races for 8 going down)
The Gute is loose. NYC Mefites beware!!!
I'm Not Done With The Drama! I Want More Obama! →Read more...
Happy Birthday chewatadistance! →Read more...
So, Prop 8 seems to have passed. ... but- that doesn't mean we have to dress repressively now. I was inspired, I hope you like 'em.
I have now experienced the best bad-for-you food of my life.
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Fred Armisen and his Giant Megapixel Touch Map of the US
(Some pre-election SNL goodness you might have missed the first time around.)
Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job See, it just goes to show you . . .
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Good online high end camera retailer? Anyone have experience with a good online camera retailer? I'm looking to buy a new lens and some accessories and would like other options besides my local NYC joints of B&H and JR.
Last-minute question Any Coheed & Cambria fans in the LA area who don't have plans for tonight?
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As if there wasn't enough to be happy about! →Read more...
Remember, remember the fifth of November ... →Read more...
Advice for broken laptop monitor? So in a fit of sorrow and rage over prop 8 last night, I threw my mouse at the news article I was reading. Needless to say, the screen was way more fragile than I'd realized.
Any advice on getting it fixed? Or is the laptop just a brick now?
Anyone find it suspicious that Obama's speech ended with this theme? Did anyone else notice this?
Does anyone else think that someone in the campaign picked that score just to screw with paranoid Republicans? ... not that I'd ever do something like that... *shifty*
04 November 2008
This is where we wring our hands about Prop 8.
um... is it really true? ... because i'm still worried.
Did you see Brit Hume's face? He looks like Godzilla just stomped all over his nuts, then incenerated them. It's so over. Big props to President-Elect Obama, I'm going to bed.
Whatcha eating this election night?
Something completely different to freak out about...! →Read more...
I'm so nervous I just might go into labor!!! Hi everyone!!
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Obama or McCain. I think we need a dance off.
And you know that I'm gonna be the one who'll be there when you need someone to depend upon,
when tomorrow comes.
A great song for election night.
Here's a gorgeous, gorgeous cover of Roky Erickson's "You Don't Love Me Yet."
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Ballot questions. We all know about Prop 8 in California. What important ballot questions are happening where you are?
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Election Returns and Chatter Thread (complete with election zombie bunnyboy). Post updates and your thoughts and observations!
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VOTE! If you're eligible to vote in the US, and haven't already done so, get out there and make some change! And if you're in a non-battleground state, vote
third party! Given the focus of debate in this country the last few weeks, I'm
considering voting socialist.
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Help! Help! I'm teaching a business writing course,
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03 November 2008
Emptied my desk into boxes and was escorted out of the building today. →Read more...
ELECTION HALP! It occured to me today that I am going to be called upon to vote for Washington State Supreme court justices tomorrow... and I know nothing about the candidates!
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I started a new (temp) job today, and it was great! →Read more...
Joe the Hero says to vote for Obama "The world has become anarchistic in the totalitarian eye, but escapes its tread, and grows stronger without us. We cannot hold fast to that path. We must seek rebirth." [LJ-filter]
Google adwords serving yes on prop 8 ads You might want to check your own sites in case you support No on Prop 8 but the ads on your sites are supporting Yes on Prop 8.
Breaking News: Gov. Palin Cleared of Ethics Charges
David Byrne sent me an email! →Read more...
We're on the eve of (crosses fingers) electing the first black President in this country's history. This does a lot for my faith in this country. I also find myself thinking of older black people I've met, people who've endured things I can't even imagine, and how gratifying it will be for them, so tonight I'm listening to
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions. I wish he'd lived to see it.
Elevator physics Situation: you and two strangers step into an empty elevator. Where do you prefer to stand?
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Cookies! Please tell me what cookies to bake. I made a cinnamon peanut butter chocolate chip cookie this weekend that was disappointing in every way. But I have an urge to bake lots of cookies. I have lots of cookies in my cookie-making-stash, but I'd like something new. What's your favorite cookie? Why should I bake it?
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What pointless and/or borderline-unethical tasks are on your to-do list today? →Read more...
Look at what I can do! (bad vanity post, plz ignore) Yay! Two hours, low tacky contact paper, scissors and the renter's nightmare of a fridge
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It's been a stressful morning, and I'm glad it's over! →Read more...
OMG! Sacha Baron Cohen undercover at Prop 8 Rally yesterday! And I
missed him! (I can't tell from the article if it happened before I got there, or after I left.)
Bird-Like Dinosaur Sported Bizarre Tail Feathers: A pigeon-sized dinosaur that lived more than 100 million years ago sported four ribbon-like tail feathers that likely helped the creature balance on tree branches.
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Have any of y'all been reading The Daily Beast, Tina Brown's website/zine/blog? If so, what do you think of it?
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Perhaps some biologists out there will agree that
this is an unfortunate name.
Our autumny, juicy, puppy-lovey, & election-y sidebar art comes from sil, NinaZer0, and LoriFla, top to bottom on the left, and Marxchivist on the right. Happy November, everyone!. :)
So my (same-sex) partner and I were going to get married tomorrow. Now we're not, and I'm really sad about it.
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02 November 2008
Unable to sleep! Too excited! Eeeeeeeee! Really really really stoked about the next ten days:
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RAGE!!!!!!! RAGE!!!!! ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!! →Read more...
I feel sewy. →Read more...
Happy Birthday, hellojed!!!!! →Read more...
Yesterday, this song echoed through the store. Turns out it was some guys ringtone. For a few fleeting moments I had a vision of some badass emerging from a cloud of dust to wreak vengeance on a store that didn't stock the book he wanted. Still one of the greatest peices of movie music ever.
I've got the funk, and not the good kind. →Read more...
OMG Voting freakout! I just got married so the name I registered with is no longer my name! What to do?? I'm in Illinois.
Three point status update - sunday edition I have been canvassing all day in Methil; there was a traveller's camp with really pretty red chickens and fluffed-up duckies!
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Happy birthday, rainbaby! It's a hungover shout-out from Atlanta!
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This is a frugal food thread: →Read more...
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01 November 2008
I've hurt someone I care deeply about Oh bunnies,
I have made just the worst relationship mistake I can remember in well over a decade. You know how you see people have crazy drama and you think, "boy, glad I'm not that person".
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Bunnies in Atlanta! We're just about to head out to dinner and then go downtown for the Drive-By Truckers, but I wanted to share a quick pic from the backyard deck.
Internet badmouthing: Advice? Experiences? →Read more...
Yuengling made it to GA, finally! No more need to make crazy road trips to Texarkana every weekend when the boys are thirsty in Atlanta.
Starling improvs to Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here Noisy at first, but eventually gets into it, about when the vocals start.
31 October 2008
Gothic podcast: The Last MeCha Radio show. Old and new goth/ebm music for your late-night pleasures.
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This friend of mine has started blogging again. I like her writing and I'd like to encourage her to write more, so please feel free to pay a visit and write a few words of encouragement, if you're so inspired.
It's Halloween. A time for people to dress up like monsters, or celebrities, or superheroes. Or,
they can do what my friend Scotty did...
RIP, Studs Terkel. A wonderful writer and activist, who dedicated his life to justice and decency, he'll be sorely missed.
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I just wanna live life on my own terms.
NYC Zoo Animals Celebrating Halloween featuring a octopus, a puma, a walrus and halloween-themed bukkit.
The Unofficial Senator John McCain iPhone Application
I think I might have busted something from laughing too hard. (
via)
This is a really well-made TV ad. I have to agree with
this article, though, that it doesn't really match the service (a bank) it's supposed to be selling.
3 Point Halloween Weekend Update What are your spooky plans?
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"Oh!" I thought to myself, "I think I'll treat myself this morning..." With soothing
Carla Bruni in my head, I figured I'd treat myself to a nice Friday decaf latte by (INSERT BIG COFFEE COMPANY NAME HERE).
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This is (trust me) an informative song about the mechanics of a 4-cycle engine (not anything else).
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Spooky new sidebar art brought to you by: Not on display, ethylene, BoringPostcards, and matildaben, from top to bottom on the left, and our wonderful halloween bunnyhead by LunaticFringe on the right. Happy Halloweeny, weenies!
Happy Halloween! I know I posted this last year, but it's my favourite spooky link.
And if you want to go to the
real Devil's Tramping Ground ...
30 October 2008
Presidential nominees coming to Virginia. Should I go to a rally? I've never been to one and I'm kinda interested.
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OMG I just made my own hummus. I know how much y'all like hummus so I thought I would let you know. Inside: share your favorite hummus recipes.
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REBEL REBEL A new BP mix on 8tracks.com... 11 cuts of glam-damaged rock.
(inspired by MeCha's own ethylene)
Today at work, a nebbishy old guy came in, a short unassuming fellow who looked like he was somebody's grampa. He also
stunk of gin at 11 am. He sold us some books, we rejected others. When we do that, you have the option of taking them back or leaving them for the dollar rack. he left them. Among them was a tiny tome entitled "State Of new York Department Of Corrections-Standards Of Inmate Behavior."
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The most booty-shakin' 2:44 of your day. Beyonce's
Deja Vu, Freemasons remix!
*dances in living room after really good lesson and totally intense air-hockey tourney, and kind of excited this all happened on a Thursday night!*
It is not a big deal. The comments there suggest some kind of extreme danger or abuse. Bullshit. The forces involved are not extreme, the kid is being gently sent through graceful arcs. I have done similar (not quite so ambitious) with my little boy and he LOVED it, begged for more.
Now the music, well that's another issue.
You know what I'm in the mood for? An old fashioned a/s/l post.
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Warm fake whuffles. Thoughts about the bunnyfire situation. Being scapegoated for her belief system is, imo, hypocritical, unethical, bad mannered and wrong. I would like to say something about this before asking to be unsubscribed as a member here.
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Would any bunnies want to join the MetaEtsy team? I know there was an Etsy thread around here some time back...
Also, anyone have ideas what to call the team? MetaEtsy sounds kinda weird...
Phil Spector retrial Anyone else following this?
(Currently listening to Tina Turner, River Deep Mountain High right now, in glorious mono.)
Yellow Submaryan: An Armenian knockoff of the Simpsons sings the Beatles.
What's cookin'? On the stove I gots: kale with caramelized onions and chorizo, skillet cornbread, potato and onion pancakes.
THIS A WORK-RELATED SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
What's going on with me? →Read more...
When you write a check - do you still sometimes start writing the year with a 1?
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best GOTV ad ever! And it's nonpartisan, courtesy of the State of North Carolina.
things I didn't know before negotiating with Iran is
just like buying Persian rugs!
I am going to say mean things about old people now! →Read more...
boo, didn't get a job. that I applied for. It's amazing how fragile my confidence is.
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I awoke this morning to the sound of... →Read more...
Love, Chillmost Oops. I just accidently closed and sent a formal work related email like this...
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Yo, wordz nerdz of the puzzley flavor: Don't miss the great game
Blocks With Letters On, posted by
Sitegeist at MeFi (it gets much harder after the first 10 or 15 levels, in a good way). Also...
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29 October 2008
"Full of Life: Arnaud Desplechin" If you're in L.A. and love movies,
don't miss this. Desplechin rules.
help me get into the halloween spirit. and no, not by scaring me about the upcoming/currently-happening financial/environmental/etc apocalypse!
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Good news/more good news So you know how I was all worried about my
son driving across town to volunteer for a political party for a school assignment? Well he made it there and home, unscathed. Yay!
And... he enjoyed his time at the Tarrant County Democratic Party. They even said they may be able to give him a paying job! Yay! YAY!
CostumeFilter My friend wants to go as the Death of Corporate Greed. He already has a Grim Reaper-type cape. What other accessories should he have?
Am I on Crack? Or is CNN? Just a small reality check...
I didn't see the Obama speech tonight. So, I figured I'd check out the highlights on CNN.com.
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Cat in hat saves train station On a crappy day in a crappy week, this made me smile. The picture is the best part.
WOOOOOOOO! PHILLIES!!!!!! WOOOOOOOO! Woo.
OMG Fiat! I like how the seller calls it "Luigi," and he managed to find air horns that sound "La cucaracha."
OK Stop it now. 1. The comments have disappeared from the bunnyfire thread because (I think) of a bug in the software. Please try not to read too much into it.
2. taz won't be up until the morning. She can spend the morning cleaning up metachat, or she can spend it having a nice cup of coffee and a pleasant breakfast. You decide.
3. I'm in the process of overreacting to this situation. I'm going to bed before I do something I regret, and would ask that you all try and quell those important things you must say until tomorrow.
What happened to bunnyfire's thread? Am I the only one who opens it and sees no comments and no comment box? Mods?
"There is no God." I've just seen the ad on CNN: isn't the voice at the end really really misleading, like it _really_ leads you to think it's Hagan's voice? Is that even permissible? I mean I understand the 1st Amendment, but can you dub all kinds of crap over an ad as if it's that person talking? I'm assuming it's OK if it's parody (say, Conan or Leno) but a political ad? It's interesting I guess.
I find this very sad. As a person with mental illness myself, I am very concerned that the judge has given Britney's father pretty-much permanent control over her affairs
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Homemade bread or homemade chocolate chip cookies? Which would you choose?
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Are y'all planning on watching The Obama Show tonight? →Read more...
Meatballs! Yep, it's spaghetti & meatballs day at casa elizard. So, how do you like your meatballs?
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Daring escape beagle! This is even funnier if you hum "Ride of the Valkyries" to yourself as he climbs.
This vid's got it all - big hair, synchronized keytar rocking, whammy dives, gratuitous gear-grinding key change on the last chorus... *sniff* they just just don't make 'em like that anymore. (Also a ridiculously catchy chorus.)
Well, my costume has been decided.... I'll be dressed as an anxious mom.
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I woke up this morning with
this song stuck in my head. I played it several times on the way to work, but it's
still there.
Not a bad thing, really.
Squeaky the herding pig. She likes to herd cows and eat pizza.
Happy Birthday anastasiav and danb!!
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28 October 2008
This is goodbye. I don't feel comfortable or safe here anymore.
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Halloween Candy: Best and Worst →Read more...
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I am happy that I am the one to link this here TV on the Radio, for your happy delectation, my happy metachat buds.
Wait, that sounds weird, I ain't smoking any of the herb (not that this is a bad thing).
This is just the prettiest song/video I have seen/heard in a long time.
Overheard on NPR this afternoon: "Rosa sat so Martin could walk. Martin walked so Barack could run. Barack ran so our children could fly."
After a rough day pizza and The Geat Pumpkin are on track to make things all better.
PS: Hi
Fallout 3 is awesome. That is all.
The Warfield: Question for Bay Areans... How can I buy tickets without going through ticketmaster? It used to be that the Fillmore sold them,
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Chugga chugga chugga chugga Choo Choo? Will you meet me at the station
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Trashy pleasures... I just discovered True Blood. Whooeeee!
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Bassets for Obama One of my brother's friends made this video, and I can't get the song out of my head now.
He built the dog trailer in the video himself, BTW.
Sorry the quality is not so good, but I've still had
this song stuck in my head for almost two weeks now. I'm excited about the album! I'm sure you care, a lot!
Yelle Some friends and I went to a Yelle concert last night. It was a lot of fun, but one of our number who had been looking forward to the concert for a while was turned away for having an expired ID (he is 29 years old). Any suggestions for things we could to do to cheer him up?
Want to be Randy Cohen for the day? →Read more...
Opixies This is what i wanted to pull together the other day before i ended up with those two other 37 son playlists
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Crap. My work just blocked MetaChat, so I won't be seeing much of y'all anymore.
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I came home yesterday to a passed-away cat. (a lot of whining and guilt inside)
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pixlr is an online photo editing tool.
For Quitters - this ad made me cry - you made the right choice cutting out the cancer sticks.
Sarah Palin came to Asheville on Sunday and her campaign appearance happened to coincide with World Zombie Day.
Here's what the scene looked like outside of the Asheville Civic Center. (YouTube)
Craziness.
THIS IS A SHOUTUING THREAD!! →Read more...
27 October 2008
Happy birthday Hellbient! →Read more...
Andrew Eldrich supports Obama. I can't say I'm shocked, but it was odd to hear him mention it.
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This week's Photo Friday theme: Halloween. Post your scariest, creepiest, looniest pictures. If you dress up Friday night, post your pics on Saturday...
I voted today.
So don't blame me.
I AM FREE!!!!! I just handed in my final university assignment EVER. What shall I do in the next 24 hours to celebrate?
update on that tire slashing here locally ...it was teenagers. From the next county over. It figures.
I'm going to see McCain tomorrow and am NOT gonna park on Wilkes Road.
Here is a very simple math problem that is beyond my skills. →Read more...
UpDos for Obama For $75, contributors attending “UpDos for Obama” at the Medusa Salon in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on Saturday, October 18, could choose between three Sarah Palin hair styles: “The Maverick,” “The Reformer” and “The Huntress.” All the proceeds went to the Obama campaign; the newly coiffed went before the camera to mark their Palin Moments.
8 More Days ... Unless You Voted Today. I did. Stood in the blustery wind for over two hours this morning. My hands are still frozen. But it was worth it.
Georgia allows
Advance Voting. Does your state? Or are you going to wait it out until
Election Day?
why can't I leave work now?? They should know me well enough to know I will accomplish nothing useful when I am waiting to leave so I can see THE SISTERS OF MERCY TONIGHT!
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VENTILATION STATION Be it three, six or a billion points of light, this is your stop
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Color Me Impressed. A few decades on, this is still one of my favorite songs. Its
lyrics rail eloquently against what I hate in people. And it has one of the great guitar riffs ever.
Damn, what a week. So, late last Wednesday afternoon, I had to rush across town and take my mom to the emergency room.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Pundit Theodore Roosevelt, pundit. On Joe Biden: "You can't nail marmalade against a wall."
26 October 2008
Sunday Bike Ride. With pictures! And it was a perfect day for it too.
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Terms of affection →Read more...
Powerful, quiet photo of McCain Check out McCain's picture on Google's electoral map thingy.
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I'm thinking of going rogue. Want to come along?
In LA at the MS Developer's Conference →Read more...
It is a common misconception that kittens are made of soft and cuteness. In reality, they are made of claws and teeth. *OW! STOP IT!*
Why do our politicians continue to ignore the great international glue scandal? I ask you, my friends. I recycle jars for storing spices, nuts, flour, sugar, coffee, etc., but the hot water I waste trying to get the blasted glue off of them has to outweigh whatever green benefit might accrue. Do the glue lobbyists have our leaders pasted into their pockets? Why don't overgluing charges ever stick? Is the mainstream media sniffing glue? Why won't they report on these sticky-fingered thieves? This is a disgrace.
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Parallels lacking intersection yet i'm lucky to have run across it accidentally. Even though
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Every day is Hallowe'en... and then it gets dark!
MeCha radio's dead, undead, undead, but here are songs escaped from the Batcave.
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25 October 2008
Hope me mecha. Halloween is a week away and I don't have a costume →Read more...
I have a freckle in my eye... →Read more...
Thank you thank you thank you NYT for finally removing that annoying "feature" that gave you a dictionary definition of any word you double-clicked on. Now a little balloon pops up that you can click on instead.
AUUUGH! External USB hard drive with EVERYTHING on it failed me! →Read more...
Haircut help, please? Deadline two hours!
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Saturday. 10 days to election. 12 hours until we find out if SNL has the guts/nerve to open with the most obvious/approprite/tasteless joke of the season:
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24 October 2008
Continuing the Friday night music posts here's a band with a message:
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy.→Read more...
Do you use a box spring with your mattress? I sold my antique bedframe and am looking at giving my bedroom a whole new vibe. I want it to feel like one of those great, cozy beds they have in W Hotels or something.
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A list of things I found in my temporary accommodation. Vodka in the freezer.
Sardines.
An almost full jar of unpopped popcorn.
Mustard, standard yellow variety.
Opened bag of dried kidney beans.
I am only here for two weeks, but I intend to consume as much of the above as I can.
It's 3am. I can't sleep. That is all.
The Seattle band that everybody forgets. They weren't angsty, they weren't grunge, but they could be a hell of a lot of fun, and they had some great tunes. here they are, the
Presidents Of The United States Of America!
Live Feed of Puppies Sleeping - For your Friday night viewing pleasure.
It's past meh o'clock Where the hell's my booze wagon?
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When coming up to a 1-room public restroom with the door closed, do you knock or try the door?
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Dreamed Up Performances You Want To See →Read more...
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Yarn Haul 118 skeins of high quality wool!
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pink celebrity gossip aggregator. Because there are so few of them on the internet.
Happy birthday sisterhavana!
Bill Clinton's shutting down Main Street. They're shutting down Main Street in North Little Rock today because the Clinton formerly known as President is showing up for an Obama rally. Don't get me wrong, I'm always delighted to drive by and see the light on in his apartment over the library, I'm overjoyed when big names come here to Dogtown (we're like Little Rock, only without all the SUCK, yeah, that's right, box), and I'm proud to have shaken the man's hand, but that's going to really screw me up when I take my kid home from daycare. Therefore I suggest someone buy me a drink.
EEEEEKKKKK!!!! OK, there's a mouse/rat? in the office. It's sitting behind a door. How do I get the critter outside without giving myself a heart attack or causing any harm to the guy?
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Photo Friday: Fall/Spring.
SittingDownWithDictatorsWithoutPreconditionsFilter: Guess which presidential candidate may have already done it? Shockingly,
not Obama.
Beard? or
no beard slight beard?
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23 October 2008
so i'm becoming a bit of nintendo ds geek →Read more...
I may be way too much of a romantic but.... →Read more...
my cat has fleas I have no idea how...
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What a day. From the ridiculously sublime to the sublimely ridiculous. or something.
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Fashion advice, please! I ordered
this dress, which is totally cute, but the top is really gappy. I would prefer not to wear anything underneath it, but is this something that a tailor could fix, or I could do a quick-fix on?
This time of year a good glass of
doppelbock is especially fine, is it not? My word.
Remember that site where
celebrities are shown
aged as if they're in the
real world?
Well ...
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Girls, I need tact. →Read more...
Calling out for pickled beets recipes! Does anyone have a good recipe for pickled beets? I'm looking for the sweet kind you get in the Jewish delis. (They're probably just pickled beets with more sugar.)
"This election is having the same effect on me as marijuana. All of my worst qualities have been exacerbated. I'm paranoid, obsessive, nervous, and totally mental."
—
Larry David: Waiting for Nov. 4th
Translation request: "Happy Holidays" in German?
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This makes me terribly, terribly sad. Sometimes, people suck beyond belief.
Sales are down. The economy is in the crapper. I just got handed →Read more...
Hoodies: zip-up or pullover? - - discuss →Read more...
He's coming. McCain. ON Tuesday. I now have to stand in line today for tix instead of going to my spin class. ARG.
It's the little things - 3 pt. small good stuff update! →Read more...
i miss capslock day didn't get to 'slock at all.
*sigh*
Ask MeCha: Eyebrow trimming? In recent years my eyebrows have begun to grow longer & more voluminous. Do I leave them
au naturel and wear them thus with manly
pride, or should I
vainly attempt to check their growth by plucking or
trimming? Please advise!
Okay here's something happy -- Chocolate News is te funny. I've seen two, funny, clap clap.
22 October 2008
From the awesome photos by Callie Shell the counterpoint to the 150,000 dollar wardrobe.
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BeTheChangeYouWantToSeeInTheWorldFilter: LT Signs Up For PollWatching! →Read more...
Weak you know what I think? I think if I had $150k to spend on clothing...
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I just had to kill a black widow and now I'm sad. :(
Judge Judy FTW!
I ♥ Judge Judy.
Witchipoo and Witch Hazel talk trash A hilarious scene from the 1970
Pufinstuf movie. Witch Hazel is played by...
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"This is not about taking away rights from anyone," said Frank Schubert, campaign consultant for the Yes on 8 campaign. "It's about standing up for rights."
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Two "Little Brother" videos to sear your Wednesday-wearied eyeballs... | "Yo, Little Brother" by Nolan Thomas |
"Little Brother" by Jan Terry
Sonic Cheddar Peppers →Read more...
On the way to Costco today I counted yard signs. (warning: politics chat)
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Website wishlist? What are the websites you wish someone would make that you would use on a semi-daily basis?
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Wednesday 3-point update →Read more...
Testosterone is a
helluva drug.
Happy Birthday ethylene! Happy Birthday Atom Eyes!
21 October 2008
I just voted for Obama! Well. Kinda anyway.
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F/X has been advertising a new show, "Testees." It's about medical guinea pigs. It appears to be aimed at the demographic who laughs at fart jokes and footballs to the crotch. An observation within...
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Good News/Bad News The good news is that I had delicious chicken teriyaki and shrimp tempura tonight for dinner.
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I saw one of these parked on 12th Street today. What a strange automobile. Looks kind of like a Lincoln Continental and a Corvette had a baby.
Holy cow, I'm pissed. Someone stuck a Yes on 8 (proposition to amend the California constitution to ban gay marriage) in my front yard today.
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Some of you may remember my broken iPod story. →Read more...
I had forgotten how funny this book is. . . . A great way of having EVERYONE in the school want to read it
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Just had to get this off my mind (NSFW) This is related to an article I read in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today, a letter to an elder care column.
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Carrot & Jerusalem Artichoke Soup: I freestyled at the stove this evening and it was awesome.
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Assertiveness low, Anxiety high. Plus, I voted. →Read more...
omg, I killed my dog. Okay, not really. But I gave her a hot dog and coleslaw and rice and peas, and now she's zonked out like she took a 100-mile hike.
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When my Uncle Ron was in the army in 1942 ... →Read more...
We made puppets! So, my roommate and I got bored a few months back...
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What would you use to paint a mylar-like plastic surface? →Read more...
In preparing the crockpot this morning, I had to cut off a lot of fat from my cuts of pork shoulder.
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Hmm Can you guys help me ponder through an idea for a contest to raise cash for charity? I need friendly troubleshooters/opinions.
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This is why I never canvas alone (part politics-filter, part nonpartisan word of caution)
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I want to stick my long necked giraffe up your fluffy white bunny. On the impossibility of limiting communication in virtual communities.
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20 October 2008
AskMeCha: Have you washed a USB drive? I mean, like, with a washing machine.
Did it work afterwards? Got any tips?
This week's Photo Friday theme: Fall/Spring. Which season is it for you?
Doohickie's post below reminded me...
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Tuesday two-point! Tuesday two-point updates...
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Three Point Spoooooky Time of Year Update! What's spooky with you? →Read more...
Billy Idol as easy listening shopping music 8 am yesterday I heard Billy Idol's Rebel Yell in our local, yuppie, high end-ish grocery store. (Andronico's for you locals.)
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Dear Purveyors of goods EVERYWHERE... →Read more...
I don't know nuffin' 'bout birthin' babies! My newest baby cousin (once removed) was born at 34 weeks, at 5 pounds and change...
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Feel sorry for me! Argh. I just had to turn down a stipend position with the Obama campaign from now until the election because if I went, I would have no job to return to.
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On the menu tonight... is steak sandwiches, Golden Crinkles, green salad, and sliced apples. Totally fattening and artery-clogging because these steak sandwiches have a sauce made with real butter and they're topped with provolone cheese.
What are you having?
If anyone has big piles of money lying around and wants to
buy me a present...
that Strict Constructionism thing that they're always on about
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I just recieved this in the mail. If you get the joke of that, you (like me) watched way too much TV growing up and/or have an insane memory.
1980s retro! →Read more...
Mad Men spoiler →Read more...
oh my gaaawd... sweater bunnies
19 October 2008
The crazy Alice-Cooper-lookin' dude that you caught a couple of glimpses of in the
Telstar trailer I
posted last night was a guy named
Screaming Lord Sutch. His stage show (which pre-dated Cooper's) featured songs like
"Jack The Ripper". (This short
live clip is a hoot.)
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Wish me luck My performance review is in about half an hour.
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urk! i have been at a very intense conference. isn't catching up on 5 days of silly internets sweet?
Fair Food I was supposed to go to the state fair this afternoon, but I didn't.
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webfriends: i have an rss etiquette question. →Read more...
Last nail in the coffin? Sorry, this is politics filter
300 question personality test. →Read more...
If Ann Coulter and Denny Crane had a baby.... ..you'd wind up with my husband.
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Sarah Palin on SNL? →Read more...
18 October 2008
Telstar The trailer for the upcoming film about the brilliant, strange, groundbreaking but sadly insane 1960s music producer, Joe Meek. It looks fantastic. Some history and a whole bunch of songs inside.
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AIGH! I'm Reaching My Limit! →Read more...
Need Sarah Palin Lookalike -best of Craig's list(sfw?)
reasons the internet is cool no. 273 Today I google-found and downloaded a bunch of podcasts on American and British history to listen to on my iPod. Perfect nap fare. Listen, learn, zzzzz, lovely.
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WTF I came here to whine about how disorienting the slate.com redesign was but now it's back to the old version(?) and the
article introducing the new design is gone...?
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I've been watching the Travel Channel all day. →Read more...
Sean Paul meets Brahms I LOLed, and then had to go listen to the real version. The dude's got a whole bunch of other hip-hop/etc covers
here. Heh.
We're off to vote early. I'm digging the variety of times to vote - weekends, evenings. Only thing that's missing is the free beer.
Something for your Saturday ... Motel de Moka, my favorite music blog. Do you love it?
It's okay if you don't. :)
Stock today, leaf-peeping tomorrow. This is the stock recipe I'm using (everything I ever make from her website is mind-blowing!).
Yay autumn.
17 October 2008
Breakfast ride! On Saturday, I'm doing my first group ride on my bike, a 30+ mile Breakfast Ride. Should be fun.
What do you use to remove spyware and adware these days? I used to use SpyBot and Adaware, but I can't find a free version of either anymore. My last search for free Adaware sneakily took me to NoAdware5, which I installed and ran, at which point it identified some spyware which it then asked me to shell out cash for a paid version to remove. Dirty &*%$@.
And now the waiting begins Eggshell time! We had our (hopefully) final NACA meeting today, our caseworker said everything looks to be in order, and is... presenting it to the underwriter for approval.
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My internet was down for four days, what did I miss? I have been imagining a conversation with my brother, who fishes salmon in Alaska, about how my life came to a tragic standstill, and him all, "why do you need that anyway?"
The Thyme Cube :
No human or god can match Nature's simultaneous 4 flavor revolution in 1 Earth plant.
Music for your Friday: My first stab at making a mix on 8tracks.com, as suggested by ethylene and Zack_Replica. Today being a rainy, foggy day, I tried to pick songs to suit the mood.
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I have escalated neighborhood hostilities. Check the description for proper credit to who gave me the idea.
I can't read. I can't write. The teacher won't let me talk and I'm tired of fingerpainting
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Putting the fall in Fall. →Read more...
One more reason that I love Wanda Sykes.
And now for your moment of zen. A young James Earl Jones recites the alphabet.
Chick Flicks! (Yet another Target Women.)
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16 October 2008
Coachella A very cool music video made up of still images. I love animation that looks like this... I never thought of trying to do it from stills.
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Holy Cow, Google Earth. I had no idea and I just downloaded it. Good gravy! What are some cool things I can do with this program?
Was my paranoia justified? Dude from Discover card calls me at home and tells me that my account is past due (true). He says if I pay by check over the phone he'd take off the late fee.
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Cooking question: I have some seitan cutlets (oh, shut up; just pretend it's meat; that's what I'm doing). I want to bread them, but I don't have any eggs and I don't want to go back to the store. Advice on how to get bread crumbs to stick? I have milk, but I'm not sure that'd be sufficient....
Anyone use iGoogle as their homepage? →Read more...
Do you want to participate in this very important challenge? →Read more...
three point update! →Read more...
I went to Whole Foods for the first time. Shopping for food at Target has been a real soul-sucking experience. Today, I had the day off and decided to take the ~20 minute schlep to Whole Foods.
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poetry questions. Has anyone heard of a poet called joan jobe smith? What do you think of her? How respected is she in the US of A? Any "famous" poems by her I can read on the internets?
Sewing tattoos I know this relevant to someone's interests here... kellydammit, I think? Apologies if I'm mistaken.
site in Russian
Yes We Can! Hold Babies! This was buried in the debate thread but I thought it deserved a front page post.
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I donated to Kiva and I feel guilty I donated some money to a lady in Pakistan on Kiva.org last night and I feel guilty that I couldn't do more. Is this what they call yuppie guilt?
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Question for the Art Geeks. There is a rather famous modern art painting of a man and a woman lying together in the midst of chaos swirling around them. I cannot remember the artist, so I'm having a hard time finding a picture online. By "modern" I mean somewhere in the first half of the last century. Does this ring a bell for anyone?
One of the things we learned from the test shoot is that a horse’s head is incredibly big.
For reaction to last night's debate, let's go now to
Gotham City.
Thank You. Thanks so much to everyone who made the recent metachat fundraiser so successful. Over 30 people donated, and we raised over a thousand of your US Dollars. With paypal costs, that means we've enough money for another 19 (or maybe 20) months of server hosting. We're here until May 2010 Baby!
"The miracle on Chestnut Street." "When you see the Wanamaker organ soar heavenward, you want to look around for the rest of the cathedral."
15 October 2008
It's the final countdown! Or the final debate, that is...
What do Glenn Danzig, Corky from
Life Goes On, and a guy in a bunny suit all have in common?
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Oxygen Water = Snake Oil? They were passing out bottles at my gym this morning. . .
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Good thing I pay off my credit card every month... →Read more...
Yikes! Does anyone have ideas for a Birthday gift for an 18 y.o. boy?
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I'm interviewing with the temp agency on campus tomorrow. I want to make it clear that I do not want an assignment with the department I worked for for four years. What's the best way to make that known?
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AskMecha: Why do my neighbors like wimpy little dogs? Mechazens, dog owners, amateur sociologists, lend me your ears!
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Presenting... my fever dream, starring Barack Obama and Bauhaus. →Read more...
Baby tally! As prompted by the "babby-wearing" thread...
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2 things my neighbor does every day upon rising.... →Read more...
Lie through your teeth just to stay in the race [divshare] - yeah, the title's out of date now but the sentiment's apropos as ever.
5 months! Still not damaged or broken him. I think he's still under warranty though right?
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Life is pretty shit, when you look at it. I'm feeling really crap at the moment.
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After a quiet few months, the police are back upstairs. →Read more...
14 October 2008
A single drop of blood on my tongue, and I'm a carnivore again. This is RelationshipBehaviorFilter.
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Pack of dogs split open Florida alligator I didn't want to click on this either, but I didn't regret it.
Public service announcement! Just so you know, there is no
www.meatchat.org.
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Owww I hit my hand getting off the bus, and now it really hurts.
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Truth is Stranger than Fiction. My mother-in-law-a widow since late May, just met a man over the Internet, drove to his state, and MARRIED HIM on the way back.
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Request: Parliamentary highlights? I have watched some hysterically funny exchanges on the Parliament website but now I don't remember what they were.
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SHOUTING THREAD!!! →Read more...
Have you been surprised recently, pleasantly or unpleasantly? I was just promoted to Project Manager of a small design thing I've been working on. Except no one informed me.
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What do you need to accomplish by bedtime Wednesday? →Read more...
Atlanta bump! November 1st, with or without concert attendance. dano's in. Are you?
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Oh shit, this must be McCain's "October Surprise".
I had a bus race... →Read more...
Metachat Fund Drive It's that time again and we're running a fund driver over the next few days to cover the hosting over the next year or so.
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My Life As A OMG Bunny Single-panel comic, wordplay, visual gags (usually involving bunny ears), meta-humor and 4th-wall damage PLUS occasional cat observations. What more could you want? (Discovered via
meta-humorous design on today's Woot! Shirt
13 October 2008
Hey, I'm in New York! I just got here six hours ago.
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Wire in Atlanta! Their show last night absolutely ROCKED. They were very cool, chatting with the audience and joking around between songs, but then delivering ferocious and hard-hitting music that could blow you out the back of the building. Here's
another vid, and
some (so-so) photos.
Freinds don't let freinds.... →Read more...
Adaptation Does anyone know if batteries can be adapted
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My husband is quitting smoking My husband has been a pack-a-day smoker for 13 years. He knows I've always wished he would quit, but I never nagged him about it because I know that gets us nowhere.
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How to treat your new temp (the Throwaway Temp syndrome) →Read more...
Is it just me or did we forget to send congratulations to desjardins on her wedding?
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12 October 2008
Doves [DivShare] →Read more...
Kale. How to cook?
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McCain vows to whip Obama. Really? "Whip" him? Care to rephrase that, Senator?
Campfire! My housemate just invited me to a campfire at her girlfriend's place in the country. Wahooo!
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European leaders meet to discuss... um, what?
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Two of my favorite artists collide in a rather unexpected way. Most of you know that one of my favorite bands as a teenager were
these guys and you also know that I love me some
Tom Waits. Well, after Twisted Sister disbanded in 1988, Dee hooked up with Irish journeyman rock guitarist Bernie Torme and formed a band called Desperado. They recorded an album but it was never released. Among the tracks was a cover of
"The Heart Of Saturday Night." It's all right. Extra points for balls.
This one's still better.
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You were in my dreams last night! I dreamed that I was on an intercontinental flight, and the first class cabin looked like a big room with benches along the wall.
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Wedding Photos! OMG! Following
Specklet's revelations a few days ago, my pictures are now on show.
What a difference a mix makes! I got the 3-disc geek-out version of
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society today, and I can't believe how much difference there is between the mono and stereo versions, on one song in particular.
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11 October 2008
I spent the day at an apple orchard making fresh cider on an antique hand-cranked cider press.
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Just go back from watching Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome at the theater! I'd never seen it on the big screen, just on TV when I was a kid.
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At my job, I've witnessed assaults,
psycho explosions,
really dumb protests,
crazy people of all descriptions. Today we had a some of my co-workers foiling a theft attempt, some nut throwing rejected books at my boss, a small child running around the store snapping a bullwhip, and a toddler drinking afrom a cup of coffee. I recounted this to a bartender and it got me a free shot of Jack daniels. Also, a week ago I ordered two t-shirts online, a Funkadelic one and an Anthrax one. Today, I arrived home to find a package. Enclosed was a Funkadelic t-shirt and a
Miami Vice t-shirt. I'd love to hear the explanation for that. Luckily, pips is visting her moma and will be bearing stuff from
this place. *gibbers*
The tables are turned Normally, I am the one that brings up something disgusting I've read when talking to my wife.
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I'm locked out. →Read more...
What the heck do 40-somethings talk about on dates?! I'm so not good at this!
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Stolen from the Onion What was your most embarrassing early celebrity crush?
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Heh, this list amuses me. And I tried to lick my elbow
What movie are you going to watch this weekend?
True confessions: jonmc is embarrassed to admit he likes pro wrestling. fluffy battle kitten is embarrassed to like britney spears' newest.
What are some things you like but don't like to admit you like?
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10 October 2008
Fantasy Basketball? Would anyone be interested in a Metachat/Mefi fantasy basketball league?
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I'm sure you're all wondering hey, what's Britney Spears up to these days?
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As we were out for a walk in the gale-forced winds this afternoon, we did not, I'll have you know, steal, mar, or otherwise corrupt the YES ON 8 sign in the yard down the street.
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Radio MetaChat: The Pre-Halloween Show. Goth and post-industrial thump. Starts at 8pm Pacific/11 Eastern.
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
Troopergate verdict.
It's time for me to come out of the closet. I actually kind of like professional wrestling. Yeah, I realize it's fake and silly and vulgar, but that's kind of the point. It's the closest thing we have to live action Warner brothers cartoons.
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If you can learn fear, can you learn safety? For my 345th post
t'was as part of my last task before a hopefully deep and profound unconsciousness, i'd like you to consider what you know and how you know.
Hard news,
hard times and
the many reasons for grievous feelings might need a different perspective to endure and help others.
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AskMecha: Academic disciplines dealing with alien anthropology Ok, this is bizarre, but I could swear I've seen an academic discipline that deals with the anthropology of alien cultures--what "people" from other planets might be like. Xeno-anthropology?
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It was too painful to discuss last night. →Read more...
NoCal Sarah Vowell meet up? There are three NoCal readings next weekend (SF Friday noon, Menlo Park Friday night, Marin county Saturday night).
AskMeCha: What's the best way to manage a 3 DVD Netflix Queue used by 5 people?
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From Time magazine, Monday, Oct. 21, 1957. "Two Negroes dressed in business suits strolled into a Howard Johnson restaurant near Dover, Del. one evening last week, went up to the counter and ordered two 30¢ glasses of orange juice". One of them was the Finance Minister of Ghana. Hilarity ensued.
Photo Friday: Mugs, Glasses and other beverage containers. Suggested by youngergirl44.
Stephen Fry makes me twitter or is it all atwitter? Both or either way, let's hope he doesn't look suspicious at the airports
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Did anyone else watch Oliver Stone on Colbert? Was he joking with all the straight-faced Bush praise?
09 October 2008
Doomsaying I just got the weirdest/vaguely scary email from my mother.
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I woke up with pain in my hamstrings. I didn't want to go to work. Pips made me go. Not one of her better ideas.
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Has anyone else been caught up in a hectic flurry of "
do this, here's that, stuff we forgot to tell you you need to do now" brouhaha and crapadoodle?
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Armegeddon sic adis pupus. Dear internet, please ban me for the next few months. Even a whiff of news now gives me bad chest pains, so it's time to call it quits for awhile. kthxbye
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Ack, no more pink & white animal cookies! The 92 year old company that makes
these abruptly shut down today.
I have a serious addiction to these cookies. Despite being reasonably careful about what I eat, I can mow through a bag of these in a half-day. I even fancy that the special edition colors that come out at Halloween and July 4th have faint added flavoring (mmmm orangeHalloweenanimalcookies).
The Keebler knockoffs are not the same! I must stockpile.
Gofugyourself's dialogue Yes, I read gofugyourself, and hope each time for their made up dialogues with either Karl Lagerfeld or
Bjork.
Halloween Costumes! My kids have both decided to be mummies! Yeah!
That's easy!
My little kid "MUST" come to school dressed as a nursery rhyme character on the 23rd. He will be a spider from Little Miss Muffet.
Are you dressing up this year? I might put on a witch hat and fake eyelashes to pass out candy. What kind of costume is that? I'll call it a good witch.
Love! Yippee! My best friends just sent me photos of their wedding! They’ve been together 29 years and just now had the opportunity to get married when they went on a trip to California.
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Here I sit, broken-hearted. I lead my fantasy football league in points, but am somehow in 8th place with a 1-4 record.
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Was last night's Project Runway a total WTF for anyone else? [SPOILERS] →Read more...
This is a whuffle thread. →Read more...
It's also Doohickie's birthday! Huzzah!
It's elizard's birthday! Happy birthdays to hers!
Do you have a favorite Elvis song? This is mine. It reminds me of listening to music on AM radio when I was a kid in the 1970s.
The Aleve is not working. The headache will not end. And I am thirsty. And I have to wrangle some absolute-beginner kids...and then teach a class of post-proficiency folks. How I will go from "is it a pencil? yes, it is!" to writing witty haikus in a fifteen-minute break escapes me.
Travelfilter: anybody know of a shack in the hills that's renting cheap by the month? Virtually anywhere is fine. All I ask is isolation. I need to get away from everything for awhile.
08 October 2008
Captain Hammer was made for porn or was that Captain Reynolds? Anyway, if he had a hammer--
Creativity and dreams? I wanna chat about dreams and creativity! (Following up on
this ask.me, and, more distantly,
this one.) I have no visual imagination at all, but my dreams are full of all sorts of intricate and beautiful visuals. I even compose music in my dreams, which I totally can't do awake. This freaks me out. Does this happen to you? Have you ever successfully exported a creative work from a dream to the real world?
I cycled 18 miles this evening. →Read more...
Fun with Google. Search for (html + heart). Now, before checking the results, visualize the top few results. Okay, now look at the second one.
Warning: Bizarre, random, and gross.
Give him a hand! Man reportedly doing well after world's first double arm transplant.
Dumb Online Shopping Question: Applebees catalog Online? I can't find the website for Applebee's women's clothing, not the restaurant.
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tripartite bunnicular briefing i sent in a proposal yesterday and haven't heard back and in new grown-up role am NOT allowed to be pesteriferous about it
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Do you use Adobe Lightroom? Do you like it?
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What's The Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? I don't mean "so bad it's good." I mean a movie so bad you felt insulted and angry. A movie that for whatever reason you watched all the way through and then wanted to go back in time to warn yourself 'DON'T WATCH THIS PIECE OF CRAP.'
Geek lust. It's
Old School: no midi, no usb, no presets, no digital displays.
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07 October 2008
New York Citeh! I'm going next week (for work). I'll be there for three nights starting Monday night, near NYU. What should I do?? Where should I go? (I have day duties recruiting at law schools.)
Exhausted! But-Sarah Palin rocked the house toNIGHT!!!
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So, if the feds buy up all the bad mortgages, who holds title to the properties?
who's watching the debate? anybody?
Barroom Ettiquette Isn't What It Used To Be. [angry rant enclosed]
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apologies to everyone for being so quiet of late! I think I am just being quiet because I am afraid I will jinx things, or someone will google this, or gawd knows what! I dearly love you all. All is well here. Many whuffles.
Remember that guy whose girlfriend got stuck on the toilet for two years? He's won the lottery
twice this year.
I Can Haz (Same) Job! →Read more...
The Miniature Earth. I've gotten this in the form of an email forward before, but it makes a good video.
AskMecha: Naming help. I need a name that conveys stability and security... →Read more...
Opinions, please, about
this dating article? Seems to be making the rounds, from Cosmo.
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Whoah... Ultra-Gorgeous Earth From Above photos. Linked in a comment by
mandal in a deleted MeFi thread. If you haven't seen this set (I hadn't), do click!
AskMeCha Does anyone (here, anywhere?) know what to do with one's personal financial planning?
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Monkey waiters! I
so want a monkey helper after seeing this.
Please help me argue more competently with my conservative father about the financial/housing crisis.
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Going under -- Lehman CEO Punched at Gym.
Shatner and Hasselhoff win Russian permission for missile shield in Central Europe during strip poker game.
Maybe it's the power suits? To me, Tina Fey looks much hotter as
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06 October 2008
What are some of your favorite birds? Some of my favorite birds: the
whistling thrush,
hummingbirds,
the hoopoe,
the kingfisher, the
junko.
The varied song of the whistling thrush.
Yes We Can (Hold Babies) Pictures of Obama (mostly) holding babies (mostly).
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I feel like I should be handing out cigars ... ...but instead I'll post photos, which of course is another time-honored way of celebrating new additions to the household.
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This week's Photo Friday theme: Mugs, Glasses and other beverage containers. Suggested by youngergirl44
this makes me sick Criminal prosecutions for producing porn? They dragged him down to FL because they knew they wouldn't win a conviction in CA?
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Just a quick and heartfelt thanks Thanks you guys, for the hugs and advice. It really helped. The consensus is that I gave a great eulogy to a great friend, and this eulogy was able to ease the pain of a lousy day. I kept coming back to that thread and re-reading some really helpful advice. So, yeah, thanks. Really.
I put brandy in a whisky glass Now every time I take a sip it FREAKS ME OUT!
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Escape from Berkeley by any means non-petroleum.
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This is Metachat! Not girly hair talk zone! Not survey zone! →Read more...
For those of you who don't live in California, here are the often-aired
Pro and
Con ads for
Proposition 8, which would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Their different approaches are interesting, I think.
Giftfilter - halp! →Read more...
Gas prices are low. What happens if they shoot back up? I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any means, but this recent tumble in gas prices has me very suspicious of the government.
Let's say the current administration is artificially depressing gas prices (they're 2.99 where I am right now) and then they shoot up past $4.00 a week or two after the election?
As a practical matter, what could we as citizens do at that point?
Does Facebook help with networking and finding jobs? →Read more...
Help! vegetarians coming for dinner! What's a good entree that isn't soy? Bonus for easy and quick. Extra bonus for mushrooms :)
Fool me once...shame, shame on you... →Read more...
Tell Me About Your Weekend Please summarize what you did this weekend, and how you enjoyed it overall on a scale of 1-10 (10 high).
Bits and Bobs... I thought I'd share a few internet munchies from my recent browsing history (and invite you to do the same!)...
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Literature Map; We've seen it before, but then I forgot it, then found it again, and have been visiting a lot recently. You type in an author's name, and tells you what other authors are similar - the closer another author appears, the more similar s/he is. So far the only author I've put in who seems to be pretty much on her own (nobody comes up as very similar) is Ursula Le Guin. Anyway, sort of fascinating if you are in the right mood, and useful for finding new authors to check out.
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05 October 2008
I Would Like Some Advice On Running For Political Office... →Read more...
Halloween Brainstormation Help →Read more...
I broke metachat. I'm sorry. I'm trying to make it better.
Defending the Indefensible Again, British Division. →Read more...
The Rock Deaths List is old but still on of my very most favorite pages on the web.
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A poem learned by heart is a friend for life. Which poem(s) did you learn as a child?
I learned
this one. I read it when I was 11 years old, in Mrs Wignall's English class, and never forgot it.
Was that Queen Latifah playing Gwen Ifill?? The whole thing was the awesomest ever.
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Search for this. Click here. ????? Profit! Warning: the results of you following these instructions will be NSFW
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04 October 2008
Ever wonder who New York voted for in 1812? The familiar red/blue electoral college map... going back to the first US elections. (where you see a lot more than red and blue)
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I found a Scotch bar I went to the Daily Pint, which has, like, a goddamn million kinda Scotch, but some of it is really expensive, but it also had great beer. And the guy who directed Lucky Number Sleven (which sucked) started talking to me about the My Bloody Valentine show that just happened (and I missed).
Anyway, when you get drunk in the afternoon, how do you restore your vigor? Or is the only option more booze?
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My description of my workday got me a shot of JD on the house. and that's all I'm going to say.
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My dad just died. I can't think and I'm in outer space. mgl, I'm with you, girl.
13 years later, OJ found guilty Do you remember where you were when you heard the verdict 13 years ago? I do...
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Nick and Nora. . .Spoilers! I loved this movie. . .some random thoughts.
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What's the name of this weird museum I'm thinking of? I think it is in California, and depicts some sort of quirky anachronistic view of an invented past that never was. Sorry I can't give any more details but I can't remember anything else! I've already looked through all the MetaFilter posts tagged with museum.
Why I traded in my £100,000 car collection to save the planet. Okay, so not a big deal really... rich guy stops consuming mass quantities (in some respects at least) because he doesn't want to fuck up the earth any more. Still, I think it's a good thing when celeb types make an effort as an example.
(slightly longer article here, in which Jeremy Clarkson basically calls him part of the lunatic fringe, a communist, and a hippie)→Read more...
Hey there, Joe Six Pack! Dugg, on LiveJournal, but definitely worth a read.
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BASTA! Or... maybe not? We need a trigger word for a Really Reliable Recall. Your opinion/idea?
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muxtape 8tracks music update. Muxtape's dead, and I'm sure that 8tracks days are numbered, but until then, here's a mix of strange stuff.
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Is it just me, or do any of the rest of you think that exlotuseater's stone woman at the top left of the page looks strangely like Jessamyn?
superdeletion? no biggie, jus' askin'
03 October 2008
For all you WOWheads →Read more...
Obama Campaign Reaches Out to the Deaf Community. Just a neat article about going beyond expectations.
They're really rockin' on MeCha, Internet USA.... This New Year's Eve, me and pips will be at BB King's Club seeing 2009 in with
the architect of Rock & Roll himself,
Mr. Chuck Berry.
WOO-HOO!!
*duckwalks across room*
So what exactly happens at postgrad level? →Read more...
Guess what? Guess who apparently I get to go see on Tuesday?????
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This is not a riddle. →Read more...
To narc, or not to narc... This recent post on the Green got me to thinking about why one would feel so compelled to act this way.
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McCain collapses while giving a speech You can see the paramedics taking him away. I don't know what his condition is right now.
Random Insult Thread! Let it all out!
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Three things I can't say no to - (1) "More coffee, hon?", (2) A
play bow, (3) a backscratch
or hairbrushing.
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Your Latest Rejection? →Read more...
Photo Friday: Broken Thing, suggested by ethylene
Attention AVG Free users Can someone who was getting the AVG 404 error on the recent comments page switch it back on and tell me if you're still getting the same error. Thank you.
So much for Spring Down Under, we're just starting our second month of spring but it's anything but spring-like here right now.
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02 October 2008
Where is the real time Biden-Palin debate thread?
How do I get my email address to not print out blue on my resume?
Anyone know of a Web-based chat room? I need to have an online meeting tonight with a group of people, and there's no common messenger between us.
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Now This. . . . Hardly surprising, but also exhaustively supported.
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Colbert Teen Talk - Voter Abstinence "This year there's a lot of peer pressure on young people to vote... Well guess what? You have a choice!"
a thank you gift as being underhanded and a bribe? really? Are thank you gifts really so rare these days that folks are reading them as bribes and the giver 'naive?' really?
am i the only one who grew up in a household where 'being nice to people who are nice to you' and being sure to thank a job well done was par for the course?
Ask MeCha: pen tablets? →Read more...
The Moon is Waxing Crescent (10% of Full) [divshare] Damn, it was dark out this morning. Heavy/upbeat lunar tunes.
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I would like to thank Senator Harry Reid and his staff. My disability case was approved last November after 4 years of waiting for the glacial process to run its course. I had been waiting ever since then for the lump sum back payment but calls to Social Security went nowhere (this is normal). I submitted a written complaint to the Senator's Las Vegas office on Tuesday and 36 hours later the entire sum was direct deposited to my bank account. I cannot express how impressed I am at this moment.
What is the French term... When a King or Queen has a responsibility to do right by its people, even if they don't like it?
Holy jet lag, Batman. The trans-Atlantic boogaloo has made me so tired I cannot move.
01 October 2008
Survival summed up sans doing the math.
I keep getting hijacked to this page . . .whenever I hit the "recent comments" link. Does that happen to anyone else? I cleared my cache file, and not sure what else to do.
(I had come in to do a bit of woofing about the Dodgers, but oh well. . .)
So, today at work, I'm outside having a cigarette, (yes I realize that sounds familiar, but keep reading).
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shaving foam kitteh (couldn't find a bigger pic).
I hereby bestow whuffles upon the following: →Read more...
This has to be a personal record. I just finished up a customer phone call that clocked in at more than six hours.
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You'll never forget ... maybe NSFW →Read more...
Twenty-three years later, where do you think the members of
The Breakfast Club would be?
eid mubarak! Have a purring kitteh for eid. I went to eid on the park and it was awesome and everyone was dressed up and looking very nice. Then it started absolutely bucketing and everyone ran for cover.
Bunny! OMG! Check out bunny number CPS4, bunnyfire. :-)
iTunes 'Recently Added" I used to have a "recently added" function on the sidebar of iTunes. It was awesome. It's gone and I want it back. Do you know how to get it back?
Thanks.
Gah! I keep doing this! Are there any NY bunnies who like Jonathan Richman →Read more...
What do you have far too many of? →Read more...
Tivo surgery? Anyone ever engage in Tivo surgery? The hard drive on my old one has gone kaput and I'm considering swapping out the drive myself.
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Can someone explain to me why the current stock market "crash" is so bad? Pictures inside.
Subprime problems explained (SLYT) - and it would be funny if it didn't seem so true...
Two new things to me. i'm waiting/hoping for muxtape's return and i don't know how well "mythical" amber properties work on babies
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30 September 2008
WinAmp Update and Anti-Virus Programs. If you update WinAmp to version 5.54 (the official update of their website) - specifically it's 5.541 - your anti-virus program may kill it.
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R.I.P. Ask AVClub? Does anyone know what happened to Ask AV Club? It hasn't been updated in 2 months! I miss the "what the heck was this messed up movie that game me nightmares in the 2nd grade" part!
Hi Guys...I could use a hug, and maybe some advice I got some really bad news today. I'm doing alright, but could use some advice
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If you could pose one question to Barack Obama... and he'd answer you in complete honesty, what would you ask?
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What can I expect at a Mary Kay *thingie*? So one of my friends has decided to be a Mary Kay rep...
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Broadway.com interview with Cheyenne Jackson, Broadway's current "sex symbol". So adorable.
Three Point Status Update, please!
The moral mind Psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses how we as humans evolved to have morals, and how those morals influence whether you'll tend to be liberal or conservative.
18+ minute embedded video This isn't a polemic or an attack on one side or the other, BTW... I found it to be very thoughtful and intriguing.
Real life nigerian scammer-esque I just got a call from my uncle
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Bunny! OMFG! Warning : Gruesome
Olive oil prices. WTF???? We noticed that the reliable can of olive oil we normally buy at our local mega-mart for about $28 has been marked-up to $50. WTF???
Anyone else seeing this kind of price increase?
Happy birthday wendell! →Read more...
Pirates: They are so misund-
Arrr!-stood.
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Once Upon a Time iconomy taught us how to remove the text from our Firefox bookmarks toolbar, leaving only the favicons for a nice, tidy look, and a lot more more available space.
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My AskMe question re traveling with my mother slipped off the green so quickly, just as I was getting some good advice. Any advice/tips on trips with anxious older parents?
The Outbreak. Things have gone from bad to 11 on the suckage meter. You and a scant few others have found refuge in a house. From the undead.
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29 September 2008
Jobs you never imagined having but which you love anyway. As I said in the question, I posted it for a real friend who's actually in a position to benefit from the answers, but this is a subject that's been on my mind for several years anyway. Pop on by and drop an answer. I think this question could become a classic.
The wish quonsar a happy birthday thread - eleventh hour, but better late than never! happy birthday, meepzorp boy!
We Are Under Martial Law! As Declared By The Speaker Last Night! Rep Burgess Does anybody have an idea what the heck this Representative is talking about with the Martial Law thing? yikes. And such an interesting comment about put the bailout bill up on the internet. Good idea? Any thoughts on this?
"Remains of rotten fish entrails have helped establish the precise dating of Pompeii's destruction".
this can't be good 778 POINTS?
I don't even know HOW to react. I've just been dumbly staring at my computer wondering if I'll have a job in a month.
This week's Photo Friday theme: "Broken Thing", suggested by ethylene
The terrible, horrible, no good, itchy, smelly bad day week. →Read more...
Going to Carolina... I am going to visit the BF's family in
Rural North Carolina in November. Being a liberal, left coast born and raised gal, I am a little concerned about following etiquette and protocol in that neck of the woods.
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Sea Turtles are back in Calif! For the great jellyfish feast.
Do people still say "doggone" unironically? To my uneducated, barbarian ears it sounds very 1950s, like "hot diggity", I mean, do people really say that in real life while not kidding?
Someone just tried to scam me on Craigslist! →Read more...
Cher covers the New Orleans classic
"Walk On Gilded Splinters." It kind of works, the fact that she's backed by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section dosen't hurt.
Sex acts with the devil? My 69th post and 666 comments.
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my senile grandpappy told me about the time... FDR invented television during the Great Depression so he could explain the stock market crash to the people he wasn't President of.
Choogling Music For My Inner Daycare Kid? →Read more...
Any ideas on how to move a great dane from Las Vegas to Dallas in the cheapest way possible? I'm asking for roommates who are broke, have no car and little else, but were just handed a great opportunity that includes bus tickets -- no dogs allowed, besides he's too big to fit. Apparently, selling the dog is not an option. I'll take anything from brainstorms to pure snark; who knows what may spark the imagination. We gotta make this work by Thursday night.
New reason for a vegetarian lifestyle! Someone blew up our butchers'! Vege stir fry it is then...
28 September 2008
Dear Sweet 10 Lb. 3 Oz. Baby Jesus, Thanks For Miss Sandy Denny.... →Read more...
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD I HAD A SCREAMING FIGHT WITH MY SISTER LAST NIGHT - DOORS SLAMMING, POINTED FINGERS SHAKING IN EACH OTHERS' FACES, SWEARING, KINDA FIGHT.
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I just lost all of my photos. →Read more...
Off to bed - first classes of the year in 15 hours! They're at our satellite school in
Inowrocław (famous for salt mines!) and I'm a bit worried I'm going to leave all my flash cards and stuff in Toruń!
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Scenes from the North Georgia State Fair! This is my favorite pic of the whole day. I also took a
couple of
videos while on the bobsled ride.
Where the Hell is Matt? I'm sure I'm waaay behind the curve on this, since I only saw this for the first time today, but I'm guessing I can't be the only one. It's really charming!
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Cat dog love story, and others... Lion takes refuge in church after Ike "When you have to swim the lion doesn’t care about eating anybody," he said.
Question about last week's episode of The Shield [SPOILER ALERT] →Read more...
Guess who I met last night? →Read more...
"Was there ever such a pretty wart? There it sits beside the noble nose, the solitary imperfection
in Avedon's impossibly beautiful 2004 portrait of Barack Obama, when Obama was the wunderkind of the struggling Democrats. You look at the clever, artless, eager child preserved in the star orator, civic gravity and American ardour overlaid on the same face, the open collar an advertisement of moral transparency, and two wistful thoughts come to mind". I miss
Richard Avedon, I really do.
Last night, while going through an old cardboard box in the kitchen, Pips found an old half-gallon beer growler-filled with mixed change! When the bank opens at 11, I'm going to go pour it down that change counting machine. Also, yesterday, when i went to buy bugspray at the drugstore, I found a cool coffee mug. It has a picture of the
Triborough on it and says "Triborough bridge, Astoria, Queens, New York." I'm sipping java from it now.
Can't sleep. Need bunnies.
27 September 2008
Today's Alaskans for Truth Rally in Anchorage, Alaska via KOS
Calling Sarah Palin to task and to be held accountable for her actions/inaction.
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Reminders #534 and 535 that you live in a college town: →Read more...
The weekend that wasn't: →Read more...
happy boots Guess they fulfil my inner Mongolian
or Tibetan peasant.
All kinds of colors. What boots do you like?
I found this wikipedia article on
hot dog variations pretty interesting. Particularly some of the South American offerings.
What's for breakfast? →Read more...
John McCain said he was pulling his commercials as part of his campaign halt pending resolution of the economic crisis by Congress. So then why did I just see a McCain commercial on TV?
The Perils Of Assuming That Everyone Is Familiar With The Pentateuch: An Anecdote! →Read more...
26 September 2008
Walke Me Through This iPod Thing So I did my bit for the economy and my own misery and went and bought my very first iPod. Now, please, explain to me how, as I put my scratched CD collection onto iTunes, how I remove the unplayable songs? Because they are making terrible thunka thunka noises.
MetaChat Radio: Pre-announcement. A ska set, featuring the first wave of ska and some rocksteady,
and bands that pay tribute to it. Music to get your goove on to.
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I voted today! Thank to early voting, my votes are cast, and now the next 50-something days are going to be sort of weird, like watching a show put on for someone else.
WHAT A CRAPTACULAR FRIDAY THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE Please DO NOT CLICK if you are having a good day
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Sacha Baron Cohen invades Milan fashion week Milan's prestigious fashion week has been hijacked by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in his alter ego of Bruno, the flamboyantly camp Austrian fashion reporter. Video and more pics. Fashion
flip-flop on Paris Hilton [nsfw].
AskMeCha? What's a good network to watch the debate on? Least bad? I generally just flip through till I find one I like, but I can't do that this time because I'll be recording for a friend.
Joe Biden chokes up over Rocky Bleier recollection All too infrequently do stump speeches bring me to tears. This one did. I love the Rooney family. I love the Steelers.
The judge really threw the yarn at her! An 89-year-old granny caught slashing car tyres has been handed the painstaking punishment of knitting sweaters.
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Random things →Read more...
Right Now, it's time to...KICKOUT THE JAMS, MOTHERF@*&ERS!!! The Mighty MC5- with some help
from some great singers. (I have no idea what Evan dando is doing there either). As a bonus here's
some vintage Footage of the Five.
Scrabulous is taking a coffee break? O NOES!!! While
Scrabulous is
"taking a coffee break," has anyone tried
www.isc.ro for similar style of gameplay? I'm a one-move-per-email-from-anywhere type player (not "live," which the isc seems to be), so scrabulous's down-osity is kinda making me edgy like a Hostess addict after they ban twinkies.
Photo Friday: Weather Report
It took six people to restrain her - drunk Swedish women tour UK's highways in a bad way.
25 September 2008
rapture What I don't understand about is, why would you want to hurry it?
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The Great Schlep aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and therefore swing the crucial Florida vote in his favor.
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Dear Most Excellent Friend, →Read more...
Third time the charm: three weeks into possibly my best job ever? →Read more...
Chicago Meetup in 35 minutes. I'm abandoning my post to be there, so show up or be roundly ridiculed.
Demo Done For Radio Slot - One Step Closer To Dominion.... →Read more...
Happy birthday, trondant. →Read more...
Oh poor pig. My guinea piggie is in hospital.
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Help. All advice is welcome. My life would appear to be falling apart AGAIN.
Chill out baby. just chill out.
Resolved: Swiss cheese is the tastiest of all "casual sandwich" cheeses. →Read more...
boring musings thread - underwhelm me! →Read more...
SHOUTING THREAD! TODAY'S THEME: MY CAR GOT BROKEN INTO! COULDN'T THE AT LEAST DO IT TO SOMEONE WHO'S NOT BROKE AND UNEMPLOYED!?!?!?
Bunny! OMG! Or: "Nobody puts Baby in the corner"
Cornell West on Colbert Report Did people see it? It made me really happy.
OW OW OW OW I fell down the stairs yesterday. I'm fine, but I hurt a bit more than my pride.
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What five albums should I download RIGHT NOW?
Could someone more familar with british accents tell me how common
this one is? Because it seems pretty hardcore.
24 September 2008
Retroxitique The Home of Exotic Retro Fashions and Fetish wear. Some are
beautiful. Others
buzz worthy. Tons of photographs from
way back when and
yesterday, too. Many photos obviously NSFW.
This is thread to help you procrastinate. With regard to what are you procrastinating right now?
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Look: If you get pulled over for drunk driving,
farting at the cop is really not going to help your case. PSA.
AskMetachatter: LT Has Finally Joined Metafilter! So...the question is.... →Read more...
That fish-shaped Jesus logo? Make that phish. →Read more...
The physiology of personal politics: If you are easily startled by disturbing images or sudden noises, you might be a conservative. If you don’t react strongly to such stimuli, you might be a liberal.
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McCain suspends campaign due to economic crisis. Calls for postponement of Friday's debate. (Also, he's had a tummy ache all week, so he wasn't able to study. Plus, his dog ate his notes.)
I gotz my car! The lady who gave it to me also paid for the new tags and title transfer-over 100 bucks!
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Yo soccer mom, yes you. Your big ass SUV will NOT fit in that compact spot. Trust me. →Read more...
Hump day 3-point update! →Read more...
Hostilities Does everyone seem a little extra-angry on the ol' internets this week, or am I imagining things?
Manual for postmodern childrearing: Rub your child on some carbon paper. Then cut up the paper and stick the pieces to the child's body. Question the child as an original. Question the child as a copy. Question the carbon paper as a construction. [via Eurozine]
"ESP Rewired" - Schon/Jackson : Speaking of American Idol, few people realize Randy Jackson plays bass ("Like a Prayer" - Madonna). Here Jackson and Neal Schon of Journey rework an old Jeff Beck theme.
23 September 2008
Stupid wedding questions ... involving the maid of honor.
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MixTube! (from the blue....) →Read more...
ICE CREAM!!!! →Read more...
Is Clay gay? No. No. No!...Okay...
Yes.
PSA: Obama and McCain in "Field and Stream." →Read more...
[me] OH HAI MAH BANK AKOWNT DOESNT WERK [etrade] IM GONNA NAO ASK U QUESHUNS RANDOMLY GENERATD BY TEH COMPUTR ON INFORMASHUN GLEAND BOUT U FRUM TEH PUBLIC
DOMAIN
[me] WTF!
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Bunny! OMG! I
so want one of these.
INCOHERENT RANTING THREAD! →Read more...
Can I interest you in viewing some cool photos of non-mecha folks? I was looking at flickr today, and realized that some folks I know take some cool photos. So I invite you to look at a couple inside, and to post a couple of your own!
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We're about to leave for Shea Stadium. LET'S GO METS!!!
Secret AGENT man... I just had an FBI special investigator come up my driveway.
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Less is more ... →Read more...
Kids selling things == EVIL HORRIBLE Man, I hate it when schools ask kids to go door-to-door selling stuff like candy bars. Half the damn time, the parents just hit up the office for it (which pisses me off even more). When I was a kid, when we had to do one of those stupid fund-raisers, I usually wound up buying the stuff myself out of my spending money just to get it over with: I hated hated HATED accosting my neighbors for money.
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happy Tuesday! 3-point update →Read more...
The ADC3D book - a droolworthy 3D ABCs pop-up book.
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Five fresh fish posted this in mefi a few minutes ago... I don't even know how he did that, or what those characters are.
ಠ_ಠ I'm mystified!
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How do you want your eggs? You're about to make eggs. What will you be having?
22 September 2008
PeoplePC, a cut-rate ISP, are giving a relative a hard time canceling their account. Anyone have advice or experience?
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This week's Photo Friday: Weather Report
Some of my suitemates just put up a Christmas tree in our common room. WTF? →Read more...
My sweet, terminally cute, adorable little cat just jumped up onto my desk and puked right in front of me.
So my brother's left the UK and is living in Campbell, San Jose for a while. Which is nice.
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Guess who has teh internet at teh house in teh Poland!
charitable awkwardness Has anyone else done a fund-raising marathon (or bike ride or what have you) for charity? I'm finding the whole thing to be awkward.
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yay! I finally remembered my [warning nerdy] question for AskMeCha! →Read more...
Goddamn! Only One-Half Of My Nose Is Running! →Read more...
Project Runway Australia (probably basically one giant spoiler) →Read more...
Today, I am off work and will be until next Tuesday. However, I am not idle. At 2pm, I have to visit my kidney doctor on the Upper East Side who will share his thoughts on the analysis of my pee. Then I shall adjorn to a bar on First and 77th where I shall enjoy a few barley-pops. Tommorrow I will go see the Mets. Life ain't bad.
Crafty folks! Need a decent fall-themed craft for kids. We're having a fall festival and I have to figure out a kids' craft. We might have about 200 kids over the course of the day.
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Crap, my cassette player just broke! My stereo is in shambles.
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My favorite things. Season: Fall
Dressing: Blue Cheese
Melon: Honeydew
Ice Cream: Coffee
Beatle: George Harrison
What are your favorites? Use mine, then add a new one.
I am changing really fast these days. it is kind of unnerving, but not necessarily bad.. Has anyone else ever experienced this?
21 September 2008
Whaddasunday! Here I am, in the
sanctum sanctorum macanudium, hacking in an epistle while Mr. MC and the incomparable Pips watch M*A*S*H, after an afternoon of porch-sitting and -sipping and an evening punctuated by a delightful phone conversation with BOP and elizard (what a treat!).
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Apparently you can watch NFL games online? I'm watching the Packers/Cowboys game right now. Is this only a one time thing or can you always watch games on nfl.com now?
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Emmys? Is anybody else looking forward to the Emmys tonight, or am I just a big ol' TV-obsessed dork?
Cops is driving me nuts. →Read more...
Why do some women look aggressive when trying to look sexy? Like my last question, this is not meant to be crass or offensive.
Over the years, I've noticed a phenomenon when I look at Maxim, Playboy, etc.: Sometimes when a woman is in a sexy pose, she'll have a scowl or sneer. I can't help but think this is meant to be attractive.
How did this phenomenon develop? What are its origins? Has anyone else noticed this, or am I just crazy?
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Michael Bloomberg on MTP Did anyone watch? Can he please be in charge of everything? Kthx.
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THIS IS A BRIDEZILLA SHOUTING THREAD →Read more...
20 September 2008
not understanding the point of zappos.ca... →Read more...
What is your favorite color???? →Read more...
What are your current food obsessions? →Read more...
About the question that got deleted in my AskMe thread: I can understand the reason for the deletion (yeah, on trying to read it again the next morning, it did sound like a pretty
rambly, unclear post) but I did come away with something which I've noticed that's different everytime something like this comes up...
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Calling all MetaChat media detectives! What's wrong with
this file?
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Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts... Did you sing this song as a child? What version did you sing?
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What are you watching or listening to tonight? →Read more...
Weekend 3-point update →Read more...
I did phonebanking for Obama today. I just called 25 people in allegedly left-leaning Western Washington. Of those, 23 did not answer the phone. Of the remaining two, one was a wrong number (and a little angry), and the other said he wasn't going to vote for Obama or McCain (and seemed angry, too). Not an auspicious beginning.
So I think I decided what to be for Halloween. Here's the problem with sewing... People always expect you to have kickass halloween costumes. and you're usually too busy doing things for other people.
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MetaPalin: Words fail me. Hopefully the wheels will fall off her bus the more people realise that this is all she has to say.
Brief 'site pass' advert if you don't subscribe.
[knock knock] who's there?
opentape!
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19 September 2008
I GOT GOATSE'D I've successfully avoided it for YEARS and now I'm blinded.
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Molly Hatchet "Fall Of The Peacemakers." A great song by an underrated band, and I applaud the sentiments of the
lyrics. As a bonus,
Bob Seger's "Get Out Of Denver," for my money, the best Chuck Berry rewrite ever. Enjoy.
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what was I going to ask you guys? →Read more...
What can I do with a bottle of hazelnut syrup? I was going to use this syrup in tea, but decided I didn't like the flavor with the tea I drink. Are there any recipes or other drinks (non-alcoholic) that I could use this stuff in?
Favourite Chinese food cookbook? Having spent many many years in a city with a huge Chinese/Chinese-descent population, I got used to being able to get great, reasonably authentic Chinese (especially Szechuan) food pretty easily. Now I miss it. A lot.
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15 Poorly Positioned Ads (One of these ads, though it involves no nudity, is a bit suggestive and is Not 100% Safe For Work, if you have a particularly uptight workplace.)
OK, this is maddening: click the ball. It changes color if you succeed.
Were you like me? Did you listen to a LOT of country-ish pop from the late 70s/early 80s when you were a kid?
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Papier-Mache Costume Help My town has a
terrific Halloween Parade every year - it's a grownup Halloween Parade, and a magical sort of night.(oddly, the site seems to be haunted by a cat and thus nonfunctional). The costumes are always
witty, original, and often just
weirdly sublime.
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Thanks for the suggestion, Google, but - no, that's
not actually what I meant.
Photo Friday: Something that makes you smile
18 September 2008
Flu. Boo. :( →Read more...
My fiance is at his bachelor party. In Vegas. I trust him, but ugh, I hate sitting at home, hundreds of miles away, knowing he's at a strip club.
I'm Looking For A Knitting Project.
I would make
this but I don't have a cat.
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martin luther king quote Can you help me source the quote "our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"? It is widely attributed to Martin Luther King Jr, but I can not find a reference anywhere to where or when he actually said it.
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Anyone here make applesauce? Have a good recipe? →Read more...
Bunny! OMG! More interspecies snorgling and awwwwsomeness.
(youtube)
Steve Reich: Piano Phase, with really cool choreography. Check out what's happening with the center shadow, and how it corresponds to the phasing in the music.
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17 September 2008
Stupid things I've said →Read more...
I'd rather trust a countryman than a townman,
You can judge by his eyes, take a look if you can,
He'll smile through his guard,
Survival trains hard.
I'd rather trust a man who works with his hands,
He looks at you once, you know he understands,
Don't need any shield,
When you're out in the field.
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Who's watching ANTM? SPOILERS →Read more...
THIS IS A WORK-RELATED SHOUTING THREAD... →Read more...
Ask MeCha. Why is it that hotels so seldom have lights in the ceiling? Light always seems to be provided by lamps on tables or mounted to walls. Why?
I am in a good mood. Good things are happening at work. Yay! my kittehs got spayed/neutered and seem to be recovering well. girl kitteh hung out with me when i got home for snorgles yesterday.
Historical maps and images of Tibet. 'The digital collection presents historical maps and images of Tibet from the holdings of the American Geographical Society (AGS) Library. The collection includes a set of early photographs of central Tibet and Lhasa as well as images from Harrison Forman's expeditions to northern Tibet between 1932 and 1937. '
THIS IS A SHOUTING ABOUT SQUIRRELS THREAD! →Read more...
Can I Revive the "Economic Dead Pool" Now? Obviously, in January, I totally missed seeing the Fed's and the Treasury's willingness to take unprecedented actions to keep the Markets "afloat" (Dow over 11,000) until after Bush leaves office, but now the latest efforts to prop up a failing economy don't seem to be working so well.
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Hey, did we ever congratulate misskaz? She got married over the weekend. Hooray for misskaz!
Hellish Rock! [divshare] - in anticipation of
next week's show in Baltimore.
This is a whimpering thread. C'mon aspirin, start working now, any time you're ready...
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Burqa Band (Music starts around 0:40)
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I has a website NEED MOAR CONTENT - and that's where you come in. I need pictures of your cute black cats.
I know you has them.
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Small, super-dense, very dark, delicious, single-layer chocolate cake? What is that called? I would like to find a recipe, if it isn't too difficult to make.
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Balsamiq Mockup It costs $80.00, but this looks like a great tool for mocking up web pages and GUIs. Plus, anything produced by this tool looks hand made. That should be great for dissuading stupid clients from thinking you've actually finished.
The past three months have been an eye-opener for me, but I didn't realize how much until last night. Please excuse me for re-posting
this here, but I wanted to start a fresh blog with a good topic and thought that this would be the right one. That, and I wanted to share it with all of you: please, once again--do not mind the length--I apologize for it in advance!
16 September 2008
Haaalp My Bunneh! EMERGENCY!!! Please don't make nuisance calls.
Need songs about getting lost in "darkness" - "The Last Time I Saw Richard". I'm looking for songs that are about getting lost in some sort of sparsely populated darkness (metaphorical or literal - think abandoned buildings, rainy nights, dark cafes, stuff like that). It's a vague description, but something more along the lines of Joni Mitchell's "The Last Time I Saw Richard" or Elbow's "Powder Blue" and less Garth Brooks' "Friends in Low Places". Nothing about politics or mental disorder, please.
I'd ask this on AskMeFi, but I'm currently out of questions. :(
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SHOUTING THREAD!! →Read more...
Tell me what happens in the backyard. →Read more...
So, Obama spoke in my town, walking distance from my house even.
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Looking for something on MeFi! At least a year ago there was a site posted to the blue that would pair two random home-made music videos and let the viewer choose which one was better. Sort of like kitten wars :)
I'm hoping to find one of the entries in particular, a lip-sync of "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson, performed by a guy and a girl. The girl sang in the shower and in the laundry room, the guy put on a ridiculous wig. Can't find anywhere, please help!
Oh Hai. What's up? It's raining here in just the right way--steady enough to soak in, and hard enough to make a good dent in the drought. And it's excellently cool for the first time in ages and ages.
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Dadgummit! I can't find my cell phone. It's expensive, so I went to a payphone and called out. I was at my bar yesterday. It opens at 11:30. Hopefully it'll be there. Cross your fingers. Any of you who have my #, dial it, just in case it's somewhere in the apartment I haven't looked. I'll feel like an idiot, but I'll have it back.
Viva Mexico! Happy Mexican Independence Day! Kiss your local mexican today! WOOHOOO!
"Don't you think God finds these smug egomaniacs morally repellent? Recoils from their smugness as from hot flame?"
And he said, "Absolutely. They are everything He or She hates in a Christian."
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15 September 2008
Bunny! OMG! Unfortunately, if I took a picture, I´d get masted.
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Let's congratulate ViaChicago and Kyleg!!!! on their very recent nuptials!
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Telstar: the movie! The trailer for the upcoming film about the brilliant, strange, groundbreaking but sadly insane 1960s music producer,
Joe Meek. It looks fantastic. Some history and a whole bunch of songs inside.
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Hockey Moms for Truth. Palin gets Swiftboated.
Hurricane Ike Took out a big chunk of the beach town where my family used to stay when I was a kid.
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Off To The Great Gig in the Sky.... Pink Floyds' keyboardist gone at 65 - cancer.
How was your weekend? A three-pointer.
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John Sayles' novel Union Dues and Richard Price's latest Lush Life both feature charcters of wildly different backgrounds, positions and beliefs in an urban enviornment and (among other things) shows how connected they are whether they know it (or are even aware of eachother's existence) or not. They also portray all the characters (even the one's who beliefs they obviously disagree strongly with) as fully-fleshed human beings rather than walking points-of-view. They also both have a great ear for idiom and dialect. I'm looking for more bookslike this. Any suggestions.
Dog dials 911, and saves owner's life. (CNN video with advertisement)
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Czesz! *waves* Dear Metachat,
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14 September 2008
Cake goodness question Ok, so my boss is having a birthday next week and I'm on cake duty - does anyone have any good flourless cake recipes?
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Where do you live, and why do you live there? I feel like I haven't found the place that's right for me,
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Rush In Rio - all 2:51:10, streamed video. Sound is B+ and the shots are not so frenetic after the first song.
Tracklist. When
Alex had
heels and
hair.
Sofia escapes! A smart dog finds a way out.
3 point weekend status update because I am at work and need to reward myself with an occasional diversion.
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I'm babysitting a DVD player and TV! - so I'm off to the rental shop. I haven't seen many movies since 2005 - what did I miss?
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Three items of possible utility and/or interest:
1. Foxit Reader for PDFs on Firefox. Omg, yes! Why did no one tell me about this? Acrobat has been a major PIA forever. Hate, hate. This is so much better. Love. Love.
(see next two items inside...)
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80 over 80 The most powerful octogenarians in America. (I thought this was really neat.)
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If you could change Men or Women as a species what would you change about them?
The Seed & Feed Marching Abominable was parading around the Atlanta Arts Festival today, and honestly,
they were my favorite part of being out in the park on a hot day. They've been around for 35 years, and it's like Mardi Gras/Halloween/Pride any time they show up.
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13 September 2008
Fried squash blossoms (gluten-free!). I have wanted to make fried squash blossoms for years, but never had the courage -- I'm not a good fryer. I finally bit the bullet today, because the blossoms at the farmers' market were too pretty to resist, and this recipe turned out perfectly.
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GraphJam A little blog with chuckleworthy charts.
Chicken Little says Lehman Brothers may crash My soft spoken local pharmacist said he thought 158 year old Lehman Brothers may crash tomorrow. yikes. Does anybody here know about this stuff? I'm clueless. If it crashes will Obama be elected :)
Euro-Metal! If you were a metal fan/Kerrang! reader in the 1980's you know what I'm talking about.
France! Switzerland! Ireland! Germany! Denmark! and of course
England!
Because it's been a long hard week and we deserve it. RAWK!
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My dream has come true... ...because of the random generosity of my mom, I now own a DYSON.
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When was the last time you were in love? →Read more...
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Champion Bunnies! What does that say? Champion what Rabbits? Oh noes!
AskMecha: *nix geeks, what's the best way..... to compare contents of two folders (that have lots of subfolders) - I copied them ages ago but fear I lost a few files along the way and now I'm stumped as to how I best check for missing files!
U.S. Politics on Metachat... A couple of ideas to maybe offset the Pa[l]in.
Please read!
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Obama supporters: what are you waiting for? →Read more...
12 September 2008
Women Against Sarah Palin blog 100,000 responses in just over a week.
New Obama/Biden T-Shirt Idea! →Read more...
Who remembers the website where you could enter your salary and it would tell you how much of the world you were richer than?
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Just got back from WA/OR. Here's what I've learned:
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Meet the Real Father of Bristol Palin's Baby! A friend who works in Washington just sent me this. Naturally, I have no idea if it's true or not. He seems sincere.
Radio MetaChat: Starting at 9pm PDT for about two hours, we present to you
ARGH! A Music War.→Read more...
Can you identify it? (or, "paws for thought").
Pet peeve #3.1415926535 People who write in / underline / highlight library books. Fortunately
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question about pain... If there's nothing you can do about it, should you ignore it? or try to accommodate it?
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Anyone got any software they need documented? Since I'm at loose ends currently...
Happy Birthday ColdChef and Altolinguistic!
So whatcha reading? You Mechazens read such a variety of interesting stuff. What's on your list at the moment?
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Photo Friday theme: Mothers suggested by TPS.
11 September 2008
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD ABOUT IKE! →Read more...
I like to do "do-gooder" things because I find them fun and interesting... actually helping others is a secondary motivation. Am I a bad person because I'm not completely altruistic in my motives?
Aw, you bunnies Thank you so much for your good wishes. We are home now and everyone is awesome. Photos are up on my
flickr stream.
How to Choose a Therapist This comes up a lot so I thought I'd post it. Anyone in the field want to weigh in?
Vote From Abroad If you're a U.S. Citizen living outside the U.S., here's a quick and easy way to register to vote in the upcoming election.
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Fursday Flash Fun: Kagi nochi tobira. All you need to do is get the key and open the door...
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD →Read more...
Original Uprock! So cool to see a piece of the evolution.
Sugar gliders! OMG! But remember, you heard about them on
Metachat first!
T-shirt tags: Keep 'em, or cut 'em? →Read more...
Sonic Youth return to indie ranks. I am really looking forward to this.
The "I never thought I'd post a relationship question" question Though this may be less of a question than just my needing to talk this over...
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Bored. Need really good games from the internets. Please hope me.
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Car vs House On my way home last night, I saw the result of a drunk driver plowing into the house of one of my neighbors (five houses down). The driver was in terrible emotional condition and one of my other neighbors had the situation well in hand so I didn't stop to be a first responder.
Took this picture this morning - the car had been taken away and their whole porch is gone.
"Spore" bunnies! I see from
MeTa that some of y'all are playing Spore... anybody else? Post your username here so I can add you to my buddy list. Mine's BoringPostcards.
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Three Point Update →Read more...
10 September 2008
You have too much room on your hard drive. You need good and/or obscure punk/new wave mu(sic). This post can fix that.
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AK > AR , apparently.
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Whoot! My good friend and ex-lead singer of my old band is blogging for the Huffington Post!
Is the word "frustrating" really so hard for people to pronounce? →Read more...
For all the Bunnies whose lives suck right now Here's hoping this video makes you smile as much as it makes me smile.
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Houston, we have a clusterf*ck in the making... →Read more...
"It looks like they're having a great time." This was a nationally televised college football game from last weekend coming back from commercial. And it's offered in high definition!
09 September 2008
I'm scared. I just took
this quiz, and I KNEW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR NAMES. Hold me.
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When nickyskye met my dad... →Read more...
How many times do I really need to tell my aunt that Bill Gates cannot track how many times she forwards an email, and even if he could, he'd be unlikely to send her thousands of dollars for hitting "Forward"?
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The baby of gaspode is HERE!!! →Read more...
Feeling sorry for yourself? Come on in! →Read more...
A little catching up: My news. I've been very quiet and withdrawn this summer, obviously, and pretty much heat-paralyzed - but a couple of awesome things did happen...
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new sidebar art... at last! Huge apologies to mister aitch, whom I asked to pick out the new sidebar art eons ago; he did, but I didn't manage to put them up because I suck. But here they are, finally, and we thank you, mister aitch for our cool, refreshing, blue theme.
Big thanks to our photographers exlotuseater, Slack-a-gogo, and gaspode, for the top, middle and bottom images on the left, respectively, and to jonmc for our happy, smiley (despite being deflated!) thingy on the right sidebar.
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Question for Pips A while back you mentioned that you wanted an Arthur Rackham tattoo.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOSHLING!!!!!
08 September 2008
Monday night questions Ginger beer -- yum! Vodka -- yum! But not so great together. Why?
Foster daughter -- has eye infection (she's a crap-tastic contact lens wearer, despite many warnings) -- she wanted to go to the hospital tonight -- I refused and said I was tired -- will she die? (Internet seems to say no.)
video: Hillary kisses Obama, not Bill Can't help watching this again and again.
Good Things: Sing, Sing a Song.... One of the older ladies in Admitting likes to sing when it's slow. I'm not talking about under your breath along with the radio singing, I'm talking full voice singing with feeling.
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A Depth Charge. →Read more...
Proof that my husband knows me too well. Just got my birthday present: many bottles of wine and a 3 month subscription to a (unpasteurized) cheese of the month club. (End of pregnancy here I come!) What gifts have you been given that were just perfect at the time?
yip yip yip yip yip yip yip turn the sound down, folks
This week's Photo Friday theme: "Mothers", suggested by TPS
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Calming claymation video from meetup.com viral "unplug your friends."
Monday not-a-muxtape update! Some end-of-summer fun (and a little bit of silliness.)
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"Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Tea For Two" performed by Anita O'Day at the Newport Jazz Festival 1958 (slyt, may contain stylish hats, heroin, and the coolest white jazz singer ever)
For much of popular music's history, a lot has been made about authenticity, which seems kind of silly to me, since, IMHO, it's at it's most interesting when it's bastardized.
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Happy birthday YouCanCallMeAl !
I'd just like to assure VMA loving Americans that Russell Brand is indeed famous in the UK. And if you're part of the management team that decided upon using him as a host, and you're suprised that his act seemed to dwell on sex and politics, then maybe you should have done a bit of homework before hiring a self-confessed revolutionary and sex addict.
Tales of Insurance Horror A good friend's mom has breast cancer. Her insurance company is now denying payment for the mastectomy... after the fact.
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07 September 2008
What did you do this weekend? →Read more...
In the same way colleges give honorary degrees, I think we should make people honorary Mechazens.
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Fashion on the street. A NYTimes audio slide show of fashions seen on the street. Caution, flash-based with audio.
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Cocktail hour resolution update! I am two sinks full away from actually doing this!
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I've been looking at knobs this afternoon. →Read more...
So, the other day, I was on my porch listening to music and drinking beer. I reached down and took a sip from my can. Turns out it was a beer I had left on the porch a few days before. Blechhh! Sadly this is not the first time that's happened.
We took Otto swimming this morning at the lake. We got about 5" of rain so the water was pouring heavily over the little dam.
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06 September 2008
Last night the bartender took off my jukebox songs. Is this normal? →Read more...
Spore. I just got an email saying my copy of the game has shipped.
(Maybe
Chinese Democracy will be included as a bonus.)
This is awesome. From the Polish movie poster FPP at MeFi. Though, it's not 200 bucks awesome. Sigh...
I learned something from a customer yesterday. →Read more...
Is this legit? I submitted it to Snopes for investigation since nothing came up. I think you guys have already mentioned the
open letter from Anne Kilkenny on Palin that Snopes says it indeed true. (It was forwarded via email to me from a friend today - this was the first I'd heard of it.)
sorry TeePs - it's too important not to bring up, IMHO...
Some yummy ambient music for your weekend. Three songs by a guy named Markus Guentner:
Wenn Musik Der Liebe Nahrung Ist - I can listen to this one on repeat for a long time.
Sommergewitter
Hotel Shanghai - this one makes me think of
Blade Runner.
Project Runway Australia... Anybody been watching this? How bout US?
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Bumper sticker seen this morning: Wag more. Bark less.
Hoping your weekend is starting out better than mine. So have a flower on me.
Friday Night Music Club! Links to all kinds of music you may enjoy.
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Darn you, Hannah! I don't have TIME for a tropical storm right this minute.
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05 September 2008
I'm proud of myself Success stories of the day!
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Axl, Slash; meet Steven and Joe. Oh, I see you already know each other... (lyrics NSFW, if anyone is at W right now)
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Three point late friday update! i got blog via email working, and facebook update via blog.. now the whole world can know the ass-end minutiae of my life.
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I love entering contests online $2,000 Paypal "gift certificate", not bad.
In a fight between a baby rat and a kitten, who would win?
The answer is
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Pi's convention coverage! (no, not
that convention)
One thing about a nine-week old baby . . . →Read more...
Search Shuffle! list your last (or 2 or 3) wiki/google/whatever searches - go! →Read more...
Rock the vote! Would you please vote for a reprint of this t-shirt? I really want it and my votes alone don't seem to be doing the trick. And for the Threadless fans, note that they are having a big sale.
Something Positive was pretty awesome today, in a geek-pleasing way.
I do not understand how this Sienfield/Gates get together at the shoe circus sells Vista..Nor do I find it funny. Churros? Can someone explain?
Etymological pedantry of the day. Strictly speaking, "cunnilugus" should mean the person performing the act. The act itself should be "cunnilingue".
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Photo Friday this week is Birds →Read more...
Jamie Oliver can't make a fish finger sarnie No egg? No cheese? The man can't seriously be suggesting that a fish finger buttie has just bread, butter, fish fingers and ketchup (aaaargh!).
Don't read about teratomas when you can't sleep. →Read more...
Sheezus... Reddit and
Boing Boing both decided to run my old "dispose of a body" comment today. What the fuck? It's been like 4 years! Many thanks to Brundlefly for pointing out my 5 minutes of fame to me!
04 September 2008
Produce connoisseur. How do you get produce home from the store?
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Friendships lost? →Read more...
What do (novelty) handcuffs mean to you? When you see them on someone's keychain, or hanging from their rear-view mirror, what meaning do you derive from that?
Sad anniversary. →Read more...
I think the building I live in might be a miniature NY. Lately I've come to realize what a bunch of eccentrics live here (self included).
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Office Supplies: are you a "contract" or "designer" user? →Read more...
Features You Love There's a number of regular features in magazines and blogs that I keep a special eye out for.
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Whoa! This is hidden away in that never-ending Palin thread on the blue, but is really worth a read.
Very Funny Ads. When you've had enough Internet, and convention, and outside ... your entertainment of last resort.
Click through some historic chess games - for the casual player or those with a passing interest. Some exciting games with light, focused analysis.
Thoughts on curbing comments as a form of censorship? I was surfing NYC real estate sites (like I do every morning) when I came across this notice at the Real Deal's
New York website:
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hope me bunnies In an attempt to do a routine upgrade I broke my computer!
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Happy ending thread! "The boy is a hero" - lost on a schooltrip the 10 year old boy spent a night on the mountains of
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The only thing better than getting to hang out with Paul Weller last year... is getting to hang out with Paul Weller this year.
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Big brother 9 (UK Version) I'm obsessed. Hopefully, we'll end up with a Rex / Rachel final 2, but who knows. I've no idea who's going to win. Any other UK Bunnies just as absorbed by BB as me? If so, tell us who you think is going to take home the hundred grand.
03 September 2008
Palin! Palin! (though the second might be slightly NSFW)
I just lit the filter of my cigarette. I haven't done that since I was like 15. Maybe I've had too much to drink? Nahhh...
Can someone explain this? My baby bun has a pretty unusual personality. She's completely fearless, and loves climbing all over me, and strangely, sticking her face in my mouth. I can only guess it's because she loves the taste of beer. Any thoughts?
Happy Birthday to deadcowdan! →Read more...
Do women play with their breasts? I don't mean this question to be crass in the least.
It's just something I've always wondered. Do ladies sometimes like to sit around in their underwear and play with their breasts? I'm not talking masturbation. I'm talking about absentmindedly juggling them or something similar
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Another politcal thread. →Read more...
Put my sweet Emma down last night... →Read more...
This is a My Nose Is Running thread →Read more...
The Omnivore's Hundred The author describes this as
"a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all."→Read more...
See-through skyscraper. A brilliant photo from a NYT photographer last week.
Can I just say... that this place has fast become, for me, one of the best places to go for discussion of the US Election?
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politics question that isn't specific to this election so a friend and I were talking, and he said he never trusts the polls, since they're conducted by phone. since pollsters can't call cell phones there's disproportionate lack of data on younger voters who are more likely to have only a cell and no landline.
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Packing stress! →Read more...
02 September 2008
I would like to congratulate MeFite rmm for the earliest recorded post of the words "fuck lieberman" on MetaFilter. Those of us who've been saying "fuck Lieberman" for years just got our wish.
Nicest Birthday Presents →Read more...
What do the following objects have in common? A 3-pak of Titleist golf balls, a pack of 'pine-scented'* stationery, a 3-hole punch, a really small Crown Of Thorns**, a big-ass pencil eraser***, and an unopened Cracker Jack prize****?
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These are the inner workings of my ridiculous fantasy life. →Read more...
Get it while it's hot. There's a brand new browser in town. Google Chrome. It looks good. And you can download it now. (Windows only - Boo!) For more detail, there's also a
groovy comic with details of features, etc. Here's a picture of me
making this post. W00t! Geek Love. !11!One!
OMG, another freaking scandal Father of Bristol Palin's child actually a well-known Italian celebrity!
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AskMe Post Making Head Hurt Are the British spying on me? And doing a crap job?
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"In a world without Don LaFontaine, there are going to be a lot of strange sounding trailers and ads." RIP, Mr. LaFontaine.
What's your current/next self-improvement project? →Read more...
Here is a photo of an English Bulldog Because coming back to work after a holiday weekend sucks for everyone concerned.
And here are some more bulldogs.
What did you dream last night? →Read more...
Hi, everybody, what's the good word? I've been visiting my friend R in Minneapolis for the last week or so. But what's been going on with you?
THIS IS A GODDAMN SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
T-2 days: Walrus-evoking bags and praise for the United States Postal Service →Read more...
01 September 2008
Your best first day at work, ever. →Read more...
Sarah Palin as Veep (Rant/Long) →Read more...
Who just sang the Star Spangled Banner at the RNC? That was painful. Awful voice, and the music sounded like a MIDI file.
Are there any other USians at work on this Labor Day holiday? →Read more...
What's for dinner? I'm having
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I HATE TICKETMASTER! Not only do they charge an exorbitant "concierge" fee, they also charge you a $2.50 fee TO PRINT YOUR OWN TICKETS!
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this keeps getting stranger Palin's 17 year old is pregnant. For real? For real? And McCain was all "nah, that's cool."
What is their vetting process? "have you shot a man in reno just to watch him die? no? then welcome to the ticket!"
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McCain's Wandering Eyes Funny, if perhaps a bit unfair to the man. (But seriously—what the heck
is he staring at?)
The day before yesterday, at the famous indie bookstore,
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Do you wander when you're on the phone? Similar to
this question.
This week's Photo Friday theme: Birds. Suggested by LoriFLA
Mister Frickin' Site So one of my clients uses this thing Mr Site..
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31 August 2008
Leopard, Vista and XP, oh my! Riddle me this, oh Microsoft:
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Mad Men Marathon: Anyone else watching? This is the first I am seeing the show. I'm blown away!
I just head an ad for ask.metafilter.com on NPR. I don't think I'm hallucinating. I think I'm awake. Am I?
Grown Up Geek Girl Birthday Ideas in Seattle? OMG I am going insane! My birthday is the 16th and I have been so busy with a friend's Big Gay Wedding wedding that I haven't even THOUGHT about what to do. Since the year before last I was at my grandfather's funeral on my birthday and the year after that I was having a nasty MS relapse, I really want to do something special this year to balance out the suck!
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Two kinds of people in this world - those that wander while brushing their teeth and those that hover. Which are you?
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Relationship question OK, so my boyfriend and I aren't in love. But did he really have to sign his email with "Like" instead of putting "Love" or nothing at all? It wasn't funny and I feel hurt, and I'm sure he'll say I shouldn't be, so now what?
What's your second favorite food?
Oh no. It looks like a category 5 storm is on its way to New Orleans. I hope the New Orleans bunnies are safe.
God made me gay. As a gay man with a fundamentalist past that still haunts me, I found this incredibly powerful and moving.
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30 August 2008
New York Meetup I'm going to be in New York the week after next, but I'll miss the Brooklyn meetup. I would love to meet the bunnies in New York!
Shamu! : another hefty cat from the shelter that brought you Captain Chunky.
Confess your ignorance! I've watched college football all my life and I still do not know what a "red-shirt freshman" is.
Saturday night music: The last Primal Scream album,
Beautiful Future, is completely awesome. Hear for yourself, esp. if you are a fan of "wall-of-sound" pop.
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What's the one thing about yourself that you're most embarrassed to share with others?
Shoes! I bought shoes this weekend. Tell me about your shoes.
Sarah Palin booed for mentioning Hillary Clinton. I guess they might want to reconsider their tack here...
Goldman Sachs has an absolutely excellent, awesome website That menu thing rules the awesome department. Any other particularly rock-out websites you seen lately?
What movie can you watch a hundred times on cable? →Read more...
Barack Obama: He Completes Us Funeee from The Daily Show (hope this isn't a double).
This is my life in a nutshell. →Read more...
Getting sick of the hate - why do people leave nasty comments 90% more often than nice ones? (in blogs in general, I mean.)
Thinking of you, mgl. Take care.
adultfilter? →Read more...
29 August 2008
Trailer Trash. Man, do I love this. A music video made of scenes from
a Warner Herzog film, set to the sounds of a great track from
my favorite Modest Mouse album.
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Another Day For The Damned Record Books! It started off well.
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This table is pretty awesome but I'm still confused as to how it stays up, since it's not obvious to me where all the legs are in the picture. I see two.
If you were on your death bed, what would you want your last words to be?
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Palin! McCain picked a woman! Sarah Palin!
Now I'm off to find out who the heck she is...
Photo Friday: "It's a sign (signs, billboards, etc)" , suggested by BP
I want to have this guy's babies. In other news, anyone want to help me with my blackberry problem?
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28 August 2008
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MOFB: For anyone who cares, I'm finally posting some pics from last month's vacation.
Baby panda birth! OMG! May your babby be born as quickly, gaspode.
Link to a youtube video of a couple old friends. I've been scared to make my 100th post. It's true. This video finally got me over that. It's one old friend singing a new song of another old friend. Tim, the songwriter, is a beatific saint of music. Tom, the singer, has had more success, and has a throat. Man, can he sing. This song gives me gooseflesh. Lemme know if you like it too?
The Hidden Cameras - "A Miracle" Lovely song, hauntingly animated by Canadian artist Daniel Barrow.
I have a job interview tomorrow. →Read more...
Most worthless Google searches? First, I was inspired by this thread, where BP
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Photo Friday....any suggestions? →Read more...
Happy Birthday to mudpuppie, and ikkyu2, too!
Three point status update five bucks says mccain nominates a woman for veep.
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Search for thousands of email addresses on Twitter? →Read more...
It's time to play [generic description for digital music playing device] shuffle again!
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27 August 2008
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Live In Nanny Needed for 4 kids "If you are fundamentally unhappy with your life, you will be more unhappy if you take this job"
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Can someone explain this to me? This was WEIRD, people. With bunny heads, among other things.
not-a muxtape update! I'm trying something new... the MeCha-Tape, created by making a folder on Divshare, and sending MP3s to it. It doesn't look as pretty, but you should be able to listen by
clicking here, and it should play right through the playlist. The songs this week don't have a theme, I just thought they sounded good together.
To do this yourself...
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Mosquitos in the house rant. Stay out unless you want to be bitten.
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Happy Birthday Triode! →Read more...
The DNC Roll Call Anyone else watching? Bless the news channels for providing live feeds on their websites!
Introducing KISS Your Face Makeup!
"Just like the makeup worn by Gene, Paul, Peter, or Ace!" Man, the 70s were weird.
"Psycho Killer" - the backstory. David Byrne had never heard the Who's "I Can See For Miles"? Also, other
classics. If you dig this kind of detail, expect to spend an evening or two.
Job interview: What should I wear? I got a second interview (yay!) for a job that I'm overqualified for in terms of training (yay!) but underqualified for in terms of experience (boo!).
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Do you miss Muxtape? The RIAA killed it before I had a chance to try it out, but if you have your own webspace you might consider giving
Opentape a try.
Sign in delhi clinic "Improve your personality. Breast toning and vaginal tightening.." (not enough time to read coz i was walking by in a fever)
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Does anyone here read Miss Manners? Why do people write in so frequently asking how to troll for gifts? Don't they know that she frowns on that sort of thing? Have they ever read the column before?
I guess it is just like people who post on Ask MetaFilter asking what to do about their poorly matched significant other.
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Car quirks. I got a few:
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26 August 2008
The American Wanderer, in All His Stripes I absolutely loved this piece in last Sunday's times by Michael Powell. I would quote the entire piece, but here's a taste:
“Unrootedness is, and always has been, part and parcel of being American,” Arnold Rampersad, a professor at Stanford University and biographer of Ralph Ellison and Hughes, said in an e-mail message. “It is the flip side of perhaps the defining aspect of Americanness, the capacity of its citizens to reinvent themselves.”
Drive-By Truckers & The Hold Steady in Atlanta November 1!!! Elizard and I will be there! Tix are on sale now! I just bought ours! I am excited! I like exclamation points!
Atlanta MeCha mini-meet-up beforehand, anyone?
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Pet Peeve #-2147483648 Job interviews. I discussed the owner's blogs with you! What is "not enough enthusiasm"? Do I have to say "wow" more often? Oh, free coffee, that is ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING.
Pet peeve #65536: Business-world drones who, when asked to send you their company logo or other sort of image,
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Happy birthday doctor_negative!
I don't know how this happened but my favorite pop-rocker, The Rocket Summer, had his album cover design featured in a Barack Obama caricature image in Time magazine.
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I'm having cold feet. →Read more...
Dirty Caller Oh my goodness - This fucker called me at work a couple of times earlier this year. He sounded like he could have been legitimate at first, was asking questions about our organisation, what we did, was breathing heavily, but it could have been someone with a disability or something - we get a lot of disabled people calling up.
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25 August 2008
Ask MeCha: Textbooks are expensive! →Read more...
DNC! USA! USA! DNC! →Read more...
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3rd World Farmer. How many turns before the paramilitary raids your farm, a drought kills your livestock, or you marry off your children for cash?
Self Link Holy mamma, look what I did!
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This week's Photo Friday Theme: "It's a sign (signs, billboards, etc)", suggested by BP
SHOUTING THREAD!! →Read more...
Cultural Catholicism. I just
commented in a MeFi thread about nuns and it got me thinking.
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Grape Pie Has anyone here ever tried this? What did you think?
Videos of naughty dogs being scolded
Their cuteness is obviously a defense mechanism.
300 Penguins This....is......SPARTA!!!!!!
What did you do this weekend?
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OK, so typing "pasta salad" into a recipe site is like typing "sex" into Google. You get a bazillion results, most of them really icky. I'm trying to make an oil/vinegar based salad, but I have a question.
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I seem to have stopped being an ethical consumer The little green compost bin the council provides has started emitting a cloud of flies when I open it, and it's so yucky I can't face cleaning it. So I've been putting organic waste in the normal bin for the last week.
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I'm going to Ikea for the first time ever tomorrow. It's a bit scary. I need to buy all the furniture for my new apartment. I have nothing. I've downloaded their bedroom planning software, which is also scary to me. This is the thread for Ikea-related words of wisdom.
24 August 2008
Does anyone here have MS Publisher? I need a super quick favor. →Read more...
Reminder: Metachat FFL live draft at 8pm EDT. Bring your A-game.
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Happy birthday, danf! →Read more...
my neighbors stink in a quasi-illegal arrangement we split the water bill 50-50 per our leases. They, being a store, get the legal bill.
Yesterday we discovered they haven't paid it in nine months.
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sexyATTACK. So silly. A little
derivitave, but whatever. Inspired by
this (somewhat NSFW).
I'm thinking (hoping?) that it's only a matter of time until they ATTACK my workplace. They're mostly hitting places in this neighborhood.
Ask MeCha: Why can't I access my dvd drive? →Read more...
23 August 2008
When I read this story saying that Biden took Obama's VP call in the middle of having a root canal, I immediately thought of
this Bill Cosby routine about dentists and novacaine.
"Yesh, I wud wuv to be yur VP!"
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Today, someone selling us books made me aware of a hitherto unknown
literary subgenre.
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What was the beer of your youth? →Read more...
John Hannah in Rebus I watched a British detective movie (Rebus: Dead Souls) film tonight -- John Hannah is so sexy in it! I don't know why I was surprised, but I was. Pleasantly so! Kbye.
22 August 2008
Radio MetaChat: Hangin out in the 80's with Big Hair and cool shoes.
Heaps of music to perhaps counter the bad week people seem to be having. Starts at about 9:15 PDT, goes for about 2 hours...
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from the department of "no shit" Full disclosure: my mom worked with Lois Gibbs back in the day. And I was born very close to there. Thanks for the allergies to everything, Love Canal!
Curiosity, singledom, voyerism How did you meet your loved one?
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Pendant help. I received a pendant a while back and I can't figure out how to wear it.
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Late Summer Photo Friday So post something late-summery.
OMG Bunny! (From the
same blog I linked to in the thread below this one.)
On cooking guinea hens... any suggestions?
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If I were a little bit better of an artist, I would draw this as a comic strip Anecdote from the work barbecue I attended over the weekend:
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Do you Etsy? →Read more...
Bring . It . On . I need some humor to post in the office. We're crazy busy, and need a laugh. No -isms (race-, gender, age, nationality, etc.). Geeky, silly, as long as I can print & post your bestest funny. thanks.
OK, I'm going to try Twitter. You can follow me if you want. I'm not interesting yet. Also not sure if I'll keep up with it..but hey, it's worth a shot.
coming out of my summer closet... yeah? Okay! I've been cocooning, for lack of a more neurotic term, because summer weather seriously, seriously gets me down - this year worse than ever, it seems. Some explanation follows [
warning: long, boring, very long, hot (in the "sweltering" sense), whiny, boring, cry-me-a-river, boring, self-centered. Also? boring.]
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21 August 2008
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today For the most part, Brian (Eno) did the music and I (David Byrne) wrote some tunes, words and sang. It's familiar but completely new as well.
Ok, Weekend plz, kthx bye. 3 hours, 10 minutes, and counting.
Has anyone set up the football pick 'em league yet? Is it time?
I'm so (blank), my (blank) is (blanker) than my (blank). Go!
s l o w i n g . . d o w n . . They say that the server used to host metachat.org is experiencing some problems. If you're having trouble getting here, then apologies. It should all be sorted out soon.
Moral Dimensions of Starbucks Someone in MeFi mentioned the phenomenon of the "ghetto latte," where people have figured out how to get a cheaper iced latte by paying only for the espresso.
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20 August 2008
BP Radio: a short-ish, impromptu set starting right about now.
Fun Fun Fun, indeed. The lineup for this November's Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin was recently released. I'd pay the $60 for stage three alone.
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favourite quote, phrase or oneliner? →Read more...
Hair extensions, glowing skin, impeccable grooming, beautiful smile ... →Read more...
I have a (stupid?) question about Flickr. →Read more...
Best. Junkshop. Find. EVAR! →Read more...
What's with all the spam today? Normally, my listserv gets about 50 pieces of spam per day, today it's been about 300 so far and counting, most of it in Russian. Was there a firesale on bandwidth or something?!
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Fun for cats! Despite the URL, this is totally SFW.
SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
new prezzies for new mommy? i'd rather have the advice here since it's baby explosion with the meta-bunbuns and there's clearly parents with some experience. my friend is a first time preggo mommy five months gone. i want to get her a great gift that is essential, appreciated but maybe something a new mom would have never thought of? $50-$75?
Duel: A cool piece of CGI, with great editing and use of music.
Last-minute Portland, Maine, meet-up! Noon today! →Read more...
omg opera! a tiny lad with a big ol' voice!!
What a difference a day 6 mos makes. Wow. Pic 1 = April. Pic 2 = a couple of days ago. The cat has not changed.
19 August 2008
african american female authors please help me discover african-american female authors who write modern alternativey/literary/intelligent type fiction.
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Haute Diggity Dog does dog toy spoofs of luxury items. Their stuff is
SO FREAKIN' CUTE. This weekend,
I got Twinkie a Chewy Vuitton handbag.
Face Your Manga Make yourself a manga avatar.
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Remember the beer? →Read more...
The ring thing. →Read more...
mullacc and I are getting married He gave me this precious little jewel to commemorate our love.
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omg, omg, OMG, bunny!!! That's right, three OMGs and three exclamation points. I feel it's called for here.
Drunk History Part 3 This may be my favorite one yet.
What aspects of your life are too personal to disclose online? Where do you draw the lines? What do you prefer not to reveal or discuss on the Internet, here and in other forums?
Two Point Tuesday Update That's right, you only get two, so make 'em good.
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Welcome to my evil week. This week is full of terrible anniversaries...
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RIP Pandora? Even if it survives, the founder says they'll start running "NPR style" audio ads between the music. Bleah.
Pet Peeve Monday-Tuesday Why do some people (especially writers and academics) post on line (bulletin boards, list servs, whatever) without capital letters at the beginning of the their sentences? I find it *really* hard to read. The same people tend to fail to include paragraph breaks.
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18 August 2008
How long does a manicure + pedicure take? I'm talking about at a nice salon, not someplace in the mall.
I cannot too often encourage people to read Avram Davidson's
Golem, one of very my favorite short stories.
Will you...? Stealing the wedding/engagement momentum,
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My county is the most idiotic. →Read more...
I was just flirted with by an 81-year old woman! →Read more...
.me breaks up with .yu: Eponysterical.name? →Read more...
I was trawling through my bookmarks, looking for interesting blog posts, when I suddenly remembered that one of my professors has a Livejournal blog and it's been ages since I last read it.
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Email disclaimers. This one is from a woman I just started dating.
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"If you put a burrito under your pillow before you go to bed, it will turn into a helper monkey" and other great lies to tell children.
"Few men dare ask the question "What is toffee, exactly?" All those who have investigated this substance are now either dead or insane."
Selections From H.P. Lovecraft's Brief Tenure as a Whitman's Sampler Copywriter
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The Pop vs. Soda vs. Coke Map of the USA what do you call that fizzy drink in the fridge?
Let's talk about the presidency For reasons I am afraid to examine, I love this guy's video response to the question, "Why are you a republican in 2008?"
Please excuse Theora from the
meetup. She had a
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What's a good book whose title starts with 'How'?
17 August 2008
Serious accident caught on traffic cam (an Italian video posted on a Polish-language website).
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Fuck weddings. Too bad it's too late to elope. Everything is crazy.
Custom boots? I saw a link somewhere for a UK company that does custom boots, and I think I saw it here. If you have this link, can you provide it?
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Why People Fail to Recognize Their Own Incompetence Great link stolen from AskMe. Food for thought re some frustrating co-workers. :D
Are any other Ameri-bunnies sick and tired of ALL THE DAMN BOXING on CNBC? →Read more...
Policy Shit is very complicated. Mostly however, it is a matter of money.
Great. There are 4 planets in my 11th house of long-term goals. AND it's a waning gibbous. No wonder I'm stressed.
Two dangerous things. →Read more...
Okay, so, Condi Rice ... Condi seems really smart and competent (though from a different political place than mine) -- how'd she end up part of the Iraq incompetence slash debacle?
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Jonmc and his Jug Band. →Read more...
Central Park Danceskaters Yesterday, I went to Central Park, here in NYC. I had intended to take a ride in a hot-air balloon but they had suspended service because of high winds. So I headed south and took some short videos of the
Central Park Danceskaters. It was a very friendly, very positive scene. Too nice, in fact, to keep to myself. So here are some flickr videos for your Sunday afternoon. I'll add more photos and videos later today. Enjoy!
The wikipedia entry on Rats is the single worst article I have seen on a major subject. The
popular culture section is just as bad as the fictitious pop-culture section
in xkcd.
What are your nominations for worst wikipedia article on a commonly-referenced subject?
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Signs the end is nigh: David Hasselhoff social network. Oh yeah.
So, my Burner bunnies, how's your packing going? →Read more...
16 August 2008
I want to read this article but I can't. My face is worse today. It's a mystery and very distressing. I will see the dermatologist on Monday, if they can fit me in. I don't want to wait any longer. It's difficult to go out in public.
That is all.
Is anybody watching this Rick Warren presidential candidate thing?
Radio MetaChat: Punk! Starting at 11:30am PDT. Just under 2 hours of political punk for your dining and dancing pleasure.
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I don't live in Kansas, but if I did ... →Read more...
Is this picture shooped? It looks really shooped to me.
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A friend gave me an Obama T-shirt. A lot of people come up to me while wearing it and say they like my shirt. I usually just smile and say "thank you," although I was wondering if there were a better way to parlay this into a conversation. Your thoughts welcome.
15 August 2008
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WordCamp SF Is anyone going? Want to meet up? It's over at 6pm, so if you're not attending but are free in the evening, I'd love to meet some of you anyway!
I was just at the corner store buying a six-pack of beer.
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squirrels and snakes Related to mudpuppie's snake experience
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O! M! G! BUNNY!!! CGI animation as impressive as Pixar's "Presto", but less ha-ha and more... dramatic? What is it with cartoon bunnies these days?
Open Audition for Frida Kahlo look-alikes.
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The bar is open. I couldn't close a sale today. I'm starting to think I should just be a coal miner.
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Yet more awesome SLYTubery. On live TV, Ernest Borgnine reveals the secret of living to an old age.
York Beach Tomorrow! Hoping to see some of you! Sounds like we have a small but hearty contingent of at least 5 so far. Game on.
This is a BORING thread! Post about boringnesses happening to you!
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oh please . . . oh please . . . I really think I'm about to get a good job. Lovely office with big windows, great location, doable work, people seem fine, really decent pay and benefits. I will hear from them next week. They looked at a lot of resumes and apparently mine was the best. Three people talked to me and I got the impression that if my refs are fine they won't bother with interviewing anybody else. But nothing's certain til it's certain, I've had my hopes dashed countless times when I really wanted something. So wish me well!!!
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We've made it to 3 months! (SLYT) Still not broken him, he continues to thrive and become more interesting.
How are the other bunny-babbehs doing? How are our pregnant bunnies?
Happy Birthday Blazecock Pileon! :) Wishing you a wonderful year dear Alex!
love,
Nicky
14 August 2008
JET DRY SCANDAL ROCKS CASA MDONLEY →Read more...
Pink Floyd Theme Cruise - The Great Gig in the Sea
Why Tara Kirk didn't go to the Olympics Tara was featured on "What Not to Wear" as someone who would probably be going to the Olympics, and we were thinking about her tonight. I hadn't heard until now that she didn't end up making the team. Start reading from July 25th forward.
I know Synchronised Swimming is difficult and everything, but man, it just looks plain weird.
Fill 'er up? Sure! Seems like 1965 all over again.
Bob Newhart: "Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Ave."
One of his famous phone sketches. This one's just about perfect.
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Pony Fur / Pony Hair what is that? (i.e. does it exist as a common luxury material or is it something synthetic?) and did they kill a pony for it?
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Julia Child was a WWII spy. "They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt. The secret comes out Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, all of the names and previously classified files identifying nearly 24,000 spies who formed the U.S.'s first centralized intelligence effort."
Is there anything I can do to stop these cold symptoms There's a big pharmacy next door and I have some cash. I need to go out canvassing for two hours and have had this cold for three days!
"When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability." has become my new mantra. Well that and "Strong opinions, weakly held." Any other new wise statements out there I should be aware of?
Not how I wanted to end up in the paper "Death threats from angry readers commonplace for adblogger" - but at least they spelled my name right.
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Please not Biden Speculation on the cable re Biden as Obama's VP. Oh, please, no. He irritates me soooooo much. Such a full-of-himself asshat.
Friendship gripe/advice time →Read more...
13 August 2008
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What music have you had to retire from overuse? →Read more...
The Macbook has arrived! Yay! So ends eight months of computerlessness; may it never happen again!
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TMI! Share random things that won't cost yer job, yet have no reason to be webbed.
This dog is forked up. This pooch came in to where mrs chewie works. He was hanging out a couple of kennels down from Otto when we had him neutered last week. Amazing.
My sweetie and I are thinking of adopting a bun. Can the bunnies help us with suggestions for a name for her?
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Phase One complete. My plan to take over the world is on schedule.
And there will be blood ice cream. MOOWAHHAHAHAHAH! (That is all.)
At the end of the day, I'm sick of hearing politicians (etc.) on the radio and TV say "at the end of the day."
Gifts for a second child? To MeCha parents of >1 kid: What's a good baby gift for parents who already have a lot of stuff?
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Well my day SUCKS! How about yours?
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Advice Column FAIL courtesy of failblog.org
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Printer for Daughter? Within a week, Daughter will be a dorm resident at SF State.
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We's got a double birthday today Happy Birthday to black8 and By the Grace of God!
surreptitious pilots I was just watching the best show ever made (Married With Children, natch), and they had one of those lame-ass in-show pilots,
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25 years.... Been married to my main bunny for 25 years today.
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Visiting Washington D.C. for the first time in 12 years this weekend. Is it true that the American History museum is closed?! Aaaaagh!!
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He says toh-May-toh, she says toh-Mah-toh I’m editing an accident benefits court case in which the Insured testified that, prior to his accident, he did 60% of the housework while his spouse did 40%. His wife testified that, prior to her husband's accident, he had done 40% of the housework while she did 60%.
I'm picturing the backstory for that one and laughing.
Spotted: 1st orb weaver of the season. And it's dark at 8:30pm now. I love fall.
Naked Lunch analysis - a little light reading for you.
12 August 2008
what is the matter with people?????
Brandon and Lisa Blatcher are real people and those are their real names! -the link explains what is going on with our buddy Brandon Blatcher.
If any of you bunnies are on facebook, please consider joining the group
Brandon and Lisa Blatcher are real people and those are their real names!
If you need a link, the thread I linked in the title has it- down near the bottom of the thread.
Aaaaand one more
updated muxtape! (I swear, I was in the middle of uploading songs when Slack-A-Gogo
posted his.)
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Anyone Can Play I am sure the prize can be used for many different things.
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Wooden spaceships akin to wooden robots in my heart.
Chicago bunnies! Meetup, tomorrow (Wednesday) night, Billy Goat Tavern, 6pm.
What does your cell phone ring sound like? Onomatopoeic words encouraged.
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Craziest line I may have ever read? I think it may just be. Harpers tidbits. Not a lot of follow up. (Mildly NSFW).
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Ask Mecha - Don't try this at home, kids! / Flip me. →Read more...
Timeless music Music is out of time for me.
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Update on subway artist contest: my pal The Saw Lady made the next round! Also, she e-mailed me with a note for jonmc and Hugh Janus
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What are you up to your eyeballs in? →Read more...
Kooky, but I
love this stuff.
Boomerang! for those who Hulu and love b&w courtroom drama. 87 min
Nightmare on Worknight Street So my partner is watching Nightmare on Elm Street.
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11 August 2008
Expanding the mp3 collection →Read more...
That was nice... →Read more...
What does the word Romance mean to you? →Read more...
I just heard from PirateBowling and she is fine →Read more...
Moving away from the commercial I first
read this from Keri Smith in December, near the start of my KaosPilots chaos, and it still rings true to me now:
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It's a pretty damn small Twitter world... →Read more...
is anyone elses gmail down why does this always happen when i have an urgent-ass email to send..??! my other half's emails and my other gmail accounts are down too. May I say: POOP!
Three Point Update →Read more...
My First Muxtape. We've had a lot of rain here, lately.
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The new fancy M&Ms look diseased and apparently DO melt in your hand.
XX ex-Mefites, where y'at? →Read more...
I hadn't listened to any Supertramp in years, so I loaded up the mp3 player and hit the treadmill. Blech! It was so saccharine that even Journey would have been better. I couldn't even listen to "Bloody Well Right". The experience has been very similar to when I got so hungover from Southern Comfort that I haven't been able to drink the shit since.
Kickball season is over after a mere five games -- I think we were s'posed to have nine games, but the league couldn't reserve the fields -- and we missed the playoffs.
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Official "I hate US TV Olympic coverage" thread. Buiding on an earlier thread, they're really getting under my skin!
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Every time I see this commercial, it both cracks me up, and makes me nostalgic for junior high school.
(It does not, however, make me want to buy a van.)
I'm nervous about this wedding I'm shooting later today, so I updated my muxtape.
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10 August 2008
AC/DC vs. Bad Company? →Read more...
Eminem as Lounge Music The previous link will take you to a Yousendit download of "The Real Slim Shady" as performed by the lounge group the Lounge Brigade. My brother got me this CD, and I likes it. I'm pretty stupid too, so take my opinion with a big ole grain of salt, or whatever else you wash your medicine down with.
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Being a godfather is dangerous when you're at the mall. I bought my godson some books today:
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Non-alcoholic beverages with a bite? So I'm doing non-alkie August ...
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3 new kittens! I'd like to introduce you to
Blanche,
Norma, and
Hank.
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I live with a horse. Samson is a 7-month old great dane. He weighs 87 pounds and gains about 3 pounds a week. He belongs to the roommates but he is an equal opportunity moocher. That shoe is size 10 1/2.
How many "OMFG Isaac Hayes died" posts are we going to see deleted on MeFi? I think they'll break the James Brown record. Hayes will keep on dying on the Blue for days.
It's been a while since we did this and since I'm new to Pandora, I thought I would share. Favorite Pandora stations anyone? What have you created?
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Six Flags, Ahoy! →Read more...
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Ok, I'm up too late and am listening to music drunk. For those of you also prone to doing this, what was your last late-night music obsession? Mine (tonight) is
Pet Sounds.
OMG! BUNNY-GUILT-INDUCED-PSYCHOLOGICAL-DIVERSION-TACTICS! If you read only one sickeningly cute daily newspaper comic, I recommend "Rose IS Rose".
09 August 2008
Radio Mecha - Music Box Here I am, on the Radio Mecha, playing some songs. Soul, funk, breaks, hip-hop, probably some other stuff. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
VanityFilter: should I get a facial? →Read more...
I am sitting behind a booth in a mostly empty convention center. I'm at India Fest 2008 in celebration of Indian Independence Day. I'm repping the college radio station I volunteer at. Yes, I'm pretty much the only white dude here. And already my prejudice has been confirmed over and over...
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Anyone heard from piratebowling? →Read more...
Fantasy football, anyone? The Bunny Baseball League has been a blast, so I created a fantasy football league on Yahoo.
League ID: 362886
password: mathowie
Join if you will be an active owner and want to talk smack all season long.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO REDVIXEN! →Read more...
Happy birthday Miko! Happy birthday Elsa!
Brevity: a very short muxtape...
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08 August 2008
Save Mister Rogers. PBS is going to take Mister Rogers out of their daily schedule as of next month. I think this is a mistake.
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The missing links are revealed within for those of you who might need to comment before these things get fixed.
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olympics opening ceremony :( →Read more...
Brazilians know how to grill steak. That is all.
I got mugged yesterday! →Read more...
I wish the Marauder Map was real. not sure where my original post went.....?
What I *really* wish is to have business cards with embedded video. Mine would be a tornado that leaves nothing behind but perfect zen stacks.
Okay, you can't fool me. A whole bunch of stuff just disappeared.
Dollhouse for all us Joss Whedon fans...
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A little while ago I had to explain to my mother what a "wanker" is. That is all.
Amazon and the wonders of the Internet. I love you both. →Read more...
HAI CAN HAS STDIO?
VISIBLE "HAI WORLD!"
KTHXBYE
Did you forget your Photos Friday? Mores poster wanted now.
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I wish the Marauder Map was real. Also, I wish their newspaper video stories were real. WHat I really want is a video embedded on a business card. Mine would be a tornado taht leaves nothing behind but perfect zen stacks.
/brought to you by the driunk chewie foundation
Seattle MeFi/MeCha meetup Are there any bunnies in Seattle? Please post your comments at MetaTalk if you can.
116 year old tuatara set to become a dad Tuatara (NZ reptile dudes) are awesome!
This guy mated for the first time earlier this year, and the eggs are in incubation.
NYMEX I just took a tour of the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was neat!
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JOHN MCAIN'S URINE IS THE SOLUTION TO THE FUEL CRISIS... BUT HE WON'T SHARE IT!
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Weekend plans? →Read more...
Guinea Pig Olympics! OMG! Also, as if having to go into the office on a Friday wasn't bad enough ...
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What do you watch on YouTube when you need a giggle? →Read more...
If he had thumbs he'd be dangerous... Check out how my weird cat eats. I think it's an adaptation to having such a smooshed face and not wanting to actually stick his whole face into the food bowl. It amuses me, but I feel bad when he drops pieces.
Hamdan sentencing - omg it's sort of rational! Rejecting a prosecution request for a severe sentence, a panel of military officers sentenced the convicted former driver for Osama bin Laden to five and a half years in prison on Thursday. ... The unexpectedly short sentence came after Mr. Hamdan was acquitted Wednesday of the most serious charge against him, conspiracy, having been convicted only of material support for terrorism.
Somehow this feels like the tiniest flash of a less-appalling future, that we in the US may yet survive these years, and rejoin some semblance of civilization.
When you're an old fart, what nostalgic stories will you tell about when and where you grew up?
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07 August 2008
HOLY CRAP... cast iron bollocks?! →Read more...
What did you see today? →Read more...
the "Niagara Falls Ladder" Because necessity and growing up on radioactive roads are the mother of invention.
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This is a smoking thread. →Read more...
A present for my fellow Joy Division fans.
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What to do with these $2 bills? →Read more...
Dude, You Stole My Article They say everyone's a critic, but in this case, the critic is everyone. Today in Slate, Jody Rosen uncovers what just might be "in purely statistical terms ... the greatest plagiarism scandal in the annals of American journalism".
Via Stolen from
Zoilus.
If The Pink Superhero was a bird she would not be a flamingo ... →Read more...
1 lb hamburg, 1 egg, 1/2 cup quick oats, salt, pepper, top w/ ketchup. Bake 1 hr at 375. Rest 10 min. I made meatloaf last night, and I got to thinking
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i have good shit going on But.. I am loth to post about it because I am worried I might jinx it!
It has been so rainy this summer here in Vt. Tell me about this summer's weather in your part of the country/world.
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All Your Airport Shuttle Internets Are Belong To Us! →Read more...
movie quote game! →Read more...
Rowers and athletes, fix my blisters! I have two popped blisters on my thumbs and crew practice tonight. Help!
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I've been researching chili... →Read more...
The Straight Talk Express apparently can't handle curves.
"It's tangible, the misery and hopelessness and the bleakness" Imagining the end of the world is not easy, especially if you're not going to create one with a computer. But director John Hillcoat and filmmakers of The Road believe they discovered it in Pittsburgh.
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Android (1982) Anyone ever see this
flick? My folks took me to see it in the theater when I was eleven. It's one of the best low-budget films ever.
A plain white box truck has been "parked" (stored) in our parking lot for weeks. (An HOA no-no.) This morning when we walked the pooches, someone had sprayed in black, MCCAIN '08 on 3 sides. There was also a note from property management under the wiper blade, presumably telling them to move it.
Has anyone here done the Weight Watchers flex points program? →Read more...
How would you describe yourself in one word?
Any NY bunnies going to the Stooges tomorrow?
AskMecha: Where to live in the Bay Area? I've linked to my AskMe, in case anyone can help. Please? Any suggestions you have will be greatly appreciated. :)
06 August 2008
Best explanation/visualization of relativity I've ever seen. Yeah, the production style is quite dated, but I've never come across a clearer layman's explanation. Holy ****, my mind is blown (in a good way)!
Clunky shoes, how I love you so. →Read more...
Today, at the Famous Used Bookstore, we were visited by a couple cops about an incident a few weeks ago since there's been a similar one nearby.
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For Those of You Keeping Track - An Update →Read more...
Sneaky foods to lose weight. My man loves to cook (even bake type of cook from scratch and he's good at it). Also, he seems to cook very unhealthy heavy fattening things. Stuff he can cook that is not? Any healthy eating cookbooks?
Rich people rooftops NYC Spying on other people's apartments is practically an Olympic sport here in NYC.
Whither waist-cinchers? →Read more...
"Teenarama" by The Records - a damn-near-perfect pop song
"Up All Night" - how Boston would have sounded had Billy Squier joined rather than forming Piper
McCain and Obama Paper Dolls with printable samples! Be nice, now.
My neighbor gave me a bunch of rocks from Lake Michigan. So I made this.
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When a three year old is asked about monsters I don't care if it's been posted before, I'm having a crap day and it made me to LOLZ the big hahaha.
what's outside your window? →Read more...
Solomon Burke Live at the Phoenix 1 Club, Washington, DC, 1983 (muxtape).
Graffiti response #1: The question mark.
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Some lovely music I've just now discovered. This sort of stuff isn't usually my bag, but damn if I'm not having my socks charmed off by
Thao Nguyen.
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It's all for the children. A Russian advertising executive who sued her boss for sexual harassment lost her case after a judge ruled that employers were obliged to make passes at female staff to ensure the survival of the human race.
It's Schlitz! Go for the Gusto once more.
05 August 2008
Who's the most interesting person you've met lately?
Paris Hilton for President Just remember, it was McCain's idea.
Fashion question: Generally speaking and concerning male modes of attire, do I buy pants to fit my waist and let my gut dun lop over the top, or buy pants large enough to tuck in the gut and ride at the approximate height as my waist? Or for those who are more metaphorically inclined, do I shoot for the 11-months pregnant look or the rolly-polly hot air balloon look? Sorry, no jackets allowed until October.
I have a bunch of soup ingredients but need further guidance. →Read more...
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Recommend me CHEAP reliable webhosting? Best I've done is $36/year so far, but I've heard tell of a magical golden city of $14.95 that's always just over the horizon...
What happened to Sportsfilter? The URL, she is dead. Anyone know what the deal is?
Anybody got a good marinade for beef and chicken skewers on the grill? →Read more...
What did you buy yesterday? →Read more...
OMFG Wire is
playing Atlanta in October!!!
I'm just going to do a happy dance all over my cubicle - don't mind me
Tell me your most collosal work fuck-up ever. →Read more...
This is a whining thread. →Read more...
04 August 2008
Bunny on a Hillside No, not that one. Just a little thing I saw in Canada that made me think of Metachat.
summer blockbusters! →Read more...
Naked Neighbors. We've all had them. Some of us have possibly been them.
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I have yet to read a really great book this summer. And I'm working in
this library. Any suggestions? Fiction or non-fiction are fine. Some of my past favorite reads include:
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Snipers on the roof! At my husband's job!
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So last night my girlfriend and I got shitfaced with
Roland Kelts. Discuss...
Only in Glasgow. "... A judge has told a Glasgow pensioner that stopping him going to the pub was a "more meaningful" sentence than a prison term for killing his wife..."
York Beach Meetup & SkeeBall Tourney, a week from Saturday. Make your travel plans now! Get out of that muggy city and enjoy surf, sun, sand, and SkeeBall!
Cool knitting patterns for babies? →Read more...
SEND WHUFFLES NOW! SEND THEM NOW! RIGHT NOW!→Read more...
Warning: Very mean-spirited, ranting, complaining post. →Read more...
I hate it when people post things to the Internet without context.
3 point status update →Read more...
Otto update. Let's see...next Tuesday he'll be 6 months. Gettin pretty chunky - 40+ lbs, no more puppy teeth/breath,
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03 August 2008
I passed my float test today... which means that Tuesday is my first day on a crew team since I rowed in college!
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Item is
in distress tonight. Keep him in your thoughts please.
After a night of booze and wild sex, i've had a few cigarettes, and if you don't like it, that's your problem.
It's blueberry time. Here's a cake to make. It's really good.
In 31 days, 23 hours, 33 minutes and 13 seconds, I'm moving back to Europe! →Read more...
Musicians online magazines - all have notated lessons or columns on composition, songwriting or performance.
Acoustic Guitar,
American Songwriter,
Bass Player,
DRUM!,
Flatpicking Guitar,
Guitar Player,
Keyboard,
Guitar World,
Making Music,
Strings (violins, cellos, ...)
Radio MetaChat: Ska & Stuff. 1 hour of 2 Tone. And some other new stuff, starts at 10:30am PDT.
We're about to go from being just cat owners to being crazy cat owners. We have
two, and now Mrs Slack wants to bring in 3 orphaned kittens!
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My first (and last) joint, hopefully! →Read more...
This has been cracking me up all day.
02 August 2008
"You're either a beaver lover or you're not a beaver lover," he said. "But it's brought in a lot of bathroom trade, I'll say that." There's a quote you don't see often.
What's the most recent dream you remember? →Read more...
What's an economical face? I'm listening to an audio book. A security guard is described as having an economical face. What does this mean? Spare, thrifty? I don't get it.
In which I do the unthinkable in my dreams. So I dreamed last night that George Clooney and I were friends...
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Asking MeCha: What do I do with this ... inflatable ... toy? →Read more...
At 4:30pm the last smoke was smoked. Hold on tight.
The A-Z of baby animals Note, there may be some NSFW ads on the sidebar (different ads load each time). I don't speak Russian but there may also be NSFW Russian words too.
So, like, it's been 10 years since I've ridden Amtrak, and...
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I gave myself a headache yelling this morning. →Read more...
01 August 2008
HELL FREEZES OVER! →Read more...
LT Is On Vacation With His Family In Northern California! →Read more...
FoToFriday? Found/Made Friday? How about posting stuff you have found or made
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Found Tour Europe Hey, I've got a pal who's helping to book the Found Magazine tour in Europe in October. Anyone got good venue (bar or bookstore) contacts in the following cities?
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"The meeting leader said, 'I am not telling you how to vote, but if the Democrats win, this bill will pass and you won't have a vote on whether you want a union,'" said a Wal-Mart customer-service supervisor from Missouri. "I am not a stupid person. They were telling me how to vote," she said.
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The Seller is Insane - A Semi Shouting Sobbing Thread She verbally agreed to the price and everything but she won't sign the contract.
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what the hell is this? [warning: gross looking insect or water crab or something; if you're eating lunch, you might not want to look]
Goo Goo Clusters. Colleagues visiting from Nashville for a DHS certification course unleashed a gooey, nutty, chocolatey sweet confection on us unsuspecting Yanks; after much chewing and smacking of lips, the verdict is out: mmmmmm mmmmmm!
Bunny! OMG! This is how we should all spend our Fridays.
OK, now I'm officially WTF. So, as it turns out, I have this rare syndrome.
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you know it's going to be a looong day when.... →Read more...
Happy Birthdays! We have a double bunny birthday today - goodnewsfortheinsane, and lonefrontrange (for whom life begins today).
Whuffles and congratulations!
Muxtape update: no theme this week, just fun stuff.
Looking for a little peace. →Read more...
31 July 2008
Tonight I went for a walk and bought some cherries. →Read more...
Hey look, it's a rainbow.
Where the hell's my hat? →Read more...
Another not-awesome thing: Cleaning the garage. Which the cat has turned into a 250-square-foot litter box.
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Calcium supplements For about 6 months now I've been taking calcium. Probably about 125% of the RDA it says on the bottle.
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I ate Flicka! I ate Misty! I ate The Black! I ate The Pie! I ate Black Beauty! →Read more...
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do you have a nemesis? →Read more...
You know what's not awesome? An unfortunate typo at work.
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You know what's awsome?! →Read more...
Holy crap! He kept this quiet. Election '08 stuff, in case you want to skip it.
Let us now praise Mad Men (possible spoilers). Have we not discussed this show at all yet?
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Rather good video (Magashegyi Underground -
Szeplős váll)
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Smart Phone for Boss? Boss is going to Israel next week
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Shrinka Dinka Do : i have a stockpile of #6 plastic i gotta use up and i'd like your help,
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This is my friend Tim, shredding. He's also in the
Shame Idols. He used to be in
Carnival Season and
Topper Price and the Upsetters (RIP, Topper). Tim's a prince of a fella and dogs seems to really like him.
This Lawn is Your Lawn Kitchen Gardeners International is launching "
Eat the View," a campaign to have the next President install an edible garden on the First Lawn.
Does anyone else's cat attack their own tail? My 1.5 y/o kitten doesn't seem to perceive his tail as part of himself. Sometimes he gets spooked by it and bites it. Weirdo.
yay, I'm an aunt again! →Read more...
Silly music for your Thursday. Casper Fandango, aka Jason NeSmith, is a local musician with a sense of humor. Here are two songs of his from 2000:
"
The Other Veronica"
"
Sport (The Odd Boy)"
(cover of a song orig. done by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)
30 July 2008
STEEEELLA ?! STEEEELA?! [possible spoilers] Project Runway contestant and rocker from Astoria, I love you!
Betting with weed. Apparently not the sharpest knife in the drawer, this guy.
Ask MeCha Copying my AskMe here, in case any NYC bunnies can help.
Flirt style. What's yours?
Short Eyes [
NSF most
W; difficult content/subject matter, mucho bad language] Miguel Piñero wrote the play, "Short Eyes," in 1972 as part of an inmate writers' workshop at Sing Sing, where he was doing time for armed robbery.
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5 interesting things on your desk, go →Read more...
For those playing at home, the cnn.com toking game: hit your bong when any news site puts up a new pot picture on their front pages or in their articles.
Bunny vs wordpress Does anybody know a good way to get the wordpress posts from my blog to appear on my own handmade website? Blog hosted with my webhost, same as website.
Midweek 3-point update →Read more...
I made a muxtape. Please listen to it if you have the time. Thank you.
Virgin Media Shorts. (shortlist) 12 short films.
disclosure: a friend of mine provided the words to one of these films.
Happy Birthday lilywing13!
Any Mechafolk around Tampa? If so, have any inspired ideas on things to do in and around the area this weekend?
There goes the neighborhood! →Read more...
29 July 2008
AskMecha: Risque/weird magazine name? So, after sitting on these sad/creepy/funny letters from our readers for a while, me and a couple friends have decided to use Magcloud to put 'em out as a magazine. But, we need a name.
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Say goodnight, Mary. →Read more...
Three word recap I found a big hat on my bus seat adjacent to Christ who seemed to be blowing bubbles from his ass in a most beguiling manner that reminded me of DJ Danger Mouse.
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I was reading this story in a paper somebody left lying around and for the life of me, my first thought was 'why, of all places, would somebody have a commune on Staten Island?'
AskMeCha: What to do with my old records (vinyl)? You know, record albums, that you play with a record player.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman is the Mattress Man
Man, this thing keeps getting funnier the more times you watch it!
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My first Southern California earthquake. 5.8 on the Richter. Our whole building rumbled around for about ten seconds. That was fun!
I can't believe it's spelled "luggage". That just looks wrong, all of a sudden.
Are that many people really reading Stephenie Meyers? I work in the book business and there's a bunch of excitement about the latest Stephenie Meyers book, but here's the thing: I can't shake the feeling that the hype is a little artificial.
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The Three Word Game Back from the
dead. We should
play it again.
Here we go:
UU shooting "An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal social policies, police said Monday."
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Cultural Studies 107. Fall term, 5 units. Class description:
28 July 2008
Anyone watch 'House' tonight? For some reason
House makes me feel warm and fuzzy, even kinda safe and secure for an unknown reason. Did House really...
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OMG Presto Bunny! I hope this becomes a full length movie.
OMG WTF CNN! Where's the one with Nancy Grace?! [insert your variant of faux indignation here]
What's the most physically demanding thing you've ever done? →Read more...
3 things going right →Read more...
I'm usually not much for wedding photographers. But I really like
their work. Makes me want to move to Atlanta to get married. Nah, not really.
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Hugs and whuffles, por favor. As a followup to
my askme question, I've been out of the hospital for a week now and everything's been physically OK until this morning.
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I'm dying to know if pips survived Mamma Mia!
Do you have a data backup system in place? →Read more...
OMG WOOT BUNNY Not a suggestion to buy but just gawk at the awesome bunny-monster t-shirt design created by the same guy who does the legendary mashup
The Laugh Out Loud Cats.
27 July 2008
What are your latest food obsessisons? →Read more...
I need a ffffucking membership to ffffound. Can anyone help a
ffffellow meffffite out?
Bat bag ,
bat detector,
robo-bat from the
Bat-i-licious bat-scientist's blog. Not suitable for the bat-phobic.
Damn you New Yorkers and your severe thunderstorms! →Read more...
MeTa crosspost: London picnic meetup. 16 August looking likely, possibly Hyde Park.
My latest travesty: "Let's Get it On in the Waiting Room (Marvin Gaye vs. Fugazi)"
I´m back! I´m finished with boot camp and set up at Nuke school. Boot camp was tough, but I´m glad I did it because it got me here.
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Winner! Every year for the last 5 years my friends and I have a cake competition. I posted this
Two years ago and
Last year. Eurovision style rules & the winner gets a big gold crown and the chance to host it the year after. Last year I won, so this year we held it at my house.
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I need a caption here, people! This is
Zippy and he is desperate need of your captions. (My stepdad's dog, though I'm in full on "You're a doggy! Yes you are!" mode tonight.) You can caption
Jack if you prefer, though.
Damn you cat litter cardboard box makers! Ouch!
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You've won a 7-day-6-night all-expenses paid trip to:
26 July 2008
The Grandbun is (semi)famous! A Virginia Beach area newspaper did an audioslideshow...
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I never did tell you how it ended with Khadija, did I? →Read more...
I need a pep talk. →Read more...
Explain this New Yorker cartoon to me because, you know, I may not be sophisticated enough to get it.
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What did you love from the 80s? Right now I'm participating in
this year's blogathon attempting to raise money for
Band of Parents, a charity dedicated to finding a cure for Neuroblastoma, a cancer I survived.
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Give some ideas for my son's Playstation/Xbox gamer tag? →Read more...
Mefi Jobs cross-post: Business/Data Analyst Sorry to so crassly mix work and socializing, but I would love to help a bunny get a job. Let me know if this sounds interesting to you and/or if you know anyone who might be interested.
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What guilty habit have you picked up recently? →Read more...
Settle an argument Who's better: Laurel And Hardy or The Marx Brothers? thx!
OMG TRUCK WHEEL!!! →Read more...
Celluloid Prozac: Upbeat, happy movies →Read more...
Birthday party ideas! I'm turning 23 in September. I haven't had a party since I was 11. Let's make this one rock.
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25 July 2008
I like anything Jamie Hewlett does - even if it is an ad for the BBC1 showing the Olympics in Beijing.
worth it for Damon Albarn/Gorillaz too
Does my husband deserve to live? This is what he did:
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Brandy, you're a fine girl. i'm flittering through you and your fans muxtapes, having a cocktail
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Some people may think that... with $4 generic prescriptions at WalMart, someone receiving disability benefits from private insurance and Social Security could afford to not decide between rent and medicine. They would be wrong.
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Today's Photo Friday has No Theme or maybe there is no Photo Friday. Anyone want to pick a future theme from
here or suggest more?
Bumped from MeTa.
Be there or ... well, be somewhere else, but if you're in NYC, be there. With food, preferably.
It's a Holiday. Have a root beer. get it?
Root beer.
sorry
Friday 3-point (p)update: →Read more...
French manicures: in or out?
Somebody tell me how to do this Not having anyone who can recommend a therapist, I just pick one at random out of the phone directory, and make a call. I get an answering machine where I can leave a message – press 1,2,3 for x,y,z persons…. Argh!
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Just a thought: any footloose, dog-loving Hellenophiles out there? Who would want a free place to stay in Athens for two or three weeks in the fall (probably November)?
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I need a dentist, NOW. Long shot cross-post.
Thanks.
Ask MeCha Why does the phone inevitably ring when I've just taken a mouthful?
24 July 2008
I know someone who's a happy bunny tonight. The margin of victory was narrow, but they had By the Grace of God on their side.
Help us name a bunny! My girlfriend bought a black and white Dutch bunny a few days ago and we need help coming up with a name. I thought who better to ask?
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I FOUND 'EM! Two songs I've been searching for for years. One's a
sweet ballad, the other a
nice piece of bar band fun. So I just had to share. Woo-Hoo!
Did exposed cleavage at work become okay? Did I miss a memo? →Read more...
Oh, the suffering. →Read more...
Goodbye, old brown car. →Read more...
Happy birthday occhiblu! Have a great day. Hope you've finished unpacking!
They don't make 'em like they used to ... →Read more...
I'm such a sap. This made me cry. 8-year old boys last wish, to marry his sweetheart, granted. *sniffle*
I screw up relationships on a semi regular basis
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New muxtape: All classical this time, since that's what I've been listening to most while hanging out here at home. Some ancient stuff, some 20th century stuff, and my favorite 8 and a half minutes from Beethoven's Ninth.
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Lifts There's someone trapped in the lift here... I can hear them buzzing for help - there are people there helping them, I'm not ignoring them to their peril or anything. But, freaky!
23 July 2008
"Condoleezza Rice's sexual worries in the White House" -- Another perspective of the West Wing by way of Pravda. "The US Secretary of State released a coarse anti-Russian statement. This is because she is a single woman who has no children"
Tell me a story Did you ever do that game when you were little where you'd write a line of a story, and pass it to the next person, who'd continue the story?
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My First Muxtape... something for a rainy day.
Wednesday 3-point update →Read more...
Look Kids! Big Ben! Parliament! We are taking my dad on a road trip to Grand Coulee Dam for the big 75th anniversary shindig this weekend. Anybody know of anything else to do or see between Seattle and Grand Coulee? Already planning stops at
Dry Falls and the
Ginkgo Petrified Forest.
Nothing too physically taxing please :D
I am drunk, lonely, lazy, and in need of male attention. But the real question is:
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The secret ingredient is:
Dateline, 1991 :
Usinor Sacilor, France's largest foundry, shows their
sense of humor.
Woo hoo! Gas is down to $4.29!
Hippy hoppy happy birthday, cillit bang! →Read more...
So I got caught in some downtown traffic this morning... ...riding a cab to work. Apparently a pedestrian had been hit by a car near the corner of 18th and K Street NW.
Well,
guess who was driving the car.
The Andy Rooney Game: Cut all but the first and last sentences of his broadcasts... and voila!
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So I Almost Got Killed This Morning. . . on my bike.
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Storytelling - your first story Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: - read by a 419 scammer.
Here's the page with the audio links
Catching a train with the angry. Today I made my connection at Times Square and, since I had only one stop to go on the express, I let everyone on in front of me so I'd end up standing by the door for the next stop. I particularly wanted to let an older woman with a cane on before me, because I'm like that.
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Tarragon , i got a bunch and i'm not sure what to do with it. Tips for the little dragon?
Everyone who's still awake, please check in. It's important for a special bandwidth test I'm conducting. Thank you.
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22 July 2008
Party in #bunnies I'm bored, come in and entertain me.
Pedicure for the Tomboy →Read more...
I'm back! The wedding was more than I could have hoped for, Hawaii was fabulous, and I'm doing a half-day at work today filled with stupid-catching-up things.
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I never see music videos anymore. Seriously, I've been trying to think of new videos I've seen since the mid-90s and I could think of.... four. So, show me the super-cool ones that I've missed out on!
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Viagra, cawndawms, pawn . . . and an order of eviction Yesterday, Patricia Walsh, who became a YouTube celebrity with her vicious verbal attack on her estranged husband Phillip Smith, was given thirty days to leave their Park Avenue apartment by a Manhattan judge.
What are three things you want to have accomplished by the time you are 65 years old?
The lights are on but no one's home. T-2 days until mini vacation. It totally shows.
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21 July 2008
I'm up to 10 minutes with my meditating. It ain't easy, trying to let the noise die down in there.
"Bobtail and deadhead coverage" - fun with insurance! What should it mean? →Read more...
AskMeCha: Legal question... Hey, MeCha. A friend of mine is appealing a State civil case she lost, appealing it to the (Fed) Supreme Court (if they'll accept the case.) In the meantime some cats she was caring for with a rescue group have been confiscated and face euthanization now that the State is rejecting her "motion to stay" (i.e. to stay all proceedings including the kitties' fates) while her appeal is being filed with the USS(upreme)C.
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This post about old playground equipment is providing me with immense ammusement right now.
In the age of Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's this 70's gem of a song is overdue for a revival. That is all.
Too Much Basil. . . for just pesto and pasta/gnocchi. What other
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What are you looking forward to this week? →Read more...
Iced coffee rocks. Hard. That is all. Strong coffee, brown sugar, cream, lots of ice, and I am one happy (and wide awake) person. Okay, now that is all. Also, I haven't been around much, and wanted to say hi. How's you doing? What have I missed?
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I feel so confused. Four weeks ago I realized my roommate had cancer. She didn't want to let on.
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update on the summer dress hunt →Read more...
Happy birthday, kellydamnit!
Song Hunting Frustration. →Read more...
Hi'ya Bunny! Waving bunnies are the best kind.
Project Laundry List Celebrating and promoting air-dried laundry as a small simple way to make a change.
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Red cross campaign update - for anyone curious. The massive outcry against that China/olympics campaign made Red Cross headquarters ask Stockholm to pull the campaiugn, which they did.
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You're invited to a Sandwich Party! →Read more...
Lazy Ask... help me walk my dog? Don't feel like researching this at the moment, because I'm way lazy, so if you know how to go about this off the top of your head, let me know...
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20 July 2008
I should be in Columbus now but ... →Read more...
Think Good Thoughts Real Estate Wise Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer; with all the gods willing and the creek don't rise, I'll own this in three months or thereabouts.
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Just got back from NY State, where I had Tim Horton's for the first time.
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E-Z Peasy Chicken →Read more...
Healthmap Funded by Google, it gathers info about disease outbreaks from internet news articles. You know, just in case us OCD-ers can't think of anything better to worry about.
Cooking AskMecha. →Read more...
IT'S HOT You know that part in
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Photo Friday Idea: First Thing In The Morning. We have to post a pic of ourselves as we look pre-grooming when we first awaken. I think it could be illuminating. or frightening. or both.
What unusual card games can I learn? I know all the old standbys like rummy, poker, Go Fish, and blackjack.
Can anyone suggest interesting, obscure, or unusual card games I could play with up to 3 people?
Trees have roots, and so
Their heaven-reaching's doomed to fail
I, who'll neither reach to heaven
Haven't even roots to hold me fast.
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19 July 2008
Tiny bits of happiness. →Read more...
Toothpaste: Gel or Paste? →Read more...
People act so crazy around corn. →Read more...
w00t! I just got tickets to see
Spiritualized on Wednesday night. I'm psyched.
Fashion Note To Self: A t-shirt bearing the slogan "Obama Is My Slave" is going to offend lots of people, even if you meant it ironically and you spent $69 for it at some Lower East Side boutique.
You may now call me Dr. Grouse. Or not. Plain grouse is okay too. Graduation was fun. Lots of spectacle and Latin and colorful hoods. The Vice-Chancellor personally conferred the degrees in my congregation, which I'm told is slightly rare.
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Vacation update →Read more...
Muxtape update. goddam punk rock
all over your head, mf.
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18 July 2008
The most awesome thing you've seen recently? →Read more...
Me, on a kayak, in the middle of Lake George in upstate New York. Still on vacation. That is all.
What should I bring to this meeting? →Read more...
OMG Bunny Bread! Okay, back on the road for me. Plus, my laptop battery is almost dead. Wheeeeeeee.
Both my boss and my summer intern have left for the day. I'm seriously thinking of doing the same. But then I would be at home, paying for my own a/c. It's a dilemma.
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Photo Friday: Things Forgotten Suggested by crush-onastick.
The AskMe Answer Generator I put time and effort into writing AskMe answers, and I feel it's only fair that I should do so given that I've received so much help there, not only from the 70-odd questions that I've asked, but from reading other people's questions and answers. But sometimes I feel like I'm answering basically the same few questions again and again. Here, just for fun, is what a list of auto-AskMe answers might look like. Please feel free to add your own.
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Jarvis Cocker is working on songs to be used in a stop-motion animated film (!) based on a Roald Dahl story (!!) directed by Wes Anderson (!!!). He mentions it in the 7th paragraph of
this interview.
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She's alive!!! Just saw her outside the mosque after work today. She was her old hunch-backed, crooked-toothed self again, waiting for a handout, and thankfully there was someone who was distributing 10 Rupee notes, and she was lucky enough to get one.:)
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17 July 2008
End of week 3 point updates 1) my sister returns from Thailand sometime around now, and I'm strangely excited to see her.
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I AM .ME Today, the Domain Addict had to deal with the new availability of ".me", so, yes, I am now the proud owner of WENDELL.ME
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Yaaaaaaaaaay! As of today, I finished one of the most difficult, fucked-up, and LONGEST projects of my career.
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The things you see and learn. You probably knew, but this is new to me. Wow!
Watchmen trailer. I still don't know how that whole story will get crammed into one movie, but I'm optimistic.
Font Geeks! What's your favorite sans-serif font (for digital documents/things being read on a computer screen)? What do you like for serif (printed materials)?
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"The Kids in the Shoe" (Fleischer Studios, 1935) A great cartoon, with a swingin' version of the song "Mama Don't 'Low" that starts at about the 4:15 mark.
I just picked up a good book: The Family Mashber, by Der Nister. Fixing up a little
Yiddishkeit...
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I sat in sap. Help. →Read more...
Bizarre dreams.... →Read more...
oh. my. god. I want to be Helen Mirren. Completely envious and shallow link. But she is fucking hot.
Greetings from the new normal. →Read more...
Dr. Horrible - did we do this one? Fun waste of time. I didn't see a Dr. Horrible link yet I think (although since I'M BLIND you'd think you'd be A BIT MORE FREAKING UNDERSTANDING if there was, THANKS FOR THAT NEW EMOTIONAL SCAR WHY DON'T YOU JUST GIVE ME A PAPERCUT AND POUR IN THE DAMN SALT!!)
... anyway a fun passing of the lunch hour at your desk... kisses!
Greetings from New York. →Read more...
Red Cross ad campaign uses Nepal police shots instead of Chinese police shots = political flameout in comments.
well sort of, this is about as close to flaming threads as adland gets though. Fights about fonts don't get quite so intense. Followup by the Red Cross here.
Greetings from Chico I said goodbye to my (now ex-, I guess) boyfriend this morning and started the drive up to Seattle.
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16 July 2008
Greetings from Hawaii (just to continue the theme)
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Will You All Do Me A Favor? →Read more...
Greetings from Vegas →Read more...
Don't yell at me. Last time I was in NYC without telling folks, I got yelled at. Well, I'll be in NYC Saturday evening (and Saturday evening only; it's a limited engagement!). Yes, there are two other NYC meetups listed on MetaTalk that I'm going to miss this weekend. Does anyone want to meet up Saturday night?
What is your favorite Rolling Stones song? If you'd care to, explain. →Read more...
what a wake-up I'm sitting here in my pyjamas
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Things to love RIGHT NOW →Read more...
I'm starving to death. Not my stomach. My wallet. I need clients. No one is spending $ on kitchen & bath remodeling due to ga$ prices sucking the oxygen out of everyone's lives. Of course, maybe my feet stink. Or I'm lame. Or I suck.
A trailer for Ghost Town, a new movie starring Ricky Gervasis and my friend Jeff (at 1:22).
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Lesser known signs of the Apocalypse: →Read more...
Wednesday 3-point update →Read more...
I don't remember seeing her among the Miss Universe photos.
How can someone not notice that their feet stink to high heaven? →Read more...
15 July 2008
She was too weak to eat →Read more...
There's a crazy woman screaming at our CEO in the office next to mine right now. Last time she was in, she threatened to kill one of my coworkers. That was about a year ago, and before her name could click in my brain and remind me to not let her in the building, a new coworker usherd her into her office even though she knew absolutely nothing about the situation.
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Ask MeCha: iPod Touch now, or iPhone later? →Read more...
Mediatin'... So I had to engage in a mediation for my job today....
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A gabled political theory follows. →Read more...
Kickball revolution! So I'm on a kickball team, and I've been thinking about throws from outfield.
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I've found the problem!! →Read more...
I'm getting spammed on Skype and I found a gray hair. One of these you could probably help me with.
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What food are you daydreaming about today? →Read more...
You've got Mii's on my dashboard. And an Apple TV in my XBox360. Yay! Embrace and extend. Microsoft does it again.
14 July 2008
keyboard calming techniques →Read more...
Cross posting: -t in Fayetteville, Arkansas For those who may be here but not reading Mefi, we're trying to arrange a meetup.
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We are going to Yellowstone for 10 days. Has anyone gone to Yellowstone recently? This is my first time (in the Summer).
Soul Radio? I've got the day off tomorrow and have spent most of the night making a mixtape for my soul-anemic friend and doing various chores. If anyone's interested, I'll gladly share it with you (the mixtape, not the chores) at, say, 10:30 ET (35 mins from now).
For pips' b-day dinner, we went to a local southwestern restaurant. They had a shot that required me to
sign a
waiver, it was
habanero infused tequila. I
downed it. Told you I was hardcore. Pips simply had a
number of margaritas.
ha! So if you're ever driving down the busiest street in your city while illegally chatting on your phone without a hands free thing, and you rear end someone on her way home from work, remember to cut your engine off after your radiator empties its contents onto the road.
AKA
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I just put 'nads on my face. →Read more...
Stay sassy, Toledo! Paul Lynde butchers (hilariously) a 1978 local TV news weather report.
via
I'm going to Summer Camp! I never got to go to camp as a child, but now in my abundant spare time, I've volunteered to spend a week helping run a camp. There'll be much capture the flag and water balloon fighting!
Share your summer camp stories!
The Bobs Used to be a fave,
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Last day at work. I spent an hour on the phone canceling my utilities and working out details with the moving company. I spent an hour going through my files throwing away crap and reorganizing what needed to be kept. I spent a half-hour deleting all the random files from my computer.
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Bread Machine chat So recently I got a bread machine through FreeCycle...
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Elefanten - civil defense operations bunker, Stockholm "Naturally, the Elefanten operations center was never used, and so with its filtered air and sheltered location, it today stands testimony to the designs, psychology, colours and mechanics of Cold War era Sweden." A very interesting photoset, I think.
The roofers' choice of radio stations is making me think about leaving the flat for the day. Ugh.
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13 July 2008
Dork Alert -- State your latest dork-nerd-geek delight! →Read more...
Small truck filter I hafta move a queen-sized mattress and box spring from Noe Valley to Castro (less than two miles). Suggestions?
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WKRP In Cincinnati (Closing Theme). What the words to this? Are there any words? If they aren't words then what the hell are they, exactly?
so here's a question for the cooking bunnies what's the difference between a pressure cooker and one sold specifically as a canner? just the rack?
Top 10 Jackie Chan Stunts This has made want to see some Jackie Chan movies. I've never seen a single one. Any recommendations for a Jackie Chan virgin?
Alles Gueti zum Geburstag Pips!.... →Read more...
London meetup, Saturday 26th July Bunnies! Specklet and I were wondering if anyone wants to meetup on Saturday 26 July.
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This is how babby bunny is formed. In case you didn't know.
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The evolution of buying advance movie tickets.... I just bought ours for Dark Knight for next Sunday!
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Fun with plumbing. So the dustbuster cover wasn't quite on, and it slid down the wall and bashed the water hose connected to the washing machine, thus spraying the wall and floor, etc.
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Crosspost from MeFi There was this time in Canada when I fell in love with a Hungarian girl.
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For your Sunday listening pleasure, master timbalero Tito Puente doing two inspired covers: one of Miriam Makeba's afro-pop hit
"Pata Pata," and one of Dave Brubeck's classic
"Take Five." Enjoy.
Cool Things To Do in Portland, Maine.... →Read more...
Sunday Symphony →Read more...
Happy belated birfday to Slack-a-gogo!
12 July 2008
crosspost Any experience with
NACA?
BP Radio: Starting at 11 pm EDT. For one hour, maybe two.
mlk/ rfk/ jfk tapestry I remember someone mentioned they won a similar tapestry on ebay and there was a lot of interest in it. This one is REALLY similar, and since I don't have room for something like this at the moment I figured I'd share it with you.
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"Goodnight, We Love You" We just finished watching
this movie, which is a combination concert film/bio centered around Phyllis Diller's farewell standup performance a few years ago. It was hilarious.
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Crosspost from AskMe I'm trying to sell some vintage gold watches, and AskMe is coming up short. Any ideas?
wedding registry help Is it kosher to register for similar items of the same type(i.e. two sets of bedding or different place settings)?
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"Aurez-vous un petit garçon ou une petite fille?" →Read more...
Why can't we be friends? →Read more...
What special things did your parents do for you when you were sick? Gingerale in aspecial glass? Special permission to sleep in their big bed? Unlimted tv? Tell me.
11 July 2008
For dinner: Fresh-picked, homegrown sweet corn, coated with chili-lime butter.
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MeCha Radio: English Folk Songs, and others. Tonight! 8pm to 10pm PDT. Get yer beer, whiskey and singing voice ready. The tunes are mellow, the attitude occasionally not so much.
Confused filter re outrage filter Why the outrage re Obama family and Access Hollywood? It seems harmless.
Squirrel! Oh my! You guys gotta see this.
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Wuddup guys! →Read more...
AskMecha: Tasty, fun, simple treat for overworked friend in SF? I'll be visiting friends up in SF and Berkeley next week and will be visiting someone who has essentially retreated into full-on-studying-all-the-time mode.
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Cell telephones are crazy. Just crazy, I tells ya.
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My ten year old has a "date"! →Read more...
The best way to give notice? →Read more...
Electronic "stun" bracelets for all airline passengers? Please, somebody tell me this is fake. (It
is the Washington Times, after all.)
Castration jokes aside, how much power will Obama lose as president if the Democrats gain enough seats to form a veto-proof Congress? How much power does Hillary stand to gain?
Photo Friday: Old/New/Borrowed/Blue Okay, I picked a theme at random from the wiki (it doesn't say who suggested this one). Let's see your pics!
How much are my records worth? →Read more...
Save These Houseplants →Read more...
Francophiles, j'ai besoin d'aide. What's the most accurate translation of
Je fais ce que je veux?
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10 July 2008
We regret the error: Jason Simonetti is a Mets fan.
I haven't watched a music video in donkey's years. But
this video of one on my favorite songs kicks ass, since it almost perfectly matches the one that plays in my head when I hear the song. This of course means that this band lives in my head. I hope the brought beer.
Muxtape update: Summer vacation is a lot of fun, but it can also be melancholy, when you're in the city and all your friends are away, or when you're sitting a beach missing someone special. This muxtape is about that: summer and melancholy.
The Mystery of the Face on the Cake Cute, funny story with an amazing conclusion! (Keep scrolling down for all 3 parts of the story.)
Holy Cow! Cupcakes For those of you who like cupcake pr0n (SFW)
Bunny help? I'm ready to post the linked York Beach meetup annoucement to MetaTalk, but I'm out of posting opportunities for the week! Can someone copy & paste my announcement?
aaaugh why won't my ipod touch let me buy software version 2.0? Is it because I am in Scotland? THERE IS AN APPLICATION THAT CAN MAKE MY IPOD MOO AND I WANT TO INSTALL IT.
I can haz public transportation to work?? (rant within)
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Four hours away from mastery. I have just completed my final (take-home) final for my master's program. I just have to sit through four hours of lecture on Monday, and I AM DONE!
Waffle House wedding!!! (I thought that our wedding was done on the quick and cheap...)
Project Peepway For those of you who like Project Runway, and well, peeps.
I'm leaving, in a Taurus I sure hope there'll room for four of us.
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"Symphony of Destruction." Megadeth, re-interpreted drastically by a trio of Swedes.
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What can be creatively done with about half a metre of hair? →Read more...
More Lab Weirdness Today at work I saw a
Morgellons specimen one of the infectious disease doctors had a patient collect. I think we are sending it to the
CDC. It kinda looked like little red threads stuck together.
Just thought I'd share :D
muxtape update : 12 songs, all 4 minutes and 33 seconds long.
09 July 2008
This is an awesomely cool modern baseball photo: →Read more...
What did you buy today? →Read more...
Today at work, I saw a dude at the registers (about 50 feet across the store from where I'm situated. He had a 'backpack,' consisting of two cardboard boxes wrapped in what looked like tinfoil. On an armature protruding from a helmet on his head was what looked like a camera. Gary, one of my homeless regulars, looked at him "From the Moon or Mars?" "Maybe SoHo," I answered. Which went to the heart of teh qeustion about the man: crazy? artist? both?
You be the judge!
Windows update broke my internet →Read more...
Retro Cakes! Lady Baltimore, Coca-Cola, German Chocolate, and more.
YAY SAMMICH!! →Read more...
Want!!!! Every bunny needs one!
The whole frickin' flat is filled with construction dust. How's your day?
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I totally screwed this one up. I defended my thesis project today.
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initapplette, are you itching? Help inside. Also, taz: feel better sooooon!→Read more...
08 July 2008
Oh yeah. Today, we got a copy of
this book in. 'Mommy? That man smells like falafel!'
Dee Herget's Painted Screens (via
Astro Zombie)
I think I'm in love with these. Be sure to check out the
gallery.
3-point falling apart update →Read more...
Five days away. What happened?
Thanks to the Orioles, their fans at Camden Yards don't get as much exposure to carbon monoxide. The team might not be baseball's best, but at least it's environmentally conscious.
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What??? No birthday cake!!!?
I'm looking for a vocalist (probably female, but not necessarily) with a strong voice (that can rock out against a big wall of guitars) and a sense of humor for a fun little one-off song project. Know anyone?
Whoa, this feels a bit too much like a classified ad. Uh... OMG dwarf hamster!
I'm leaving, on a jetplane! →Read more...
The UK's Channel 4 has
re-created the set of The Shining in a 65-second ad for a showing of Kubrick films. It's incredibly well done, right down to the look-alikes for the actors.
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Something else, please. It's been Jesse Helms non-stop for DAYS here. Giant newspaper headlines, permanently plastered on
wral.com (which will broadcast the service live today at 2pm if you're interested), on the radio etc etc etc. The man's gone. He was polarizing. Can we please, PLEASE move on already? Like into the 21st century, perhaps? *bashes head against wall* /end vent
Let's Rock! [Myspace music player] Make sure you click on "crazy, crazy nights" on the right hand side, have a listen and then tell me how sleepy you feel.
07 July 2008
Neither a Muxtape nor a Radio set. Sharing mood + dancing mood = You FTW!
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Question for Yahoo Mail users: A friend of mine is having trouble with her Yahoo mail. Anyone else? Can you help?
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Why do all of the Word 2007 letterhead templates include color? Does Microsoft get kickbacks from printer manufacturers?
Bare-bottom bride sues dress designer "A woman said she is suing her Italian wedding dress designer after the nearly $4,000 garment fell apart at the altar, exposing her bottom to her guests."
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I was just on the porch with the iPod on 'shuffle' and
this song came on. My parents were never as into music as I am, but my dad had a couple of this band's albums, probably because of this song, which perfectly captures the feeling of what it's singing about. Enjoy.
Now taking orders for Hawaiians interested in saving on shipping. California Bay Area --> Hilo (or Oahu).
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They were a pioneering punk act, know for their hooky songs laden with funny, often vulgar lyrics and great riffery, and their name begins with "Dic"
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Would this make a cute evening-ish dress, or am I being delusional? I'd widen the shoulder straps, lengthen the pattern to a few inches above the knees, and make it in some non-pastel colour (i.e., orange) so it didn't look so nightgown-y. I think it would look okay — but I am afraid of the stretch factor;-)
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Chess Boxing. A new entry in my list of reasons why humans are awesome.
he aint that into me... So, I had a thing with a guy a year or two ago - I was head over heels for him. It ended after a couple of days - "I just can't be in a relationship right now, I have to concentrate on my career" - he did too - he's a musician who had just hit the big time.
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06 July 2008
It's Bunday! This puts the awww in awesome.
I am eating a deerburger. Yep, ground Bambi.
That is all.
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OMG BY ELECTION MAKES ME A TIRED KITTEH I have been knocking voter doors all day in Glasgow east and will be until the 24th. Piss or shine, I'll be out there. That's what you gotta do if you wanna win!
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Hey, Brits.... win a trip to Thessaloniki! The quiz isn't too hard.
Let's have a bunny meetup at ... →Read more...
It's a long shot, I think, but I'll be in Ottawa the week of July 20th, anyone feel like meeting up? I have colorful money, too.
Adventures in Homekeeping brodonley's room is now cleaner than not, but the rest of the house needs some work...
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05 July 2008
Tiny Ghosts: Stories in 2 sentences.
Hope me Eat Moar Plantz! →Read more...
Doctor Who - Journey's End (SPOILERS) →Read more...
uh oh.. TROUBLE! Via the
itty bitty kitty committee, who have a new set of kittens! (That is from the old set, the new set has two siamese, two torties, and two light-orange tabbies.)
Alphabetizing Manga, Buried in Old Socks: Today I'm cleaning my brother's bedroom! →Read more...
A century of New York City Lots of pictures, so a long load for anyone using dial-up.
Strawbery Shortcake for Breakfast, that's right!
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So, who's watching the tennis? →Read more...
Belated Photo Friday to you. The topic was to be Liberation as suggested by taz. We can have it on Saturday right?
04 July 2008
Pictures of my new girl!! →Read more...
Photo Friday: Your Day Today? Good or bad, there're bound to be some interesting photo ops today...
"It's All About The Bunnies.." I thought this was apropos for today. Sounds sappy, but you guys are very important to me. When you feel pain, I have pain; when you have joy, I have joy. So Cheers to all of us Bunnies; may we all be peaceful places soon.
I'm a happy bunny. I saw Gilberto Gil in concert last night in Boulder. I hope I have half his energy when I'm 66.
Enough with the sadness. It's a holiday, you bunnies need to
start drinking.
I have been canvassing all day and am very very tired Plus I feel I can't be honest about how bad I feel with any of my friends. So chalk me up as another sad bunny.
Things Go Boom Outside for days now. The sounds of snapbangs and explosions.
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Another sad bunny here. Give me movie suggestions →Read more...
As there are so many sad bunnies today... →Read more...
It's really creepy when _______
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Talk to Me of Small Spaces I might buy a house. Can I live in a dollhouse?
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From the bad to worse file. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse.
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Depressed and kind of lonely →Read more...
Bunny! OMG!
Please let that be berry juice, not blood.
What're you here to see? Basketball!!→Read more...
03 July 2008
We want what we want. →Read more...
Your odd superspy/Grateful-Dead news story of the day: →Read more...
One of the more interesting obscurities of 1970's rock was a band called Potliquor. Signed to Capricorn Records, home of fellow sothern rockers the Allman Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Wet Willie*. Hailing from Louisiana, they had a less jammy, more easygoing sound than their labelmates, with lots of touches of country and R&B and even dashes of horns. Two of their best numbers were
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What are some things every person should cook once?
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mai lung capacity. let me show u it. Right now, I can show u it in a snack-sized Ziploc bag. Free wifi in Pismo Beach parking lot with sea breeze: Good. Smelling smoke from Big Sur Fire 100+ miles away: NOT GOOD.
Old fashion fake out This story is so awesome. I can't wait until they make it into a movie. 'Cuz you know someone is gonna make it into a movie. 'Cuz it's that awesome.
50 Bands, 50 States I think it's kinda neat, anyway. And with a total of 150 selections, there ought to be something for everybody to disagree with.
Skee Ball Meet-up at York Beach, Maine →Read more...
Rough few days Hey, people.
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The Boat of Car. →Read more...
Do I have to agree to this lunch? Don't make me go!!
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the Virtual Drinking Buddy In case you can't get out to an old man bar for a drink....
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Ministry of Silly Beauty Contestant "National" Costumes A slideshow of the costumes worn by Miss Universe contestants to honor their nation of origin. Long, but worth it.
Absence of Water: A photo series documenting closed and unused swimming pools around London. (
My favorite.)
02 July 2008
So... what fell on you today?
16 of the 40 people in my department were laid off today. →Read more...
More Creepy: Movies! →Read more...
I'm going to be driving across the country (US)... and want to meet you.
So here is the situation. An unexpected life event has left me with a surplus of time, a sketchy living situation, a small amount of money and a broken heart.
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What sound do you like to wake up to?
Updated muxtape! Just a vague, free-"floating" theme this week... pslightly psychedelic for psummer afternoons.
La la la lala La la la la lala
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dragonfly appreciation thread →Read more...
Unequalled: Wanna hear some 60's British R&B pop? - They're probably best known for doing the original version of "
Police On My Back", later covered by the Clash. Or the fact that they were fronted by Eddy Grant over a decade before he "rocked down to Electric Avenue". But
the Equals were much more than that.
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"It smells exactly like Dimetapp and looks like a melted popsicle." If I find a can of this at the convenience store, I'm going to have to taste it.
101 Picnic Dishes from Mark Bittman.
Simple things in life. I just had such a delicious dinner, that, 4 hours later I was still thinking about it - so I got up and made it again for seconds.
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01 July 2008
I'm a daddy! →Read more...
Feelin' Creepy All these links and stories about numbers stations etc. have me in the mood to get wigged out. I'm at work, so my surfing is limited. Tell me about something that gives you goosebumps!!
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The Complaint Window is open. One per customer, 30 seconds or less. Go.
Airport security + Victoria's Secret Bustier = ?? →Read more...
How my parents spent their summer vacation... My 70-year-old father is a woodworker. It's his passion in life. Whenever he and my mother travel anywhere he brings back some samples of wood, such as some pieces of old whiskey barrels from Scotland. He can discourse on wood and trees for hours on end if he can find someone who will listen that long (usually, he can't, at least among his family, and can you blame us).
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"a non-frozen balanced energy snack in rod form containing nutritionally balanced amounts of carbohydrate, fat and protein". Anyone else remember these? They are available once
again. I loved them as a kid but I think I'll pass.
A funny story involving work and brains. I work for the state's organ and tissue donation organization. Much like funeral home directors and medical examiner staff, you have to have a strange sense of humor to do what we do day in and day out.
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So this otter walks into a bar ...
(Don't forget to click the video link)
"I was born in a holler. And I came out of my mother in a holler. And I was hollerin'."
C.S. Lewis, Jr. (Bob Odenkirk) talks about America, country music, and moon immigrants. (
via)
Interview for unfashionable job. What to wear? →Read more...
Meet Vinni Puh. Part 1. 2. 3. 4. A Soviet version of
Winnie-the-Pooh. I really like these. There is a certain naivete that seems in line with the books.
Chin Head - a future Photo Friday idea. My
fav.
three point status update My macbook started not waking up from hibernate but mysteriously resolved itself.
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Brainstorm Challenge Quick: You're crafting a program based on Tom Sawyer. What are some fun activities for middle-schoolers and families that go with? Budget is not a problem. Only hitch: no rafting, this will take place in winter.
I HATE YOU SO MUCH, T-MOBILE!!! LET'S SHOUT, DAMMIT!
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Pluribo A pretty cool Firefox extension a friend of mine developed. It creates instant plain-English summaries from the reviews in Amazon electronics items.
HA! My husband just called...on the way to work he was listening to the news...guess what he heard might be the salmonella culprit instead of tomatoes??
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Happy 129th Birthday, Canada! On June 20, 1868, a proclamation signed by the Governor General,
Lord Monck, called upon all Her Majesty's loving subjects throughout Canada to join in the celebration of the anniversary of the formation of the union of the British North America provinces in a federation under the name of Canada on July 1st.
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30 June 2008
Name Droppers - a new MuxTape : here's a new mux of 12 songs with titles that reference real people.
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A Sibling Pride Thread. (No, not that kind of Pride.) →Read more...
You know how aspiring screenwriters can register their work with the Writers Guild in order to create a legal record just in case an unscrupulous producer tries to steal their idea(s)?
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Camping filter. →Read more...
The Dangers of Auto-Replace. A funny, cautionary tale for the post-Pride Monday.
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Minding baseball's business I'm a big fan of the baseball essays that Sars writes. Here is another good one. Also, we were at the final game of the final Subway Series in the current stadiums yesterday. It was awesome.
Reimagined album covers. (flickr set) - I'm especially fond of the
Ramones and
Sex Pistols interpretations.
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Monday status report. →Read more...
29 June 2008
Pride celebration in #bunnies
Happy Pride Day to all other not-entirely-straight bunnies and their supporters! →Read more...
Remember that David Bowie question from the other day? Yeah, me too. But I did come across a cool video with
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ESPANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS! 2008 Eurocup champions!
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Why do people put stupid requirements in Craigslist ads? You know, things like "no psychotic people" or "no timewasters?" Do they think that some psychotic person is going to see it and think to himself, "Hmmmm, ordinarily I would intentionally waste this person's time, but it says no timewasters so I guess I won't?"
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Designers, how much should I be charging for a website design? High profile and slick, not a lot of dynamic content required. To be built in PHP, javascript, CSS and html. UK.
Sunny Day Sky A cute little game involving a bear, a line of traffic, and an umbrella. Try to float down on top of a car, and avoid the geese!
I love the music.
Brighton. I went to Brighton this weekend. It is a very cool place.
That is all.
I'll have the "Chicken Without Sexual Life" please. (Chinese gov't attempts to bowdlerize restaurant menus before foreign visitors arrive for the Olympics.)
Hugh Janus, if you're out there,
this one's for you.
This one's for me. (and of course, they're for all you guys, too).
This one, too. Just because.
What say you of one of
these as a wedding card?
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Amazon MP3 deals on Twitter You can follow Amazon's MP3 store on Twitter to see what really good deals they're having. They're doing entire albums for $1.99, $2.99 and $3.99 - and they're big names as well, not just what used to be in bargain bins.
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Okay, the grossest thing that has ever happened to me in my life, happened yesterday (Friday).
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I'm going to the airshow tomorrow. Make me a list of things to bring/do before I leave!
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28 June 2008
This . . .picture was published in the daily paper in my city today.
Feel free to make up a caption,
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NBC is running SNL's first episode right now. →Read more...
Doctor Who [some spoilers] holy crap!
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Today the homeless (or semi-homeless) bought me lunch.
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Skeeball meet-up update? →Read more...
How's Your Garden Growing? →Read more...
I'm back from my vacation!! What did I miss? →Read more...
Trends in Panhandling : 1 - Dogs, 2 - Humor, 3 - Giving →Read more...
FDR With A Cane. Well, two canes, actually. And if you look carefully at his shoes, you can see part of the leg braces peek out.
Irate Tom Waits fan's missive to dancing hippies. As someone privileged to have 11th-row tickets to see Mr. Waits next Thursday, this made me laugh (and wish for a handgun with a silencer).
This is a weeping thread, a thread in which to weep. I'm weeping today for the following reasons:
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27 June 2008
Is it bad that I prefer the
William Shatner/Joe Jackson cover of "Common People" to the
original rendition by Pulp?
Storytellers - a proposal
Let's play "watch music videos" game! →Read more...
If we can't get near metachat.com, how about .metachat? If ICANN is going to allow a landrush for TLDs (which always sounded to me like a cross between TLC and STD), then we have to be prepared to carve out a little bit of safe territory, right?
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This is a cheesed-off, whining thread →Read more...
Lately I keep playing and re-playing Alice Cooper's
Billion Dollar Babies album, which reminded me
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Things I Love About the Internet →Read more...
Friday Boticelli! Reviving an old classic
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Podecast - TGIF short version! I'm gonna start a set at 3pm Eastern. That's in 3 minutes!
Dirty Car Window Art Not dirty like THAT, oh you dirty minded ones.
Seeking random input from imaginary friends Does "
visiting iniquity of the fathers upon the children" (or if you prefer Shakespeare, laying the sin of the father upon the children), always shake down as punishing children for things their parents have done? Does it ever get expansively interpreted into a sort of apples-falling-from-trees thing. You know, an explanation that you can only expect kids to live up to their upbringing?
I suppose both interpretations are equally bleak.
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well that meeting went well. Yay.
Look out, constituency. You are about to get HAXXORED by the Forces of Good.
cortex quoted at Dr Dobbs Journal for snarky comment about lisp. That is all.
Island Vacation Pride -- Part Deux! (the playlist) →Read more...
Shyamalan in Haiku I felt inspired today to summarize "The Happening" (which I haven't watched but read the review with spoilers):
Ill wind is blowing.
People die in gory ways.
Power to the plants!
So, about Catholic baptism... (lots of rambly thoughts about our future spawn inside).
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How much do you think I would have to practice... →Read more...
I need some words 6-7 letter nouns or adjectives, easy to type. Brainstorm with me here, people.
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three point status update My kittens are very vocal and love water, they're very small for their age and have beautiful untraditional stripey patterns. Could they be Bengals?
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Mecha People Sing This Song →Read more...
Yippee for Science! Just in case you didn't see the news report... they are working to ensure that there is a future supply of chocolate (cocoa beans to be exact.)
Now, that's my idea of good science!
Today's Photo Friday theme is "Reminds Me Of" - suggested by ethylene. As always, interpret this as you will, and have fun!
Friday Flash Fun: Hedgehog Launch. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help Minovia Cay enter the space race by launching a hedgehog into space.
26 June 2008
This has been a really suckey day for Mecha. Really. Lots of shitty politics posts and when I was going to play some songs on the radio I find I am banned from #bunnies. Ah well. Good night.
Maybe tomorrow will be better.
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Decluttering/organizational tips? I'm home for the summer and have heaps of time to tidy things up, and if anyone here has any organizational tips to help me beautify the mdonley homestead, I'd love to hear them. Details inside.
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Politics r makin me sad Plz to be filling this thread with cute animals, thx.
Oops, I don't think he quite said what he meant: "Do you think your next-door neighbor should have an Oozie, an AK-47? Any type of gun? Do you really believe that? Good luck. But don't call the police if they're shooting an AK-47 in their back yard." - Chicago's Mayor Daley. So, police in Chicago are going to stop responding to gun incidents? Bad choice of words, mayor.
My Moon My Man. Have I posted this Feist video before? Possibly; can't remember. It's so goofy and cool at the same time. That's right, it's coofy. And I can't for the life of me figure out how they managed to choreograph the moving walkways so well. Blows. My. Mind. Enjoy.
Angelenos, my calorie-craving body begs you... Where does a man get a killer calzone in this town? I'm a recent immigrant from Boston and left behind my beloved Pizza Republic ... who can I turn to in L.A. during this time of desperate, bike-fueling need?!
How many Times do I have to tell you?!!
Not Downsized! Yesterday was brutal at my company with layoffs, but somehow I managed to dodge another bullet. In stead of being at the office when it happened, I ended up spending the day ER getting updates from coworkers via phone.
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Short film fans, help? I've seen the 'tension' story in the linked post before at the Rotterdam film festival - but I can't find the japanese director that did it,, nor the film.
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25 June 2008
What a piece of croc A Croc went walking on a summers day, a hum, a hum.
A new use for clearasil! (Sorry, it's totally clean and boring, not to mention a little kinda gross).
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I assume many of you have seen the Mucinex ad with the cuddly green anthropomorphized blob of mucus that sets up housekeeping in your chest. There's also the ad with the cute, grumpy wart that gets frozen off by the OTC remedy, and going way back there's Digger the Dermatophyte, the adorable creature who digs under your cuticles and makes your toenails yellow. My question is this: if they're trying to sell medication, why make what it's getting rid of 'cute'? That's weird to me. But then again, those ads with Charlie the Tuna (who wanted to be put in a can of StarKist and eaten) always baffled me, too. But that's why I'm not an adman.
I posted this pizza menu in a MeTa thread, once, but Mechazens should not be deprived of the intriguing ideas contained therein.
Who killed Laura Palmer? Another
wordle. I made this one from all of the dialogue spoken in the pilot episode of
Twin Peaks.
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WORK SHOUTING THREAD GAH I AM REVIEWING RESUMES!
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Celebrate Mundanity Day! →Read more...
GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL Turkey just scored in the 22nd minute. 1-0 Turkey. Go watch.
Help me with my scattered music collection? →Read more...
What Women Like This is a Realtor campaign aimed at professional women with high incomes. The goal is to connect fun with serious real estate investment. Increase real estate investment = increase money for fun!
Radio b - Once More, With Feeling An attempt at playing a slightly-revised version of the show I'd put together for last Friday, which got buffered out of existence. Maybe it will work today? We'll find out at 11 AM PDT / 2 PM EDT, or about an hour from now.
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it's past midnight and I can't sleep. akjdflkajda The KP intake will be announced sometime this week. Not likely the next 24 hours, but that hasn't stopped me from staying up wide-eyed for the past few nights.
Gwargh. I have no idea how I'd react to either outcome, really.
What's keeping you up at night?
BIRTHDAY SHOUTING THREAD! TURNING 39
(AS OF 6 P.M. OR SO TODAY) IS REALLY ANNOYING!!
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For mrmoonpie, or anyone else, a slice from the Portland Girl's Rock Camp
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Have you seen those showtime "pinup" style banners? I needed to mock them, so I made one too with me posing like that.
24 June 2008
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Yay Hooray membership: is it worth it, or should I just stick with ye friendly Mefites? Anyone have an invite?
The R61 is targeted at customers of all sizes... Webwindowshopping for a cheap-but-not-cheap laptop took me to the Official Lenovo Outlet Store and the reassurance that they aren't discriminating against us 3XLs.
While rounding the end of a supermarket aisle yesterday I passed a woman that smelled just like a former girlfriend.
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Yep, I have one of these... but the DMV hasn't notified ME yet.
London hotel/B&B Dear Metabunnies,
I will be attending a meeting at Imperial College late July/early August with my wife *and* our 14-year-old son *and* my sister-in-law. We all get along, but we're having a really hard time finding a non-Dickensian room/suite that will hold 4 people. I'm trying to decide if we should just rent two rooms. Any suggestions? It would be easiest to be in South Kensington, but I'm happy to take the tube or bus if need be.
These are yummy. That is all.
The Lego secret vault Video of the official vault which contains all of the Lego sets going back 50 years.
How often do you clean your room/apartment/house? Asking for a friend: How long if things are strewn about, and how long for scrub-the-bathroom style cleaning? Be honest.
Was it here? I saw a simple recipe involving boiling chicken with onion soup mix then sauteing it...was it here or mefi or WHERE DID i SEE IT????
askme crosspost about stupid facebook blargh!!! Please help me use facebook to get volunteers!
61 years ago today, pilot Kenneth Arnold spotted a series of "saucer-like discs" flying near Mt. Ranier in the U.S. state of Washington. Two weeks later,
debris from a mysterious crash was found in Roswell, New Mexico. Happy birthday, UFOs!
"Fifty years from now in a civics class, students will learn about the Lincoln Memorial, that other presidents are on Mount Rushmore -- and
George W. Bush got a sewage plant."
I am at the beach today. I love it. Tell me about your best beach memory.
Doctor Who Christmas special potential spoiler Rumor mill has named the next xmas special companion. (which makes me wonder where Donna will be, since he only seems to have a different xmas companion if he's between regular ones)
One Rat Down Help, do you think there are any more to go?
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So what kind of karmic transgression did I commit that the powers that I don't believe in would send a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses to my front door, both of whom were desperately in need of a hosing off, on my freaking birthday?
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Ugh. I would like to buy a digital camera, but the choices out there are bewildering and overwhelming, both in the stores and online. Even the "how to buy a digital camera" sites I've googled for seem to have long lists of criteria. I just wanna take a few snapshots from time to time. *sigh* So what do you guys have?
The World's Strangest Housing Communities. I've seen photos of the
pod village in Taiwan before, on Flickr and elsewhere, but I think my favorite on this list might be the reproduction McMansion-style subdivision (named "Orange County") located in
Beijing, China.
Baby watch - need meal ideas! →Read more...
What kind of fun should I look forward to with Last.fm? Other than "hey look what I played?" is there anything else fun I should be looking at or trying out?
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23 June 2008
Where can one turn to when they're short on cash? →Read more...
It rained all day but it cleared up in time for fireworks night! It was great fun! An early happy birthday to Canada and the U.S.A.
What is your favorite David Bowie song? And why?
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Party in IRC, y'all! Why are we partying? Uh...it's Monday!
I demand an apology. You know what you did.
When politenesses collide. As I was coming back from lunch, I saw a man ahead of me get into the elevator. I was just far enough back that I figured I'd hold him up if I tried to rush (the elevator would have already started to close by the time I got there), so I dawdled a bit so that he could politely close the elevator door without looking like he was closing it in my face.
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Please hope me. Anyone have a spare DVD-R DL? →Read more...
stuff i want and no one will sell me!!! I hate when you want something so bad, something reasonable, but no one will sell it to you. (more inside)
What one song do you want, but not the whole record? So, you've got lots of iTunes vouchers, owing to your mad ticketmaster-spree, but not enough for a whole album. What songs do you download?
Now, imagine you're this person; what three songs do you download?
Simple adjusting-to-life-in-England AskMeCha. →Read more...
Bad stuff, good stuff. →Read more...
This is the week I find out if I've been laid off after 15+ years. I don't know when I get the call with the good or bad news, but it's coming some time before Friday.
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I want to meet bunnies in real-life in San Francisco Hoi! I'll be visiting San Francisco from the Netherlands and I'm really looking forward to meeting you friendly metachat people.
I'm curious though:
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22 June 2008
Well, (blank) my (blank)! Defiance, surprise, exposition, whatever. Fill in the blanks.
Be Kind Rewind! →Read more...
Alejandro Escovedo I just got back from seeing his show at the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
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Good things Tell me about the recent positives in your life. I'll go first.
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The People's Court on SNL. My favorite SNL sketch of all time. "I am a barfly..." Vonda Braithwaite vs. Mephistopheles.
Italy fans, lets weep together. ....and, now who are you going to root for?
Middle-Aged Moments. →Read more...
Doctor Who - Turn Left (SPOILERS) →Read more...
Radio hat, cover me edition. 4 PM ET or about 20 minutes.
Bunny! OMG! Cute
and sturdy.
Mysteriouser and mysteriouser... I was about to go to the bathroom last night, and as I opened the door to the toilet, I looked at the wall, and noticed something that struck me as odd. It took me longer than you'd think to work out that the thing that was puzzling me was the set of paw prints going down - and up - my wall.
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AskMecha: Drupal people. 6.2 has stuff I want, and some I neeeeeed, but, not a single module I use. What to do?
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21 June 2008
A new MuxTape of stuff from 1984. It was my freshman year in college and I just started working at a college radio station.
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When Team Vag takes over the world, everything will sound like this. (I hope.) My muxtape update, all of it female.
old flame: extinguished Someone I was hoping to see in the next few months...is seeing someone else. Aw man.
illusionsciences If you like visual illusions, you'll probably like this blog. WARNING: some bright, rapidly-flashing stuff, probably not good for bunnies sensitive to such things.
Entering "Love Mode". "She's very lovable and though she's not a human, she can act like a real girlfriend."
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OMG CARP With our recent flooding, carp have been trying to use the riverside parking lots to get upstream.
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Euro 2008. It merits a post, no? Let's discuss. (Spoiler alerts if you're waiting on the results of the Netherlands/Russia match, or anything else really).
And here it is, folks... The youtube video that ties all our worlds together today:
Indian Nipple Song.
NFSW
They Descended From The Unholy Union Of Swine! →Read more...
three point burp i just had a biryani
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Let's start Saturday with some laughs! →Read more...
Radio b – A Terrorist Fist Jab To Your Ear Stuff that seemed like it might go together. Self-indulgent? Sure, but I think it works. (Then again I would, wouldn’t I?) Will it hang together? You be the judge, starting right about... NOW.
I realize I will probably be playing this for myself.
Probiotics changed the way I feel now! Ripped directly from the front page of
Metafilter, it's Joe Cocker's Woodstock performance of "A Little Help From My Friends", subtitled for the clear-minded.
I shed real human tears watching this video.
MeCha Radio: Life in the European Theatre, re-edit. June.20.08 10:30-11:30pm PDT
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20 June 2008
Visiting Military Radar. So, I'm a civilian. I'm obsessed with the
COBRA DANE radar system. [
Earth] Is there any conceivable universe in which I can dream/scheme/beg/connive/arrange to visit it someday?
Cool + Ew = Kewl? Cut for the medically squeamish.
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Dogs and animals →Read more...
This post is a three parter, so please bear with me... thanks! →Read more...
LT Is In The Chat Thingy Right Now If Anyone Would Like To Say Hello To Heem →Read more...
How would you say "dark forest" in other languages? →Read more...
SHOUTING THREAD: I AM SO SICK OF MY CO-WORKER'S VOICE. SHE HAS BEEN TALKING ALLLLLLLL DAY. AND SHE TALKS QUICKLY AND NEVER PAUSES FOR A BREATH AND IS EXTREMELY OPINIONATED AND SO I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO RIGHT-WING TALK RADIO ALL DAY AND I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!
It's HOOOOOOOOOT! →Read more...
Help me! (San Francisco related) →Read more...
A Midsummer Encore in North Atlanta. This event is going to appeal to only a certain number of geographically-enabled bunnies, but if you're in the Atlanta-ish area this weekend and need something to do ...
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Immature Giggle-Inducing Headline What did they expect to find there, anyway?
Something I should not have to be doing.... Is teaching the new Webmaster what a flow diagram is.
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Sorry. Its not me. There's nothing I can do about it short term. I'm really sorry.
A half-deserved sick day. I like staying home but I never really feel sick enough to deserve the day off. You know?
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Today's sentimental moment is brought to you by Christian the Lion.
We all have our quirks. We're all a little quirky, otherwise we wouldn't be here, right? Tell me your quirks.
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"Country I Love". Regardless of one's opinion of Obama, I think most of us can agree that his ads, until now, had been remarkably well made. This latest one, his first in the general election campaign, seems to me to be pretty blunt and even downright corny. Is it just me?
Is it Christmas? is my new favorite website.
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Hey, I have an idea: let's all get pregnant! Then later we can make popcorn and do each other's nails!
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Do you know what I want... I want a website that tells you exactly what to buy, cook and eat on a daily basis.
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Today's Photo Friday is composed of two parts Hydrogen to one part Oxygen. Or in other words, our theme for the week is "Water", suggested by Eideteker. Get moist, bunnies!
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Apologies for the downtime Bunnies. I'm not sure what happened. It looks as though the people who provide our hosting were having some routing problems. Unfortunately, I lost my WiFi at exactly the same time as this was happening, so my ability to investigate was hampered. I simply had to tell the metachat server to restart and go to bed in the hope that it would listen.
19 June 2008
STOP BREAKING, METACHAT I miss you too much :-(
1993filter do you think in
this song the lyrics "you've never been a waste of my time/it's never been a drag" are sarcastic or am i not getting something
Dear MeCha style mavens: help me find the perfect dress →Read more...
Does this kind of calorie calculator exist? Recently, I've begun going out to eat lunch with the folks at the office. We normally go to nicer, non-chain sit down places.
I'd like to keep track of my calories at these places. Most of the calorie calculators have calorie counts for chain restaurants, but there is no real way to shoehorn a salad with tempeh, feta and almonds.
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Goddamn puppy breath. →Read more...
Time for a new delurking/introduction thread. If you are new or just don't post much come in and say hi to the bunnies.
So I'm thinking about buying a spinning wheel as a gift for someone, and doing a little bit of research on the tubes has turned up more information than my non-fiber artist head can process! :X
Any advice for the neophyte?
AHHHHHHHHH My best friend is coming to New York this weekend!
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AskMeCha: Gift or Cash for the diligent builder →Read more...
Dog folk, I really need your help! This is a cross post from askme, and I've never asked a question that has been more distressing for me. (Which is because I've been so lucky in so many things so far in my life, but please help me if you can!)
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This is wrong on so many levels.
This is an etymology thread! What exactly is a
clue? A ball of yarn, as used by
Ariadne to guide Theseus out of the labyrinth.
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Bad reviews can be funny This made me laugh. I haven't seen the show in question, but the review almost made me want to look, just to see for myself.
Can someone please explain this to me... she says she's married... She Says She's MARRIED!
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18 June 2008
Just In From The "You're SO Five Minutes Ago" Department.... →Read more...
Getting to be a habit. A sixth human foot dressed in a running shoe has washed ashore.
"Euphemisms protect the faint of heart and low of mind" - ethylene. So, what's your favorite euphemism?
So, I just got back from the Emergency Room. Pips made me go.
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Things to do in NJ when you're not on a beach vacation. We're headed to Wildwood Crest, NJ for a weekend beach vacation with some extended family we haven't seen in a while. Our hotel is booked and offers beach access as well as a pool. Trouble is, I'm not much of a beach person. I burn easily, don't really care to swim in salt water, and was traumatized by multiple jellyfish encounters as a child. I'm also not much of a shopper.
On the plus side there is at least a
boardwalk.
I also found an
events calendar.
Anything else I should check out?
MeCha Bunnies that work with their hands! Or paws! I asked a question about attitudes toward production
over on my blog that you might be able to answer.
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SF Meet-Up! TONIGHT! DanF is in town! I can't stop using exclamation marks!
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Nature Balance The Energy This is a short (1:15) flickr video of a loon I encountered at
Speaker's Corner in London's Hyde Park.
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Montego Bay. Apparently a music video was made of one of my very very favorite 70s songs. Yay! (Yes, I know, Bobby looks kind of scary. Shut up.)
Gay weddings: a flickr photostream. Wonderful to see all this joy!
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RIP Edith Macefield We drove past her place just this weekend. Ballard has become unrecognizable, what with all the new condo construction, so it was heartening to see her little house flipping the bird to developers everywhere.
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On the off chance anyone here's going to be at Merriweather Post Pavilion tonight, do drop me a note & we can say Hi if you like.
If there's one thing I know about Firefox 3.0, it's that it seems remarkably popular in Iran. Plus only one person in Chad has downloaded it. So that's two things I know about Firefox 3.0.
What can I make for lunch that doesn't require refrigeration or microwaving?
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That post I made on Ask Metafilter about honesty was important. I got the new job and gave two weeks notice on the last job. Had a coffee with boss from the last job Saturday and said she had seen a marked improvement in my performance recently. That was really good for my confidence. Then I was out last night with my friend E who is also the accountant for the old job, and he said that they had been intending to sack me anyway.
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Some random things I like Just 'cause it's 4 O'Clock, and my brain has switched off.
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This convinced me not to vote for McCain. If you know anyone similarly on the rail, this may be the article to tip the balance.
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Are there any NY area bunnies who like Yaz? I have a ticket I can't use.
and so the sun sets on another day and i feels chatty. What's up with you?
17 June 2008
Stay Positive Hey, if you're into this sort of thing,
The Hold Steady are streaming their new album on their MySpace page.
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I just saw an ad for Chemistry.com that featured a gay couple in a supermarket making promises to eachother. Among them was a promise to 'understand your rational problem with cilantro." WTF? (awhile back there was a Dell ad that featured a guy bugging a tech support dude with questions that ended with "Do you like pancakes?"
*freaks out*
Him Name is Hopkin. A blast from the past. Who remembers it? Is it just me, or has it been updated since it first hit the 'Net and was Meme Du Jour? I don't seem to recognize most of the imgs.
AskMe CrossPostery. I seem to be crapping out on my AskMe question -- any 70s tv fans here who haven't seen it yet?
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I want to burn. My new DVD-R arrived! I can finally burn DVDs. Welcome to the 90s, right?
Does anyone have any recommendations on what media I should use? +/-, brand, where to buy, etc.?
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Do not look at this picture unless you have a syringe of insulin to hand.
That is all.
Looks like Mozilla took a page from Twitter's playbook. So the site's been down for a couple minutes now and I'm just getting Http/1.1 Service Unavailable. You'd think they'd plan this sort of thing a bit better.
Oh well, time for lunch. What are you guys eating?
about:config firefox.download.rant = True Why did the FF people screw up download day so royally?
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Top Down / Bottom Up - so, you maybe know I teach math. I'm often thinking about the difference between what I call "top down" and "bottom up" styles of teaching and learning (some would say "inductive" and "deductive" respectively).
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Rotterdam and gumbabies Hello from KL International Airport; I'm waiting for my flight to Amsterdam.
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A Free Day in SF Daughter registering. I am alone and carless in the neighborhood of SF State.
What should I do?
Barack Obama evacuating his bowels in St. Patrick’s Cathedral: You know how sometimes, when a joke website gets mentioned on a TV show (like The Daily Show), you run to your computer to see if it's a real site? Yeah.
I Can’t Believe That I Barack Obama Have To Deal With This Shit. Dot com.
16 June 2008
Annoying political emails →Read more...
festival job update [
previously]
so, I called the guy who I'd be working for at the festival, partially for more details, partially to say I was interested.
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The weather got up to a balmy -26° C today and will drop to -80° C tonight, with the wind 14 km/h from the southwest and fair visibility. On Mars.
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Is it just me? Or do these make you feel like all those images of Saturn and whatnot were just made by a dude with some Dawn Ultra?
I'm a sickie. Really, I got 101.1 temerature and a hacking cough. So it turns out that sudden drop in my voice was not the onset of puberty. But pips is here nursing my poor sick ass, God bless her. *cough*
New Adventures in Social Anxiety →Read more...
Video of hippos chasing a boat First chase starts at about 1:12 mark. Hippos are supposed to be cute, dammit, not terrifying!
Apartment hunting in the East Bay. I lived in Berkeley for 3 years and have a good idea of what nearby areas are like, but what about the towns between Oakland and Fremont?
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Morgan Spurlock Is My New Hero! →Read more...
When fads collide: The nation's chastity advocates can now splash their message across a new kind of billboard - the preteen posterior.
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I have a "novel" problem - do I need an intervention or should I just leave it alone? by novel I mean fiction→Read more...
15 June 2008
Why White Supremacists Support Barack Obama How do racists, anti-Semites and all-purpose hate-mongers view the possibility of America’s first black president? Not necessarily the way you think they would.
Cranky cranky cranky -- share your Sunday night crank →Read more...
This will be my first time on an airplane in 23 years.... →Read more...
It's Tony Sunday! The most wonderful day of the year! I'll be watching, hope you will be, too!
Yesterday afternoon, people started telling me that my voice had gotten really deep all of a sudden.
You be the judge.
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Today was my first Father's Day, and I got a waffle iron that makes waffles shaped like barnyard animals. One of them is a rooster. This is great because I now get to subject my wife to years of witty quips about how wonderful it is to start the day with a nice hot cock in your mouth.
What did you other dads get?
I need a new vacation. I just now cancelled my reservation for
this trip.
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14 June 2008
I'm alive...and so is the MeCha Fantasy Football League! Yahoo fantasy football is up on the site and I went ahead and renewed the league.
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I've been listening to
this song repeatedly tonight.
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BRAaaaaaaaains! For those who are interested, here are some of the photos from the Zombie Shuffle yesterday (I'm the girl in the green top in photo number 7).
Was too cold to wear the hooters top in the end... alas.
OMG tornado! This picture gives me chills.
Radio Mecha - Music Box: 200 It's my 200th post, and here I am on the Radio Mecha. I'm making it up as I go along, but figure there'll be some soul, some breaks, and some other stuff. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
Kittens can't stand them. Puppies feel threatened. Even bunnies are jealous.
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My little bit of awesome. So Les Savy Fav played a fantastic show at 3am on New Year's Day, which I went to, and took a bunch of photos which went up on flickr.
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What should we make for dinner tonight? There are three of us. We like pretty much everything. I'm off to the store (probably Trader Joe's and a "normal" supermarket) in an hour or so, so I'll check back then. Ideas?
the internets archive is ossem i was looking for a massive list of press contacts hosted by the scottish arts council. they'd taken it down, but the web archive had not only the page, but THE FILE! amazing!
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One of those "smile, nod, back away imperceptibly" moments. I'm no stranger to
obscure audio arcana, but even I can't quite explain this insane nostalgic craving for ... my
hometown's pre-digital cable channel listings/weather station.
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They say that motivation follows action... But how do you get motivated enough to initially act?
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muxtape update. today's theme: "By The Numbers."
also, mild dilemma ahead:
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13 June 2008
Wet, wet Wisconsin My photos of the rising Rock River in Janesville. We aren't experiencing the worst of this, even on this river, but this is shaping up to be the worst flooding in my city in decades. And all we can do is watch! (Oh, and sandbag.)
I would like to give you a song - because words could not make up for what you do.
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Do any bunnies have experience with DeVry University (or its graduates)? I'm just curious what the consensus is...
It's the weekend! Whatcha doing this weekend, bun buns?
Happy Birthday rmless2!!!
Ask MeCha: wireless router that doesn't suck? →Read more...
The Independent Women’s Football League - who knew? Apparently Seattle’s team, the Majestics, is close to unstoppable. Had I known, I’d have gone to a game or two – lord knows we can’t afford Seahawks tickets. Why am I just learning about this now? Has anyone else ever heard of the league? Football fans - would you support a local team?
Help Shane choose new eyeglass frames? Ovals or rectangles? So I lost my glasses today in a freak accident and I need an exam anyway. This is yr chance to photoshop me into some hideous
Elton John shades. Pics & stuff are-->
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US Bunnies: Has anyone received their bribe stimulus payment yet? →Read more...
Follow-up question regarding the woman I'd like to strangle. →Read more...
Radio b – What Color Is The Sky In The World You Live In? Salmon Ella seems to have passed me by, so I thought I’d play some music. It’s mostly instrumental, mostly on the long side, mostly kinda…odd. Make of it what you will.
And if that didn’t scare you off, tune in at 11 AM PDT / 2 PM EDT, or just about an hour from now.
Very Short, Quasi-Disastrous MetaChat Dream! Bicycles and Wildfires! →Read more...
it's so very complicated... →Read more...
I'm in Tbilisi! →Read more...
Photo Friday is ... Useless. Useless is our theme this week, suggested by Ethylene. Bring out your Useless!
Happy birthday to Eideteker!!
Weird. I was just in the breakroom @ work. Someone had left a sheet of paper on one of the tables that had the lyrics to Pink Floyd's "When the Tigers Broke Free" printed on it.
I'm going to be scratching my head over this for a while.
A question about acknowledgement... In the
link that taz had provided last week, I was fascinated to note that 21% of women who'd participated in a poll asking the question "what is eve teasing" said that they considered "looking" to be a form of sexual harassment. Is this true?
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12 June 2008
It is a good day to die. I accidentally ate a salad with tomatoes on it. It was tasty, but I now await a visit from Salmon Ella. Eulogize me.
OMFG I WANT TO STRANGLE THIS WOMAN!!! →Read more...
Who Would Like To Participate In An LT Writing Project? →Read more...
Puppy tossing marine update Remember that horrifying youtube video of the marine tossing the puppy into a ravine? Well the Marines have tossed him!
Punchy Now Okay, I've been up for 12 hours and at work for almost 10 of those.
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Evolution of Rabbit hilarious ad-warning, also, quicktime
Updated muxtape. This week: guitars.
Just when I thought Fox News couldn't sink any lower ... →Read more...
NoseFilter: I spent a few days in the mountains, and the air was very dry.
Possible grossness inside.
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Smokey I'm lucky. This is the most I've personally been affected by a natural disaster. What about you?
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Gadget Lust Does anyone know about 'Hand-Built PCs and Parts'? They're taking pre-orders for the MSI Wind - $399 for Linux, $499 for XP.
LOLdocs Quote in bullet #3, paragraph 2.
Resumes after grad school? My resume is suffering from split personalities. Anyone have any tips or resources on putting together a post-grad school, career-change resume?
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OMG WANT! Ice cream cone light for compact flourescents!
What I love about Asheville, #3,823 There's a
free, outdoor showing of
Repo Man happening tomorrow night!!!
Sculpting a dog cake. Awesome. Although the bit where the head is made is more than a little creepy.
Last day on the island for a while, and holy crap! So much to do! Good thing I ordered those extra 10 hours for today.
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I am completely alone in the office this morning, for reasons I am not sure of, so to celebrate/make sure, I just farted as loudly as I possibly could. There were no repercussions. Question: should I take my pants off?
The End of Summer Vacation According to a survey by the Conference Board, a business research organization, the proportion of Americans who said they would take a vacation over the next six months has fallen to a 30-year low of just 39 percent.
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A picture of a robot, building a smaller robot, which is building a smaller robot, which is building...
Click on the image to rotate or zoom in and out. Whoa.
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Who is this? I came across this little .gif on the web and I recognise the face but can't put a name to her. I know it'll be one of those "D'oh! Of course!" moments when the answer is posted.
Awwwwww. My brother is burning the midnight oil so he can bring some (ok, eight dozen) chocolate-chip-toffee-oatmeal cookies to his friends tomorrow on the last day of school. He's 18.
What nice things have your family members done for others lately?
11 June 2008
This is both (NSFW) cracking me up and depressing me. And, paradoxically, making me feel better about myself.
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Initiating Self-Destruct Sequence in 10... Why do only spaceships have self-destruct buttons? I mean, my car doesn't have one, planes don't have them. Are there any self-destruct buttons in real life? I don't mean things like just sabotaging something, erasing data, or shutting of the coolant to the engines, but a full on deliberate "this sucker's gonna blow" countdown kind of self-destruct. Does anyone know the origin of the self-destruct button concept?
I was just nuking some frozen White Castles. You're supposed to wrap them in paper towels to ensure even cooking. We're out of paper towels, so I used toilet paper. This is either good ol' fashioned American ingenuity or a sign of the apocalypse. dealer's choice.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KKOKKODALK!!!!
What practical, on-earth applications might come from spending $1.5 billion on a
thingamajig that might detect dark matter in space?
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argh! hope me MS keyboard users!! →Read more...
Ask MeCha: A straw-pollish type question. For those of you that are dog-owners/lovers/kindred spirits: Do you find the word "Mutt" to be pejorative?
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Entropy, the Heat Death of the Universe, and Music →Read more...
Cross-post AskMe thingy which gives me an excuse to say hello! Hello! And whuffles!
I wish I could be a phone sex operator. Seriously. Wrong numbers call me back just to talk to me... For real. This has actually happened quite a lot. My favorite was the little eight- or nine-year-old kid
(wasn't interested in sexy talk, as far as I could tell). But usually it's guys... and I have what I think of as a sort of "bright" voice in tone, not husky or sexy, but I seem to be irresistible on the phone. Unfortunately, I hate talking on the phone, and get embarrassed even looking at sex scenes in R-rated movies, so I'm not going to make my fortune this way.
Could you do it? Yes? Explain to me how, in your most beguiling voice
and rub the small of my back ... right there ... while you tell me. also, that's a great post, I think.
This week's Photo Friday (June 13) theme is *Useless*. Since our Youngergirl may be a wee bit weary of handling this every week, I'm selecting our theme for Friday, suggested by eth, and pointed at from the list with my eyes closed and a very, very bad, superbad Microsoft-made mouse. In fact, I can't even be sure that "Useless" is the legitimate random choice, this mouse is so bad... but then I had to think,
how bad is it?
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I am trying to give up coffee. Please tell me this slow-response time thing goes away? Or suggest ways to make it go away?
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3-point midweek update. →Read more...
Fahrenheit 451. If you had to memorize one book for future generations what would it be?
Bank machine or ATM? I just got a funny look because I called it the bank machine. Am I out of it? What do all you cool kids call it?
Your new sidebar art... is brought to you by your guest curator, BoringPostcards, and features photos by mygothlaundry (top left); deborah (middle left); chococat (bottom left); and rainbaby (right sidebar).
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I think I just aquired a sudden and totally unaccountable urge to visit Japan.
There's a joke in here about how you don't get a pony, but damned if I can find it.
Zombify me! On Saturday I'm going on a zombie shuffle throughout the city of Melbourne - around 1000 people should be there.
We're all dressing up as Zombies, with blood and gore...
What on earth should I wear though?!
I'm a short girl, by the way...
Short, sad entry on the Fat Doctor blog.
10 June 2008
Shameless Self Promotion Because I hadn't written anything for MSNBC.com's TV section for six months (for stupid reasons of my own) and suddenly sold 2 high-concept ideas in one week:
Yearbook Honors from TV High School (might not be what you think)
and
TV's Power(less) Players.
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Please explain fully to me the ethics (or lack thereof) of spec work. I got into a
bit of a long argument on Twitter with the creator of crowdSPRING - a website where people put up projects (logos, websites, etc), designers contribute, and then a winner is chosen. Less than 25 entries and the buyer gets their money back.
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OMG Fart Protection! This is strange and new. I am suitably wondering what kind of person sat down and came up with this invention.
tomatoes So, if anyone hasn't heard yet, grape, cherry and "on the vine" are safe. Everything else should be avoided (including organic).
And I guess it isn't a matter of washing, since the bacteria is IN them, not just on the skin.
Help! My good friend's girlfriend is looking for a blood marrow donor. I apologize for abusing the site, but my friend has been working his ass off getting the word out.
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Our flight from Philadelphia got in at 8 last night. We had a half hour to change planes in Cincinnati, to grab a shuttle from one concourse to the other, and during that half hour I got a phone call from the man who had just hit my miniature schnauzer, Lacey.
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The new iPhone 3G looks pretty sexy, but I find it awfully curious that the details of the required "new 2-year AT&T rate plan, sold separately" are nowhere to be found...
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OMG! Cutesy-Wutesy Widdle Animal Link! This is a photo of an insanely cute little puppy. But the rule for this post is that you have to tear the post apart. Criticize it. Dismiss it sneeringly. Snark at it. Bend over backwards to find something wrong with the post.
Have fun!
Facebook etiquette? →Read more...
Gay unions shed light on gender in marriage NY Times So I thought that this was kind of interesting and cool.
I watched Paprika last night (and, coincidentally, am just now having one for lunch) - and particularly loved the theme song. I went looking for it today and was delighted
it's available for free. Cool!
Pig in boots. Is this for real? I refuse to believe this is true and I think my friend is setting me up because this is too cute and ridiculous.
twofer. 1)
I'm looking for cold books; crosspost. 2) Are you on Vox? I want to add you to my neighborhood (for the
dog blog).
Have you ever got a phone call at 4 am? I did, this morning.
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This is Kiruna the 9th of June - my grandma always talks about the snowstorms on midsummer in her childhood, but since I never witnessed it myself, I'm actually kind of impressed.
Meanwhile down south, I'm nursing bad sunburn and sweating.
From the vaults of Paranoid Pictures: Hey kids! Remember those thrilling cliffhanger serial dramas of yesteryear? Me neither! The guys at
Firesign Theater remembered them just fine, though, and spent a rainy afternoon dubbing their voices over the original soundtracks; wacky hijinx and horrible puns ensue!
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09 June 2008
Yummy summer salad. Sliced filet mignon with fava beans, radishes, and mustard dressing.
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I LOVE YOU MORE THAN BUNNIES!!! (Scroll waaay down to get to play)
Whoa! I just won a free camera!
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AskMe how my day was (answer: it was garbage) Hope me with my a/c problems (title link to question)!
Toothbrushes! A recyclable plastic toothbrush that you subscribe to!
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When I was 19, me and my friends found
this blue-eyed hip-hop track incredible funny. It still is, but jeez, do they sound stoned.
What does "SOW" mean on Ebay? →Read more...
Bonaduce..Bonaduce..Bonaduce...
I fail at cupcakes. I had my first practice round of cupcakes tonight and they did not turn out the way I wanted them to.
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Any plurkers out there? Plurk. It's like twitter on steroids. If you're on it, send me a friend invite (username: matildaben).
I just found out that my kittens' siblings were abandoned on the SPCA's doorstep. I adopted
Mint and Clover through my coworker's classmate 3 weeks ago. Today, when that coworker arrived at work, she told me that she'd talked to him on Friday and found out that he hasn't been able to find homes for 3 of the remaining kittens. (I've been asking around and posting ads, too, with no luck.) He left them in a box at the Sacramento SPCA's doorstep. They just turned 9 weeks old.
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I'm so bored right now. so I decided to find out how long I could gargle for. Turns out it's 36 seconds. How about you?
What thing do you wish they made even though no one but you would want one?
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Top Tip : How to get a good night's sleep in hot weather. →Read more...
Am I the only one who doesn't mind the heat?! It feels great!
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Reconnections - Whoa. I just got off the phone with a woman who was one of my best friends when I was 17; I hadn't heard from her since.
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Really MetaChatty question -- marriage Do you "believe in marriage"? Did you? Will you?
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Wedding Planning Update! →Read more...
Bunnies: I finally took down your holiday cards. That is all. Maybe I shouldv'e left them up for the solstice? Anyway, thanks for the cards if I haven't said thanks already. It was nice to look at them again.
I'm kind of stunned that this man's passing went unnoticed here. RIP, great one.
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Why must I feel like this today? Sometimes all you need is to give your head a shake, get some perspective, and
to listen to Pray For Grace.
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08 June 2008
Very sensitive Jew / Arab 9-11 stuff within... please bring a cool head. →Read more...
Recap: Sexism in the US presidential race Seeing all these clips together in one video reminded me why it's nice to have a limited exposure to US media...how do these people still have TV shows?
Flip Mino, Flip Ultra, or camera with video? Gizmodo likes the Ultra.
Boingboing dissed it, but the readers fought back. What should I get for my 14-year-old son? He has a Canon PowerShot A60, and likes to take videos with it. The Canon has been great, but it can take only 3 minutes of 320x240 video. He's talking about making a ghost-themed movie with a friend this summer, so I thought a Flip might be the ticket. Thanks!
Apartment hunting in NYC!
"Dance with me, you never dance with me" →Read more...
I just heard this crazy song on WFMU -- what was it? →Read more...
Cleaning up life's paper trail I'm going through the box of stuff I have at my parents' house.
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MeCha Radio: Bhangra and things that go well with bhangra. 11:15 - 1:30pm PST.
The Bottle Rockets were friggin' great. I am old. →Read more...
What are you doing today? Might I suggest
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I just adopted Smooshie yesterday. He's five years old, and lived with a family until they got a dog that Smooshie hated. They took him to a shelter, and now he's home with me. He's a sweetheart, except for one little thing...
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Is there a term for non-DIY people? i.e., Pay someone else and just get it over with?
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We are what we repeatedly do. →Read more...
Ugh. Lonely and Bored. I spend about 90% of my free time alone. This is in part due to circumstances (friends busy), part inertia, and part mild depression. Help me figure out something to do?
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Dreamfilter: Recurring Images? →Read more...
How would you describe this kind of art? 1 -
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07 June 2008
The opening credit sequence from "The Naked Gun" re-created in Grand Theft Auto IV.
KILL INTERNET EXPLORER →Read more...
Is your gait normal upon awakening? When I wake up in the morning I limp for a few steps or so before I can start walking normally. It feels as though my hip is messed up. It's not painful, but it's as if the joints aren't moving correctly. It's been happening for quite a while. I'm getting old.
Do you have to work the kinks out, or can you stroll right to the shower with nary a crick or pain?
Ask MeCha! Today only, three questions available for the price of one! (I'll start.)
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Some pics of commissioning and graduation. There would be more, but the photo lab at Walmart had a glitch in their disk maker so I couldn't post the pics I made. (I'll be getting them later-for free-but still.) These photos are courtesy of MY folks, who did NOT go to Walmart.
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Fountains of Wayne Hotline: hilarious homage/parody by
Robbie Fulks. (The song is embedded in a tiny little player at the end of the article in the first link.)
"Viva Calaca!!! - Dia de los Muertos" is a fun animated short by Rixti Ostariz, a graphic designer from Spain. Flash site. The vid's not available for download, but the wallpaper is really good.
via Drawn!
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06 June 2008
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Once again, today I was going through a box of books
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Handypeople: What's the best way to attach hardware cloth (chicken wire) to a metal surface WITHOUT drilling a hole?
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Photo Friday Since no one else has started a thread, I will. Let's make it a free for all.
Garkov -- Garfield, weirded up with Markov chains. Shameless self-link.
Radio b – House Rockers Jamboree Roll up the carpets and break out the bottle – the weekend is finally here. Time to celebrate with two hours of Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Western Swing, Rockabilly, Honky Tonk, Blues, Boogie Woogie, and whatever else seems like a good idea. The party starts at 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 EDT, or about an hour and a half from when I post this.
Wonders of Nitrous Oxide I had a bit of oral surgery yesterday afternoon. They used nitrous oxide along with whatever is in the shots they administer. Interesting thoughts occurred to me while breathing the gas… does anyone care to share thoughts?
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The awkward side of "Financial Precipitation." A further look at "making it rain" from the Internets Celebrities who gave us "
Checkmate."
Friday 3-point update! →Read more...
Taquerias or bust Finally back home in California after nine months in Latvia!
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Electro-music. Updated muxtape, inspired by/dedicated to Zack_Replica.
So your jet blew apart at an altitude of 35,000 feet, you exited the aircraft and are falling towards the ground.
Now what?
05 June 2008
Today my youngest child graduated →Read more...
so I had my first real lucid dream last night →Read more...
So, today at work, I'm going through a box of books →Read more...
omg raspberry turtle! via some self linker on mefi. Nasty self linker, cute turtleberry!
June 7th , right after Satan's birthday, draw draw draw draw draw.
Three-point Thursday update. I'll start.
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"You(,) Like Me" Strap on your tinfoil hats for this one, because Senator Clinton is using ...
Covert Hypnosis!?!
Why do police sometimes think photographers must be terrorists? Because they've
seen it in the movies.
Skitzo Bday Playlist so I made a little playlist here, open in new tab and play
(Safari tends to not move on to next song though). Lets partay!
A murder in my neighborhood. Pangrati is the larger neighborhood just next to us... If we tell people we live in Mets, and they aren't familiar with it, we tell them Pangrati.
This page has a couple of photos of the guy.
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The Email I Just Sent to Work Or, notes from my midnight:
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04 June 2008
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy told me to always carry a towel. Well, here's a guy who really took that advice to heart... or rather, to abdomen.
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PICTS OR GTFO →Read more...
Me, pips, and Hugh Janus are going to see my beloved Bottle Rockets on Saturday for one of their 15th Anniversary shows. Via their
website fans can submit a setlist for the shows which enters them in a
contest with some killer prizes.
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The Final Countdown like you have never heard. Until now. Unfortunately.
Stupid clients rant #675: So I was presenting a website to a client yesterday, it's a Django-based site for the Urban Design Institute of the university I teach at.
One of the underlings was fairly pushy, putting on his serious voice and asking clueless but (to him) techie sounding questions like "What's the capacity of the website?", "What's the level of security?", etc. Annoying, but well within the normal parameters of client cluelessness.
Then, he asks: "Does it have chat?", and I say "no", so he folows up with:
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I've only had Wii Fit for less than 24 hours and it's telling me that I've lost 2.2 pounds!
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"Now that is one mime that's going to save the world!" and other sentences you will never ever hear.
Fictional evil organizations - There's SPECTRE from James Bond, KAOS from Get Smart, and my personal fave, the Guild of Calamitous Intent from the Venture Brothers. Who am I missing?
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Numb what? Unintended comedy at the spelling bee.
He's finally bigger than the cat. This is Otto at 14 weeks. Because we all need some cuteness.
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15664. How many emails are in your Gmail/webmail inbox?
three point status update 1. my folks are splitting up. needless to say, I'm a wreck. Although I'm sure it also goes without saying that they're both much worse.
2. I'm involved in a huge collaborative project with a local leather worker/craftsman and photographer with a steampunk theme. We're casting models next weekend. I'm very excited.
3. I got a car. It's a purple 96 cavalier. The wellbutrin didn't get me to quit smoking, but I think it's the only thing making me able to drive. (I passed a bad accident today and only momentarily panicked).
03 June 2008
Video of Greyhounds Racing -- From My UK trip This is a seventeen second video of a greyhound race, taken last month at Walthamstow Stadium during my trip to see Jan. Enjoy!
Favorite Old School Sit Com Peeps →Read more...
Hey, let's all go down to beach and shoot some clams.
Discovery! What new (to you) music have you found lately?
May I Introduce You All To A Wonderful New Combo From The Fair City Of Seattle? →Read more...
Flaming Mystery This weekend, the BF and I took a road trip around the Olympic Penninsula here in Washington. On the second day we were driving through the very remote Lake Quinault area when we saw copious amounts of smoke coming from the side of the road. Since the only thing for miles around was fields of clearcut stumps, we quickly pulled over to make sure it wasn't trouble...
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Where did I put my envelope of money? →Read more...
Hello, my name is Hamflata Dofrongledring.
So this "coworking" trend. Maybe trend is the wrong word. Has anyone had any experience with it?
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Which of these names sounds better to you?
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That's entertainment! This is one hundred kinds of awesome.
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100 balloons in under a minute (Man, this dog REALLY hates balloons!)
WOOT! My brother just reminded me we are going to see
Return to Forever tonight!!!!
I AM SICK OF FOG. Sun, please! I feel like I'm living underwater, or in some weird winterland where green things bloom. I would like to see the sky, and some color other than gray.
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Double Bunny Smackdown! OMG! Or should that be 'snorgledown'?
Sound Card Driver Issue With Cakewalk 4? →Read more...
Pants too low and shirts too short? Now there's an overpriced, manufactured solution!
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"Benefactors" by Michael Frayn, author of "Noises Off" and "Copenhagen" Hi. Two MeFites are involved in this production. If you're in NYC and want to see a cool play, please stop by.
The normal price is $18. If you click the link, above and type in the code LONDON, it's $15.
If you're a mefite and you come, please say hi to grumblebee (director) and evangeline (playing Jane) after the show!
These are sketches of arcane sigils on the skin of a potato. Foolishly, I baked and ate it...
and the heathen markings. Have I cursed myself? Will I spontaneously combust, or will potato eyes sprout from
my eyes? Is Our Dark Lord Cthulhu
playing with me again?
(The other thing in the photo is just cottonwood droppings, they're everywhere lately--another plot?)
To via or not to via. What's MeCha's take on crediting another blog for finding something? Is simultaneous discovery not possible, as many folks are online these days? And if they credit another, who credits another, does it matter what the actual origin is? What's the hidden etiquette? What's the benefits? Is it truly a legal issue or a carryover from pre-internet sourcing?
Ask Mecha Work Type Question So, say you are going to a gem and mineral show this weekend. When you get to the door, someone is going to hand you a guide to the show. Would you prefer this guide to be organized
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I have been watching this a lot. This is what tv was like when I was little, and I miss it sometimes.
Levitating bottle. A simple but clever idea. You can click the pic for a larger view.
three point update.... 1. Husband's stepdad's funeral today. Then hubs flies back tomorrow...it was weird seeing all the news reports on Kennedy yesterday, as Kennedy has the same thing Ron did. Hope it turns out much better for Kennedy. He has a rough road ahead of him.
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I built a cigar-box synth, and I haven't seen my cat since. :)
Happy Birthday to Jason's_Planet!
Doohickie defends the indefensible: The Momas and the Papas, and the Fifth Dimension.
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02 June 2008
Does anyone notice the attendendant irony of the Bush administration criticizing anyone regarding disaster response?
Who do you think is MORE famous than they should be? In the grand tradition of Metafilter, I'm askin the opposite.
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I NEED A $#@$%^#@# SHOUTING THREAD! I'VE SPENT SIX MONTHS UNDOING THE DAMAGE STUPID-BOSS HAS DONE TO THE UNIT, SO WHAT DO WE DO? REORGANIZE ME BACK DOWN TO NOTHING!
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It started out a day like any other for Bernard Van Wormer, and it remained so right up until...
New 101 goals in 1001 list The time has come for my second go round, and I'm looking for inspiration. Anyone else doing or done one?
Ooooh and Urghhh. Ooooh. I managed to tape
most of the radio show from yesterday. Please listen and tell me what you thing. Urghhh. I've given myself a couple of weeks off to clean my house up and do all those things I need to do & it's going badly.
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So like two weeks ago I got
this Groove Coverage remake of Bad Religion stuck in my head just as bad as
the original was stuck in there when it first came out. It is still not gone yet, so I share with you!
Microsoft Word Drives Me Nuts, Chapter 43. Anyone care to help with a little merge & compare mystery?
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Is it just me or is the whole world realllly quiet today? Case of the Monday's? Is doom upon us? WHat?
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Know any good short-short jokes?
Who do you love? Rock & Roll pioneer Ellas Bates, aged 79, died today of heart failure. You may have known him as
Bo Diddley.
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What should I watch? So I'm having surgery soon and am trying to sort out my Lovefilm (the UK equivalent of Netflix) queue for my recovery period.
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Is anyone up for a good cry? My mom just told me the most heartbreaking story...
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Hugs and wuffles inside... What a great day! I shopped for food, made totally awesome pizza from scratch, snuggled with the cat and sorted out a bunch of crap. Best of all, I finally feel like we've moved into our home.
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WTF, Reuters?! Reuters runs a story about the Thessaloniki (Greece) city water company joining with a wine-producer and bottling company to produce bottled water with the headline
Greek Thessaloniki Sewerage in bottled water JV. Did they think that was funny? Or what? Damn.
Dementia update (Long, sorry.)
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01 June 2008
I just flew back from Colorado, and boy are my arms tired. →Read more...
so, i have some clip art. and a new job! my boss helpfully sent it in lots of random sizes. Now I want to blow it up so I can put it on an 8 foot banner, but without the jaggedy pixels.
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"Residents living north and west of the massive Universal City fire are being warned not to breathe the smoke that is blanketing their neighborhood." Hey, I was living there 5 years ago!
Illustrated BMI Categories A recently deleted AskMe and a related very-old AskMe spurred me to post this link
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Sharing my good mood: What are y'all up to today?
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What in the fuck. tl;dr vent inside, feel free to share your own
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Bloglines question - can I "fix" so that people who subscribed to the wrong RSS url over there from my end somehow?
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Not the ordeal I'd expected ... →Read more...
In two hours, at 16:00 GMT, I'm special guest and cohost of a radio show on our local community radio show. Give me
a listen &
send me a message.
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31 May 2008
The Longer Boats Are Coming To Win Us, They're Coming To Win Us.... →Read more...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I bring you Tuscon, Arizona's gift to rock and roll.
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Exquisite Codec II Inspired by
this comment and
this post, how about another Exquisite Codec? Post an .mp3 that has some connection--lyrics, song title, artist name, theme, etc.--to the previous one. Here's something to start with:
Mel and Tim - Backfield in Motion
Penne with sausage and tomato cream sauce. My partner has made this a couple of times and it is OMG so good. The leftover also heats up well in a microwave. Recipe inside.
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Do you type well? Come race little volkswagen beetle icons.
The other day I saw a lady wearing a varsity jacket from
this school. It just said 'SCIENCE,' on the back and is thus the coolest jacket ever.
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So I went to another anime con and I took some pictures, for your viewing enjoyment!
30 May 2008
MeCha Radio: This are your DJ. Western music, with diversions, for the next two hours until 11:30PM (er, 11:38) PST. Your flight departs from Bulgaria, and then...
AskMeChaMen: How do you like to be approached? Silly or serious, just come in and answer.
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DJing until my deadbeat friend comes over... taking hints.
Ah, Jesus, I just saw goatse. I had been careful. I studiously avoided it. I worked so hard, so very hard never to see it, and then just now homunculus indirectly and unintentionally led me to his door. His wide, open, gaping, cherry red door. I've seen worse, but JESUS CHRIST, my eyes. Someone hold me.
Funny culture clashes. Please tell your stories inside. Oh okay, I'll start.
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Mecha Poll: Worst British accent done by US actor? - inspired by linked post. I can't really judge, but was Renée Zellweger any good in Bridget Jones' diary(s)?
AskMeCha: Edible parts of rhubarb? →Read more...
Charles Nelson Reilly, cartoon show host: Uncle Croc's Block
A wee bit before my time, but man—what a catchy theme song!
My guilty pleasure is So You Think You Can Dance. Unfortunately, my work schedule conflicts with the broadcast of the show, and I can't afford a DVR right now.
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High School pranks It is the last day of school in my neck of the woods. So, did anyone pull off any truly memorable and elegant high school pranks on the last day?
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Question for people who exercise Is there a reason it's really hard some days and not others?
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Yay, I did it! I defended my MA thesis today. It didn't go all that well, since I'm really not a great talker, but I did it. It's done.
Billy Zoom Commented on Syntax's blog Syntax & I were both at the
X show Wednesday night.
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Anyone else having problems getting on to Mefi? Neither the status blog nor the wiki indicate that there's an outage.
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OMG I can't take this work day anymore. I think I'm the person officially in charge of this company as I happen to be the only person in work today. Summer hours are fantastic but not if you're in a 20 story building alone. If I snuck out, would this company collapse? I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE, I'M GOING TO JUMP - FILM AT 11!
Why is youtube always fascinating when I'm at home at 2 am and need to go to sleep but completely boring at 2 pm in the afternoon when I can waste time at work?
Poll results: Worst American accents by British actors. I've never seen any of the shows in question- are the accents really that bad?
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Radio b - Kozmic Slop Blues Thrown together at the last minute, literally. The final song was added to the playlist moments before I made this post. It's a mix of mostly funk and psychedelia which may or may not work. Let's say it starts at 11:05 PDT, which is more or less five minute from when I hit post.
Friday 3-point update Friday 3-point update.
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Photo Friday: Goofy Clothes - Take a pic of yourself in a goofy outfit, something you never wear anymore, a funny wig or hat, suggested by seanyboy?
Pinky and the Brain sing about the parts of the brain. This made me very happy.
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What's your favorite way to treat a cold? The NyQuil, it does nothing.
OMFG I'm sitting here eating breakfast and there's an almighty noise out my window. Another fucking crane comes down from a building site *across the street from me*. I'm watching the rescue effort (I can hear the first ambulance right now) out the window. For those of you who pray - please pray that nobody has been killed.
I saw The Swell Season last night at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. It was awesome.
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Holy crap, I really do have OCD! →Read more...
29 May 2008
More radio hat in just a few minutes.
Humor from the Vault We're watching the first season of SNL. Wow.
In the first episode: America, Show Us Your Guns!
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He rented Rambo. I rented... →Read more...
Some cellphone calls purposely go direct to voicemail... Right? How do you do that? I mean, send a call to someone's voicemail without his/her phone ever ringing and giving them a chance to pick it up? Weirdness.
Anti-smoking zealots: Leave Me The Fuck Alone, Please.
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The great COVER-UP! Just updated
my muxtape with 12 songs that are cover versions, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.
What brands did you use today? This is Dear Jane's
brand timeline, this is my
brand timeline.
I know it's meant to be a heartwarming capture of father and son joy, but am I the only one who thinks the son's expression is more than a little dubious?
Please forgive me while I briefly revel in the joys of (inexpensive) consumerism. →Read more...
Bump! Boston meetup, once more immediately AFTER someone else already done called and completed one.
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I just got totally h0sed by my insurance company, and Must Rant: →Read more...
In this thread, we talk about cole slaw, and how to make it. →Read more...
Arg! i've gotten to that point in my surf where i can't not know who lost on Top Chef, and they yanked my poor youtuber supply!
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I have colleague and comrades, but no friends. Except online, where I have lots of friends.
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I saw DCFC at Red Rocks last night. It was A M A Z I N G →Read more...
Augusten Burroughs! →Read more...
Metachat Picnic Thread Let's make believe we're going on a picnic!
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Standing in the Shadow of Motown: Moon Feet? →Read more...
Owie owie owie! I've spent too much time up on (crappy) ladders lately, and now I have a cramp in my calf. Help!
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NO COMMENTS! Please don't post comments in this thread!
This makes me wish I had a sidewalk in front of my house.
Cook through blogs? I saw the Wall Street Journal article about cook through blogs yesterday. These are blogs where the author cooks all the recipes in a certain cookbook.
I already subscribed to French Laundry at Home and Teena's blog.
Are there any other similar blogs out there that the article missed?
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Can you satisfy a little curiosity for me? (Wsht! Don't click that if scrawniness be offendin' ye.) What I'm curious about is what emotion you read from that picture.
I think my iPod's about to go belly up on me. Are there any preventative measures I can take?
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The rock of aged. We've talked about the fact that oldies dominate the arena/stadium/amphitheater concert scene but this article asks where the next generation of concert acts are going to come from.
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Difficult opening instructions I was just looking at a package of generic Q -tips and noticed the "easy open instructions":
1. Press in top corners
2. Press in top center and lift cover
What would the alternative, "difficult open instructions" look like?
28 May 2008
Like hardboiled fiction? Gripped by the grittiness of Jim Thompson or Elmore Leonard? Then you might like
the stories of MeFi's Jordan Harper.
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Did any of my other California bunnies go to Lightning In A Bottle? →Read more...
Help answer my question about Spanish Popeye! Or at least take a couple minutes to enjoy the awesome song I link to in my question.
Share a joy! Post something you're happy about.
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This is a thread for the disparagement of music you don't like. Since it seems to be the trend today. One caveat, though: you have to post an example of the music in question.
I've been on a Flamin' Groovies kick lately, so here's
"Shake Some Action" and
"Slow Death". If you dig power pop and/or punk rock, these guys are important.
Johnny Lydon on Judge Judy Your random youtube link for the day.
Whether you like the Dead or not, whether you forget to wear underwear, or put it on wrong,
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When I am king... an everyday walk down the street will look like
this.
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Late in the Day Realizations →Read more...
I have 666(.1) MB of Grateful Dead on my iPod . .What pointless fact about you do you care to share?
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Why do I keep smelling hair dye everywhere? Is this some sort of common sign of brain tumor or other worrisome problem? Was it just a hair-dying sort of weekend? Is there something else that smells like hair dye that might be more commonly used/consumed/carried?
Cross posting my dog. Yes, it has to come to this. By the way, read my comment there on Projects; I totally meant to put that into the post.
Shark attacks boy in his bedroom This is the best story I have read all week. I suppose it is only Wednesday.
list subcultures' pejorative terms for the mainstream I'll start: "plainskins" (non-tattooed), "cagers" (car drivers)
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27 May 2008
Picture this caption. A well-known game, but in reverse. One person supplies a caption, others try to dig up appropriate pix. So I'll start:
"By the time your Alderman sees this, we'll be long gone!"
Add additional captions as needed.
From Messy to Martha? Does anyone actually know someone who used to be messy and is now reformed? Can you really change your bad housekeeping habits or is that just a way to sell books?
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O Bee Girl, Where Art Thou? Ever wonder what happened to the Bee Girl from
Blind Melon’s
“No Rain” video?
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What's your favorite old blues-y song? →Read more...
Laugh at my stupididity. →Read more...
help with a broken facebook? i am trying to set up an event related to a group. when i pick the city, i get this error message:
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Ugh. I just ate my midmorning snack, and I think I ate too much of it, and now I feel a bit overstuffed. When will I learn to parcel out portions? When, oh when?
Please pray to Gods of Western Medicine for me. I'm off to see the specialist. I hope he has answers and isn't some midwestern, balding snake oil salesman behind a curtain :/
Crapola day I just had a crap day at work.
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I didn't want to hijack bmarkey's thread, but I have my own "huh?"s My father is still here...he told me tonight that he will vote for McCain; not because he particularly likes him, but because he wants to put his vote in for the candidate of a major party (I'm disgusted with the Obama and Clinton campaigns, but I'll vote in November for whoever is spat out at the convention).
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I KNOW TPS will want to see this! ;-)
26 May 2008
I have questions. So I'm stuck at work, slowly being dessicated from within by the awful "stir-fry" I had for dinner and wishing I were home listening to the
San Francisco psychedelia box set I bought in my attempt to stimulate the economy. In the meantime, I have questions:
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Local News: "A naked man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of trying to have sex with a taxi cab in Avila Beach" (2.8 miles from me). Insert Robert DeNiro, Andy Kaufman or Jimmy Fallon jokes here:
"You say you've never been to Paris--" i really need this song that starts at 1:52, but besides all that, here's a bit of an update on what's going on with the
metachat show idear.
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I have some very serious questions (spoilers) about
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. (spoilers, of course)
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Questions/discussion about dating protocol from a complete geek.
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My 18 year old stepdaughter moved out.. →Read more...
My Boo is headed home :-( →Read more...
Last night, my favorite bar shut its doors for good :(
R.I.P. Texas Showdown Saloon
The drunk tank isn't so bad. I've never received a speeding ticket, but I finally had the pleasure of being arrested the other night. For those of you putting it off, I say just get it out of the way. To quote thepinksuperhero, "The first time you get locked up is a bit unnerving, but the second and third times ain't shit." I don't think there will be a second time for me.
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Her name is Khadija:) →Read more...
Your latest personal examplet that the internet is cool -- go! As usual, I will start :)
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I have seen Speed Racer in IMAX and when we came out into the real world, it just seemed grey and miserable and washed-out by comparison.
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I passed my PhD defense! You can't call me Dr. Grouse until July though.
Roll call: who else has to work today?
*heavy sigh*
What books should I read with my English-language learners? →Read more...
25 May 2008
Adam's Rib may be my new favorite movie. How'd I miss this one until now? Didn't think "Kate and Spence" could top
Woman of the Year, but boy oh boy. Great movie.
Ask MeCha - lightweight notebooks My boss has asked me to find details of some lightweight notebook computers. This seems like a good place to start.
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Moving tips & tactics? I'm moving again, and once again suspect I'm making a bit of a hash of it.
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I'm having problems handling a clingy friend. →Read more...
Cat on a leash? My indoor cat is really interested in hanging out outside.
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Writing about brain death is really not the way I'd like to spend my sunny Sunday morning. Stupid summer school.
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Attention temporary guests to our "sub-par 1970s student residence" →Read more...
Old Broken-Down Fartfilter: Anyone Here Ever Have Bursitis? →Read more...
There is a band called A Sunny Day In Glasgow and they are pretty awesome.
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NEW KITTY! meow meow meow meow meow
24 May 2008
It appears no one has dibs on radio tonight so I will give you a radio hat at midnight ET (just a few minutes from now). Another weird mix of odd stuff.
The Memorial To The 6 Million. We just visited this
amazing, modern-art Holocaust monument for the first time today.
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Is it just me or is Lou Dobbs a total asshole? →Read more...
My chicken is still kind of frozen. Can I roast it anyway? →Read more...
Do you eat beet greens? In exchange for this information, i will tell you a tale of jaffa cakes.
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Best vacation ever. We just got back from a week in Florida.
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I need a shower. →Read more...
Question about hotels →Read more...
I know Olena has her own blog ... →Read more...
three-point muxtape updates:
1)
Combine with the Mac app
Fluid for Coverflow-fueled page and playlist previews. It's pretty easy to set up but does require Leopard.
2) I updated mine; it's here: "
3/4 for life."
3) how often does everyone else swap theirs out? I aim for a new one every 7-10 days, and I keep my old muxes as playlists in iTunes.
23 May 2008
Radio_Replica ...continuing the tunes after BP's set. 10pm to 12:15am. Gothic and EBM.
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Any New Yorkers looking for a job in arts administration? I just got forwarded a listing for what looks like a very cool job working on capital projects for arts organizations. Email me if you're interested and I'll forward you the email.
BP Radio: Friday Night Freak-Out edition! Starting at 11 pm EDT (15 mins. from now)
Hi hi hi! How you guys doing?! →Read more...
i just sent email to bunch of important elected people asking them to do stuff i edited the thing so much. it took three hours or so for an email it'll take all of 5 minutes for them to read.
meep!
Photos of TV (some slightly NSFW)
The Domain Registration Addict is trying to cut down. So I'm not renewing "metacats.com", expiring on the 29th. If anyone here would like to have it for free (plus the registration renewal), let me know.
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What are the rules governing fences and neighbors? →Read more...
Yay! I just registered for Slow Food Nation That means I'm coming to San Francisco. SF-area bunnies, can we hang?
Swarm! The good news? They eat fire ants.
The bad news? Ewww...
Some people say bowling alleys got big lanes
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A construction worker on the 5th floor of a building needed a handsaw. →Read more...
Radio b – Jook Joints, Honky-Tonks and Skull Orchards Two and a half hours* of American roots music from the period between the mid 40s and late 50s: early R&B, Blues, Western Swing, Proto-Rock & Roll, Jump Blues, Honky-Tonk, Rockabilly and Hillbilly Boogie, with a few other goodies of the time for seasoning. The joint starts a-jumpin’ at 11 AM PDT / 2 PM EDT – just about an hour from now.
*I thought this was gonna be my swan song for broadcasting at this time, so I made the set list a little longer.
2or3whiskeysodas radio--"real" radio--tomorrow! Wanna hear me spin some tunes tomorrow morning?
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Friday 3-point update! →Read more...
Graduation is Looming. . . and it is time to get off my ass and get my kid a computer for college. A Mac, of course, since she is going to me majoring in Cinema (although I doubt that the first couple years will feature much hands-on movie editing).
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What Generation Are You? Inspired by the conversation happening
here and
here - I'm curious.
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Today I get to "interview" for the job I've had for over 10 years! And hopefully keep my name off of the "downsized" list.
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Photo Friday: Sparkle as suggested by ethylene
22 May 2008
HOT SAUCE ON WHAAAAT!? Okay, so this must have happened to some of you. It's late, you've had a few, you're hungry but too tired and drubk to cook anything, and all you really know is that you have some good hot sauce (like my current crazy chili stuff w/ a little sesame oil and a label spelled in Chinese characters) on something. What. Do. You. Do?!
Treats: Things you enjoy, but best only occasionally. →Read more...
Tim Russert brings the noise This is quite possibly the Zapruder film of our time - to be scrutinized over for generations to come.
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This is a very striking photo. AP news photo of two of the FLDS women leaving the courthouse in San Angelo, Texas.
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new granddaughter arriving tomorrow →Read more...
This is a deeply disappointed and seething thread. →Read more...
I bought a ceegar today. First time ever in a humidor
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Would you like a good book or TV show? →Read more...
Holiday Weekend! Well, it's coming up on one for us in the USA. So, you off tomorrow? Monday? Both? Neither? What are your plans, bunnies?
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I have a job interview! Yay! →Read more...
Moment of Teacherly Pride →Read more...
Child drownings rise in US Ugh, preventable deaths like this are so stragic. Be careful, everyone!
It's "New Ink Thursday" here on MeCha. Here's my baby, only 12 hours old:
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Anyone else get inked recently? Let's see 'em!
Last night we saw "the" video →Read more...
Pricing dilemma. Venting and anxiety. →Read more...
Happy Birthday essexjan and brujita!! →Read more...
Dancing Machine, That's Me. Yesterday my girlfriend and I started dance lessons so we can dance at weddings and parties and not look like dumbasses.
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THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD!!! I JUST DROPPED MY CAMERA AND NOW MY WIDE-ANGLE LENS IS BROKEN.
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21 May 2008
The lost parrot who told his name and address to the vet is OK, but
THIS PARROT is something special...
I know some of you are gonna hate me for this, but I think it's funny, on multiple levels
Postcards from the edge When I went to Vegas for jonmc and Pips wedding, I
sent my parents a postcard that said something along the lines of, "I ran off to Vegas on the spur of the moment for an Elvis wedding. We're having a wonderful time!" Alas, they didn't fall for it. So now that I'm going to North Carolina, I want (or rather, my innner adolescent wants) to try to freak them out again. But how shall I do it?
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Stereo Squirrels on my porch this morning. Bookends! Also, somewhat related: Thanks, MeChites, for all the happy animal posts today. My Inbox is always swamped with the sad stories. Here you go, have some (hopefully) fun pics (inside) and feel free to post your own -->
Strangest thing I've seen in a while: →Read more...
Bump! Here's a reminder for Friday's London meetup.
Please be aware that if the venue is rubbish it's chrismear's fault.
I am reading a great book! . . .It is by a guy named Dallas Murphy
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A pet gets himself returned home... Although he wouldn't squeal to the cops. A story with a happy ending.
May 28 is coming up fast.... I leave Saturday-my son is GRADUATING!!!!!!!
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I knew that motherfucker before he wore shoes! Adolph Hitler plans his trip to Burning Man 2008.
Cell phone "low battery" signal driving me nuts What possessed the Motorola Razor (Verizon?) people to force you to listen to your cell phone beeping every 30 seconds when the battery is a little low?
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Vacating the premises for vacation... I only have to work until 4 today and then I'm off on vacation! Tomorrow afternoon I fly to Raleigh, North Carolina to visit a friend for a week. I have a three page list of things I want to do. This friend and I have not seen each other since 1989. I haven't travelled anywhere since going to Pip and jonmc's wedding in September 2006. I'm SO excited. But I'm also going to try to go all week without emailing or going on the internet. I may get the DTs.
20 May 2008
Tasmanian Devil Endangered ..."as a result of a deadly and disfiguring cancer outbreak." Sorry for the downer, but, WOW. "The disease, a fast-growing head tumor which spreads over the marsupial's face and mouth and prevents it from eating, often killing it within months, has cut the island's devil population in the wild by as much as 60 percent." Wow. Just Wow. Signs of the end? Screwed up ol' world, in'nit?
Richard Price signed my
autograph jacket tonight. I'm so happy.
You look like you fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every damn branch on the way down.
The Motorcycle News. I don't usually self-link, but this is a bit more than my usual content and I thought some folks who don't normally read my writenings might enjoy it.
Test a Cooking Site? Y'all like to cook, right?
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Can any of you guys help me? NGO fundraising. Hello. Sorry, I feel a bit strange just barging in to ask for help. I am trying to pimp my askme question that has had few responses. Are there people here who know about the NGO fundraising biz? I would appreciate any help or advice any of you can give me.
Being a director of an NGO is a big new step for me, and the only thing I know for sure about it is that there is a tonne of stuff I don't know...
Post every single thought you have to this thread Stream of consciousness, people!
Remember this couch? I got lucky today, and found
another one, with chairs!
but it's an ugly color, and bidding went a bit too far for my liking, so it's a bittersweet win.
Kitchen Confidential: i'm a few episodes in and i'm inviting you down a few connecting avenues.
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Obama Worked Out at My Gym Last Saturday Morning . . .While I was sitting reading Metachat, he did some cardio and weightlifting
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Durable AT& T phones? recommendations, anyone?
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So... who are we using for domain name registrations these days? I hate that godaddy turned out to be assholes... I hate starting again. But I won't use them any more... who now?
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Help me explain to my girlfrieds why we can't name our nacent blog Underwire →Read more...
This is why we can't re-heat nice things!
Leftover fettucini alfredo + Microwave oven = Horror on a paper plate (photos inside...)
Last holiday weekend in the cabin, and what a weekend it was.
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LET'S HAVE A YELLING THREAD →Read more...
Where do I find individual "
badge reels" (retractable ID card holder thingies)? I can only find them in
packs. I just need one.
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AskMeCha: where is my cat? →Read more...
Ken Leee [YouTube] From the previously mentioned Eurovision link, this one deserves a post all of its own.
Eurovision is coming: And popbitch has put together this awesome Flash thing with videos.
I need of some sort of filter for boingboing
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Singing doggie My brain refuses to think of a better title for this, but there's got to be hundreds of them.
19 May 2008
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Clover Machine brewed coffee. Has anyone else had a cup brewed by one of these magical coffee robots? I wandered into a local coffee shop that had one, picked the beans I wanted, and they brewed the cup right then and there, supposedly in a way that brings out the characteristics of that bean/roast. It was fairly expensive, but a pretty damn good cup of coffee.
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Anniversary Partay in teh #bunnies Get on in here...just for a little bit!
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All this talk of doggy adoption has reminded me to post a cute pic of my
two wonderful fosters, who are still looking for a home (preferably together) because they still can't stay here in my little place with my cats and I still haven't moved anywhere.
The wonderful folks at Project Wonderful have notified me that
the makers of this wonderful product wish to advertise on one of my sites (that gets zero traffic). I feel so honored.
Radio GNFTI: High Octane Insomnia.
What has Metachat done for you? →Read more...
Advice Filter: Diabetes - Any super-sweet buns use Byetta or Lantus?
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Los Exitos de Metachat Post a link to your finest Mecha moment.
It's been a really rough couple days, and while
this song is probably dumb, sexist and corporate or whatever, I've been listening to it all day, so let's all sing along. And whatever else you want to say about these guys, they had better-looking women in their videos than most other bands.
Doggie Adoptus Interruptus. We were all set to adopt a little brother for Zippy today, when we heard from the foster parents... who've decided to keep him.
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gta4 quotes me: why don't you get a nice car, so you drive it properly?
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ZOMG! Nutella ice cream! Mmmm, I've just made some of this and it's oh so good.
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Anniversary Survey #5 Last in the series!
Healthy Things I Can't Bring Myself to Do
Some music for a sunny day: I updated my muxtape this afternoon. No theme, but there's a lot of music from Georgia, and a lot of summer mood in this mix.
AskMeCha: searching for a blog I used to read →Read more...
Anniversary Survey #1 In honor of Mecha's third birthday, I'm busting out some of my favorite survey questions from our past 3 years. First up:
Reasons your life rocks. Do it to it like this is AskMeta. No whining, only bragging disguised as a question.
HAPPY BUNNY BIRTHDAY!! To celebrate, why don't we post links to our favorite MeCha moments?
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18 May 2008
Fessin' up: I *am* getting married after all! But it was a proposal in Bryce Canyon, not a wedding in Vegas :)
Oh noes! We missed ramix's b'day too! →Read more...
Mascot Bloopers Otherwise known as things not to do in a furry suit.
I just skated 10 miles! Instead of buying me a beer, please consider
donating five bucks to the American Cancer Society! Then I'll owe
you a beer!
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Will this play on my DVD player in the USA? →Read more...
Gots a doggy. omg. I finally got the rescue dog I've been trying to get... Sky has been here with only me for about an hour, and for about an hour before that with the woman who was fostering her.
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AUUUUUGH!!! The world is trying to drive me crazy.
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Speaking of movies , . . .
OMG see this one! Hugely funny. Hugely sad.
17 May 2008
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Darjeeling Limited. [poss. spoilers] We watched it today. I hated it, and I'm so glad we didn't spend the $ to see it in the theatres. I did think Owen Wilson did a good job, however.
WHat'd you guys think?
caturday status update basil knows his name!
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Hot weather recipes. What do you make for dinner when it's too hot to cook?
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The Bees is lost in the woods and she's never been outside before. This is not good.
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sleep hacks what do you do to accelerate the knocked-out period when lying in bed thinking/worrying about things
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What should I wear when shopping for a wedding dress? →Read more...
Choose Your Own Adventure Map Be sure and check out the other maps linked to in the comments.
16 May 2008
What no Friday night radio? Radio hat starting about now. Calm music for humble souls. or not
I was going to do a radio show but I've got 3 hours of Dr Who to watch, so instead
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What are your bed habits? →Read more...
LT Is ON THE RADIO NOW - A TEST SET OF LT'S LIBRARY.... →Read more...
FRIDAY! And the three point update within:
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You could call this a follow-up to my Performance Art routine in #bunnies the other night, but I'd rather you didn't. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to Jack in the Box for a late lunch.
Were you bullied as a kid? Or were you yourself a bully? →Read more...
Talk radio blowhard compares Obama to Neville Chamberlain, then
gets his ass handed to him by Chris Matthews. [Note: it's about 7 minutes long, but worth every second for the sweet, sweet schadenfreude.]
The Village Voice on what really happens in the upcoming SATC movie.
thingsyoucan'tdowhencokedup - read all the posts in this three page blog.
Ask MeCha: What's the name of the used to sprinkle holy water?
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omg bebeh skwerl everybody's gotta post their fair share of cute whilst jan is otherwise occupied!
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Photo Friday: Under Things. Suggested by ethylene.
Deep breaths... deep breaths... This is a "vent about something that is stressing you out" thread. All Caps not required, but optional.
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I'm loving this song... ... but I don't speak ten words of Spanish. Can anyone give me the gist of what the lyrics mean?
I got Tom Waits tix! Great seats, too! Everyone is invited into this thread to hear me gloat and to bask in my awesomeness. Eleventh row, baby! W00t!
Radio b – Deafness Is The Best Defense AWRIGHT METACHAT!! ARE YOU READY TO ROCK OUT WITH WHATEVER EQUIPMENT YOU’VE GOT OUT?! Two full hours of what commercial radio would surely refer to as a “rockstravaganza” – if commercial radio actually had the
cojones to play such an awesome set. The mayhem begins at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT . For you European-types using metric time, that’s just under two hours from now.
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD!!!!!!!!!! →Read more...
What colors do you like to wear? And what colors do you not like to wear?
Usually, when I have to use Maple I end up wanting to throw it out a window. Today: no exception. However, I will at least be laughing as I defenestrate, because it gave me
my new favorite error message ever (ever = this morning, anyway), which very much encapsulates my feelings about Maple. Thank you for listening, and have a good day.
AskMecha: Neckache cures solicited! My pillow is a stone and I am now paying the price.
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Clean lemony-fresh victory is mine! I just thought of sprinkling some dilute citrus essential oil on my swiffer dust pads before dusting the floors, and it smells mighty fresh round these parts. Nicey!
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15 May 2008
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I got me da blooze. →Read more...
I Live in the Nostalgia Capital of the United States →Read more...
Bunny! OMG! Probably the last one from me for the next ten days so make the most of it.
Made with real bear meat Just saw this in Tesco. Ugh.
Lawyer gets dumped. Lawyer sues. Bonus:
Lawyer blogs about ex-girlfriend, the mezuzah/orchid thief!
What a piece of work.
WTF - I just got off a "How to Write for the Web" phone conference/slide show with none other than
Hershell Gordon Lewis, Godfather of Gore!
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OMGIAMSOEXCITED!!!! →Read more...
Podecast! I am going to play some tunes for around 90 minutes starting as soon as I hit "post". The set will start out rocky, get mellow and poppy, and end with a song with a sweet guitar outro. The end.
Update: Working now! - taz
WOO! California Supreme Court overturns the ban on same-sex marriage. It sort of takes the edge off the coming heatwave, too. California: It May be 100 Degrees, But At Least our Supreme Court is Part of the 21st Century!
And let the bad jokes begin. That is all, talk to you later, OK!
I tell you I've come close It's just a "Touching Boys in Supermarkets" sort of day, so I thought I'd share.
One of those "how have I never heard of this guy before" moments. On a recent episode of
The Best Show on WFMU the show's topic was "hottest hot streaks/coldest cold streaks". The first caller suggested that the hottest hot streak of all time might belong to
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Ah, how times have changed. Was talking about school reports last night, and how we did 'em in the old days.
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I'm excited. I'm buying a guitar tomorrow!
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14 May 2008
Soundtrack for Driving to my 15th High School Reunion →Read more...
I have a rocketship. I have set the controls for the heart of the sun. (Natch.) You each have five tickets for this express trip to oblivion. Who do you give them to?
Go Go Gomi!!! Hope everything goes quickly and smoothly!
I heard this song today. →Read more...
SPOILER I need to talk about the season finale of America's Next Top Model
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I'm drubk and I got nothing done tonight after leaving the dog park with my fosters (fosters?), nothing that I had planned, except maybe that I found this fun (ubdoctored)
photo on my camera. No, I didn't sculpt any of the toys in the img. Maybe sculpting toys is what I should have been doing.
How are you tonight?
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Ask MeCha question about resigning and the whole two weeks business. Is it customary to work all the hours in a pay period?
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Clean up all the wiener poopie if you want to see Jesus unharmed. YouTube, juvenile, apologies all around, esp. if this is a double
The Job-Related Pet Peeves thread WITH SHOUTING! →Read more...
Pride Name one thing that you are proud of yourself for today and one thing that you aren't proud of.
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If one had a semi-crappy office chair, and this office chair had semi-crappy armrests that were adjustable both for height and for how angled away from one's body they were, and one somehow managed to push one of the armrests out so that it was now pointing 30 degrees or so away from one's body rather than pointing straight forward,
where, pray tell, might one find a button or lever to move the armrest back?
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You really don't want to click this. Unless you like goofy videos for bad avant garde music.
How many levels are there anyway? Oy. I just heard another person say they're going to take (a thing) to "the next level."
How many frikkin levels are there? It must be a
googolplex.
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A series of real conversations from a real wedding message board. So LOL.
Any fans of Peter Gabriel-era Genesis out there? If so,
this might interest you...
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So, what are y'all going to have for supper? I feel the need for a perfect storm of comfort foods, old and new...
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AskMe Crosspost. Can any radio geeks out there help out?
So, did anyone miss me? I sorta missed you guys... a lot!
Please identify this music The music does not play correctly for me on Firefox, you might have to use IE if you are on Windows.
My cat is in the pet hospital. →Read more...
13 May 2008
When she begins to rock, honey, I begin to roll. Social Distortion's Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell is one of the best housecleaning albums evah. I've been dragging my ass all day, but put that on and I'm a cleaning machine. What's your favourite chore music?
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I just voted. . . at the kitchen table
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Celebrity Gossip Post Because we haven't talked gossip in quite some time.
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Watch HC victory speech now. →Read more...
Do You Feel Like We Do: enjoyably dopey mid-70s pop-rock or inexcusably self-indulgent twaddle?
Life is a dance. 11 minutes to celebrate a life.
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Unsolved Mysteries thread →Read more...
Haaard week. It's the last week of my internship -- I have one day after this one -- so I have to end things with all my counseling clients this week. It's like having 10 break-ups back-to-back. And no one knows how to deal with endings, so half of them are just ignoring that anything's happening and the other half are getting all pissed off.
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Pork shoulder roast recipes/ideas? →Read more...
"Again & Again" by the bird & the bee. Really cool video, made using only the Mac OSX Leopard desktop.
Heeeeelp The screen on my laptop is broken, so I've plugged in an external monitor (that is bigger). But the screen isn't totally filled- it's only as big as the laptop screen was. Is it possible to set it up to fill the external monitor?
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Do you ever dream that you're sleeping, or even that you're dreaming?
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3-point good day update →Read more...
I so don't get this small talk thing! I try hard, but other people don't seem to make the effort either!
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The Great Sunflower Project All y'all gardeners: Here's a nifty project. They send you free sunflower seeds. You plant the flower and count the bees twice a month, and post your count and bee IDs to the website for a snapshot of pollination activity around the country.
a RANT for graphic designers who use PCs... just got off the phone
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Parking my iTunes Library? My employer announced that, during the next several weekends, they will be coming around and "inventorying" all the software on our machines.
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What do you miss about the "good old days"? →Read more...
Spoilers: A question about the latest season of Dr. Who →Read more...
A Different Kind of Mefi Dream. I had a MetaFilter dream last night, but it did not have any MeFites in it.
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Rambly, slightly whiny. So, I've been trying to adopt a rescue dog for a month...
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12 May 2008
In Vegas, thinkin' o' mah BUNNIES! Good times...
Mulder's Big Adventure - shameless self-link. Me and the wife blog every goddam episode of the X-Files.
Projects crosspostery!
Appalled, I tell you! Appalled! →Read more...
My Mom Says . . . My mom says that "Boys that play with themselves, grow up to vote Democrat."
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i am victorious I met an awesome smart person in power who is on the same page as me in re. the new job.
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Teachers, What is the Strangest Question You Have Been Asked in a Class? Last week I was reviewing material with my business writing class for their final exam,
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I think I've gotten bit by the gardening bug. →Read more...
How Much Do You Think Craigslist makes on the fees for job and real estate ads? Go ahead, get a number in your head, and then come inside and see.
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Good things for Monday. What's going right for you today? →Read more...
Nice Day for a Geek Wedding I have been asked to "DJ" (i.e. iTunes playlist) a geeky friend's wedding reception at the end of June. I have most of it plotted out, but I am haunted by the feeling I have forgotten a few good quirky wedding songs. Any suggestions? (details after the cut)
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I have decided that
these three songs are two of the best hard rock party anthems. ever.
*raises beer skyward, makes dio-hands*
Autograph Book I found a 1941 autograph book on eBay and bought it for an exhibit on school. It has some great rhymes in it...
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Aside from elizard working on a Sunday, . . . firing some guy's sorry ass and then going drinking, anything else of note happen here over the weekend?
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Plea to the universe: Please let the carrots no longer dangle but be firmly in my grip this week. Please.
Win a mascot at BloggingTips.com - read the more inside.
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omg i love photoshop smart objects i iz making bannerz like a champ. wish i had some more ram tho. i have 2 gigs and i am in beachball city. can you upgrade a white mb to more than 2gigs? or speedify it otherwise?
Nosey the Leech: Bloodletting for Londoners! →Read more...
What a day. I had to fire someone today.
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Five Demerits to ThePinkSuperhero for failing to title her
AskMe question "How is Babby Name Formed?" Please thrash her here.
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11 May 2008
eggs + ketchup! →Read more...
How do you determine whether a book is worth reading? I've been a voracious reader all my life. If a book is even halfway decent, chances are I'll read it.
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Stolen From Tony Levin Acquired at a King Crimson concert at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, MI. August 6, 1982.
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Nothing but Flowers Slideshow of old Tiger Stadium in Detroit.
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Yes, they vibrate, these
pancakes exercise machines. That's all--they vibrate and you stand on them. Or dance. Or something. Not Pepsi Blue, I'm just sort of weirded out. It probably works, but <big>$$</big> worth? Couldn't one just surf?
Bonus points and a coveted No Prize for anyone who remembers the "vibrates" and "Pepsi Blue" mêmes. And added kudos for anyone who remembers what a "No Prize" was.
my kittens are snarling at each other and purring at the same time they look like tiny chinese tiger paintings.
E*I*E*I*O was a band from Wisconsin who in 1986 released an album called
Land Of Opportunity which should have been huge but wasn't. If you have a taste for rootsy rock and roll you'll like them a lot. here's
Tear It Down,
Blue Mountain Top,
Go West Young Man and
Hello Heartache.
Happy Mother's Day to all the MeCha Moms!!! One of us will be along shortly with burnt toast, orange juice and a dandelion in a vase.
New Blog Advice - group blog. →Read more...
10 May 2008
Mr. Rogers' Place. Found while goofing around for gomi's thread below. I watched a lot of the Mr., especially with my younger brother. I feel like I know his LR and Kitch. as well as the real house we lived in.
I am drukn. There were iSchool people who I will be working with next semester. Also mojitoes.
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Attempting radio hat at midnight ET.
Can other people sing along to "American Girl" without immediately fearing that they're about to be locked in a basement and told to rub the lotion on the skin?
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My mother just sent me an email that included the word/letters "LOL." For some reason, I'm really disturbed by this.
Damn Basketball! →Read more...
Immersive software for the kidz GTA IV sounds awesome, but there's no way I'm letting my kids (7/8/11) near it. Suggestions for immersive sandbox software that doesn't involve autocide and pimpin' ?
Summer Vacation →Read more...
"England is an irritating and insular country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, a new guide warns tourists."
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Have you ever had a personal trainer? →Read more...
Unintentional irony & Radiohead tee shirts. →Read more...
f-ing hippies Is this that getting more conservative as you get older thing?
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Most cliché bodyguard in the universe award Madonna
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Late Late (or Early Early) MeChaRadio On for about another hour of mostly 80ish...
Shit. My dad went in for a prostate cancer biopsy this week. My mom left a voice mail earlier today that I *just now* received (curse you, T-Mobile!) that says "it's not good." But of course, she gives no further details, so I have no idea till tomorrow how bad it is.
Shit.
The Residents. New
muxtape featuring one of the finest bands ever to come from Louisiana
(by way of San Francisco). Songs about wooden Indians, sideshow freaks, murderous cowboys, and a gingerbread man that feeds on psychic energy. Yum.
09 May 2008
Just now I noticed this TV series called "Women Behind Bars" on the guide as I was flipping channels. I read it as "
Women Behind Bras" and, just for a moment I was very, very happy. Have
you watched any drivel tonight?
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MeCha Radio: All kinds of music, but not the weird stuff. Starts at 8:30, for 2 hours. You'll probably hear something you like...
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The Daddy Issue: I'm going to see my awful father for the first time in 10 years at Grandpa's memorial service on Monday, and Grandma's worried that we'll (read: he'll) "get into it." More inside.
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Essex Tortoise News. "I borrowed a hacksaw from the owner and cut one of the legs off the..." OMG!!
This is the most exciting thing that's happened in Essex this week, believe me.
Summer jobs? That don't involve retail or food?
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Is there such a thing as feline nose cancer? →Read more...
Grrr. My boss keeps specifying that I have to arrange an event I'm working on by phone rather than by email. It's starting to piss me off.
What food have you eaten today? →Read more...
Friday pleasure I'm a big fan of Carolyn Hax, advice columnist for the Washington Post. Friday is her "live chat" from 12-2 (although it often runs later). Never miss it!
Halp! I can't email my resume! I did my resume at Kinko's and emailed it to myself in order to email it to people. I also put it on a floppy disc and CD.
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Friday Mugs. Play in your workplace or home. What's the ugliest mug in your kitchen/coffee area? Describe.
3-point Friday update →Read more...
Does this creep you out? Or is it just me? Talk about conspicuous consumption! I guess the Duggars are successful organisms, but this is kind of gross. I wonder why the Today show has to glorify this. I grew up in a town where there were two such families, and though the parents were nice enough, the kids grew up lacking in identity, and most are in jail or institutionalized now. Seriously.
What's the word for when you're looking for a solution to a web development problem and search on the error you get, and instead of getting a discussion of the problem you find other websites that are showing the same errors?
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Unreasonable dislikes filter. Know what I hate?
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Photo Friday: Something that makes you proud Suggested by seanyboy? This is another one of the old themes that was left in the Wiki for a while...
Why there is no Radio b today →Read more...
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, PUKE & CRY! →Read more...
Dudes jumping into their jeans. This is what I do instead of studying linear algebra.
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08 May 2008
Immersion advertising. →Read more...
non sequitur →Read more...
He's back! My gorgeous friend, Paul, that is, in his latest TV commercial.
Why do I weigh less in the morning? →Read more...
I feel a bit better about things now that I've seen
this list of things people hope to remember to do in blue) or stop doing (pink). Via
this AskMe.
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Before "The Office," before "Extras," there was
Seona Dancing.
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I just got a job offer!!!!! *does the happy dance*
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SHOUTING THREAD IT IS EASILY 90 DEGREES IN MY OFFICE AND THE WHOLE MUSEUM IS LIKE A SAUNA!
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aap heeft dorst is what i said to myself when i saw this.
So my hair seems to be one big dreadlock. And I want it fixed. I want the dread cut off and whatever is left to be styled. Hasn't been washed for a month, smells fine tho.
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07 May 2008
Ask MeCha - iTunes silliness Help me obi-wan MeCha
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Have you heard? →Read more...
Marvin Gaye was so hot. i just saw this. Tidy little action packed bio.
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Teacher/Bouncer? →Read more...
Just about what I thought: A data point in my quest for wine knowledge.
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Quippy! (or: overheard in NoBo) →Read more...
Remote-controlled R2D2 video projector
This might be, in fact, the very droid you're looking for.
Kate Bush sings Marvin Gaye's "
Sexual Healing."
Must smell like vice Has anyone every successfully ordered from the Demeter website? I've been trying to order some 1/2 oz minisplash bottles (Bourbon, Espresso and Funeral Home, if you're curious) for about a month. I get a weird error and customer service keeps telling me they'll call me back, but never do. None of the local Demeter-carrying shops have these scents. Lo, I am sad! and Stinky!
Is the internet wonky? I can't reach google, gmail or youtube. I can't reach memset.com nor
my own server (gaah!). What's going on?
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What word do I want? Something Yiddish-sounding that means "a little." I instinctively want to write "taken a tetch too far," but "tetch" is not quite sounding right.
Comfort zone? Bah! I've just applied for a finance job. Numbers scare me. Hilarity shall undoubtedly ensue.
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"Spaced: The Complete Series" coming to Region 1 DVD in July!
With special guest commentary by Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Bill Hader, Matt Stone, and Patton Oswalt!
Also Diablo Cody.
I need a creative team name! We're going to a local sports bar for trivia tonight and we need a good/clever team name. I am all hopped up on coffee and asthma medicine and can't think straight, so I've come here for assistance. Also feel free to impart general knowledge... we need it.
Who/what in popular culture has influenced your "look"? →Read more...
SHOUTING THREAD: NAPKIN HOLDER EDITION ATTENTION NAPKIN HOLDER REFILLERS:
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06 May 2008
A Summer Blockbuster Deadpool (of sorts.) Place your bets inside (but beware li'l potential Iron Man spoilers.)
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Tonight's Disaster Psychology class was scary
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Chicken skin? What do i do with chicken skin off thighs i am marinating for a chicken korma thing? It's where the flavor is. i hate to waste flavor country.
#bunnies time for everyone Particularly you, viachicago.
Anyone else hate Mother's Day? It always puts me in a bad mood.
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Translation? Is "We are currently reviewing resumes and will be in contact with you" good or bad?
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I miss Venus →Read more...
Look around and tell me 5 things you see
Doctor Anachronos and the Girl from out of the Sun! Steampunk tomfoolery for the young adult in all of us. (feat. wimpdork)
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This is a thread where I share a couple of songs out of many that are in my library with the word "away" in the title.
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I'm rereading my copy of Mordecai Richler's final novel
Barney's Version.
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Tribal wisdom. I saw
Mary Pipher, author of
Reviving Ophelia and
The Shelter of Each Other, speak last night about how families are changing.
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Parting gift for employers? Any suggestions about a parting gift as I leave my really nice employers (husband and wife) after a 3-month temporary stint? They already bring flowers to the office and they're always bringing food for everybody. Plus on my last day I'm sure there will be cake or something and a little "party" in the conference room. Perhaps a thank-you card? Anything else?
3 Point Status Update!! My life, lemme tellz you about it.
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Y'know, working at a place that's something of a tourist attraction, I should be used to this, but it's odd to be cruising Flickr and find a
pic of yourself working taken without your knowledge. I know
this guy as well. That's my friend Paul. Freaky.
EMERGENCY! ALARM! POLICE! A terrible thing in which arse_hat feels middle aged.
I went to bed early tonight.
ALARM!
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Jinx and Hex: They'll put a spell on you.
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05 May 2008
Rock & Roll Junkie For some reason, I thought of
Herman Brood today. He never really did come to much here in the US, but
he was quite the deal elsewhere, I’m told. It happens that way sometimes.
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Take Me Back A cute little web series which I can only describe as Garden State meets the Twilight Zone (with maybe a dash of Lost?).
Does anyone else use Google's RSS reader? You know their new Recommendations feature on the Reader home page?
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So, you like (highly suspect) best-of lists, do you?
TV's 50 Best (US) Comedies of All Time, according to AOL. (Yeah, it's one of those annoying click-through dealies -- I'll paste the full list into the first comment.)
I just found out that my former next-door neighbor, whom I've posted (and griped) about many times, died a few days ago.
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Ask Metachat: Wedding planning advice: MuddDude and I don't want to register for gifts, and now we're facing the awkward consequences.
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Lost. (not the show). →Read more...
Workout filter. I've been doing an intense 6-day workout schedule (3 days weights, 3 days treadmill) without fail for the last 7 1/2 weeks. Now, part way into week 8, I really feel like I need a break.
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Tom Waits is going on tour! And he's even coming to my city! Link goes to a Youtube video of his press conference.
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Bunny! OMG! With matching ears and paws.
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In God We Trust This is from my hometown. Awesome.
Holy Crap! I found out this weekend that they will be burning down my childhood home to train firefighters. I'm having trouble finding out exactly when this is going to happen and really want to take pictures.
Does anyone live close to Bellaire, TX and can swing by 4812 Maple street to tell me what's on the sign in front?
How often do you get to watch memories go up in flames and be a casual bystander?
Holy crap! Brand new, completely free Nine Inch Nails album available for download! I'd tell you what it's like, but I'm sat in the departure area of Gatwick airport waiting for a Specklet-bound flight, killing time on my iPhone. No NIN for me for a couple of weeks!
Holy crap, the Sharks-Stars playoff game has just gone into quadruple overtime!!! →Read more...
04 May 2008
Lemon curd I haven't had lemon curd since I was a kid, except for
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Have you ever been grass surfing? I did it for the first time today.
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X - Fourth Of July. One of the best pieces of imagistic poetry set to great rock and roll music ever.
Sleep wagging. Mrs. chewie caught Otto having a good dream today.
Seen any good recent DVDs? Drama, action, SF, whatever, but also: Anything funny?
I'm kind of surprised to report that
this album of Scarlett Johansson covering Tom Waits does not suck.
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This is the very best wedding toast I have ever seen That they managed to keep this from her is really the really amazing part.
So, Boston, anyone up for drinking tomorrow?
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To New Beginnings HAPPY BIRTHDAY MYGOTHLAUNDRY! YAY!
disclaimer guy holds no responsibility of the ruining of moments or any moments ruined therein - sorry but this ad makes me laugh out loud.
03 May 2008
Chicago Meetup So says me, because I can. Deal with it!
BP Radio: It's been quite a day. I'm ready to unwind with some music... and when I unwind with music, it tends to be kinda loud. Starting at midnight Eastern (about 5 minutes from now).
Uh oh.... I fear Mrs. Dove is no more. I mentioned her about
two weeks ago. This evening it seems she is gone. I am sad.
Today, my boss Neil (who will never be a contender for Miss Congeniality) got into a heated argument with a customer who storming away in a huff turned to him and said (for best results imagine the voice of Rosie Perez) 'Joo gotta lotta issues. Joo need some Scientology!'
I am sad about Eight Belles. She comes in 2nd place on two broken ankles and is immediately euthanized on the track. And I find it a little crass that the linked article mentions how she still paid off for gamblers.
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SHOUTING (AND SULKING) THREAD! →Read more...
I'm watching "Village of the damned" (1960) for the first time - what other classic sci-fi might I have missed out on? Your faves?
omg cute signing baby i don't think this is a pink bunny..?!
Bakin' brownies (radio advert = funny song)
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My Tenderloin (San Francisco) safety question. For those not on MetaF anymore -- any advice?
Impressive pole dancing (Pretty much NOT risque- sorry.)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STYNXNO!!! Happy birthday, buddy!
Very pleasing video of five metronomes syncing The "together" seemed redundant. They wouldn't be syncing apart.
02 May 2008
OMG I HATE DIRECTV HATE HATE HATE!!!!! As mentioned
yesterday, we've been watching the encore of "John Adams" on HBO... well, all of it except for the final episode, which DirecTV, for reasons unknown,
declined to record, despite the series being prioritized at #1. It's not going to be repeated again till June. Grrr.
Help me stay awake I'm stuck here at work for another four and a half hours (at least). It's dead slow and I'm fading fast. It turns out that five hours of sleep really isn't enough. I'll be keeping an eye on the
Sharks game, but otherwise all I can think of is blissful unconsciousness.
Happyfuntimes in IRC #bunnies. Well, it will be when YOU get here!
My son just got out of the bath. He said he was hot and cold and bored and hungry. He's 2 and a half.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I pledge to give this new job my best. I really think I can do a good job.
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Hey Americans! I'm going on a road trip into the states and I want to pick up some unique Canadian gifts for friends.
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Summer music! Help me make a good playlist!
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Help me identify this device? Several events strongly lead me to believe a
job I temped for around last December has
a camera on the mens' room wall (!,?) Can anyone positively ID this device? Thanks, lol.
Turns out employees of the state of California are required to sign a loyalty oath to "
protect and defend the Constitution," which was drafted in the 50s to flush out communists. A CalState-Fullerton professor (and Quaker) was recently
fired for refusing to sign it.
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What's this condition called? I know it's considered a "classic" symptom of depression, but is there a name for it?
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Radio b - We call upon the author to explain Two hours of odds and sods, including covers of Marvin Gaye, The Magnetic Fields
and Led Zeppelin. Where else are you gonna hear that mix? Nowhere* but here, starting at 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST / I'm too tired to look up the GMT.
*No guarantee of exclusivity is made or implied. C'mon, it's a big internerd out there - someone else might be stupid enough to do it.
Photo Friday--Looking up, suggested by youngergirl44
Ask MeCha style advice Over the years I have collected some really nice belts. Which I never wear.
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Three Point Status Update Transcribing minutes.
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We are finishing up Venice today and heading to Amsterdam by way of Austria and Germany over the weekend. Anyone else going to be in Amsterdam this Monday or Tuesday?
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Food is getting kind of freaking expensive, huh? Couple questions:
1. What steps, if any, have you taken to ease the effect?
2. What are your favorite bulk (ie. cook on the weekend, eat all week for lunch) recipes?
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01 May 2008
I'm not actually doing very well. Help. Tell me this will get better. Is there such a thing as a pandora station devoted only to breakup songs? Because I need one.
Punk-o-rama!! I've just changed out my muxtape to something with lots of attitude and safety pins.
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"John Adams" -- who else is watching/watched? We just caught the first two episodes as HBO started rerunning it. (Spoilers, I guess, if you don't know how the Second Continental Congress turned out.)
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Today I stabbed myself in the thumb with a label scraper and bled like a stuck pig. The Audobon Society is never getting a dime out of me, dammit.
anyone else doing a Derby Day party? →Read more...
Gardening thread. →Read more...
LOL! our spellchecker tried to throw me under the bus... →Read more...
Brainstorming a sundae. Help me think of ice cream fixin's.
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I'd like to believe, but... In today's Popbitch, they retell a story of a recent exchange between (Sir) Bob Geldof and George W. Bush.
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Dr. Martens wants you to design their boots. Someone here win this, k'?
Let's go on an imaginary shopping trip. Rules of the game: You have $10 to buy a present for the person who posted above you in the thread. GO!
OK I need some help doing my job. . . . 0.013% by weight equals how many ppm (parts per million)?
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I just ate four artichokes for breakfast. No butter. Just straight up. What about you?
Happy birthday to richat!!
It's May Day! Everybody dance!!
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We had to break a few eggs... Here's a few videos about making the omelets.
30 April 2008
Housewarming Party Ideas Needed!! →Read more...
Triple Clap Pushups Holy Crap. Color me impressed.
Halp from the Koreans and update for the concerned: →Read more...
Self-Serving Post in which I ask NYC mechazens if they could do me a big favour. Look inside for asky details...
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Activism rant Focus!
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"One night a woman falls ill and, within a few days, dies. With her, her husband loses everything that had bound him to his middle class way of life. He gives up his job as a senior clerk in a tobacco wholesale company, sells his house and leaves Washington D.C. He could take up his former profession again. Not that of a bookkeeper or an insurance salesman, but of a professional gambler. However the man, aged 43, makes a very different decision. He moves to New York City, finds a room in a small hotel, and begins to write.
Dan James Marlowe is on his way to becoming a free-lance writer."
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From where do you like to order lunch? I don't order out much, but today I feel like a treat. I'm getting the "Gonzo for Garbanzos" wrap. mmmmmmmmmmmmm
hungarian muppy of DOOM via
cukisag! The best place for cute with captions I don't understand.
Washington, DC meetup crosspost YO! I'm taking a mini-vacation to DC over Memorial Day weekend, and arranged a meetup for Friday the 23rd at
Nanny O'Brien's. Come visit!
three point status update The candidate likes the website! he thinks it is 'really cool.'
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Won't somebody think of the children? "[The McCanns] believe a Europe-wide alert system, modelled on the US Amber Alert, which allows television broadcasts to be interrupted and notices to be flashed on motorway screens after a child is reported missing, might have found Madeleine."
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29 April 2008
Time Again For An "ASK LT ANYTHING" Thread! →Read more...
I feel like I have been eaten by wolves and then shit over a cliff. . . . how's your day been?
Charlie the Tuna. Some 70s commercial goodness. There is something about seeing old commercials that is fun and nostalgic, which is funny given how much I
hate contemporary commercials and mute them whenever possible.
ssh..rosemary is sleeping she does a lot of that. she also likes catching fingers.
Salary requirement for cover letter? →Read more...
When does it become more polite not to respond? I got a few emails a few months ago, during a time when I was just totally and completely swamped and had pretty much stopped dealing with email at all. Some are from acquaintances who wanted to get together (in vague "We should do something sometime!" sort of ways).
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Worst lyrics you've heard lately -- Go! I'll start.
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Did somebody post a new Rube Goldberg commercial video here recently? It's not the one on MeFi today, but one that was made for another ad contest. I could swear I came across it on MeCha, and within the last 2 weeks, but can't find it. Any help?
Recommend me a good (lefty) US political blog. The one I used to read every day has gotten intolerable.
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SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
James McMurtry has a new CD out and you can download two songs (both of which are awesome; one of which is angrily and wonderfully political) from it for free
here. (alas, yes, that is a myspace page; he is cool in every other way.)
Free Stimulus Checks! →Read more...
Ben & Jerry's Free Scoop Day! Yay! My record is 4, but, really, that was 1 too many. Free ice cream! Yay!
California here I come! So I know I should ask this over on the green but ya'll are much nicer so I wanted to ask here first.
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Bank of America finally did something cool! Have you guys deposited checks or cash in the new Bank of America machines yet?
It is so awesome!
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Santogold performs "L.E.S. Artistes" on last night's Conan O'Brien. I'd never heard of these gals, but this song kind of knocked my socks off.
Hello. This is making me giggle.
Padded Butt Enhancer Wonder Panties BRIEFS Booty M ... You really have to scroll down to the second set of photos. A minor Tuesday morning lol/wtf.
Ugh, nerves ! I hate Doctor appointments, especially ones where you hope there's something wrong just so you know you're not going crazy!
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Amusing teacherly anecdote. →Read more...
Anybody get your "economic stimulus" yet? Not me.
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28 April 2008
I'm drinking Aperol and watching M*A*S*H. I blame/credit that show for my drinking. They made getting schnockered look like so much fun. They were right. Also, Aperol is really tasty in a very weird way.
Let yourself off the hook. What are you
not going to do?
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I should be writing poetry right now but I have nothing to say. Writers block is a bitch.
A Toronto moment When I stepped on the subway this morning I found I was three feet from Toronto Mayor David Miller. I had heard he lived out my way and that he took the subway to work every morning.
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Are you right or left brained? See which way the dancer is spinning and find out.
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where's my drugs?! Due to a glitch between my doctor and the pharmacy (and neither of them admit it's their glitch), I have been without my anti-depressants for three days.
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If you can't say anything nice, say something surreal.
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Crosspost! Meetup in Central VT, Saturday May 24th.
What is the most important invention or innovation that has happened during your life time?
Specket in NYC squared! →Read more...
27 April 2008
Should I do it? I'm thinking of moving to a city in the US for the summer. Bad idea or good idea?
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First Carlos Santana. Now Nascar? What?
I do have a pair of Carlos Santana shoes and they are beautiful. I don't know if I'll be purchasing Nascar shoes anytime soon. Most of them look unsuitable for driving fast.
Perhaps clueless question about FLDS I've been watching a few of these shows about the FLDS ranch in Texas.
Dateline is running one tonight. What is going on, if anything, with the way that the women speak? The men speak in a fairly ordinary manner. But many of the women seem to speak in this lispy-wispy scripted flat tone. Not all of them. But many.
Pizza with Broccoli Raab, Roasted Onions, and Olives. Have I posted this before? OMG so good. I also add crushed tomatoes, because I find pizza without tomato sauce weird (unless it's grana and arugula, which I adore), and I use fresh mozzarella sliced rather than grated, but this is seriously the perfect pizza.
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MeFi/MeCha NYC meetup! Next Sunday or Monday. Discuss in linked MetaTalk thread.
Paul Westerberg wasn't the only talented songwriter in the Replacements. Tommy Stinson had his moments, too. Here's some selections from his post-'Mats band, Bash & Pop:
Hang Ups.
Never Aim To Please.
Friday Night (Is Killing Me). Good rockin' stuff in a Stonesy/Faces way.
My curried tofu recipe For your edification.
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One-minute dance party makes everything better!
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I'm such a clutz! I'm amazed I've made it to (nearly) 36.
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Our Margeritsa recipe, let me show you it. Today is Orthodox Easter, and the traditional Lenten fast-breaking soup in Greece for after midnight Saturday before Easter Sunday is "
Margeritsa", but since I can't hang with all the lamb intestines and bits, we make our own version. Here's how we made it yesterday:
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26 April 2008
ce ce my playmate come out and play with me.... So hanging out with my niece and nephews today I was teaching them a clapping game that I used to play when I was in school I remembered these two do ya'll remember more?
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Curried lamb & lentil stew. I'm still in the simmering phase, but my word does it smell and taste lovely.
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THIS IS A CAPSLOCKS OF RAGE POST!!! →Read more...
The paintings of Rod Serling's TV series
Night Gallery.
(Direct link doesn't seem to work- look in the left-side menu for "The Paintings")
Youtube - a cool little Eadweard Muybridge / Theo Jansen-inspired solar-powered paper horse and giraffe. The song is 'Sawdust & Diamonds' by 'Joanna Newsom'. More on the horse
here. <3
Why did the orange swan fly to Raleigh? To go to a MeFi/MeCha meetup, of course.
(Oh, and to visit a friend.) All bunnies interested in a Raleigh, NC meetup sometime between May 22 to May 29, click the link provided.
Standard-shift gearbox question . . . . So let's say I put the car in reverse and then, instead of breaking, while I'm still rolling backwards, I put the car in first and slowly let out the clutch till I move forward. Am I slowly grinding down the teeth on first gear? Not good?
Did Anyone Else See This? This was the most riveting piece of TV I have seen in a long time.
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"Do you remember your first kiss?" This question got emailed to me, and since I'm not in the questionnaire's demographic, I thought I'd pass it on.
25 April 2008
what was he talking about? Today at work, someone called me and I was the wrong number. Our exchange was so random though, what was the story?
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The Party. This is what we're watching in our TV cave tonight. It's hysterical.
World's Worst LOL Weld ...but it holds water and the photos are nice. For
BitterOldPunk and the MeChites who gave me advice and any DIYers who might get a little chuckle.
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Remember that deal where Radiohead released the various parts of the song "Nude" onto iTunes, so that people could
build their own remixes of the song? Thomas Dolby made one,
and it's gorgeous.
Firas has an epiphany stumbling around Old Delhi Not all rundown places are created equal.
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Last day of work! Boy, that went fast.
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Picnic. I just returned from a small family picnic in the park, and...
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TGIF Podecast! Just a heads up. I'll be starting at 2pm ET, 11am PT. No idea what I'm going to play. Probably happy music.
Dublin Zoo Bombarded By 100,000 Hoax Calls "Sometimes the oldest practical jokes are the best ones -- as Dublin Zoo is finding to its cost this week."
Paging All You Smart People to My AskMe Thread about Therapists If you like and are interested, would you check out my AskMe thread for recommendations of a good therapist?
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I feel like I am going to be pregnant FOREVER *wails* →Read more...
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Lordy, Lordy, Lipstick Thespian is 40!!!11!1! Want to help celebrate? In the spirit of a virtual surprise party, come on in and link a fun game, song, video, or anything at all for a loyal and loving bunny.
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Photo Friday: Emulate a Metachatter Make yourself up/dress yourself up/pose in a way that flatters or lightheartedly pokes fun at another member, suggested by seanyboy?
My favourite Friday song. This song always cheers me up and reminds me that the weekend is here!
PAGING QUONSAR The primates at
MonkeyFilter have discovered a
CUTE pissing elephant! Of course, it's in Japan.
24 April 2008
Can you prove it didn't happen? Perhaps the greatest film ever made by human hands -
Plan 9 From Outer Space.
MeCha Radio: Radio plays:
X Minus 1. Two shows, starting at 8PM Pacific.
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Today while emptying a box of books, I found an 8-track of 'Liberace's Greatest Hits.' One of the tracks was 'Born Free.' It now occupies a place of honor atop our bedroom TV. I also found a small plastic statue of a Saint. We put that on top of the computer terminal. I figure we need all the help we can get.
Kitten Cuteness For your Thursday evening viewing pleasure.
aargh! What's the name of that song... Jonmc posted quite some time ago; like, something go 'round the rosie? Sally go round the rosie? I'm having severe brain fail, but need to find this song (it's somewhere - on one of my computers, somewhere).
traffic marmalade! →Read more...
Good news I took that political job I got offered and turned down last month.
It is big, scary and won't start for months. I am promised months of training and mentorship, and experienced team members.
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TypeRacer For those not on the blue. This game KICKS BOOTY.
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Phrase Overload: Can we please let "a perfect storm" die now? →Read more...
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I need your fashion opinion, too! MuddDude and I are going to a wedding (ceremony at 4pm) the weekend after next. I just found the wedding website (it wasn't on their invitation, but it was linked to their registry), and the website says it is "formal atttire" - not black or white tie.
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I need your fashion opinion →Read more...
“Where is everybody? For God’s sakes." - reporter Helen Thomas rocks my world.
What is one thing you can do now to improve your life? →Read more...
Otto it is. Yeah, so Otto stuck. He hasn't graduated from college yet, but he's working on it with following, terrorizing Simon, chowin down, and grass = ok to pee/poop area. Oh and very little whine/yelp in the crate. He even slept until 7 today!!!!!!!!!!!!
three point status update I've determined that the problem at my job is that none of the principals leaves any time for thought, discussion and reflection.
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I want more ink. On my back, something colorful, but I can't think of what! (that example is stunning though a tad too large).
Korean makeup company pulls "nazi ad" click on the image in the article to view the ad, I can't for the life of me figure out how hat is supposed to sell facecream.
New, free, NIN single The embedded data in the track says to go to NIN.com on 5th May. Hopefully there'll be more NIN goodness then.
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23 April 2008
Bunny bar OMG! Bunny Seats! Bunny Bar! If we held Bunnystock at a club, it would have to be held at the place I went to tonight.
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Did this depress anyone else? I know that thread has been deleted, but I've been thinking about it all day. It's such a lovely idea for a heartwarming conversation. But reading that thread was like seeing a list of all the things I've always wished my mom would be. Understanding? Encourages me to be myself? Non-judgmental? Respectful? Not so much.
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Just got back from a spring peeper viewing. Man, that was that loud. I had no idea how loud they can be. Ear piercingly, rock concert loud (if a rock concert was all at about 5000Hz). My ears are ringing now.
No actual sighting occurred, just hearing, even though we tried hard to see one.
more mux-ing: I just swapped out my muxtape. This one has a very retro bent.
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I could use a drink. Drama, drama, drama (all work related, nothing I can really elaborate on). What are we drinking?
How did you find MetaChat? →Read more...
Emergency Meetup! me3dia & cinnamon invade NYC! →Read more...
Last hour plus of work - please divert me? →Read more...
Best advert on TV. This always makes me smile, as I was a big fan of Thunderbirds as a kid.
Hollywood, Queens? →Read more...
Muffin, anyone? I just heard this song for the first time and I think it's raaaaather strange. That is all.
Here's a video of a guy I sort of know performing a very charmingly tossed-off version of "Rainbow Connection" on a banjolele.
That is all.
Dark chocolate, cherry, and chili pepper. I bought two of these Lindt candy bars yesterday on a whim
(they were cheap, at Big Lots). OMG. They are delish.
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Happy Birthday CitrusFreak12!
22 April 2008
Cooking as therapy. It being damp and miserable here at the moment, I'm making two vats of curry to chase away the cold and to distract myself from house-hunting woes.
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You know what's a bummer? I'll tell you. When work is nuts and it's 10:30 at night before you get CAUGHT UP at metachat, and by that time you are like, the last person to post in the interesting threads. So, then, you type out all these COOL comments, and realize that no one's really gonna see them. That, my friends, is a bummer.
Baby can you light my... pilot light? In the basement apartment of my house there's an old electric gas stove, with pilot lights, and for the life of me I cannot get the pilot lights lit. I'm hoping against hope that this stove isn't completely dead and that I'm doing something wrong.
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Death by cuteness, cont'd. these guys are sharing a bed for the first time. Simon's on the left - he's bigger than Otto (yeah, we went back to Otto), but not for long....
How much do you sleep? I feel like I could sleep forever. I try to limit myself to about 8-9 hours a night, but it's a real struggle to stay up in the evening and to wake up in the morning.
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because I had agrueling, aggravating day, here's
the sickest song ever.
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Switching gears. What do you consider the best most amazing love song? →Read more...
The name thread got me thinking. Remember how Cabbage Patch Kids had odd names? →Read more...
Kitten! Cilantro! OMG! It's not only bunnies who love it.
Internal wars: Introvert vs. Responsible Student. I have a presentation-type thing tomorrow with a classmate. It's the sort of thing that can be organized over email, and I in fact spent a good hour last week putting together a draft of how it should go -- which I did specifically because I have no desire to spend several hours meeting in person, because it will be unproductive and chatty and indecisive.
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My room-mate is going tip the scales and send us into the downward spiral of coal usage.
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Baby name thread! Lots of babies about to be born 'round here. Please provide name suggestions.
What is Diane showing her? Whitney talking with Diane Sawyer - but I can't find context or more importantly, that image Diane is showing Whitney.
I keep waking up earlier and earlier. It's getting nuts!
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industrial mux definitely not for everyone.
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CNN Headline T-Shirts And thus they learned a web-lesson.
21 April 2008
Is anything as good as solder on copper water pipe? 'Cuz I'm in a tiny tight spot and having trouble soldering a good bead.
What celebrity terrifies you? →Read more...
Orzo has arrived. So we rolled up to some teeny town somewhere in Maryland this weekend and picked up
this creature from the farm.
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Let's try this again. My first scheduled day of jury duty was partially borked by the
CTA mess and then cut short when the civil case for which I was supposed to serve was settled out of court. I am scheduled to report again tomorrow.
TODAY! The Tyra Show taping we saw live in person is airing today. Topic is "Beauty Tips from Around the World". If you live on somewhere it hasn't shown yet, could you possibly TiVo/tape it for me?
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Making veggie stock - questions inside Inspired by
Mudpuppie.
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I want some scorpion vodka I'm pretty sure
jonmc would like some too.
I'M PISSED. JOIN ME INSIDE
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Wolves by The Accidental. I really love this song.
Self link dump! We haven't done one of these in awhile- bring out all your self links!
Help Me Pick Pix So I'm one of the participants in
DITLOA - day in the life of Asheville photography project. It was this past weekend and fun but now I have to
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Ok, body, I have three issues with you! 1. Fingernails and cuticles--why do you go through these periods of being cracked and bleeding, and why don't you tell me when it's going to happen so I can try to apply something to stave off the process? Not that you respond to any of the things I apply to you anyway. But seriously, wtf? My diet is good, the weather is much less dry now, and all of a sudden out of nowhere you just start cracking up again, with hangnails galore? What? What did I do? What can I do that will make you love me again?
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Sonnetize The local bookstore is hosting a Shakespeare Sonnet Read Wednesday night (it's the Bard's birthday and it's also National Poetry Month). What sonnet would you pick to read?
A small update: there's a poll in the bottom right hand corner too. (Any and all feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks!)
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Paging Specklet: I found a
tiny owl.
My boss accidentally forwarded me a gmail chat her: i'm going to see grace now... JOY
other boss: lucky youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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update to my Lebowski question I never found the shirt that I was looking for. Instead, we gave him a gym bag filled with men's white underwear and white russian ingredients.
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have saree, will marry - UPDATE! My friend with the sarees (mentioned
here and
here) and I had a miscommunication, and she visited last weekend.
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20 April 2008
Piano Girl I've bought a secondhand piano and it'll be delivered tomorrow. Yay!!! But I have a request...
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Soupy Sunday I knew I wasn't going to get much accomplished today, but I decided at the very least I needed to use up some of the tasty produce I had to make some soup.
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Does anybody know a truly accurate way to identify a font? I've cut and uploaded a sample of it, hopefully redacted enough!
Holy cow, I can't believe this album is ten years old already.
I found my first grey hair today. I pulled it out by accident while trying to take a picture of it. Oops. I'm not alarmed, although I am 24 so it seems a little early for this.
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Upcoming Photo Friday themes have been updated! Feel free to add your new suggestions to the wiki or list them here!
OMG Freeloader under my roof! So yesterday I planted 144 annuals in my flower bed. Standing back to admire my handiwork, I realized I was not alone. [see inside for more]
Does Fortune Favor the Bold, Does Fate Laud the Fearless ?
So have any of y'all tried Rifftrax yet? Is is funny?
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Fashion Blogs - In Norway they have the delish
stylebytes.net, while in Sweden we're stuck with some crap called
blondinbella. What's your favorite fashion inspiration blog?
19 April 2008
Happy Birthday, TPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMFG - I *actually* got the damn thing to work Ok, it is now 9.54 am. I got the laptop and wireless router at 2pm yesterday. I was up until 4am. Been up for a few hours now. But I finally FINALLY got the printer to print wirelessly.
There was one stupid fucking check-box that I needed to click that the instructions didn't mention.
ONE CHECKBOX.
*not so quietly fumes to self*
FAE -- fetal alcohol effect Does anyone have any experience with kids with fetal alcohol problems?
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I guess that this would be, like, a bunny request because bunnies are the thing at MeCha and ponies are the thing at MeTa and this is a feature request sort of deal but bunny request sounds weird so I'm going to stick with pony request after all.
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So, who is it? Who's the final cylon?
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New York State Legislators Propose Foreclosure Moratorium which is something that hasn't been seen in this country since the Thirties and Forties.
Bacon Robots. That is all.
Clever, amusing, kind of adorable. Lauren Thompson choreographs an in-synch dance performance with her four-year-old self caught on video.
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Bunny talk in case you missed it.
Ask MeCha. I'm going to a "Death by Chocolate" party tonight. I think it's a chocolaty mystery party. From the invite, "Detective/criminal/victim/chocolatey fancy dress would be stunning. If disguises elude you then come as stylishly dressed as Poirot." Suggestions? I have a tuxedo, which is my backup plan.
An earthquake woke me up last night. I'll admit - at first I thought it was the people upstairs making noise but then realized that the building was shaking. I just sat in bed and waited for the aftershocks to stop so I could go to sleep. The BF slept through the whole thing.
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18 April 2008
Just a little bluegrass. The Del McCoury Band do a version of 1952 Vincent Black Lightning in Nashville at the Ryman.
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mullacc and kkokkodalk are getting married! Come into #bunnies to bless the happy couple!
FRIDAY!!! Oh, I'm so glad it's here. Here I am, at Panera bread, having a fun time on FFAF on ONTD, eating the last bit of my salad and soup. What are you up to?
Won’t somebody think of the independent record stores? April 19, 2008 is
Record Store Day - a day to celebrate the unique cultural resources that are independent record stores. Sadly, many of them seem to be disappearing. (
Even the increasingly-clueless New York Times noticed.)
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Alllo? Hey Metachatzens!
During MeFi's downtime today (Read: interruption of my very important and hard-earned procrastination time), it occurred to me that I'd signed up to metachat ages ago, but had never contributed (
ridiculous, I know). I'm planning to change this.
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So I thought this fanart was maybe worth sharing with any other Pratchett-philes (I seem to recall there are a few around).
Logjammin' (NSFW) These men are showing a blatant disregard for workplace safety.
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Ask MeCha: (UK version) Is anyone else having problems viewing embedded media on the BBC News website?
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He is moving like a tremendous machine. The single greatest athletic performance of the 20th century.
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The guys from "How I Met Your Mother" singing "Confrontation" from Les Mis. I am crying with mirth over here.
The JesusZilla Tacky 4Life! Awards thread! →Read more...
Cue the Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth! →Read more...
The mothership is down. Withdrawal support group thread.
A case of mistaken identity. Remember this from
my request for hugs and whuffles on Monday?
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BUMP My makeup samples arrived today! Yay!
Oh, poop. Grandbun visit got delayed till Sunday. That is all.
Quick Ask Mecha, for UK eyes only: How to format the date on a desk calendar?
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This is a head-smacking thread , or, GIVE ME BACK MY HAAAAAAND!
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THIS. This is almost precisely why I've been reluctant to jump on the Obama wagon.
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Sunglass Management 101 What do you do with your shades when you're walking along and get into the subway or a non-sunny stretch of area?
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What do we need on a Friday? A great rock song, that's what. Play it loud people.
Boston meetup? →Read more...
I just got off the phone with my brother in Missouri, and my grandfather may be dying.
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I saw Stephen Colbert last night and it was AWESOME! →Read more...
MeСha Russophones: How do I complement someone's dumpling-making skills? →Read more...
Our new sidebar art is brought to you by mmahaffie (top left), the lovely matildaben (middle left), eekacat & silver (bottom left), and Marxchivist, (right). The theme is obviously...
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Art & Price Tags: A study in magical thinking?
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Flaky Photo Friday →Read more...
Longest cigarette break evah And here's the video. Not much point in having security cameras if there's not actually anyone looking at them, surely?
so much silliness. SO MUCH SILLINESS. What would
you do with five pounds of Silly Putty?
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17 April 2008
Holy F'n SH-word. This has been a long, long, long week. One of the longest I can ever remember. Every single day this week I have woken up and groaned then said "at least it's Friday." That's four strikeouts! THIS SHIT ENDS TOMORROW!!
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Close Encounters of the LinkedIn Kind →Read more...
So.... the tornado siren is going off... →Read more...
Today, at the corner store near my job, I found
these in a small counter display featuring
some other flavors (the last one is an admirable attempt at multiculturalism, I must say). This is fucked up on so many levels.
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Brooklyn Experiencing A Wave Of Copper Thefts Thieves broke into at least five metal companies and construction sites in Greenpoint and Williamsburg last week — the latest in a wave of copper thefts throughout Brooklyn that is directly attributed to the once-cheap electrical conductor’s soaring prices on the international metals market.
Ab muscles: horizontal ridges . . . I saw this old-time bodybuilder in a film from the early 1900s and he had these abs with incredible horizontal ridges. What exercises create those? I don't think I've seen them that pronounced before.
Whoa. Please to have some whuffles? I'm the senior-most administrative employee at work today.
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Help firefox update has gone all poops: It updated and now it won't open. Help? halp? hep?
Quick Help! Dating advice Ok, so I am going on a 2nd date tonight with a guy I like, and he picked a restaurant where there are not a lot of vegetarian options.
I don't know what to say! I like that he picked a time and place, and I don't want to be too picky or pushy early on. Especially because on the first date, I nixed a bar he chose because it was going to be smoky.
What to I write back? Suck it up? Say no thanks and offer another option? Tell him to pick somewhere else?
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Tree trimming question: I need to prune off a limb, almost as thick as the trunk, from my formerly-neglected and now needy ficus bansai. Is there something with which I should cover and protect the resulting barkless, exposed "knot" ?
Hello. I shall inform you in advance that this is a music related post.
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This is one of the sweetest, cleverest, most-loved and all around finest animated films ever made, with a beautiful simple expressive drawing style and an equally charming
soundtrack.
This is a noisy
ugly god-damned
travesty even
worse than I had feared and I thought I'd feared the worst, but no-o-o-o-o. I didn't forsee it would be
entirely done by a studio of full of brain-damaged monkeys with a pirated copy of Poser, a sack of "phat beats" and an inexplicable grudge against everything decent in life. No, I would not have predicted that.
Pfúúúúúj! Hipp hopp my ass.
Another mini-girl Mecha Yep, it's got girlie bits. There's a big arrow on the pic I have pointing at the labia (although the ultrasound tech has labeled the pic "girl parts". Hee.)
Your Thursday morning mellow: "Islands in the Stream"
/Constantines + Feist
Help requested from any map geeks. I've re-created a couple of historical maps (don't ask me why) and would like to hear any suggestions or criticisms from those more knowledgeable about map-making than me.
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Ballard Landscapes: two albums of ambient music inspired by the fiction of J.G. Ballard. You can stream them or download them for free (
album one,
album two) and
read an interview with the artist.
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Question for the Gentlemen: When you were a little boy, did you pull the wings off flies?
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In honour of this excellent askme thread, let's hear the stories you like to tell over and over again!
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Sweeney Scissorhands, the Demon Gardener of Fleet Street. I had to share. My good friend made this, on a discussion of Sweeney's hairstyle similarities with Edward. Hehe!
This is the saddest thing I've read in awhile. I don't know, whenever kids are involved, it always gets to you. And this time, they were on their way to school, to give their last exam, before the summer holidays would've begun, and they could've started to enjoy themselves. Fuck.
16 April 2008
For sale: Ferris wheel. Auction winner must pay shipping.
Toes In, or Out? Spring and summer casual shoes. Is your favorite choice sneakers, sandals, flip-flops, clogs, or something else?
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er, €900 net per month? huh. That's $1,435, U.S. (net), and all you have to do is PR, marketing, writing, editing, research, grant writing, web site maintenance, and office administration work (eg secretarial, I suppose).
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Yep. When I'm tailgating at a Bears game, I loves me some poached pear.
Irksome Rotary Callers Come chat in IRC! You know, if you actually like to uh, chat. In IRC.
Doctor appointment update: it did not go as expected.
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Nobody touched any of my man places today at work. However, two blondes with Swedish accents did ask me where the 'Sexuality books,' were. It could have been a real 'Dear Penthouse Forum, I never thought something like this could happen to me..' moment, but it wasn't because I am pure of heart.
Nutshell It Our home computer is in the shop and might be ready to come home Friday. Please summarize the week so far so I can read it here at work.
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More MeCha Mega Mux! Inspired by taz and ethylene's muxtapes from
this morning, I finally
posted one myself. That's kinda fun!
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Microsoft destroys Springsteen's Dancing In The Dark vid As part of some
hideous internal promotion of Vista SP1.
Polcarstva is a beautifully executed interactive fairytale (the title is Russian for "half a kingdom").
Winter Storm Warning WTF? Don't they know it's SPRING? And officially too even. GRRRRRRRR
The snow has started already within the last hour, but it's acting all cute and light and pretty. We'll be overwhelmed before we know it. Bastards.
Dear singletons - what's your monthly food budget? Almost posted this to AskMe, but since it's chatfilter might as well go whole hog with it!
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Homemade Mayo/Mustard Salad Dressing? Can salad dressing be made from mayo (or, in my case, grapeseed oil "
Vegenaise"--great stuff!), mustard, salt and pepper? How? Add Olive oil? How much? Do you make your own salad dressing? What's good?
Another MeCha Dream. . . . I was going to go surfing,
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Is your sleeve-rolling technique unstoppable? plz share, ok thx.
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Shake it out, shake it out... I just had my phone interview for an assistant professor position. I have no idea how it went. I think it went OK, but it was very short (5 people on the other line, each asked one quite in-depth question then I asked questions).
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The four food groups according to me. →Read more...
THIS IS A SHOUTING ABOUT WORK THREAD →Read more...
Keeping fingers crossed. →Read more...
AGH I'M SCURRED! I'm having my first medical checkup in like 17 years today! And I'm a little nervous! PLZ ADVISE!
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What happens when they total your car? →Read more...
New creature for the chewie household! We are headed to VA and MD this weekend for two purposes: 1. partying w/ friends we haven't seen in over 2 years, and 2. picking up our new 8 week old yellow lab pup!!
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Bollywood on motorbikes - everyone is loving this ad so I thought I'd share. It's pretty ossom.
AskMecha: Bangs or no bangs? I've been longing for bangs for a while now, but dare I do the cut? I have thin hair and live in a windy city where the perfect bangs can just get blown away to rubbish whisps that stick right up (which is why I grew them out in the first place). Hmm.
I made a muxtape in honor of my back neighbor finally taking her laundry down!
after seven days. So here are some ploffy tunes to bubble and agitate to.
15 April 2008
HumiliatingBathroomMomentFilter →Read more...
My car was broken into last night. Bastards. Now I have an automotive question.
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Remember a few days ago, I
mentioned the ass-slapper. It keeps getting better.
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Hillary Clinton and Post-Feminism I don't particularly want to talk about the article, but rather...
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Little known fact: The pope is a fan of the mosh pit.
I just realized: Thanks to
this guy, that
one of my favorite bubblegum pop diddies really isn't so bubblegum after all.
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Air Bear SLYT, baldfacedly stolen from vronsky,
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Post-Tax Melancholy Radio: 8PM PST (0100 GMT): This eve, from my Hollywood bungalow, I shall spin a fine array of soothing aural balms to ease the tax-frayed nerves of our American listenership (and any sympathizers abroad who care to tune in as well).
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Specklet in NYC bump! →Read more...
The passage of time is inconceivable... About two years ago, I had much trouble conceiving and understanding the amount of time I had been alive. 34 years! I was "around in the 1970s. Holy crap. That feels so long ago. Where did the time go? Why do I remember so little? My parents look old! How did that happen?" I found the feeling slightly uncomfortable.
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Kitten update A few more grainy vids
here.
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There is a story I could tell. Which would involve me looking at the right-hand-bar of metafilter.com and realising that however witty I believe my last comment was, I'll never get anything marked with 60 favourites. God damn you Miko. God damn you and your excellent answers.
/me sobs.
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Early birthday present! I had a lovely day yesterday.
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"How much mandolin on this album? If 'Losing My Religion' is 10, where are we?"
Stephen Colbert interviews R.E.M. (
The new album rocks, BTW)
"Looking back on the experience now , with a peculiarly melancholic kind of bewilderment, he recognizes that he walked onto an elevator one night, with his life in one kind of shape, and emerged from it with his life in another."
The Counterfactual Crystal Ball. If you could know what WOULD have happened if the past had gone differently, what three things would you ask?
How to get a free US iTunes account Non-Americans can't get an American iTunes store account without a valid American bank account, which is really annoying.
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"Could not connect to JRun Server" dangnammit we got the jruns again.
14 April 2008
Every text a poem I just realized that's much of why I love texting.
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Radio "What the hell am I still doing up?" radio. My top rated on shuffle.
To continue 'court day' on MeCha: I'm reporting for jury duty tomorrow morning in US District Court. I've never been on jury duty before. Anyone have jury duty stories to share?
Recommend me some good books of short-stories? Literature, fantasy, SF, horror, other genres... whatever. I'm just too much of a screw-up lately to finish novels. Tks.
Do you like things that are interesting? Then here!
Here is an article about elevators! It contains everything! Suspense! Psychology! History! Technology! Proxemics!
Happy bday heeraldo & middleclasstool !
Twinkie hates the dust buster Today, when I attempted to dustbust two pillows on the couch, she ATTACKED it, teeth and all. If I can figure out how to record and get this up on YouTube, I will.
Ask Mecha: You've just been given 20,000 Alaska Airlines miles by your employer. Where do you go?
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Another heart-wrenching moment in parenting. Long rambling inside. →Read more...
I'm in a glass case of confusion! Which house should I buy? →Read more...
Teenage song For all the parents in the house.
Ask Mecha: What's for lunch? Or breakfast, or dinner, or whatever. Because I like hearing about food.
Ask MeCha: advice in talking to the defendant's attorney.
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I got a job interview! Yay! And now I'm incredibly nervous. Any advice?
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I got an email from an aunt with some geneology info.
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Sony Foam city advert now live if y'all fancy a peek. It's kinda dreamy.
Cat plays theremin , confuses other cat.
13 April 2008
Very Early Concert News. Me & Pips just bought tickets to see my beloved
Bottle Rockets at the Mercury Lounge on Houston Street for their
June 7th show. All NYC MeChazens with good taste in music should attend.
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Synchronicity is a wonderful thing! On Friday we had tornado watch weather complete with strong gusting winds. It twisted up the old (30 or 40 years?) television aerial that sat atop the 60 foot tower at the side of the house.
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So, yes, I finished The time I got sucked massively - I was hoping for between 4 and 4.5 hours, but I found it much, much tougher than my practice runs, even though I was running between 18 and 23 miles on those, so it should have been relatively okay.
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When life hands you lemons... I am stuck inside on a beautiful day because I have to write a research paper.
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Puppy update #2: The Exhaustening. So... The first days that my husband has been home with mr. puppy here were yesterday and today. Yesterday doesn't count,
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Hey, fellow eMusic subscribers. What have you grabbed from the site that's particularly rocked your world lately?
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Small castle for sale, only 670,848.29 USD - seriously cute, but I bet it's drafty. click
bilder for pictures.
i found an awesome, funny blog via a deleted mefi post! Not to say that it should have necessarily been on MeFi, but it's a pretty cute blog.
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12 April 2008
Today at work, after a pleasant transaction where I was very helpful, a male customer slapped me on the ass by way of a thank you. By the time that registered on me he was out the door. Had I a quicker wit, I would've said 'Did we just win the Super Bowl? No? Then don't do that.'
Doogies. There are no words.
But there are, sadly,
lots and
lots of
doogies.
But at least they're not
dog-in-a-shell. I know they're only ornaments, but they actually look embarrassed.
Spell with Flickr Ransom notes for the 21st century.
Belly Of Death a) This is not Basil, this is Rosemary. So sue me. They are almost identical and it's difficult to distinguish them when they are not together.
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Appropos of this thread on MeFi: it takes a while for trends to work their way down here to Houston, TX. But I can report that today I saw a guy at the Downtown YMCA
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Smokers: do you have any recommendations for "smokeless ashtrays"? →Read more...
Ask Mecha: Which wiki? Free, private, WYSIWYG, multiple users. Any suggestions?
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Some kudos for TheDonF. →Read more...
In honor of my neighbor's
laundry, and neglected laundry everywhere,
here's a very nice song for youse.
MusicFilter: The Crazy Rockers were a 60's rock & roll group from The Hague featuring members of Indonesian and Surinamese origin. These cats are go!
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Which word makes your skin crawl? →Read more...
11 April 2008
Cranky "why" questions post -- Go! I'll start -- WHY do drivers turning left cut the corner into my lane, such that I have to slow to avoid the front left corner of their car?!
BP Radio: Pollenated edition.
*achoo*
Starting at 11 PM Eastern (about 20 minutes from now)
Did anyone ever figure out who
Eggagog was?
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a rave about mineral powder foundation [Disclaimer: girl-talk inside] →Read more...
Podecast! I thought I'd re-run a set I broadcast a few months ago while I'm cleaning the apartment. Join me, why don't you? Starting 1645 ET/1345 PT/2045 GMT
omg kittehs My hubs INSISTS that his masterful photography of our new kittens merits a new post. Name suggestions solicited.
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Why can't Mommy Text? →Read more...
A post in which Specklet makes an announcement, and requests not one but TWO meet-ups.
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OMG Bionic Bunny! Is this a repost? I hope not. But it probably is. *sigh*
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Radio b - The Dance of the Marzipan Pigs It's a very Spring-y sort of day here in Seattle. Since I know so many of you like that type of thing, I thought I'd play some music (which may or may not be Spring-y itself). Coming up at 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST / 1800 GMT.
Another round of MP3 Player Shuffle-a-gogo anyone? The first 10 songs from the music delivery device of your choice on shuffle.
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WTF IHOP?! Horton hears me spew.
Metafilter down? Is it just me or is Metafilter completely down?
Happy birthday to me3dia!!
Props to the dead-tree newspaper. Recently, I started subscribing to my local daily...
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Photo Friday: Photos or Scans of Your Artwork
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When was the last time you put your foot down? →Read more...
Mission 2007 Taxes: accomplished So what else should I do on this beautiful day off I have?
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Friday Shredding →Read more...
kitten update! We are picking up 2 six week old grey tabby siblings, a boy and a girl, tonight.
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puppy update: the first 24 hours. →Read more...
On the one hand.. I got told that they don't want to give me 4 days a week instead of 3.
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I need help finding last minute lebowksi themed gift A friend is having a bowling party on the 19th.
I thought that I saw, in the last month, somewhere, maybe mefi, a t shirt with an abstract kind of splotchy, weird Walter Sobchak face. I kind of remember black, brown, yellow, maybe red and some words. It may have been hand made. Did I dream this?
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Faces in Places: more pareidolia... From a comment by phire,
here. I missed the original post she references, so I'm very happy to have noticed her comment, because I love this site.
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I'M NOT CRAZY!! →Read more...
10 April 2008
The Office Filter I'm afraid that some network is really going to make MILF Island.
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Hooray for Hollywood! →Read more...
Radio Mecha - Music Box It'sa me, on the Radio Mecha, playing some African music. Lots of Afrobeat, but some other stuff as well. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
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This morning I asked my hair dresser to cut off the damaged hair. Now I have very little hair and look very butch.
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Felted wool sculptures by
Stephanie Metz.
I'm impressed (also: Bunny! OMG!). Warning: some of these are quite bizarre.
WTF? I just checked my bank account online.... ... and apparently the Canadian Government has just given me 1,172.00 bucks.
I thought I OWED taxes this year. My jaw is still on the floor.
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AskMeCha: Quickie Dreamweaver/IIS question, I hope.
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Are there chores that make you feel virtuous? →Read more...
Want to see a woman win $1,000,000 on The Price Is Right? The best part is that she has no clue when she gets up on-stage that she'll have the chance to win so much money. I like how the host just casually springs it on her at the last second.
Your moment in Internet history? What are your greatest moments in Internet history? Not necessarily things you had a part in, but something you can look back to and say, "I was there".
Bunnystock 3 Bump. Does Atlanta from August 30 to September 6 work for enough people?
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Wired blog post about the future of public transit in Los Angeles I know that we have at least a few LA people here. What do you think of this article? Is there any future for public transit in Southern California?
This disturbs me a lot. . . I am a Reagan era survivor, and I can say that Reagan drove up the National Debt at a rate that only the present occupant has exceeded.
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Man in Skirt Urged to Change His Wardrobe Follow up to
this. There's a video, too. All panties are blurred out, though.
Finally at the age of 50, I remembered my high school locker number, 56 to be exact. It was a dream, of course, I don't do the naked in a classroom thing, just unable to find my locker. Then it morphed into dealing with an infestation of pamploos, tiny tribble-like creatures with 8 legs and eyes. Any other notable dreams lately?
Property rage Looks increasingly like the buyer for our house has pulled out at the 11th hour (literally, we were going for a one week period between exchange and completion, and had originally floated tomorrow as a completion date).
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three point status update I am picking up my first gee-tar today and posted a question about it on askme.
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Rickrolling the Mets. Man, I love the web.
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Elizabeth Edwards I love her. She's really awesome. Just saw her on TV talking about health care.
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Are there any fellowship directories out there? I found a couple of fellowships that are interesting -
Pop!Tech and
YouthActionNet. I've also heard of Ashoka, Echoing Green, and Sauve Scholars.
Is there a directory of fellowship-type things along those lines - not very academic, but meant to support learning for social good? My GoogleFu isn't helping.
09 April 2008
I love the Internet. So this morning I posted
this to my blog -- a record cover. An hour later, I got an email from the artist who created the cover. He told me he was 19 when he drew the cover illustration, and he has gone on to be a successful and busy artist. He included a link to his Web page, and his work is
great. I particularly like
this one and
this one.
Intarweb Cliché Mixing (scroll down down down) I saw a pic used by a Fark Photoshop Contest that reminded me of our Beloved Giant Pink Bunny on the Hill.
Overzealous mods, ahead! On TWOP, I asked the mod of a forum a question. The response? I was banned.
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A confrontation between the two sides escalated to a physical violence, when a San Francisco man named Kevin Johnson, 48, walked into a crowd of torch supporters and began yelling, "Communists!"...
"I know it sounds racist, but if they want the Olympics in China they should go back to China," he said.
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I never said I had good taste in music. →Read more...
London Bunnies: Where to eat lunch tomorrow (10 April) near Holborn/Kings Cross? →Read more...
What time do you get up in the morning? A friend of mine was surprised to hear that I wake up at 6
AM on weekdays.
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Is it too late to start asking about Bunnystock III? Or at least a name for it?
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"I loathe and detest everything they stand for and look like. They are obnoxious, obscene, and disgusting."
Part one of
an essay on The Sex Pistols, and the question of "What's decent?" in a free society.
(Article also includes a YouTube clip of the Pistols' infamous appearance on the Today show with Bill Grundy in 1976)
Has anyone got some time to spare? Thanks!
Death Note [poss. spoilers] Okay, so I just finished Death Note. Without spoiling the end for anyone, who else was disappointed by the way things turned out? Who else wanted things to go the opposite way? What does this mean about my (and your?) values and ideas about society?
08 April 2008
Hooray for Flickr Video! Now you all have to watch videos of my adorable cats.
For danf....Because you asked! →Read more...
Show me your next purchase on Amazon →Read more...
Why does my mother ask me really simple questions she could answer herself? →Read more...
A DeLorean for 13,000? Jeez, if I ever get a job again, maybe I can get one for myself.
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Happy birthday King of Prontopia
Help! TAxes (sic): Dammit, dammit, sonofabitch... what is my total "basis in traditional IRAs" ?
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Minor grumbling inside. →Read more...
Ragu Sledding Yay! - Earworm approaching! Brace for impact!
If you haven't, you should add your birthday to the
Mecha Birthday List on the Mecha Wiki.
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The Museum of Broken Relationships The MeFi thread I linked to gave me a great idea for a thread to start here. What objects do you have sitting around that are artifacts of past relationships, and what poignant, sweet, insightful or funny stories can you tell us about them? Of course you know I have a couple of stories at the ready....
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WTF Chlorine? I've been taking a swim class at a different pool...
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Physical ailment thread. →Read more...
A dual seated car, three people, one bus stop! →Read more...
07 April 2008
The theremin enters the 21st century. Strangely fascinating and unintentionally hilarious, all in one go. (Bonus: helps middle-aged men in sunglasses bone up on their high-five skills!)
Life After People I'm watching this History Channel program, and I think it's really good. That's all.
One thing I love about where I live right now is the local Police Blotter: GRAND THEFT AVOCADO. (I would play THAT game...)
Stanley Cup filter It's time for the playoffs. How did your team(s) do? How do you think things will shake out?
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What is "building approval"? Specifically, how might it differ from design approval and construction approval?
Radio Free JanetLand. Nobody's signed up, but I'm still too busy to put together a new set, but what the hey, I'll replay my very first set from a couple months ago. Starting in just a couple minutes and going for just over an hour.
ImprovEverywhere Filter. . . Notable because this is where I grew up and played ball as a kid
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If you were to start a blog, where would you do it? →Read more...
Does anyone here speak Russian? →Read more...
Write about your Monday in haiku form
It's Raining McCain Be sure to get to 1:45, where the McCains start raining.
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Flamus Interruptus; Or, Where The Hell Did That Meteorite Come From? In which I mutter darkly about matters trivial and Internetty.
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Yosemite Wedding Report! (But not my wedding.) (A lot...)
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06 April 2008
I'm a little disappointed (or, saree, I didn't get to see you) My friend who I mentioned
here didn't call me today as we'd planned. I figure they'd overbooked their weekend and had to rush to get to the airport.
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The MeCha dating service strikes again. So, um, yeah, it's official.
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So, didya file yet? Well didya? →Read more...
Auntie Swan's good news Last December I put in about 6 hours of editing/rewriting work on my niece, um, "Clemintine Swan's", four teacher's college applications.
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Morgan Spurlock ...is awesome.
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Apartment Hunting: Is there an apartment-searching equiv. to indeed.com?
Fantasy baseball question #3: How can a player be credited for an RBI or a run if he had no hits, wasn't walked, and wasn't hit by a pitch? This is counter-intuitive to me. Thank you.
Absolut Alternative History. This strangemaps post made me wonder. "The US annexation of Texas in 1845 prompted the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), after which Mexico was forced to cede 525,000 square miles of territory (42% of its pre-war territory, 12% of the US’s current territory). Mexico didn’t have much choice: a US army occupied Mexico City, and
the alternative was total annexation."
What would America and American politics look like if we had annexed Mexico?
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Brasscheck TV: "How the Markets Work." (video) I have no idea what the context for this series is -- my dad just sent me the link -- but it's very funny.
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AskMeCha: can someone like me get a job working with kids? One that pays enough to pay the billz?
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Yes, I know language evolves, but I wish I didn't know what BOGO means. →Read more...
Serioiusly? Mind altering. Like, "post-orgasmic no longer functioning" good. Oh my god. Find this chocolate. Then consume it with bourbon. Preferably after consuming a rare steak and broccoli rabe and potatoes and a
really nice shiraz.
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05 April 2008
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Radio Mecha - Music Box: Solesides/Quannum Just for yuks, I'm going to get on the Radio Mecha for a little bit. Hip-hop, all of it featuring people associated with the Solesides/Quannum crew. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
Using a hedgehog as a weapon? Awful! Throw the book at him! (Books can be used as weapons too!)
paging amber................. where the hell is amberglow ????
Niagara A 1953 film noir starring Marilyn Monroe as the bad
guy girl! We watched this today, and it's awesome.
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Another Middle Aged Moment. →Read more...
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This is by far the best result I've ever gotten using the
MeFi MarkovFilter thingy:
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Great illustration website If you like old comics, pulp magazines and old school illustrators, this may be the greatest website ever.
Reverend and the makers. Three videos [
1] [
2] [
3].
My favorite time of the year: Tax Time! I just filed my taxes online. The whole process took maybe 2 minutes, and I'm getting USD$2500 back. Sometimes I really like living in Chile.
04 April 2008
Self Image ...as presented by Creature Comforts.
MeCha Radio: Question - anyone interested in an impromptu 80's set (including a bunch of rockabilly in the middle)? I could start in about 15 min, as there's no one scheduled.
Mediocre/Bad Movies redeemed by one moment of brilliance. This gag justified the 'meh' movie it was in all by itself. Know any others?
What are you doing this weekend?
I laughed The picture is awesome.
Best laid vacation plans... Now
ATA's gone belly up.
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Dear Spinach, you are a dirty, dirty vegetable.
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AskMecha: We received a small box of chocolate truffles through the post, with no return address or identifiable markings. Should we eat them?
Help! What artists am I like? I recently released a free album and book (
Mefi), and I'd like to put up a last.fm artist page. It would be helpful to know, objectively, other bands I should link this album with.
Radio b - The Fiendish Curse of Doofus the Wonder Bunny Two hours of intermediate listening (not easy, not difficult), beginning at 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST / 1800 GMT.
No bunnies were harmed in the making of this show, although it may sound otherwise at times.
What's the strangest place you've ever seen a rock show? I just found out that there's going to be a totally fun-sounding punk show today...
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I suspect my classmates don't understand the scientific method. Many of them continually assume that because a paper ends with suggestions for further study, that this particular study is worthless because it didn't end the debate.
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What's the deal with Turkish soap operas and YouTube? Does anyone know why
stuff like this is consistently on the "most viewed" page of YouTube? OK, so the population of Turkey is 70 million, but why is YouTube so popular there?
The Last Year of Martin Luther King's Life This American RadioWorks documentary is fantastic. Very, very interesting listening - I learned a lot.
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Foto Friday: Feets! It's Friday here, anyway.
New Music Time! He goes by the name Bon Iver, and he's a folksy sort of guy... The album is streamable from Virb (he's being featured pretty heavily on there). The name is also clever -- it's "Good Writer" in French, except it's intentionally spelled incorrectly.
03 April 2008
Radio Mecha Demographic Survey One thing that would be helpful, as a broadcaster, is knowing when people are likely to listen. I used to do a lot of late night (for me - early AM for Europeans, I think) shows, but I stopped because no one was listening. You folks who are interested in listening - when are you likely to do so?
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MeCha Radio: Radio_Replica.
The Shadow radio plays. One hour of the man who wasn't there.
Starting 9pm PST, April.03.08
Tomorrow's Photo Friday theme is..!
Radio Mecha - Music Box : Covers It'sa me, on the Radio Mecha, playing an hour or two of cover songs. Maybe I'll slip the occasional parody or response song or reinterpretation or something in there. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
My mentor just died and I am sad. So here's his short film "The Man Who Couldn't Open Doors" to share what made him so brilliant.
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As I Expected. . . . I am working a Hillary event Saturday.
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Putting on a metachat show in the fall. Like in a space like a gallery show. Maybe looking for a place in June. Interested?
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I know what I want to be when I grow up! →Read more...
Three Yosemite queries of a rather specific nature I'm going to a wedding in Yosemite this weekend (whoo, back from Latvia for eight whole days!) and I was wondering:
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How do you stay motivated in the face of constant rejection? I remember someone telling me five years ago that becoming a successful academic is persevering in the face of constant rejection. And to some extent I've become waay more thick skinned than when I started as a grad student 5 years ago.
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I have ants in my pants. You? →Read more...
Kitties and puppies and bunnies! Oh my! A small history of
portraits of pets in clothing. More about Harry Whittier Frees from
cakeyvoice.
snow. It's snowing in Iowa.
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Dear MeCha philosophy types, plz help fix my st00pid, thx! →Read more...
Do you need some kind of license to run a boarding house? →Read more...
Right-wing Britons still more left-wing than left-wing Amerians (not on everything, but on the whole...) Not really surprising, to me anyway, but I really like polls and data and suchlike (summary graph half-way down the article, full results
here (last link is a pdf)
Name two things that give you hope. note: mine are full of politics but yours don't have to be!
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Baby polar bears! And their mummy! OMG! Some NSFW images (not of polar bears) elsewhere on page.
Music quiz: Think of a band who took their name from the song titles or lyrics of another band.
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Stolen from robocop is bleeding If you were a genie, how literal would you be when granting wishes?
Fill in the blank: a mediocre album by _________ is better than most bands' best albums.
What is one thing you admire about each of your parents?
Blatant self-link: Tomorrow, April 4th, will mark 40 years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Since January, I've been working on CNN's
documentary about the event, which has its first airing tonight at 9 PM Eastern.
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I really like google notebook. Im using it with a FF add-on, and it's wonderfully convenient.
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*throws hands up, steps back* Done! So who won? How's that hangin' going, dabitch?
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02 April 2008
MeCha Radio: The Shadow:
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? 9:30-10pm, PST.
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They are pretty. But not so good. You have been warned.
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Radio Mecha - Music Box I'm making it up as I go. Please listen, if you're so inclined. Please make requests/suggestions/whatnot, if ditto.
MetaChat has "finances" ? Cool. I had no idea. How? How much? From whence? Should I even ask? Or should I not tamper with delicate innerMeChaworkings?
cross your fingers for me So we have a lot of contests at work. Usually it's "team to sell the most Product X in the time frame all goes to the hockey game/ gets $50 each/ etc."
Well, my team just won eight laptops. Problem being, they use a computer program to draw eight random names out of the 20 on the team.
So, wish me luck!
Your thoughts on Radio Metachat Please. It looks like the radio facility for metachat is not really being used. Of course, just as I was posting this, wendell decides to play a set, but anyway. In general it's not used. In the last three weeks there's been less than 2 hours played. Because the radio costs money (more than half of metachat's finances goes towards supporting it), I was thinking of canceling it. I'd like to know what everyone thinks about this before a decision is made.
Whatever Happened to Radio MeCha? Well, somebody's got to do it, so at the top of the next hour (Midnite GMT, 8PM EDT, 5PM PDT) Wendell Wadio Weturns to Wednesdays with my MOST RANDOM SET EVAH!
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Site Maintenance : RSS Moved to Feedburner. I've moved the main RSS feed to Feedburner. It should be seamless, but if anyone has any problems, leave a comment or drop me an email.
I don't want to start an Economics thread here, but I think
Ben Bernecke's 'new haircut' says it all.
OMFGaaaaaaah!!!! (Ranty rant inside.)
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Scar tissue question. →Read more...
My Pro Kitchen Is a 36-piece essential kitchen set comprised of the same items the pros use. Did they put the right stuff together? Anything missing? What's in you essential kitchen line-up?
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Has anyone had any experience with job counsellors? →Read more...
ThePinkSuperhero invites you to speak about yourself in the third-person.
Amazon Deal of the Day: The Complete Far Side for 67.50. I ordered mine.
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This is a Flip Out Thread
If you had a crystal ball that could tell you the truth about any one thing about yourself, the future, or anything else, what would you want to know?
This was my dinner tonight. Made from
this recipe. It was awesomely tasty and easy to make.
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NYC Meetup : Air Hockey at Manitoba's this Monday! Hey all. I've been a lurker on this site for a while, and I'd like to finally meet you all. I suggest that we meet at
Manitoba's in Alphabet City this Monday at 8PM. They have a kick-ass air hockey table in the basement, and (as Jonmc will attest) the best jukebox in Alphabet City.
What do y'all say?
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Countermanding the teaching of hate? Ethical question about interfering with parenting.
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I just heard from Jrossi4r and →Read more...
What should I do for my 350th MetaChat post? Please help me!
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ooh, ooh, ooh! I just got the call, and, next wednesday, probably, I'll be puppysitting, omg! For two weeks, omg.
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Molecules with silly names my fave "Adamantane".
(nsfw) Beware comic sans!
Random notes on my laundry: My bleach brand name is "Fist"; my fabric softener is called "Ploffy"; my husband's trouser rivets are imprinted with the words "Homo Design". All true.
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01 April 2008
How do you compliment a woman on the way she looks without seeming to be gauche, or rather, how do women like to be complimented on the way they look?
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If you had to make a trifecta of stand-up comedians, who would be in there? I'm also looking for recommendations on new ones, based on my three-fer.
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Your Daily Moment of Zen. Or Something. →Read more...
Important philosophical question: If a black cat crosses your path, but you stop to pet it, and it gives you its belly, and you do the belly rub for a good two minutes, and the cat purrs, does that negate the bad luck? Or, does it make the bad luck that much worse because you've now got black cat belly cooties on your hands?
Please hurry. Need to know soon. kthxbye.
AutoCAD on too much caffeine. →Read more...
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Chinese mail order brides? (mudpuppie's ideological sister responds.)
Moody and introspective (and long-winded) I am receiving an award for service to the University tonight, and I feel very mixed about it.
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Awesome Web Quiz: "How Much Are You Worth...
in Bed?"
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Macerated Ginger So, I made some ginger syrup for cocktails and now I have two cups of macerated ginger slices. I've been eating them like candy (and added some to my curried apples in couscous), but what would you do with this sweet spicy yumminess?
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Boy injured in Iraq facing visa deadline (Warning: heartbreaking picture). It'd be cool if the nice Metachat readers who are also American citizens alerted their Senator/Congressperson of this not-impossible-to-solve situation. Thank you all.
What is it about brand new tops that I MUST dump tea on them within the first 3 wearings?
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Even the opposing San Francisco Giants did their part Monday, showing up as perhaps the worst team to play here in 50 years. . more Baseballfilter
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The good news: my ISP upped my bandwidth (for free) 4x and stopped traffic shaping, so I am now downloading torrents at 220 kBps (and it even jumps to 400 at times).
The bad news: I got a letter from the post office telling me they're holding my Amazon package hostage, and making me schlep over to go pay import duties on it. Idiots.
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I wish it was an April Fools joke My co-worker was suddenly having all these problems on his new MacPro.....
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I didn't get shortlisted into the KaosPilots. and that was supposed to be the
easiest part.
I've asked them to reconsider, selling myself as a valuable asset (they're working with various Asian nations so having an Asian student would be handy, among other things) but the likelihood seems really really small.
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This is the last post on personal matters for a while. Thanks very, very much for all the support and good advice you have given me.
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31 March 2008
Whatcha listening to? →Read more...
How do I get myself into these situations? →Read more...
east coast - west coast? Our office was just discussing a collegue who had the misfortune to sign all his letters with FirstName LastName, Ph.D. (He has a doctorate in philosophy.)
It took 5 years before people stopped harrassing him for it...
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What's your drug of choice and why? →Read more...
Fantasy baseball questions, part II. →Read more...
Three-point update for Monday Mar. 31st. 1. Back from a vacation. Could use a week more of vacation.
2. Didn't get the grant I applied for. They didn't even send the rejection letter to me (the applicant), but to our organization's grants officer. How passive-aggressive.
3. Hope I get over the general mood of crabbiness soon!
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I have been getting some hard looks today as I wear my Baltimore Orioles cap deep in the heart of Yankee territory (I work in the Bronx). On the other hand, it guarantees that the service staff and security guards at my work know who I am, and chat with me about baseball, which is always a good thing. Yeah, Opening Day! unless you count the Red Sox-Oakland games, or are an Atlanta or Washington fan, of course
Shamelessly fishing for birthday wishes. Al Gore, Christopher Walken, Ewan McGregor (purr!) and me - yay for us birthday kids!
So, one of the nifty features of my new PC is a built in webcam. I've been fooling with it and recorded a
few greetings for you all.(we've done pics, we've done voices, so video is the obvious next step. The voice seems to be out-of-sync but bear with me, I'm a rookie)
My lost offline weekend! Argh! Our DSL died sometime Saturday morning, and so we were CUT OFF from the outside world all weekend.
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30 March 2008
I am having introvert withdrawal syndrome. Or something. Help me name what I'm having.
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OMG! Microsoft Bunnies! (also starring the Beloved Amy Sedaris in a very silly - and long - Office software commercial)
What's the word? I am looking for a near synonym for the word 'causality' but a thesaurus isn't helping. Allow me to illustrate...
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Have you seen Dunnys? I found one post from '06 where shane mentioned them, but that was it. The photo gallery is
here. I like the "Hello My Name Is" and "Gingerman" ones from 2007.
Ever wondered ... why the guys you want to be friends with think you want to be more than friends? Ever wondered why the guys you want to be more than friends with think you want to be nothing more than friends?
We can't help it.
There's a cardinal trying to break into our home. Photos inside.
So, we're buying a house. Help! We've been given 2 months notice on our rented house and so we've decided to ditch landlords and dive into a mortgage. I'd like some advice please.
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29 March 2008
Remember all the talk of the octopus necklace in my
eBay thread? annaramma showed up to the NYC meetup last night
wearing the necklace. Weird coincidence!
Genndy Tartakovsky's classic "Samurai Jack" returns to
Cartoon Network @ 10:30p US EST tonight.
Good stuff. It airs at 11p on Cartoon Network UK?
Too soon the slow roasting comes to an end and the heat rolls in. So here's to you, oven roasting
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Sky News spoonerism "seal cull hunt" somewhat mispronounced
Tonight is Earth Hour Turn out your lights between 8 and 9 p.m.
So Bill Clinton came to town last night and I recorded his speech.
Mini-meetup with Mats, Pi, and Croc in Seattle. Pieisexactlythree is in Seattle this weekend and we met up for drinks and snazzy appetizers at the Elysian last night. Click to see photo. Rock on!
28 March 2008
Pivotal Life Moment - Your Turn! →Read more...
Homemade bbq sauce for beef ribs? →Read more...
SQUEEEE!!!!!! (in which lfr does her best impression of a 14-yo girl...) →Read more...
i feel the urge to cut off a foot of hair.
i'm going to wait to see if it goes away but i'm ready.
It would be kind of drastic and impulsive.
What say ye?
It's SNOWING?!! Good God! It's snowing! It's spring...(or at least it's supposed to be spring!) the flowers are were blooming, the clocks have sprung forward...and now it's snowing? Unbelievable! It hardly ever snows in Seattle!
I need to move!
DC meetup tonight! I don't think anyone's posted it here. Sorry for the late notice.
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Question about jobs and spending your time wisely. →Read more...
I left my gamp on the bus. →Read more...
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Friday Time Suck Find something ridiculous on eBay that you would like to win and post it here.
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Meetup in NYC tonight! Just a reminder because I am excited and I love the bunnies the most!
The Internet? Bah! Baloney. Do our computer pundits lack all common sense? The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.
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Time-management experts advise people who want to get a handle on their time to keep a minute-by-minute log of how they spend their time for a week. If you did this, what would yours show?
The conundrum of death. The bind I am in that is slowly killing me.
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Are there any good discount dialup ISPs that you can recommend? This would be for upstate New York.
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Video games, video games, video game game games Youtubey goodness for gamers who know who Jack Thomson is.
They will be smoking hot, but they will not be actually aflame. All those Orange cinema ads I could find.
Joan of Arc/Mena Suvari,
Stephen Seagal,
Darth Vader,
Snoop Doggy Dog,
Macauley Culkin,
Patrick Swayze,
Spike Lee,
Carrie Fisher,
Val Kilmer,
Roy Schneider,
Lord of the Rings/Sean Astin.
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Do we have a photo Friday theme? If not, may I suggest ... →Read more...
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Who needs cable!? I just got my HDTV converter box.
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27 March 2008
GoodNewsFilter - My ex, as custodial parent of our minor child, *finally* got the lump sum check from Social Security for my disability.
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You get two sheets. Every Saturday you put the clean sheet on the top, the top sheet on the bottom and the bottom sheet you turn in to the Laundry Boy. Any man who turns in the wrong sheet spends a night in the box.
I got a new toy! It's shiny and has lots of buttons. Yay!
Facebook's "People You May Know" algorithm is freaking me the freak out Robot Big Brother must die!
Needs more Sparkle Motion. T-shirts based on movie places, organizations, and companies. Kind of awesome.
The new Dexateens record can be yours for free! It's pretty damn good, too. Mellower than their older stuff, but still genuine southern-fried whiskey-drinkin' rawk. Tuscaloosa, reprazent!
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Travel Insurance? Any advice for picking up a short-term policy to cover a 16-day cruise followed by two weeks in Europe? TIA!
OMGOMGOMG BUNNY! (extreme literally scatological cartoon; do bears poop in the woods? so do bunnies.)
Hillary's here and I'm listening/watching her live stream at the comfort of my computer desk. God bless technology.
Sex in the City -- starring Bea Arthur.
AskMods: So how do you handle your unruly forumites? Since I don't have an account on the blue, I'm
immune!
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Urgent Ask MeCha: What happens if a Windows Live account is deleted? Does it stop Vista from downloading automatic updates?
Ideas for fat-free eating? Some lovely ideas in the balsamic thread below - and they got me thinking.
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Trampstamps 'R' Us. What every seven year old girl needs.
WOOT! My brother got me a ticket to see Return to Forever in June!! (See the promo video of their
rehearsal)
Woo! We got tickets to see Macbeth in a couple weeks time! Yay!
The curse of free chocolate Long, boring, narcissistic post.
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"It's the most common type of UFO." A clip of people watching what they believe to be a UFO, backed by one of Aphex Twin's ambient pieces ("Lichen"). I love the interplay of the music and the ongoing conversation.
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Does deleting comments work well? CuriousAskMecha:
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Put Things Off. A nice looking productivity site with some good articles.
It's been a few months so I just gave the cats some 'nip. Kitty is
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A couple weeks old, but still shockingly batshitinsane "I must say, I'm a little envious," Bush said. "If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed."
"It must be exciting for you ... in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You're really making history, and thanks," Bush said.
26 March 2008
Reasons to be cheerful (part 3) A partial list, inspired by
the song of the same name. (
Lyrics)Feel free to add your own.
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*Bump*. Richard Price will be doing a reading and signing at the Union Square Barnes & Noble at 7pm on April 3rd. This is especially good in my case, since yesterday while bringing my computer home, I left my backpack in a cab with my previously inscribed Price book in it. Some cabbie is prolly on eBay starting a bidding war. But all NYC MeChaZen's are urged to attend. They can meet me at the store at 6:30 that night.
I am just so upset I just started my new job, and it's fine. The people are great, and I think I will be successful, although my training is going too slowly ( I did mention this). But it's just not my old job, which I loved and lost in Jan. I miss the people, I miss the office, I miss the work, I even miss the doorman. I walked by the old office and cried. For chrissakes. It was just a job.
I just had a very good interview. At least, I think it was a very good interview. It's weird being interviewed by therapists. They're all radiating compassion and understanding and you're all, "Um, do you actually like me, or is this all just transference?"
unexpected thanks I would like to thank the newspaper with a strongly opposing view that nevertheless got my quote right and quoted me in my entirety.
dancing on the ceiling... oh what a feeling I don't actually want to dance on my ceiling. I want to repair it. I have an old (can't be less than say, 30 years) stuccoed living/dining room ceiling that has three or four long cracks in it and cool but equally old mouldings around the two light fixture wires. To preserve these mouldings I have to preserve the existing ceiling, so I need to repair the cracks, and then paint the entire ceiling. Is this possible? And if so, how would I go about doing the repairs and painting? I'm worried that the repairs will be obvious and that painting the ceiling will bring down a plaster rain.
Epic Rickroll. Warning. Despite being hilarious (in an annoying way), this pretty much hijacks your browser.
Step Into My Bedroom. . . and, if you will, offer some advice
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Season to Risk for BOP and anyone else who wants.
Advertising Against Reality: Photographs of 100 prepared food products and their packaging.
Funk's death trip: a really interesting article about Funkadelic's 1971 album
Maggot Brain(YouTube audio of title track).
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Wise and otherwise I just got an idea to do a review of advice columns for my blog. Aside from Miss Manners, Dear Abby/Ann Landers, Salon's Cary Tennis, and AskMe, whom/what should I review?
What sort of a day do you prefer? →Read more...
Hey bosses, heres a thing... If I tell you I can't do something, it's because I can't do it.
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25 March 2008
As promised - Easter Egg Pictures!
It's no Hookahdome, but... Los Angeles: Comfy neighborhood coffeehouse alert?
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Hillary is coming to my home town on Thursday.... and she's speaking at my kids' old high school. Thank God I don't live near there anymore-the traffic is gonna be NAAASSSTAAAY.
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Horrible Titles II : Bad Band Names So far, we have Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Hoobastank, Hootie & The Blowfish, and Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop. Do your worst.
Tongue rings really do chip your teeth. →Read more...
I am typing this to you all on my new monster system. 22 inch flat panels rule. That is all.
*tap, tap* Is this thing on?
Speaking of poetry I need some help with my wedding invitations
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What's for dinner, bunnies? →Read more...
Tips? Ideas? Suggestions for the journey? I had a sort of revelation the other day, regarding a mental process that's not been my friend. I''ll explain more inside, and I'd really love any suggestions you guys may have.
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Attention puny Americans! Universal Records has deemed three tracks from the new Be Your Own Pet album "too violent" for you.
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So, tell me about poetry: Is it really just about making up some stuff that has a vaguely irregular rhythm and a conceit of rhyme?
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mefi comments vs. youtube comments Am I the last person on earth to find this btw?
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My boss is unreachable always when she answers the phone it's with a brusque 'what'
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Give Your Pets a Voice! - I
knew Mingo had an English accent!
I don't wanna be a legal secretary any more! I don't wanna look thru endless documents, especially..... Where can I go??? What shall I do??? I can't stand all day. I can't talk to people all day long either, can't be front and center like a receptionist in a busy office. I can't deal with very sick people either. Waaaaaah...
Ask MeCha. Is there any reason why I shouldn't use a
passport service instead of applying through the post office?
Man Zone: What is the purpose of the middle-relief flush?
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This the Big followup to the "Big ad" - this time, they're skydiving!
Quicktime, ad etc
"I (heart) Dot" The story of a cute and unusual kitten.
AskMecha: Other mean names for women? My brother is trying to think of what other nasty names/phrases women call each other. So far he has muffintop and butterface, but he swears that there is something else that is kinda similar to muffintop, but isn't that exactly.
Any ideas?
Dear Metachat: please help with my resume?
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All aboard! Commuters get on a Tokyo train.
This is the Horrible Titles thread, wherein we list the most unfortunately-titled "artworks" we can think of. Movies, books, albums, songs, paintings, whatever. The only rule: you must be able to link to something - review, IMDB listing, etc. - that mentions the title. (No imaginary titles, in other words. Real life is weird enough.)
24 March 2008
I'm sorry, but this is a (long) rant. The neighbours horrible children have started up again. Yet another round of yelling, whining, crying, shouting, stomping around, hitting and general unpleasantness.
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Westerns. I'm missing something. Help me understand? →Read more...
Trunk Cam A day in the life of an elephant.
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Zubaz are staging a comeback. Oh dear god. Does anyone else out there remember these things?
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Self-linky ObamaFilter Top 10 Snarklist ...but since this is the first thing I've written of any length (other than half-baked MeFi comments) in about three months, I'd like y'all to see it and critique it...
Implicit consent/Complicit assent I've been reflecting on discourse, and what things make me start seeing red, and I've come to interesting conclusions.
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Looking for more people to interview about horror movies. Help?
Ghost caught on surveillance video (
via)
Seriously creepy. (Don't worry -- nothing's going to jump out and scream at you.)
The end is nigh... My supervisor's supervisor picked the
wrong day to be out of the office...
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AskMeCha: Firefox help? Help! →Read more...
What is your goal in life?
What MetaChat looks like in a Playstation 3 web browser : The
screen where urls are typed in, and
MetaChat through the browser. It looks really similar to webTV.
The Band's Visit. . . A "small" movie, but a wonderful one. Anyone else seen it?
Wonderful Wedding Photos Found on Digg. Enjoy them!
CPAP-a-lula, she's my baby! →Read more...
Whatever. Talk to the hand.
Metachat for your mobile. Its not perfect by any means so email me any issues. You can now get metachat on the move. Just point your mobile browser to http://lofi.metachat.org
SMTP works in Mail.app and not in Thunderbird Please how do I get it to work?
Making Changes. I'm making a few changes to metachat. If you notice anything weird, can you please email me. (email in my profile)
three point update of long weekendy goodness 1) omg i aer a sellout! my friend jamie compared me to christopher hitchens! aaaaugh! :P
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Any ideas? Storyboarding is easy enough but
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Kitchen lust... →Read more...
Easter Bunny - Behind the eggs [youtube self-link] - Here's a sad bunny video.
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Does this song exist? I'm convinced there's a Johnny Cash song where he's hunting, sitting on a hill or something, and he shoots a man by accident and feels really bad about it. It's a slowish song... Does it really exist? Is it maybe not Johnny Cash?
23 March 2008
Why not? Someone explain this to me?
ack. Please help me remember the name of this free online sim game It's something like Karamea or Ikamea or Kerema. It's a free online sim/mmorpg
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OMG! BUNNY! (also ASCII jesus). Happy Sunday in whatever form it's taking for you.
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I'm fond of wearing Chuck Taylors. →Read more...
Have a nice day. →Read more...
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22 March 2008
3 point progress report 1) My son is on the Great Road Trip, driving back the Camaro he bought off Ebay from Maryland to Colorado. He called tonight and sounded about as happy as I have ever heard him. Apparently it drives SWEET.
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I've had a great week (possibly due in part to taking calcium.)
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A day for the damn record books. →Read more...
My new computer desktop wallpaper. What's yours?
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omg star wars bunny yeah I know it's getting kinda old...
I behaved badly last night. →Read more...
What the hell am I doing up so early? →Read more...
OMG Baby Sugar Glider! One of our two newest boys, name pending.
What are your Easter plans? →Read more...
21 March 2008
OMG! Food PrOn! [SFW]
This one really makes me drool!
Stop the voices in my head , and i mean the unending loop of bad, bad music that keeps playing in my mental audio feed.
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My first crawfish boil. Help me not make an idiot of myself.
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VERY Important Public Service Announcement: →Read more...
This is a grumbling thread. →Read more...
Obamamania hits the funny papers! And it's not a comic strip most of you would expect... "Yes, folks, he can talk to animals... even at 3AM"
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MeCha fantasy baseball. I have questions.
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Video for Yoko Ono's "Mrs. Lennon" (from the great
Dick Cavett Show - John & Yoko Collection DVD). This song is haunting. Kind of reminds me of early Cat Power.
Best name for a geek rapper! I'll start: Mos Eisley.
What the hell is "political economy"? I've got a list of three things that an organization focuses on: "politics, economics, and political economy." Does the third thing exist other than as an intersection of the first two things? I'd like to rephrase it to sound less silly.
Holy Crap - Download Music from Your Friends' iTunes Libraries Over the Internet
Curiosity-filter about passport files What's in passport files that makes them so special?
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What are you wearing? →Read more...
String Beans Tempura, and recipe at
Epicurious. We made these last night and they're pretty orgasmic. I had them at PF Chang's last week and they were really addicting. I used club soda instead of beer and they came out yummy. We made the soy dip and also a very spicy dip using mayo and red pepper sauce. You must try.
bike to work? Our bus routes are changing and I'm considering trying to bike to work. The route is about 9 miles. Several basic questions:
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Photo Friday: 1000 Words (a story inspired by or accompanying a picture), suggested by ethylene
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Amazon oddities Weird, weird stuff that Amazon sells
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20 March 2008
I need easter egg ideas. 2007 had no theme,
2006 was South Park, 2005 involved animals and movie monsters (I don't have those pictures). We're painting eggs Saturday at my dad's house. Go!
I would like to make a beautiful cold-veggie antipasto. What are your suggestions?
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Look, I'm sure there was a time when somebody found you attractive. I mean, they must have to have spent so much time with you. But, y'know, that time has passed. I'll be straight with you: you're dated, gaudy, loud, and, well, kind of unpleasant to look at. Those people have moved on, and it's time you did, too. I'd rather not do this the hard way, but I will if necessary. I'll shred you, separate you from your very essence, and leave you limp and in tatters on the floor. Don't think I won't. I *will* win this fight, because I have what it takes to deal with your type:
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The most unlikely showbiz success of all-time. →Read more...
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! I AM MAD! ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS COMING AND I AM MAD, GOOD AND MAD! THEY ARE PREDICTING 8 INCHES OF WET SNOW. I'M JUST STARTING TO SEE GREEN POKING THROUGH ALL THE OLD BLACK SNOW THAT'S BEEN ON THE GROUND FOR MONTHS AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE COVERED UP. ARGGG!@%$^;*(
3-point update! →Read more...
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There's probably a really simple solution, but.... I can't figure this out. I'm trying to save some .jpgs to my CD drive. But though I've put in a brand new CD, straight out of the package, the computer won't recognize it and keeps telling me to insert a disk in drive D:. Alternatively, I have 2 old disks sitting about with obsolete information on them, but I cannot either delete the info or save anything new to the disk. What am I doing wrong?
Mister Rogers sees the damage and he cracks. "You Bastard! King Friday and his Kingdom are marooned now!"
How many of us are bilingual? →Read more...
Mr. Show: The Musical! Well, not really. But Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are set to reunite for a new HBO series. Finally, puppies and sunshine and East Coast/West Coast ventriloquist wars are back in my life!
Make a doll that looks like you. We did this
once before. Have you changed? Click the boy or girl tab, and then the little b/w tabs up top. Let's see how cute you are! Click on the little gif or jpg icon under your photo and save it to imageshack or wherever. If you upload it to your own server you can use the javascript and display an animated doll. Oooooo sparkly.
What we all need is ... →Read more...
Bump: MeCha March Madness Pool. You've got about an hour to join and/or set your picks.
Serious lack of motivation It's a day before a holiday. I have no meetings or other engagements. I'm the most senior staff member at work today. Nobody knows when I'm in the office and when I'm not. I'm sorely tempted to just go home. But I'll stick it out.
Maybe I just need to make a list.
How are the rest of y'all coping today? Is Friday a day off work for the rest of you?
I just submitted my PhD thesis. It is called "Quantifying evolution and natural selection in vertebrate noncoding sequence."
Because I might as well let the whole world know what a nerd I am Yesterday I bought a couple of plain, v-necked, cap-sleeved t-shirts with the idea of having them printed. One, a robin's egg blue, will have the word "Editrix" in fancy font on the front. For the other, which is orange, I would like to get a swan put on the front in cream. Help me find a really cool stencil of a swan! I've found
this one, which will do, but I'm wondering if I can't do better [googles madly].
DO NOT WANT The Britney cellulite photo
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Happy First Day of Spring, Everybody! Doesn't look very spring-y yet from where I sit, but still . . . .
This is my I have Poison Ivy and I am miserable thread whining thread. I got poison ivy on Saturday and at first I didn't know what it was because the last time I had it was when I was a little kid of 8 and that was a long time ago. Now, I itch, I am covered in Caladryl and doped up on benadryl. That is all.
19 March 2008
AskMe bump! Do you have a hybrid auto? Do you like getting best answers? Now's your chance!
You know what my baby dog does everyday? →Read more...
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Can someone explain what they're talking about? (warning: involves boring comments about Playstation 3 and Rainbow Six: Las Vegas 2)
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Eamon! Chicago Public Radio is doing a story about mustache growing fundraisers! Right now! But I have not heard them mention you or your cause! Something is clearly wrong as you are my mustache fundraising hero!
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Tell me something that made you happy this week. →Read more...
I realize this makes me a bad liberal, but SHUT UP YOU LOUD PROTESTERS! You're LOUD! I'm trying to work! And you're being LOUD! And it's the middle of the afternoon! Go get jobs! Layabouts! LOUD layabouts! Bah.
AAARGH! Driver hits pedestrian, long-winded rant inside... o_O →Read more...
Destiny - Is each one of us, or collectively, destined to do or be something?
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Belizean adventures: Hopkins →Read more...
How do you scratch Tubbs? The arrow turns into a hand, so I like to "scratch" her nose. The ears and that white T all cry out for some petting.
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American Idol: Beatles 2 -- The Butcher Cover [spoilers]
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Wordy Wednesday: Alliteration Awesomeness →Read more...
Easter dinner for the religiously challenged? →Read more...
Littering - what gives? OK, I've never understood littering - why would anyone throw stuff out on the side of the road? Rant!
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OK. Which numptie told the advertising agency that a crimping Sugar Puff Monster would be hip & would appeal to the kids. Moron!
McCain Is A Little Confused McCain said it was "common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that's well known. And it's unfortunate." A few moments later, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, standing just behind McCain, stepped forward and whispered in the presidential candidate's ear. McCain then said: "I'm sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda."
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Arthur C. Clarke is dead at age 90. "any form of censorship has become utterly impossible. There's simply no way of enforcing it; the customer can get what he wants right in his own home. Lock the door, switch on the TV set -- friends and family will never know."→Read more...
18 March 2008
I need a hat. So, what is fashionable in Europe these days? I ask since I will be there in May, but I welcome USian opinions as well.
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Looks like I may be taking flight sometime soon.... A friend of mine in Raleigh, NC has invited me to come visit. Yayy! No definite date yet, but I'm thinking mid-May. I'll call a Raleigh meetup in MeTa once my plans are firmed up. Do any of you Ameribunnies live nearby?
The winner for best misread screen name? →Read more...
This guy gets it... (Obama's speech earlier today)
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What If You Knew You'd Be Dead In Ten Years? What would you do then?
3-point Status Report - return of Matildaben edition Hi guys! Sorry I have been so absent from these parts.
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I love my boss. She offered to pull rank and intervene in a situation I was having problems with, and my
word was her intervention (over email) absolute perfection. Authoritative without being authoritarian, firm without being rude, rank-pulling without being condescending.
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Way to feel old! The American Girl dolls now have a couple of 1970s dolls: Julie and Ivy....
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NOT your mama's Cheeto commercial.... ...I think we may have found jonmc's evil twin.
Hamster Dance! OMG! No, not that Hamster Dance.
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Will You Be Online Ten Years from Now? A piggyback on
this question.
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Weird Phone Calls In various jobs, including this one, I occasionally answer the phone. Some of the calls I get are apparently from Martians.
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"Charlie (Rose) wishes to thank all those who have expressed concern for his
eye injury, caused by a pot-hole in Manhattan, NYC."
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"Catastrophic Failure Number Three" guessing thread..... well, they say trouble comes in threes and I do hate surprises so what's your best guess?
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Fun game, if you like incredibly frustrating billiard-esque physics/motion/strategy/blahblah sorts of games. Thirty levels, of which level 26 is currently kicking my ass.
[About].
17 March 2008
Why don't we do it in the road?
I can't find my cat. And I'm freaking out a bit. →Read more...
Weird Day At Work... →Read more...
New of Reupholstered? We have a chair which is in decent shape, but the red in it is not close to the red in the new area rugs that we have gotten.
Does anyone have any experience with reupholstering furniture? Is there a rule of thumb about how much it costs compared to new furniture of the same type?
I just have no clue.
I hardly ever remember my dreams but ... →Read more...
Celebrity Crushes I'm watching
The Jane Austen Book Club and who should appear but
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Liger That's a big cat, no really.
I didn't end up auditioning for the Legally Blonde MTV show. Tomorrow they're taping the finale in front of a live audience, and I'm going!
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25 years ago today I told my husband that I would marry him. Over the phone.
That is all.
WHO'S AWESOME? YOU'RE AWESOME! I love astronauts, and I love public domain images of astronauts. You're all awesome.
How do I turn off the built-in keyboard on my Dell Inspiron (Windows XP) laptop?
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America The Beautiful. *doffs cap, places over heart*
Bonus Track *gives power fist*
AskMecha: How do you say "word" in Polish? →Read more...
I want this house. I mean, c'mon, it has "an entrance staircase that retracts with the push of a button"!
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Your new sidebar art comes to you via NinaZer0 (top left), ethylene (middle left), gomichild (bottom left), and rhapsodi (right).
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I'm back in New York at the end of the month. All sorted... and back soon for a couple of year.
I Don't Like Mondays Seems like we have ourselves an old-fashioned financial
panic.
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Tasty Treats My new favorite party munchie: Pretzels + Rolos + Pecans. Mmmm.
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16 March 2008
Bacon Bra NSFB (Not Safe For Brunch)
Mechazens on Twitter Add yourself to the list if you're there!
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I just received a SPAM e-mail with the Subject: "Castro Circumcision." What third word is missing that would make it a "perfect storm" thread over at MeFi?
Have bunnies with depression/anxiety found that it gets better over time? And if not, how have you addressed this "life-ly-ness" issue?
What are you doing this Sunday? My wife, son and I had lunch at this touristy place ('Patio Bellavista', Santiago, for those in the know) then went to see a friend who had a booth at an indie clothes fair in an old warehouse then went to see my wife's grandmother so she could hang out with her grandson. We're home now, the wife's preparing a class for tomorrow, so my son and I are listening to the White Album.
What are you doing?
Radio Hellbientropy. A deluge of non sequiturs. Starting nowish.
Steve Stevens and Harold Faltermeyer - Top Gun Anthem I can't believe I hadn't seen this video in the 21 years since it was released. Must be one of the most ridiculously over-the-top videos ever.
The View From Above. →Read more...
Why am I obsessed with ANTM? Oh yeah - I remember. BECAUSE YOU ALL MADE ME. Thanks for breaking me.
In which we all discuss our favorite parts of the movie "Hot Fuzz" ***SPOILERS!*** →Read more...
And it is precisely this post, which sets taz's diabolical (but ultimately sexy) plan in motion.
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Jumping Bunny game. Harder than you might first think.
Calling all writers... →Read more...
15 March 2008
You Think You're Bad? You Think You're All That???? I WILL SO KICK YOUR ASS! →Read more...
WOOHOO! I just got my acceptance from the UW iSchool! I'm gonna be a librarian!
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Easter Eggs by Mother Nature The first time I ever bought local-farm eggs I opened the box and was totally enchanted to find this.
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What is/was for dinner? →Read more...
Favorite line from a book recently read? "She tried ikebana, but on bad advice joined a modernist school, where every arrangement seemed to have barbed wire in it, so she quit." What's yours?
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A moment of silence. I just spilled Jameson's on my keyboard. It killed it.
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Most underrated famous awesome person? →Read more...
Music about food. I'm looking for music about (or related to) food for a radio show I'm helping with on Wednesday. Musically, I'm looking for alternative style music. Think Calexeco, Cowboy Junkies and Tom Waits. Any suggestions?
Pssst, scody Since you asked... I'd placed an ad on craigslist (mistake #1) for a babysitter. One woman sounded good, although she was flaky about references.
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Three Point Status Update! →Read more...
Two-headed bunny! OMG! To freak mudpuppie out
Night of the Lepus. →Read more...
14 March 2008
What's your heritage? →Read more...
I've got a 12-pack of Guiness in the icebox, and it's March. That can only mean one thing. It's St. Paddy's Day weekend!! So I give you the South Boston Irish's gift to punk fuckin' rawk, the Dropkick Murphys!
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Don't you hate it when you let someone else's reactions affect yours?
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On being a change agent ... I believe that in order to be a change agent, you have to start with a relationship. However, I purposefully avoid strong relationships with people who are obvious perpetrators, so I'm rarely in the position to affect change. (This is kind of a bump of the earlier, "Leamme alone!" discussion.)
I must own the song that's used in
the new Nike Sparq ad (link goes to Dailymotion), but I have absolutely no idea what it is. Anyone?
Yer help please? I would like to make an anonymous askme post (I promise it's important) but I can't for a couple days. If you could help, would you MeFiMail me (same UN as for metachat)?
This place. This one, right here. MetaChat is such a fantastic and wonderful place. Thank you!
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I just got rickrolled by mudpuppie. →Read more...
Prop Timeline Can you use a can of Lone Star Beer in your next movie? How about a plastic Flamingo? A paper grocery bag? Kitty Litter? Vicks Vap-O-Rub? A reference for when stuff was invented.
So what do I do with a spare set of teeth? This past week I picked up my new mouthguard from my dentist (I've been grinding my teeth and so must start wearing a guard at night). The dental assistant also gave me the plaster cast of my teeth used to mould the mouthguard. It seems to me there must be something creative and fun I can do with the plaster cast. I can only come up with some lame ways to freak out future houseguests. What can the bunnies suggest?
Mojo needed; send bunnies? First job interview in four years is in one hour. Wish me luck, please?
Hi! It's been really really busy. I miss you guys!
Wordy Whateverdayoftheweek: What do/did you call your grandparents? →Read more...
My tour of the world continues... After my visit to Vegas, which turned into 3 years, the next leg begins April 12. First, a 16-day cruise from Florida to Genoa with stops in the Caribbean and at Madeira and Spain. Then, 11 days leisurely wandering over to Venice and up to Amsterdam.
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ICK - Post Nasal Drip! SORE THROAT. What can I take to make me feel better fast!?!
American Psycho a.k.a really cheap gag as ad poster in NZ
Argk! I'm seeing more signs of the scary US economy here...
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Photo Friday: Yearbook or School Photos Suggested by fallenposters
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THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A SHOUTING THREAD Parental advisory: strong language inside.
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OMG! SCARY (go round) BUNNY! ...speaking of dramatic developments in comic strips...
Thanks IRC bunnies Thanks, IRC bunnies...for listening to me moon about my boyfriend so much.
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13 March 2008
Do other people get a creeping sense of dread whenever actors who played evil nasties on The X-Files or Buffy show up on other shows? What makes it worse is that I normally can't identify why I'm getting totally creeped out until about halfway through whatever new show they're in, and by that point I already feel like my skin is trying to crawl off and hide in a closet and I can't stop glancing nervously over my shoulder and OMG CREEPED OUT.
Help me get through this weekend. So, my cousin committed suicide last May. He would have been 30 this Saturday. Um, help.
Why, yes! I am stuck at home... →Read more...
Sorry about the drama I feel really awful right now, and for me, this is really the only place I feel I can go to talk about things. Can we talk?
Most music buffs are familiar with the long and illustrious history of
'answer records'; "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" answering "The Wild Side Of Life," "Sweet Home Alabama," answering "Southern Man,' and the whole subgenre of hip-hop feud records. But there's some others...I give you The Least Necessary Answer Records Of All Time (yes, they are for real)
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The Human Guinea Pig - Emily Yoffe of Slate (she also writes
Dear Prudence) acts as a human guinea pig so we don't have to.
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Weird little anecdote I just found out (through Facebook, no less) that a good friend of mine is all, like, anti-abortion now.
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This cat ... →Read more...
Dear HBO and George R R Martin: I see that you have optioned
A Song of Ice and Fire. (warning: boring post about sci fi and telly)
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Bump from AskMe In case you did not see it and have anything to add.
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Shhh, don't wake the baby A new fan of Aesop Rock, I was searching youtube this afternoon for new stuff, and I came across this gem. Makes me want to set up a dance club in my living room.
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Pooooooooop machines This is awesome. Puerile, yes But still awesome.
Thou shalt not judge a book by its cover; thou shalt not judge
Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover. (Also: Oasis? Was just a band.)
Ask MeCha: Would you hire me? So I submitted a resume two days ago, and just heard from the senior VP that she wants to meet tomorrow for an interview...
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Two truths and a lie, go!
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It is a Cretaceous morning. The fog is so thick I can barely see out the windows. The world is lush and green and dense. The birds are loud and insistent, calling out from places unseen. Mammals have not yet evolved into saber-tooth tigers and remain lap-sized and sleepily compliant.
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Follow up to this comment - I saw the Pogues in Baltimore last night.
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Mystery, Pet? What do you do when
you do get new toy? The Bees reworks Candide
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12 March 2008
Rick Rolls In honor of the 20th anniversary of "Never Gonna Give You Up", this is NOT the song or its video. Honest!
Tim Gunn On The Record A short Youtube clip of TG at the 92st Y telling his Vivian Vance story.
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So I got me some tickets to see Eddie Izzard in Memphis today, and I'm damned excited. It will be my second concert at the Orpheum, the first being Tom Waits when he was touring "Orphans." This got me thinking: What was your favorite concert ever? The music need have nothing to do with your answer.
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Inspired by bmarkey's agony, I ask: what are the best TV theme songs?
These are my official super jonmc nominees! tell me yours and we'll settle this question once and for all.
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Can anyone explain why my brain has suddenly chosen to play the theme song to
My Three Sons on a seemingly endless loop?
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Leamme alone! Today a man got in my face and leered "Helloooo" all while toting a three year old boy, who mimicked his role model's disgusting gesture.
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AskMeCha: Why do my dress shoes fit fine when my legs are bare, but feel too big and slip around a lot when I'm wearing stockings?
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Shit or get off the pot! -- Woman sits on boyfriend's toilet for 2 years; was physically stuck to the seat — her skin had grown around it.
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Any fellow MeFites have an invite to thebox.bz? I figure since this isn't a request for a monetary or tangible "gift," it might be OK to ask here... I'm looking for an invite to thebox.bz. If you have one, I'll be your best friend in exchange for it! I figure that's pretty valuable, but I guess I'm biased.
So few salmon are living in the ocean and rivers along the Pacific Coast that salmon fishing in California and Oregon will have to be shut down completely this year unless an emergency exception is granted.
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Who are these people that cut into lines? What are they thinking? I don't understand them, and they fill me with rage. I also don't understand people that just let it happen. How do you deal with cutters? Or, if you are one, explain yourself.
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World of Wynetting Photo gallery of "Spouses in Scandal."
It's time for our mid-morning
shimmy.
(Those in other time zones can shimmy now, or later.)
List 5 things you see on your desk.
In which I break the rules... I said
this. But now I want you to
look at this message from Nickyskye via mefi projects. Many of you know and care about Nicky, and will want to see this if you haven't.
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11 March 2008
Psst Hey you. Yes, YOU. Come to #bunnies.
Who needs a movie? Getting Married? Got a web site? Fund raising? Commercials? Selling something?
Movies can make your life go better!!
I think I've finally figured out what it is I do all day... →Read more...
Before this whole cute fad started, I wasn't that into pugs. But this one wins.
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Missouri Statewide Severe Weather Drill notes What my workplace (a public university) learned in the statewide weather drill today:
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From the Politicians' Handbook, Tip # 312: When you get caught doing something bad,
do this thing with your lips.
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Poetry for the Heart and Soul. I was looking for poems I could use with clients, and I found this site. She's got some nice "How can I apply this to my own life?" poems collected.
Four corners What are the North-, South-, East-, and Westernmost places you've been?
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iTunes: two-part question. Please hope me. →Read more...
Joan Fucking Jett covering the Belmonts 'I Need Someone.' Right now, this is my favorite song. It seems to combine all of what's good in rock and roll: a Stonesy ryhthm section, Beach Boys harmonies on the verses, Ramonesy guitar, Dion-esque swagger on the chorus, Joanies gritty vocal and a catchy as hell melody. Why aren't people doing stuff like this anymore?
Polyorama is back. <3 interrobang, taz, and iconomy.
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Community treatment by laypeople for depression and anxiety NYT story about mental health clinics in idea. Strikes me as a potentially good idea for the US too.
This is the lost nuggets of culture thread. Where we tell eachother about the songs, books and movies we've been hunting for and still can't find.
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How do I get a loooong row in excel to become a looong column? Mac OSX excel; this means that paste special -> transpose doesn't work.
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OK we need a new word. . .. for what political wives do when they appear at a podium with their spouses
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Giant foam party on the streets of Miami , lots of pics. Yep, it's their next Bravia ad in the making. Hmmm... I wonder what they'll do with all that foam....
A very cute little elephant head just manifested in my French press (pre-pressing). I'm kinda bummed I can't sell it for a few thousand on eBay.
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10 March 2008
New York City meetup March 28 or 29? There's a general Mefi nyc meetup brewing
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Drinking alone. Join me? →Read more...
AAARGH! Stupid kids posting spoilers on the internet! Stupid me for reading message boards where stupid kids post spoilers!
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Porn that makes me laugh Inside is a link that is
N.S.F.W and deeply goofy.
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Love Bugs. NSFW or breakfast.
via.
Gummy Bear Dance You will either love me or hate me after this...
witjher webcomics? I keep reading about these newfangles 'webcomics', but I can't seem to find any that aren't about ninjas, robots or 'gamers'.
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OK, as The Wire ends, I've been trying to get into it for the first time. But I'm having a hard time jumping on board. Help me out,
Wire fans! [NO SPOILERS]
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Wisdom to know the difference... My dear dear friend called this morning to say she's either having muscle spasms in her chest or possibly a heart attack so she can't come by. Okay...
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Die-POD Filter: Any of youse haz an iPOD that won't shut down? →Read more...
I like Spitzer. As lame as cheating on one's wife with hookers is, and as irresponsible as it is for a high profile politician, and as horrible an humiliation this is for his wife and young daughters, I still can't avoid thinking, there are much worse things a politician can do. Much worse. Like, you know, war profiteering, etc. And I say this as
OMG! A baby! I'd like to introduce our newest family member, my granddaughter Emma, born 3/6/08
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Admiration and Intimidation. →Read more...
My wild saturday night. . . . (not really)
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Pharmaceuticals in our drinking water. While Grumbles [assistant administrator for water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] said the EPA had analyzed 287 pharmaceuticals for possible inclusion on a draft list of candidates for regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act, he said only one, nitroglycerin, was on the list. Nitroglycerin can be used as a drug for heart problems, but the key reason it's being considered is its widespread use in making explosives. →Read more...
Padrino! I hung out with my 6-year-old godson yesterday and it was awesome.
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The Wire. The End. [Spoilers.] →Read more...
09 March 2008
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Dick pants Two questions, semi-related:
1. Do you remember an image surfacing on MeFi of a dude from the 70s wearing pants where his weiner could hang out through a special sewn in penis pocket?
2. How about that site with the funny faux-sentiment cards? I can't remember any of them, but they were good and snarky, like "Thanks for sleeping with me last night, I hope for your sake the herpes have a slow onset."
My MeFi-fu has failed me.
To each his or her own... Someone at my dentist's office told me this one. She was at her gynecologist's, having the kind of examination that happens to the best of us. So the gynecologist is up to his elbows, doing his thing, when he said, conversationally, "So, what do you do?" She said, "I work at the other end — I'm a dental hygienist." He said, "Ewwwww! How can you look in people's mouths all day?"
Oh great, the LOLers have LOL'd one of my Flickr pics! (I can has credit?) I guess this was bound to happen, but it was quite weird seeing it just pop up on the LOLnet. Oh, and helloooo Mechazens!
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New Photo Friday Themes The wiki has been updated!
Cilantro! Chicken! Idiot in the Kitchen! →Read more...
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Puppy! OMG! I visited a friend's
new puppy today. Half-bichon, half-Maltese terrier, totally adorable.
Why do you wear that thing, mommy? →Read more...
MetaSnubbed The 50 most powerful blogs.
08 March 2008
USian bunnies: Don't forget to spring forward tonight.
BP Radio: Rock Monsters! A repeat of my set from a few weeks back, starting at the top of the hour.
Are you looking for a new rug? I found a bargain! →Read more...
MeTaThread Find Does anyone remember a thread from within the last year or so about how people's AskMe questions turned out? It was like the ultimate followup thread. I can't find it now.
Best. Bird. Ever. Incredible Imitations by the Lyre Bird... also the all-time most popular Attenborough clip, and why not?
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Yeah, I'm back. Pinky wont have to chow down on my Buster Browns. And quite a bit happened while I was away.
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Bitchcakes A couple weird interactions have feeling kinda bitchcakes. It's like a crabby patty with more bite. Grr.→Read more...
We are so screwed. (Monarch butterfly version)
I'm insanely excited about the Wyoming caucus. In part because I can't remember the last time Wyoming has been in the news so much since the Matthew Shepard murder.
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What's your "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!" food? The food that, every time you open the box, it's a foregone conclusion that the whole thing is done for?
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Radio MetaChat: Radio as conceptual art - World War II Radio Broadcast, Part One - 1939 to 1941. Starting at 10am Pacific.
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Sunny and COLD....What's the forecast for YOU today? It doesn't have to be weather-related, either. Maybe I'm just feeling sunny and cold. Hmmm?
Did you ever really notice I really say "really" too much? Yeah, I really do. Rilly. plz mk me stop.
Ok - dumb question.... Could someone take pity on me and tell me how I post images here?
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MeCha Radio No one else is scheduled, so I'm going to play an hour and a half of 80's stuff.
Guilty pleasures and nothing but! Starts at 9:30pm PST.
07 March 2008
Ask MetaFilter trifecta →Read more...
Help me bunnies! Itunes is being a bastard. It doesn't automatically get track names when I try to load a CD. I have a stack of CDs to load.
I missed the photo of a lifetime... let this be a lesson.
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Upcoming MeCha Radio... for all you history buffs out there, or people who may be interested...
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Another Celeb Look Alike Thing I've seen this before, but I think it was on metafilter.
I just ran three of mine and I got Alyssa Milano, Natalie Imgrulia, and Patrick Swayze (bless his heart).
I apologize for the misspellings of celeb names.
#bunnies, right now Special guest star appearing for a limited time only.
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It's 3:30 and I'm not at work. Usually, I'm just starting my shift right about now. Since I'm on vacation, I'm prepping dinner and dancing around the kitchen to Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns. I spent some quality time with my folks, drank their Crown Royal, bought a couple of cases of wine that I can't find around here, and I've still got a whole weekend with Science Girl ahead of me.
So what's making you happy today?
omg belly floof this post to announce that
laurie has a new batch of beautifully photographed foster kitns
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One of rhapsodie's best photos Alaskan Sled Dogs. Great shot. Check it out!
(small warning: this photo is OK. But some of the stuff on her photostream is not 100% SFW)
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i just got laid off! Hooray! →Read more...
essexjan to the green, please. Actually I have no idea whether there is anything for you to offer,
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GAH! Daylight Saving Time starts in the US this weekend. So when my clock goes off at 5:30 Monday morning, my body will think it's 4:30 am. *groan*
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Annals of Office Printing Abuse What have you printed out from work this week for your own personal, non-work use?!
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Awesomest name ever If this man knows who his parents are, he should give them a medal.
Reassure me, O MeChites, with your tales of enduring relationships which started out disastrously.
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My cat likes to sit on whatever I'm typing. So, when her long tail gets in my face, I put it under my nose and make like I have a moustache. What games do bunnies play with their pets? Anyone??
06 March 2008
I finally bought a digital camera. So next, I guess I need a flickr account. Any tips or recommendations in that vein?
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Icky things that actually feel kinda good: # 1- a cold finger in your ear. as long as it is your finger, you ear and cold like ice.: Your turn!
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Eleven Minutes i'll get to see in a year if i'm lucky. Love you, Jay! Gimme a skirt.
How do you steel/motivate yourself for something you don't want to do, but have to do?
I hate my facebook all I ever get are group messages, none actually to me.
Inspired by BtGog, what are your least favorite tracks by your very favorite musical artists? The real clunkers you wish had been left on the sound booth floor?
Inspired by this post which inspired by this design observer post if we made the Metachat movie. Which actor would play who?
images plz!
Has anyone here taken a 'cooking lessons' vacation? How was it?
My report on TYRA! Part one,
part two. Questions, anyone?
If you think you've got awesome Excel skills, Think again.
Go to Page 4, 5 for Example Video.
I'm gobsmacked.
XBL English Accents? When considering voice chat, I disproportionately enjoy the company of players from the UK or those with a traditional English accent. Is this a lazy and detrimental prejudice, or relatively harmless?
How can I live like this?
List the last 5 things you bought.
baby steps to four o'clock... baby steps to four o'clock... (in which I delurk, and say hello to you fine folks...)→Read more...
Pet Peeve: vagueness presented as "opportunity" →Read more...
Shane is working at the Cleveland International Film Fest. Any bunnies want to see some films gratis, send me an e-mail. We're allowed to do that, as long as seats are available :-)
"Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully. →Read more...
OK, so how come nobody told me about Alejandro Escovedo before? He's awesome!
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Stuttering audio and movie loading →Read more...
my friend gave me the rough mix of his new band's brand new album it is great, great great!! Has three or four home runs, a few great songs and the rest good, but has one song i really don't like - and i think it needs to get off of the album.
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I've been angry for a long time , and my throat has a weird pain in it.
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Wordy Whoopsit'snotactuallywednesdayanymoreisit: Words We Can't Remember →Read more...
My sister's College Farewell photograph made it into one of the local papers here:) →Read more...
Happy birthday to interrobang !? !? !? You don't come round much no more but we love you.
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So you spill a cup of cooked (sticky yet not sticky) rice on the floor How do you clean it up? Let's assume in this scenario there are no hungry dogs nearby.
05 March 2008
Dilemma. What do you do when
one of your favorite Japanese noise rock bands is scheduled to play a show at
a venue within reasonable walking distance from your house, but they're opening for
someone whose
early work you admire greatly but who in your opinion hasn't released anything worth listening to since
1989 (maybe
1993), all for a ticket price of $47.50 + service charges?
I'm stumped.
How do you deal with a lack of faith? All my life, I've found it hard to relate to religion. I want to believe, but just never seem to be able to keep it up.
How do all of you keep your faith, or alternately, how do you deal with the fact that you cannot bring yourself to believe?
D-O-L-L A recently-discovered photo from 1888 shows Helen Keller with Anne Sullivan and a doll, "doll" being the first word Keller ever comprehended. It's a really beautiful photo, I think, and kind of moving.
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Clothe me! I am pretty much in need of a new warddrobe.
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Campaign finance law: can I donate money?
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New job! In a very pretty corner of Poland! Starting in the fall! →Read more...
When others do it for you Note to boss:
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Can anyone recommend a good Asian cookbook? Has anyone used
Everyday Asian? I've been looking on Amazon and eBay but the choices are overwhelming. I'm mostly interested in Japanese, Korean and Thai. Ideally I would like one great Japanese cookbook and then one other that covers a range of cuisines under the umbrella of "asian cooking".
10 Things We Don't Know About You Redux I don't think this has been done in a while, and there are a lot of new people, and I am procrastinate-y today and want a diversion. So tell us 10 things that we would be surprised to find out about you.
Gaah, I've overdosed on politics. I was really excited going into the primary season as I like all three Democratic front-runners but now I'm just sick of it and wish it was over.
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Ask MeCha: personal development courses My institute offers free day-long personal development courses such as "Conflict Management" and "Negotiating Skills." Have you ever been on a course like this? Was it useful? Part of me thinks that a class on negotiating skills would be really useful, and the other half thinks it would be a boring waste of my time.
You know what was really good last night? My soup.
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Help me be a KaosPilot! I've posted this to AskMefi before, but hopefully the bunnies here can help me out.
I'm applying to the
KaosPilots, a social enterprise school based in Denmark. To be able to be a KaosPilot, I need to get enough support and funding to cover my tuition, travel, and living costs.
Budget is here.
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My Texas Two-Step Story Yeah, I know... GMOFB →Read more...
04 March 2008
So, please raise your hand if you also found beef in your driveway today!? Anyone? My girlfriend went to feed Bob, our feral cat this morning when she saw something at the foot of the drive.
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We just had a tiny fire! →Read more...
Greater Influence on US Culture: Gary Gygax, or William F. Buckley, Jr.? Let the debate begin.
Do you tell your SO "I love you" unprovoked? →Read more...
I am pretty stupid: Looking for a margaret jones article fakery post that was on the front page of this site today! Was it deleted o am I just just dumb?
R.I.P., rat face. →Read more...
Laugh? I thought I'd die! What is the absolute best quotation or song or cartoon or bite-sized media consumable that sums up the absurdity of life?
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It's Saaaaaad. I'm still sick, and there's still too much snow, so let's play some sad sad mostly pop/standards music. The boohoo-ing starts at 11 a.m. eastern and goes to about 12:30. As Elton John so truly said, "Sad songs sell so well."
Apologies for the FARKfilter (
N.S.F.W. - bare male buttocks) but this was too amusing not to share.
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File under WTF? So Bauhaus has a new album out? →Read more...
Avalanches on Mars NASA orbiter catches photo of avalanches near the red planet's north pole...
the higher resolution image even shows clouds of red, billowing dust. Wow.
while everyone is doing baby updates.... I had mine :-)
My darling boy was born nine days ago, after 26 hours of labor. 7 pounds, 12 ounces. Not planning on a c-section, but by that point, I was more than ready for it.
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Where's the daily mail generator? I've searched like mad but I can't find it, even in my comments.
Paging danf... You might have something interesting to contribute to this thread....!
03 March 2008
small request for help Sorry I've not been around much lately, but have been going through a rough patch. (yeah, I know, GYOFB)...
But, just need someone to say a therapeutic "there, there". And, bunnies are good for that.
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Quick grammar poll: Are "bright young scholars" and "bright, young scholars" different in meaning? If not, is the second grammatically correct anyway?
There is a bird, or a nest of birds living in my dryer vent.
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I Saw This About 20 Years Ago . . . at some animation festival and laughed my ass off.
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Best kite spotted at yesterday's Zilker Park Kite Festival...
Gay sex: Is there a specific term for
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the Grandbun's daddy is on the US Cole... AND it's on the news again. My daughter just called me, a little nervous.
Which journals or periodicals do you subscribe to? And do you actually read them?
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Tell me about the best vacation you've ever taken.
What the fucking fuck? US Soldiers throw live puppy off a cliff. Exactly what it sounds like. Disturbing video.
It is snowing like there is no tomorrow outside! Nobody is coming into the shop. I have the gas heater on, which smells funny but pumps out the heat.
Reznor releases brand new NIN album Completely by surprise, there's a brand new, 36 track, completely instrumental NIN album. Called
"Ghosts" it's available in some
rather nice formats.
LMAO (I'm such a child. also, spoilers) Okay, I found this at Digg, so many of you have probably already seen it, but if you haven't, take a look at the ebay photo inside, and see if you can figure out the puzzle. (poss. nsfw)
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02 March 2008
My Forbidden Fruits. Or: "Why the farm bill should be taken out back and shot." (NY Times Op-Ed)
HEY, BUYERS: ALL ABOARD! Foreclosure Express buses customers through areas where houses can be had at a bargain price
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Sunday three point status update I'm trying to write up minutes I took to a meeting that I'd never been briefed about.
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Ouch. French Actress doubts 9/11, wins Oscar. I'm curious to know how this'll affect her career. I guess she's screwed.
So my grandmother died yesterday and I have to give someone a little snapshot Two years ago, at the age of 92, while visiting her older sister in Wisconsin, she faints and is hospitalized. They figure out that she is bleeding internally and so do major surgery, removing her spleen and colon. I'm sure there was a pool among the nurses on how long she would croak - on the table or how shortly afterwards. I'm standing in her ICU room the next morning and the nurse comes in and says "How do you feel, Vera?" And with closed eyes my grandmother says: "Normally with my hands."
That was my grandmother.
01 March 2008
GOATSE TV surpisingly, completely SFW
This post was deleted for the following reason: Messing around with the time-space continuum may seem like fun, but the long-term repercussions can be a nightmare. The last 80's era commodities run was
Silver Thursday, and we all know hot
that turned out, mmmkay?
cute boy singing and playing great song hey ma, look i wrote a perfect pop song!
It's snowing like crazy again, plus which I have yet another nasty cold. Seems like a good afternoon to replay my classical music show. Starting in just a sec and going on for about an hour and a half.
Tell me something about your dad... an incident which was positive, and showed the loving side of your father, and tell me something about his negative side (an incident which you loathed).
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Dickendall's Better Finnish - Dec 10 1991 - Feb 27 2008 Our beloved yellow lab was unable to fight off an infection that was a side effect of the chemo we started her on a week prior, so we decided to let her go to a peaceful and comfortable place.
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Happy birthday to muddgirl !!!
sexy glossy and free anyone want a hugeass laminated
joan jett poster?
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29 February 2008
We miss Ye Old Skool IRC Gang ...CIRCA 2006. WE ARE NAME CHECKING Y'ALL. COME INSIDE
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Dog is gone. I'm sad. →Read more...
I am a happy woman today. That is all.
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What are three things that motivate you?
Intermodal shipping containers question: They're kind of nifty, eh? You'll see them on trains and on back of semis, and they travel across the ocean on ships.
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Radio b - 100% Whole Grain Jazz New York's alright if you like saxaphones, and so is this set. It all starts at 11AM Pacific, or just about an hour from when I post this. Give it a listen, if you're in the mood.
The Story Of Mount Everest ( youtube ) - I saw this video
linked from an AskMe question yesterday. It's really stupid. And funny.
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Photo Friday: Mmmmmmmmmm Food! Suggested by slack-a-gogo.
3 6 25 50 75 100 => 952 This is
James Martin's appearance on
Countdown.
Parents' Anniversary My folks will celebrate their 40th this October. My brother and I feel as though we should do...something. Ideas?
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28 February 2008
Metalosis maligna: An Extraordinary Disease. Actually, an incredible little piece of dark surrealism. (Contains some surgery video, if you're squeamish you may not enjoy it.)
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These videos have been stuck in my head all week month winter... →Read more...
I'm having ice cream difficulties. I bought
Edy's Slow Churned for the first time and it's really hard to scoop out of the container. Has anyone else here tried it and had the same problem? It's been a few months since I had a large container of ice cream in the freezer, but I don't remember ice cream being this hard to scoop.
We're back. Well I don't know what happened there, but a quick reboot and everything is back to normal. You can stop pressing the F5 key now.
Put the Lime in the Coconut by Harry Nilsson from 1972. Also, the
Muppet version.
inspired by Specklet's post about lime below.
What's your preferred libation?
Desperately seeking a Shaker Hotel Hello, i'm looking for some help with an article i am writing for a London newspaper. I'm trying to define the best furnished hotels in the world and the ed has asked me to include one with Shaker furniture. It's not so well known here in the UK and its new to me. Does anyone know of a nice hotel in the US that might be furnished with it. Best wishes MM x
Weirdest headline of the day: Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his eye
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Huh? 'Tis a sad day for flannel.
If you miss Elliot Smith, this could make you smile. In short:
Figure 8 mural gets thrashed by some asshole, mural gets restored.
Silverlake cares. A thank you to those fine L.A. people from a faraway fan.
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OMG Cheerleader! And OMG my eyes. This is an extraordinarily LOUD site. And the picture is really pushing the NSFW line. Wow.
Update with Pictures The local paper with their take on the
proposal thread.
Richard Sharpe question Or possibly just a question regarding UK racial(?) slurs...
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sorry to ask, but i need urgent technical help I'm grateful to you all for it. How do you insert a picture into Powerpoint text and get the text to move and accomodate the picture, instead of the picture superimposed on the text or the text superimposed on the picture??
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Redirecting a single cgi page? →Read more...
This song has been getting a lot of airplay recently. I think it's great, I love the retro sound of it and the lyric is so simple I can caterwaul along to it in the shower or the car.
If you had a crystal ball that could tell you the truth about any one thing you wished to know about yourself and your life, what would you ask?
Cross-Post: Wanna do a triathlon this year? If anyone wants to do the Danskin New England (only for women, unfortunately for the gents), I'm planning to do it and would be happy to meet up. If you'rOh, and yeah, if you've ever done it before you can totally do it. There's still plenty of time to train.
Emily Saxe I have an offer for free tickets. Never heard of her. Please inform me who she is, what she's like.
thx.
A tooth for an eye. I'm having a lot of trouble buying that this isn't a hoax. Wouldn't this be huge news?
things that are awesome, part 273. Patti Labelle sings the abcs song with a chorus of muppets. via teh blue!
MP3s of the more recent Clinton/Obama debates? Google's not readily coming up with anything, but I'd love to put any of the more recent Democratic debates on my iPod. Anyone know if these are hosted anywhere? Thankya.
Get well, MetaChat! It seems like a lot of us are sick (myself included) so I made a get well card.
27 February 2008
A message for Hadjiboy: →Read more...
Thinking The Unthinkable →Read more...
Three Point Status Update →Read more...
NYC film lovers: do you miss the old Angelika 57? I do. What's the old skool movie theatre you miss the most? Is there a supermarket there? A parking lot? A Abercrombie & Fitch store?
Metachat Clearinghouse Sweepstakes! You may already have won:
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Wanda Sykes on gay marriage, and why marriage should be more like the mafia.
(audio NSFW)
In honor of "Wordy Wednesday", Wendell Wadio presents "Wordless Wednesday", a truly random mix of instrumentals, featuring rock, pop, jazz, country, folk, big band, new age, ambient, moog and a few TV theme songs thrown in for the hellofit. Starts 6PM Pacific, 9PM Eastern, 2AM GMT (banner graphic inside)
In honor of International Polar Bear Day, I give you
Flocke!
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All my ancestors were cowards! Or prescient. Or both. On a whim, I went to my state's historical archive website. They've added a searchable database that contains the records of all the state residents who served in the
Unholy War of Northern Aggression War Between the States Civil War.
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Imagine that you wake up one morning and are handed one thousand dollars
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NYC: Free Theatre Tickets Tonight! My show, "Our Country's Good," is opening at 78th Street Theatre Lab (78th between Broadway and Amsterdam) on Thursday. Tonight is our final dress rehearsal, and I'd love to have a few people in the audience, so that my actors don't have to act in front of an audience for the first time on opening night (when we'll have critics in the house).
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My turn to tell a story. When my sister and I moved to Maine in 1994, →Read more...
Hope of spring This morning, I heard a male cardinal trying to sing up a mate.
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Wordy Wednesday: B.A.A. - Beloved Abbreviations and Acronyms →Read more...
Idol, American Anyone watching? There's this kid -- David Archuleta -- he's this crazy phenomenon -- this intensely brilliant beautiful magic singer-boy.
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26 February 2008
How embarrassment I was driving along with my new flatmate - which was in itself rather embarrassing, as he drives a "Ute" (utility van?) when all of a sudden we pull up at a set of traffic lights... Where upon, to my HORROR, he winds down my window, and starts shouting "NO!" to the person driving in the car next to me.
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I am sipping this tea. It's wonderful. mr gaspode's boss gave it to me after listening to me rant about how much I love all sorts of tea.
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Wobble! Earthquake shakes UK! Did you feel it?
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One More Oscar-Related Post A local (Willamette Valley) perspective. Also
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Calling all greyhound owners: MuddDude and I have been discussing adopting a greyhound from an organization like
this one - primarily because we've heard that greyhounds are rather intelligent (and rather lazy) for their size.
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Farkworthy. Convicted multiple murderer refuses to attend court for sentencing because he's 'upset about bad publicity'.
1989 was never this cool - QT, acid wash jeans, Running man and miniskirt warning. But cool.
New video for Utah Saints
Any nonprofit tax law experts here? ..Anyone? I have a question about tax deductibility and raffles.
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Can anyone else access their hotmail or is it just me that can't????? AAAGRRRRRR! (feel free to make this a shouting thread if you like.)
Totally clueless computer question →Read more...
Crosspost: Requesting Roma-related help and resources. I know some of the connected, compassionate people here might have something that can help me be better at dealing with this.
Thoughts on My Mother and I As the post in the title link above indicates, my mother died on December 23, 2007, age 77, from a rapidly moving cancer she knew about for only three weeks.
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Interview With A Surfer (courtesy of roofus, over at The Other Website)
Flu / Ibuprofen / Acetaminophen advice? So it looks like I have the flu.
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HALFWAY THERE! I just completed half of the counseling hours required to graduate. WHOOP!
ebay advice? I bought some cute rubber boots for a friend. The seller was annoying. Frustrating. I want to leave negative feedback. Am I committing some sin?
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Moan about the weather here. I'll go first:
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Pimp My Resume OK. Here’s the deal. I suck at writing resumes. But I’m in the middle of a job search so I have to barrel ahead with the task anyway.
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Son of a bitch. Mono? Really?
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Wishes for Nicky (she's going to be in the hospital today, for her second biopsy). It would be great if we could keep her in our hearts at this time.
We're off to see the Wizard! HUGE image, takes awhile to load, but worthwhile.
PSA: Avoid Banana Choc-tops Oh dear god. I watched the movie "Jumper" today (cheapskate Tuesday) and treated myself to a choctop icecream. I haven't had once for about 15 years! Anyways, they had newfangled banana-flavoured ones so I bought one and ate it. Pretty nice - tasted just like the banana candies I used to get when I was a kid.
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Pestilence! A post whose subtitle is "Goddamn fucking pests are going to DIE!!!"→Read more...
The Lemonade Diet I'm going to try this, as strange as it sounds.
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25 February 2008
"Rag and bone!" "
Ragaboe!" i want a return of a new rag and bone man, or a vehicle so i can be one. Most probably just a community that would use one.
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Interview yourself Since there seem to be a number of newer names around lately, I thought I'd throw together a little survey-type thing. (I copped a lot of it from the self-interviews they run every month in Uncut and Mojo, and made the rest up myself.) Interpret the questions as freely as you like.
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I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike ... alive. Biking Angelenos, what's the safest route to take North from Venice Blvd. to Sunset?
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OMG! BUNNOCK! (scroll down for the biggest bunnock you'll see this week)
via.
I hate most people. Well, not really. But the fact is, social interaction with anyone who is not the closest of friends is just tiresome.
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I got a job offer! And tomorrow is my birthday! →Read more...
I often don't like Frank Rich, but this op-ed of his does a good job of summing up how I see Hillary Clinton's campaign.
My kid is back from Korea! Yay!
I now have a fancy set of chopsticks with a Beatrix Potter themed holder. I also have an unempty nest, again. But I missed her. She doesn't miss squid jerky, tho.
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Happy belated Birthday to warbaby! I know he doesn't come round much since he got the new job but maybe he is lurking about.
Bucket list! Do any of you have a life list? Or as the recent movie puts it, a "Bucket List"?
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Little Hammie has big dream! Watch right to the end, to see the Elvis lip-curl followed by the WTF?! wakeup.
Shitty, crappy, awful morning Got 3 awful bits of news this morning.
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What are you wearing today? It's been a while since we've done one of these, and folks always seem to enjoy 'em.
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If you could have the world’s largest collection of one thing, what would it be?
Coffee fans Any coffee fans out here besides me?
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56 Houses Left is a blog about a
neighborhood being erased, one house at a time. Includes some excellent, melancholy photos.
AskMecha - do you know who designed this couch? I'm in lurve and want to track down my very own - looks 60's, also claimed to be Danish design.
Very important egg question Accidentally undercooked my hardboiled eggs, they are what I'd call "firm softboiled"
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Useful image "I have come from the internet"
24 February 2008
This is the post to talk about jonmc. Please make this post (and no other) all about jonmc. Seriously.
#bunnies Come on in and be my friend.
i wanted to make Oscar related commentary here with jrossi, iconomy, box and other possible telly watching peoples. So if you wanna, go right ahead. Link away, dish and rip. Me, i need some water.
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List of terms of endearment What's yours?
My boyfriend calls me "matey" :D
AskMe crosspost: How do you perform? ...for those who are here but not there. You know who you are.
Dear me. Are ordinary phones getting phased out? I just went to Best Buy to buy a cordless phone/answering machine. It took me forever to find them -- they were tucked way in the very back corner beyond the video game stuff, and there was a big wheeled ladder blocking the display. Doesn't look like Best Buy's very interested in selling land line telephones.
Ask MeCha Seeking crafty ideas for the non-crafty.
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My word, but it's windy here. "Howling winds" up to 73mph in southern California, according that report. I keep expecting to see a house blowing past. The poor birds keep veering off course. And yet, the sun is shining through the rain.
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It's five o'clock somewhere. Glug.
De-lurk-ify Hi. I'm new. I've been stalking your words (in a non-creepy way, naturally) for a million days. Now you can stalk mine.
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MetaChat_Radio_Replicant v2.0 Ambient/Downbeat/Experimental. All mellow stuff to listen to on the way to bed. Starts at 11:15pm for 1hr20min.
23 February 2008
Wrapping and
unwrapping. i'm torn. On one hand, wasteful excess, on another, innovative, thoughtful designs
and pretty! i do loves me a reusable container though.
EthicsThiefFilter I think one of my foster kid's friends steals.
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This is what I hate about Lifehacker. It's two useful software tips per day plus one "tie a string around your finger to help remember things" tip per day. Ugh.
Powerisers or bust! So, I'd like to take up
powerbocking.
I'm a 31yo male, an avid cyclist (30 mi/day), lifter, and runner. I have calves the size of tree trunks and a reasonable amount of balance. I'd also like to get good enough at this to try out some tricks
on the Playa this year. I've been great about giving back to the community in terms of infrastructure and workhorse contributions, but this year I'd like to be part of the fun as well.
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Hasn't it been at least a week since we had a book thread around here? Whatcha readin?
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Medeski, Martin and Wood You Shut THE FUCK UP? →Read more...
The puppy is going back to the pound! →Read more...
Springtime for Anne Frank: "A controversial new musical telling the life story of Anne Frank opens in Madrid later this month." Sounds awful.
Every time I think I've seen the worst body art ever something even worse comes along.
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Wanna cover your ass? Is your
ass small and
female? Then these might be the pants for you. If not
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Do you use NetNewsWire? Or possibly FeedDemon (as it's made by the same company). Have your feeds updated in the last 24 hours? I've had nothing.
22 February 2008
IRC party in #bunnies for all of us who are snowed in.
My long dark nightmare of self-doubt is over! I got into Film Studies MAsters programs at UCLA and USC, after being rejected by all UCB, UCSB and UCSC last year, gaining weight, being down-in-the-dumps, and getting rejected again by UCSB. I thought teaching high school was a forgone conclusion! Nope! I get to move on to hoity toity academia! WOOT!
Congrats, viachicago! She's now whatever it is you become after you pass the NCLEX test!
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GAH! I just had one of those incidents were someone waves to you and you wave back, then realize they were waving at someone behind you. How embarrassing.
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Photo Friday: Furry Friday! Yay, it's time to post pictures of our pets again! Bring 'em on!
Radio b - Rode Hard and Put Away Wet I just woke up from rough night. What little sleep I got was punctuated by some of the worst dreams I've ever had. Is that gonna stop me from playing two hours and nineteen minutes of music you probably won't hear elsewhere*? No, but I may nap. Starting at 11AM Pacific, or a little over half an hour from when I post this.
*There may be a reason for this. I'll leave that up to you to decide.
When should I graduate? My master's program is done in August. We have the choice of walking in the graduation ceremony in May (so, one semester
before finishing our program) or December (so, one semester
after finishing our program). Each student in my program gets to choose which ceremony to participate in.
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Portland meetup bump! Come out and send off cmonkey with your best wishes!
What annually televised show is an absolute “must see” for you? →Read more...
I apologise for being a mentally ill person. (warning: bummer) →Read more...
Save the Essex Teddy Bear Spider! Warning: link is to spider pic. Avoid if you're an arachnophobe.
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What's the most worthless thing you've ever purchased? →Read more...
21 February 2008
The debate I'm assuming that it's so quiet tonight because y'all are watching the Hillary and Barack Show. Since I'm stuck here at work, I'm curious about people's impressions - not so much "who won" as the tenor of the evening.
The Emails I Get! →Read more...
Three-point injuries/aches/pains report. →Read more...
Here's hoping you bunnies know your chocolate.. I'm having company to dinner on Sunday night and I want to make a "raspberry and blackberry chocolate silk tart" for our meal. The recipe calls for bittersweet chocolate. The grocery store only had semi-sweet chocolate and unsweetened chocolate. Is bittersweet chocolate the same as one of those, or is is something else entirely?
Puppies + lawn chair = awesomeness.
I need to learn to suck it up and deal. I can't move out. I don't have enough money to move out. This is making me very, very cranky. (More whining inside.)
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*SIGH* (youtube) warning: profound stupidity follows
Culinary questions: Last night on Emiril, he battered and deep fried whole shrimp, heads and shells. My question is, how do you eat them? Did he intend that the shells be eaten as well? If not, what is the point of battering them? TIA
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Inspired by mgl's story... what elaborate wedding proposal would you like to receive?
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Radio b - Sleep Deprivation Is Not A "Lifestyle Choice" Two hours (give or take) of genre-defying music, starting at 11 AM Pacific (or about an hour from now).
Will there be streaming live video of the CNN Clinton/Obama debate tonight? If so, will I need a proprietary plug-in to watch it? CNN's own site isn't too helpful with that info. (My setup: Mac OS 10.5.2; Safari; Firefox.)
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Does anyone here have access to The Lancet medical journal? My school library doesn't seem to have recent copies online, and I'm trying to confirm how the research was done in one of the articles they published this month.
Romance Is Not Dead Last week, we got an email here at the museum from a young man with an interesting request.
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I think I might be old. We were up all night (very sick pooch, very sad) the night before last and I went to bed last night at 8:30, slept all the way through until 6:30 and I'm still tired. *sigh*
Stupid GoDaddy/Domains by Proxy domain name problem. Grr. Maybe you have some advice for me.
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The Accent Bank I was looking at the "Freak Angels" online comic and happened to check out the forums.
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Hey, look, a 9/11 Sushi roll! and what is this above that? From dinner tonight. Thought I would share.
In all honesty, I've seen tsunami rolls, volcano rolls, I could make the leap.
A friend suggested they call it the "Guiliani Roll" instead.
20 February 2008
Hey pokermonk (and other Wilco fans): Wilco is doing a
webcast (with video!) of their last residency show. It's intermission right now; you can catch the second set (and encores) if you hurry.
Jonmc Defends The Indefensible, Hevayweight Division. →Read more...
Psst, lunar eclipse to start in just under 40 minutes Total eclipse in just under 2 hours if you live in north/south america, western europe, africa and eastern asia. Last one until Dec 2010.
This post is totally not eponysterical.
Hi! I've been out in the woods in a blizzard,
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Update on that leaked "Where The Wild Things Are" clip that I tried
(and failed) to link to a couple days ago. Apparently it's just a VFX test, thankfully.
You can see the clip here, I promise this time.
NPVIC - I just learned about this particular type of electoral reform. What are your thoughts?
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LOLcat corollary: FAILdogs!
Photofilter - Digitizing Slides . .Does anyone have any experience with this type of slide reader?
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For mrs.pants - here is mdonley's fab zucchini bread recipe. It's soooo good. Anyone who makes it will be in love with mdonely forever and ever.
Whaddya know about Rochester, NY? →Read more...
Wordy Wednesday: Work Jargon →Read more...
DOH! Happy Belated Birthday to mullacc!
Taking NCLEX today Send good thoughts/vibes/energy and luck? I really need all the help I can get.
Music that makes you move! →Read more...
Happy belated birthday mullacc! →Read more...
Getting a loan to pay off credit card debt: Good idea or bad idea?
I'm not a fan of concrete poetry, but this really hit the spot for me. Don't know if I like it simply because it's clever (as in funny clever), but hey. Poetry.
Depressed I don't know what whuffles are, but I need 'em.
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drool-alert level: High. How good does
that look? "Very, very good, indeed," is the correct answer.
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Warning: This is effing depressing. So my friend who was
hospitalized last year for
alcoholism is at it again.
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Church Potluck Time! I give you
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19 February 2008
Please vote for me in the Wired.com "Name the Rogue Satellite Operation" contest.
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My sisters are coming to town the first week of March and I just got us tickets to see THE TYRA BANKS SHOW. Tyra Banks, live in the flesh. OMG I am so excited.
Does this ever happen to you? You discover that some famous person whom you admire and assumed was long dead is, in fact, still very much alive, and it makes you, for some strange reason, extremely happy inside?
This just happened to me with Muhammad Ali.
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WXRT broadcasting tonight's Wilco show live - If there are any fans out there, this should be very cool.
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I'm in love with these paintings (may be nsfw). His site is full of great stuff. I blow up the images and use them for desktop wallpaper.
Here's one for TPS.
Web Advice From Form Designers Please: Web Pages need Web Forms, but how? Technical details inside.
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I am no judge of my emotional health, but physically, I have another cold. When I talk I sound like Tallulah Bankhead. Achoo!
"It is dated, incredible, quite outside acceptable dramatic screen material... Its two characters are neither appealing nor sympathetic enough to sustain interest for an entire picture...Both are physically unattractive and their love scenes are distasteful and not a little disgusting. It’s no bargain at any price. No amount of rewriting can possibly salvage this dated yarn."
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Mister Rogers first welcomed us kids to the neighborhood 40 years ago
today.
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We need God in our government. An interview with four Huckabee supporters who believe, among other things, that Obama plans to get sworn in on a copy of the Koran.
Any emotionally health females left? The last 5 have had issues with a capital "I" So a month ago I went on a quasi-date with a girl I knew through friends.
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18 February 2008
cranbuddhas I LOVE this photo.
What modern convenience should never have been invented?
unabashed foodie post →Read more...
I hate passive aggressive people seriously, when you have negative content for someone, don't sign your note "best wishes." You don't wish the best. Sign it sincerely, instead.
Crap. I bought a $20 lavender plant for my desk at work and failed to water it on Friday. It's all wilted and not coming back and I am sad.
I want to, um, fax you. I just bought a used fax machine at a thrift store and I need to make sure it works. Are any US-ians sitting near a fax machine, and are you willing to receive a test fax? Pretty please?
Looking for poker in all the wrong places. Does anyone play at any online places like pokerparty.net or something like it? Would you recommend any? I've seen ads for so many that I don't know where to start. My husband wants to graduate from his little hand held poker game and his nintendo 64 game to playing actual people.
Set me up with some basic puppy skillz? I'm going to be puppysitting, omg, and I'd like a bit of veteran advice - probably on an ongoing basis once he arrives, but definitely in advance.
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Can you help me find a comment? There was a cool comment months ago on why operating online was so nice for people with autism/Aspergers.
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Basketball anyone? I haven't played basketball since middle school, and I was terrible. I just joined a women's basketball group, where several people are newbies like me. Where can I go online to learn some rules, and what can I do to not look like a total dink? Thanks! I'm athletic, just...basketball...I am so short.
What I did last weekend Is it okay to do shameless self-link here? This is what I was busy doing last weekend, performing in our local college V-Day production of The Vagina Monologues. My husband filmed this on a friend's (the first speaker in the clip) camera. I am the second speaker. It went pretty well, although I HATE THE WAY MY VOICE SOUNDS TO ME.
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Presidents Day! How are USian and ex-pat bunnies celebrating? →Read more...
This is me. Ever since I was a teenager, I've been a "night owl." Which
really sucks when you have to be at work at 7 AM. I think I got about three hours of sleep last night.
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Yesterday at work, I was partnered up with this kid Bryan, who's about 23. I was managing the line of customers and asked one woman "Bryan's helping you, right?" "Yes, the young guy," she answered. Oy.
17 February 2008
Oh. My. God..... this is more Obama Juice, so if you are over it already, don't click.
BUT...if you want to feel like you can do anything, please do. I love this guy.
My Grand Mother passed away last morning. She was over a hundred years old. →Read more...
Advice for a dinosaur laptop? My son found
this ancient Dell Inspiron 3500 in the trash where he works. He's found dvd players, ipods...all kinds of stuff.
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creative ideas for wall art? I have some time on my hands and blank walls. I want to put up some creative art, but am a little stuck.
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Fun Wikipedia game. →Read more...
omg kittens! Or just one? Crosspost from askme.
You guys? It's snowing like crazy in Athens. woo.
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Do you ever get aggravated with invitations? →Read more...
28 wrong things? The illustration inside is supposed to have 28 things wrong with it. I've come up with a possible 15 - 16 so far.
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Rabbit Rescue. Okay, it's a Microsoft Office ad, but it has Amy Sedaris, rabbits, cupcakes, and sprinkles.
16 February 2008
The Faces of MetaChat →Read more...
In the doghouse You've heard about
Hobbette, but you haven't heard about another one of my co-workers who rivals Hobbette in terms of having "issues", if she isn't quite as colourful. Let's call this woman MadKat (yes, I misspent hours of my youth watching
Inspector Gadget).
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(I think Ronnie van Zant would approve). one, two, one, two three, four...
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BP Radio: ROCK MONSTERS! 7pm - 9pm Eastern time (about 50 minutes from now). Come put some RAWK in your Saturday night.
Belated thanks for the Welleriffic birthday wishes!
Shakespeare wants YOU! I know I've seen somewhere an illustration of Willy S. doing the "Uncle Sam Wants YOU!" pose, but my google-fu is apparently weak and I can't shake it out of the intar-tubes. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about or where I could find it?
Grrr! Why do some youtube videos load nicely, and others stammer and stutter? Vexing!!
Preview of "Where The Wild Things Are" by Spike Jonze. Am I the only one totally creeped out by this?
Art of the Street Didn't want to post this over on the blue, because it's old [2005]. But it's nifty.
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Happy Birthday, terrapin! →Read more...
15 February 2008
MetaChat Radio. Radio_Replica: Older punk stuff. Starts at 9:15 for about 1-1/2 hrs. Ramones to Discharge. Uh huh. Pogo or GFO.
The Earth is Not Here for
Us.
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Cranky person takes petty gripe to governmental body and inanity ensues: Incarnation #3,472,789. Or is it #3,472,790?
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From the hilarious song & band title dept: 4. Doof - Dark Secrets Of The Manky Fudgepocket
From
here.
Am I losing my freaking mind or is there a spooky resemblance between the guy in
this black-humored 'to-do list' video and the
NIU shooter?
Today must be Crazy Day. →Read more...
Looking for a housemate or a token? A couple of friends were helping me out with finding a house yesterday afternoon (speaking of which: I found a place yay!). We go through a whole list of accommodation ads, and see one that seems to be a DREAM.
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The media sucks →Read more...
Kidney Stone Update - CT scan was positive for a kidney stone in my left kidney. It's about 6mm by 3mm. Surprise, surprise - there's a 1mm kidney stone in my right kidney. Wheeeee!
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Hundreds night.... The video I linked is for 2004, but tonight is the infamous "hundreds" night at USAFA. My son along with the rest of the class of 2008, graduates from the academy one hundred days from now...tonight they are at a dinner whereupon they find out where they will be stationed as 2nd Lieutenants in the US Air Force. But that's not ALL that's gonna happen tonight...
bwahahahahahahahaha.....
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We're having quite the show outside. →Read more...
Small_ruminant made my day today. That is all.
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My awkward moment of the week. . . . I had to so some actual physical work (it feels good whenever I get to do it)
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Does it not simply piss my cat off to sit at that open window and stare at all those squirrels she's
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Are HBO's glory days over? →Read more...
Note to people staying in fancy downtown hotels: If your room is directly across the street from a large office building, it really doesn't matter how high up your room is, people can still see you if you're standing naked at your window. Especially during standard business hours.
Gaspode 2: The Revenge Coming this September...
Post-Valentine's Grumpiness →Read more...
Project Catwalk. [spoilers!] I don't know why I can't find this information anywhere -- essexjan, other Brits, can you tell me who won and who got eliminated on this week's episode of Project Catwalk? I don't feel like waiting until somebody uploads the episode.
Know what's lousy? I just checked my SPAM folder...
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Photo Friday: Something that amuses you. Suggested by little ol' me.
This is eerie and surreal. It's an audio clip of a shortwave
"numbers station" played over archival film clips from the Berlin wall... it's really haunting. You can hear many, many more recordings of numbers stations
here.
Half Shar-pei,
half mastiff.
100% cute.
Also, probably the porkiest pup ever.
Our "winter fairytale" sidebar art has been brought to you by rhapsodie (top left), iconomy (middle left), casarkos (bottom left), and moonbird (right sidebar).
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Happy Post Valentine's day I got you a cute, and bloody, and adorable, and gorey little animation about the troubles of getting gifts. Warning, headless bodies. But cute!
Animation company shows off their skillz
OMG VALENTINES PIGGY AND PUPPY!!!1 I know it's late, but I only just saw this, and I thought of MeCha immediately. Forgive me for lateness, and sock me hard on the arm if it's a double.
Happy birthday to scody !!!
14 February 2008
Mon Menage A Moi ...
(usendit) musique pour aujourd'hui par Edith Piaf ;-)
Clearly a sign of mental instability Listening to Amy Winehouse and I suddenly think
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Prison break cool story and pics [note: link removed; spammer - taz]
The ups and downs of bicycle commuting (or, taking it on the chin!)
Fun public radio story about a professional chocolate taster. This was just on "Marketplace" tonight. Sort of a fantasy career.
happy v-day to you all! I forgot about that bunny love site again, sorry!! :P I've been quiet except for cuteposts due to some depression issues but I love the lot of ya.
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OMG I am about to die from embarrassment.... ...and i just had to share!
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I just savored a strawberry Hershey's Kiss. What kind of candy are you eating today?
I am my own Valentine. I've just finished a Moon Pie, followed that up with a knockoff Rice Krispies Treat, and now I'm plowing through a king-size Take 5. Hooray for me!
Vampire Weekend's "Oxford Comma" I love this track and the album's pretty good as well. I have a horrible feeling they're very trendy, though.
More choons on last.fm.
We're sick. And we have non-refundable tickets to some shindig.
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Sayings from school days I just now remembered that in 1st grade, if you were swinging in unison with someone else, one of the two would demand to the other "get out of my bathtub!" Does anyone else know this one? Share your own.
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Dallas Bunnies: There's a meetup this Saturday centered around a project I'm involved with, a zombie Valentine's party called
Night of the Loving Dead.
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PJ Harvey - This Is Love Feel free to dedicate this to your partner/lover/crush object/whatever. As for me: it goes out to Science Girl, just like always.
To my Valentines, in which I endeavor for witty responses to anonymous ladies.
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My latest MeCha dream, with cameos by Barack Obama and Brangelina! →Read more...
Ok, why is my stupid internet so slow? →Read more...
New REM videos released under open source licence For you to remix and post onto their YouTube page. Thank goodness the song is better than anything on their last album. Although, really, that wouldn't be difficult!
I just gots a flamingo. My best friend stopped by the house with this...
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Happy birthday, Mrs. Pants! →Read more...
Is anybunny feeling unloved? Let me know. I'm got an itchy valentine-sendin' finger.
Anti-gratitude thread I'm tired of feeling grateful and guilty that...
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3-point update! →Read more...
Can someone explain wine to me? Because I don't get it.
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My Valentines for You are inside...
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"I should not be." Behold, the Octophant!
Diane von Furstenberg OMG I love the collection she showed the other day.
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Online Dating Helping Pathetic Women Get Their Hopes Crushed More Efficiently Some of you will find this fake Onion news item offensive, misogynistic, and just plain mean, but even though I am one of these "pathetic women", I just had to post this because I find it so damn funny. Probably largely because I am in awe that the actors in this video managed to deliver their lines in such a flawlessly deadpan fashion.
HEY, Y'AWWL!! Had to at least try my best to get on here today (glad I made it) so that i can thank each and every one of you for your kind words and heartfelt comments around this time last year. I owe you guys so much. The phone calls to the hospital, the visits, THE CARDS!!!! You guys are AMAZING! So amazing that you've recieved shout outs on a song included on our next CD!!!
Yup! I LUVZ YA!!!
And thank you all for keepin' me alive!!!
P.S.: Hey, 'Pode...I owe you a HUGE one!!!
Thank ya, homegirl!!!!
*JF*
A Good Thing, IMO. I am one of those scent-averse people,
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Does anyone ever end up sending two Valentines to the same bunny? →Read more...
carnage Guardian decides to get a young hip writer for their travel blog. Only the readers spot that it's one of the writer's sons...carnage follows.
Poll: Valentine's Day or Valentines Day? I always use the apostrophe, maybe due to interference with the Spanish Día de San Valentín.
But I can also see the case for it being a plural of all the valentines (i.e. valentine cards) that get sent out.
Which do you think it is?
Pink Vodka - Cupid (Happy Valentines bunnies)
I got you an ad. A bit like those bowling loving men who get their wives bowlingballs, I know, but It's from the heart!
What time is it? It's Valentimes! From: Cheerleader! So and so! Whats her face! And the ugly one!
Q: what is a short allegory to explain Barthes' The Death of an Author? I need a short narrative, analogy, allegory, illustration, what have you, to explain the difference between authorial readers and actual readers- any thoughts? I can't seem to come up with anything myself.
13 February 2008
Holy Crap! Flickr just greeted me in LOLCAT. OH HAI...
My new neighbors are turning into a nightmare. Today, I cleaned up their trash in our yard that included several half-empty Bud Ice tallboys and a (shudder) dirty diaper.
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How good a teacher are you? →Read more...
Fanny shose some cool pics [note: link removed; spammer - taz]
Bunny Love is back for all your super-secret anonymous valentines needs!
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Tick Tock. I'm very excited.
That is all.
Tutankhamun the curse cool pics [note: link removed; spammer - taz]
BK was here. Graffiti by US soldiers in Iraq.
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I just tried a Reese's Whipps. I thought it would be like a Reese's version of a 3 Musketeers. I was wrong.
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Happy Rollins Day! →Read more...
Menu-planning So I have an abundance of butternut squash to cook. I have plenty of yummy recipes, including a squash and coconut milk soup that's served cool, not hot. It's pretty much just squash, butter, coconut milk and a pinch of brown sugar. What on earth would you serve with it? I can think of anything beyond a small handful of nuts, but I'm sure that doesn't say "meal" to most folks.
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Dreamweaver Idiot Needs Slow, Patient Help, Please. HALP! I cannot figure out how to transfer my remote site into a local site - in other words, I can only connect to this site via ftp; it doesn't exist on my computer. Please can you slowly gently walk me through this no doubt basic process?
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What in the bloody hell is Congress doing having steriod hearings? →Read more...
Sometimes it's the little things that make me happy. →Read more...
Going, Going, Pregnant
A German woman became pregnant after having anonymous sex with six different men who bid on the erotic encounter in an online auction. Now a Stuttgart court has ruled that she has a right to know the men's identities, despite the Web site's assurances that their personal data would be kept private.
Where should we go on vacation this year? →Read more...
It's SNOW DAY!! And I feels like dancin'! Radio Free JanetLand gets funky with her bad self, starting in just a couple minutes and going on for about and hour twenty.
Further signs of the apocalypse: so I installed a fresh batch of Windows updates and one of those patches was some sort of a trigger program required for installing Vista SP1. Which can only mean that SP1 is about to land, making Vista better and faster than XP and leading to people switching over from XP to Vista. This, of course, will be the end of the world as we know it.
Valentine messages 1 2 3 4
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Really impatient to start the bunny loving! Is it February 14th yet? Now? What about now?
Disneyland's House of the Future (
previously on MeFi)
is coming back! Well, not the same house (sponsored by Monsanto and promoting
Plastic!) but an all new future (sponsored by Microsoft and HP and promoting whatever they're selling).
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New Yorkers (TPS, jonmc, Pips) →Read more...
Photo Friday Update I drew three more suggestions from my magic plastic baggie, so we're booked through March 7th. If you have suggestions, add them to the Wiki or list them here and I'll add them later.
Embracing My Inner Melonhead I’ve had
this song stuck in my head for something like a month now, and it’s showing no signs of going away. Now I share the joy with you.
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Yeah, so I forget how great Rock and Roll is when I spend too much time listening to old-timey stuff. But I saw the New York Dolls tonight, and jesus, they're fabulous. Lonely Planet Boy was an invocation of Johnny Thunder, and Jet Boy was sublime. They also did a fabulous cover of Piece of my Heart, with David Jo. channeling Janis Joplin. There isn't a sexier man alive.
12 February 2008
I think I want to henna my hair. Advice? Suggestions? Horror stories?
I love Farmer's Markets. Today, there was a middle-aged man playing incredible guitar and singing "Yesterday."
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Who can knit? Make me
this!
via
weedwhackers .... weedeaters... wacka wacka wacka Anyone have any advice?
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SOUUUUUUP Yes!!!!
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My husband has a Man Cold. I don't feel so good myself. He has no bell to ring, but I do tell him, "poor little bunny."
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I have a 3.75-oz can of Doritos in front of me, which I purchased at the Dollar Store for -- get this -- $1. (No tax! It's food!) It turns out that 1 oz. of Doritos contains 2% of the RDA of both iron and calcium. So...
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The ninja warrior of dogdom The Plott hound is one of 4 breeds debuting at Westminster this week.
What are some books, in your opinion, should be turned into movies? What are some books that you think you would go see in the theaters? I think some of Meg Cabot's book, like All American Girl would do good.
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Your Webcomic Is Bad And You Should Feel Bad is back from hiatus (Yay!). Their first new target is the utterly despicable Chugworth Academy (Yay!) They've turned off commenting (Boo!).
Devil`s Town pictures story about Devil`s Town with some nice pics. [note: link removed; spammer - taz]
My B-movie daydream. I love love LOVE the concept behind
this book, and it's a shame the book itself gets such a weak review. It sounds like it'd make a great movie, though...
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What makes a movie boring? I started writing a movie this morning on a book that I really liked. After looking at what I wrote, I think it might be very boring, although anyone who would have read the book, Elsewhere, would love the movie, it also doesnt contain many jokes or puns.
But my question is, what makes a movie boring?
I just had a wacky spammy phone call... in which I didn't understand what the person what talking about, so I asked him in Greek, are you looking for my husband, Mr.Taz? And he said... something. That I didn't understand, so I told him in Greek, "I don't really speak Greek", and in English, "maybe you want my husband?" And he asked me to hold on. After which another guy came on and said in English, "you called us about Xproduct?" and I said, "No, I'm sure you have the wrong number," (and I'm really sure, because not only would we never, ever call about any product, my husband screams "
Fuck you!" into the phone when people call us like this).
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Incredible Sky Pics . . .I saw one of this person's photos going by in the stream, and clicked on it. I was so entranced that I made him/her a contact, and he/she (probably a he) reciprocated.
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Any home networking experts in the house? I'm usually not too bad at this, but I'm stuck here...
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The Lone Ranger. The payoff to this story is pretty hilarious, but I also just love the way Jay Thomas tells the tale.
I finally got a Dremel! This is the thread where we show love for our power tools.
If you liked Children of Men, Sunshine and Primer... you might also like what?
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11 February 2008
A lexicographer goes to AskMe... →Read more...
Westminster Dog Show! Who's watching it? (spoilers, I guess)
postcard from malta some interesting pics from malta [note: link removed; spammer - taz]
Boys Don't Cry I dreamed I was at a library convention.
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New Crock Pot! Now what do I do with it?
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Some photos from my trip so far, if'n you're interested. Onward to Belize in a few days for more aimless wandering.
Uncle dying. →Read more...
Animal facts or just a reason to link to that puppy picture.
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And this year's award for best excuse for missing a meetup... ...goes to
Marxchivist.
Your weekend in six words. Admiringly lifted from
here.
Question About the Hatred of Hillary Clinton I thought I'd ask this here, since it seems like it could result in something ugly at Ask Me.
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Possible future Photo Friday idea? The CD Cover Meme Pool. I love this - you get assigned a band name and an album title. For the third step I think it would be fun to use each other's images instead of the random flickr ones. What do you think?
Winter Blahs - Who's with me? →Read more...
Back to defending the indefensible. →Read more...
Ruh-Roh! Artificial sweeteners may encourage weight gain.
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10 February 2008
Stupid Airlines - why a round-trip ticket commonly sells for less than one-way.
Good lord. Will someone please remove Katie Couric from 60 Minutes? →Read more...
Is anyone else watching the Grammys? →Read more...
Recommend me a good, user-friendly, cheap (or better yet free) FTP program? Cheers.
OMG Blood in Buffalo →Read more...
FireFox Help: Is there an add-on that when invoked, will show class and id boundries\lines in-line? I seem to remember one that revealed the pages CSS. but can't find it.
Late Weekend Update. Didja do it? Whatever "it" was.
I'm thevivid dream queen, but then I haven't been dreaming at all recently. Last night I finally did dream and all I recall is "the bottom went out on the euro, that's why everything is floating".. and
everything was floating all anti-gravity-like.
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What WepApp Would a Woodchuck Dev? I am looking for ideas for a new website.
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Time to ask: Has Gmail become teh sux0r ? Today I can't even load Gmail except in basic HTML mode. I always have to refresh several times to see my account. Is it my fault? I'm finally chiming in with what many others here have been asking. DO YOU HEAR US, GOOFLE? WE WERE YOUR FIRST ORIGINAL GMAIL BETA USERS. Ghaaaah.
Hammy! OMG! NOM! NOM! NOM! With a !mon !mon !mon at the end.
Do British journalists change the slang in their articles on Americans? I always wondered about this, but not enough to post to the green...do British journalists change the slang in their articles on Americans?
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Prehistoric Hip-Hop. →Read more...
My band has a show tonight. It will be shown live on the Interweb! →Read more...
"Hello. You are soon about to witness an exclusive live performance, composed and performed just for you."
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09 February 2008
Hellbient Radio - playing the catchiest songs I know...now!
Post 98: So, whattaya up to tonight? It's a pretty quiet Saturday night around here.
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At 6:15 this morning, there was a loud crash in the kitchen. →Read more...
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Pasta stars or fusilli? So it's cold and rainy and blustery out, and I'm making a big pot of hearty minestrone. It has kidney beans, dried edamame, lentils, barley, carrots, onion, leek, green beans, tomato, zucchini, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, arugula, potato (not a lot), bacon, garlic, and a little red wine. I also want to throw in some pasta. I have tiny pasta stars and fusilli. Which would you use?
A sign of the times: Wal-Mart had a weak January because shoppers used their Xmas gift cards to buy food instead of luxury items.
What happened to this kid? image that you see in this youtube video has me perplexed, what is the backstory on that scary photo?
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"Bin laden asks terrorists to boycott a new line of clothes." - that's all the email said, and I figured this is going to spread like mad so I wanted to show you the ad first.
yes, it's a viral, I'd like to talk about the merits of using Bin Ladin in one. Crazy? Dumb?
Question for iPhone users -- I thought I wanted an iPhone until I read this:
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08 February 2008
in an earlier thread about pink floyd, i mentioned a bbc radio recording of a live performance from 1970 or 1971 (most likely 1971, despite what the id3 tag says), pre-
meddle...
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I iz a Cyclommuter! →Read more...
Down at the Famous Weird-Ass Bookstore, →Read more...
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' On the day I was born, way too many years ago, this was the number one song in the U.S.A. Here's a few fun facts you may not know about the song:
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"Tetris is shelves, shelves Tetris," - that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
(via)
Pasta With Broccoli Rabe - I've made this twice in the past two weeks, to rave reviews both times. It's orgasmic. I used rice noodles for my serving, otherwise I made it exactly like the recipe.
Weekend Update! Whatcha doing?
ask mecha: anyone good with the wordpress backend? i have a technical question...
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omg mushroom but i think i'm most fond of the
pinecone and
polar bears just because i am fond of polar bears.
I see your cute and raise you. . . This could be a duplicate, but it's cute, anyway.
Happy birthday, BoringPostcards and blackkar!
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How are you? No, I mean really. How are you?
Phases of Pink Floyd This is a pretty cool review of a Pink Floyd box set, an overview of their career, and it includes links to a bunch of their music videos.
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Crossposting: Recommend your favorite women scifi writers and books, por favor. Reposting here for those who don't belong to MeFi, or in case you want to discuss more.
07 February 2008
Can we please talk about The Wire?--SPOILERS! →Read more...
I need confirmation on/solace about how much this sucks. →Read more...
I went to my first restaurant opening tonight! →Read more...
dear mecha artists (pony request) could we please have an iPhone/iPod touch icon for mecha? It seems to be my number one mobile browse!
In this thread we recommend music Trying to find some new tunes
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Paging Deborah How was your doctor's appointment? Are you okay/feeling better?
Save the Manatee! for mothers day.
Seriously not a MeFi joke...yet
The worst place you ever fell asleep Inspired by rainbaby's thread on sleeping in the car
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This happened this weekend, at a shopping center I frequent, a few miles from my home. I've been in that store.
Now Westboro Baptist Church wants to picket the victim's funerals.
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What are your all-time-favorite Anonymous Ask Metafilter questions?
Dramatic lemur! A double, surely?
Postal nonsense update: Frustration and nothing to be done. Along with Xmas cards, yesterday, Feb 6th, I received a car insurance bill sent Dec 21st. At some point they canceled me for non-payment and I've been driving uninsured.
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I just slept in my car at lunch: A Do or A Don't?
"Poke fun of" and Britsh language anomalies →Read more...
Romney out? CNN is reporting that Romney's about to "suspend" his campaign. Hopefully Huckabee will fight to stay in the game, instead of joining McCain on a
nightmare ticket.
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The Minnesota Starvation Study. Fascinating article about a WWII-era study of the physical and mental effects of starvation, and how they're ignored in our diet culture today. Volunteers were conscientious objectors to the war who wanted to help researchers discover the best way to treat starvation in Europe -- it's certainly not part of the war effort I've ever seen publicized.
McCartney / Mills. What do you guys think of this situation?
Snow job Yesterday when I got home I was touched and delighted to see that some unknown, thoughtful person had shovelled my front walk and porch steps for me. Of course it snowed all night and is all filled in again, so I must presently go out and shovel. Which bunnies are digging their way out of their bunny holes today?
Any New York bunnies going to Siouxsie tomorrow?
I tell ya, I get no respect. I had to laugh when I saw his tombstone.
"World's Highest Standard of Living." An amazing photo from 1937, by Margaret Bourke-White.
More of her photos, and some
background on that first image
(scroll about 2/3 down the page).
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Belly Button Lint!! I just absent-mindedly cleaned out my belly-button lint while brainstorming!! It was a weird feeling. Why? Why did I do that?
06 February 2008
My local post is screwed... I received three holiday cards today, two of which were from MeChites (thanks Big Music and youngergirl!), all mailed around the 17th. Of December. Today's the 6th of February. Can I sue the mail for belated cheer?
The Bees does The Bard : Perchance ye rest a while as
Miss Beatrix does her impromtu interpretation of selections from Hamlet, as Hamlet, using
her newly acquired accoutrements. Skip the back stage action and
start with a hush--
How and how often do you communicate with your significant other?
You can put it on the board... YES! CNN's magic TV map is bread (sliced).
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Another Ethical Sitch So I am walking down Willamette St., which passes as the main drag. It's cold and drizzly. I am on my way to the gym. I notice a
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Another generation discovers sex. Harvard students start a sexuality and gender magazine, and head to the NH primaries to interview candidates, campaigners, and citizens about sex and sex-related issues in politics.
Ask MeCha: Etiquette question: how to identify a mystery wedding present? →Read more...
Radio b - Why You Wanna Be Like That? More or less two and a half hours or your life that you'll probably want back, starting at 11 AM Pacific (or just under an hour from when I post this).
Hello hello! I have not been to Metachat in a looooooooong time. I finally (well, 3 years ago) ponied up for a Mefi account (it was the first purchase on my credit card!) so I've been hanging round there instead.
How is everyone doing?
Parked in the close outside my flat is
this.
It belongs to the electrician who's working on the neighbour's security lights. What a great little truck!
Jaunums: Wordy Wednesday - What are your favorite words in other languages? →Read more...
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05 February 2008
Eat, Drink and.... well, Eat and Drink from the same container! Anybunny been to this Korean fried chicken chain with 6 locations (so far) in the USofA?
Levitra has a new 'global ambassador.' Also, research by Bayer has uncovered a whole new set of men!
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The Flu Suxx0rz It started just as I was leaving work yesterday... dizzy and dry heaves. Last night was rough. Feeling better now but still running a little fever. For what it's worth.
If you could re-live a day of your life again, which would it be and why?
maybe i should be voting republican? just got a mass email from a friend of mine announcing her pregnancy,
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Smells like burning! I microwaved a cookie for 30 seconds
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I've got the snots today!! →Read more...
Baboon dads have surprising influence on daughters' fitness. The more time a baboon dad spends with his daughters, the more offspring those daughters tend to have. "The paternal assistance [the senior author's] research group documented in yellow baboons may also be at work in other types of monkeys, she added. 'I think our data make a strong case that should be looked at,' she said."
New Years Resolution Bunnies - Report! →Read more...
I HAZ VOTED Happy Super Tuesday, everyone! Reports from the polls?
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I still have no idea who I'm voting for. And I need to vote in an hour. This feels weird. I hate not having things decided. What do you need to decide today?
Mardi Gras samba! Here is some Fat Tuesday samba, courtesy of Rio de Janeiro’s
Teresa Cristina e Grupo Semente:
Acalanto;
Viver;
Quantas Lagrimas;
Lavoura;
Portela.
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04 February 2008
*pfffffft*WOW. Obama is the next prez fer sure. Does anyone doubt all the other candidates are sunk, especially now that this video is out? I'm VERY cynical about ALL politicians, but even I nearly got teary-eyed watching it (which disturbs me.)
Halp! Anybody know Sketchup? →Read more...
OMG OMG OMG I'm going to
TAM 6!! Any mefites other than asavage going?
Anger! I hate cell phone companies!
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The Hawaii chair! Hula your way through the day, and take the work out of your
workout.
Damn, my work just blocked YouTube and Google Video. *Shakes fist*
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Some of you were in IRC when I talked about buying new silver boots. And there they are.
I just came up with a filthy product idea. →Read more...
Please help a befuddled old person with FaceBook. →Read more...
so, i emailed a concept proof to my boss, a low resolution file just so he could get the general idea of where i'm going with it, and he responded, "not readable clearly!!" i know what he meant, but i still find that answer amusing.
Anybody here hated Juno? Because I so did.
This makes me smile! Scroll all the way to the bottom and look at Project #4. :D
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Why I am worried about Britney. I was never a fan, but still...
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Is it just me, or... does the acronym for
this Canadian Stock Index (GSPTSE) just look... wrong?
I love my kitchen gadgets My brand spanking new
Kyocera Ceramic Knife.
This thing is
profoundly sharp, but it's hard to get my mind around it.
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AskMeCha: Trailer Park Bunniez Have you ever lived in a trailer park (or even just a mobile home)? Known anybody that did?
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03 February 2008
We Are The Champions! 18 and ONE, Motherfuckers!! It's pandemonium in NYC!
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Playing a totally random set now. →Read more...
OMG! I found a job! It's a really progressive organization. I'll have great benefits. And here's a link to the website of their local office. I'm so happy.
Sunday Classics from Radio Free JanetLand. Starting at 3:00 EST (20:00 GMT I think) and going for about 91 minutes. Take a break from all the Super Bowl hype with a real mishmash of high culture stuff.
I've finally given in. I'm just not cut out to code. I can do spatial things, 3D things, drawings & diagrams, and make connections of concepts all day long. But as many times as I've really tried, I just canNOT write code. *sigh*
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A perfect Latvian weekend! And a big turtle statue! Plus the national Eurovision semifinals and beachcombing for amber!
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No One Here but Us Chickens - Recipe Request So Friday, the 4 cats, the dog and I share a chicken. Everything is fine except the kitten's table manners.
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GO GIANTS! I shall be
here for the game. GO GIANTS!
I'm Feeling Small Also...(send me a message in small font) →Read more...
Mecha radio test 2. Starting 2pm GMT; 9am EST; 6am PST.
I won't hog it any more today I promise.
Anyone have any weekend projects to share? This weekend I am working on garden stuff. It's remarkably only 2ish months until our last frost, and I'm surprised at all the things I can plant now or in a week or so. I'm going to try to get some peas in today. Whee!
Meanwhile. I realized that I needed a way to get my seedlings started, and thanks to
box, I think
this one will do quite nicely.
Mecha radio test starting now ~11:30 GST. Some random tunes from my hard drive.
02 February 2008
I found a new band to like! →Read more...
Heh heh. I just put my significant other to bed, since he'd dozed off after our dinner (chicken tetrazzini that he made) and a couple of drinks. He was talking in his sleep and said the weirdest thing...
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No. YOU'RE ooshki snugglebuns.
Talk about your prize in the crackerjack box. →Read more...
California Indian Gaming Propositions: Does anyone have any reasonably good sources for getting good information about them? The whole issue seems like a complete mess, I don't trust any of the ads they're running, and I don't even know where to start.
Podecast! Starting at 10pm EST, 7pm Pacific. Saturday night mix, nothing too slow. Rock and pop music.
Whoa, It Worked! I just cooked lamb - for the first time ever - and my dog flipped out.
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One dollar. What's the translation? Something to obliterate to begin...? Maybe it's really just a coupon for sports games, food, and cars & hats?!
Dyer's Burgers "The owners boast that they've used the same grease since 1912, though you'll be (somewhat) pleased to learn the oil is strained nightly to remove solids (and augmented when needed)"
anyone got a good general ledger template for mac excel? I am mooing in alarm over here at the mess my boss's made of the damn books.
Do you drop in? As in, going over to friends' houses without calling or emailing prior? I did it all the time in college, but after college, nyewp.
Aw, nuts. "We appreciate that marketing chocolates is a matter of great commercial sensitivity and hope that we have not inadvertently hit a delicate spot by drawing attention to the fact that these sweets looked and felt like testes."
Ask MeCha: is there any way to post links to del.icio.us using an iPhone? →Read more...
Can we please stop referring to genitals as "junk"? →Read more...
OMG Mongolian kids! Students in Ulaanbataar getting acquainted with their new XO laptops.
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Seattle meetup update, in which elizard can't make the meetup she herself called.
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01 February 2008
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BP Radio: Friday Nite Is Dynomite
starting at 11:15 pm EST
Seriously? *sigh* It's been a long day...
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Radio Melancholy DarkForest Because I feel like it. For about an hour. Starting at 10PM Eastern Time.
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Jury duty Always the same difficulty...
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Time stops at Grand Central Station Those Improv Everywhere guys are at it again.
This thing i did today , it might be pretty good or it might be disgusting, i just don't know yet.
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goddamnit whining thread. Go! I'm sick in bed and my eyeballs ache! Now you!
small piece of glass stuck in my foot! How do I get it out? Shower first? Oh am I going to die? I have tweezers but I'm scared of infection...no insurance right now.
Catchy songs that are unsingable... This MIA song is currently stuck in my head, and it's very frustrating because I can't sing it out loud (without sounding foolish).
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At some point last night, I woke up out of a dead sleep and said to myself, "Tomorrow I've got to find a way to work the word ________ into a conversation."
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Emailer service Do any of you have recommendations for good email services? I mean the kind you use to manage a mailing list.
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Adventures in branding. We make a bed for little girls. Hey, let's call it 'Lolita'! High five!
Bunny! OMG! Flash video with sound.
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Chris Rock on rap music I love this bit. Happy Friday.
Sometimes toughing it out pays off Alternate Title: SNOW DAYYYYY!
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What was the last thing you regret buying?
"Exxon Mobil said Friday record oil prices boosted its fourth-quarter earnings to $11.66 billion, the highest ever operating profit by a U.S. company."
Photo Friday: Sanctuary A favorite place, a park, a cafe, wherever you go to relax/feel safe, suggested by seanyboy?
Is there any interest in a classical music show on MeCha Radio? I'm no Naxos web radio, but I've probably got enough stuff lying around the house to make a decent playlist, so if that sounds like something you'd like, please chime in.
Good Morning I can't sleep.
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Three-point Friday update →Read more...
Goodbye to Vegas. I have the last bag to pack, including various computer peripherals, so for those who know me, my online access will be spotty for a couple months.
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31 January 2008
Of authors and supermarkets. →Read more...
Reducing both the obvious and subtle of a common experience to its most simple and expressive form. Have you ever summed up or heard someone sum up a situation or event perfectly in just a couple of words?
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Radio Free JanetLand. Starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. 90 minutes of pop-y music. Dance around the room if you like.
Almost too sweet After weeks of listening to people bad mouth big cats, this was a nice change.
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I effing hate the BMV. →Read more...
Natural Selection Speed Date II: Sugar Mamas and Boy Toys Pocket Change is paying tribute to the women who publicly declare they have the means and they have the needs. Symbiosis has allowed ugly rich men to attract young gorgeous money-hungry women for centuries; it is now the women’s turn. . . . →Read more...
B3 Organ Grinders What are some of your favorite bands/songs with prominent organ?
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Today's heartwarming story 88 monkeys are rescued from laboratory hell in Chile and start a new life in Dorset.
Not from the Daily Mail, so, sadly, no cute pictures.
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Mexico Furious Over German "Finger In Butt" Song NSFW photo (not 100% S, it's a little iffy, a little . . . cheeky, you might say.)
What's the most interesting biography you've read?
Great Olan Mills Portraits of Yesteryear Yes, it's snarkery of the highest order.
Dumb things our pets do -- go! 1. My cat curls up in front of the wall radiator, even when it's not on! I'm like, dude, it's just a cold spot in the hallway. 2. Sometimes my dog sees a small dog a block away and mistakes it for a cat. If she's off leash (it's a quiet street and she knows not to go off sidewalks) she then skitters down the sidewalk all excited toward said cat-dog and then stops short and walks away casually when she realizes it's a dog.
OH YEAH *bursting through a wall near you*
Break it down! A new JibJab starring me, the Twinkie, and my Dad.
Update on squid jerky... ...apparently they serve it with mayonnaise, for dipping.
That is all.
If someone mentions "the big game", pour a bud light on the ground in memory of the Bud Bowl - it's the Superbowl Commercials drinking game. :P
Happy last birthday of January to danostuporstar !
30 January 2008
eBay question: If a listed item has a s&h price and I buy the item is the seller obligated to sell it to me for the price I bought it for even if they discover that they made a mistake and undercharged on shipping?
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FoodFilter I'm thinking about edging back toward a more vegetarian diet. Not "real" vegetarian, but vegetarian plus fish plus free range chicken.
Question: What non-red-meat food item might replace the yummy goodness of bacon in a BLT? Is there any way to get seitan crispy like bacon? Any other ideas?
Kari's new hair? No good.
Wendellsday Night at the Radio 9PM Eastern, for those of you not watching airplanes on conveyor belts.
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Muddgirl Radio Test 1 Starting at 6:45 CST, ending before Wendell comes on. Mostly upbeat college rock songs with some surprises
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When Bad Headlines Attack... ... or, "Is that a crowbar in your pants, or does this wisecrack NOT apply to women?"
A Picture Worth A Thousand Words The "nuns 'n' nudes" ad irks catholics, but beyond the shock value, the picture is quite intriguing. +Enlarge. [nude male butt alert]
I feel vindicated. Thanks to a sudden blast of arctic air and several inches of snow,
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You-oughta-know-it's-annoying filter. →Read more...
I want this. WantWantWantWant. Want.
Radio now. For an hour. A bit loud and angry at first, mellowing out toward the end.
Jeremy Beadle. Dead at 59. I'm pretty shocked by this. He was a staple of my Saturday night TV when I was a young teenager.
Nice to meet you! Hi! Newbie. Just wanted to greet y'all.
Lent is coming early this year Anyone giving up anything?
How do you make use of your apple warranty for a macbook pro? My other half's mbp is not burning or reading dvds (but not cds). If I take it to the apple store, do I need to bring documentation with me or do they just get the warranty info off the serial number?
What's the longest you've ever waited in line? And what were you waiting for?
Talk me out of it!!? I'm all weight-lossy and pink hair-confident and feel like getting freaky with the vinyl. STEP IN, O wise bunnies.
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD BECAUSE I AM PISSED OFF AND I DEMAND AFFIRMATION
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Edwards drops out Article states that Edwards has asked the other Democratic candidates to commit to making poverty a central issue in their campaign and in their potential White Houses.
I have been right all along. . . As part of my job, I do a lot of water testing in school buildings,
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Bad and Good! BAD: my power went out last night and my alarm didn't go off as a result, I woke up 20 min. after I should have already been on the bus!
GOOD: My roommate texted me to say I should stay home if I can since winds are 50 mph, I called my team lead, and he said he didn't think it would be safe for me to try and make it in. So... snow day!
Ultrasonic laughter has been recorded during groundbreaking rat-tickling experiments. In an article on teh funny from "Damn Interesting". But laughing rats? Really?
Apparently. So what has gaspode really been doing with those rats, then?
29 January 2008
My corsetry pictures Since people asked... here some of them are. They were taken by a good friend of mine,
Luke Copping, in his studio. The gal in zebra did both of our makeup (and, is his girlfriend).
A story with teeth This one's gross, but so damn funny.
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Hi, I'm Canadian! Pleased to meet you.
Venting I'm replacing two ceiling registers in the basement apartment of my house. The opening is too large and the screws only meet air. (The old ones were held up by screws on the edges of the vent.) Is there any easy way to fix this? Perhaps make some sort of frame of heavy duty tape around the opening so the screws have something to go into? The new registers are very lightweight and it won't take much to secure them.
ShitSenders. Uh, do not want.
The Stupids Step Out. jonmc and Hugh Janus enjoy an afternoon of drinking, food and crafts.
There's Been a Coup! The more inside button is no more!
Long live more on the outside!
Rah rah rah!
Romance Update -- let's go! Okay, after about 10 to 12 months of near a-sexuality, I've decided to make an effort again. My plan is to have go out on at least one date in March, and hopefully some rolls in the hay by end o' month.
Anyone else care to update?
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Does anybody take Zyrtec D? So, after getting the whole "it's prescription...unlike Zyrtec" to "OH...wait no you're right, it is OTC like regular Zyrteec" run-around at CVS--it turns out they don't have any Zyrtec D in for me to even buy.
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WHY CAN'T I BE SKINNY LIKE THE FRIENDS?? *ahem* sorry. Channeling Margaret cho for a moment there.
But yes, I got my pics back from my corset photo shoot.
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Mo'Nique makes Oprah cry And me, too! I love a good afternoon cry.
More radio starting now. Kind of a test, mostly random stuff, about an hour's worth.
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Remember Lambo? It turns out he ran away because ... well, you can read the full story of where he'd been and where he is now
here.
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Loose vs Lose. Spelling pet peeve of the day. "Loose" = not tight, like a shoelace, or a tooth. "Lose" = get rid of, misplace, as in extra weight, or keys.
"People in the crowd gave him a cigarette and grapes until the rescue services arrived."
WTF?
SOTU - What's with the Red Blazers? I only watched a few minutes of the State of the Union, but
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Radio b- It's a wicked life, but what the hell? I'm going to be listening to some music while I do housework today. You are welcome to listen along, and if you wanna tackle that sink full of dirty dishes while you're at it, I won't mind. The frenzy starts at approximately 10:00 AM Pacific.
V-Day is coming. We're gonna do the Valentines again this year, right? Right?
So, my daughter emails me from Korea, and she tells me kim chee is nasty. But she likes squid jerky.
Up till this time I had no idea squid jerky existed.
That is all.
I've been reading this webcomic for the past hour or so, instead of working.
This strip is great. So are the rest.
Has anyone else noticed the sheer amount of Ikea stuff that shows up on Who, Torchwood and Sarah Jane? Do they not have any other shops in Wales? Just an observation.
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28 January 2008
The Song Retains The Name I’m guessing that MeCha is not Led Zeppelin Fan Central, but there might be a couple of you who’ll appreciate this: last week, I was given a stack of Zep bootlegs. I am now taking this opportunity to share one of them with you.
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Design Challenge: Take Back the Bathroom! Sticker Campaign This thread was the
last straw! We've discussed it here before. We've complained to our friends. We've dealt with other people's nasty inconsideration. It's time to take action, once and for all. Designers, to the barricades!
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chococat, interior designer. I'm in the kids' section of Apartment Therapy!
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Oh. My. God. Greatest. Pet. Evah! You know I love axolotls. Well ...
AskMecha: who does this animated gif represent? Does anyone know where this animated gif is from and who it represents? I stole it from somewhere to use as an avatar but have no idea what it is.
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Yay! New Nicolai Dunger album! Straight from the Swedish online place early last week, into the post and onto my doormat this morning. Yay Swedish singer/songwriter types.
Question for the ladies Toilet etiquette.
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yay, and finally! I finally had an amusing-enough observation to end up on boingboing.
I can die happy now.
I discovered two new microwave-related ways to be dumb in rapid succession. →Read more...
my first php program!!! (well, okay, this is actually my second, the first one being a simple "hello world!" print command)→Read more...
Any mechazens in Paris? You know, the one in France? →Read more...
Since it seems to be a slow day here, I am posting this link. It says that Firefox has a 16% market share,
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Flo? "This account is disabled?"
What's the etiquette for
giving an informational interview about a past employer? I'm not really thrilled with the company, and I probably wouldn't recommend that anyone go work for them, mainly because the whole culture was dysfunctional. But
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omg puppy vs robot! warning: lots of woofin'!
MeFite Careers? Is there a
Metafilter post about what users do for a living that I can not find? There must be one somewhere.
TV shows you like that are cancelled I'm just getting into
Dead Like Me, and it's so sad, because I know there are only two seasons. But I guess I can enjoy those two seasons. And, I liked
Journeyman a lot, but I guess that's cancelled, too. Anyone else have a cancelled TV show on their mind?
Happy birthday to rhapsodie !!!
27 January 2008
U.S. Men's Figure Skating Championship Ends In Tie. Lysacek defeats Weir on strength of long program to claim tie-breaker.
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Radio Mecha - Music Box: Bobby Hutcherson Here I am, on the Radio Mecha, playing some '60s and '70s jazz. There's a wide variety of bandleaders and styles, but every song features my favorite vibraphonist, Bobby Hutcherson. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
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chrismear radio thing. A brief Sunday hour of some laid-back music, a little sweet, a little melancholy. Starting at 7pm EST, midnight GMT.
I haz absinthe. Not absinthe flavored liquer, but real French Absinthe from France. I'm lubing my liver with a beer first. I called Hugh Janus, figuring he might want to be in on this, but he hasn't called back.
Oh. Dear. God. NSF anyone with a weak stomach. Really. I'm not kidding.
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Oh teh poor li'l kyoot! Be sure to click the video link ('Cat's history')and watch right to the end where it looks as if she's trying to hide her sad little face with her useless extra paw.
Are other people having problems with gmail, or did someone hack my account? My password's not working, and I know that it's correct.
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kd lang Hallelujah After Neil Young had an aneuryism in 2005, he cancelled his appearance at the Juno awards in his hometown Winnipeg. kd lang stepped in with a searing rendition of "
Hallelujah" which ends with her in tears on the stage.
Podecast! Starting at 2pm (ish). 2 hours of New Zealand music, many genres, many time periods.
I had an ocular migraine this morning. It was my first one. I asked mrs chewie if she would still love me if I had a brain tumor. She said yes. Both my parents had multiple strokes and I really, REALLY would rather not follow them. It was probably triggered by that creepy artist picture I linked in the random thoughts thread.
I can't say I don't get offers.... I sometimes receive entertaining communiqués from strange men on Facebook.
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Three point weekend update. →Read more...
This is not the BP you are looking for. However, I am playing for a short while, starting now.
26 January 2008
IRC Party Come to #bunnies for a Saturday night bonanza.
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Radio MeCha: 80's Dance. Extended dance remixes of 80's songs, and some that sound like they're from the 80's. Starting 3pmPST/6pmEST/11pmGMT.
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Metachat Radio FAQ page. To all people thinking of doing a radio show but aren't sure how to start, I've created a new page on the Wiki.
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Facebook scrabble. I have some scrabble games to finish up. I'm looking at you rhizome and teloki. If anyone else wants to play, I'm "Puke AndCry" on facebook.
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my vacuum cleaner doesn't suck :( →Read more...
Today's SF meetup has been moved to its original time and location (1:00 p.m. at Chrissy Field).
iPod n00b questions -- Hope!
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Dear NYC bunnies I am coming to your fair city the first week of April.
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So, I'm listening to Morning Becomes Eclectic (in particular, the show with Caribou)
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Airport reviews wanted We run a new blog dedicated to the word's airports. For years we've been frustrated by the poor quality of airport guides and thought that we would try and build a better one. Would anyone be interested in writing small reviews of any of thier favourite airports (and maybe supply an interesting pic)?
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Radiating face? Ow. I was just looking at recipes for homemade facial scrubs/masks, one of which advises: Try equal parts of honey and cornmeal, mixed thoroughly. Your face will feel very smooth and will radiate.
So. That's your fun tip of the day; hope it helps.
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25 January 2008
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Finally seeing Waitress has exacerbated my want to make pie. There is a quiche in the oven, and i think i'll try the chocolate strawberry Oasis.
Thoughts on pie?
Mike Rowe's Dirtiest Job Long before the Discovery Channel, he was a late night host on QVC, and youtube is there!
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Everybody Sings About the Weather Part 2 Featuring rain, sun, wind and other stuff. Starts 6PM PST, 9PM EST, 2AM GMT. The sun WILL come out tonight.
1 hour later than originally scheduled on the dibs page because I made the mistake of going out in the rain today; runs just under 3 hours, unless I get kicked off...
Today at work, I slipped away from my duties to sneak a quick smoke.
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Embarassing Confession Friday #2 - oddest first name of someone you've kissed.
Embarrassing Confession Friday -- let's go! Who do you think is hot or even sorta cute, despite their being a non-acceptable person for such a thought?
Do you think John Gibson will be fired? I think he won't. He's manufacturing the product his publisher wants him to manufacture, after all. No one gets fired for doing their job, right?
The eek photo friday, since I ain't doing the kitchen thing, but with a question. Posted within is a photo I took on my recent trip to North Carolina.
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Stowaway kitty reunited with her family -- Family’s pet cat takes flight in suitcase, which is then grabbed by mistake.
GAH! THIS IS A THREAD OF FRUSTRATED SHOUTING →Read more...
Bay Area peoples: In case you avoid MetaTalk, there's an SF Meetup tomorrow which will be attended by JESSAMYN. Yeah, that's right.
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Coach endures unthinkable loss one second at a time. This is a great article, but don't read it if you're at work and tearing up in front of your co-workers would be a bad idea.
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If DilbertBlog Can Do It, why the hell can't we? Contribute lyrics (based on MeFi/MeCha posts) to a future hit song to be recorded by the
MetaFilter Orchestra (featuring the Millard Brothers and Quonset the Hut).
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Reverse Karaoke: David Lee Roth's vocal track for "Runnin' With the Devil".
as if you needed reminding
Who ya gonna call? Your 80's video flashback for the day.
This photo makes me laugh every time I see it. May not be safe for work. I feel like an idiot even typing that, but I'm just CMA.
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Layer Tennis, two at a time! It's a season-ending double "best-of," with
Shaun Inman up against Chris Glass and
James Hutchinson versus Jason Koxvold. Simultaneously, no holds barred. Should be fun, if it doesn't go off the rails.
Orange Swan Story #58.5: Quick on the Draw Some years back a cop I knew told me this story...
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National types of beauty. A 1928 cigarette card series.
Flying Pigs Freeze Twice Over, or Sumthin. I have done two things recently that I would have never expected to do, and, in fact, not having done those were pillars of whatever positive self image I have going these days.
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MP3 Potluck I'm throwing an mp3 potluck, and everybody's invited. Even if you don't bring anything to share, I hope you'll stop in, say hello and enjoy some of these delicious treats.
Remember that Sony Bravia ad with the superballs? This is a good spoof of it involving video game army men.
web trend map - on the Tokyo subway stations positions! Where's your stop?
Printing Guilt - Ask Mecha: How are local printers staying in business? →Read more...
Design Police i know there are a lot of graphic designers here, so this may already have been posted, but i enjoyed it.
grill skill! (link goes to google video)
a wendy's training video ca. late eighties. srsly, wait until the three-and-a-half minute mark.
Reusable headlines! →Read more...
24 January 2008
Give your resume a face lift Interesting + helpful site I ran across.
Interview Monday! Only two weeks since the total surprise of losing my job...not bad, not bad.
Project Runway - Spoilers
Microwaves are great and all, but when I was a kid, we'd cook Stouffer's frozen Mac & Cheese in the oven and it'd get this nice crust on top that you could mash into the macaroni for crunchy texture. I miss the crust.
Has anyone here ever made wasabi tobiko? I went to the Japanese market, and they only had masago. I usually get wasabi tobiko too, but they didn't have any. How hard can it be? Fish eggs and wasabi powder, right? Any suggestions would be appreciated for making my own masago tobiko.
Radio Mecha - Music Box 40 minutes or so of music before the Repub debate. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
That boy needs therapy! What, what does that mean? (bizarre Avalanches YouTube)
Man. Life could always be worse. People could feel entitled
to steal your freakin' hair.
Teeth - movie preview I saw linked from mefi. Quicktime, probably NSFW. I don't even know what to say about this, but I think I want to see everyone involved in this drown in sewage.
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I am most thoroughly, indubitably nerdy Herein I discuss wardriving on the bus with my iPod Touch.
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How hard would it be to make a bracelet like this? I gave one to a friend and he lost it. I know nothing about beadwork. Is this impossible?
My computer monitor broke today and I was too afraid to tell IT
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Reading this article has cast a pallor of gloom over me for the last couple days. hugs, anyone?
(Doesn't that make you want to click the link?)
Plumb crazy.. There's no drain in my basement, and I must have one put in before I rent out the apartment in it. Probably no one can estimate this basement unseen, but will anyone hazard a guess as to how big and expensive a job it might be for a plumber to find and refit the drainpipe I'm assuming must be under the ceramic tile somewhere?
Three Point Status Update! →Read more...
Ask MeCha: Editorial style geeks, please don your propeller hats →Read more...
DJ Haidz: This Is Your Post! →Read more...
Seattle meetup bump! February 2nd, The Elysian on Capitol Hill. Starring many fun & lovely Seattle Mechazens, and some from Portland, too!
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Hi Bunnies, I'm hooo-ooome →Read more...
This Posts Is Sufficient - Have you seen this lolfite?
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REPLACEMENT SHOUTING THREAD , YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT YOU SEANYBOY
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The Liner. 'The entire senior class of Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1925, each drawn in one hour a night--with a few days off--from November 17, 2004 to February 17, 2005.'
holy crap, i KNOW her! for 'american idol' fans. i totally went to high school with her, and she sang at my friend's wedding. little surprising she didn't make it, but what do i know about the music industry.
The Lancashire Witches by Ainsworth. What are you reading online? Include a teaser quote. "Bess Demdike is an approved and notorious witch, and hath been seen by credible witnesses attending a devil's sabbath on this very hill--Heaven shield us!" - Earl of Poverty
23 January 2008
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My first EVAR MeCha dream: →Read more...
Everybody Sings About the Weather (part 1) A Very Special Wendellsday Night Radio begins at 6PM Pacific Time, 9PM Eastern, 2AM GMT. It starts with snow music but quickly moves to the rain, because It Never
Snows in Southern California.
yeah, I'm announcing it early, but I'd like some audience this time
The Hawaii Chair Okay, I don't have cable, so maybe you've seen this but I haven't until now. So I'm laughing my head off imagining
these people actually working in an office.
I wore a suit to work today and I have a run in my pantyhose.
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Radio! I'm gonna play some songs in an attempt to make myself sit here and work. You can listen too. Starting on the hour (2p.m. California time).
Bring back that old-timey music! Or: What happens when musicians gather at a cabin in the woods with instruments.
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The best jellybean flavor is Pear. Refute, discuss.
How trendy is Gobelins? I mean the area in the 13th arrondissement. Some people say its the Parisian equivalent of the Meatpacking district (or it soon will be). I'm tempted to stay in a new hotel out there, but seeing as its out of town, i'm hesitating. Anyone been there? Anyone have a recommendation? Or a pearl of wisdom?
many thanks in advance
..VR..
Poor Kitty ; _ ; Asthmatic cat! Cute tiny inhaler!
Happy Donuts are everywhere. Makes me long for a Despondent Donut. A Manic Donut, at the very least.
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Home Shopping Network on-air meltdown: Batty caller drives already near-hysterical presenter over the edge. I feel kind of bad for both of them.
Back in Colorado. With a photo.
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I like fairtilizer , I'm shamelessly plugging my honey voiced pal singing
A womans lot (boperetta), and I got six more invites burning a hole in my profile. Who wants to play?
What are you doing to beat the winter blues?
I can haz asalt ryeful? (SFW) In my ongoing documentation of human quirkiness I bring you photos of people in their bathtubs reenacting a scene from
I Am Legend. With
dogs, cats or,
well.... Oh, and I forgot to mention the guns.
Vietnam 1967-68. A found film series becomes unfound.
Last.fm: Technology has finally done me in. I am a maroon: somebody please explain how to get the most out of last.fm.
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Update on my grandmother →Read more...
22 January 2008
Itch head Itch head, really grody itch head... Younger Boy got sent home with head lice this afternoon.
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Oscar's "In Memorium" Each year at the Oscars they do an "In Memorium" to honor film industry people who have died over the last year. They typically save the last spot for either the most famous or the most tragic death. The question is, who will top Heath Ledger's death? Is there anyone who has died this year bigger than that? I'm drawing a complete blank.
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Yummy cabbage! →Read more...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Heath Ledger is DEAD???
I see Fred Thompson just dropped out of the race What a non-starter that campaign turned out to be.
Latvian bunny card! Thank you, mdonley!
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Scene from "Killer of Sheep" (1977) They were playing this on Turner Classic Movies last night, and though I was dog-tired, I simply could not turn off the TV.
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That "amazing birth" video in Metafilter Since so many Mechazins are pregnant, lets give them positive stories to give them good luck on their big days!
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Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's off to school I go... →Read more...
It's that time again! Can you recommend some Internet Radio stations for me to listen to at work, now that I have a job where I can listen to music? (yay!)
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Netsilik Eskimo series. Images from a film about Eskimo life in Canada in the 1960s.
SHOUTING THREAD. GAHHHHHHHHH
I HATE YOU COMPUTERS.
Create a Chain Theme Restaurant To Start: Adirondack Boathouse. Theme: Dirty Dancing-esque hotel. Slogan: "Where nobody puts your baby in the corner." Long porch in front with white adirondack chairs, lawn in front with badminton, sports gear and old rustic photos on the whitewashed wooden walls, early 60s sould and 50s glee-club mix for the music, waiters in ties. Menu: Lots of jello, iceberg-cheddar-pineapple salad, and roast beef.
Fancy pasta. We were given some designer tri-color pasta made with olive, arugula, and red pepper and I wanted to make a salmon and asparagus dish with it, but when I went to the nearby grocery, there was no asparagus, and the salmon they had was selling for 12 Euros. Too rich for my pocket! So...
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Anyone for an Economic Dead Pool? Tell me the date and time you expect to see the Dow Jones Industrials, bellwether indicator of the U.S. Economy, (which is down from it's 14,280 high three months ago to 12,099 Friday, losing almost 1500 points since Christmas) drop
below 10,000.
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Is anyone doing this thing a day thing? i might give it a go.
21 January 2008
My triflin' cat Meet Prudence (a.k.a. Dr. Monster).
I found her scrawny, sick kitten arse over a decade ago in front of the post office in Wickliffe, KY., during my internship at Wickliffe Mounds. I picked her up, wiped her eyes, fed her a piece of fried chicken, and she's been my shadow ever since.
MeFi deleted post greasemonkey script question: why don't the deleted AskMeFi threads show up? Every time I click on one, it says "You've stumbled upon a non-existent post, or one that was deleted for various reasons." I WANT TO SEE IT!!!!!
Is this some urban legend legend I had never heard before? That pr0n star is your real mother!
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Help me make a sammich. →Read more...
MeCha Radio. Playing some random stuff I threw together. Bit on the hard side, but nothing I'm sure most people haven't heard of. Will be connecting in 7 minutes (7-855pm).
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OMG Death-Defying Poodle! With tiny pink crash helmet!
Podecast! From 5pm, for an hour or so before sperose's set.
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Meu tinkering I’m going to host the Swan family Easter do. I’d like a suggestion for my menu…
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I'm about to press the button!! Maiden voyage of Radio Free JanetLand, starting now and going on for just over an hour. Very pop. Very old pop.
How good was the playlist at the party in Cloverfield? Seriously. Perfect!
"Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicated" I got my first IRS phishing email today.
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eeePC. Do I want an Asus eeePC? [x-posted from askme]
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so i'm going to los angeles next month and i'm bringing
one of these with me with the intent of filling it up. can any l.a. area bunnies recommend some good places for crate digging?
i'm originally from l.a., but i haven't been back in twelve years. i know that sf's amoeba opened a hollywood location a while back, so that's going to be a definite stop. rockaway, too.
A song for MLK day, which is being observed in the U.S. today:
U2's "Pride (In The Name Of Love)". Crank it!
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THREE POINT SHOUTING UPDATE 1) dear customers; SHUT THE GODDAMN DOOR, IT IS COLD!
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How can I zip up an entire website? →Read more...
"Argument to Beethoven's Fifth" with Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray. I think performing this would be lots of fun.
Next Four Photo Fridays... via
this thread.
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Help me with the IRC. →Read more...
20 January 2008
I had not thought about him in years, but John Stewart was huge to me.
California
Bloodlines is a lovely lovely album.
The Phoenix Concerts is one of the best live albums ever.
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Tips for Winter Chapped Lips? →Read more...
Gnome Update. Just keepin' our heads above
water snow. And he misses you ;-)
You Suck at photoshop. 1,
2,
3.
I love the designs on these paper condom envelopes from the 30s and 40s. But what the hell is the thing on #10?
Radio Mecha - Music Box: Lucky Sevens I'm on the Radio Mecha for a little while, playing a bunch of songs that are more than six minutes long and less than eight. Lots of jazz, and plenty of other stuff including downtempo, hip-hop, reggae and African music. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
what's the best way to warm up really cold hands? Today I went out without gloves and my hands were so cold when I got back that I couldn't move them and I nearly fainted from the pain. I warmed them by jumping around my apartment and blowing on them and then getting in the shower once they were a little warmer. What's the best method for warming cold hands? Putting steaming water on them is too painful. And no, I won't go out without gloves in this NYC weather ever again.
Workouts for boneless people. It's a gold mine out there tonight, y'all. And tomorrow it's back to the grindstone.
Storyline Opps (Possible Spoilers) A thread for pointing out storyline inconsistencies from your favorite television shows
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At what number of sock puppets can you assume a user is a little loopy? →Read more...
When nano-wires explode. I wish *I* had an electron microscope.
Take a picture of what you're doing tonight and post it here, already →Read more...
Photo Friday suggestions inside. Walk this way ------> →Read more...
1 year. Or I guess technically 364 days to go.
Saturday Story with photos and recipe. Come in!
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My mother will be here in about two hours. I didn't know she was coming until Friday afternoon. She's driving in from Oklahoma and is staying with us for at least one night. Also, it's 10° outside and we have no food in the house. But I'm happy to have her here - I haven't seen her since July when my uncle died.
Now on MeCha Radio: Sunday Gospel Brunch Start your Sunday getting roots religion with some bluegrass and old-time gospel songs, sacred harp, and a cappella.
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Teddies turned inside out. Cute or creepy? You decide!
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD about cable/internet companies.
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This Post Wonders.... if ethylene thinks
it's pretty.
Your calm, contemplative and restful front page art has been brought to you by the charming and debonair eekacat (top two photos on the left sidebar), the sassy and intriguing pokermonk (bottom photo on the left), and the delightful and delicious deborah (sleepy widdle kitty on the right sidebar). Kiss them.
Glasses update! I have them! They make me feel like a movie star librarian!
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19 January 2008
1000+ streaming TV stations in this world and not a damn thing on worth watching.
I am so stressed about this right now. I'm so worried that I'm going to be stuck with a HUGE bill because of this.
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Which one would you date? The brilliant, funny, angry one? Or the nice, active, boring one? Seriously, those are your choices.
'a friend of mine' just ran his cellphone thru the washer and needs advice. thanks. and Happy Saturday Night.
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I finally have internets again! I missed you guys! *whuffles* What's new?
As of January 19, 2008, it is no longer called "pulling a Wendell", it is called
"pulling an Estrich". That is all.
And no, I do NOT consider myself 'in proud company'.
chrismear Radio MetaChat. So, I'm going to try and do a radio set. Starting at 9:30pm GMT, 4:30pm EST.
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Bunny! OMG! The eyelashes!
It's snowing! Yay!
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Here's why you don't pass out with a house full of people. My sister threw a going-away party for our friend Matt who has been re-deployed to the Middle East for 15 months. Unfortunately, her
GIGANTIC beverage put her to sleep quite early. She awoke this morning to find that her house had been completely
redecorated.
Heart -
filmed between their regional singles successes and the US album debut of
Dreamboat Annie:
Soul Of The Sea,
Devil Delight,
Magic Man
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Portland - would you like to gather to get loaded soon?
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What is so great about this person, exactly? She just seems like she's competing with Britney for most fucked up, to me.
Suck it face! I deactivated my facebook account and I feel like a million bucks! Freeeeeeeeeee!
MLK Assembly at Daughter's High School So Daughter was participating in the annual Martin Luther King Assembly, doing a segment on LGBT rights,
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Sling Blade (no spoil3rs please). Have watched about the first hour of this movie and have found it very slow. Is it worth watching the rest of it?
It's snowing in Hattiesburg, Mississippi! Crazy. And y'all better not laugh at us crashing into one another. We're snow virgins, lots of us.
The kittahs are freaking out. My husband is grumbling. But I'm loving it!
I am so mad at myself I went out last night with my best friend to a bar where I know the staff.
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So! Cloverfield! (poss. spoilers) See it? Whadja think?
BP Radio Some late-night goings-on. Starting now.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. DIDN'T WORK EXACTLY AS YOU WANTED IT TO, NOW DID IT???
*grumble*
99 bottles of beer on the wall. 99 bottles of beer.
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18 January 2008
Metachat Radio: Neo-Classical. Radio_Replica: 10-11:30PM PST.
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OMG SHERIFF BUNNY From the latest edition of
'webzen', "desktop zen".
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Oh Boy. I dunno if any of you have read
this article in today's Times.
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Plant/Krauss tour dates I've seen a few folks here mention that they like the
album (as do I), so I thought there might be some interest in their tour.
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This post has exactly 100 comments. You knew this had to end in tears, right?
POLL: The CRAZYDRAMA aka DATINGSUX Thread!!! →Read more...
Juno. Unicorn and I both disliked it very, very much.
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DJ Stynxno .: Metachat Radio I'm playing whatever I have currently on my hard drive. It's nothing special but there is music for the next two hours or so.
Ah ha! moments of the day. I just figured out that the weird patch of itchiness on my wrist is likely because I was attacked by a mango.
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Oh, Max Headroom - t-t-those bastards wr-wr-wronged y-y-you.
NOW it's Friday! What's up for the weekend, bunny pants?
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GOP Candidates Expressed as Buffy Villains Snicker. Giggle. And my inner nerd is showing.
Radio Mecha DJ Drive Hi there. As you may know, Metachat has an internet radio station.
But we don't broadcast as often as I'd like, and I think we need some new DJs.
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AskMecha: What kind of suit do I wear to co-officiate my best friend's wedding? →Read more...
Photo Friday: The front of the outside of your dwelling space. Suggested by hellbient.
Follow-up to my Clown Post on MeFi: The Shat in defense of Bozos
17 January 2008
please god no no no no, please? Is it even
possible for The Bees to be in heat
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Dating hell, part 349, aka I Give Up At what point should someone disclose that they are/were married?
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I feel a bit beat up. Need advice. Should I send the following email? Preface and long story inside.
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This post may be about John Mayer... but you should still consider reading it.
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Python for profit I just got an advance for my first time ever paid pyton work!
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SO JAZZED. Oh, the world is righteous. I am holding in my hands a $200 check from the Santa Barbara County Auditor!
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Pitch 'n' Putt with Joyce 'n' Beckett Yes, it's old. It's still funny, though.
omg bunny! this is one great bunny parent!
Note to self: You know you hate disorganization. You really do. So next time you think, "Oh, I know that organization has a reputation for being disorganized. But that just means I'll have a bit more freedom to do what I want!", DON'T SIGN UP FOR THE INTERNSHIP. Really. I'm telling you this for your own good.
One time I bought some pants. It was awesome. I think they were like $35. I still wear them sometimes.
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Is it only Thursday? This was going to be a "Tell me about your weekends plans!" post, until I realized... it's not Friday. Oh well, whatcha doing today?
I had a manicure this evening.
Freedom! I dropped my mother off at the airport this morning. She's been here for a month.
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Oh my god, I am my mother! On consideration, today's BBQ feels extra metachatty, so I'm cross-posting this mothercloner.
£250 for 4,000 words in a week.
Clintons and the at-large caucus in Nevada Honest question -- what's up with the lawsuit in Nevada against the at-large caucus? It seems completely devious, and the casino workers lay the blame on the Clintons. But the Clintons clame innocence. Can any Nevadans or political wonks out there shed any light on this?
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I've been watching Old School Sesame Street on DVD and it's freakin' great! (Especially the music...)
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Debit Card woes: On Jan 7, Yahoo ran an unauthorized hold of $10 against my checking account that resulted in two actual debit card transactions bouncing.
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Tomorrow's Photo Friday theme will be "The front of the outside of your dwelling space", suggested by hellbient.
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"There's that black kid. He's up with the Bruins" The 50th anniversary of Willie O'Ree becoming the first black player to skate in the NHL is Friday despite the fact he was blind in one eye.
Baa! via mandyman & wolof
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We Can Haz Snowstorm! Unabashed self link - it's snowing like the proverbial
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16 January 2008
A couple weeks ago in a thread about an inheritance squabble, birdherder guessed that I was a Buddhist from a comment I made about disliking mementos. I lol'd when I read this very apropos panel in a manga today...
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Homemade Hot & Sour Soup: The best decongestant ever.
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NYC real estate market starts to stall "The robust growth in real estate values in New York . . . has nearly skidded to a halt, city officials said Tuesday."
GOOD GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKER SHIT PISS AND POOPINGS! →Read more...
A guy just knocked on our door wanting us to sign something that said the train traffic out back is unchanged from a year ago. Something about a real estate disclosure (his unit's on the market).
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Help me pick out glasses! I'm going to
Lenscrafters tomorrow for (probably) my first pair of glasses.
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Interesting facts about your intestines. I picked up a copy of the collected Peter Cook while in town last weekend, which led me to dig up this link. Lots of interesting facts for your edification.
Eddie Izzard + Star Wars Lego + Stop-motion animation = Awesome.
(Youtube, ~ 3 mins., possibly NSFW - some strong language).
Anyone know of any good, long (but not crippling) New York walks? I've been spending some of me weekends in NYC just walking around. I've done
this and
this, what else is good?
Thanks! - /selflinks
More live Radiohead goodness. After a late start, a police-enforced change of venue, etc., Radiohead are broadcasting from a 200-person club in London right now. They're about half way through playing what appears to be the new album in its entirety.
Does anybody have an iPod touch in the uk Because I just got a used touch, registered for the itunes store, and cannot find where to buy the upgrade!
I think I brainwashed my baby So I'm taking care of my baby boy (4 months old last Sunday!), as my wife is out doing her film critic thing, and we're hanging out on the bed and I'm working on my laptop.
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Question for my bunnies: Is there some sort of web2.0 thingey which allows you to keep local browser bookmarks on different machines synchronized? I've got five computers I use at various times between work and home, and I keep putting bookmarks on one that I'd like to look up on another. Surely I'm not the only one with this desire?
It's a weeknight in midwinter. It's cold. It's snowy. You have cabin fever. You want to get out of the house and do something fun and unusual with a friend or your sweetie...but what? Creative cabin-fever antidotes, anyone?
Which private island will you buy when your ship has come in, you’ve won the lottery, and cashed in all your chips: will it be
big or
little,
tropical or
temperate, natural or
artificial?
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Mediocrity. What so bad about it? →Read more...
Estranged from reading? I used to read books. Books, books, books, books, more books. About 10 years ago I started reading less, and now I can't remember the last book I read. I read -- I read at work, I read magazine articles, newspaper articles, stuff on-line. But I buy a book, I read a little, and just don't connect or commit. What's up with that?
Metachattalk: Help me find a MeFi or Metachat post from the fall of 2006 involving a blog with tons of old horror records in MP3 format.
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I call eponysterical! Entropy answers a question about shuffling a pile of papers.
BUSINESS MAN! Follow-up to
rainbaby's post:
this is how I've decided to explain what I do all day.
Fake Places. I am fascinated (and more than a little freaked out) by places that are made to look like somewhere else. Example: Dubai is going to
build a 700-acre replica of the French city of Lyons.
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where's a good place to look for project management jobs besides monster? I am not super technical but have four years of experience managing schedules and projects. I only really know how to search on Monster, and when I look on other sites it seems to be headhunting firms and/or things I am not qualified for, like financial services jobs. I am located in NYC. Help appreciated!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIGMUSIC!!! →Read more...
Happy Arbor Day to the tr33hggr !!!!
15 January 2008
American Idol ignorance.... →Read more...
Bunny Suicides Cartoons of "little fluffy rabbits who just don't want to live anymore". By Andy Riley.
Today at work, my supervisor 86'd a couple of our regulars. →Read more...
If you have a boring/non-standard/niche job, how do you explain what you do? →Read more...
I'm not proud of this... About three years ago, I decided to test the bad guys get the good girls theory. I was sick of being single. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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SICKENING RAGE. I JUST HIT MY LIMIT FOR HEARING AWFUL STORIES ABOUT HOW AWFUL HUMAN BEINGS CAN BE TO EACH OTHER. NEED TO SCREAM AND LET IT OUT.
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Last Hour of Work Categories Game Suggest five categories, please.
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Cross-posting from AskMe. If anyone's got ideas for recording a huge group of people, lemme know! I will buy you a cookie! Or at least I will wish I could buy you a cookie!
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Whining thread. I feel like I need some cheese with my WHIIIIINE.
i got fired Sunday. How long can I wallow? Yesterday I was surprisingly motivated, applied to a bunch of jobs, reached out to contacts etc. Today all I want to do is cry and lie around under blankets. Will I be sorry if I just take today off?
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Feelin' Lousy. →Read more...
Bus fun The campus I work at provides a free employee bus for "Green Transport." It has long been the tradition that people leave the bus in an orderly fashion, front to back. But for the past couple of months a new employee who likes to sit in the back and then cut in front of all the people patiently waiting their turn.
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For Whip-It devotees only - inhale at 7:00. The first seven minutes of "Freak Parade" from Todd Rundgren's Utopia are of only moderate interest to 70s proggers, but anyone intimate with the joys of nitrous will be able to appreciate the latter half of this 'eau de laughing gas'.
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THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
14 January 2008
Very cool and unusual hotels. Need some place to stay? Have a lot of money?
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So the dog hasn't peed tonight. →Read more...
Cooperate by oneself? It's like Portal for cursors.
My commute home is going to be all snowy. It's been snowing quite hard for about the last hour now. In order to fit in with my fellow Seattle snow drivers, can you give me some really bad driving tips? I already know about driving fast so that there's less snow for me to have to drive through. Anything else?
Bunnies Maternity Leave →Read more...
Um, so anyone got any invites to, um, stuff? →Read more...
Ivory tablecloths. White placecards, or cream placecards? I feel there's an actual answer to this.
omg coyote! his bed-hogging technique is unstoppable!
Fingers crossed, people! Job interview in 189 minutes....
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Spoilers Needed and, Hopefully, Inside So I watched the first half of
The Arrival on Saturday night and I want to know how it ends.
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R&B Singer Richard Berry was on a package tour that included a salsa band when he heard a song that grabbed his ear:
Rene Touzet's 'Loco Cha Cha,'. The progression in the opening and bridge was a total earworm, so he copped it and wrote a song of his own. Calypso was big at the time so he wrote some quasi-West Indian lyrics about a homesick sailor and a
rock and roll standard was born.
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I love her. How can I show her? I've been going out with my girlfriend for the past 9 months. It's been a long distance relationship for the majority of that time. We currently live about 8 hours apart.
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AskMeCha: I need Windows Vista help! Not for me, for my future MIL:
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"I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best, I can't keep track of each fallen robin. I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, that's all, I don't even think of you that often." "Chelsea Hotel #2" popped up on my iPod on the way to work. It's rather melancholy way to start the day, I have to say.
Don't check batteries! In case you haven't seen, spare lithium batteries are now carry-on only.
Kitty Dress Ups If this isn't a sure-fire way to wind up mysteriously scratched to death one night, I don't know what is.
That said, the Hogwarts/witchy costume is just tooooo cute.
13 January 2008
What's up with my Gmail? For the past few weeks, it's been acting really weird.
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i'm really digging this song and the video's very cool too. (obviously the visual punchline is at the very end.) why haven't I heard of Field Music before?
[via Drawn!] g'night!
phone # separators: dots or dashes? why? (225.6836 or 225-6836?)
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"Stevie Washington... The Angry Youth!!! Born To Die..."
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Sunshine. We just watched this movie, and it's absolutely AWESOME.
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Radio Mecha - Music Box: Jazz Here I am, on the Radio Mecha, playing some jazz. Please listen, if you're so inclined.
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The Christmas Mountain Ranch (
1,
2,
3), a 9,270-acre chunk of desert mountains in West Texas, was donated to the state in 1991 by the
Conservation Fund. Last year, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson (the state's
self-proclaimed official Realtor; scroll down to
#9) announced that the his agency
would auction the property because it was "too hard to manage." In an effort to keep the area accessible to the public, the Conservation Fund is
considering re-purchasing the land in order to donate it to the National Park Service. The
NPS wants it.
Just moved house and need some cheap furniture or ideas on how to jury rig some I just moved to a new place, and have decided not to buy any new furniture. I won't be staying here too long.
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Project runway preview! Spoiler The sneak peek for the next episode is up on Project Rungay!
Looks like a challenge where Chris can rock the house!
Bunny! OMG! Please fasten your seatbelts, Bunway Airlines is now taking off.
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Happy Birthday to those krazy kids kyleg and kosher_jenny!
12 January 2008
Three-Question AskMeCha Okay, what are your three questions for Saturday? Here are mine:
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A beautiful piece of Frippertronics from the David Sylvian/Robert Fripp album "The First Day" Enjoy! Good music to go to sleep to.
At the time, it seemed pretty innocent . . . but in retrospect, this ad for Pakistan Airlines was not a great idea.
Radio Mecha - Bmarkey's Lost Nuggets From the 80s In an hour or so, at 4:00 PM PST/7:00 PM EST, I'm re-playing bmarkey's Lost Nuggets from the 80s set. In the meantime, I'm playing a little '80s hip-hop. Please tune in, if you're so inclined. And if you can't listen to bmarkey's set now, rest assured that I'll rebroadcast it again sometime.
C or WD - what's worst? Help with a choice about education Should I quit or should I stay?
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I JUST FELT LIKE A BIT OF A SHOUT ing thread
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My word cloud includes a very big "buttock-looking" - as well as a bunch of other stuff I don't ever remember saying. Including "one-eye", "prolactin", and a misspelling of DaShiv. Sorry DaShiv! Please make me feel better about my buttock-laden cloud by demonstrating that yours is at least as silly?
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This is cracking my shit up. Though kids with English accents always crack me up, really.
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I decided to break off the engagement. →Read more...
I once had some cheese In Helsinki bought by my friend from a Greek store.
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Jeez, why does my dad act like this??? →Read more...
"Waiting to keep the appointment she made/Meeting a man from the motor trade". So I'm about 40 yrs behind the times. But what does that line from "She's Leaving Home" mean? It's bothered me for over 20 years.
Down In The Boondocks. Down In The Boondocks. Be sure to watch for the fancy footwork starting about 1:30. Eat your heart out Micheal Jackson! Recorded in 1965 by
Billy Joe Royal.
By the time it hit the Brit pop charts
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11 January 2008
I Can't Really tell what people are on about, but some of it is cheesy and fashion-like.
Help? i brought beverages and snackables.
If you can, do help, or be may end up balkanized in the oddest cheesy fashion.
Mayan Cayenne Chocolate cookie recipe I promissed lonefrontranger months ago. →Read more...
Pink Floyd's "The Wall" - The Musical I was just reading an interview with Nick Mason in the new Mojo: "Mason added that waters was working towards a 2009 debut for his musical version of
The Wall - 'he's gonna cheer it up a bit; it'll be like
The Sound of Music but with bricks in it'."
Just curious to hear what cheese fiends might think Today, at my local deli/bakery, I spotted some smoked mozzarella in the cheese case area. I almost bought some to add to the regular mozzarella that I use for homemade pizza. Would that have been nuts? Whattaya think?
It's gone horribly wrong-- anything been off for you?
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RIP my best friend "A pet dog missed the family’s dead cat so much that he dug up his grave and brought the body back into the house.
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"Seating is limited. Reservations are not transferable." And yet I cannot count the number of people who still think this means they can ask to bring guests. I'm pulling my hair out here.
I just took a bite of my tuna sandwich and bit down on a fish bone. What have you found in your food?
I haz interview! Hurrah. Sent off a resume/cover letter/clips at noon yesterday, and they called me at 4 to set up an interview.
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Radio b - Lost Nuggets from the 80s edition OK, cube farmers! Fire up the winamp/itunes/whatever the hell you've got. Relative obscurities from that god-forsaken decade are coming your way at more or less 10:30 Pacific - just about half an hour from my posting this.
Trailer for the first episode of Cinematic Titanic (the new movie-riffing venture by the original guys from MST3K)
"How come you almost never see a smart person's stomach?"
I haz job! Hurrah. Got my formal job offer today. Good thing, too, because I was on my last packet of Ramen.
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Baby Tapir! OMG! Four-day-old male tapir Gesztenye (Chestnut) stands in his enclosure in the Xantus Janos Zoo in Hungary, making his first public appearance
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Typecasting For the past six months I've been corresponding with someone I knew as a teenager (we worked together and went to the same high school). As I get to know him a little better, what I'm learning about his temperament reminds me of... me.
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My love affair ended last night. →Read more...
Photo Friday with two themes: What the hell is that? - A photo of something common or well known, but photographed in such a way that it's not so obvious. *AND/OR* Why the hell did I keep this?!? - Pictures of things you own and you have no clue why. Both suggested by DarkForest.
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How We Beat the Heat or "Are You There God? It's me, Beatrix"
She's a little woman now, and i think it's finally really over
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I command you to make soup. If you have not made
misskaz's spinach meatball soup yet, do it. Seriously.
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10 January 2008
Project Runway recap (Spoilers) but it's been two days →Read more...
'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind' ...about Chuck Barris's career (according to his "unauthorized"
autobiography) as a CIA hitman has been playing on IFC lately. It's on right now if you're in U.S. EST. Pretty mind-blowing, especially if you grew up watching
the Gong Show.
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The only reason I like Summer 18 mangoes for $3.
Let's see. Mango cheesecake, mango ice-cream, mango smoothie, plain old mango, mango salad, mango cocktail, pan-fried mango with rum and fresh cream...
Annoying! Sylvester P. Smythe: I can't find a single picture of him with mop in hand. The Intarwebs should be full of him.
The Tata Nano was introduced to day. The USA had the Model T, and the Germans gave us the Beetle, now, India's Tata Motors has introduced a new "people's car," which at $2,500 will democratize car ownership. A
debate has already begun as to whether or not this is a good thing.
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All revved up and no place to go. Last Friday, the unemployment office called me and said that there were some issues holding up my claim.
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On the way home today, my ipod spit out these
two songs in a row. I hadn't heard either in quite some time, but they always bring a smile to my face.
Apparently Portland is the new Milwaukee A tornado, whose native habitat is the Midwest, showed up in the suburbs of Portland today.
This is just to say that I just gave two weeks notice at work.
What sorts of questions would you include in an American-ness test? Inspired by BtGoG's question below, I propose we put together an American-ness test. If there were such a test, what sorts of questions would you want it to have?
this is just to say that i passed my britishness test. w00t!
OMG! Zombie Alpacas! Run! Run, while you still can! Arrrghhh ... too late!
water to land ratio picture? I've searched & can't find the image someone made that had two spheres: the big one was the total amount of land mass, and the small blue one was the total amount of water mass on Earth. hope me?
Lost Nuggets from the 80s - The Radio Show? Given the fairly decent response to
this thread, I thought I might play a radio show along similar lines tomorrow. HOWEVER,
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Northern New England MeChazens... mikepop was thoughtful enough to post a MeTa asking if anyone wanted to use Space Gallery's showing of "The King of Kong" as an informal meet-up. It's this Saturday; times and place are linked in the MeTa.
I think I'll be able to make it --- anyone else going?
Do you use noscript? Do you whitelist your usual sites or just leave them disallowed?
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Dear 300-pound Guy Sitting Next To Me. Coughing to cover up the noise of a fart might work in some circumstances. But not when:
1. You fart like 50 times a day.
2. You fart like 50 times a day, every day.
3. Each fart smells like a three-week-dead skunk just exploded in my face.
Americans, please help me. Online shopping to Canada has improved much but it's a pet peeve of mine stores such as Zappos don't offer the same items to us. Blast!
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Lease hinkiness. So the gf and I discovered an apartment we could afford, with a garage I can use to work on my bikes, space for most of our stuff, and really convenient to the public transportation I'd need to take to my new job. I got an e-mail from the real estate agent today that the landlord liked our applications and that they were just waiting to hear from our past landlords. But
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What do women want? Someone asked me this tonight. I said hummus, and I meant it.
But I don't speak for all women. What do you want?
09 January 2008
Free RSS readers! Newsgator has announced that FeedDemon (for the PC) and NetNewsWire (Mac) as well as their other RSS products are now all free! This is good.
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Let's play guess the user Here's how it works. I pick a MetaFilter user, generate text using MarkovFilter, and you try to guess who it is. If you guess right, then you get to pick the next user. NO CHEATING BY USING SEARCH ENGINE ASSISTANCE.
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Things that are always a mistake →Read more...
Gene Simmons on the Mike Douglas Show, 1974 [from the segment] Tottie Fields: "Wouldn't it be funny if under this he was just a nice Jewish boy?"
my nose is whistling I am cranky and secretly pleased that I am annoying my coworkers with my whistley nose.
How is everyone else's day going?
Cross-posty. I look for advice there. I look for commiseration and mojo here.
What would make someone do something like this? I don't get it. Really. Are humans intrinsically that heartless?
Happy Birthday, Severus Snape! Click the calendar in the top right hand corner.
a very british three point status update i) i am studying for the britishness test which i take tomorrow
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What's your best case election scenario? I'm curious about who you bunnies would like to see win the election. Who are you hoping to see in the White House?
What have you got on you and with you, right now, GO!
Explain the caucus to an idiot. How does Hillary Clinton have 183 delegates and Barack Obama only have 78 when only Iowa and NH have voted (and she lost in Iowa)?
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Not exactly the bunny hop. Groove Armada, thuggish bunnies; quicktime. "Get Down" - in case you haven't seen it.
You know you've been bitten by the interior design bug .. when you read up on the Amityville Horror house and think "awesome wallpaper!"
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Metafilter in the ruins When the apocalypse comes, when the world ends as we know it, you can bet someone will be updating Metafilter. KEVIN GUILFOILE points out there’s nothing worse than a doublepost after your hair has fallen out.
has this been around forever or is it a new thing?
My grandmother had a stroke on Monday →Read more...
Afghan Whigs fan? You've no doubt got some Twilight Singers singers albums, but the debut album by Rick McCollum's Moon Maan group is well worth checking out.
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AskMeCha -- BayArea Tech Help? The usual guy I hire to fix my computer problems isn't available until February. But my kid's brand new (4 days) Dell laptop is doing strange things, and won't connect to our wireless network. (The other laptops are connecting fine.) Anyone have the name of someone I could call to help? We got it at Best Buy -- should we bring it back?
Remember when we discussed Katherine Heigl knocking "Knocked Up"?
Rumor has it, that talk may have cost her.
via metachat it's viachicago's birthday!
08 January 2008
And we get neighbours.... This is just fantastic, in a car-crash sort of way. Why is our TV so crap?
I want to be elected High Commander of North American Cupcakes. How bout you?
Per his facebook,.. kmellis' dad just died. Just thought the community should know.
Haunted Airplane! as if I need more reasons not to fly!
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New 30 Rock? Is it strike kosher? →Read more...
Dave The Spazz Hits a Home Run Dave the Spazz is a DJ on
WFMU who plays a lot of old-timey rocknroll. His last show was simply amazing (or the first hour or so, but that was enough for me). So amazing, in fact, that I have to share it here.
God made you a man. Controversial news article of the day (ok, of Saturday). Catholic hospital refuses to allow breast augmentation surgery on transgender woman.
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What is going on here? Britney has brand new british accent at 3:16? Check.
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Am I just a geezer? Or is it now standard practice for employers not to contact finalists letting them know someone else was hired for a job?
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Milwaukee is the new Portland: Wisconsin weather →Read more...
Three-point update →Read more...
Which Candidate: a. Has the best pro-environment stance?
b. Has the best stance on Net Neutrality?
c. Has a credible set of specific policies they would persue?
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I'm laying in bed with a box of kleenex, a cup of tea, and a bottle of Tylenol. WHO'S WITH ME? (well, not literally, it's only a queen size bed)
Help me find stuff to put on my walls. An example of what I'm looking for inside...
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Do we have a Photo Friday theme for this week? I think the chain of handing it off to another person each week faltered a little over the holidays... is there a plan to get a theme picked out and start us up again this week?
Should I do it? There's the possibility of a place in this year's London marathon. I've been running 12 miles for a while and think I can do more. The marathon is in April. Should I try and go for the place or am I out of my mind?
Three point status update. NH primary edition. I'm going to call it early. Why? Uninformed punditry inside.
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ChaCha Slide I could (and probably will) watch this 50 times...
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The Jewish Americans: recommended PBS viewing. I saw a preview tonight, and it seems like a fascinating look at not only Jewish-American history but also issues of immigration, assimilation, and minority rights and culture in the U.S.
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07 January 2008
It's 10pm in West Michigan on Jan 7. Temperature is currently 59 degrees, with gusting winds, torrential rain, lightning and thunder and we are under a flood warning and a tornado watch. I blame Al Gore.
Non-voters: Explain Yourselves to LT! →Read more...
Bump from Mefi I am not in the position to do a study but I would suspect that most of us would rate a bit higher than average on this guy's recommendations.
Apache vs. Voodoo People magic people. voodoo people.
this is an all-purpose whiny, SHOUTING, Magic 8-ball thread!! →Read more...
Tell me about the GRE I'm seriously contemplating a career change, and another masters degree is in order. The program I went to for my last masters didn't require the GRE so I've never taken one. What can I expect? Should I have t3h ph43r?
i keep finding gray hairs! Fine by me. I hope I get a cool evil dragon-lady stripe.
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Jeffrey Tambor Fanclub Powers ACTIVATE! WP blogger columnist quote: "the Jeffrey Tambor of the TV talk show circuit", referring to Dr Phil. Clearly she means to only point out they look the same, but instead she implies that Jeffrey Tambor is like Dr Phil, a huckster.
Now get over there and protest with me in the comments! No signup required
Work, huh? AMIRITE? I've been so busy since switching projects here at work, and I miss you guys lots. But I have big news and needed to shirk my duties here for a few minutes to fill you all in.
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SkeevedFilter - there's something running about in my ceiling.
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Oldies? What? →Read more...
Seattle meetup on February 2 at the Elysian. Elizard will
be in town. If you know her, you miss her! If you don't, come meet her!
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I keep dreaming about y'all. . . . Over the past several weeks, I have had 3 or 4 dreams about random bunnies, and
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Three things making you happy this morning →Read more...
It's 10 Years Since the Ice Storm. Those were some crazy times. I'm too lazy to make a proper MeFi FPP myself, but my local paper is running some
anniversary stories, including a photo
slideshow (audio).
Has anyone read "Out" by Natsuo Kirino? [poss. spoilers] I would love to talk about it if you have.
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sssh! Is this the sooper seekrit chrismear surprise party thread? Because
I think we fooled him.
OMG DRUNK BUNNY ...so the Bunny Comic guy is working on a plush prototype. When he offers one in Blue, I am so there...
Happy birhtday to mmahaffie !!
06 January 2008
Best Online Documentaries I already posted a FPP today, otherwise I might have used this.
Your fill of intellectual stimulation for the day is right
here. [nsf those squeamish about renegade philosophers talking about toilets]
People piss me off Pet mistreatment anger filter
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Clean Living January: Updates and Whuffles.
Party update →Read more...
Seattle meetup? February 2? Seattlites! Seattleonians! Beloved bunnies of Seattle! I will be in your fair city for a couple of days at the beginning of February. Anyone up for a meetup?
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Happy Three Kings Birthday to chrismear!
John Prine! Last night, we went to see John Prine in concert at Carnegie Hall
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A little jazz funk for Sunday →Read more...
Specklet seyz →Read more...
Crowded House (newest version) was just on Austin City Limits and, oh, how I loved it.
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05 January 2008
BP Radio! Starting now. Expect a heavy 80s influence, thanks to jonmc's thread from yesterday
(and Guitar Hero).
Mint.com I just joined- anybody else use it?
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holy crap! I actually got the ovaries up to post one of my songs on MuFi!
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Tardis For Fears A Doctor Who montage of villains and monsters to the tune of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". Lots of great matches of lyric to image, all umpteen incarnations of The Doctor seem to be represented, and all the Daleks you can shake a sonic screwdriver at.
Saffron Brown Rice. A staple in the eek household. How I make it is
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Ugh. Sappy, shmaltzy, predictable movies make me mad!
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Study: Monkeys 'pay' for sex -- "...may treat sex as a commodity."
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Awesome French vanilla shower gel - bought online and shipped to Latvia? So me and this shower gel, which goes by the name of "Ushuaia Gel Douche 2 en 1 Adoucissant Vanille"...we have a relationship.
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Bring 'em if you got 'em.
Kung Fu Election I wish they had Gravel as a fighter, so gramps could kick Huck's ass. Alas. [via
Scrutiny Hooligans]
Candidate Matchmaker Sorta interesting widget on a Fox news channel. You do a quick quiz on basic issues, blind, and it matches your opinion with the candidate whose positions are closest to yours. Look for the box on top R and click to start.
04 January 2008
UWS radio for 40 minutes or so This is a mix by grievousangel, a good friend of mine.
IRC - is anyone there or did I eff up again?
MovieFilter: Daeth Laid An Egg
Does anyone here have a personal review?
Multi pronged do along or "x point status report" if you need your consistency:
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THIS was odd. I felt forced to watch the whole thing.
Attention Mechazens of NYC: I am soon to walk among you.
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"Consumers, by and large, don't know the difference, as they think they will need a telephoto to shoot a charging Rhino vs. needing a wide angle to photograph a birthday party in a small room". As a 28mm lover, I laughed. He'snot entirely wrong.
Great White stalks ocean canoeist Photo inside... [DO NOT CLICK if you have shark phobia!]
Fun with wifi well... maybe not "fun."
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Do you enjoy occasional forced time away from the 'puter? Snowstorm power outage surge fried my (yes, I'm stuck on dial-up) modem (and possibly soundcard, etc.) Luckily all = under warranty. But I'm VERY away from the 'Net (guess I just have to use 'puter to draw!) and kind of enjoying it (AS LONG AS IT'S OVER SOON.) Ghaaaah. My post
here was prescient. KTKSBYE time 2 leave library! ;-)
Trip to Virginia Can anyone add to this AskMe on an impending history-focused Virginia trip? Anything would be appreciated.
More fun with food storage: Coconut milk? I made a curry sauce last night with coconut milk (and curry powder, vegetable oil, lemon rind, lime juice, and fish sauce). I boiled it for five minutes before serving. I forgot about the leftovers, and they sat out overnight. Safe to save, or not?
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So I was wondering, as I ducked out of this rainstorm into a coffee place on my way home, and glanced at a newspaper
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Unofficial Photo Friday assignment. But don't open this thread yet! It's almost Noon here and there's no Photo Friday thread. So I'll make one up. This is a 10 minute photo assignment. Don't open the thread until you're at home with camera in hand. You have 10 minutes to make a photo on the subject to be revealed within...
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Well, this weather sucks (though I love that photo forecast.) Actually, it'd be perfect if I could stay sitting here with the cat on my lap and a mug of coffee for the rest of the day, but I'm a little worried about having to take the bus to get to work.
Lion dog needs new home after
ten years in the shelter. Awwww.
Yo, American types: The Super Furry Animals are
touring the States very soon. They are very good.
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How bad is bad? Ok, so this artichoke spinach dip never made it into the oven
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03 January 2008
Huh. Looks like Obama and Huckabee.
Is something about to happen? On Monday, our next door neighbors had to call 911, and got three fire trucks plus an ambulance, when their camper (parked in the driveway while they restore it) overloaded their house wiring and started a small fire. Tonight, our OTHER next-door neighbors have cops in the yard because a car came down the road, ran into their yard, smacked into their car, and then the driver got out and fled!
Photo taken a few minutes ago.
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Lost nuggets from the 80s Because the decade wasn’t only about bad hair and makeup. Really.
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For my 100th post, my question is about blogware. I've been considering writing again, and wonder about blogware/hosts.
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Stupid thing seen on the Prius in front of me at a stoplight: A license plate frame that read "This car $tarve$ terrorists."
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three point status update 1) I have
norovirus. any other UK buns have it?
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Let's talk about my facial hair again! I tried the
handlebars. It was fun, but I don't think I can actually live like that. Next up: the
chin beard. Also, are
goatees now completely out of style?
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Mini-Me(etup) at Atlanta International →Read more...
What was your most satisfying personal accomplishment in 2007? →Read more...
Tired of Beefcake? As an LIS graduate and a male I think this is pretty funny.
Last night I heard Radiohead's "Creep" for the first time ever. What else have I missed since my son was born?
Speaking of debt what are some good resources for personal finance and budgeting for someone who's pretty dumb with/about money?
Defending the NHS I went to hospital today, and I've got to say that I was impressed with the people at A&E. I saw a nurse, got a digital X-Ray taken, and had it read by a doctor... all in under an hour.
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Synchronicity? Or just a weird coincidence? So I'm at my desk, thinking about the stuff I read as a kid.
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MeCha challenge - plz to exorcise my earworm and banish my boredom? →Read more...
Doggie Kisses My Boss brought his dog into work today! I received lots of doggie kisses. She's so nice - she's a black lab and has improved his mood 180%!
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Contra 4. I can't be the only one suffering through this, right?
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Wikipedia laugh of the day: "A cleverly hidden reference to 'Manqué' is to be found in a recent popular song by the British artist Robbie Williams...
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How could the -- generally unfunny -- Jay Leno be actually funnier writing alone his own stuff (as he pointed out on the air) than Letterman with an entire team of writers? Should Leno dump his writers altogether when they eventually come back from the strike? Should Letterman go back to writing his own stuff, too? (This would mean of course they'd have to actually work harder than they usually do; they might not want to do that).
By garsh, I'm out of debt! (sort of) →Read more...
I spent 2 hours last night in a 19* windchill installing a roof rack on a car. I had to stand in the shower for 20 minutes to warm back up. This morning my ears are ringing. I hope I'm not getting sick :/
Post of lamentations + whuffles (thanks everyone!) = OM NOM NOM. →Read more...
What's the book (or author) you love that others feel the need to abuse you for? Just to complete the set, y'see.
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02 January 2008
Wendellsday Night Radio from 9PM Pacific, Midnight Eastern, next week in the rest of the world
What is the worst book you've ever read? And, no, you didn't have to finish it. Inspired by lfr's thread below, we talk often about books we love, but how about some books to avoid?
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Hangin' at the airport with Lipstick Thespian! Hey! I got to hang out this afternoon with LT, who had a layover here in Atlanta on his way to sunny California. It was awesome!
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SOUP! I invented some delicious soup today.
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Ask MeCha: I need to fix two things at Swan's End Actually, I need to fix considerably more than two things... but we'll start with that many.
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Multi-point status update.*
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Famous hotels in the movies that you can actually stay in Fans of Fellini might want to stay in Grand Hotel, Rimini
Grand Hotel in Rimini, Fans of Danny Boyle's Trainspotting might fancy a night in the
Cordova Hotel in London ...
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What books are you currently reading? →Read more...
"Q: What do you get if you cross a cow, a sheep, and a goat?" "A: A milky baa kid."
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No, really, I don't WEAR them, honestly, you have to believe me ... →Read more...
Live your life like an emotional zombie, and you'll stay young forever! Just read in a piece about keeping your skin looking younger: "Take care not to make too many overly animated facial expressions." Why do I
keep reading links from MSN? I know better than that.
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THIS IS A WHINING THREAD →Read more...
What did you think of Mark (Jason Bateman's Character) in Juno?
Less is more: If you remove all of Garfield's speech balloons from a Garfield comic,
the strip becomes funny. (Also, kind of melancholy, as Jon apparently has no humans to talk to.)
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Who Needs Sleep? [Wired] "
A nasal spray containing a naturally occurring brain hormone called orexin A reversed the effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys, allowing them to perform like well-rested monkeys on cognitive tests. "
[via the astonishing
tdj]
Sedentary office supplies The irony is thick:
"Business Stationary is often the first impression someone gets of your company."
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Back to Work! *cracks whip* PUT YOUR BACK INTO IT!
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Cotton Bowl →Read more...
Happy birthday, urbanwhaleshark!
We have determined that an excellent way to annoy Ron Paul supporters is to pretend to mistake him for Ru-Paul.
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01 January 2008
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The Mummer's Parade! I love it unapologetically and don't care who knows it.
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What Would It Take To Do Simultaneous Group DJ Sets on Mecharadio? →Read more...
There's a Twilight Zone marathon on Sci-fi channel. Just so ya know. That show was a huge influence on me.
Aw, man, we went to see Les Savy Fav play last night at the Bowery Ballroom. They rocked.
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How's your weather? (Snow) Stormy here. Experiencing frequent power outages. Power off, power on, power o
Bunny! Cilantro! OMG! Cannot. Eat. It. Fast. Enough.
Happy Possum Day! →Read more...
*pokes head out of emotional snowdrift, gasps for air, shivers* →Read more...
Story Of Stuff is a a 20 minute Flash movie
about planned and perceived obsolescence, recycling and the massive problem the planet is facing. Although it's focused on America, the issues are the same for everyone. Happy new year!
How to see the new year in with the most absurdity possible? Wendell Radio's 100% not-normal mix.
Starting in mere moments (11:00PM Pacific, 2:00AM Easter, 5:00AM GMT)
HAPPY 2008! →Read more...
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