31 May 2008
The Longer Boats Are Coming To Win Us, They're Coming To Win Us.... →Read more...
What are you doing on this gorgeous saturday? →Read more...
Ladies and Gentlemen, I bring you Tuscon, Arizona's gift to rock and roll.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
I have a please-help-me-pair-this-skirt-with-a-top question! →Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
Question for people who exercise Is there a reason it's really hard some days and not others?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Anyone else having problems getting on to Mefi? Neither the status blog nor the wiki indicate that there's an outage.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
I need help pairing food again →Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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!
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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!
→Read more...
I have colleague and comrades, but no friends. Except online, where I have lots of friends.
→Read more...
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!
→Read more...
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!
→Read more...
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?
I am having one of those out of the blue, massive, inexplicible anxiety attacks. →Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
via→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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,
→Read more...
When I am king... an everyday walk down the street will look like
this.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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)
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
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?
→Read more...
O Bee Girl, Where Art Thou? Ever wonder what happened to the Bee Girl from
Blind Melon’s
“No Rain” video?
→Read more...
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:
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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).
→Read more...
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:
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
I have some very serious questions (spoilers) about
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. (spoilers, of course)
→Read more...
Questions/discussion about dating protocol from a complete geek.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Her name is Khadija:) →Read more...
Your latest personal examplet that the internet is cool -- go! As usual, I will start :)
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Moving tips & tactics? I'm moving again, and once again suspect I'm making a bit of a hash of it.
→Read more...
I'm having problems handling a clingy friend. →Read more...
Cat on a leash? My indoor cat is really interested in hanging out outside.
→Read more...
Writing about brain death is really not the way I'd like to spend my sunny Sunday morning. Stupid summer school.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Best vacation ever. We just got back from a week in Florida.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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).
→Read more...
What Generation Are You? Inspired by the conversation happening
here and
here - I'm curious.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
(via)
This is a very striking photo. AP news photo of two of the FLDS women leaving the courthouse in San Angelo, Texas.
→Read more...
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
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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:
≡ Click to see image ≡
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.
→Read more...
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD!!! I JUST DROPPED MY CAMERA AND NOW MY WIDE-ANGLE LENS IS BROKEN.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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
→Read more...
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!!!!!!!
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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?
Home Special Meals →Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Obama Worked Out at My Gym Last Saturday Morning . . .While I was sitting reading Metachat, he did some cardio and weightlifting
where I work out. →Read more...
Durable AT& T phones? recommendations, anyone?
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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
→Read more...
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
You guys rock →Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Anniversary Partay in teh #bunnies Get on in here...just for a little bit!
Monday night sidewalk party →Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
gta4 quotes me: why don't you get a nice car, so you drive it properly?
→Read more...
ZOMG! Nutella ice cream! Mmmm, I've just made some of this and it's oh so good.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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!
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
AUUUUUGH!!! The world is trying to drive me crazy.
→Read more...
Speaking of movies , . . .
OMG see this one! Hugely funny. Hugely sad.
17 May 2008
It's Saturday night... →Read more...
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!
→Read more...
Hot weather recipes. What do you make for dinner when it's too hot to cook?
→Read more...
The Bees is lost in the woods and she's never been outside before. This is not good.
→Read more...
sleep hacks what do you do to accelerate the knocked-out period when lying in bed thinking/worrying about things
→Read more...
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
I've got a MuxTape update.→Read more...
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:
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
omg bebeh skwerl everybody's gotta post their fair share of cute whilst jan is otherwise occupied!
Whatcha doing this weekend? →Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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!
→Read more...
15 May 2008
I need help pairing a dish →Read more...
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!
→Read more...
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
→Read more...
Ah, how times have changed. Was talking about school reports last night, and how we did 'em in the old days.
→Read more...
I'm excited. I'm buying a guitar tomorrow!
→Read more...
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
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
Ask MeCha question about resigning and the whole two weeks business. Is it customary to work all the hours in a pay period?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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...
→Read more...
So, what are y'all going to have for supper? I feel the need for a perfect storm of comfort foods, old and new...
→Read more...
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?
ugh, email etiquette →Read more...
I just voted. . . at the kitchen table
→Read more...
Celebrity Gossip Post Because we haven't talked gossip in quite some time.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
Do you ever dream that you're sleeping, or even that you're dreaming?
→Read more...
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!
→Read more...
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
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Rambly, slightly whiny. So, I've been trying to adopt a rescue dog for a month...
→Read more...
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."
→Read more...
i am victorious I met an awesome smart person in power who is on the same page as me in re. the new job.
→Read more...
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,
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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)
→Read more...
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...
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Five Demerits to ThePinkSuperhero for failing to title her
AskMe question "How is Babby Name Formed?" Please thrash her here.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Stolen From Tony Levin Acquired at a King Crimson concert at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, MI. August 6, 1982.
→Read more...
Nothing but Flowers Slideshow of old Tiger Stadium in Detroit.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Nope, not yet. →Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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."
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
Most cliché bodyguard in the universe award Madonna
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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...
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
Unreasonable dislikes filter. Know what I hate?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Before "The Office," before "Extras," there was
Seona Dancing.
→Read more...
I just got a job offer!!!!! *does the happy dance*
→Read more...
SHOUTING THREAD IT IS EASILY 90 DEGREES IN MY OFFICE AND THE WHOLE MUSEUM IS LIKE A SAUNA!
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
07 May 2008
Ask MeCha - iTunes silliness Help me obi-wan MeCha
→Read more...
Have you heard? →Read more...
Marvin Gaye was so hot. i just saw this. Tidy little action packed bio.
It suddenly occured to me →Read more...
Teacher/Bouncer? →Read more...
Just about what I thought: A data point in my quest for wine knowledge.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
"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:
→Read more...
06 May 2008
A Summer Blockbuster Deadpool (of sorts.) Place your bets inside (but beware li'l potential Iron Man spoilers.)
→Read more...
Tonight's Disaster Psychology class was scary
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Translation? Is "We are currently reviewing resumes and will be in contact with you" good or bad?
→Read more...
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)
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
I'm rereading my copy of Mordecai Richler's final novel
Barney's Version.
→Read more...
Tribal wisdom. I saw
Mary Pipher, author of
Reviving Ophelia and
The Shelter of Each Other, speak last night about how families are changing.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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!
→Read more...
Jinx and Hex: They'll put a spell on you.
Thanks for the Santogold heads up, →Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Ask Metachat: Wedding planning advice: MuddDude and I don't want to register for gifts, and now we're facing the awkward consequences.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Tom Waits is going on tour! And he's even coming to my city! Link goes to a Youtube video of his press conference.
→Read more...
Bunny! OMG! With matching ears and paws.
One of our cats died this morning. →Read more...
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
→Read more...
Have you ever been grass surfing? I did it for the first time today.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
Any Atlanta Mechazens going to Radiohead on Thursday? →Read more...
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)
→Read more...
My Tenderloin (San Francisco) safety question. For those not on MetaF anymore -- any advice?
Impressive pole dancing (Pretty much NOT risque- sorry.)
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Ladies and gentlemen, I pledge to give this new job my best. I really think I can do a good job.
→Read more...
Hey Americans! I'm going on a road trip into the states and I want to pick up some unique Canadian gifts for friends.
Is there anything you suggest i should bring that you just cant get?→Read more...
Summer music! Help me make a good playlist!
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
What's this condition called? I know it's considered a "classic" symptom of depression, but is there a name for it?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
Three Point Status Update Transcribing minutes.
→Read more...
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?
We found a place for the wedding and set a date (kinda). I'm flipping out. →Read more...
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?
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
"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.)
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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.
→Read more...
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)?
→Read more...
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!!
Love hurts... sometimes. →Read more...
We had to break a few eggs... Here's a few videos about making the omelets.
All posts and comments © their authors
