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?
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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
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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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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.
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"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...
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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.
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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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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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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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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?
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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 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
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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. :(
Guess What? →Read more...
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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What are you waiting for? →Read more...
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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."
I have been in a better mood ever since, and have decided not to even say this woman's name anymore, because she fills me with such existential doubt, such a sense of impending doom and disbelief, that only the Germans could possibly have words for it.→Read more...
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.
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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!
Shameless iTunes Post - New Genius Feature! →Read more...
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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...
Obvious Dream Symbolism →Read more...
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
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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?
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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
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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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