31 October 2008
Gothic podcast: The Last MeCha Radio show. Old and new goth/ebm music for your late-night pleasures.
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This friend of mine has started blogging again. I like her writing and I'd like to encourage her to write more, so please feel free to pay a visit and write a few words of encouragement, if you're so inspired.
It's Halloween. A time for people to dress up like monsters, or celebrities, or superheroes. Or,
they can do what my friend Scotty did...
RIP, Studs Terkel. A wonderful writer and activist, who dedicated his life to justice and decency, he'll be sorely missed.
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I just wanna live life on my own terms.
NYC Zoo Animals Celebrating Halloween featuring a octopus, a puma, a walrus and halloween-themed bukkit.
The Unofficial Senator John McCain iPhone Application
I think I might have busted something from laughing too hard. (
via)
This is a really well-made TV ad. I have to agree with
this article, though, that it doesn't really match the service (a bank) it's supposed to be selling.
3 Point Halloween Weekend Update What are your spooky plans?
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"Oh!" I thought to myself, "I think I'll treat myself this morning..." With soothing
Carla Bruni in my head, I figured I'd treat myself to a nice Friday decaf latte by (INSERT BIG COFFEE COMPANY NAME HERE).
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This is (trust me) an informative song about the mechanics of a 4-cycle engine (not anything else).
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Spooky new sidebar art brought to you by: Not on display, ethylene, BoringPostcards, and matildaben, from top to bottom on the left, and our wonderful halloween bunnyhead by LunaticFringe on the right. Happy Halloweeny, weenies!
Happy Halloween! I know I posted this last year, but it's my favourite spooky link.
And if you want to go to the
real Devil's Tramping Ground ...
30 October 2008
Presidential nominees coming to Virginia. Should I go to a rally? I've never been to one and I'm kinda interested.
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OMG I just made my own hummus. I know how much y'all like hummus so I thought I would let you know. Inside: share your favorite hummus recipes.
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REBEL REBEL A new BP mix on 8tracks.com... 11 cuts of glam-damaged rock.
(inspired by MeCha's own ethylene)
Today at work, a nebbishy old guy came in, a short unassuming fellow who looked like he was somebody's grampa. He also
stunk of gin at 11 am. He sold us some books, we rejected others. When we do that, you have the option of taking them back or leaving them for the dollar rack. he left them. Among them was a tiny tome entitled "State Of new York Department Of Corrections-Standards Of Inmate Behavior."
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The most booty-shakin' 2:44 of your day. Beyonce's
Deja Vu, Freemasons remix!
*dances in living room after really good lesson and totally intense air-hockey tourney, and kind of excited this all happened on a Thursday night!*
It is not a big deal. The comments there suggest some kind of extreme danger or abuse. Bullshit. The forces involved are not extreme, the kid is being gently sent through graceful arcs. I have done similar (not quite so ambitious) with my little boy and he LOVED it, begged for more.
Now the music, well that's another issue.
You know what I'm in the mood for? An old fashioned a/s/l post.
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Warm fake whuffles. Thoughts about the bunnyfire situation. Being scapegoated for her belief system is, imo, hypocritical, unethical, bad mannered and wrong. I would like to say something about this before asking to be unsubscribed as a member here.
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Would any bunnies want to join the MetaEtsy team? I know there was an Etsy thread around here some time back...
Also, anyone have ideas what to call the team? MetaEtsy sounds kinda weird...
Phil Spector retrial Anyone else following this?
(Currently listening to Tina Turner, River Deep Mountain High right now, in glorious mono.)
Yellow Submaryan: An Armenian knockoff of the Simpsons sings the Beatles.
What's cookin'? On the stove I gots: kale with caramelized onions and chorizo, skillet cornbread, potato and onion pancakes.
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When you write a check - do you still sometimes start writing the year with a 1?
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best GOTV ad ever! And it's nonpartisan, courtesy of the State of North Carolina.
things I didn't know before negotiating with Iran is
just like buying Persian rugs!
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boo, didn't get a job. that I applied for. It's amazing how fragile my confidence is.
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Love, Chillmost Oops. I just accidently closed and sent a formal work related email like this...
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Yo, wordz nerdz of the puzzley flavor: Don't miss the great game
Blocks With Letters On, posted by
Sitegeist at MeFi (it gets much harder after the first 10 or 15 levels, in a good way). Also...
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29 October 2008
"Full of Life: Arnaud Desplechin" If you're in L.A. and love movies,
don't miss this. Desplechin rules.
help me get into the halloween spirit. and no, not by scaring me about the upcoming/currently-happening financial/environmental/etc apocalypse!
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Good news/more good news So you know how I was all worried about my
son driving across town to volunteer for a political party for a school assignment? Well he made it there and home, unscathed. Yay!
And... he enjoyed his time at the Tarrant County Democratic Party. They even said they may be able to give him a paying job! Yay! YAY!
CostumeFilter My friend wants to go as the Death of Corporate Greed. He already has a Grim Reaper-type cape. What other accessories should he have?
Am I on Crack? Or is CNN? Just a small reality check...
I didn't see the Obama speech tonight. So, I figured I'd check out the highlights on CNN.com.
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Cat in hat saves train station On a crappy day in a crappy week, this made me smile. The picture is the best part.
WOOOOOOOO! PHILLIES!!!!!! WOOOOOOOO! Woo.
OMG Fiat! I like how the seller calls it "Luigi," and he managed to find air horns that sound "La cucaracha."
OK Stop it now. 1. The comments have disappeared from the bunnyfire thread because (I think) of a bug in the software. Please try not to read too much into it.
2. taz won't be up until the morning. She can spend the morning cleaning up metachat, or she can spend it having a nice cup of coffee and a pleasant breakfast. You decide.
3. I'm in the process of overreacting to this situation. I'm going to bed before I do something I regret, and would ask that you all try and quell those important things you must say until tomorrow.
What happened to bunnyfire's thread? Am I the only one who opens it and sees no comments and no comment box? Mods?
"There is no God." I've just seen the ad on CNN: isn't the voice at the end really really misleading, like it _really_ leads you to think it's Hagan's voice? Is that even permissible? I mean I understand the 1st Amendment, but can you dub all kinds of crap over an ad as if it's that person talking? I'm assuming it's OK if it's parody (say, Conan or Leno) but a political ad? It's interesting I guess.
I find this very sad. As a person with mental illness myself, I am very concerned that the judge has given Britney's father pretty-much permanent control over her affairs
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Homemade bread or homemade chocolate chip cookies? Which would you choose?
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Meatballs! Yep, it's spaghetti & meatballs day at casa elizard. So, how do you like your meatballs?
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Daring escape beagle! This is even funnier if you hum "Ride of the Valkyries" to yourself as he climbs.
This vid's got it all - big hair, synchronized keytar rocking, whammy dives, gratuitous gear-grinding key change on the last chorus... *sniff* they just just don't make 'em like that anymore. (Also a ridiculously catchy chorus.)
Well, my costume has been decided.... I'll be dressed as an anxious mom.
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I woke up this morning with
this song stuck in my head. I played it several times on the way to work, but it's
still there.
Not a bad thing, really.
Squeaky the herding pig. She likes to herd cows and eat pizza.
Happy Birthday anastasiav and danb!!
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28 October 2008
This is goodbye. I don't feel comfortable or safe here anymore.
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I am happy that I am the one to link this here TV on the Radio, for your happy delectation, my happy metachat buds.
Wait, that sounds weird, I ain't smoking any of the herb (not that this is a bad thing).
This is just the prettiest song/video I have seen/heard in a long time.
Overheard on NPR this afternoon: "Rosa sat so Martin could walk. Martin walked so Barack could run. Barack ran so our children could fly."
After a rough day pizza and The Geat Pumpkin are on track to make things all better.
PS: Hi
Fallout 3 is awesome. That is all.
The Warfield: Question for Bay Areans... How can I buy tickets without going through ticketmaster? It used to be that the Fillmore sold them,
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Chugga chugga chugga chugga Choo Choo? Will you meet me at the station
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Trashy pleasures... I just discovered True Blood. Whooeeee!
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Bassets for Obama One of my brother's friends made this video, and I can't get the song out of my head now.
He built the dog trailer in the video himself, BTW.
Sorry the quality is not so good, but I've still had
this song stuck in my head for almost two weeks now. I'm excited about the album! I'm sure you care, a lot!
Yelle Some friends and I went to a Yelle concert last night. It was a lot of fun, but one of our number who had been looking forward to the concert for a while was turned away for having an expired ID (he is 29 years old). Any suggestions for things we could to do to cheer him up?
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Opixies This is what i wanted to pull together the other day before i ended up with those two other 37 son playlists
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Crap. My work just blocked MetaChat, so I won't be seeing much of y'all anymore.
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I came home yesterday to a passed-away cat. (a lot of whining and guilt inside)
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pixlr is an online photo editing tool.
For Quitters - this ad made me cry - you made the right choice cutting out the cancer sticks.
Sarah Palin came to Asheville on Sunday and her campaign appearance happened to coincide with World Zombie Day.
Here's what the scene looked like outside of the Asheville Civic Center. (YouTube)
Craziness.
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27 October 2008
Happy birthday Hellbient! →Read more...
Andrew Eldrich supports Obama. I can't say I'm shocked, but it was odd to hear him mention it.
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This week's Photo Friday theme: Halloween. Post your scariest, creepiest, looniest pictures. If you dress up Friday night, post your pics on Saturday...
I voted today.
So don't blame me.
I AM FREE!!!!! I just handed in my final university assignment EVER. What shall I do in the next 24 hours to celebrate?
update on that tire slashing here locally ...it was teenagers. From the next county over. It figures.
I'm going to see McCain tomorrow and am NOT gonna park on Wilkes Road.
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UpDos for Obama For $75, contributors attending “UpDos for Obama” at the Medusa Salon in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on Saturday, October 18, could choose between three Sarah Palin hair styles: “The Maverick,” “The Reformer” and “The Huntress.” All the proceeds went to the Obama campaign; the newly coiffed went before the camera to mark their Palin Moments.
8 More Days ... Unless You Voted Today. I did. Stood in the blustery wind for over two hours this morning. My hands are still frozen. But it was worth it.
Georgia allows
Advance Voting. Does your state? Or are you going to wait it out until
Election Day?
why can't I leave work now?? They should know me well enough to know I will accomplish nothing useful when I am waiting to leave so I can see THE SISTERS OF MERCY TONIGHT!
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VENTILATION STATION Be it three, six or a billion points of light, this is your stop
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Color Me Impressed. A few decades on, this is still one of my favorite songs. Its
lyrics rail eloquently against what I hate in people. And it has one of the great guitar riffs ever.
Damn, what a week. So, late last Wednesday afternoon, I had to rush across town and take my mom to the emergency room.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Pundit Theodore Roosevelt, pundit. On Joe Biden: "You can't nail marmalade against a wall."
26 October 2008
Sunday Bike Ride. With pictures! And it was a perfect day for it too.
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Terms of affection →Read more...
Powerful, quiet photo of McCain Check out McCain's picture on Google's electoral map thingy.
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I'm thinking of going rogue. Want to come along?
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It is a common misconception that kittens are made of soft and cuteness. In reality, they are made of claws and teeth. *OW! STOP IT!*
Why do our politicians continue to ignore the great international glue scandal? I ask you, my friends. I recycle jars for storing spices, nuts, flour, sugar, coffee, etc., but the hot water I waste trying to get the blasted glue off of them has to outweigh whatever green benefit might accrue. Do the glue lobbyists have our leaders pasted into their pockets? Why don't overgluing charges ever stick? Is the mainstream media sniffing glue? Why won't they report on these sticky-fingered thieves? This is a disgrace.
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Parallels lacking intersection yet i'm lucky to have run across it accidentally. Even though
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Every day is Hallowe'en... and then it gets dark!
MeCha radio's dead, undead, undead, but here are songs escaped from the Batcave.
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25 October 2008
Hope me mecha. Halloween is a week away and I don't have a costume →Read more...
I have a freckle in my eye... →Read more...
Thank you thank you thank you NYT for finally removing that annoying "feature" that gave you a dictionary definition of any word you double-clicked on. Now a little balloon pops up that you can click on instead.
AUUUGH! External USB hard drive with EVERYTHING on it failed me! →Read more...
Haircut help, please? Deadline two hours!
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Saturday. 10 days to election. 12 hours until we find out if SNL has the guts/nerve to open with the most obvious/approprite/tasteless joke of the season:
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24 October 2008
Continuing the Friday night music posts here's a band with a message:
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Do you use a box spring with your mattress? I sold my antique bedframe and am looking at giving my bedroom a whole new vibe. I want it to feel like one of those great, cozy beds they have in W Hotels or something.
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A list of things I found in my temporary accommodation. Vodka in the freezer.
Sardines.
An almost full jar of unpopped popcorn.
Mustard, standard yellow variety.
Opened bag of dried kidney beans.
I am only here for two weeks, but I intend to consume as much of the above as I can.
It's 3am. I can't sleep. That is all.
The Seattle band that everybody forgets. They weren't angsty, they weren't grunge, but they could be a hell of a lot of fun, and they had some great tunes. here they are, the
Presidents Of The United States Of America!
Live Feed of Puppies Sleeping - For your Friday night viewing pleasure.
It's past meh o'clock Where the hell's my booze wagon?
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When coming up to a 1-room public restroom with the door closed, do you knock or try the door?
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Yarn Haul 118 skeins of high quality wool!
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pink celebrity gossip aggregator. Because there are so few of them on the internet.
Happy birthday sisterhavana!
Bill Clinton's shutting down Main Street. They're shutting down Main Street in North Little Rock today because the Clinton formerly known as President is showing up for an Obama rally. Don't get me wrong, I'm always delighted to drive by and see the light on in his apartment over the library, I'm overjoyed when big names come here to Dogtown (we're like Little Rock, only without all the SUCK, yeah, that's right, box), and I'm proud to have shaken the man's hand, but that's going to really screw me up when I take my kid home from daycare. Therefore I suggest someone buy me a drink.
EEEEEKKKKK!!!! OK, there's a mouse/rat? in the office. It's sitting behind a door. How do I get the critter outside without giving myself a heart attack or causing any harm to the guy?
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Photo Friday: Fall/Spring.
SittingDownWithDictatorsWithoutPreconditionsFilter: Guess which presidential candidate may have already done it? Shockingly,
not Obama.
Beard? or
no beard slight beard?
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23 October 2008
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I may be way too much of a romantic but.... →Read more...
my cat has fleas I have no idea how...
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What a day. From the ridiculously sublime to the sublimely ridiculous. or something.
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Fashion advice, please! I ordered
this dress, which is totally cute, but the top is really gappy. I would prefer not to wear anything underneath it, but is this something that a tailor could fix, or I could do a quick-fix on?
This time of year a good glass of
doppelbock is especially fine, is it not? My word.
Remember that site where
celebrities are shown
aged as if they're in the
real world?
Well ...
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Girls, I need tact. →Read more...
Calling out for pickled beets recipes! Does anyone have a good recipe for pickled beets? I'm looking for the sweet kind you get in the Jewish delis. (They're probably just pickled beets with more sugar.)
"This election is having the same effect on me as marijuana. All of my worst qualities have been exacerbated. I'm paranoid, obsessive, nervous, and totally mental."
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Larry David: Waiting for Nov. 4th
Translation request: "Happy Holidays" in German?
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This makes me terribly, terribly sad. Sometimes, people suck beyond belief.
Sales are down. The economy is in the crapper. I just got handed →Read more...
Hoodies: zip-up or pullover? - - discuss →Read more...
He's coming. McCain. ON Tuesday. I now have to stand in line today for tix instead of going to my spin class. ARG.
It's the little things - 3 pt. small good stuff update! →Read more...
i miss capslock day didn't get to 'slock at all.
*sigh*
Ask MeCha: Eyebrow trimming? In recent years my eyebrows have begun to grow longer & more voluminous. Do I leave them
au naturel and wear them thus with manly
pride, or should I
vainly attempt to check their growth by plucking or
trimming? Please advise!
Okay here's something happy -- Chocolate News is te funny. I've seen two, funny, clap clap.
22 October 2008
From the awesome photos by Callie Shell the counterpoint to the 150,000 dollar wardrobe.
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BeTheChangeYouWantToSeeInTheWorldFilter: LT Signs Up For PollWatching! →Read more...
Weak you know what I think? I think if I had $150k to spend on clothing...
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I just had to kill a black widow and now I'm sad. :(
Judge Judy FTW!
I ♥ Judge Judy.
Witchipoo and Witch Hazel talk trash A hilarious scene from the 1970
Pufinstuf movie. Witch Hazel is played by...
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"This is not about taking away rights from anyone," said Frank Schubert, campaign consultant for the Yes on 8 campaign. "It's about standing up for rights."
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Two "Little Brother" videos to sear your Wednesday-wearied eyeballs... | "Yo, Little Brother" by Nolan Thomas |
"Little Brother" by Jan Terry
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On the way to Costco today I counted yard signs. (warning: politics chat)
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Website wishlist? What are the websites you wish someone would make that you would use on a semi-daily basis?
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Testosterone is a
helluva drug.
Happy Birthday ethylene! Happy Birthday Atom Eyes!
21 October 2008
I just voted for Obama! Well. Kinda anyway.
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F/X has been advertising a new show, "Testees." It's about medical guinea pigs. It appears to be aimed at the demographic who laughs at fart jokes and footballs to the crotch. An observation within...
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Good News/Bad News The good news is that I had delicious chicken teriyaki and shrimp tempura tonight for dinner.
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I saw one of these parked on 12th Street today. What a strange automobile. Looks kind of like a Lincoln Continental and a Corvette had a baby.
Holy cow, I'm pissed. Someone stuck a Yes on 8 (proposition to amend the California constitution to ban gay marriage) in my front yard today.
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Some of you may remember my broken iPod story. →Read more...
I had forgotten how funny this book is. . . . A great way of having EVERYONE in the school want to read it
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Just had to get this off my mind (NSFW) This is related to an article I read in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today, a letter to an elder care column.
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Carrot & Jerusalem Artichoke Soup: I freestyled at the stove this evening and it was awesome.
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Assertiveness low, Anxiety high. Plus, I voted. →Read more...
omg, I killed my dog. Okay, not really. But I gave her a hot dog and coleslaw and rice and peas, and now she's zonked out like she took a 100-mile hike.
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When my Uncle Ron was in the army in 1942 ... →Read more...
We made puppets! So, my roommate and I got bored a few months back...
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What would you use to paint a mylar-like plastic surface? →Read more...
In preparing the crockpot this morning, I had to cut off a lot of fat from my cuts of pork shoulder.
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Hmm Can you guys help me ponder through an idea for a contest to raise cash for charity? I need friendly troubleshooters/opinions.
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This is why I never canvas alone (part politics-filter, part nonpartisan word of caution)
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I want to stick my long necked giraffe up your fluffy white bunny. On the impossibility of limiting communication in virtual communities.
WTF is wrong with this picture? →Read more...
20 October 2008
AskMeCha: Have you washed a USB drive? I mean, like, with a washing machine.
Did it work afterwards? Got any tips?
This week's Photo Friday theme: Fall/Spring. Which season is it for you?
Doohickie's post below reminded me...
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Tuesday two-point! Tuesday two-point updates...
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Three Point Spoooooky Time of Year Update! What's spooky with you? →Read more...
Billy Idol as easy listening shopping music 8 am yesterday I heard Billy Idol's Rebel Yell in our local, yuppie, high end-ish grocery store. (Andronico's for you locals.)
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Dear Purveyors of goods EVERYWHERE... →Read more...
I don't know nuffin' 'bout birthin' babies! My newest baby cousin (once removed) was born at 34 weeks, at 5 pounds and change...
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Feel sorry for me! Argh. I just had to turn down a stipend position with the Obama campaign from now until the election because if I went, I would have no job to return to.
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On the menu tonight... is steak sandwiches, Golden Crinkles, green salad, and sliced apples. Totally fattening and artery-clogging because these steak sandwiches have a sauce made with real butter and they're topped with provolone cheese.
What are you having?
If anyone has big piles of money lying around and wants to
buy me a present...
that Strict Constructionism thing that they're always on about
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I just recieved this in the mail. If you get the joke of that, you (like me) watched way too much TV growing up and/or have an insane memory.
1980s retro! →Read more...
Mad Men spoiler →Read more...
oh my gaaawd... sweater bunnies
19 October 2008
The crazy Alice-Cooper-lookin' dude that you caught a couple of glimpses of in the
Telstar trailer I
posted last night was a guy named
Screaming Lord Sutch. His stage show (which pre-dated Cooper's) featured songs like
"Jack The Ripper". (This short
live clip is a hoot.)
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Wish me luck My performance review is in about half an hour.
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urk! i have been at a very intense conference. isn't catching up on 5 days of silly internets sweet?
Fair Food I was supposed to go to the state fair this afternoon, but I didn't.
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webfriends: i have an rss etiquette question. →Read more...
Last nail in the coffin? Sorry, this is politics filter
300 question personality test. →Read more...
If Ann Coulter and Denny Crane had a baby.... ..you'd wind up with my husband.
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Sarah Palin on SNL? →Read more...
18 October 2008
Telstar The trailer for the upcoming film about the brilliant, strange, groundbreaking but sadly insane 1960s music producer, Joe Meek. It looks fantastic. Some history and a whole bunch of songs inside.
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AIGH! I'm Reaching My Limit! →Read more...
Need Sarah Palin Lookalike -best of Craig's list(sfw?)
reasons the internet is cool no. 273 Today I google-found and downloaded a bunch of podcasts on American and British history to listen to on my iPod. Perfect nap fare. Listen, learn, zzzzz, lovely.
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WTF I came here to whine about how disorienting the slate.com redesign was but now it's back to the old version(?) and the
article introducing the new design is gone...?
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I've been watching the Travel Channel all day. →Read more...
Sean Paul meets Brahms I LOLed, and then had to go listen to the real version. The dude's got a whole bunch of other hip-hop/etc covers
here. Heh.
We're off to vote early. I'm digging the variety of times to vote - weekends, evenings. Only thing that's missing is the free beer.
Something for your Saturday ... Motel de Moka, my favorite music blog. Do you love it?
It's okay if you don't. :)
Stock today, leaf-peeping tomorrow. This is the stock recipe I'm using (everything I ever make from her website is mind-blowing!).
Yay autumn.
17 October 2008
Breakfast ride! On Saturday, I'm doing my first group ride on my bike, a 30+ mile Breakfast Ride. Should be fun.
What do you use to remove spyware and adware these days? I used to use SpyBot and Adaware, but I can't find a free version of either anymore. My last search for free Adaware sneakily took me to NoAdware5, which I installed and ran, at which point it identified some spyware which it then asked me to shell out cash for a paid version to remove. Dirty &*%$@.
And now the waiting begins Eggshell time! We had our (hopefully) final NACA meeting today, our caseworker said everything looks to be in order, and is... presenting it to the underwriter for approval.
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My internet was down for four days, what did I miss? I have been imagining a conversation with my brother, who fishes salmon in Alaska, about how my life came to a tragic standstill, and him all, "why do you need that anyway?"
The Thyme Cube :
No human or god can match Nature's simultaneous 4 flavor revolution in 1 Earth plant.
Music for your Friday: My first stab at making a mix on 8tracks.com, as suggested by ethylene and Zack_Replica. Today being a rainy, foggy day, I tried to pick songs to suit the mood.
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I have escalated neighborhood hostilities. Check the description for proper credit to who gave me the idea.
I can't read. I can't write. The teacher won't let me talk and I'm tired of fingerpainting
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Putting the fall in Fall. →Read more...
One more reason that I love Wanda Sykes.
And now for your moment of zen. A young James Earl Jones recites the alphabet.
Chick Flicks! (Yet another Target Women.)
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16 October 2008
Coachella A very cool music video made up of still images. I love animation that looks like this... I never thought of trying to do it from stills.
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Holy Cow, Google Earth. I had no idea and I just downloaded it. Good gravy! What are some cool things I can do with this program?
Was my paranoia justified? Dude from Discover card calls me at home and tells me that my account is past due (true). He says if I pay by check over the phone he'd take off the late fee.
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Cooking question: I have some seitan cutlets (oh, shut up; just pretend it's meat; that's what I'm doing). I want to bread them, but I don't have any eggs and I don't want to go back to the store. Advice on how to get bread crumbs to stick? I have milk, but I'm not sure that'd be sufficient....
Anyone use iGoogle as their homepage? →Read more...
Do you want to participate in this very important challenge? →Read more...
three point update! →Read more...
I went to Whole Foods for the first time. Shopping for food at Target has been a real soul-sucking experience. Today, I had the day off and decided to take the ~20 minute schlep to Whole Foods.
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poetry questions. Has anyone heard of a poet called joan jobe smith? What do you think of her? How respected is she in the US of A? Any "famous" poems by her I can read on the internets?
Sewing tattoos I know this relevant to someone's interests here... kellydammit, I think? Apologies if I'm mistaken.
site in Russian
Yes We Can! Hold Babies! This was buried in the debate thread but I thought it deserved a front page post.
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I donated to Kiva and I feel guilty I donated some money to a lady in Pakistan on Kiva.org last night and I feel guilty that I couldn't do more. Is this what they call yuppie guilt?
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Question for the Art Geeks. There is a rather famous modern art painting of a man and a woman lying together in the midst of chaos swirling around them. I cannot remember the artist, so I'm having a hard time finding a picture online. By "modern" I mean somewhere in the first half of the last century. Does this ring a bell for anyone?
One of the things we learned from the test shoot is that a horse’s head is incredibly big.
For reaction to last night's debate, let's go now to
Gotham City.
Thank You. Thanks so much to everyone who made the recent metachat fundraiser so successful. Over 30 people donated, and we raised over a thousand of your US Dollars. With paypal costs, that means we've enough money for another 19 (or maybe 20) months of server hosting. We're here until May 2010 Baby!
"The miracle on Chestnut Street." "When you see the Wanamaker organ soar heavenward, you want to look around for the rest of the cathedral."
15 October 2008
It's the final countdown! Or the final debate, that is...
What do Glenn Danzig, Corky from
Life Goes On, and a guy in a bunny suit all have in common?
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Oxygen Water = Snake Oil? They were passing out bottles at my gym this morning. . .
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Good thing I pay off my credit card every month... →Read more...
Yikes! Does anyone have ideas for a Birthday gift for an 18 y.o. boy?
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I'm interviewing with the temp agency on campus tomorrow. I want to make it clear that I do not want an assignment with the department I worked for for four years. What's the best way to make that known?
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AskMecha: Why do my neighbors like wimpy little dogs? Mechazens, dog owners, amateur sociologists, lend me your ears!
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Presenting... my fever dream, starring Barack Obama and Bauhaus. →Read more...
Baby tally! As prompted by the "babby-wearing" thread...
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2 things my neighbor does every day upon rising.... →Read more...
Lie through your teeth just to stay in the race [divshare] - yeah, the title's out of date now but the sentiment's apropos as ever.
5 months! Still not damaged or broken him. I think he's still under warranty though right?
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Life is pretty shit, when you look at it. I'm feeling really crap at the moment.
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After a quiet few months, the police are back upstairs. →Read more...
14 October 2008
A single drop of blood on my tongue, and I'm a carnivore again. This is RelationshipBehaviorFilter.
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Pack of dogs split open Florida alligator I didn't want to click on this either, but I didn't regret it.
Public service announcement! Just so you know, there is no
www.meatchat.org.
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Owww I hit my hand getting off the bus, and now it really hurts.
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Truth is Stranger than Fiction. My mother-in-law-a widow since late May, just met a man over the Internet, drove to his state, and MARRIED HIM on the way back.
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Request: Parliamentary highlights? I have watched some hysterically funny exchanges on the Parliament website but now I don't remember what they were.
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SHOUTING THREAD!!! →Read more...
Have you been surprised recently, pleasantly or unpleasantly? I was just promoted to Project Manager of a small design thing I've been working on. Except no one informed me.
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What do you need to accomplish by bedtime Wednesday? →Read more...
Atlanta bump! November 1st, with or without concert attendance. dano's in. Are you?
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Oh shit, this must be McCain's "October Surprise".
I had a bus race... →Read more...
Metachat Fund Drive It's that time again and we're running a fund driver over the next few days to cover the hosting over the next year or so.
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My Life As A OMG Bunny Single-panel comic, wordplay, visual gags (usually involving bunny ears), meta-humor and 4th-wall damage PLUS occasional cat observations. What more could you want? (Discovered via
meta-humorous design on today's Woot! Shirt
13 October 2008
Hey, I'm in New York! I just got here six hours ago.
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Wire in Atlanta! Their show last night absolutely ROCKED. They were very cool, chatting with the audience and joking around between songs, but then delivering ferocious and hard-hitting music that could blow you out the back of the building. Here's
another vid, and
some (so-so) photos.
Freinds don't let freinds.... →Read more...
Adaptation Does anyone know if batteries can be adapted
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My husband is quitting smoking My husband has been a pack-a-day smoker for 13 years. He knows I've always wished he would quit, but I never nagged him about it because I know that gets us nowhere.
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How to treat your new temp (the Throwaway Temp syndrome) →Read more...
Is it just me or did we forget to send congratulations to desjardins on her wedding?
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12 October 2008
Doves [DivShare] →Read more...
Kale. How to cook?
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McCain vows to whip Obama. Really? "Whip" him? Care to rephrase that, Senator?
Campfire! My housemate just invited me to a campfire at her girlfriend's place in the country. Wahooo!
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European leaders meet to discuss... um, what?
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Two of my favorite artists collide in a rather unexpected way. Most of you know that one of my favorite bands as a teenager were
these guys and you also know that I love me some
Tom Waits. Well, after Twisted Sister disbanded in 1988, Dee hooked up with Irish journeyman rock guitarist Bernie Torme and formed a band called Desperado. They recorded an album but it was never released. Among the tracks was a cover of
"The Heart Of Saturday Night." It's all right. Extra points for balls.
This one's still better.
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You were in my dreams last night! I dreamed that I was on an intercontinental flight, and the first class cabin looked like a big room with benches along the wall.
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Wedding Photos! OMG! Following
Specklet's revelations a few days ago, my pictures are now on show.
What a difference a mix makes! I got the 3-disc geek-out version of
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society today, and I can't believe how much difference there is between the mono and stereo versions, on one song in particular.
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11 October 2008
I spent the day at an apple orchard making fresh cider on an antique hand-cranked cider press.
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Just go back from watching Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome at the theater! I'd never seen it on the big screen, just on TV when I was a kid.
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At my job, I've witnessed assaults,
psycho explosions,
really dumb protests,
crazy people of all descriptions. Today we had a some of my co-workers foiling a theft attempt, some nut throwing rejected books at my boss, a small child running around the store snapping a bullwhip, and a toddler drinking afrom a cup of coffee. I recounted this to a bartender and it got me a free shot of Jack daniels. Also, a week ago I ordered two t-shirts online, a Funkadelic one and an Anthrax one. Today, I arrived home to find a package. Enclosed was a Funkadelic t-shirt and a
Miami Vice t-shirt. I'd love to hear the explanation for that. Luckily, pips is visting her moma and will be bearing stuff from
this place. *gibbers*
The tables are turned Normally, I am the one that brings up something disgusting I've read when talking to my wife.
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I'm locked out. →Read more...
What the heck do 40-somethings talk about on dates?! I'm so not good at this!
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Stolen from the Onion What was your most embarrassing early celebrity crush?
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Heh, this list amuses me. And I tried to lick my elbow
What movie are you going to watch this weekend?
True confessions: jonmc is embarrassed to admit he likes pro wrestling. fluffy battle kitten is embarrassed to like britney spears' newest.
What are some things you like but don't like to admit you like?
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10 October 2008
Fantasy Basketball? Would anyone be interested in a Metachat/Mefi fantasy basketball league?
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I'm sure you're all wondering hey, what's Britney Spears up to these days?
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As we were out for a walk in the gale-forced winds this afternoon, we did not, I'll have you know, steal, mar, or otherwise corrupt the YES ON 8 sign in the yard down the street.
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Radio MetaChat: The Pre-Halloween Show. Goth and post-industrial thump. Starts at 8pm Pacific/11 Eastern.
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
Troopergate verdict.
It's time for me to come out of the closet. I actually kind of like professional wrestling. Yeah, I realize it's fake and silly and vulgar, but that's kind of the point. It's the closest thing we have to live action Warner brothers cartoons.
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If you can learn fear, can you learn safety? For my 345th post
t'was as part of my last task before a hopefully deep and profound unconsciousness, i'd like you to consider what you know and how you know.
Hard news,
hard times and
the many reasons for grievous feelings might need a different perspective to endure and help others.
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AskMecha: Academic disciplines dealing with alien anthropology Ok, this is bizarre, but I could swear I've seen an academic discipline that deals with the anthropology of alien cultures--what "people" from other planets might be like. Xeno-anthropology?
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NoCal Sarah Vowell meet up? There are three NoCal readings next weekend (SF Friday noon, Menlo Park Friday night, Marin county Saturday night).
AskMeCha: What's the best way to manage a 3 DVD Netflix Queue used by 5 people?
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From Time magazine, Monday, Oct. 21, 1957. "Two Negroes dressed in business suits strolled into a Howard Johnson restaurant near Dover, Del. one evening last week, went up to the counter and ordered two 30¢ glasses of orange juice". One of them was the Finance Minister of Ghana. Hilarity ensued.
Photo Friday: Mugs, Glasses and other beverage containers. Suggested by youngergirl44.
Stephen Fry makes me twitter or is it all atwitter? Both or either way, let's hope he doesn't look suspicious at the airports
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Did anyone else watch Oliver Stone on Colbert? Was he joking with all the straight-faced Bush praise?
09 October 2008
Doomsaying I just got the weirdest/vaguely scary email from my mother.
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I woke up with pain in my hamstrings. I didn't want to go to work. Pips made me go. Not one of her better ideas.
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Has anyone else been caught up in a hectic flurry of "
do this, here's that, stuff we forgot to tell you you need to do now" brouhaha and crapadoodle?
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Armegeddon sic adis pupus. Dear internet, please ban me for the next few months. Even a whiff of news now gives me bad chest pains, so it's time to call it quits for awhile. kthxbye
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Ack, no more pink & white animal cookies! The 92 year old company that makes
these abruptly shut down today.
I have a serious addiction to these cookies. Despite being reasonably careful about what I eat, I can mow through a bag of these in a half-day. I even fancy that the special edition colors that come out at Halloween and July 4th have faint added flavoring (mmmm orangeHalloweenanimalcookies).
The Keebler knockoffs are not the same! I must stockpile.
Gofugyourself's dialogue Yes, I read gofugyourself, and hope each time for their made up dialogues with either Karl Lagerfeld or
Bjork.
Halloween Costumes! My kids have both decided to be mummies! Yeah!
That's easy!
My little kid "MUST" come to school dressed as a nursery rhyme character on the 23rd. He will be a spider from Little Miss Muffet.
Are you dressing up this year? I might put on a witch hat and fake eyelashes to pass out candy. What kind of costume is that? I'll call it a good witch.
Love! Yippee! My best friends just sent me photos of their wedding! They’ve been together 29 years and just now had the opportunity to get married when they went on a trip to California.
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Here I sit, broken-hearted. I lead my fantasy football league in points, but am somehow in 8th place with a 1-4 record.
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Was last night's Project Runway a total WTF for anyone else? [SPOILERS] →Read more...
This is a whuffle thread. →Read more...
It's also Doohickie's birthday! Huzzah!
It's elizard's birthday! Happy birthdays to hers!
Do you have a favorite Elvis song? This is mine. It reminds me of listening to music on AM radio when I was a kid in the 1970s.
The Aleve is not working. The headache will not end. And I am thirsty. And I have to wrangle some absolute-beginner kids...and then teach a class of post-proficiency folks. How I will go from "is it a pencil? yes, it is!" to writing witty haikus in a fifteen-minute break escapes me.
Travelfilter: anybody know of a shack in the hills that's renting cheap by the month? Virtually anywhere is fine. All I ask is isolation. I need to get away from everything for awhile.
08 October 2008
Captain Hammer was made for porn or was that Captain Reynolds? Anyway, if he had a hammer--
Creativity and dreams? I wanna chat about dreams and creativity! (Following up on
this ask.me, and, more distantly,
this one.) I have no visual imagination at all, but my dreams are full of all sorts of intricate and beautiful visuals. I even compose music in my dreams, which I totally can't do awake. This freaks me out. Does this happen to you? Have you ever successfully exported a creative work from a dream to the real world?
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Fun with Google. Search for (html + heart). Now, before checking the results, visualize the top few results. Okay, now look at the second one.
Warning: Bizarre, random, and gross.
Give him a hand! Man reportedly doing well after world's first double arm transplant.
Dumb Online Shopping Question: Applebees catalog Online? I can't find the website for Applebee's women's clothing, not the restaurant.
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tripartite bunnicular briefing i sent in a proposal yesterday and haven't heard back and in new grown-up role am NOT allowed to be pesteriferous about it
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Do you use Adobe Lightroom? Do you like it?
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What's The Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? I don't mean "so bad it's good." I mean a movie so bad you felt insulted and angry. A movie that for whatever reason you watched all the way through and then wanted to go back in time to warn yourself 'DON'T WATCH THIS PIECE OF CRAP.'
Geek lust. It's
Old School: no midi, no usb, no presets, no digital displays.
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07 October 2008
New York Citeh! I'm going next week (for work). I'll be there for three nights starting Monday night, near NYU. What should I do?? Where should I go? (I have day duties recruiting at law schools.)
Exhausted! But-Sarah Palin rocked the house toNIGHT!!!
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So, if the feds buy up all the bad mortgages, who holds title to the properties?
who's watching the debate? anybody?
Barroom Ettiquette Isn't What It Used To Be. [angry rant enclosed]
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apologies to everyone for being so quiet of late! I think I am just being quiet because I am afraid I will jinx things, or someone will google this, or gawd knows what! I dearly love you all. All is well here. Many whuffles.
Remember that guy whose girlfriend got stuck on the toilet for two years? He's won the lottery
twice this year.
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The Miniature Earth. I've gotten this in the form of an email forward before, but it makes a good video.
AskMecha: Naming help. I need a name that conveys stability and security... →Read more...
Opinions, please, about
this dating article? Seems to be making the rounds, from Cosmo.
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Whoah... Ultra-Gorgeous Earth From Above photos. Linked in a comment by
mandal in a deleted MeFi thread. If you haven't seen this set (I hadn't), do click!
AskMeCha Does anyone (here, anywhere?) know what to do with one's personal financial planning?
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Monkey waiters! I
so want a monkey helper after seeing this.
Please help me argue more competently with my conservative father about the financial/housing crisis.
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Going under -- Lehman CEO Punched at Gym.
Shatner and Hasselhoff win Russian permission for missile shield in Central Europe during strip poker game.
Maybe it's the power suits? To me, Tina Fey looks much hotter as
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06 October 2008
What are some of your favorite birds? Some of my favorite birds: the
whistling thrush,
hummingbirds,
the hoopoe,
the kingfisher, the
junko.
The varied song of the whistling thrush.
Yes We Can (Hold Babies) Pictures of Obama (mostly) holding babies (mostly).
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I feel like I should be handing out cigars ... ...but instead I'll post photos, which of course is another time-honored way of celebrating new additions to the household.
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This week's Photo Friday theme: Mugs, Glasses and other beverage containers. Suggested by youngergirl44
this makes me sick Criminal prosecutions for producing porn? They dragged him down to FL because they knew they wouldn't win a conviction in CA?
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Just a quick and heartfelt thanks Thanks you guys, for the hugs and advice. It really helped. The consensus is that I gave a great eulogy to a great friend, and this eulogy was able to ease the pain of a lousy day. I kept coming back to that thread and re-reading some really helpful advice. So, yeah, thanks. Really.
I put brandy in a whisky glass Now every time I take a sip it FREAKS ME OUT!
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Escape from Berkeley by any means non-petroleum.
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This is Metachat! Not girly hair talk zone! Not survey zone! →Read more...
For those of you who don't live in California, here are the often-aired
Pro and
Con ads for
Proposition 8, which would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Their different approaches are interesting, I think.
Giftfilter - halp! →Read more...
Gas prices are low. What happens if they shoot back up? I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any means, but this recent tumble in gas prices has me very suspicious of the government.
Let's say the current administration is artificially depressing gas prices (they're 2.99 where I am right now) and then they shoot up past $4.00 a week or two after the election?
As a practical matter, what could we as citizens do at that point?
Does Facebook help with networking and finding jobs? →Read more...
Help! vegetarians coming for dinner! What's a good entree that isn't soy? Bonus for easy and quick. Extra bonus for mushrooms :)
Fool me once...shame, shame on you... →Read more...
Tell Me About Your Weekend Please summarize what you did this weekend, and how you enjoyed it overall on a scale of 1-10 (10 high).
Bits and Bobs... I thought I'd share a few internet munchies from my recent browsing history (and invite you to do the same!)...
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Literature Map; We've seen it before, but then I forgot it, then found it again, and have been visiting a lot recently. You type in an author's name, and tells you what other authors are similar - the closer another author appears, the more similar s/he is. So far the only author I've put in who seems to be pretty much on her own (nobody comes up as very similar) is Ursula Le Guin. Anyway, sort of fascinating if you are in the right mood, and useful for finding new authors to check out.
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05 October 2008
I Would Like Some Advice On Running For Political Office... →Read more...
Halloween Brainstormation Help →Read more...
I broke metachat. I'm sorry. I'm trying to make it better.
Defending the Indefensible Again, British Division. →Read more...
The Rock Deaths List is old but still on of my very most favorite pages on the web.
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A poem learned by heart is a friend for life. Which poem(s) did you learn as a child?
I learned
this one. I read it when I was 11 years old, in Mrs Wignall's English class, and never forgot it.
Was that Queen Latifah playing Gwen Ifill?? The whole thing was the awesomest ever.
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Search for this. Click here. ????? Profit! Warning: the results of you following these instructions will be NSFW
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04 October 2008
Ever wonder who New York voted for in 1812? The familiar red/blue electoral college map... going back to the first US elections. (where you see a lot more than red and blue)
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I found a Scotch bar I went to the Daily Pint, which has, like, a goddamn million kinda Scotch, but some of it is really expensive, but it also had great beer. And the guy who directed Lucky Number Sleven (which sucked) started talking to me about the My Bloody Valentine show that just happened (and I missed).
Anyway, when you get drunk in the afternoon, how do you restore your vigor? Or is the only option more booze?
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My description of my workday got me a shot of JD on the house. and that's all I'm going to say.
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My dad just died. I can't think and I'm in outer space. mgl, I'm with you, girl.
13 years later, OJ found guilty Do you remember where you were when you heard the verdict 13 years ago? I do...
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Nick and Nora. . .Spoilers! I loved this movie. . .some random thoughts.
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What's the name of this weird museum I'm thinking of? I think it is in California, and depicts some sort of quirky anachronistic view of an invented past that never was. Sorry I can't give any more details but I can't remember anything else! I've already looked through all the MetaFilter posts tagged with museum.
Why I traded in my £100,000 car collection to save the planet. Okay, so not a big deal really... rich guy stops consuming mass quantities (in some respects at least) because he doesn't want to fuck up the earth any more. Still, I think it's a good thing when celeb types make an effort as an example.
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Hey there, Joe Six Pack! Dugg, on LiveJournal, but definitely worth a read.
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BASTA! Or... maybe not? We need a trigger word for a Really Reliable Recall. Your opinion/idea?
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muxtape 8tracks music update. Muxtape's dead, and I'm sure that 8tracks days are numbered, but until then, here's a mix of strange stuff.
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Is it just me, or do any of the rest of you think that exlotuseater's stone woman at the top left of the page looks strangely like Jessamyn?
superdeletion? no biggie, jus' askin'
03 October 2008
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Obama Campaign Reaches Out to the Deaf Community. Just a neat article about going beyond expectations.
They're really rockin' on MeCha, Internet USA.... This New Year's Eve, me and pips will be at BB King's Club seeing 2009 in with
the architect of Rock & Roll himself,
Mr. Chuck Berry.
WOO-HOO!!
*duckwalks across room*
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Guess what? Guess who apparently I get to go see on Tuesday?????
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This is not a riddle. →Read more...
To narc, or not to narc... This recent post on the Green got me to thinking about why one would feel so compelled to act this way.
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McCain collapses while giving a speech You can see the paramedics taking him away. I don't know what his condition is right now.
Random Insult Thread! Let it all out!
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Three things I can't say no to - (1) "More coffee, hon?", (2) A
play bow, (3) a backscratch
or hairbrushing.
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Your Latest Rejection? →Read more...
Photo Friday: Broken Thing, suggested by ethylene
Attention AVG Free users Can someone who was getting the AVG 404 error on the recent comments page switch it back on and tell me if you're still getting the same error. Thank you.
So much for Spring Down Under, we're just starting our second month of spring but it's anything but spring-like here right now.
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02 October 2008
Where is the real time Biden-Palin debate thread?
How do I get my email address to not print out blue on my resume?
Anyone know of a Web-based chat room? I need to have an online meeting tonight with a group of people, and there's no common messenger between us.
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Now This. . . . Hardly surprising, but also exhaustively supported.
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Colbert Teen Talk - Voter Abstinence "This year there's a lot of peer pressure on young people to vote... Well guess what? You have a choice!"
a thank you gift as being underhanded and a bribe? really? Are thank you gifts really so rare these days that folks are reading them as bribes and the giver 'naive?' really?
am i the only one who grew up in a household where 'being nice to people who are nice to you' and being sure to thank a job well done was par for the course?
Ask MeCha: pen tablets? →Read more...
The Moon is Waxing Crescent (10% of Full) [divshare] Damn, it was dark out this morning. Heavy/upbeat lunar tunes.
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I would like to thank Senator Harry Reid and his staff. My disability case was approved last November after 4 years of waiting for the glacial process to run its course. I had been waiting ever since then for the lump sum back payment but calls to Social Security went nowhere (this is normal). I submitted a written complaint to the Senator's Las Vegas office on Tuesday and 36 hours later the entire sum was direct deposited to my bank account. I cannot express how impressed I am at this moment.
What is the French term... When a King or Queen has a responsibility to do right by its people, even if they don't like it?
Holy jet lag, Batman. The trans-Atlantic boogaloo has made me so tired I cannot move.
01 October 2008
Survival summed up sans doing the math.
I keep getting hijacked to this page . . .whenever I hit the "recent comments" link. Does that happen to anyone else? I cleared my cache file, and not sure what else to do.
(I had come in to do a bit of woofing about the Dodgers, but oh well. . .)
So, today at work, I'm outside having a cigarette, (yes I realize that sounds familiar, but keep reading).
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shaving foam kitteh (couldn't find a bigger pic).
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This has to be a personal record. I just finished up a customer phone call that clocked in at more than six hours.
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Twenty-three years later, where do you think the members of
The Breakfast Club would be?
eid mubarak! Have a purring kitteh for eid. I went to eid on the park and it was awesome and everyone was dressed up and looking very nice. Then it started absolutely bucketing and everyone ran for cover.
Bunny! OMG! Check out bunny number CPS4, bunnyfire. :-)
iTunes 'Recently Added" I used to have a "recently added" function on the sidebar of iTunes. It was awesome. It's gone and I want it back. Do you know how to get it back?
Thanks.
Gah! I keep doing this! Are there any NY bunnies who like Jonathan Richman →Read more...
What do you have far too many of? →Read more...
Tivo surgery? Anyone ever engage in Tivo surgery? The hard drive on my old one has gone kaput and I'm considering swapping out the drive myself.
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Can someone explain to me why the current stock market "crash" is so bad? Pictures inside.
Subprime problems explained (SLYT) - and it would be funny if it didn't seem so true...
Two new things to me. i'm waiting/hoping for muxtape's return and i don't know how well "mythical" amber properties work on babies
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