31 December 2012
December Musical Gifstravaganza for the first day of a new year.
99 minutes of mostly cool jazz with a few other bits tossed in the mix. My way to start the year. Here's hoping it's good for one and all.
Coffin & Cradle 2012-13 Reviving a tradition.
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I know Orange Swan won't be impressed -- but I finished my first ever knitted sock yesterday! Working on its mate now.
AskMeCha: How do I deal with web plagiarism? A knitting web site called knittingcraft.co.uk has reposted *two* posts from my knitting blog in their entirety without any attribution or a link back to my blog.
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What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Ella Fitzgerald). It's the last day of the
December Musical Gifstravaganza, and it's New Year's Eve as well. So I thought this would be a good thread to share what you're doing, and what you might be listening to tonight.
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Norman Lear's "Cold Turkey" -
Ebert: "What we need are mean comedies, filled with mean and petty people who hate and envy each other, and exhibit the basest of human motives." With Dick Van Dyke and Bob Newhart; music by Randy Newman.
30 December 2012
So, I just finished watching Breaking Bad, What gripping, character-based drama series do I watch now until the next season of Game of Thrones starts?
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December Musical Gifstravaganza, Day 30 Hurtling toward the New Year, and some of that good ol' Figgy Pudding.
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Thanks for the lovely holiday cards! I may be an infrequent visitor and an even more infrequent poster, but the Internet is a friendlier and warmer place due to you bunnies. And the card exchange warmed it up even more.
Inspired by Doohickie's post: There's enough time available to reflect before the year turns, so share some of your accomplishments, proud moments and feel-good activities from 2012.
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29 December 2012
$160 earbuds: FTW or WTF? The woman who cut my hair just told me ...
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Jackie Viener is 91 years old and visits children in the hospital
dressed as their "fairy godmother." (Play the video, it's wonderful.)
More pics.
28 December 2012
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OMG I'm in Dublin! What do I do?
Photo Friday: Saturated colors
27 December 2012
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Musical Giftstravaganza, Day 27 Today's Gifstravaganza celebrates a man beloved for his Christmas albums, and two songs that are closely associated with Christmas, but have scant basis for being so.
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An interesting animated gif of the US population from 1950 to 2010. Place the cursor at either 6 million point in 1950 and then watch the expansion.
Two thousand dollars' worth of china In 1962, when my mother was engaged to be married, she bought a $2000 set of Minton bone china in
the S-665 Downing pattern.
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26 December 2012
Musical Giftstravaganza Day 26 - Christmas 1962, 50 years ago, mixed among the carols on the radio, the #1 song was Telstar by the Tornadoes.
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Photo Friday Advance: Saturated colors, suggested by warbaby
Those of you who celebrate Christmas what did you eat yesterday?
25 December 2012
MAZEL TOV TO TRISHALYNN AND HER HUSBAND!!!!!
All the Christmases run down to the two tongued sea And I plunge my hands into the snow and bring out whatever I can find. . .
24 December 2012
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Happy Christmas I didn't have my act together for the Christmas
Giftstavaganza-
a-go-go-
arama-
athon , but I am always grateful for it, so
here's
some offerings.
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Musical Giftstravaganza Day 24. Christmas Waltz, by Doris Day. As featured on a recent episode of Mad Men.
23 December 2012
Early present I couldn't wait, so I gave the kitties that rule my life their present early.
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I'm a day late with my 22 December Christmas Giftstravaganza! Sorry! →Read more...
United State of Pop 2012: Shine Brighter by DJ Earworm, who does one of
these mashups every year. Even if you don't know all the original songs, the joy is infectious.
December Musical Giftstravaganza, Day 23. It's all over but the HO HO HO, folks... Hanukkah's done, the winter solstice was yesterday, and the Mayan apocalypse was a fizzle. The only solace we can find is in raucous party music from The Fleshtones:
I Still Believe In Christmas. And another, less-raucous but still awesome song:
Champagne of Christmas.
22 December 2012
Richard Thompson had to quit his highly praised comic strip "Cul De Sac" due to Parkinson's Disease, but he has been regaling web audiences on GoComics and his own blog with examples of his older, local editorial-but-not-Editorial comics, "Richard's Poor Almanac".
Today, he retold a Christmas story with a family connection... and a sadly topical twist in his printed postscript.
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21 December 2012
I've lost all will to be productive. I've worked (as in actual work not just sitting in my office staring out the window) almost 50 hours so far and have 2 more to go this week. So I will now natter at MeCha for a moment...
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Oh the excess... I was just given a mouse pad with a 2013 calendar on it. It's a marketing thing for my company, but really? A calendar mouse pad? When I already have one I like?
Ask MeCha: If you're going to give someone a gift certificate to a restaurant (let's say a slightly higher-end one that they would not normally splurge on themselves), is it appropriate to include a bit of cash for the tip as well?
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Do you ever get annoyed with people's peacocking and preening on Facebook?
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Musical Gifstravaganza, Day 21. Now that the big question of today appears to have been settled (Apocalypse Not), we can move on to other pressing issues: What will Santa bring?
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Your 2012 in reading! Let's talk about the books you read this year.
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Photo Friday: Your worst photo.
20 December 2012
Kindle Fire HD Help me make the most of the Kindle Fire HD I got for Christmas (we opened presents early in case the mayans are right).
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Mayan Calendar Countdown Clock - What are you doing with your last few hours?
The Paris Opera Ballet performs Ravel's Bolero This is amazing, captivating and beautiful and the performance of the principal dancer is quite astonishing.
Excel Question I have some data that is all in rows that I'm moving to a column/row setup, and need some help
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so I read Death of a Salesman I wonder whether this sort of dreamy hallucinatory time-shifting that it uses was avant-garde for 1949 or already in common use?
It's Day 20 of the December Musical Gifstravaganza - and today we steer the sleigh into the world of power-pop.
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19 December 2012
Puppy very excited about eating I didnt realize how tiny this puppy was til they picked it up at the end. Soooo cute!!!!!
Decided to live permanently in Seattle. Now seeking an artists' commune.
Photo Friday Advance: Your worst photo, suggested by flapjax at midnite
might be buying a house with the family Happy Holidays to all here.
Happy Holidays to us if all plans go well.
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18 December 2012
Does anyone have an OED handy? I need to know if 'secondly' is a word and Oxford is the standard.
On the 2012 Christmas, Pop Culture Gave to Me... →Read more...
Photoshop n00b seeks help... →Read more...
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Regarding names and addresses. Why are you ok with sharing your name and address for MeCha and MeFi swaps, etc.?
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Email of the Week I is early, but I do not think that this one will be topped. Any suggestions? (I swear, they are not letting me coast into retirement.)
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17 December 2012
Why is this unicorn wearing a nazi armband on it's leg? Is there some sort of WWII fat cat/churchill/unicorn/nazi imagery/metaphor thing i don't know about? Seriously. Cause i was all like "neat! What a crazy bizarre cat pic" until i saw the details and now i'm just befuddled.
Metachat....Hay Metachat....What kind of bumblebee has milk?
The documentary about the founding of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School I'm in! Talks about art, life drawing, event planning, the burlesque/circus community and models - NSFWy, nipples, poses, language etc.
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Seasonal Holiday Fashion! Challenge: Wear red and green make it not look stupid.
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16 December 2012
Musical Giftstravaganza Day 16. Today's song is Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord, by
Boney M.
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15 December 2012
Happy birthday, deborah! have a wonderful day!
New site: powershop.co I just finished* a website I've been working on for a while, it's a site for picking PC sorting and filtering PC components.
*(well, there's a lot left to do, but it's in a state where people can use it, provided they're not using IE. )
BUNNY! OMG! (from a certain new movie)
14 December 2012
What was your favorite new music of 2012? What new music did you hear this year that rocked your socks? List your top 5, top 10, top 15, top 20, whatever you want. You can list songs, or albums, or both!
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Magical Mystery Tour! Tonight! →Read more...
December Musical Gifstravaganza, Day 14. arse_hat and I swapped days, but I'll be borrowing from his, and also from gaspode. I had planned on a whole selection of Jimmy Smith stuff, especially from
this album which I love the cover of. . Today I bring you Jingle Bells. You know,
Jingle Bells... (Shroeder/Lucy version on youtube). Schroeder shows several ways to play it, but he misses the Jazz version on the organ like
Jimmy Smith does it. Then there's the way with the "alternate lyrics" that
Mojo Nixon recorded on his great album "Horny Holidays." What's Christmas without a million versions of this old classic?
Jesus Fuck. . . My inbox this morning: Dan,
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The Plot To Kill Bieber! These idiots walked right out of a Coen Brothers movie.
13 December 2012
December Musical Gifstravaganza, Day 13 I usually post older music, but this 2010 album is a new classic in my house.
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New sidebar art! Thanks to our photographers Senyar, eekacat, tommasz, Hugh Janus, and Kronos_to_Earth!
Shane McGowan on Fairytale of New York I think this is his wife's blog - it's kind of an interesting read. And, in case you, like me, had somehow never seen the actual video,
here it is.
INTENSE SCENES: This Film is Very Sad and Makes You Cry if you Love Dogs @AdvisoryGuide tweets (real) excerpts from the IMDB Parental Guide.
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Photo Friday Advance: Strength, suggested by tortillathehun
good news for a change i've posted to askme under my name and a sock a lot about a relationship i had been that was just horrible. some mefites were so helpful and supportive during that time. so now a year later, i'm actually in the beginning of damn good happy awesome relationship.
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So many great cards already! Just wanted to say "thanks" for the cool cards I've gotten via the MeCha Holiday Card Exchange already! So many festive and pretty ones.
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So...I had to cut an ungodly amount of fat from a cheapish pork shoulder. And now I have a container literally full of solid white pork fat. What can do with it? what will use it all up?
12 December 2012
why are communists and fascists organic antagonists? I guess now that we're far removed from that era it's a bit hard for me to figure out why class warfare types are natural enemies of ethnic nationalist types though looking through history they seem to clash with each other wherever they arise. thoughts?
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Example of vicious cycle Overwork leads to stress leads to indigestion leads to not eating enough leads to tiredness/depression leads to problems at work.
So...If you had $250 to blow at the Apple Store... →Read more...
Online dating cliches I tried to solicit mefites' suggestions for online dating clichés, but that part of the question was deleted as chatfilter -- so a year later (I'm not captain follow-through obviously) I'm trying it here.
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OMG DRINKY BUNNY!!! Holiday Greetings from some British animators.
Ah hell this is cool. "They were married for almost 74 years" I hope we can do that but it would put me over 100 and her, well (a gentleman doesn't tell)
11 December 2012
Is it Festivus Yet? - The Airing of Grievances begins:
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Tea Sandwiches Need suggestions for tea sandwich fillings for a work party tomorrow.
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How to keep you children closer. My Stepson-in-law made this for an assignment in school.
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December Musical Gifstravaganza, Day 11 We have already had
one of these songs posted but this is one of my favorite albums of all time.
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10 December 2012
Elegy to a piano scarf My knitting blog is generally not a personal blog — I don't want it to be like most knitting blogs, which usually involve the blogger using her knitting projects as a lead-in to going on (and on, and on, and on) about herself, but every once in awhile I might just write something close to home. See what you think of today's post.
The Secular Idiot’s Guide to Syria’s Jihadist Groups "the Unity Brigades is a splinter group formed out of a spin-off group of members that quit the Free Syrian Army. I know, but irony isn’t their thing."
"Look at this Instagram" parody video (NSFW language) This hit a little too close to home for me, even though I don't use instagram.
Thai Peanut Sauce and Chicken - help! I have a bottle of Thai Peanut Sauce that someone gave to me and two boneless skinless chicken breasts. I would like to slice the chicken up and put it over salad for dinner tonight. How do I use the peanut sauce with it - should I marinate the chicken in it, or just put it on the chicken right before I cook it (probably in a grill pan and finished in the oven)? If I should marinate, how long? I don't want to overdo it.
(I have had chicken satay before, but have no experience cooking with this sauce.)
How To Make A Baby Safe For Work (unless LOLing disturbs everyone in the office), Your Smileage May Vary.
09 December 2012
Let's talk about email. Please check your MeCha profile right now and see if the email address is one you still use, or one where you'll see emails sent to it. Recent experience tells me a lot of folks have outdated emails listed. Even if you have your profile set to not show the email address publicly, we need a current addy in case we have to contact you.
December Musical Giftstravaganza Day 9 Sneaking in under the deadline we have
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Koalas to the Max Keep mousing over the circles and breaking them up! (I assume you'll need to be on a proper computer to do this. Doubt it'll work on mobile devices/tablets. via
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Got married So, on the 1st December 2012, I got married.
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Vintage Trouble! A friend posted this video from Saturday's Letterman show and now I'm in love with this band...
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08 December 2012
ATTN: Music-loving bunnies. One week from today, I'm going to make a post for people to share their favorite 2012 music. List your top 5, top 10, top 15, top 20, whatever you want. You can list songs, or albums, or both. You can just name them, link to them on YouTube, share files, whatever. Just tell us what new music you heard that made you happy in 2012.
December Musical Gifstravaganza, Day 8: Happy Hanukkah! I'm not Jewish but it seemed appropriate given tonight is the first night of Hanukkah.
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07 December 2012
Do any of you have animal visitors? I have a cat that comes to visit me every so often.
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Aaaagh! Evil bunny mask! Who knew such things even existed?
Foto Friday: Busted No one else posted anything about Photo Friday this week, so I'm taking the bull by the horns and coming up with my own thread.
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06 December 2012
Facebook Site Governance Vote FB is letting people vote on whether future changes to its policy can be voted upon. If you're interested go to that link and click "keep existing documents"
December Musical Giftstravaganza, Day 6 comes to us from my favorite band, Big Star.
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05 December 2012
Is it right-wing week on Diane Rhem? →Read more...
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Musical Giftstravaganza Day 5. A swingin' holiday song from Louis Prima: Shake Hands With Santa Claus. Hope everybody gets everything they want for Christmas!
04 December 2012
Eel slap Move your mouse from right to left to slap the guy with an eel.
Oh, these are cute. Unfortunately they're $96
each from Alessi.
Hey Ho, Ho ho! Nothing says "Christmas music" like the Ray Conniff Singers. And the Ramones. And the Three Stooges. Today's December Musical Gifstravaganza
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03 December 2012
Metachat made me cry! →Read more...
Tearjerker of the day "LEGO Finds Spare Discontinued Set So Boy Who Saved Up For 2 Years Wouldn’t Be Disappointed"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONMC!!!!!!!!!!
02 December 2012
December Musical Giftstravaganza, Day 2: Better late than never, yo.
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This is the December 3 Xmas post Because I didn't want to miss my turn! Always love this stupid dance.
All landings at San Diego Int Airport on Black Friday Nov 23, 2012 between 1030am and 300pm, in less than 30 seconds.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPECKLET!!!!!!!!!!!
01 December 2012
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Apparently if you dress like this you
will get asked directions no less than five times a day
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30 November 2012
OMG! BUNNY LUV! (even after the workweek is over, cute animals are good therapy)
Bo checks Xmas prep at the White House Remember, looking at cute animals is good for us.
Weekend Shuffle! You know the drill. Bonus round: Sorted alphabetically, what are the first and last songs in your collection?
What are you up to this weekend? 3-point update →Read more...
MY HAT! i have no idea why this is so funny but i was in tears. (it's a gif, there is some text eventually, so watch for more than 5 seconds.)
I scream, you scream, not sure how
this ad sells ice cream.
Shane Carruth finally has a follow-up to Primer! Can't wait to see what he can do with a budget of more than $7000
Photo Friday: What is it?
29 November 2012
Good people in the world. Bus driver. NYPD
officer.
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Photo Friday Advance: What is it? Take a picture of something such that it is not readily apparent what it is, and then bunnies have to guess. Suggested by Doohickie.
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28 November 2012
Movember is Over for me. (warning: vanity post with non-vanity pictures)
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Bunnies! OMG! This is my dream
27 November 2012
Santa is my homie Warning: contains "Mahna Mahna" and flying fish
26 November 2012
Card Exchangers The list has been sent! Happy carding :D
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Women in bubbles over Paris, or actually, one woman (model Simone D’Aillencourt) in a 1963 fashion shoot for
Harper's Bazaar, created and photographed by Melvin Sokolsky in 1963.
so I had a brainwave I was going to explain it all but I looked back and realized I already explained it
here (basically dominant media and politics are disconnected from the reality of people's lives out there especially in developing countries). So I was like let me start reading some other stuff
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25 November 2012
While we're talking holidays, who's up for a 2012 version of the
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Speeding cheetah in slow motion A collaboration of the Cincinatti Zoo and National Geographic
Last call to sign up for the Metachat Holiday Card Exchange!
24 November 2012
Have you seen Life of Pi? →Read more...
How's your weekend going? →Read more...
23 November 2012
Happy Birthday Sil! Happy Birthday JonathanStrange!
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22 November 2012
As ever... looking for a livestream link for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...this happens every year, because NBC is hopeless at this. Any ideas? Also, beware as there are hundreds of fake livestream links - if you've found one that really works, I'd be really happy!
The Contemporary Classical Composer’s Bullshit Generator : My goal, in essence, is to premiere musical vibrations. If one concept must be grasped, it is this - the rational installation always suggests the expressions, and it must do so entirely octatonically.
21 November 2012
So, whatcha listening to lately? I'm finalizing my year end list of favorite albums (
my unordered list about 50 favorites with comments here) and want to make sure I didn't totally overlook a great album. Any 2012 albums kicking your butt?
Photo Friday Advance: In honor of (American) Thanksgiving tomorrow, let's do "Thankful" - pictures of whatever you're thankful for. Also, the
wiki is up to date again, including themes through February. If you have suggestions, please add them!
It's time for a lyrics game. Haven't had one for a while. I made it pretty broad and easy, so I think y'all will get them by lunchtime or so EST.
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20 November 2012
So, this is sad. Kevin Clash resigns.
19 November 2012
Molly Crabapple - Kim Boekbinder - I Have Your Heart Stop motion animation of Molly Crabapple's art work to Kim Boekbinder's rollicking song about love and open heart surgery.
18 November 2012
17 November 2012
ESPN Hosts Drop The Princess Bride Quotes All Night Long How the hell did I not hear about this? In case any of you didn't either, here you go.
I just won't wear a suit - but what do I wear instead for my college interview on Tuesday? It's at Starbucks. I am not the most sartorially savvy - or equipped, honestly - so I really don't know what to do. I'm inclined to just wear my (all-khaki slightly worn) school uniform, but surely I can invest more effort than that? I am a girl, and all I have is too bright or informal. Help please?
16 November 2012
ergo i need help i posted on askme but i'm not getting any bites. looking for advice on how to find/hire an ergonomics consultant to come to my office, but i have no idea where to start. also, in Harrisburg, PA not someplace like NYC where there are probably ergonomics consultants all over the place. can anyone offer some advice?
15 November 2012
I hate the part of packing where you just have random crap left. I'm moving saturday and mostly packed except for like a lamp and a printer and random crap that just doesn't really go in a box. like a bike pump. or a guitar. it makes me feel all unprepared. i'm drinking whisky and listening to christmas music. that makes me feel prepared.
You know it's going to be a bad cold when... [contribute your horror stories of the sick inside]
the 90s music thread got me in a HIgh School mood So I drew some characters from a story I obsessively worked on in High School, then dropped.
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Outstanding photos of crashing ocean waves, by Alessandro Puccinelli. They look more like paintings than like photos. I'd love to see them printed at a huge scale.
BAGELS FROM THE INTERNET OMG From The Whelk! Thank you thank you thank you! (And the new glasses look good, whelker)
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14 November 2012
Hump day 3 point update! →Read more...
Ask MeCha: Is there a message folder on Amazon.com? →Read more...
Our particular universe may have already produced 95% of all its stars, ever.
OK, Elsa I made your stuffed acorn squash for dinner tonight and you had my carnivore husband asking for more. Delicious! I remember you saying either here or on mefi that you modified the recipe a bit? Couldn't find the comment. It was great as is though.
13 November 2012
Eclipse! We had a total eclipse here in FNQ (Far North Queensland) this morning - we got to see a little of it but it was cloudy!
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I am the sun, I am the air I always liked this line because I thought the idea was to play on homonyms, but then I also interpreted that one line in the chorus as "I go about things my own way" for decades. Well, actually, I still do.
Apropos of nothing,
Buffy in limerick form.
12 November 2012
The Twelve Days of Christmas.... in cross-stitch So here's my latest cross-stitch project. It took me ten months to make it.
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HAUNTED TOASTER
OMG, I haven't laughed so hard it hurts in a long time!
It's time for the 5th Annual Mecha Holiday Card Exchange! Signups open now through November 25th, 11:59 p.m. ET.
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New Glasses with extra phone in mirror recursion
i hate mandatory group lunches especially when i'm in the zone and getting shit done and don't feel like socializing. didn't they know it was this guy's first day last week and i could have had some warning?
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What's Your Secret Service Code Name? a little late for the election, I know, but hey, the 2016 campaign starts NOW, right?
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11 November 2012
The Knitting Needle and the Damage Done So I've launched a new blog. About knitting. And it has a big two posts up on it already. I know there are some knitters on here, so please check it out if you're interested. The rest of you don't have to pretend to be interested. I'll understand.;-)
My 14-year-old nephew, on the Twilight movies: "They are all the same. A hot girl gets into trouble. She doesn't try to get herself out of it by herself. Instead, she gets her hot boyfriend who doesn't wear a shirt to help. When he can't do it, she gets her other hot boyfriend who doesn't wear a shirt to help. The special effects are awesome, though"
10 November 2012
Weekend Chores! Up and at 'em! Here's my at-minimum list. What's on yours?
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09 November 2012
08 November 2012
07 November 2012
Bunny! OMG! This bunny is 8 and recently suffered a stroke, which has left his face a bit wonky.
Photo Friday Advance: Vague, suggested by filthy light thief
Keep this in mind the next time you Like, Google or Follow a political candidate online.
LGBT BC RCMP. Wow. I imagine coming out is hard for anyone but for cops? Considering all the much deserved shit the BC RCMP have taken over the past ten years this is amazing.
06 November 2012
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05 November 2012
THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING! →Read more...
Bunny! OMG! Happy Guy Fawkes Night, everyone!
04 November 2012
"Harper Valley PTA" with Barbara Eden - Jeannie C Riley established
a number of firsts for women with a song as notable for its charting as it was for bans. Those who didn't live through this period don't realize the huge societal shift that occurred during those waning years of the '60s.
03 November 2012
What would make you happy?
Is this common in marathons and half marathons? I ran a half marathon today, only my second one. I noticed two guys who had already finished were going back down the last 1/4 mile of the course...
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At times it was like an oldstyle text adventure game. "It's dark. You might be eaten by a grue"
"You are carrying too much. You have to drop something."
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02 November 2012
For some reason... I really enjoy cutting up cardboard. And padded envelopes.
That is all.
TGIF! What's on for the weekend, people?
The Omni Magazine post in the blue reminded me of a name linking series game that was a contest in it, and which I thought could be a good MeCha challenge
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Eugenia's Collages. These are very cool and fun collages made from old magazine photos and illustrations. (There's one sort of NSFW image on the first page.)
How to Download Romance eBooks from Samhain Publishing I agree with a yt comment for once: "All instruction manuals should come in this format."
Photo Friday: the artwork in your house.
01 November 2012
MetaChattier This site is a little more lively lately than it's been. I was a little worried in the last year that this little place was winding down as people wandered off to other social media but each of the last three months have had more posts than the previous month. Looking at the
archives, we've gone from only 135 posts in August up to 166 in the just past month. Makes me happy.
would anyone look at my resume and cover letter please? my usual suspects for this help are unavailable right now and i found a job posting that i need to apply like right now. it's been a while since i've done this, so i could use an eyeball or two to look it over. i can email you the docs.
OMG Bunny!! (instead of NaNoWriMo, I think I'll do OMGBuPoMo)
Is it normal, or at least common... to view your mother's comments on other people's posts as being rather loud, pushy, and intrusive?
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New sidebar art! Thanks to our photographers gc, ufez, and pjern. There's also one of mine in there. We'll return to the "individually curated" sidebars in a few weeks.
31 October 2012
BOO! (-tter late than never) MeCha Anonymous Scary Halloween Time is back...
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Photo Friday Advance: The artwork in your house, suggested by me
No secret scares this year? So sad.
30 October 2012
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29 October 2012
i live 2 doors down from the one 57 obscenity im in canada;just posted on mefi. my neighbors. across the hall and my cousin in soho are ok.
Get Ready 2013 Catastrophes Calendar May those of you in the path of hurricane Sandy listen to the LOLCats of emergency preparedness.
Bell peppers I always wondered why they called them bell peppers since they didn't resemble bells...Then I finally realized. JINGLE bells. They look like great big green (or red or orange or yellow) jingle bells!
This is the start of a wonderfully weird period of my life. The company I've worked at for the past 22 years was finally bought a few weeks ago, and Friday I found out that "there is not a place for me in the new organization".
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Japanese acrobats filmed in 1904 by Thomas Edison.
28 October 2012
27 October 2012
Have you tested out your Halloween costumes yet?! My mom's in town for a visit, so I had her snap one of
mine. Let's see what you've got, Mechazens!
Zed's BACK, baby! Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs in theatres again, Dec 4 and Dec 6. I have no idea what else to add to make this an FPP on the blue, but someone with more Tarantino knowledge, please do if so inclined. i wore out my VHS tape of Pulp Fiction i watched it so much. i've never seen these on the big screen. excited!1!!11!!!!
On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter while tripping his ass off on LSD. An animated retelling.
26 October 2012
Babby Echidna! OMG! TIL a baby echidna is called a puggle.
So let me tell you how my day went yesterday. Finally, a diagnosis.
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Photo Friday: Neighbor(hood)
So in 1997, Don Bluth decides to do a straight up Disney-style movie And it's awful, it's a bad movie, but it does have 3 minutes where it can hold it's own against the best of the Disney Machine:
Once Upon A December.
25 October 2012
24 October 2012
Who do you side with? A less superficial than average quiz.
We eat bad food. I ran across this in a book today and it reminded me of the occasional "who can afford" and "who has time" cooking posts on metafilter. I always think of this as a "modern" problem, but would anyone care to guess in what year the following was written?
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Photo Friday Advance: Neighbor(hood), suggested by filthy light thief
Happy Birthday Sister Havana!
23 October 2012
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What words would you consider to be the most overused? I'm thinking about doing a project that involves synonyms, and I'm trying to come up with 5-15 or so words that are particularly overused.
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Why are websites gendered? I just had the following conversation with my cousin on Facebook:
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22 October 2012
A question for experts: no-bake chocolate peanut butter oatmeal cookies - Doesn't peanut butter have enough fat and sugar in it that I can leave out the butter and regular sugar? I would prefer not using artificial sweetener or margarine. Any thoughts or ruminations are welcome. Other healthy ingredients? What changes can I make if I include refrigeration?
Welcome to Windows 7 Who has two thumbs and just got a new laptop? This girl! It's my first Windows 7 machine. Anything I need to know and/or what do you do when you first get a new computer?
My 6,128 Favorite Books. Reading meets snark! (in a good way)
21 October 2012
20 October 2012
Are people less self-sufficient than they were 200 years ago? I was talking with someone about the economic downturn recently, and the topic of buying land and going off the grid came up.
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Hazelnut Oil? Was gifted a half liter of hazelnut oil and looking for ways to use it. Ice cream topping? Cookies? Salad dressing?
How do you recover from a bad day? When I have a bad day or mess up, it seems to have a toxic effect on all days after. I lose all momentum, and it's discouraging.
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"Dracula" was a 1970/71 Spanish horror comic with no actual vampire content. Warren Publishing reprinted the issues in a soft-cover format for US sale. The stories are fairly lame but the art is way ahead of its time.
19 October 2012
I'm Reading "The Bell Jar" and Have a Question - Have you ever read a book that you thought might not be a good idea for you to read?
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Toronto meetup? Hi everyone, brujita is coming to Toronto next week, and I'm trying to arrange a meetup for then. Are any Toronto-area bunnies interested and available?
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MP3 Shuffle-a-gogo - What's on your shuffle? Anyone up for a little shuffle action? You know the drill: set your MP3 delivery device of choice on shuffle/random, hit play, and post the first 10 songs.
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18 October 2012
So annoyed. Disgruntled and grar-y. Annoyed at idiots denying their culpability. Warm fuzzies of empathetic growls appreciated.
Jay Thomas tells a true story about The Lone Ranger. This apparently happened during Jay's radio days in the late 60s or early 70s, while he was working at a station in Charlotte, NC.
17 October 2012
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Photo Friday Advance: Imperfect, suggested by fancyoats
MeCha bunnies who are in relationships that will stand the test of time... →Read more...
16 October 2012
Macbook battery question! →Read more...
Must share awesome lunch with you
Dark Shadows Fans. Amazon is selling the complete original series on 131 DVD discs for $279.99, today only.
15 October 2012
PinterestFail I've been on a real Pinterest kick lately, and this made me laugh.
mood intervention checklist continuing your humble correspondent's adventures in self-management (
avoid useless arguments,
understanding stoicism) and the capstone:
arbitrary stimuli affecting one's consequential disposition, let us gather ideas about what said stimuli can be.
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We saw Looper on Saturday night Not only was it great -- thoughtfully plotted, very well acted -- but so interesting that now I would like to discuss with bunnies.
Looking for fitted sheets that fit my specifications as well as my bed Recently I went shopping to replace the fitted sheet on my bed, and was confronted with these shopping options: I could buy a replacement fitted sheet of a yucky quality for $15, or buy a whole new set of decent quality sheets for $30.
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14 October 2012
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Brilliant: Google has a Winsor McCay doodle! Here's a capture in case it doesn't show on your local google page.
Nut and Bee is gone. Someone here recommended it to me and I loved the way it was done and how the website was set up, hoping to do something very similar myself.
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Thank you, internet friends. We took a bunch of your suggestions for things to do in Columbus and have had a lovely weekend.
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Why are pandas black and white? (And do not question why the panda lives in the African jungle ...)
13 October 2012
Handyfolk of Metachat: What kind of saw do I need? →Read more...
Ghaah, wtf? Windows vs Firefox grudge match or just glitches? Ever since Windows recently installed 14 updates on my laptop, I can't run Firefox. It stalls and glitches and such. I've troubleshot (is that a word?) and disabled plug-ins and uninstalled/reinstalled and restored Mozilla to no avail. Should I move on? For some reason the Chrome of The Omnipresent GoogleGod gives my poor mortal self shivers.
12 October 2012
Bunny! OMG! (Specially for youngergirl) (Not an owl)
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David Pelham’s Clockwork Orange cog eye design. "I have often been amused to notice that my hurried nocturnal effort of so long ago appears to have achieved something of iconic status"
3 point weekend update! It's Friday in Melbourne so I'm celebrating my weekend. I'm more than ready for a break and am very relieved to not have to be in the office! My plans for the weekend are below. What are yours??
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Photo Friday: Geek-a-licious
11 October 2012
sudoko Regarding math type stuff, what's up with people who talk about Sudoko like it's a jigsaw puzzle or word circle puzzle or tic tac toe, and assume anyone can do it. Seriously, what's up with that. Can most people of normal intelligence do one, or not? Cos I sure can't.
Square footage If someone says a room is a certain number of square feet, how do you mathematically figure out how long the walls are (assuming it is a more or less square room)? I did not know how to Google this question. How would you Google it? What is the name for this equation? I don't want to calculate square footage, I want to do the opposite.
"Heil Honey I'm Home!" - The further antics of Adolf & Eva, and their neighbors, the Goldensteins. American sitcoms pale in comparison.
10 October 2012
Can I have your name? The Starbucks in my office building has recently started asking for a name when you place your drink order - so they can call it out when your drink is ready. My Corner Bakery now does this too. It squicks me out, but I can't quite put my finger on why. Anybody else feel this way?
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Photo Friday Advance: Geek-a-licious, suggested by rainbaby
09 October 2012
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NFL QB’s Talkin’ On Facebook In the time it took to post this, Vick threw three interceptions.
CSA recipe help needed! Vegetables include: acorn squash, turnips, leeks, chard, beets.
Please give me your best vegetarian recipes to use these up!
Guess who's 50 today? Happy Birthday ...
Three-Point Tuesday Update, Go!
08 October 2012
Bunny! OMG! Is he on his way to Swan's End?
07 October 2012
What was good about today? My answer: I saved a marriage.
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06 October 2012
Butt-baring formal wear? When I was twelve or thirteen, I was at a friend's bar mitzvah party in the southern U.S.
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Kim Boekbinder's latest single "Sky Is Calling" Kinda spacey, folky Star-Trek dreampop. Kinda.
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A WEEK OFF What would you do with a week of stay-cation?
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05 October 2012
Two dozen ducks rescued from an animal hoarder
get their first swim.
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it is ridiculous how much I'm finding my mood/emotions is affected by bodily and environmental comforts these days. It's like discovering a conspiracy that my serious life thoughts are so arbitrary. lol
OMG! Etch A Sketch Saw this last night, thought of you guys. FF to 1:00 and watch til the very end!
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Ick Ick Showtime →Read more...
Photo Friday: Solid/liquid/gas
04 October 2012
Facebook is full of asses? Facebook's first TV commercial is out.
Question regarding movies. I have a full day off tomorrow (university holiday!) and want, nay *need*, to treat myself to lunch and a movie.
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energy.gov how is this site so good? I'm amazed
I haven't received a 419 scam email in a really long time at any of my (too many) addresses. And I am kinda down about it.
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Whatever happened to predictibility?
Going to Disneyland, every day. I am oddly attracted to this idea.
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Apple sucks. Yes you have to to find work arounds to view flash items on Apple devices. Now you need to find work arounds to view YouTube videos. Assholes.
03 October 2012
MeFi Overwhelmed During The Debate? Lost connection to the running thread on the Presidential debate. Can't get in. Memories of jrun FAILS.
What's up with serious, hard-core male bodybuilders? Can one generalize about the types of people who do this and their motivations?
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Very cool commercial. I saw this last night at the cinema. It's amazing on a big screen.
Photo Friday Advance: Solid/liquid/gas, suggested by mdonley
Remote Control Magic IV, a 1970s television flashback brought to you by those VHS enthusiasts at
EverythingIsTerrible.com.
Lets talk about fat chicks. Via
Jann Arden Who I saw
last week and who talks about weight too.
02 October 2012
Time Magazine article on Mormonism The latest Time Magazine has an article that purports to explore the Mormon side of Mitt Romney. The article is a great example of the kind of vacuous crap that passes as journalism these days.
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I finally filed all my expenses! What are you proud of getting done?
OMG COOKIE I shall be making this!
So it turns out ... Putting ratatouille over a bed of tortilla chips is a really good idea.
Philip K. Dick. An appreciation.
01 October 2012
How many Bob Dylan fans are there out there really? I have been wondering lately in this modern day and age how many Bob Dylan fans still exist.
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Is it possible to become less selfless without becoming more selfish?
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Why I got Fired from Facebook (a $100 Million dollar lesson) great post... nothing 'deep' but has some hard-won professional life insights
Pantsuits! These women are no sissies when it comes to business. A series of shorts kinda like the reoccurring themed sketches The Kids in the Hall would spread through a season’s shows. (For those who care, a few episodes are NSFW, mostly due to language.) Many of the jokes fall flat, but it has its moments. Love the style, though. Nine episodes so far, but they may have thrown in the towel.
30 September 2012
How do you keep from stagnating? Or do you learn to love it?
Smooshie has passed away. Many of you know of my cat Smooshie. I am sad to report that we had to put him to sleep yesterday. He had inflammatory bowel disease and lymphoma and started going downhill very quickly. He was the best-natured, sweetest cat I've ever met and I miss him.
Has the iPod age diminished music for you? I feel like the proliferation of personal music devices and the focus on individual music files like MP3's has led to a devaluing of the recorded music experience. Like, people never sit around in a living room and savor tunes being played on a good stereo through good speakers anymore.
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29 September 2012
Bunny and Pit Bull! OMG! The horror! The horror!!!
"Looper" question [possible spoilers] →Read more...
28 September 2012
guys guys guys guys GUYS check out this insane quiz:
byzantiumtests.com
it's an HBO thing but stick it out and do the whole thing to the end.. I swear the end is the craziest thing and definitely worth it.
Corolla, a photo series meant to focus on the shapes and textures of flowers rather than their colors. By Daniel Seung Lee.
27 September 2012
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26 September 2012
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Photo Friday Advance: Staples, suggested by ethylene
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Aw, damn. One of my very favorite singers has died. I was just playing an album of his last night. I'm pretty upset.
Star & Micey, "I Can't Wait." Love this music video. Slap!
Fuck! All the loons are out! Two 911 calls in 20 mins.
25 September 2012
What did I just make? I panic-created a side dish and I have no idea what it's supposed to be.
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I WANT THIS! OMG, I want this sooo much.
Honesty is cruel I just told someone their art was really bad. It was. Really bad. I couldn't keep lying. Am I horrible?
Death by a thousand SQEEEEES Inter-species snorgling (well, patient tolerance on the part of the feline).
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Golden Age sci-fi paperback covers Happy to see a couple of old J.G. Ballard ones in there.
24 September 2012
Squirrel in Kitchen Not my kitchen, thank the gods.
help me understand Stoicism I always thought I kinda knew what it meant but I've been reading Marcus Aurelius lately (
some quotes as an example) and his super chill approach, although appealing to a vexed mind, also seems a recipe for disaster. Furthermore I don't believe even he as warring-ass roman emperor actually lived like that. What am I missing? Were one to try adopting this, how can you be effective but think nothing 'really' matters at the same time?
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Recovering from surgery. Where should I go on the Internet? Hi bunnies, I had an ovarian cyst removed last Friday (lapraoscopy) and am stuck at home for a while. Am getting kind of bored. I think I read all of AskMe and Twitter already. Suggestions? Have been rediscovering kottke and that is nice.
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23 September 2012
Pictogram Rock Posters, awesome. From the same designer,
Honest Logos.
What is your dream job? That is a job you think you'd be perfect for but doesn't actually exist.
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I thought of Slack-a-gogo today when I walked into the supermarket and they were playing
Morning Train.
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22 September 2012
tips for staving off cold symptoms? I'm running a half marathon in the morning and last night got the first (sore throat) signs of a cold. I will do or take anything to try and keep the symptoms at bay for another 24 hours. Ideas?
21 September 2012
LEGO ball contraption moves little spheres from point A to Point B and then back again, with LOTS of steps.
The space shuttle just flew past our balcony I work in
this building, and I can see out the balcony from my desk, but I got up and went outside and waved. The view was spectacular. I didn't take a picture, but some co-workers did; I'll post when I can.
I'm in Seattle! What should I do?
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Freud’s Immortal Question Sigmund Freud asked, in evident exasperation, “What do women want?” Based on your understanding of at least three of the works we read this semester, how would you answer Freud’s question? Be sure to give a title to your essay.
20 September 2012
Pizza Complaint Wait For It......................lol
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Happy Birthday TrhishaLynn!
The Honor System: "Stealing magic has become a commonplace crime. Teller, a man of infinite delicacy and deceit, decided to do something about it." A very long but FASCINATING read.
19 September 2012
I've been reading a bit these days and I'm kinda taken aback by how many famous European/American writers from 1600-1900 are pretty 'liberal' when talking about the planet. I think the idea that avoiding projecting ethnocentric stances on non western peoples is some sort of 20th century "cultural relativism" aberration is inaccurate.. everyone from Montaigne to Mark Twain seems to try to break down such assumptions.
Photo Friday Advance: Wistful, suggested by jason's_planet
OMG, I love this website! Why didn't I know about this site before?
What's your new favourite website?
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Audition mojo? So, I'm auditioning to get into
this troupe as a frontstage singer, and I'd like all the mojo I can get, please?
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18 September 2012
A Poem for Trilby
Love to eat them mousies...
Mousies what I love to eat!
Bite they little heads off,
Nibble on they tiny feet!
What kind of mousepad does an editor who's into swans buy? This
one, of course. Show me your mousepad and/or the mousepad you'd have, given your druthers.
17 September 2012
These folks went to a bicycle awareness benefit less than two weeks ago,
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What does this Chicago Bears ad mean? The text of the ad is "Here it's never too cold to get burned". I suspect it means that it's too cold in Chicago for our team to get burned (lose), but the way it's phrased seems to mean they get burned (lose) all the time since it's never too cold.
Please help me before this ad breaks my brain.
If these walls could talk.... My tenant tells me a friend of his, who used to do a lot of drugs, visited him here at Swan's End and said to him, "I've been here before, back when I was using. It didn't look like this, but I know I've been in this house before." Eeek.
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16 September 2012
1164 Morning Glory Circle and
the neighbors. Sam and Darrin shared their house with Dr. and Amanda Bellows. Larry and Louise Tate ate in Major Nelson's kitchen. Plus, other juxtapositions.
15 September 2012
Dogs in Boots And because I'm an evil evil person, I now want a set of boots to put on my pups.
14 September 2012
Black Mesa is finally done! If you're even remotely a Half-Life fan, you should check it out.
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13 September 2012
Checking In. . . . In Hermosa Beach
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Cost of owning a vagina Something I'd reflected on over the course of my life - Jezebel broke it down. Yeah, there's a premium for running around with these parts.
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12 September 2012
Getting Things Written So I bought this notebook at Staples the other day. It looked like the kind I've wanted for years: a good-looking, long-lasting day-timer that I could refill each year, and even add extra pages to. But it looks to me like you can't get the refills in Canada. Am I wrong about that?
Question: If you are aware that being passive is being aggressive, is it still passive aggressive or just a different kind of aggressive? And if you have accepted you are not getting anything done, does it cease to be procrastination and transform into full blown fucking off, or does that entail a fuller embrace of doing fuck all?
Sonic City PDX :: Natural audio of locations in Portland. Each recording includes a photo and explanation by the contributor.
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Unusual things to make with buttermilk? I have a lot left over, I know pancakes and fried chicken, what else is there?
Happy Birthday bluesapphire!
Photo Friday Advance: Recess, suggested by julen
And thanks to BP for picking a theme last week while I was MIA.
Postcard Photos of Mexico in the 1950s-1960s Part 1 and
Part 2. Click the images for higher-res views. So extremely cool.
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11 September 2012
Something I never knew until today. Tony Perkins (
THAT Tony Perkins) had a pop music career in the 1950s. His biggest
hit.
10 September 2012
The Genteel ← This site is interesting. A while ago I made a (surprisingly vacillating)
thread about how I want to make a fashion site that is not just a promotion aggregator (and I should add I'm especially uninterested in tumblr style "street fashion pic of the day" blogs). I'm surprised/pleased to find that The Genteel kinda represents the sensibility I'd infuse in a publication..
Be honest. Am I a total dweeb for liking
Steam Powered Giraffe, a harmonic, mostly-acoustic folk/Western/doo-wop/barbershop/Lounge band fronted by three ex-mimes/buskers made up as Steampunk robots*?
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Prince Poppycock - when broadcast television gets it right.
09 September 2012
my favorite part of this hard sell... is how often I get my exclusive, sudden, 2-day-only final invitation:
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No idea what they are saying but the bear is Ernest and the mouse is Celestine, it's loosely based on children's books and yet another strange economy using teeth.
Now I want to find these books and think about just how odd teeth are.
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I didn't know there were wild rabbits in Kensington Gardens But we were there yesterday and it seems so.
Happy Birthday Goshling and LoriFla!
08 September 2012
A whole bunch of Obama pics from the White House staff photographer.
Down vest? So, I'm drooling over the winter catalogs looking at coats & wondering why anyone would want to wear a down vest in lieu of a down jacket. Don't your arms get cold?
Why, Amazon? Why? [weird online payment scenario]
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Weekend plans! Post 'em if you got 'em. →Read more...
07 September 2012
Weekend Tunes What's catching your ears this weekend, MeCha?
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Baby bunneh song... For when you need a bunneh chaser.
Gone for Awhile We are leaving on a road trip
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Photo Friday: Hats Wacky or normal or in-between, but preferably wacky, in honor of the US political conventions that just ended this week.
Fruitless contention I started my internet career hanging out in tech circles and eventually found the arguments to involve too much fruitless contention. I segued to another site we're all familiar with and eventually found the arguments to involve too much fruitless contention (not to mention extreme anger).
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06 September 2012
Who's your role model? Do you have a role model? Jill Biden's intro made me think about this. Someone who you look at and think "I'd like to have a profile like hers/his." Someone who gives you ideas about ways to handle various situations, how to maintain grace under fire, or just inspiration for a fun way to live?
Spac! From Star Wars! A few of
these misidentified pics cracked me up.
05 September 2012
Weight Loss Simulator Have fun making simulated people fat, then skinny, then fat again!
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OMG MONEY BUNNY! trigger warning: animated bunny poops pennies
04 September 2012
This is a post for Boring Postcards... I heard the song "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" on the college radio station tonight and immediately thought of you.
How're things, BP?
How're things, Metachatters?
Your Favorite DIsh I want your favorite dish. Interpret this as widely as you like. Assume money is not an object, but know if it costs more than $25 I won't actual eat it.
Please show your work.
Paging: Cold Chef... Pick Up on Aisle 32,794...
and hopefully the least grim pick up of the year...
Prepare to overdose on teh kyoot.
New sidebar art! It's another single-photographer sidebar, this time with pics by mygothlaundry. Thanks, MGL!
I probably should have checked the "actual capsule size" graphic on my supplements before making a decision to buy them. Bleh, horse pills filled with unpleasant-smelling herbs.
03 September 2012
Hear the new St Vincent/David Byrne album in it's entirety at NPR. I'm liking this one a lot!
02 September 2012
So who's been watching Project Runway? Spoilers inside
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01 September 2012
Primary photography on the video is DONE. Here's a photo of the very last shot on set It might have been 12 hours door to door, I might have had to re-do the concept on the fly, but I got enough video to begin editing soon.
San Francisco: photos from 2010
merged with photos taken after the 1906 earthquake. I find
this one especially moving and eerie.
Axolotls have the unique ability to regenerate most body parts. In a period of months, they can grow entire new limbs and even portions of the brain and spine.
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31 August 2012
Fantasy Football draft is tomorrow at 5pm CDT! And the draft order is...
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Obscure Records. "Obscure Records was a U.K. record label which existed from 1975 to 1978. It was created and run by Brian Eno, who also produced the albums." Download all 10 albums.
The dog's balls. What's
something cool/wonderful/amazing in your life right now?
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30 August 2012
It's not my sewing circle, it's *our* sewing circle Yesterday's post about the velvet coat I plan to make got me thinking about how much I'd like to find a community web site for sewers where posts like that really belong, so I
asked for suggestions of such sites on AskMe. I wound up joining
My Sewing Circle. If you sew and want to join, you might also consider joining the "MetaStitchual" group I've set up in their sewing circles section.
29 August 2012
I blame Marion Cotillard I bought the materials for a new project today. This is nothing out of the ordinary for me [cough], but this seems like an extra-special project.
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Photo Friday Advance: Craft, suggested by tortillathehun
Happy Birthday Youngergirl!
28 August 2012
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKK. I'm pissed off. Share why you're pissed off or some way I can vent my frustration, please.
Marmite - Yes or No? - Just like humans, some big cats like it and others don't. Watch to find out which is which!
AskMeCha: Problem with using E: for the first time. No, not that kind of E. So I got my new external hard drive delivered today and have been trying to transfer my files from my old desktop, Old Faithful, to the new laptop, and have run into a problem.
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Recipe swap! Share your favorite go-to recipes for everyone. →Read more...
27 August 2012
26 August 2012
I have a new favorite character/small-time actor: Reg Rogers, thanks to
The Closer episode "Fool's Gold".
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AV Club reviews classic Simpsons episode "Last Exit to Springfield".
For those familiar with the episode (or internet memes in general), the comments thread goes about how you'd expect it to.
Wonder how Walter Hill would have directed the ending of "The Wild Bunch"? Spoilers and gun violence, obviously.
What Neil Armstrong Could Have Said. In the summer of '69, Esquire asked everyone from Ayn Rand to Ali, Vonnegut to Asimov, Capote to Nabokov, for their suggestions for the first words on the moon. Here's to an American hero who topped them all.
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Dealing with the constant "when are you getting married questions." So the bf and I have been together five and a half years and change. He is not ready to get married, which means WE are not ready to get married. But more and more lately there is the constant barrage of questions from people who have no right to ask. Complications after the
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25 August 2012
Holiday weekend 3-point update I have no idea if it's a holiday anywhere else in the world, but this is our last public holiday before Christmas.→Read more...
Hello, Henry! Specklet and TheDonF welcome a new kid into the world.
24 August 2012
How would you read a username that appeared as "therapistboy"? I came across a profile with this username on OKCupid recently. I literally felt sick at the sight of it. I thought about it for a few days and got more and more outraged by it.
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I'd like to get me a nice big external hard drive. (Not a euphemism.) Hey everyone. I need to buy an external hard drive. This one is available for the best price I've seen for 2TB. Would it be right for my purposes? Which are a) to take all the existing data off my old 2004 desktop which has Windows XP, and b) use it with my new laptop which is a Dell Vostro 3560, which uses Windows 7?
I ate Jon's Brutal Dog. →Read more...
adorable bulldog puppy not a dog person, but it's sooooo cute! <3
Water Wigs: photos of bald men with water balloons exploding on their heads to look like crazy cartoon hair.
We can laugh about it now... Looking back, what can you now laugh about?
Anyone know anything about Vipassana Retreats? So I'm on a waiting list for a Vipassana Retreat based on a random comment in a totally unrelated-to-my-life MeFi thread. Anyone know anything about them?
23 August 2012
Yeah, you're about to be contradicted. That particular usage seems to have swirled up in the last couple of years.
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Abandoned Russian Riviera: photos of a decaying former resort on the coast of the Black Sea.
22 August 2012
Photo Friday Advance: Poles (the stick in the ground kind, not the Warsaw kind), suggested by netbros
Wednesday Three Point Updates: Good morning friends!
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I don't know which one of you fuckers turned me on to
Nomo, but thanks.
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21 August 2012
An excerpt from the upcoming biography of David Foster Wallace.
20 August 2012
Lamb-Stuffed Mushrooms. You should make them. Now.
Indianapolis arrest records? →Read more...
19 August 2012
I'm watching Sideways ... →Read more...
18 August 2012
look at what I found Project Syndicate, "commentaries from the world's top economists and geopolitical strategists." It's interesting and all but I'm beginning to be very skeptical of collections of elite technocrats
1. The more interested I get in my surroundings in India the more I realize everything here is a fractal of injustice all the way down. And I'm not even sure the urban westernized layer on top of a huge populace are even representative enough of everyone else to have a moral right to start reinventing everything. Put the chaos of our human systems together with the unrepresentative nature of jetsetting think-tank phds and this top-down systems-driven approach to things becomes useless.
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B&W photos from Staten Island, 1983-1984 There's something both touching and a little haunting about these pics. Just wonderful.
17 August 2012
Two weeks into my new fitness regimen, I appear to have sustained an umbilical hernia. The reason I am paying a trainer was to avoid injury. Right now, I am not a happy camper.
Mens Shoe Question Oxford vs Wingtip vs Brogue vs Captoe (and etc. of that style). I am totally confused by this. Is there a good chart somewhere that lays this all out?
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Friday Shuffle, anyone? You know the deal.
Things that make you feel awesome. I'm making a point lately of noticing Things That Make Me Feel Awesome.
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Photo Friday: Lone figure in a landscape
16 August 2012
15 August 2012
Bored with lame stock photos? Try some
lame stock videos.
Small Dogs With A Napoleon Complex And Twinkie is not featured? I am shocked.
Photo Friday Advance: Lone figure in a landscape, suggested by flapjax@midnite
British English vs. American English. I just learned what a "tosser" is for the first time. Nifty!
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In case anyone needs fodder for that August best post contest. There are
bicycle bog snorkeling contests (and triathlons) and
nettle eating contests and who knows what else.
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I need a house cleaning game plan. Help me out? →Read more...
The Progressive snafu is not what you think it is.
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14 August 2012
Happy birthday to gomichild!! It's already past midday on the 15th of August on the east coast of Australia, so it's well and truly time to drop whatever you're doing & wish our dearest gomichild a very fabulous birthday!
I Am Reading A Discovery of Witches. . . And like it way more than I should, probably.
Has anyone else read it?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM ACROSS THE DATE LINE TO DG!!!!!
Happy Birthday Orange Swan!
13 August 2012
I need to bust up the place. Any place, really. Who's with me??? And what the hell are we busting up?
The 50 Cutest Things That Ever Happened There is so much cute here, I don't even know where to begin. Chinchilla birthday, floppy basset hounds, a couple of face plants, and a bunny getting a bath.
12 August 2012
Share What is your new favorite thing?
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Epic pictures while trekking through Asia I haven't really had the time to give them the attention they deserve, but moonbird has been posting the most amazing pictures as he's been on vacation for the last two months. This is about where it starts.
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11 August 2012
I don't understand why rhythmic gymnastics isn't more of a mainstream sport during the Olympics. They do some amazing shit during those routines.
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The New Royales - Today "paying homage to the original version by Jefferson Airplane & Tom Scott’s cover"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR CREATRIX TAZ!!!!!!!
So one funny thing about this century is you can find lipdubs about your High School. I'm just sitting here going, and that's where I nearly broke my nose and that's the gym padding I cried into and that's whee home ec was and oh they changed the floor but that's where I ate lunch for Four Years....
JCVD a retourné. JCVD is a walking talking buddhist morality play on the vicissitudes of the ego and gratification.
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10 August 2012
"And she should have paid him at least 10 grand" Which begs the question -- how does he know so much about that topic ...
Here's a Friday giggle for you Call me maybe, chatroulette style.
Four Point Friday Update! →Read more...
Where would you run away to if you could run away from it all? →Read more...
Photo Friday: Teeny-tiny and tiny
09 August 2012
Photo Friday Advance: Teeny-tiny and tiny, suggested by mdonley and ethylene
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Apple small-business tech support in Indy? →Read more...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUEINNYC!!! OMG! Triple bunny birthdays today!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ELSA AND MIKO!!!!!!!
08 August 2012
Ok, can anyone top this in terms of sheer insanity? I mean, I love the hot weather and all, but...
Double bunny birthday celebration!
07 August 2012
Would like to run a Lexicon Game. Need Players. Jessamyn suggested I post a call for players here. I've done so on MeFightClub and gotten a couple of recruits. My next step is MetaTalk. But I agreed with jessamyn that MetaChat folks might be a good match for a Lexicon Game, so I'm asking here first.
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06 August 2012
Defrosting fish. I bought a 1 lb. salmon filet this afternoon that I would like to eat tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. When I got home, I put it in the fridge. Is it likely to be thawed at 7pm-ish? Should I do something else? When do I pull the trigger on microwave/running water/whatever?
Take a good look at the baby's, uh, limb? in the lower photo.
The Most OMG BUNNY T-Shirt Ever Offered by Woot.com Is BACK (for a limited time only) Yes, I've already ordered one because I missed it the first time.
05 August 2012
The Olympic Q&A Thread I've got questions, maybe you've got answers? Step inside. Let's all share our questions about the Olympics
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I'm getting divorced. Not really my choice, though probably for the best. Support appreciated.
A short set of Booker T & the MGs -
Booker Loo,
Time Is Tight,
Green Onions
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04 August 2012
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03 August 2012
I am beginning to be think about something "retroactive embrace". Do you ever feel like if you took the person talking about a particular album, or person, etc. and moved them back to the time the work of art or political actor was current, they'd have completely different takes? When we reach into the past for cultural signifiers we use them in a positioned (I guess the world I want is symbolic) way which is not necessarily how we'd have reacted in the midst of that ferment.
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How the "Lord of the Rings" movies used forced perspective with moving cameras to depict characters of different sizes. Pretty cool stuff- I had always figured it was pure CGI and compositing work.
Photo Friday: The Letter "I"
02 August 2012
The Olympic canoe slalom was amazing but ... →Read more...
Uses for old glass bottles? So I was emptying my pantry and found I three perfectly good, cork stopped bottles in there 750ml each, just need some boiling to get the labels off - what can I do with them? The only thing I can think of is infusing olive oil but there has to be more....
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01 August 2012
Universe Sandbox. Not sure how I missed this for so long: it's a 3D astronomy simulator that lets you play with existing solar systems or even galaxies, or create your own. SO much fun.
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Photo Friday Advance: This week's Photo Friday will be brought to you by the letter I - igloos, iguanas, ice cream, Incas, and everything else starting with the letter I. Suggested by gomichild.
Franch Dressing Respect the chemistry!
Work references? Are there guidelines/procedures/conventions for requesting/renewing them?
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31 July 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LONEFRONTRANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seen in an OK Cupid profile.... "Angelina Jolie is a not-too-distant cousin of mine and yes, I'd still do it."
30 July 2012
Food food food. I have had a lot of good food over the last few days. What good food have you eaten lately?
Driveway terror!!! →Read more...
Anybody happen to know what kind of oil they use in Japanese places at food courts? I ordered beef teriyaki without the teriyaki sauce, and noticed that the beef was even oilier/greasier than something fried up at the local greasy spoon diner. What exactly are they using, anyway?
29 July 2012
28 July 2012
I'm not really interested in the Olympics. But my wife is.
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Life Of Pi Trailer This looks gorgeous.
Good Albums on Cassette. I've been lost in this Tumblr blog all morning. Great, nostalgic scans.
27 July 2012
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Photo Friday: Landscape, Mountains, Woods
26 July 2012
Help with iTunes & iPhone. I downloaded a ringtone from the iTunes store on my iPhone. I then plugged my iPhone into my computer to charge it. The ringtone is now on my computer's iTunes, in the Tones category, but has disappeared from my phone. Help?
Andy Warhol and Nico as Batman and Robin, from 1967. I love these pics SO MUCH. (Google says they're from a photoshoot for
Esquire.)
OMG GOOGLE RAINBOW BUNNY! apparently the mascot for
Google Fiber internet service in Kansas City (both of 'em).
25 July 2012
Can you scritch it? Previously I posted
the lyrics I wrote for the theme song I need for my career as an international spy and eventual movie franchise. Ardiril has very kindly written and recorded the song. I'm deaf and napped through it, but the person assures me it's not to be missed.
Photo Friday Advance: Landscape, mountains, woods - suggested by mygothlaundry, pjern, and lysdexic
24 July 2012
MetaChat HandyPerson Problem Whuffles to anyone who can help me rewire my lamp.
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The Tyranny of Things in 1893. Apparently McMansions existed then.
Feminism & Co. A really fun looking series of programs from the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.
Happy birthday, occhiblu!
23 July 2012
Wanting to thank mdonley for the
recipe he posted for
Poulet Roti a la Provencal because I make it all the time now and it's awesome and it's currently in the oven and I'm very much looking forward to it. Yum.
How to say Los Angeles. I was watching Double Indemnity (1944) yesterday and noticed a couple of different pronunciations of "Los Angeles" (hard "g" versus soft "g"), and wondered when it became standardized. Interesting story.
22 July 2012
21 July 2012
The Chick-Fil-Gay sandwich. "Less sugar, less salt, and less funding for anti-human rights organizations" is how Hilah Johnson of Austin, TX puts it as she shows you how to make your own fried chicken sandwich at home. It looks delicious, and it doesn't help fund Chick-Fil-A's
donations against marriage equality. I've never been a big Chick-Fil-A fan myself, but apparently some gay folks
LOVE their food. BONUS: The Muppets promoted their last movie w/ toys at Chick-Fil-A, but they've just said
We won't do any more business with haters.
Holy Smoke I just saw Holy Smoke! How is Harvey Keitel so sexy? He is. Was. I suppose he'll be leaving us soon. What a wonderful actor. And god bless Kate Winslett, of course. Jane Campion rules.
Weekend 3-point update: what are you up to?
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20 July 2012
"This tragic event confirms all my preconceived notions" Someone wrote a short ironic essay - perhaps after 9-11 - to the effect that once again, the writer's political views have been shown to be true in every respect. I think I first saw the essay on MetaFilter. Anyone know what I'm talking about? I live in the Denver area and I would like to read the essay after last night's shootings. Thanks.
When a perfectly fine craft hobby goes overboard, 70s style. What kills me is the fact that she's even gone after the child's toys.
Gig on Aug 17th I just offered a gig across the street from my house and I have until Sunday to decide if I want to do it. But what to do? Call in my musicians, get new ones or just do my own thing?
I do covers of covers, songs they won't play anymore or things by people who have passed. Hmm.
Suggestions?
Standards? 90s revival? Backbar cowpunk whiskey rock?
The more they drink, the more I get paid and I could use the money.
19 July 2012
(In a Voice Like John Oliver on the Bugle. . .)PROSTATE CANCER UPDATE NOW! →Read more...
18 July 2012
I thought of you, MetaChat, when I saw the
50 Cutest Things That Ever Happened.
The lamb/volcano photo is a work of art, though.
It's World Listening Day! In observation, here's a 47-minute compilation of my field recordings from around the globe, from Bulgaria to Burning Man: Village musicians, muezzins, street ambience, emergency radio broadcasts, and more.
Enjoy!
What Superpower Do You Have in Dreams? After yet another dream in which I was able to
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Uh-oh... it's a bunny on a bender! Also, a music video for a very cool song by the band Whitman.
Photo Friday Advance: Solace, suggested by tortillathehun
17 July 2012
Bunny movie reviews and recommendations please Especially interested in the "new" Spiderman and The Dark Knight Rises, but happy to get any flick recs from bunnyland.
16 July 2012
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15 July 2012
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This happened to me last night and threw me for a loop. Has this ever happened to you?
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14 July 2012
The Trilby theme Judging from my experience (watching spy movies with the person), most spies seem to have a theme song. So I wrote one to be prepared for my future career as an international spy.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIPS!!!!!!
Your Saturday morning time suck. Roadside Architecture
You're welcome, BP.
Stressy AskMe Posts! Lost cats! Door won't open!
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13 July 2012
"Once I Had A Love" was a song that the band Blondie eventually turned into one of their biggest hits,
"Heart of Glass" in 1979. I like the finished version more than the earlier version, but that may just be because "Heart of Glass" was so ubiquitous on the radio while I was growing up.
My kitty is sick. Please send her whuffles.
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Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of furr - Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr
Here I go again I must be mad. Watch me
here
I told you didn't I tell you A while ago I
made a thread about how hip hop has being inundated by (or growing a) 'hipster' class but that it's hard to articulate something like that on a specific basis if I wanted to write an article about it
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Gorilla flips off photographer. Please note that she is using the west coast bird as apposed to the east coast version. Appropriate since she is a Western Lowland Gorilla. Which version of the bird do you flip?
Wanted: Creative questions for a "How Well Do You Know the Bride" quiz game about my sister for our pseudo-bachlorette outing tomorrow.
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12 July 2012
CONGRATULATIONS TO TPS AND STYNXNO!!!!!
Putting a privacy fence around my front yard? I like the idea of putting a wood privacy fence around my entire yard, front and back, with perhaps an iron gate at the driveway. But no other houses on my street have a fence around the front yard.
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The perfect Internet They will never perfect the Internet until they develop a site where a hand comes out of the computer and slaps you upside the head.
My week to post old ads, I guess. Is the woman's position even physically possible in real life?
11 July 2012
I'm in one of those bad moods were you over identify with a fictional character But said fictional character is kind of embarrassing so I'm just stewing, does this happen to anyone else?
The Dipr The perfect solution to the first-world problem of getting your fingers covered in milk while dipping your Oreos. I totally bought one of these and it arrived yesterday. Ridiculousness aside, I love it.
Photo Friday Advance: Contrasts, suggested by mygothlaundry
10 July 2012
The great thing about this kitchen, is that it gives you time to PAINT.
New sidebar art! Many thanks to Splunge for being the first in our "single photographer" sidebar series.
09 July 2012
The Worst Marriage in Georgetown can't make this stuff up.. delusional liar marries much older wife, climbs DC society, marriage ends with murder
A Memorable Day (Whine Alert). . . My wife's sister was visiting from out of state, and
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08 July 2012
“I’ve been shot, stabbed, kicked, punched through barroom doors by Spencer Tracy and Gary Cooper, pushed in front of moving subway trains, devoured by rats and a giant mutated fish, blown up in spaceships, melted down into a Technicolor puddle, jumped into a snake pit, and I perished from thirst in the Sahara Desert,” R.I.P. big guy.
07 July 2012
Remember this guy? It turns out that, like Dimitri the Lover, his search for romance is multi-media. He just messaged me on OKCupid about two days after I set up an account there.
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06 July 2012
Faith in humanity restored.
What little act of kindness have you seen recently that filled your heart and made your day/week? I'll start.
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05 July 2012
Audition. Good description of the classical music audition process, in this case percussionist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. I sure as heck couldn't go through this.
Wooden Roller Coasters! This is a cool NY Times article about a guy who still designs wooden roller coasters- be sure to watch the video, as well. I love the interview with the very mid-western nun who's a coaster freak.
Dorothy Parker, interviewed in the Paris Review, 1956 I dunno about the veracity of this but it's remarkable if true:
It was terrible about Scott; if you’d seen him you’d have been sick. When he died no one went to the funeral, not a single soul came, or even sent a flower. I said, “Poor son of a bitch,” a quote right out of The Great Gatsby, and everyone thought it was another wisecrack. But it was said in dead seriousness.
MeFiSwap Summer 2012! The current MeTa thread is closed. Anyone else excited about their mixes? I've got all my tunes picked out but I plan to spend a chunk of today doing the editing, EQing, and mixing (since mine are always done DJ-style). I'll also be posting it on my Web site once the swap is out.
Can I tell you about a perfect experience? It was 20 years ago today, Sergeant Pepper-- no, strike that. I'm going to use images, so I'll get to the meat of the post in the first comment. Some of this post comes from an old rec.aviation USENET group posting I made way back when.
04 July 2012
Photo Friday Advance: Robots, suggested by lysdexic
03 July 2012
So you kids think YOU'RE happy to reach the end of the school year? This was done by teachers in the town I used to live in, and pretty daggone cute.
I have just published a book called The Conspiracies of Dreams My novel is about an Egyptian spy who falls in love with an Israeli woman prior to the 1956 Suez War. The book spans 3,000 years of history and questions what forms our roots, religion, identity, and loyalties. It is a combination of Samson and Delilah, Romeo and Juliet, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. William Shakespeare helped me write a great deal of it, and he was nice enough not to ask for any royalties, but Rogers and Hammerstein did.
I'd love to know what you all think of it.
02 July 2012
Cliff-hanging architecture: great photos of vertigo-inducing monasteries in the mountains of Asia. These kinds of places were clearly the inspiration for the monastery in the EXCELLENT movie
Black Narcissus (1947), though that one was shot completely on a sound stage. (Scroll down for a shot of the monastery in the film.)
Wow, today's hipster-inspired fashion seems to be entirely based on this
Jane Fonda photo from the 60s.
Strutts Health Vest Cotton I came across this vintage knitting pattern this morning. This is not one of the vintage knitting patterns you drool over and want to make. This is one you must just view in proper historical context: as the perfect thing for a miserable, Valium-addicted housewife to make her closeted gay husband.
01 July 2012
Forgive Us Our Press Passes This story from this week's "This American Life" gave me heartburn. The state of journalism is so completely fucked in this country, it isn't even funny.
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Comfortably Numb? You will need to be in order to get through this cover of that song.
30 June 2012
Song is stuck in my head. And therefore I will share.
Hey Metachat, whatcha eatin? Weekend dinner plans?
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This wolf picture is from a recent zoo visit. I titled it, "Do Sleeping Wolves Dream of Electric Elk?" I liked
this one too.
Happy Birthday, Twiggy37 (now)
Finally got to see Moonrise Kingdom last night. Loved it and I'm not really a big Wes Anderson fan. Seen any good movies lately? Or going to see any (in air-conditioned theaters) this weekend?
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29 June 2012
Lacquer Love (an Etsy shop) - I had no idea you could get pre-painted nails. I guess they could come in handy if you're lazy or want a cool design.
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The next time you place your order, don't forget to say,
"No Anchovies, Please."
28 June 2012
Seven Kittens - still clumsy
Trilby looks out on the world I'm not a good photographer at all, but occasionally I luck out and take a reasonably nice shot.
I think the MetaChat Mansion should be a man-made, floating island.
I Call a 3-Point Update 1. Got a spam email from the account of an old acquaintance whom I have not seen or talked to in 10 years.
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influence as power I've long been really turned off by asymmetric beef on twitter (people with a lot of followers calling out or retweeting random low-influence people they're arguing with, causing the target to get accosted by the ire of a loyal crowd)
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27 June 2012
The Stanley Cup at the Beach Apparently a few of the LA Kings live at the beach, so they gave the Cup a parade down the Strand in Hermosa Beach.
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Photo Friday Advance: Hot, suggested by fancyoats
26 June 2012
Any opinions about Huddler? →Read more...
Collisions of colored droplets, shot on video
200x slower than real-time.
Whistler's Mother This Made Me Laugh
25 June 2012
I miss you! i've been offline and so, so busy, living on the road, fighting courts and the Man. Tell me about you. How are you? Will jonmc give me Lone Justice? Will gaspode tell me about Goyte on Triple J? Will jokeefe give me cast recordings?
House Rules. →Read more...
baking help! Argh, I have a recipe that calls for half a pound of sugar, but I don't have a kitchen scale. Anyone have any idea how much that is in cups? Regular sugar.
So Metachat, whatcha readin? →Read more...
Monday 3 point update! Tell us your plans for the week. →Read more...
24 June 2012
Tiny Pencil Carvings This is from a couple of years ago so maybe you've already seen it. But I just came across this and for some reason these little carvings please me immensely.
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23 June 2012
Ever heard a story about abandoned convenience stores prior to 9-11? Someone told me the other day that numerous convenience stores in Arkansas owned by Middle Easterners or Muslims were abandoned in the days prior to 9-11.
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22 June 2012
Looking for a quick favor. Anyone with decent photoshop skills and a few spare minutes willing to mock me up a quick and dirty piece? You may be able to help me get on the
Doug Loves Movies podcast!
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Bring your p(o)et to work day. Apparently, it's bring your pet to work day. For those who (like me) failed to heed the call, let's bring our poets to work instead. Or if you prefer, bring your pet!
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Photo Friday: The letter 'H'
21 June 2012
OMG! MEFIBUNNY! Could this be the first step toward the Bunny replacing the Kitty as Mascot of Internet Kyootness? I hope so.
Cross-stitching, like tattoos, should never include names This morning at Value Village I saw a cross-stitch depicting pink roses and ribbons and blue birds and featuring the words, "James and Amy, United in Love August 16, 2003." Do you suppose James and Amy got tired of the cross-stitch or that they are no longer united in love?
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"Blinded Me With Science" - photos from the science world.
A Bevy of Swans Thought you all might like to see this
cross-stitched swan cushion I finished last night. You might also like to have a look at my
collection of swan stuff that I've been building for several years now and see I've never posted.
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Pretty Eight Machine. Nine Inch Nails songs remixed and recorded as 8-bit chiptunes on 8 different consoles. Mmm.
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Your previous life, according to Wikipedia. Enter your birth date into Google with the word "died" in front of it, for example, "died January 1, 1980." Post the first Wikipedia link that appears in the results to show us who you were in your previous incarnation.
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20 June 2012
Stand alone movie quotes Do you have any particular favourite bits of movie dialogue that for you, just never stop being funny, and that you quote to yourself every now and then and then laugh inordinately?
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may I solicit a hug please? →Read more...
Photo Friday Advance: The Letter 'H', suggested by gomichild
Free association (with purchase of assoc. of equal/lesser value) What's the first word that pops into your mind when you...
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19 June 2012
TMTOTH. And yet, bookmarked by all...%)
Your Film Festival on youtube. You may want to run for groceries first.
Los Angeles in the 1940s- beautiful photos by Ansel Adams.
18 June 2012
Local Bunny Drama! I just hope the 'college-age man' wasn't a member of our
Championship Concrete Canoe Team. Dont'cha love it when most of the local news is wacky?
The Fug Girls Recap Dallas Reloaded I started reading this, decided it was a popcorn read, made some popcorn, and then nearly choked to death because eating popcorn and laughing hysterically don't mix any better than drinking and driving. Anyway, read this, but
sans popcorn.
Hunting ivory netsuke carvers: "nearly all Japanese people have figurines, anime or cartoon characters hanging from their mobile phones — for the most part without realizing they are in their mass-produced, contemporary way keeping alive the nation's
netsuke tradition."
17 June 2012
Happy Father's Day MetaDads!!
Tell us about your special day.
16 June 2012
The bombing has begun! →Read more...
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Asturias being a short youtube video of Spanish miners attacking cops with slingshots and rockets.
15 June 2012
Post your pics as MetaChat's sidebar art! As
discussed earlier, I'd like to try letting a few of our resident photogs and artists "curate" the sidebar art, in addition to our usual "shuffle" style of posting new images. This is open to absolutely everyone here, so if you think you'd be interested check out the details and sign up in this thread.
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What would you do with ~2 cups of over-ripe cherry tomatoes? I bought a bunch at CostCo a few weeks back, and they've gone soft on me.
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It's my birthday today! And so far it has been fabulous.
Angiogram today. It should be fairly routine, a stent here and a plasty there. I expect to be back sometime after 6 pm local.
Photo Friday: Semicircles
14 June 2012
Who knew vagina is so offensive! God forbid if a penis enters in to the picture...
Cornbread: Should it be sweet, or not? →Read more...
More cool animation (dare I do this twice in one day?) with a girl who may be the World's Worst Bookseller, but a Pretty Good Storyteller (in Dutch with English subtitles). And there is a bunny.
OMG! NOIR BUNNY! (also contains a Clown, a Stripper, an Astronaut, a Tea Party and
That Famous AskMe)
13 June 2012
Patti : A Film by Haley Webb A recreation of Patti Smith's performance on Saturday Night live.
Photo Friday Advance: Semicircles, suggested by julen
And it was during that time that something caught my eye… I don’t know why, I think it was the way she looked; she had these teeth that were kind of different, kind of big and maybe a bit uneven, but did she care—hell no…
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MetaFilter-colored business cards were tempting, but I didn't have a portrait photo handy. Maybe next time.
12 June 2012
What do the instructions say?
11 June 2012
UK Ice Cream Brawl (swearing, NSFW-ish) Mr. Yummy vs. Mr. Whippy -- IT'S ON!!!
Party at the Hilton Garden Inn at 8pm tonight. Fort Wayne, Indiana.
I made the local news but they can't run it until tomorrow. La cagada es hitting the fan.
in the song Glad You Came by The Wanted, The second verse goes:
You cast a spell on me, spell on me
You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me
And I decided you
look well on me, well on me
So let's go somewhere no one else can see, you and me
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10 June 2012
Bunny Show Jumping. Do I
need to add a 'OMG"?
How, in the hell, do you get rid of Malware? →Read more...
JudgeMe In which we post a personal case of something that can be perceived as either cool or a bit pathetic.
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09 June 2012
NPR: Failing And Flying by Jack Gilbert. was going through my blog drafts and found this extraordinary poem lying around from summer '09 read by NPR a couple months ago
years of contract work has left my entrepreneurial skills in decay. I'm trying to do a couple self driven projects and my brain is balking at the effort of making dozens of decisions every day about crafting the nature of the sites in question
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I really want to play Magic with people Seriously, I really want to play. There's a store by me where people play all the time, but then I have to hope somebody is actually there.
I just want to get my nerd on.
08 June 2012
Mister Rogers Remixed: Garden Of Your Mind. This is just beautiful. It samples shows that aired long after I watched him in the 70s, but it's a wonderful capsule of his philosophy which he tried to pass on to the children watching his show. I know I for one would not be who I am today without Fred Rogers.
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never go into a movie with high expectations (no spoilers) →Read more...
"Black Cat" by Brian Augur & The Trinity A groovy song from 1968 with a SUPER cool video.
What's going on this weekend?
Photo Friday: Assignment: Photojournalism
07 June 2012
Send me musicals Soundtracks, please. All of them.
AskMeCha: What can I do with this dip? →Read more...
U.S. bunnies or bunnies who have visited the States, share your
visited states map in this thread.
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Etsy and its symbiotic twin Last night I finally finished a critique I was writing about Etsy for my web site. And of course I couldn't talk about Etsy without discussing Regretsy.
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06 June 2012
Photo Friday Advance: Assignment, photojournalism; suggested by rainbaby (I honestly have no idea what this means, exactly. Perhaps rainbaby will come inside and expound on the idea)
Yesterday's Transit of Venus lead to a meandering conversation that reminded me that
this song exists.
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05 June 2012
Another stellar specimen of manhood As soon as I saw this I clicked straight over to MetaChat to share it with you all.
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where my Garbage fans at look at this black & white video of them
rehearsing 'Blood for Poppies'. (looks like Shirley Manson has the genetics to continue being a viable a crush well into my later adulthood, lol)
Potential Mecha Mansion? It sure looks nice, and apparently, it's unused. (via
fact and a photo - one of my favourite tumblr's)
Happy 65th birthday, Laurie Anderson →Read more...
A live, lip-dub marriage proposal. The most awesome thing about this video, besides the obvious love that all these people have for the couple involved, is the reverse camera showing the woman's face as everything unfolds before her. Just awesome.
04 June 2012
Ugly and stupid They kicked me out for asking for water, because the bimbo dating the boss thinks she owns the place now.
Homophobic joke goes awry for Beat I don't know if everybody will find this piece as interesting as I did, but this is really something. It's not about the joke as much as the reaction.
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Shanghai Stock Market Echo of Tiananmen Date Sets Off Censors "The broad index of the Shanghai exchange fell 64.89 points on Monday, a figure that recalls the Tiananmen Square events on June 4, 1989. In another unusual development, the index opened on Monday at 2346.98. a figure that, to some, looked like the date of the crackdown written backward, followed by the 23rd anniversary."
Shit! Fuck! OMG! Spider warning.
03 June 2012
Is this the most awesome possible fried egg sandwich? My tweaks: fat free Pepper Jack cheese, small amount of vegan style mayo on the bread, and letting the cheese melt on the eggs. And free range eggs.
how to alphabetize pseudonyms? is it meaningful to split out the second word from a pseudonym that's not a surname?
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Msuic requests: →Read more...
Happy Birthday Jason's_Planet!
02 June 2012
Your first crush: how painful was it for him/her?? →Read more...
DEVO on the show "Fridays"
playing "Jerkin' Back And Forth"(1981). I saw this the night it aired, when I was 16 and already a ginormous DEVO fan. It blew my tiny little mind.
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01 June 2012
saw a siri joke on
twitter which reminded me of a memorable NYT comment
nyt comment→Read more...
What aren't you doing this weekend? This is the post where you post your completely made-up weekend plans.
Again.
Photo Friday: Tools, hardware, and machinery
Abstinence for two months starting yesterday. I may make it three. Quitting smoking on July 1st.
31 May 2012
Update on the Mister's Heart Saga →Read more...
Is it possible to be in love with a publicly owned corporation?. . . . If you wanted to put a "do the right, awesome thing" in the dictionary, this would be a nice illustration.
Country Music's Sparkle King: A cool profile/history of Nudie Cohn, inventor of the "
Nudie suit."
Which way are you leaning this election season??? →Read more...
30 May 2012
Tornado Tracks The tornado sirens were the freakiest parts of living in OH & GA for me
Soundtrack the build up to armaggedon over a month. Break down into total anarchy over the course of a month musically.
Gin & Tonic Ice Cream Someone make this for me, pretty please?
Photo Friday Advance: Tools, hardware, and machinery, suggested by ethylene, julen, and wokerant
Bad doggie! Overeager Corgi grabs a can of spray paint from under his owner's kitchen sink. Hijinks ensue.
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Happy Birthday Hugh Janus!
Only a few hours left for this BUNNY KICKSTARTER. From the guy who just won the first-ever National Cartoonist Society "Reuben" Award for Online Comics (they've been giving other awards out for over 60 years)...
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29 May 2012
Please read: the hypocrisy of [SOME PEOPLES INTERPRETATION OF] religion. NSFW
Tea and Kittens I keep waiting for a pic of a kitten in tea to show up
Feeding time at the zoo. In which I relate the tragic tale of
The Mogget who wouldn't stop pinching food...
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28 May 2012
Round 2 I am finally making the twitter client I
posted about. Caffeine? check. Dead of the night? check. Pulsing music? check. If I don't come in here in six hours with some results I will retire and find another line of work
27 May 2012
Hoping Machine Lump in your throat, courtesy of Jay Farrar and Co., in
New Multitudes, a new project based on
Woody Guthrie's personal archives.
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When we win the lottery, I want
this to be the UK MeCha Bunny Base.
.pdf brochure (If that link doesn't work, you'll find it on the main link.)
Nas, 'Daughters' [youtube] beautiful
26 May 2012
AMAZING photos of America's old west, taken by a man named Timothy O'Sullivan in the second half of the 19th century.
House Hunt? How hard, easy (is it ever) was it for you, and how long did it take for you to find the right one… any horror stories to disclose?? Go ahead, spill!
The Very Essence of TMI. . . In which I detail the last several days, which has included my colonoscopy. I do this as a service to those to whom this procedure is a future event. So please to not click unless interested.
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Weekend 3-point update →Read more...
25 May 2012
Roger Waters is putting on a performance ofThe Wall tomorrow night Tickets are $270. Should I go ??
I LOVE SUMMER I LOVE SUMMER I LOVE SUMMER I LOVE SUMMER I LOVE SUMMER I LOVE SUMMER I LOVE SUMMER (ok, I hate buildings where the AC is too high) I LOVE SUMMER I LOVE SUMMER I LOVE SUMMER I LOVE SUMMER
Traitor is actually a really solid, well-made flash game. Happy Friday!
Smooshie after his lion cut. I don't actually think he's angry about the new 'do, he just hates having his picture taken. Believe it or not he's pretty much the most good-natured cat in the world.
Help me avoid staircase wit: tell me what to say to Desk Rummager and Snack Thief! I just learned that a supervisor in my workplace (not
my supervisor, but a boss-level person) has been getting food (mixed nuts) out of my desk drawer and eating it when I'm not around.
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Picking up where Orange Swan left off yesterday: After being reminded of Leo and Gatsby, I thought I’d do a bit of poking around, and found this…I love the way Phoenix looks in
this scene; it sends a shiver down your spine.
Photo Friday: Our winter gloves
24 May 2012
A question for everybody about the sidebar art. →Read more...
So, fess up ... →Read more...
Happy 71st birthday, Bob Dylan I'm going to celebrate by mumbling all day.
Have any of you ever been arrested… →Read more...
So, about the postcard swap... I know I'm late with mine. Please don't think you're forgotten.
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23 May 2012
Book me! Recommend me something good to read.
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JFJ in SLO! MeCha Rock God(dess) Joan Fucking Jett is going to be performing at the "Mid-State Fair" (San Luis Obispo's County Fair in a brilliant disguise), Thursday, July 26th. Good excuse for a midway-between-SF-and-LA California meetup? You tell me.
Want to feel better about reading Metachat at work? →Read more...
Having a bad day? Have a
Calming Manatee.
Photo Friday Advance: Our winter gloves, suggested by buzzman
Happy Birthday mightshould!
The Great Gatsby, Reloaded 2012 Oh dear. Visually it looks great, but the music is all wrong, and I don't know about the casting... Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby? Jay Gatsby's supposed to be coolly elegant, and Leo just looks greasy and simian.
The very gothic Heaven and Hell nightclubs of 1890s Paris. Awesome descriptions of these places written in the day by people who visited them, plus many cool photos.
22 May 2012
So how are you doing? How are you, really? Everything OK? →Read more...
Who’s your favourite TENNIS player (man/woman)? →Read more...
Continuing with the birthday theme... Think about your last milestone birthday (for any given definition of milestone). What were you doing? Who were you with? Was it fun?
Happy Birthday Brujita!! It's triplets day!
Happy Birthday Janetland!
21 May 2012
New sidebar art! Thanks to our photographers Kronos_to_Earth, youngergirl44, gomichild, and workerant.
Really crazy Sunday... →Read more...
OMG BUNNY GUARD! Also
BUNNY TRUCKJACKERS! Ads for my favorite brand of store-bought salad dressing (try the
Vidalia Onion!)
Poll question For guys who like girls: High heels on women, or no?
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20 May 2012
What a Crock! No really. What can I use my crock for? I got a stoneware crock at a yard sale with a matching lid.
Something like this. I was very excited to use it in making homemade vinegar, a new project. But...
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What do you want on your hamburger? I like mustard and hot peppers and a slice of onion.
Rodent Extortion - a hilarious take on squirrel coexistence.
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19 May 2012
18 May 2012
6 Habits of Truly Memorable People It's Inc. magazine, but it's a pretty interesting article.
And it's Friday. Friday! FRIDAY!
FRIDAY!! Happy Friday, Metachat.
17 May 2012
Since it's a disco kind of day on MetaChat, here's Amii Stewart (predicting
Janelle Monáe) doing a song that even
David Bowie loved:
"Knock On Wood."
Disco Duck Does what it says on the tin
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Donna Summer : 1948-2012. RIP Not her most famous song, but my favourite.
[pdf] Should I respond online on the EPA's behalf? a handy-dandy flowchart that's kinda common sense but also kinda interesting
16 May 2012
What are some really interesting bands? I was just thinking about how I'd like to know about some interesting bands.
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Jackson Browne - A Thousand Kisses Deep. I found the song online at my public library's free music site.
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Photo Friday Advance: Textures, suggested by ethylene, warbaby, and mygothlaundry
Humpday 3-point update →Read more...
15 May 2012
Guilty confessions- or not Come inside and spill your guts
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14 May 2012
Can Geoengineering Solve Global Warming? our friends at the new yorker report on some crazy strategies
It's here, it's here! The 2011 US SS popular baby name data!
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13 May 2012
BUNNIES, OMG!! the kitty thought...
Swan's End: Attic before and after photo set I just finished the attic renovation today. There are pictures. And commentary.
And now that the room is just so and immaculate, the first thing I will do is mess it up by starting some project or other.
16 Tons as you've never really heard or seen it before. Whoa. Just, whoa. The 60s were weird.
12 May 2012
Fuck cancer My friend in Raleigh's spouse (also one of my best friends) called me with the horrible news that today was John's last on this earth.
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What's in your fruit bowl? I bet it's not all fruit! You're one of the most diverse and interesting groups of people I know, so chances are there's going to be some cool stuff! I'll go first...
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Need help providing tunes for my daughter's road trip →Read more...
Zelfspot Post a comment or anecdote in which you poke fun at yourself.
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11 May 2012
Weekend plans 3-point update. →Read more...
Tuneses (not a driving cat)
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Gonna be a rough weekend →Read more...
Photo Friday: Empty, emptiness, bleak
What do you think of charities in some celebrity's name, actual
501(c)(3)-compliant charities*, whose only function is to provide lavishly catered meet-and-greet opportunities to the underprivileged with that celebrity and his or her circle?
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10 May 2012
Because , a new animation from Cyriak , starring his own face
West Side Story lovers, check this out, looks like a good deal, today only.
09 May 2012
God bless Joe Biden's inability to keep from shooting his mouth off
Photo Friday Advance: Empty, emptiness, bleak - Suggested by arse_hat, Kronos_to_Earth, and flapjax at midnite
Culinary Help For the first time, I used full-size fresh pasta sheets to make a lasagne. It was, and is, awesome.
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Postcard From 1952, by Explosions In The Sky. An incredibly beautiful music video, mainly featuring very slow-moving scenes framed to feel like old family photos. So cool.
SHOUTING THREAD →Read more...
08 May 2012
People who like grapefruit juice... →Read more...
Cats for Public Radio. Chicago Public Media has called in the cats! Their pledge page now features videos with the theme "Research tells us that cute cat videos make people happy. Happy people donate."
blenders and food processors So. I'm not really one for kitchen appliances (I tend to mash things up with my mortar and pestle) and I'm a little confused about which things blenders do and which things food processors do.
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AAA Provides a Small Level of Bicycle Service. . . Not much. Can't really imagine having to use it, but thanks for thinking of me.
Too many wonderful people dying right now. R.I.P. Maurice Sendak, author of "Where The Wild Things Are," among many many others.
07 May 2012
Never Give Up Hell, I've been doing yoga for a year and I'd settle for losing 20 lbs lol
...in which Christopher Robin introduces Winnie to a baby blue jay. →Read more...
omg kitty! we are getting our Very Spoiled Cat a new cat for his (un)birthday, probably whether he wants one or not.
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Our French Connection: A writer travels to several small US towns named Paris to talk to Americans about the French, beginning in South Paris, Maine.
Last night's MadMen: Discuss... (potential spoilers, I suppose) →Read more...
06 May 2012
The Worst Songs of All Time ??? As selected by the blogger who is also
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05 May 2012
Sweat bees. I've heard of "sweat bees" since I was a child, and I thought it referred to some of the (larger) little gnats that will swarm around your face on a humid day in the more rural parts of Georgia. I never knew until today they are
real bees that will drink our sweat and tears.
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The Dirty Water Girlfriend Experience Long Island prostitute busted using hot dog stand as a front. New York Post has a field day.
"I Saw Her Standing There" - True love in a platform world.
I am making a twitter client. if I don't come back in 12-24 hours with an update I am going to drop the idea instead of keeping it knocking around my head for months. Here goes!
04 May 2012
May Holidays other than May Day and Mother's Day to celebrate, from mental_floss
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This is how I'm spending the weekend. How 'bout you?
Animate Everything. Wonderful animated music... thingy.
Another Day at the Office Dear [Principal]-
During the routine annual safety inspection yesterday, I went into the gym and found out that [your school] is producing Peter Pan as its seasonal production, and that there is home made rigging in place to "fly" the student actors.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MYGOTHLAUNDRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Photo Friday: People, places, things (aka nouns) that fill you with joy
03 May 2012
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Fat Tax? How about a Cat Tax? A dog-owning health writer trolls the Internet to make a point about 'unhealthy lifestyle choices'.
Where would you go? If you could relocate to anywhere in the country you currently reside in, where would you like to go and why? Part 2: Anywhere in the world?
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Should we do a postcard swap next week for National Postcard Week? (UPDATE: WE ARE!) Just saw a mention by
Jessamyn about NPCW... should we make a quick mailing list and send postcards next week? Kind of like a mini-version of the Xmas card swap?
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Stynxno is 30 years old today!!! Woooo!!!!
Feeling nostalgic. Link to old favorite MetaChat threads, GO!
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Gotta dirty it up a little. Here's the new car. This is the least-giddy photo :) Now we have to make it ours.
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not Bunnies!!! (and also nuclear warheads, because, well, it's Ripley)
02 May 2012
Summer Vacation Plans! Some started to discuss it in the
book thread, so let's spinoff, shall we?
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Photo Friday Advance: People, places, things (aka nouns) that fill you with joy - suggested by netbros
indian ad for bottled mango juice villager tells policeman that his cow is missing. cop says your cow will stroll back but the mangos i'm busy eating will be gone when the season ends. cop is presented with the 'all season mango', this disgusting chemical juice. OMG WE'RE GOING IN REVERSE please send many copies of Mother Jones & Michael Pollan's works
01 May 2012
Summer [Northern Hemisphere-ist!] Reading List (Redux) So pjern
asked this awhile ago, but we're a bit closer now to folks ending semesters/prepping for vacations, etc. What do you have in your queue for the near future?
I know it's not hump day yet, but it may as well be. How's your week going? I've been miserably sick all weekend and have so much to do that this week is not fun at all. I'm really looking forward to the end of next week, though, since final exams will be over.
We are between MeFi Swaps, so... →Read more...
30 April 2012
The saga continues. →Read more...
I feel like I just lost 200 lbs ! By un-liking and un-subscribing from a ton of chatter and nonsense noise on my fb. Wow I didn't realize how free and lighter I would feel. Like taking a deep breath of fresh air.
The state of Louisiana turned 200 today. Slate.com has
some gorgeous photos, mostly of New Orleans, including some fantastic ones by Haneri Cartier-Bresson in the '40s.
29 April 2012
I used to think the 3rd amendment was archaic and near comical but maybe our common law friends need something like that!!
London 2012: Missiles may be placed at residential flats
Boomshine: maddeningly addictive Flash game. I finally beat all 12 levels, but was within a few minutes of giving up on level 11.
El Camino del Rey A long walk along a very narrow pathway (with a very unfortunate soundtrack, but the visuals are worth it)
28 April 2012
Embarrassing videos on Facebook. Have any of you noticed that your Facebook friends have "viewed a video" that is embarrassing/sexual/etc? And you know they wouldn't want it in their Facebook feed?
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I need bubees for my business cards but I can't find it anywhere.
What starts out looking like a Red Riding Hood variation takes an insane turn after an 'OMG BUNNY' makes an appearance. (Has it become a rule now that you cant do really weird animation without a rabbit in some role?)
27 April 2012
Say... You can't do that on live television! (Alec Baldwin and Scott Adsit on 30 Rock's live episode, east coast)
Pre-weekend three-point status update: →Read more...
Photo Friday: Silhouettes
26 April 2012
Anyone know an un/underemployed anthropologist? I believe there may be an opening soon.
Today is Poem In Your Pocket Day, a part of
National Poetry Month. The idea is to carry a favorite poem around with you to share with people, so let's make MeCha our virtual pocket and post some favorite poems in this thread.
99 Problems covered by Hugo.
25 April 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY INITAPPLETTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ridiculous freaking party at my place Post-Final/Pre-Graduation micellanous blow out, May 5th. Child friendly until 8pm.
Post child-friendly music, media, etc.
If you happen to be in NE Indiana, I'll send you the address.
Photo Friday Advance: Silhouettes, suggested by shane
Made of win, now with cheese So I caramelized onions in my slow cooker last night for the first time. I'd been wanting to try this since someone over at MeFi mentioned it. Oh my goodness, the delicious! Even better? I took some of the fresh, warm onions and stirred in Gorgonzola crumbles. And put it on a roast beef sandwich. Oh yeah...
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24 April 2012
Mumbly grumbly thread because I just can't bear shouting right now. My head is one big container of bacterial infection. My sinuses and inner ears are pressure vessels of pain.
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Most ill-conceived waterslide ever? A 45-degree angle, LOOPING waterslide in Vernon Township, New Jersey. Despite the title of the article, it apparently WASN'T shut down immediately, since there are reports of riders being abused by a trip through it.
23 April 2012
Mechazens on Twitter - a semi-occasional update and invitation. Leave a comment if you want a bunch of new followers.
A love letter to Ms. Pac-Man: A tribute to one of my favorite games from the arcade era.
There's not really any synonym for the adjective "bittersweet," is there?
22 April 2012
You know what's not a bummer? When a thread is still active after four years. Happy birthday bummer thread!
21 April 2012
The Power Of A Trashcan The garbagemen of Hamburg, Germany turned a waste bin into a huge pinhole camera, and began taking
photos of their city with it. Some of their pics are
gorgeous.
Famous Photographers’ Self-Portraits in Mirrors - "Everybody does it." {warning: Diane Arbus's boobs and granny panties}
20 April 2012
We're trying to reverse engineer Ken Cosgrove's literary carrer here The Mad Men thread on metafilter spilled over into this, a wiki where we invent Ken Cosgrove's history as a master of American letters and Sci-Fi pioneer. In jokes and dorkery ABOUND.
Cherry Blossoms in Brooklyn! Meetup crosspost, call for interest.
Happy Birthday ThePinkSuperhero! Hope you thoroughly enjoy it, and the coming amazing year!
The Eames House Home of architects and designers Charles & Ray Eames, photographed in 1951 by Life Magazine.
Photo Friday: The Letter "G"
19 April 2012
Support same-sex marriage in Australia? The survey is part of an inquiry into two bills currently before the Australian Parliament that propose to legalise same-sex marriage.
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A delicate tea question. →Read more...
Sad day for music fans I'm kinda gutted tonight to hear that Levon Helm passed away today.
This Onion AV Club article is a great tribute. I'd seen the news that he wasn't well, but I'm still shocked that he's gone already.
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Name 10 Tunes! (previous answers posted)
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F**k Planet Earth (BBC) This shouldn't be as funny as it is, but it is.
18 April 2012
OMG! THE SHINS! New video for song "The Rifle's Spiral" uses Tim Burton-esque animation to tell the tale of a woman magician going up against the status-quo... over a BUNNY!
officially only released to be seen on Nintendo machines, but there are several unauthorized copies to YouTube already, of which this appears the best. If/when it gets wiped in favor of official release, I'll update this post, but I couldn't wait because OMG BUNNY!
I am stuck in hospital for at least another day. →Read more...
RIP Dick Clark American Bandstand. New Years Rockin' Eve. A true music icon.
Photo Friday Advance: This week's Photo Friday will be brought to you by the letter G - giraffes, greenery, giants, your friend Greg, and everything else starting with the letter G. Suggested by gomichild.
Skip it! Best odd childhood toy ever.
"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" 20th Anniversary group art exhibition
being held in Santa Monica later this month. Damn, I wish I could go!
17 April 2012
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. →Read more...
Chorus Boy Chronicles. . . A MeFi post I did that some of you might find interesting.
Remember the movie Real Genius? Who are the top ten geniuses in the world?
I have the weirdest earworm today... that long drum outro from Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science."
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Shameless Hollywood Gossip Post. Angelina's Engagement Ring. What do you think of it?
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16 April 2012
Bunny! OMG! (I'm tempted to call this a 'black swan' event)
metachat, I had a crazy, moving dream about making silk threads from fingertips!
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A sad day... Our mouse Sprinkles passed away this morning.
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What's for dinner/lunch/some fantasy future meal? →Read more...
15 April 2012
Progress (of sorts) Further to
this, we've finally started to get some painting done.
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Mad Men [possible spoilers] OK the episode tonight was hilarious. That is all.
The sun actually came out. It's salad weather! Here in Seattle, the sun has eluded us even more than the reputation of this region would lead one to expect. But...we have just had several days of actual spring, involving breaking out the sunglasses and all sorts of unaccustomed activity. Time to put away the soup and casserole recipes and figure out some cool new kick-ass salads.
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams A gorgeous song, and a video made with scenes from that movie in the 80s that the song appeared in.
14 April 2012
Recipies that really showcase chicken stock? I accidentally made like, amazing freaking chicken stock today and I want to put it good use so it really shines. Any ideas?
OMG!! BUNNY!! (potential crossover with
Monkeyfilter and its
USBanana shirt)
13 April 2012
IRC! Hey, it's old-timer's night! People who haven't been around in ages are dropping in. Won't you?
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Snowball: a cute, animated pinball game with a snowy theme.
Jolie-laide I'm finding this thread so very inspiring.
Because I'm in a good mood, and the weather is nice: Koop
Summer Sun.
Photo Friday: Pets (but not yours)
12 April 2012
Yay! ... Boo! ... Yay! I rode just over 3 miles on my bike today. Boo! My muscles are screaming.
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So I have hypermobility? So I stumbled across
this page randomly and was scrolling through the pictures, noting that I could scratch my back like that if I wanted to and that I could easily grasp my wrist like that too.
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So if the tax laws change i see a lot of millionaires looking to reassign funds.
Why not to individual research?
Why I wanted a paper prescription! My doctor wrote a prescription. His nurse transmitted it online to my mail-in pharmacy. The pharmacy filled it, mailed it, & debited my checking account from my card on file. All before I got home. My month's budget is busted. Poop.
11 April 2012
Black songs Think of every song with black in the title and post it here.
Hump Day Three Point Status Update →Read more...
Photo Friday Advance: Pets (but not yours), suggested by workerant
10 April 2012
$10,000 reward for return of cat missing for 10 years This really touched me. It is just so sad that these people are still yearning so much for their sweet cat that they're still trying, ten years later, to get it back.
Baking blueberry muffins. Question... →Read more...
"Away From It All": a little-known Monty Python travelogue from 1979.
09 April 2012
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How Fast Do You Read? Warning: it's an ad for Staples but it seems to work anyway. Brief and amusing at any rate!
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08 April 2012
MorpHex Really cool and yet really creepy. I kept waiting for the blaster gun to pop out.
07 April 2012
Make and then Model Your Own Bikini! (slyt)
Watch it for the cute cute floral dress. More 50's fashion fun
here.
I never would have associated the Washington Post with Peeps. But then again, I'm behind the times.
Also, I recently read somewhere that the WaPo's biggest moneymaker right now is Kaplan. But I think they're missing their calling.
Double Dutch Doggo. Suffer through the bad soundtrack, but WOW totes awesome doggie.
Getting some relaxation in on this long Easter weekend?
06 April 2012
Boredom Proneness Scale I got 120. How bad is that? I'm too bored to click the link to the scale, and I can't find anything to say how good or bad 120 is anyway. Bored now, gotta go.
OMG! SO! MANY! BUNNIES! because they all come out at Easter Time
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I want to branch away from the usual american breakfast spreads like jellies, jams and preserves. I have orange marmalade and lemon curd. What else should I seek out? Savory is fine too, so long as it is "breakfasty" and spreads on something made from whole grain.
Well, it looks like my honors thesis is screwed On the upside, I may get to stop going to biopsychology.
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"The Walking Dead" Season 3 starts shooting next month in tiny
Senoia, Georgia. My favorite detail from
this article about the negotiations and preps for the shoot was this:
Riley said grass would need to be left uncut in certain areas at times and said signs would be placed to let local residents know why the grass was high.
Turn off that lawnmower! You're wrecking our continuity!
ANother drunk postt whatre you lookin at, bub?
Another duck post. World's rarest ducklings Madagascan pochards hatch.
05 April 2012
Texts From Hillary Clinton This made me LOL. I hope they continue to add new ones.
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD!!!!!! FUCK NY HEALTH INSURANCE BEAURACRACY!!!!! I'M AT THE NEUROOPTHAMOLOGISTS TO FIND OUT IF I HAVE JUST CATARACTS AND THEY WON'T SEE ME BECAUSE MY PRIMARY DR WON'T GIVE THEM A REFERRAL BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN HER SINCE LATE '10. I HAVE TO GO FROM 165TH DOWN TO 13TH AND WAIT FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG BEFORE THEY *WILL*!!!!!!!
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!!!!
AWFUL EASTER BUNNIES!!! WTF? (I probably will never be allowed to make 'Bunny! OMG!' posts again after this, but it's worth it)
04 April 2012
Good on you, Aldi, for the first gay UK TV ad. Good on you, Aldi, for the first mainstream gay TV ad.
Ipad happiness Kinda wowed these days by magazines on my Ipad (and it is a 2, not a new one.)
Photo Friday Advance: Creepy, suggested by Eideteker
"The waiter, struggling to explain what a grapefruit is to a man who just didn't get it." A clip from Aziz Ansari's standup special.
Manatee Versus Glass: For your Wednesday morning manatee fix.
Are the Dallas Area Bunnies Okay? - I'm not sure who all is in the Dallas are except for Doohickie. Y'all need to chime in with status updates, please!
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03 April 2012
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Afternoon Matinee: Today, we present "
A Fistful of Yen" in its entirety.
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Name Some Damn Tunes (click for the answers from last time)
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Messages from Hogwarts? I am starting to think that Hogwarts is trying to get in touch with me. This winter an Eastern Screech Owl made
multiple appearances in my back yard.
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Color photos of Picadilly Circus, 1950s. I like how the Guinness clock visible in several of the pics was given different slogans over the years.
02 April 2012
OMG! My friend Jude's bunnies on the web! Jude (J.D. Biersdorfer) usually writes for the NY Times Circuits section, but here she's the visiting pet expert.
Every time I decide to blow off a class, it's like a holiday Celebrate with me!
What did the salad when the fridge was opened? "Close the door; I'm dressing." The other day I was at Value Village and spotted a glass bottle for making salad dressings, with eight recipes and measurements marked on the side.
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Why I won't click on your Easter peeps links. Some people have a visceral recoil when confronted with
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OMG! Bunnies vs Penguins! | well, bunnies AND penguins, on t-shirts, at Woot. Or you can just nick the shirt art as desktop images.
guys so I'm looking at the NYT sidebar and come across this Maureen Dowd
column about D/s and the scandalized comments. I didn't figure her 'progressive' audience would be so unable to handle this kinda thing. Odd?
"Fallen Kingdom": A Minecraft Parody of Coldplay's Viva La Vida. This is so great- it wasn't animated in Minecraft, but is done in Minecraft style, with lots of funny little touches. If there's ever talk of a Minecraft movie, these guys should be brought aboard to do it.
01 April 2012
Peeps Contest 2012! The annual post! Once again I didn't enter. Damn. Who do you vote for?
Have we talked about the Draw Something app? If so, can we talk about it again now that I've jumped on the bandwagon?
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"It feels so good on my bald lizard tail..." Ha, I've been looking for this forever. This is FUN, lol. "It's tail time!"
I really like Google's new search functionality. Scroll right down to the end to see all the available options.
[nsfw] Very Maggie Smith The funniest thing you will see today.
Faux AskMe Can we do some faux AskMe questions in honour of the day?
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Important Announcement: Adblock (which I use on Chrome) is now replacing ads with photos of cats.
You may now continue with your regularly scheduled interneting.
31 March 2012
A movie for Saturday night. The Complete Earl Scruggs Story. 86 minutes. Earl
died this week.
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30 March 2012
I'm just going to uninstall Minecraft now. My mountain fortress is nothing, and multiplayer or not, I can't expend the effort to compete with this.
I built my home in Survival, but still...
Anyone up for some MP3 player shuffle action? You know the drill: MP3 player device of choice on shuffle, first ten songs, post them here.
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Laughter and penis Is there some prohibition against all laughing near a penis? If I am laughing hysterically, it is probably not at the penis.
Penis should learn to have a sense of humor.
The difference between "vulgar" & "dirty," and the merits of each.
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Party Fears Two - an excellent live cover of this song, by an artist called King Creosote. The
original was by The Associates.
Photo Friday: Roads and concrete
29 March 2012
Moomins book covers. I know at least a couple of bunnies who are Moomins fans.
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Project time! We haven't had any mechawide group projects in a long time. I have a proposal:
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Not Nearly the News! I had this idea for a fun collaborative writing exercise, based on a post on a friend's facebook wall.
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28 March 2012
New sidebar art! Thanks to our photographers Kronos_to_Earth, workerant, mygothlaundry, and gomichild. There's also a pic by me in there.
Photo Friday Advance: Roads and concrete, suggested by pjern, lysdexic, and mdonley
Old computer music time capsules There's so much odd stuff on this old computer.
Sigh. I missed this stuff.
U.S. prime-time television schedule, 1966. I see more to watch here than on the 8 zillion channels I have now.
"As news I now read that the teaser for the trailer for the remake of
Total Recall has arrived. That sentence can be used as a full description of Hollywood films and marketing at the moment." That line is from an article about the blandness of Hollywood film trailers, but I thought it was kind of a bleakly funny way of describing just how awful the American movie industry has become.
27 March 2012
What can I make for dinner that involves ricotta cheese and no oven? The oven is dead but the stove top is fine. The ricotta will expire in a week. Any & all - well, within reason and a mediocre American supermarket's reach - other ingredients are obtainable. Thank you, oh gourmet chefs of metachat!
Just venting about an encounter in our park yesterday. More inside, as they say in MeFi land.
Frame of Mind: a very clever little travel video made by a couple of friends, with a picture frame.
The Secret Files of Hugo and Victoria A friend of mine, Buck Buchanon, just wrote a hilarious satire of noir books about detectives and vampires. It's full of puns and makes fun of every book and movie written by Mickey Spillane and Ellery Queen. It even spoofs The Maltese Falcon. It's called The Secret Adventures of Victoria and Hugo and you can download it from amazon.com. Read it and laugh.
26 March 2012
Suddenly gloomy. My husband left for a week-long trip last night, and it's suddenly cold, and I started the day writing an obit.
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Mad Men spoilers: Well?
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Question for California Bunnies Reading "Obsession" by Jonathan Kellerman,
who is an excellent writer, so....even though excellent writers are ALL about making stuff up, I'm wondering if he made this up:
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Cocktail +laptop keyboard+ cat that likes to knock crap over So it works again but the keys seem kind of sticky inside. Warranty expired. Do I need to take it in? Is there any way to clean it?
25 March 2012
Facts About Projection is a charming short film from 2010 needs only three minutes to make me wish I was a projectionist.
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Hey MetaChat, would you take a quick survey for a User Interfaces class I'm taking? It'll take about 3 minutes and you'll have my undying appreciation and if I ever meet you IRL I'll buy you a beer. Thanks!
New part-time job Working for a big box US home improvement store. My first weekend: interesting.
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Van Sessions Newish band Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers have a fantastic video series of them performing rootsy-pop-soul cover songs in a van on acoustic and sometimes toy instruments. Start with the irresistible
I Can't Go for That and take it from there -
Every Day,
How Sweet It Is,
She's Got You,
How Will I Know,
Here Comes the Sun....
Chow Down (at Chick-fil-A) - A trio of Drag Queens protesting Chick-fil-A's donations to groups hostile to LGBTQ rights by spoofing a Wilson Phillips song.
24 March 2012
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If you enjoy things that are "ornate," you may enjoy
this Tumblr blog.
Really cool use for Facbook. This store is just on the other side of my block. I wish I had seen this sooner.
Movie for a Saturday night. Child Bride 1938. Expose/exploitation film. Miss Carol is a teacher, returned to her native Ozark hills determined to stop the practice of child marriage. Star Shirley Mills, lived into her 80s and died two years ago next week.
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23 March 2012
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Fantasy baseball, anyone? We still have spots open in the MeFi league.
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22 March 2012
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Orphaned baby owls find cozy new home. (Hit the arrow in the upper right to advance through the slideshow.)
Freak Snowstorm in S. Willamette Valley Yesterday All the forecasts said rain, and when I got up at 5:00 there was 4" of snow on the ground.
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21 March 2012
INTERMISSION TIME. Our feature will resume in ten minutes.
Photo Friday Advance: Hidden, suggested by ethylene
Total change of tack: Can you list movies and music of broad undeniable beauty, if not transformational or spiritual, in a way that is accessible to laypeople?
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20 March 2012
The most terrible ball of them all... March 21st sixty years ago the world's first rock concert was staged in Cleveland by
Alan Freed and
Leo Mintz.
White-Out News : it's the real news, but funnier.
Managing Expectations It's incredible that so much of my life's work involves managing the expectations of others when I feel it drives me crazy to the extent that it does.
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19 March 2012
RUIN: "An animated short set in a post-apocalyptic universe." Definitely seems to be a small piece of a much larger project, but it looks really great.
Think of the fightiest song you can I need some kind of head on take charge something or other.
Want to build a Death Star? ™
Galactic Empire Good luck with
that. Well you could build a
Lego Model of the Death Star right?
We Have the Technology - Of special interest in the link is the second video (scroll down).
I'm playing a lot of Fallout 3/NV recently and it's starting to colonize my brain
18 March 2012
Do Hollywood directors always get permission to shoot in public spaces? Watching movies, I'll see a scene where two characters are walking down the street or something, and I wonder ... do directors ALWAYS get a permit to film in a public area?
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Politicians Say the Funniest Things. And, these are people who want to be President! (Watch the Stephen Colbert video linked in the article.)
17 March 2012
As we get closer to Easter, you can expect more and more 'bunny-themed' merchandise to be made available. For now, let's start with
Rabbit Ears Salad Servers.
Draw me a picture and I will pay you! Read the metajob post, let me know if you have questions.
A movie for Saturday night. Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family
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On the 2-year anniversary of the death of Alex Chilton, here's a video of
a choir singing Big Star's "Thirteen." (via)
Photo St. Patrick's Day! Show us your green!
Reddit user discovers a photo taken at
the exact moment he became gay.
16 March 2012
We're going out to eat curried goat. What're y'all doing tonight?
It's the LAST MeTa Book Club Thread! We are discussing Everything is Illuminated and the two accompanying Prof. Hungerford lectures.
Dharun Ravi has been found guilty. Yay.
Ah, the needless struggle Why bother? With anything? Because you care. But you can choose to care. And many people don't. How do you deal with these people?
In advance of St. Patrick's day tomorrow, here's
almost 20 minutes of the Pogues playing live back in 1985.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TURTLEGIRL!
Damn Archery in pop culture is making me want to get back into it Like the only sort I was ever good at and with Katniss, Brave,and Hawkeye all up in my face I feel the urge to get back to the bow.
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Photo Friday: Under the bed, in the back of your closet- What's there?
15 March 2012
The Frog and the Smartphone (Youtube, and pretty darn funny)
Has Anyone Got A Link To The Annual SXSW Music D/L ? I haven't been able to find it yet
Are you putting together a summer reading list? Tell me what's on it....
It's storming! For two minutes!
Lacey We put Lacey down last night.
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14 March 2012
Neil Young, Professional Pollster As a friend said, ya gotta laugh or you'll cry.
Sad day The smartest guy I knew in high school took his own life last Friday night at age 55. I just found out last night. We only saw each other occasionally as adults, but we stayed in touch online and had many discussions about science and politics.
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No Robots! A short student film.
Bunny! OMG! Slightly NSFW
This has to be the first NSFW BOMG! post I've ever done.
Photo Friday Advance: What's under your bed or in the back of your closet? Suggested by desjardins
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"Vocal Fry" Creeping into US Speech Sorry to be a bit US-centric, but I find this really interesting.
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13 March 2012
1999-2012 R I P Haversack, Best Bag Ever. →Read more...
GRAR Feeling extra grumbly today.
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Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a game under development, in which you play a human being hunted in the British countryside by aristocratic, pipe-smoking, top-hat-wearing robots. This sounds very much like my kind of game, and the screenshots look really cool.
Do you know how much bandwidth your household uses in a month? →Read more...
12 March 2012
I want to call out lysdexic... For being awesome!
This has been a terrible, bad, no-good week for me.
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We all know the origin of Steely Dan. So, what is a good name for a wooden backscratcher?
Wanna buy a bar? It could be the metachat bar. Equidistant from major cities, decent venue.
Are we doing the NCAA this year? . .Not that I have the where-with-all to set this up, but I would certainly participate!
Fffuuuuuuuu: The Internet anthropologist's field guide to "rage faces." I'm always curious about how memes and sayings and so on crop up and then travel all around the web.
11 March 2012
There's a cat under my house. What else can I do? →Read more...
What works well as a (Mefi) reading club book? We've got a
list of suggestions going on Goodreads for what book we should read.
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How's your weekend going? 3-point update →Read more...
10 March 2012
New tune from The Magnetic Fields: Andrew In Drag
It's one of the better songs on the new album, and the video is witty. :)
A movie for Saturday night The Terror 1963. Roger Corman directs, Francis Ford Coppola produces and staring Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson.
17 Again could be the most perverse movie of all time
09 March 2012
So my phone rings today, our landline, and a guy on the other end tells my wife that he is with a group of computer security experts and
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Tax Deductions - Need some ideas to lower your tax bill?
Here you go.
Women of The Future 1902 French trading cards edition.
Amazing. A pod of dolphins beach themselves but are saved by people who drag them back out to sea.
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I Need A New Email Address After aeons of disuse, I am shutting down my website and I need somewhere new for people to email me. Is there something out there new and interesting I should try ?
Name That Tune: Shuffle 10!
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My health care provider is ridiculously bureaucratic. My health insurance company isn't very competent. Why do they get to charge so much? Whoever says the for-profit model is more efficient is crazy.
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I have decided that I need some moral mettle and personal gravitas. Is there a quick fix??
Photo Friday: The Letter 'F'
08 March 2012
Remember Rachel Flowers? The kid who spits out Keith Emerson works like they're watermelon seeds? Well, last month Keith let her have at his modular Moog.
I direct Molly Crabapple in this video where she congratulates getting halfway on her Kickstarter by doing a dramatic reading of The Cure's Lovecats
Some Guy Wants to Use One of My Songs in a video game he is writing, then giving away.
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Take Kate Bush's song 'Wuthering Heights,' and slow it down until it's over 30 minutes long. The result:
something very whooshy, spooky, and lovely.
07 March 2012
Liquid Drum'n'Bass Mixes : my new favorite streaming mix site.
Hitting is mean: little kid bonds with his piñata.
Photo Friday Advance: This week's Photo Friday will be brought to you by the letter F - forts, frogs, families, falafel, and everything else starting with the letter F. Suggested by gomichild.
06 March 2012
Next in the series of unfortunate events I got terminated from my job this morning.
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Some Jane Austen juvenilia Five excerpts.
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Back in the day. What was the first rap/hip-hop track you heard? If you didn't fall in love right away, what was the cut that made you say, "Dayummm, I gotta hear some more of this stuff?"
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05 March 2012
Manic Monday Three-Pointer (and I don't mean a basket from 25 feet out) →Read more...
Pleasant Family Shopping is a photo blog featuring "A nostalgic look back at chain stores and other everday places from the past." Lots of cool retro pics.
04 March 2012
CUPCAKES -coming soon to an ATM near you.
what's our take on Tori Amos? I made the mistake of listening to
A Piano, a 15 year collection and it turns out in between the legendary songs that I've always loved she does a lot of complaining over tinkling keys..
The Past, Present, and Future walk into a bar. . . . →Read more...
03 March 2012
A Saturday night movie. Five Minutes To Live. A bank heist movie with Johnny Cash, Vic Tayback, Ron Howard, and Merle Travis. 1961.
BUNNIES!! OH NO!!! If you believe this ad, that old company was turning bunnies into hats!
Related.
The Buzludha in Bulgaria was a monument to Communism, an enourmous auditorium in a futuristic building sitting atop a mountain. Photographer Timothy Allen braved a snowstorm to reach the building, now a derelict, and take
these amazing photos of it. It looks like something out of a Hollywood sci-fi movie.
The Baby in the Cornfield. "Why are stories of tornado 'miracle babies' so common? It happened again Friday when rescuers found a blond, blue-eyed toddler in the middle of an Indiana cornfield, 10 miles from her home."
It's that's time of year again, time for the Hair Update. Cut because the back mullet was threatening to take over my head like some sci-fi hair monster.
New Work Assignment: Poltergeist . . .I got this email at work yesterday afternoon, and I am instructed by my boss to not treat the people as merely crazy, but to handle this with respect and seriousness.
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Objects of desire What's yours?
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02 March 2012
I want you so bad It’s driving me mad, it’s driving me mad. Cause the five minute version by the Beatles wasn't long enough, here's a seventeen minute version by The Flaming Lips and Nels Cline.
local wiki! exciting times.
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Banksy on advertising: "Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head."
01 March 2012
Confessions of forgetfulness : last weekend, I cued up a record, and upon playing it, realized that I had forgotten which way records spin.
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TMTOTH award. Or, first-world problems award. Or, best missing-the-crotch area award. Or ...
Ask Mecha, Digital Camera Edition. Help me choose a new compact camera. Last week my Panasonic compact camera broke ...
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29 February 2012
A sampling of personality Tonight I was buying paint samples at Home Depot.
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There goes any chance of a reunion: Monkees lead singer
Davy Jones has died.
Photo Friday Advance: Work, suggested by fancyoats
What did I miss? Sorry guys, had to step out for a minute...
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28 February 2012
"The Flawed Symmetry of Prediction" is a gorgeous stop-motion video made with DSLR cameras. The sound editing is part of what makes it so excellent.
What songs do you like to sing? Without any recording playing in the background that is. Like f.i. under the shower.
The Lutheran Insulter Let Martin help you give the burn.
Um, hi. This is a nervous post. I'm having wrist surgery on Thursday to remove a ganglion cyst that will. not. go. away.
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27 February 2012
I have been waiting since 2008 to give you all an update on this post So I had three Very Big Bad Things Going on in December 2008, all of which could have destroyed me financially. The good news is none of them destroyed me.
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Neature Walk. Yootoob of a nature walk that's pretty neat.
OMG! Bunny emoticon!
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(='.'=)
(")_(")
Courtesy of my Bear.
Downton Tabby I wish the person would watch TV shows that have more depth and substance, like this one.
No means no Маркиз (Marquis) the cat really means it, too.
We are living in the future You can see profiles of the people on your flight and choose who to sit next to.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why exploring space still matters on NPR, or why I think NdGT should be President, or at least the President's science adviser.
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so I've been researching the Israel-Palestine issue a bit and I have stumbled into the strangest wormhole. Just in case you wanted to know, here's an interactive layout to finding out if your apocalypse-inducing Red Heifer
is appropriate.
26 February 2012
Cooking with Poo. The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year shortlist.
Ooooh my Gawd. Did she really say "He was an alcoholic and had only one foot" ? Was she kidding? I don't watch the Academy Awards, but I had just turned off streaming Downton Abbey and there it was. I was mortified for her. Horrified.
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Is it just me or are the Oscars especially painful this year? Billy Crystal is flat and shticky and the whole thing seems sort of tired.
CLONIE!!! OMG!!! I'm only doing this because almost nobody else is posting anything today
Anyone know of any fun/harmless pranks (for a shared computer) that I could load onto other users' Start Menus, toolbars, or desktops?
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"Other People's Heartache" is a free mixtape by someone named Bastille. I don't know if that's a solo artist or a band, but the music is smoky, mellow, and very late-night. It includes a Lana Del Rey cover, some classical vibes from Samuel Barber, and a sample from
Requiem For A Dream. David Lynch and Kronos Quartet also appear in the credits. Nice.
25 February 2012
What's your favorite one hit wonder?
What is it like to be part of a "fandom"? I was intrigued by
this question on AskMetafilter.
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24 February 2012
What are your 5 favorite movies ever? I love so many movies it's hard for me to pick favorites, but when I get right down to it, I think these are my absolute faves:
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Theory of mind It's a complicated subject. How much do you assume you know how people think or that people think like you? And why?
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Real or fake? I am undecided. Still, hilariously terrible facebook drama, either way.
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Crazy time-lapse photos of fireflies (or as we call them in Georgia, lightning bugs).
Photo Friday: Time Machine. To honor the sixth anniversary of Photo Friday, post the photo you took closest to six years ago to the time of your post. Alternatively, post a photo embodying the idea of a time machine.
23 February 2012
So I want to have a web site. I know the basics: register a domain, find some hosting. I'd like some help going through the myriad of choices. Some
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Updates for the curious: the ongoing drama that is only going to intensify
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Amalia Pica's Venn Diagram -
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22 February 2012
Miss Piggy Does the BAFTAs Miss Piggy interviews the (other) big stars at the BAFTAs. My favourite bit is an exchange with Jon Hamm at 1:18.
Do you think it's weird for a stranger to kiss your dog? I was at the dog park with my girlfriend and our dog and I kissed some strangers' dogs. My girlfriend thought that was weird and embarrassing.
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Do you like the cartoons in The New Yorker magazine? Of course you do. Everyone does. Email me your real name, screen name and mailing address and I will mail you a random cartoon. And maybe a recipe. Or a story by David Sedaris. Bottom line: I will send you something torn out of a magazine. And who doesn't like random mail? Email in the profile.
SMASH on NBC. Who's watching? Who's into it? Who's not?
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Legoflex, model B1 camera. "My project was to make a fully functional Twin-Lens Reflex (TLR) using 120-film out of LEGO bricks."
People can be good. I've seen two things in the past week that have made me think about how nice people can be. What about you?
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Photo Friday Advance: Time Machine! In honor of the 6th anniversary of Photo Friday we're going back in time...
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The Rolling Stones' photo shoot in 1968, intended for the cover of Beggar's Banquet, is the subject of
a 7-minute documentary by Mick's brother, Chris Jagger.
"I'm not shallow. I love horses ...and flowers." Madonna and her daughter Lola talk as part of the Material Girl reality show/talent search thing.
21 February 2012
44 songs about 44 presidents. Some fun and weird songs a day late for president's day.
Paulo Coelho - Love him, hate him, or indifferent?
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Maddie On Things. Photographer travels around the US with his dog Maddie, and lets her stand on things.
20 February 2012
Happy Birfday, TheDonF! Yaaaaay birthday whuffles galore!
Monday holiday (for some of us). Our HR department decided that we weren't responsible enough to pick our own floating holidays so they've picked them for us. Seriously, the company calendar says "Feb 20 - Floating Holiday". Any other bunnies off today?
A stack of books over three stories tall, all about Abraham Lincoln. Actually it's a new sculpture in Washington, DC, and it
looks really cool.
19 February 2012
Sherlockology Perfect for people who want the wallpaper at 221B Baker Street or his Spencer Hart suits.
Sunday night three-"oy" update. What are your oys? →Read more...
Someone make this cake and then invite me over. Thanks in advance.
I have been watching some Hitchens and anti-Hitchens responses on youtube and my rehabilitating my opinion of him (earlier seriously damaged by his pro-war stance)
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RUSH meets Joan Fucking Jett and the Runaways. I'm posting this just to see how Ardiril's heart's doing these days.
"Sacrificial Dance" A beautiful dance interpretation of part of Stravinsky's "Rite Of Spring."
18 February 2012
Pet Anteater! (How does that even work? I see much potential for destruction.) But wow, cute.
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Is there a neighborhood, anywhere, that you consider an ideal place to live? What neighborhood (or city) stands out for you as a place where you could have a really nice life? What in particular makes it special?
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OMG! loiseau's birthday was yesterday the 17th?!!!? Happy after birthday glow!
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17 February 2012
The Images On/Off Thingie You know the images on/off thing in the top navbar? Do we really still need it?
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16 February 2012
If you were sitting on a jury in a criminal case, would it bother you ... if the defense attorney was wearing a tie with a super hero on it?
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Consensus needed: Does this pin imply being gay?
15 February 2012
Photo Friday Advance: The sky, suggested by iconomy
Biblomancy - take the book nearest to you and ask a question. The first sentence on page 84 will tell you the answer.
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OMG KICK-ASS EASTER BUNNY →Read more...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DASHIV!!!!!!!!!!!!
14 February 2012
Almost road kill.... I got hit by a car tonight. There's no real damage done, but of course there
is a story. And here it is.
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Bachelor No. 837,653.3 I've received yet another dazzling overture from a Lava Lad. In honour of VD, I'm going to tell you about it.
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Let's make a Valentine's playlist!
Love Train - The O'Jays
Love Gun - Cee Lo Green
Love Doctor - Millie Jackson
Love Hangover - The Associates
Love, Love Alone - The Jody Grind
Add some of your own!
(They can be YouTube, Soundcloud, MP3, whatever)
Secret valentines! I hope, I hope. Two tests, snow, I'm already late, but I have been celebrating the return of the comedy.
Biting, dark, evil comedy, but I have missed the funny for a while now.
13 February 2012
It's Adopt-A-Rescued-Rabbit Month! With obligatory references to
Binkies (little hop-spins and kicks they do when they're happy),
bunny flops (flopping over and playing dead) and
bunny 500s (think the Indy 500, but with bunnies).
Photo Hosting These Days? I am pretty much married to Flickr, for good or bad, but
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12 February 2012
Really fun. Slo-mo waterballoon to the face -- 'nuff said. Of course nothing can top
Clouseau vs.
Cato.
11 February 2012
True tales of email misadventure: So here's an odd story
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Whitney Houston passed away... I am stunned. We have all had our trials and tribulations, but this is such a shame and a tragic waste of an amazing voice. RIP Ms. Houston.
IT mechazens anyone use amazon ec2? I just started using it today it's kinda crazy, seems there's almost no reason to have a shared hosting account for things like wordpress etc. when you can just spin servers up on this.
This Is My Jam! is a
site where you can share your favorite song of the moment. And it's a lot of fun.
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10 February 2012
Yana Payusova makes wonderful pictures in mixed media. Recurring themes are
childhood and
memory. I love the use of Russian icon design in her series about teen boys in
prison.
What should I watch? I am sooo tired after two long days I can't even pick a netflix! Will you recommend something for me? I like subtitles, "indy", old, etc.
Valentine's Day Dinner at The Waffle House! People on my FB stream are passing this around to mock it. But I'm on record now as saying: if anyone wants to take me to Waffle House for Valentine's, I'm in!
Photo Friday addendum Some work from our own pjern, featured on Mental Floss
How To Make Love According To Gordon Ramsey (Possibly NSFW)
Ask MeCha : Computer techies, is this all I need? →Read more...
Photo Friday: Autumn Colors
09 February 2012
Wanted: sane mom network Is there a site or something of sensible mothers?
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Mindful Eating I really liked this article. Much food for thought, and I really don't mean that as a pun. I usually do rush through meals - I think I'm enjoying the food, but am I really?
Horse_eBookmarklet If the internet is just not doing it for you, try
Furzday free-point update →Read more...
Dear Metachat. I have come to deliver this bunny. That is all.
Thomas Quasthoff sings "Der Leiermann" from Franz Schubert's song cycle "Die Winterreise".
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We all die someday. We all want to love someone. I love a good love story and I love stories that tell of deaths as good as death can be.
"and they're all crying" Not me. No way.
Telling
his story at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.
Rachel Flowers was born on December 21, 1993. She was born 15 weeks premature and weighed only 1 pound 5 ounces. Rachel is blind.
Click the link (SLYT) to learn what makes her special, though.
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08 February 2012
Photo Friday Advance: Autumn colors, suggested by pjern
Happy Birthday BoringPostcards! →Read more...
easy prepared seafood is my [scarface voice] new friend in my resurgent health kick. A fair amount of tuna so far but now I've added shrimp to the rotation. Basically trying to stay off the rice & other carbs, and actually marinating / quickly cooking other meat is for non-lazy people
07 February 2012
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A new euphamism! First there was
grilled cheese sandwiches, now there's
ice cream cones.
(I'm all for strip clubs, but this couple sounds like they have other problems...)
Hey, you clever crafty people, how would you go about making s
omething like this?
Good little Robin Hood. That's the spirit. “I ran over to check and he was [inside the arcade claw game] passing toys out [to other kids] and eating some of the lollies.”
06 February 2012
It's done! Well, sort of. Some of you have heard me whining about the drama we have had building our house over the past few years.
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Favorite SuperBowl ad? This was definitely mine. Followed closely by the VW ad with the dog getting in shape.
You are listening to: Atlanta.
Houston.
Los Angeles. Or about a dozen other cities. This site plays live police radio chatter and an overlay of soundtrack-like ambient music, creating a sort of eerie but fascinating effect.
05 February 2012
A mind-blowing 2D image you'd swear is a sculpt, action figure, or person: 'the Flash Noir' created in the 3D modeling program ZBrush by artist Christopher Brändström (www.badrobots.se/). From the forum at
ZBrush Central, home of more
amazements than you'd care to
shake a stick at.
What was the greatest thing BEFORE sliced bread?
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My husband's new band needs a better name. Can you help, bunnies?
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04 February 2012
Happy Birthday Stewriffic!!
03 February 2012
So let's talk about culture gaps. This has been percolating in my brain off and on for a couple of months (and the MI will extrapolate), but the main question for you MeCha folks is: who/what are the culture gaps you feel like you need to fill in?
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Update on this poster post… So, I have still not managed to get my invincible
Summer poster.
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Signal to Noise: A beautiful time-lapse video/animation shot at the Very Large Array in Socorro, New Mexico; one of the largest Radio Astronomy Observatories in the world.
Photo Friday: Eyes are the windows to the soul
02 February 2012
ROTFL! Decided to import my Sir Arthur Sullivan CD to iTunes. Guess what "genre" it is.
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First world problems, vol 6459327: finding a cleaner →Read more...
What do you always find under the bed? →Read more...
01 February 2012
I'm not comfortable with the way abortion rights gets framed as a women vs men issue when it gets into intense situations. Maybe it's just the historical frame in US politics rather the only theoretical conceptualization of this issue?
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Photo Friday Advance: Eyes are windows to the soul, suggested by BoringPostcards
Hump Day 3-point update. →Read more...
Best Street Art of 2011 Not sure if this was posted already. There's some pretty amazing creativity on display here.
So yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of my arrival in the USA. I had a super busy day yesterday, but today it looks like I might just have a half day of work. I feel like doing something to mark the occasion. (Something low-key and quick.) Maybe go get some apple pie? Heh. I dunno. Ideas?
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31 January 2012
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New sidebar art! Thanks to our photographers pjern, bluesapphires, gomichild, Senyar, and chococat!
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Talk to me about pasta salad As in, give me your recipes. I'm looking for something classic (though one where I could cut the mayo with greek yogurt would be good), simple, tasty.
30 January 2012
A letter written in 1865 from a former slave to his old master, who had contacted him and asked if he'd be interested in coming back to work for him.
Go Rally Squirrel, Go! I don't know what I'd do with it, but I want this baseball card.
This really was kinda life-changing although it got a little
silly at the
end. Still, I'll never again want for a
pants cuff cinch when I bike.
Cool.
29 January 2012
The Song of Loving Kindness. Listening to music today, and this song by Gary Bartz came up on shuffle. It's a song that made it to the playlist for my wedding reception last year. Thank you to my brother for giving this to me.
Rare Color Photographs From Depression-Era America. Since I don't share my crappy modern era photographs so much anymore, I thought I'd share some good ones from a bygone time.
skeptical accomodation of religion so I'm reading my Burke (ok, just looking up a quote) and come across this paragraph
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28 January 2012
The Flower. A common-sense message, and also a cool animation.
Semi-related to the previous post, I've never been happy with the results of avatar creating widgets (I just do not 'Simpsonize' well), but the
Pocoyo creator suits me to a (cute)T. So I dare you, bunnies, POCOYIZE YO'SELVES!
Profile photos. Who are you?
In which The Whelk has another very detailed, melancholy dream This time about a job that doesn't exist, but may in the future....
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27 January 2012
Help me get through this. My cousin's wife just had a baby.
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Before the Snuggie and the Slanket was the
Bunny Sleeper!
Show us your Desks! MeTalk is off on a desk showing binge, why not here too?
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Last Book discussion on Dr. Hungerford's list for the Year Is March 16 a good day for everyyone to discuss Everythhiing Is Illuminated? I love this book and have already led 2 discussions on it.
The Night Watch It's been approximately 4 years or so since I've pulled an all-nighter...
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Photo Friday: The Letter "E" Thanks to gomichild!
26 January 2012
OhMyFreakinStarsNGarters Hope Me. Anyone 'puter savvy want a challenge? Like, a Chinese boxes-in-boxes puzzle? I don't know where to start. Computer is buggy in freaky ways.
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A 64 megapixel (8000 x 8000) image of the earth from space. You can see a smaller version of it
here, which has a link to the
full HD image. Wow.
Name (These) Tunes! No theme. Plenty for everyone!
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25 January 2012
OMG, BANANA BUNNY! (well, that's another one of my New Year's Resolutions broken)
Photo Friday Advance: This week's Photo Friday will be brought to you by the letter E - elephants, eagles, envelopes, and everything else starting with the letter E. Suggested by gomichild.
Menos Luiza, que está no Canadá And with that one little throwaway line, an Internet meme is born (in Portuguese).
The original
What did you think of the President's SOTU speech? Total Obamaphile here so interested in what others thought.
24 January 2012
First Watch: Kate Bush's Shadow Play. Thank you All Songs Considered.
Regretsy comments on an Etsy "artiste" This
Regretsy post, which mocks an Etsy interview with one of Etsy’s “featured artists”, had me laughing especially hard.
I desperately hope no one finds me as pretentious and fatuous as “Sartoria” about the things I make, though in my defense I will I never yet made a pair of cashmere briefs.
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"Book Club: A Web Series For Bibliophiles" - Is this
the future of
sitcom production? If so, I approve. (average episode length: 6 minutes)
23 January 2012
OneWord.com A fun, quick writing exercise. Post your results here?
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The Ugly Dance Oh the things I do to my poor kitty cat ... But I think aerobic + grease is my favorite
Year of the Black Water Dragon I so should have had the day off. It is so much more significant a holiday for so many more people than hegemonic avatar's co-opted birthday holiday. It's everybody's birthday!
22 January 2012
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Photo of the Day: Andy Warhol shopping for Campbells soup cans before he was famous.
Corgi Puppies in Pajamas Cute is easy to find on the internet but this deserves a new category.
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story I just saw this documentary. What always strikes me is how long these people have been around.
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*siiigh* Sixteen tons and whaddaya get?
21 January 2012
Car radio weirdness. Anyone have any theory as to why I can hear the local NPR station perfectly fine in my car when I'm driving and parking and turning off the ignition, but it becomes static when I turn the car back on? I have to move off the station and then go back to it, at which point it comes in loud and clear. Digital radio, 2005 car. No problem with any other station, as far as I know.
I am no computer whiz, but I am frequently hailed a conquerer of All Things Internet The flipside is, that whenever anything goes wrong, I am the first helpdesk called.
20 January 2012
This music video keeps making me cry. 'Hood,' by Perfume Genius. It's a gorgeous song, and singer Mike Hadreas has such an amazingly expressive face. The song is less than 2 minutes long, but it's astounding.
2012 Puppy-Bowl lineup announced! Included are handy links to each puppy's rescue/adoption organization. I want to snorgle
Augusta and
Lucie like whoa.
MeTa Book Club Discusses The Known World What did you think of it and the Professor Hungerford lectures?
Who's the gorgeous guy at 1:10 of the Today show video entitled "Gingrich slams media at GOP debate"?
I almost pity you but not quite but kind of. There must be a word for this, it's such a common experience.
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19 January 2012
Goddamned Initiative. How does it initiate shit?
Is it like, through sheer force of will, you do what needs done? But that's called willpower. I dunno, man.
Maybe it's more like the ability to TELL what needs done? In enough detail that you can actually do it with your own two hands, or tongue if applicable.
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Musical Distractions: 42 tracks by Orbital - streaming online, on Soundcloud. Browse by
sets to hear complete EPs or samples of albums, or listen to
all the tracks in the order they were uploaded.
WAT: A lightning talk by Gary Bernhardt from CodeMash 2012 for my mecha coders and codephiles, a 4minute presentation that is laugh-out-loud funny. I have.. no idea how he managed to make syntax issues hilarious
Beverage Inspiration we have once-monthly birthday party lunches at work and I always end up bringing beverages.
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Fallingwater: a really cool animated tour of the famous Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home.
Shit New Yorkers Say Featuring Mefi's own hermitosis as an extra.
“Next time in America I think we will beat all the teams.” Uganda's dream of becoming the first African team to play in the Little League World Series was shattered last year over visa problems. But now a little bit of the World Series has come to them.
18 January 2012
Ginger-Molasses Skillet Cake. Damn, this looks good, and easy too:
This was a fast and easy undertaking. I think searching for my molasses in the pantry took me the longest. This batter was finished just as my oven came to temperature.
(Scroll down for the recipe, past all the great bird photos.)
Photo Friday Advance: Mystic, suggested by rainbaby
We have BBC America now! →Read more...
Humpday 3-point update →Read more...
Since the world drifts into delirium, we must adopt a delirious point of view. Some wonderful, wonderful drawings by French artist Moebius. I've always liked his work ever since seeing it in
Heavy Metal in the 70s. Of this bunch,
this one's probably my favorite.
Follow up to yesterday: What are you reading right now? Do you recommend it/them?
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17 January 2012
Today's worst comment section on the Internet is in the emergency alert section of U Washington's website. ASCII pot leaf? Check. Ad from ambulance-chasing law firm? Check. Hundreds and hundreds of complains and veiled threats for the picking.
Has anyone upgraded phones through Amazon? The deals look fantastic, but the next steps made me worry I'd sign up for features I didn't want (and which would cost me buckets more). [Rambling and ranting inside]
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Winter wear Fuzzy hats with ear flaps, arm warmers, leg warmers-- I feel the need to prepare. Shopping tips? I'm somewhat astounded on what one can find. Isn't long underwear just way too warm once you are inside?
Heroes & Villains: a deconstruction of one of the Beach Boys' most unusual songs.
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Have you ever felt hysterically relieved? →Read more...
Books we read in 2011 Who else keeps a reading list? 2011 was a very low reading year for me in terms of book numbers (thanks a lot,
Infinite Jest) and I only read 33 books all year.
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cultural critique is hard I've been trying to articulate an argument lately, and maybe will even write this up, about a class of reviewers having a particular 'stance' towards a genre.
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16 January 2012
Any Downton Abbey fans in the house (upstairs or downstairs)? The
Downton Abbey page on Facebook challenged fans to come up with resolutions for the
Downton Abbey characters. I had such fun with it I decided to post mine here and solicit yours.
Warning: This may get spoiler-y if you aren't up to the minute as to what's gone down at the abbey....
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Winter is Finally Here! →Read more...
A Monday "What's Cooking" thread →Read more...
Everything Ages Fast - "Vintage" ads for today's social media.
15 January 2012
GRRRRRRRRRR My Wallet Got Stolen This Morning and no nice Samaritan has turned it in. Luckily cancelling bank cards didn't leave me on hold for hours, but still, GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
*SIGH*
14 January 2012
Bat-Kitty, OMG
(Possibly the cutest kitty you will ever see.)
BROOONNNCCOOOSSSSSS! Are you ready for some football? Post your predictions here!
13 January 2012
OMG! ARCTIC HARE! (or Polar Hare?)
eagle eyed editing skillz so I was glancing at this random paper lying around in the morning, alright, the Hindustan Times from earlier in the week, and I saw they syndicated an NYT piece on the new windows phone
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Random Acts of Google What on earth does it mean when Google suggests to me at the top of my Gmail page that:
"You can make a lovely hat out of previously-used aluminum foil"
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It's a long-overdue WELCOME NEW USERS thread! Step inside folks, and say hello to the new people who have signed up in the last... quite a long while.
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To counteract the bad luck of Friday the 13th, here are some rabbits' feet, with the rabbits still attached, OF COURSE. (from The Mary Sue, the 'Girl Geek' blog that's better than most 'Boy Geek' blogs, IMO.
In honor of it being Friday and of David Bowie's recent birthday, here are some live clips of Bowie on German television in 1978, with Adrian Belew on guitar:
Heroes
Stay
Beauty & the Beast
Rebel Rebel
Jean Genie
Photo Friday: Day in your life and your immediate surroundings
12 January 2012
Bitch-of-a-day 3-point update →Read more...
What's it like near your house? What's the closest webcam to you?
A land without waffles? Can this be true? UK bunnies, do you not have waffles in your fine nation? I had no idea and I'm kind of sad now.
11 January 2012
Oh, delicious procrastination Horrible, horrible thing, to have the room to slack until the last possible minute, and incapacitate yourself for it to be so. If I have to read about the scientific method one more time, I may rake someone across the gums for maximum pain. Maybe kneecaps for lasting damage.
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"Falling in Love with the Moon" Russia-based artist Leonid Tishkov and photographer Boris Bendikov have created a fantastical realm illuminated by moonlight. Their creative endeavor entitled Private Moon chronicles the relationship between a man and his discovered moon. Tishkov calls the romanticized installation a "visual poem, telling the story about a man who found the Moon and stayed with her for the rest of his life."
I really like this series.
Photo Friday Advance: Day in your life and your immediate surroundings The mundane and details that pique your interest - thanks to mygothlaundry and jouke
Anyone up for a lyrics challenge? It's been awhile since I posted one. And...look inside for my 4000th comment!
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The world's largest gummy worm. Watching people bite into it made me sort of queasy.
10 January 2012
Carrot Crazy The cutest arms-race ever. Contains bunny, cartoon violence and nature red in tooth and claw.
Nostalgia I started watching Portlandia this weekend, noticed Kyle MacLachlan playing the mayor of Portland... and got to thinking.
Twin Peaks! I can't believe anyone ever let David Lynch have a
TV show... →Read more...
Tuesday 3-Point Status Update! →Read more...
Viennese diners. Gorgeous photos of these tiny diners (more like hot dog stands) at night.
Oui, Clew-zoe. Inspector Clew-zoe. Minkeys? OMG I just found these
Clouseaus and
they rock, lol.
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RuPaul works the crowd in a New Hampshire diner: "...a C-SPAN crew rolled up next to the diner in a deluxe campaign bus with the hope of talking to some Regular Americans. Instead, they came across a hoard of freaky and fabulous ones."
09 January 2012
Back to the grind and hopeful distractions Bitch, moan and help fascinate. Back to work? Back to school? Watching Downton Abbey or Project Runway All Stars?
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08 January 2012
THE GOATS ARE TAKING OVER! →Read more...
this is how I know when something happens in a game I don't even understand, but I share the moment! lol
I'm twitterpated and I need to cut it out and keep my mind on my work. Tell me sternly that I need to do this, please.
Happy 65th birthday to David Bowie. 65 crazy Bowie facts and myths.
07 January 2012
Bunny Caption Competition : What are they saying?
FIRST SHOUTING POST OF 2012 WHY IS EVERYTHING ALWAYS SO FUCKING HARD?
06 January 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISMEAR!!!!!!
4 year old Stella is disappointed by the inaccuracy of this dinosaur toy
"The most aggressively inarticulate generation to come along since, you know, a long time ago."
A poem, read aloud, by Taylor Mali.
Photo Friday: Best of 2011
05 January 2012
The cars of Cuba. Cool as hell photos, found via
this article.
Stealth Mountain reminds tweeters that there is a difference between "sneak peek" and "sneak peak"
I prefer the term "Gimpified American" Well, as of last week it finally happened. I am now on medical leave due to my MS, waiting for my disability insurance to kick in.
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04 January 2012
Does this sound like a phishing scam to you? →Read more...
Left-wing cat craze takes Israeli cyberspace by storm not to get all Trotskyite but lolcats like these should be the international symbol of the 'left' everywhere. lol
Pet names? What's the best/worst pet name you've ever been called by a sweetheart?
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Photo Friday Advance: Best of 2011 - show us your favorites from last year!
Ask The Whelk Anything On A Train DC to NYC, free wireless, three hour ride, hit me with your best shot.
Harry Otter (pretty amazing work in an uncommon medium!)
Where's Wall-E? Bonus nerdery - how many robots can you recognise?? And a thousand wuffles to anyone who can ID the small yellow robot with the human face and red bow on the bottom left. It's driving me insane!
03 January 2012
whiiiine Today's staff meeting was even more suck-up-to-the-boss than ever. People say inane things just to please the boss. Little gets accomplished, except the boss thinking that things are getting done, and feeling all happy about the suckuppage and everybody agreeing with him.
The good news is that I have a job, with benefits, and adequate pay. The bad news?
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Carving verbs. If you got a tench, you best scull it.
Kimbra, "Settle Down" A cool pop song with a very...
off-kilter music video.
02 January 2012
More AbFab! I haven't even watched it yet, but I have really expensive champagne I'm burping.
The other one died on the 29th. Catch while it lasts, sweetie darling!
Ponderables Every year I am expected to renew my dog's license. She's going to be nine next year. So why is it, every year, I am required to provide proof of spaying?? Is she going to "unspay" herself?
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New sidebar art for a new year! Thanks to our photographers arse_hat, DarkForest and his kids, -t, and shane.
Guinness the cat update! For those keeping up w/ our newly 3-footed feline.
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If you're so smart then YOU find a cat / wombat pair via Google images! In the mean time,
happy wombat is happy.
01 January 2012
Best Football Play Of the year? The decade? The entirety of the human race? You decide.
So does anyone make NY resolutions? And if so, wanna share?
I am getting insecure about my lack of well-read-ness. Plus I'm too old to be insecure about silly things but still. I have to address this in a constructive way
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A 3D model of a Minecraft village, exported directly out of the game world using a modified minecraft.print() script, colored using CAD software, and printed on a Zprinter 650.
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