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Archives for: September 2012

30 September 2012

How do you keep from stagnating? Or do you learn to love it?
post by: Eideteker at: 20:23 | 13 comments
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.
post by: amro at: 20:18 | 31 comments
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. →Read more...
post by: jayder at: 15:12 | 16 comments

29 September 2012

Bunny and Pit Bull! OMG! The horror! The horror!!!
post by: ufez at: 19:53 | 6 comments
"Looper" question [possible spoilers] →Read more...
post by: Egg Shen at: 19:03 | 1 comment
Album covers re-created with socks.
post by: BoringPostcards at: 15:49 | 1 comment
Oh dear. Our friend is looking a little a-frayed.
post by: Eideteker at: 08:09 | 7 comments

28 September 2012

Nylah the kitten gets sared by Darth Mal She also has peanut butter for the first time.→Read more...
post by: youngergirl44 at: 18:00 | 2 comments
The music video I directed is finally done.
post by: The Whelk at: 15:56 | 10 comments
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.
post by: Firas at: 14:10 | 21 comments
Oh dear. Giant pink MetaChat bunny no look so good.
post by: Specklet at: 11:04 | 10 comments
Corolla, a photo series meant to focus on the shapes and textures of flowers rather than their colors. By Daniel Seung Lee.
post by: BoringPostcards at: 09:59 | 1 comment
Photo Friday: Staples
post by: Kronos_to_Earth at: 09:26 | 2 comments

27 September 2012

Glad I'm not a hyena
post by: gaspode at: 21:50 | 6 comments
irrational pet peeves, anyone? (aka I just have to vent) →Read more...
post by: lonefrontranger at: 16:44 | 15 comments
The voice in your head says to use Tampax.
post by: JanetLand at: 14:35 | 6 comments
Buddha statue acquired by Nazis is made of space rock.
post by: BoringPostcards at: 12:22 | 2 comments
This stingray just wants to hug people so why are the nice ladies looking so scared? →Read more...
post by: filthy light thief at: 09:11 | 7 comments

26 September 2012

Wednesday 3-point update →Read more...
post by: Senyar at: 14:53 | 26 comments
Photo Friday Advance: Staples, suggested by ethylene
post by: youngergirl44 at: 13:48 | Leave a comment
I've been seeing lots of references on the net to ... →Read more...
post by: Senyar at: 10:41 | 13 comments
Aw, damn. One of my very favorite singers has died. I was just playing an album of his last night. I'm pretty upset.
post by: JanetLand at: 09:11 | 11 comments
Star & Micey, "I Can't Wait." Love this music video. Slap!
post by: BoringPostcards at: 08:38 | 2 comments
Fuck! All the loons are out! Two 911 calls in 20 mins.
post by: arse_hat at: 02:26 | 5 comments

25 September 2012

Bic Pens...For Her. Some Amazon reviews. Go here if you don't want to sign in for a selection.
post by: Miko at: 22:01 | 4 comments
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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post by: The Whelk at: 18:47 | 4 comments
Time to clean the bunny
post by: bluesapphires at: 16:56 | 3 comments
I WANT THIS! OMG, I want this sooo much.
post by: Senyar at: 16:41 | 7 comments
Almost 4000 Hotel and Motel postcards.
post by: arse_hat at: 14:58 | 6 comments
Honesty is cruel I just told someone their art was really bad. It was. Really bad. I couldn't keep lying. Am I horrible?
post by: ethylene at: 14:04 | 6 comments
Death by a thousand SQEEEEES Inter-species snorgling (well, patient tolerance on the part of the feline).
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post by: msali at: 12:19 | 7 comments
The Museum of Cigarette Packaging. More than 40,000 packs.
post by: arse_hat at: 12:00 | 1 comment
Golden Age sci-fi paperback covers Happy to see a couple of old J.G. Ballard ones in there.
post by: BoringPostcards at: 06:09 | 2 comments

24 September 2012

Squirrel in Kitchen Not my kitchen, thank the gods.
post by: mygothlaundry at: 21:21 | 9 comments
just cause you're a statue doesn't mean this dog won't play fetch
post by: Firas at: 13:08 | 2 comments
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?→Read more...
post by: Firas at: 08:50 | 6 comments
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.→Read more...
post by: heatherann at: 07:02 | 16 comments
I think tonight was the first time I ever called 911 →Read more...
post by: Doohickie at: 00:29 | 15 comments

23 September 2012

Pictogram Rock Posters, awesome. From the same designer, Honest Logos.
post by: Miko at: 22:44 | Leave a comment
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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post by: The Whelk at: 22:33 | 10 comments
Here's a handy place to get yer Oblique Strategies.
post by: Miko at: 22:13 | 3 comments
Pig Racing at the Queens County Farm Museum
post by: jason's_planet at: 18:16 | 3 comments
Happiness Is... →Read more...
post by: deborah at: 17:41 | 6 comments
I thought of Slack-a-gogo today when I walked into the supermarket and they were playing Morning Train. →Read more...
post by: occhiblu at: 16:22 | 2 comments

22 September 2012

SURF.
post by: BoringPostcards at: 22:20 | 6 comments
Happy birthday Joan Fucking Jett.
post by: arse_hat at: 20:57 | 6 comments
“Is it true turtles breathe through their butts?”
post by: D.C. at: 19:18 | 7 comments
Can You Make It Through This Post Without Squealing? #38 was my downfall ...
post by: bluesapphires at: 12:00 | 8 comments
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?
post by: gaspode at: 10:35 | 15 comments
Another really big dog.
post by: arse_hat at: 00:07 | 3 comments

21 September 2012

LEGO ball contraption moves little spheres from point A to Point B and then back again, with LOTS of steps.
post by: BoringPostcards at: 22:44 | 5 comments
Meet the NewsCats [tumblr link] →Read more...
post by: lonefrontranger at: 17:38 | 2 comments
Bunny! OMG!
post by: Senyar at: 15:23 | 3 comments
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.
post by: tangerine at: 12:43 | 4 comments
I'm in Seattle! What should I do?→Read more...
post by: rmless2 at: 11:49 | 10 comments
I totally want a swimsuit that has buttons on the butt. That is all.
post by: JanetLand at: 08:21 | 5 comments
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.
post by: Firas at: 06:12 | 5 comments
Photo Friday: Wistful
post by: Kronos_to_Earth at: 00:06 | 3 comments

20 September 2012

What Happens When You SIng 'All Night Long' All Night Long
post by: Miko at: 22:16 | 1 comment
Pizza Complaint Wait For It......................lol
post by: rollick at: 20:33 | 4 comments
General question regarding IPv6? →Read more...
post by: Ardiril at: 18:58 | 4 comments
Happy Birthday TrhishaLynn!
post by: brujita at: 07:43 | 20 comments
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.
post by: BoringPostcards at: 06:11 | 3 comments

19 September 2012

How to handle asshole drivers, as a cyclist - a tutorial by coach Dirk Friel →Read more...
post by: lonefrontranger at: 19:39 | 23 comments
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.
post by: Firas at: 18:00 | 5 comments
Photo Friday Advance: Wistful, suggested by jason's_planet
post by: youngergirl44 at: 12:57 | Leave a comment
OMG, I love this website! Why didn't I know about this site before?

What's your new favourite website?
post by: Senyar at: 12:18 | 3 comments
XKCD--make sure to click and drag . . .
post by: Obscure Reference at: 12:02 | 13 comments
I just found out that the star poet from my year at the Writers' workshop has died →Read more...
post by: brujita at: 08:05 | 4 comments
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? →Read more...
post by: TrishaLynn at: 07:30 | 6 comments

18 September 2012

eye update →Read more...
post by: brujita at: 22:15 | 5 comments
The Halloween Outfit is allready coming together
post by: The Whelk at: 16:27 | 5 comments
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!
post by: Specklet at: 14:23 | 10 comments
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.
post by: Orange Swan at: 12:40 | 11 comments

17 September 2012

These folks went to a bicycle awareness benefit less than two weeks ago,→Read more...
post by: Doohickie at: 23:27 | 16 comments
10 most durable Hollywood marriages
post by: Egg Shen at: 18:43 | 7 comments
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.
post by: youngergirl44 at: 15:21 | 4 comments
Writers with bikes.
post by: arse_hat at: 15:14 | 1 comment
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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post by: Orange Swan at: 11:19 | 12 comments
If you're having a bad day... (it is Monday, after all) →Read more...
post by: Eideteker at: 07:43 | 8 comments

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.
post by: Ardiril at: 21:32 | 5 comments
Mash Potato Utopia
post by: moonbird at: 21:13 | 3 comments
Deadpool vs. Gangnam Style -- crossposed from the Blue
post by: jason's_planet at: 20:58 | Leave a comment
And when we meet, it's a good ___________ Ah, 1973. →Read more...
post by: JanetLand at: 17:55 | 5 comments
Actual Ad Seen In The Wild Those are some asterisks
post by: The Whelk at: 13:31 | 8 comments

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.
post by: bluesapphires at: 21:04 | 7 comments
Mefi Cross Post: Man builds box castle for his cat as a gift.
post by: The Whelk at: 18:19 | 9 comments
David Mitchell on the phrase “going forward”
post by: D.C. at: 14:06 | 7 comments

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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post by: sysinfo at: 23:19 | 2 comments
Dad, this is Facebook...
post by: BoringPostcards at: 09:31 | 8 comments
Photo Friday: Recess
post by: Kronos_to_Earth at: 00:21 | 6 comments

13 September 2012

Terry Williams will die on October 3 →Read more...
post by: aniola at: 18:36 | 5 comments
World’s tallest canine
post by: arse_hat at: 14:31 | 9 comments
Checking In. . . . In Hermosa Beach→Read more...
post by: danf at: 11:42 | 2 comments
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.→Read more...
post by: Miko at: 07:50 | 46 comments

12 September 2012

This is nice.
post by: Miko at: 20:36 | 7 comments
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?
post by: Orange Swan at: 19:38 | 9 comments
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?
post by: ethylene at: 16:10 | 4 comments
Sonic City PDX :: Natural audio of locations in Portland. Each recording includes a photo and explanation by the contributor. →Read more...
post by: D.C. at: 16:04 | 3 comments
Unusual things to make with buttermilk? I have a lot left over, I know pancakes and fried chicken, what else is there?
post by: The Whelk at: 15:42 | 14 comments
Happy Birthday bluesapphire!
post by: Senyar at: 14:59 | 13 comments
Bald eagle with shattered beak given prothesis with 3D printing
post by: Egg Shen at: 11:55 | 1 comment
Photo Friday Advance: Recess, suggested by julen

And thanks to BP for picking a theme last week while I was MIA.
post by: youngergirl44 at: 11:54 | Leave a comment
Postcard Photos of Mexico in the 1950s-1960s Part 1 and Part 2. Click the images for higher-res views. So extremely cool.
post by: BoringPostcards at: 07:36 | 3 comments
Wednesday 3-point update →Read more...
post by: Senyar at: 03:47 | 39 comments

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.
post by: JanetLand at: 09:02 | 3 comments

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..
post by: Firas at: 19:25 | Leave a comment
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*?→Read more...
post by: oneswellfoop at: 14:06 | 8 comments
Prince Poppycock - when broadcast television gets it right.
post by: Ardiril at: 13:38 | 6 comments
Eye update →Read more...
post by: brujita at: 13:25 | 13 comments
After viewing this trailer for A Christmas Story 2 you might want to shoot both your eyes out.
post by: Atom Eyes at: 09:23 | 5 comments

09 September 2012

my favorite part of this hard sell... is how often I get my exclusive, sudden, 2-day-only final invitation: image
post by: Firas at: 18:28 | 13 comments
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.→Read more...
post by: ethylene at: 12:47 | 1 comment
I didn't know there were wild rabbits in Kensington Gardens But we were there yesterday and it seems so.
post by: TheophileEscargot at: 07:38 | 3 comments
Happy Birthday Goshling and LoriFla!
post by: Senyar at: 03:10 | 17 comments

08 September 2012

A whole bunch of Obama pics from the White House staff photographer.
post by: arse_hat at: 20:33 | 5 comments
New York Harbor, Brooklyn and New Jersey Docks -- A Maritime Flickr Set
post by: jason's_planet at: 20:20 | 4 comments
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?
post by: chewatadistance at: 18:47 | 9 comments
Why, Amazon? Why? [weird online payment scenario] →Read more...
post by: Ardiril at: 15:22 | 7 comments
Weekend plans! Post 'em if you got 'em. →Read more...
post by: msali at: 09:02 | 23 comments

07 September 2012

Star Trek! OMG! - Click all the things!→Read more...
post by: deborah at: 22:15 | 8 comments
Weekend Tunes What's catching your ears this weekend, MeCha?→Read more...
post by: ufez at: 18:45 | 5 comments
Baby bunneh song... For when you need a bunneh chaser.
post by: eatdonuts at: 11:54 | 2 comments
Gone for Awhile We are leaving on a road trip →Read more...
post by: danf at: 11:02 | 11 comments
Photo Friday: Hats Wacky or normal or in-between, but preferably wacky, in honor of the US political conventions that just ended this week.
post by: BoringPostcards at: 08:01 | 10 comments
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).→Read more...
post by: Firas at: 02:43 | 8 comments

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?
post by: Miko at: 20:37 | 21 comments
Spac! From Star Wars! A few of these misidentified pics cracked me up.
post by: mullacc at: 07:47 | 11 comments
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GASPODE!
post by: brujita at: 00:56 | 23 comments

05 September 2012

Weight Loss Simulator Have fun making simulated people fat, then skinny, then fat again! →Read more...
post by: mygothlaundry at: 19:55 | 11 comments
BABBY FORMED BY METACHAT →Read more...
post by: Specklet at: 13:07 | 32 comments
Happy Birthday Jessamyn!
post by: Senyar at: 04:01 | 25 comments
OMG MONEY BUNNY! trigger warning: animated bunny poops pennies
post by: oneswellfoop at: 03:11 | Leave a comment

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?
post by: Lipstick Thespian at: 20:19 | 8 comments
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.
post by: cjorgensen at: 19:11 | 14 comments
Paging: Cold Chef... Pick Up on Aisle 32,794... and hopefully the least grim pick up of the year...
post by: oneswellfoop at: 18:56 | 1 comment
Prepare to overdose on teh kyoot.
post by: Senyar at: 16:16 | 5 comments
New sidebar art! It's another single-photographer sidebar, this time with pics by mygothlaundry. Thanks, MGL!
post by: BoringPostcards at: 15:54 | 7 comments
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.
post by: occhiblu at: 11:39 | 20 comments
Catnip: Not Even Once
post by: BoringPostcards at: 08:45 | 3 comments
Yes, it's Harry Potter Musical Theatre: Good Morning Voldermort!
post by: The Whelk at: 01:15 | 1 comment

03 September 2012

Our Giant Pink Bunny was featured on Cracked.com today
post by: oneswellfoop at: 19:27 | 9 comments
Hear the new St Vincent/David Byrne album in it's entirety at NPR. I'm liking this one a lot!
post by: eekacat at: 11:54 | 2 comments

02 September 2012

So who's been watching Project Runway? Spoilers inside
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post by: Senyar at: 12:14 | 11 comments
"How's your weekend going?" Multi-point update →Read more...
post by: Senyar at: 03:39 | 25 comments

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.
post by: The Whelk at: 22:53 | 3 comments
San Francisco: photos from 2010 merged with photos taken after the 1906 earthquake. I find this one especially moving and eerie.
post by: BoringPostcards at: 22:23 | 3 comments
Live. Streaming. Kittens. that is all.
post by: lonefrontranger at: 17:37 | 2 comments
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.→Read more...
post by: BoringPostcards at: 00:37 | 11 comments

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