well that sucks.
When I was...maybe 10 or 11 my Mom took me to the Baltimore Museum of Art, and there was a Rauschenberg (it was this one)

I was confused at first, thinking..."this is art?" but the more I looked at it, the more I liked and started to understand it.

So thanks Robert.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 10:45 AM on May 13, 2008

Science! do you really live on the bering strait? if so I would love something. I might even send you cookies
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 7:34 PM on May 12, 2008

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agree...damn you fleetmouse
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 3:54 PM on March 18, 2008

ok so I am a bad person for actually enjoying Garden State?

pompous yes, but I liked it.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 4:47 AM on December 29, 2007

Some of them also remind me of Steve Jackson's Basement.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 5:56 AM on December 21, 2007

oh yea...well I have the cane from Citizen Kane.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 11:08 AM on December 19, 2007

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(and that was the LAST place I expect to go when I clicked on his name...myspace, whodathunkit)
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 3:01 PM on December 15, 2007

need to add "merkin" as a tag.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 12:43 PM on December 10, 2007

I tried to like this but I just hated that whole persona Jesse came off with. It was very off putting to me, or maybe I am just more of a fan of the "Ira Glass understated radio guy"
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 5:49 AM on December 10, 2007

shakes his head,

The Sunday morning after the big lottery drawing Bunky was on local TV telling his story about how he watched the drawing on friday, bought a brand new Explorer on Sat, and was planning on getting his ticket verified when the Lottery offices opened on Monday morning.

forsees Bunky being broke in 2 years.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 7:07 AM on October 31, 2007

MY CAPS LOCK HAS A GREEN LIGHT IN IT!
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 7:30 AM on October 22, 2007

"it's hard not to call this the most exciting MLB season ever."
unless of course you are a Orioles fan.

shakes his head.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 12:43 PM on September 28, 2007

I know about the first part of that story, the burning and paying of the employees on his own, (I worked at a outdoor store and got those kinda trade pubs) and always thought was hella cool.

but I didnt know about that second part.

man that sucks
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 8:09 AM on August 30, 2007

now he deserves a .

I KNOW 70's US punk rock would have not been the same without him.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 7:02 AM on August 29, 2007

sorry if if its a little PepsiBlue, just thought it was a cool trailer
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 3:56 PM on August 9, 2007

The SA article made me think of that line from Fight Club...

" In the world I see - you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway."
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 8:25 AM on June 20, 2007

oh and sorry about the snafu on the SA link. it should be this
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 8:30 AM on June 20, 2007

the alice one reminded me of the line of Wizard of Oz line that Todd McFarlane did. Also mentioned one the blue.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 4:51 AM on June 2, 2007

my little brother reminded me that it would have been his 50th last night (he was old school punk when no one else was...hes a wicked cool guy like that) and I told him, would you have really wanted to see Sid at 50? I mean look at Johnny Rotten John Lydon.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 6:45 AM on May 10, 2007

and sorry about the one link post. I just thought it was a cool map.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 6:41 AM on May 2, 2007

I have had a text tell all about how to play this (my copy is Werewolves) but I have never had enough people to play.
I need to to more parties I guess
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 8:28 AM on March 6, 2007

Ok, so I guess I am the only one in the world who can stand that caveman. He just comes off as being really cocky. I just hate that "oh I am so offended, and I deserve something for it" feel he gives off.
Makes me want to punch him in the face.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 4:17 AM on March 3, 2007

"I've always imagined her swigging from a bottle of Cuervo and wearing a leather bikini and black fishnets, but that's probably just me."

only in our dreams jonmc
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 1:11 PM on February 8, 2007

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posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 10:54 AM on December 13, 2006

"It's amazing how many people really just don't know (or care I guess) that the guy who is 1 bullet away from being President has a history of being a historically "bad guy"."

and I use to wonder why no one has "taken out" W.
the consequences are even scarier.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 11:51 AM on September 20, 2006

nothing says Mr Bungle fan more then white pants and an attractive little pink top.

saw Mr Bungle at the OLD 9:30 in DC in 1991. most disturbing show i have ever seen.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 6:16 AM on September 18, 2006

ok i guess i am just a perv.


69.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 6:08 PM on August 28, 2006

a=b, bee=sea...etc etc....good luck!
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 6:28 AM on July 20, 2006

well you guys are doing better then me...i got stuck at the RH LH one...
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 7:21 AM on July 20, 2006

Bugg, i was wondering the exact same thing....also i wasnt the one who said they were up and coming...it was in the copy from the gallery.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 7:54 AM on June 23, 2006

its funny you mention his name...i posted this to Boing Boing as well.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 9:29 AM on June 23, 2006

i have you all beat...i have a penny with the face of frank zappa on it. it was in a penny smushing machine off of I-95 in maryland. i saw frank's face and knew i MUST HAVE ONE! i think he would want it that way.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 10:04 AM on June 13, 2006

sorry exogenous...i guess you did beat me.

thanks PinkStainlessTail, i guess thats what happens when you just kinda skim stuff...
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 11:57 AM on June 13, 2006

2 favorite quotes:

"How sad! How tragic! Where is Freddie Mercury now? Hell!"
all i can hear is the Church Lady from SNL.


"It's Time For Me To Fly (by REO Speedwagon)"
i KNEW it, i knew REO Speedwagon was evil!
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 9:31 AM on May 19, 2006

everytime i see p[hotos like these i think to myself...maybe i was born in the wrong decade. but then i come to metafilter...
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 1:14 PM on May 2, 2006

personally in my own opinion...i have always liked either "This Land Is Your Land" or "America The Beautiful" better have always wanted those as the national anthem. The first one never will because of Woody's socialist leanings...but still a better some then the militaristic one we have now.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 11:54 AM on May 2, 2006

and the muscley arm is from Strongbad. Its the "big beefy arm" that he draws for TROGDOR!
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 6:08 AM on April 26, 2006

doh! that should have been TROGDOR!
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 6:10 AM on April 26, 2006

ok...fair enough...but i like the strongbad association better...lol
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 8:56 AM on April 26, 2006

what a completely RANDOM assortment of stuff. it was like they said, "hey what ya got in your pocket?"
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 1:04 PM on February 23, 2006

yea, i guess if we were to do the same sort of thing it would look just as random.

now that is not to say it is a very cool thing none the less.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 1:08 PM on February 23, 2006

my brother was in a national guard program for kids, and one time they took them all out with them on a weekend manuvers. the sergeant told my brother he needed a box of grid squares for the maps. he was off for 2 hours trying to find some.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 9:22 AM on January 17, 2006

orthogonality beat me by 3 mins.....remove if necessary
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 8:31 AM on December 20, 2005

thank you you made me look up "defenestrate"

-the action of throwing someone or something out of a window.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 9:43 AM on December 14, 2005

I, for one, welcome our new squirrel overlords.

/wow, now i feel kinda dirty
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 12:35 PM on December 1, 2005

dont know whether to laugh or cry over the "Safety First" sign in the background....
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 9:35 AM on November 30, 2005

damn you...there goes my afternoon....
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 6:23 AM on September 23, 2005

or..."you put yr weeed in it" to quote one of the Last funny bits on SNL
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 2:22 PM on June 1, 2005

the best thing about having a kid, and being unemployed/part time?
being able to watch sesame street. and loving it.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 7:35 PM on April 11, 2005

i just got my mom a cell phone (her first one ever) and her criteria was she wanted something with big buttons. this actually could have worked for her.
posted to MetaFilter by ShawnString at 6:00 AM on March 16, 2005