Where's magret de canard on that list? Duck fat is soooo tasty... really.

Heck, I do cardio almost every day so I don't have to do silly things like count calories and weigh everything I cook in one of those silly kitchen scales. I think I'm the better for it, all in all.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 2:29 PM on February 11, 2008

Try as I might I can't find the old flash vid "Jesus: wrong for America". Does anyone have a link to it?..
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 10:17 AM on February 11, 2008

Having had a look at day 90, I can only proffer the traditional advice which I imagine is practically currency in the Something Awful forums: it's down the river and not across the street, lady.

Well what, it's practical advice! I actually wondered whether I should write this or not, but since she's made up her mind and not willing to reconsider it'd be a shame if she were to botch it up. I'd hate to be driven to suicide -- and an extraordinarily public one at that --... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 3:42 PM on February 10, 2008

Maybe she can be brought around and back to appreciating life by experiencing the crisp, refreshing taste of Pepsi Blue(tm)!

I think the consensus is that it's either simple attention-whoring or the most appallingly tasteless viral ad in history.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 3:56 PM on February 10, 2008

Each day could have a little Edward Gorey-style drawing, depicting a ghastly suicide.

Are there 90 Bunny Suicide drawings? I personally prefer that minimalist style to Gorey's.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 4:00 PM on February 10, 2008

If 65913 people favorite this comment, I'll get drunk and dance naked on my porch then pass out.

Oh come on, you were going to do that anyway.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 4:19 PM on February 10, 2008

Frankly if this is a fundie viral I'd find it very hard to fight the temptation of putting a rock through one of the involved church's windows were I to find myself near the building. "Bearing false witness", and all that.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 4:44 PM on February 10, 2008

Well, I flagged that blog. Let the Blogger people deal with this as they see fit.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 5:59 PM on February 10, 2008

My money's on: Research for a Sociology grad student's thesis.

I hope the working title of her thesis is "People on the internet are cynical and distrustful".
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 8:59 PM on February 10, 2008

What are "reavers"? Is that something I would have to have seen a lot of movies to know about?
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 7:53 AM on February 11, 2008

She hasn't exactly been a resounding success in either of the public-sector jobs she's had so far. "National Security Advisor on 9/11" isn't exactly something good to advertise, and as Secretary of State she's made more of a splash with her outfits than her relevant accomplishments (although on the plus side she hasn't really been in the spotlight enough to embarrass herself). And her foreign-policy opinions (as one of the Vulcans) are what's directly led to the current President being... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 3:31 PM on February 10, 2008

Oh, and I can recall her musing out loud: "Who would ever have thought that our enemies would ever attack us with suicide airplanes?"

It's hilarious considering that EXACTLY this scenario was considered in the Atlanta Olympics security plan, as is related in Richard Clarke's Against All Enemies.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 3:48 PM on February 10, 2008

Rice is an mean spirited opportunistic wanna be with no principles at all

I knew there had to be a reason President Cheney picked her to be on the team...
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 5:45 PM on February 10, 2008

I was thinking of Bush's image as a guy people might wanna have a beer with, and then sort of that John Bolton might be fun to drink with in that funny cynical asshole kind of way

Come on now. You just know that Bolton would be exactly like Begbie in Trainspotting -- an asshole's asshole.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 6:11 PM on February 10, 2008

The vitriol here makes me want to vote for her just to spite MetaFilter.

Whenever I read something like that I'm glad that people who (claim to) use this sort of logic when voting generally don't even bother to vote at all.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 7:02 PM on February 10, 2008

Maybe she should hook up with this guy, I mean he has the ritzy condo, the Beemer, and he's single! (warning: page contains appalling conceit, tacky pictures and also background music)
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 3:20 PM on February 10, 2008

Perhaps I'm an outlier, but people who focus on fucking, and talking about fucking when they're not doing it, are precisely the sort of people, of either gender or any persuasion, that I find crude, offputting, self-absorbed and infantile, and do my best to stay the hell away from.

Point taken, but where do I meet women like that?

I have this friend who might be interested.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 6:18 PM on February 10, 2008

I feel terrible at not previously being aware of National National Awareness Month Awareness Month. I will make sure to be aware of my awareness or lack of awareness of it in the future.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 6:07 PM on February 10, 2008

Hadrian's Wall was not intended to keep out immigrants, of course, but rather as a defensive measure against foreign incursions...

So it was built by the Scots then?..
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 6:21 PM on February 9, 2008

When you look at what's been happening in the USA in the past few years it's getting easier and easier to get confused about who actually ended up winning the cold war.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 3:42 PM on February 9, 2008

So he's a philanderer. Good for him, I say. We're jealous as hell, but then it's only "promiscuity" when someone else is having all the fun.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 5:23 PM on January 28, 2008

Is there a website that helps execs manage dozens of relationships in various area codes and time zones?

That's the entire business model of my "CEOhelper.com" web 2.0 venture.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 8:13 PM on January 28, 2008

This is exactly the sort of video that rewards my misanthropy -- if I didn't live a hermit's life I would risk running into those people.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 5:35 PM on January 28, 2008

Imagine a world where the doctor determines what his patients should take as a prescription... ah, I'm just being an idealistic fool here.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 5:28 PM on January 28, 2008

This gives a new meaning to "taking a dump in the blue".
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 1:24 PM on January 27, 2008

So. It's fine-and-dandy for the police and the prosecutors to misinform the public and attempt to sway public opinion of the accused outside of a courtroom, but heaven help you if you let the facts of the case speak for themselves.

That's just the way police and prosecutors generally are, though, and clearly this is not just in the US but just about anywhere. This lawyer has embarrassed them, so now they're going to use everything in their power to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 11:49 AM on January 27, 2008

As common as a handshake you say? Don't we all wish! unless the comment's author meant a wholly different kind of handshake...
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 7:15 PM on January 15, 2008

Hilarious... the original review has now completely disappeared from townhall.com.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 4:15 PM on January 26, 2008

Every once in a while I come up with a product or marketing idea, but I always end up dismissing it because I think it's too stupid and it wouldn't work.

Maybe I shouldn't be too quick to dismiss them. In a world where an otherwise reasonable person will pay to have his/her anus bleached, I'm clearly overestimating the potential market.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 10:21 PM on January 24, 2008

I think this guy was in Montreal a couple of weeks ago. Unless I happened to see someone else with no legs who uses a skateboard to move around (which doesn't seem very likely). It's hard not to do a double-take when you see someone like that, it's so unusual.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 10:15 PM on January 22, 2008

Actually, the whole "charging into battle buck naked" tactic is something the Scots are famous for, but it's probably one that's been used for thousands of years.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 2:08 PM on January 21, 2008

The six hour workweek sounds good, until you remember it's six hours in the freezing noontime dark filleting herring so Danes can feast on roll mops while they drink cheaper beer and tut-tut about Norwegian suicide rates.

Wouldn't that be Finnish suicide rates? I've always heard it was much higher than in practically all other countries.

Also I'm all in favor of a shorter workweek, but 6 hours seems a wee bit short.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 7:39 AM on January 21, 2008

The thing I find frustrating is that I totally disagree with socialism.

It seems that what you actually disagree with is the populist caricature that passes for socialism in the United States.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 10:54 AM on January 21, 2008

I'm seeing the all-caps, but I think the awesome was replaced by a bunch of Grampa Simpson stories...
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 10:03 AM on January 21, 2008

Given MedFICO data will enable providers to open clinic and hospitals only in the "good paying" areas. Don't think this won't have a palpable effect on the way health care is delivered.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 9:38 PM on January 20, 2008

"It is unclear if the person who took out the now-dormant loan receives any compensation."

By which the author means "it's clear that the person who took out the now-dormant loan does not receive any compensation".
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 4:41 PM on January 19, 2008

Maybe sexual orientation should join circumcision and pet neutering in the list of subjects which one would be wise to not bring up on MeFi...
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 4:21 PM on January 17, 2008

why does promiscuity get all the flak?

It's only promiscuity when someone else is doing it.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 6:31 PM on January 17, 2008

Yeah, this is really going to give GTA IV a run for its money!
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 4:03 PM on January 17, 2008

Call me a control freak if you like, but if I had a newsletter published that had my name on the front of it I'd make damn well sure to at least have a cursory look at what's in it before it goes out.

I think we've all seen what it's like when there's a CEO President in the White House. It's not exactly brilliant.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 7:23 AM on January 16, 2008

I can't imagine what a libertarian convention must be like

There's a reason for that. All libertarians want freedom, so no two of them can agree about where and when to have those darn conventions.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 7:39 AM on January 16, 2008

Clearly it would have to be grain alcohol distilled from patented, genetically-modified corn.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 8:32 AM on January 16, 2008

clevershark, allow me to introduce you to Plausible Deniability.

Obviously, but I suppose my "plausibility threshold" just isn't being met...
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 9:01 AM on January 16, 2008

In the best case scenario the Ron Paul political newsletters existed only to make money and therefore included the racist bits, which (let's assume) Paul himself didn't agree with (although he did agree to have them published in his name, let's assume by neglect) because his organization knew that the newsletters' subscribers consisted mostly of survivalist militia members.

Frankly it doesn't look very good. It paints a picture of Paul not as the "straight... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 9:11 AM on January 16, 2008

I have to say, it's fun to see a post ABOUT Ron Paul get derailed into a completely different subject, for once.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 1:27 PM on January 16, 2008

no no no, in Libertopia, corporations hold corporations responsible.

It works out so well when police investigators look into accusations of crimes leveled against officers police officers! Nothing whatsoever could go wrong with that approach.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 1:30 PM on January 16, 2008

A Campaign for (Raw) Real Milk

I prefer the Campaign for Real Ale.
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 2:15 PM on January 16, 2008

Interesting that Barings was brought down by losses of less than a billion pounds. I'll bet you the outgoing heads of Chase, Citi and Bear Sterns would look at this and think "Amateurs!".
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 12:30 PM on January 16, 2008

I wouldn't be able to fall asleep on a clothesline. That's a good thing, if I ever find myself on a clothesline I guess.

Does this have any connection with Burroughs-Wellcome, which is now part of GlaxoSmithKline, makers of Sominex... or is my tin foil hat on a bit too tight?
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 8:41 AM on January 16, 2008

What, no Springtime for Hitler references yet?
posted to MetaFilter by clevershark at 6:59 AM on January 16, 2008