Ah fuck. CC apparently just lost power. I dunno for how long, but I hope he has a full phone battery charge so he can update on Twitter via text message.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 12:01 PM on September 1, 2008

i'm sorta old to be a fan of DMB (at not quite 40)

If it helps, my 62 year old father and his similarly aged buddy took a four hour road trip down here from Oklahoma last year to see a DMB show. One of my dad's favorite things in the world to do is kick back in his recliner late at night with a beer in his hand watching one of the several live DMB DVDs in his collection at a very high volume on his fancy speaker system.

I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 7:29 AM on August 20, 2008

Kind of pointless if I can't punch her in her dick.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 1:41 PM on August 7, 2008

Good god, 130 comments and no mention of Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain?

And you call yourselves dorks. My friends and I used to run around the playground in 4th grade playing those characters.

Crunchings and Munchings for Gurgi, motherfucker.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 12:00 PM on August 4, 2008

JESSAMYN [minimum 20]

Pssht. [Min. 28, bingo is expected - bonus: "ufez" was coined during an, admittedly quite drunken, actual game of Scrabble]
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 8:51 AM on July 29, 2008

There's a second one .

Aw, crap, team lowkey. Thanks for finding that. Sloppy posting on my part. Reason #lots that you shouldn't post while multi-tasking and trying to leave the house.....with tears in your eyes.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 5:34 PM on July 24, 2008

Hurf Durf V354 Cephei.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 12:27 PM on July 19, 2008

I forgot Jasper. That's a paddlin'.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 3:47 PM on June 25, 2008

They're quite good. I stumbled upon them recently. Sure, they're not Mogwai, nor are they Tortoise, Explosions in the Sky, Maserati, or the Saxon Shore. That doesn't mean that they don't need some exposure.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 3:59 PM on June 24, 2008

And speaking of Temporary Residence type crap, that label ruined post-rock forever. Before they came along and EITS formed and fuck off post-rock meant something. Post-rock meant the Simon Reynolds' definition, rock bands using the conventional "band structure playing not very rock like song strucutures". But then damn it it all became EBBflowEBBflow, a formula which goes against all things that post-rock was supposed to be, ie a break from the shitty ROCK thing that prevailed.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 6:50 AM on June 25, 2008

With that said, I'm equally sure someone is "enjoying" it anyway.

Yeah, this guy.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 4:35 PM on June 10, 2008

Crap. I just had a Shave and a Haircut* this past Friday. Which I'd waited 'til today.

R.I.P., you magnificent man.

*okay, it was a beard trim and a haircut, but still....
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 2:48 PM on June 2, 2008

No. Just stop. I love my dog like nobody's business, but there are already far too many other great animals that need loving homes. Even if I had the money, when her time here has passed, I'll go adopt another and then give whatever else I can to the shelter.

Put your money and research time into science that matters, asshats.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 8:30 AM on May 22, 2008

Big deal. They also sell a Hannah Montana Home Pregnancy Test.*

The Zoey 101 Pregnancy Test is the preferred model for todays tweens.

Like, OMFG, it's BLUE!!11!
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 3:06 PM on May 14, 2008

And what's with this weird little pool of neurotics between Wichita and OK City?

I grew up in Tulsa. You think this would frighten me. Well it doesn't. Because I know this is just a filthy figment of my diseased imagination. All I have to do is simply reach out my hand and touch it!
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 3:56 PM on May 6, 2008

Eh, it keeps 'em off my lawn.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 8:44 AM on April 17, 2008

Yeah but who won the frickin' game!?!

That, and I can't find a box score. Tell me I didn't take TNT in the eighth round of my fantasy draft as a sleeper for nothing!
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 2:05 PM on April 7, 2008

I don't get out much for a round of disc golf much these days (maybe 3-4 rounds a year), but there was a time when I played quite a bit. It is indeed relaxing and a hell of a lot of fun.

I'll never forget the round I played on 9/11. I had recently graduated college and was unemployed. After watching six straight hours of nauseating, blitzing news coverage, I'd just had enough and needed to get away from the television and the radio for a few hours. So I hopped in the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 4:46 PM on April 3, 2008

People eat at strip clubs?

Hell, there's a freaking "Legs and Eggs" late-night buffet at a strip-club here in Dallas (SFW)
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 3:17 PM on March 27, 2008

You know what I blame this on the breakdown of?

The writing crew of The Simpsons?
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 3:15 PM on March 17, 2008

Also - I'm working "I'm a weed man" into conversation tomorrow.

Performance review day?
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 6:29 PM on March 6, 2008

Reminds me of a mellow version of Four Second Frenzy. Yes, you read that right.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 8:22 AM on February 22, 2008

Wait, really? What' next? The Ugly Kid Joe thread?
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 6:20 PM on February 11, 2008

what am I supposed to do with this squalling brat with the dead eyes and breath from the grave?

Circumcise and de-claw it, obviously.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 8:20 AM on February 4, 2008

This thread is useless without pictures.

Here you go, veggieboy.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 6:30 AM on February 4, 2008

This is all utterly, utterly pointless in that I'm not 14, it's not 1993, and a Velociraptor doesn't come and mow down that sweet loris.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 9:46 PM on January 29, 2008

Hmmph. I've never seen Kramer vs. Kramer. And honestly, it doesn't much intrigue me. Can I just jump back to '78 and assume that The Deer Hunter was on while I was conceived?

I mean, at least that way I could assume that the other sperm I competed against were all blanks.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 2:17 PM on January 25, 2008

One part alcohol, one part Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time. Add a splash of $5 and shake vigirously.

Now *that* sounds like the official drink of MetaFilter.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 8:11 AM on January 15, 2008

I have five bucks that says in that 51.9 seconds Shaq gets another foul.

I'll take double-or-nothing that if Bennett Salvatore is one of the refs, Dwyane Wade will draw at least 3 fouls in those 51.9 seconds.

/end bitter-hearted Mavs fan.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 5:19 PM on January 11, 2008

Is anyone else here disappointed that this isn't a new reality show?

Project Prostitute Runway?
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 10:15 AM on January 11, 2008

Uh. I lost? I think. I did see dobbs and treepour in there. Is like some kind of quasi-metaphorical IRC channel?
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 8:10 PM on January 7, 2008

I liked ""The Bears are who we thought they were!"

That was last season, mate.

This is the first of these lists that didn't have "Don't tase me bro!" as number one, much less not included. Kind of refreshing.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 9:57 AM on December 31, 2007

To be fair, I've watched her break. I've also watched her burn.

I'm just waiting for the pills to kill her.

Not anxiously. Just kind of passively, for closure.

Seven Year Bitch and L7 and a hell of a lot of other women did it better than Courtney.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 12:19 AM on December 15, 2007

If there's anything wrong with the name Robin Williams On Fire, I don't want to be right.

Well, unless they tweaked it to be Robin Williams on Fire and Ice. That may make more sense.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 11:33 PM on December 14, 2007

So this is the great MetaFilter e-card exchange?
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 9:46 PM on December 13, 2007

Lifehacker had this back in '06, and I think it's been around even longer. It's a 43 Things project.

Try May of '03.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 3:47 PM on December 6, 2007

the FPP could have explained this a bit better, in my opinion.

Fair enough. I did throw the word 'online' in the title of the post, but I can see where you're coming from.

That said, if it were just one of those list things that everyone could just have a geek-fight about, I'd not have posted it. The fact that the links are there and you can play them online is pretty much where I found the worthiness.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 2:38 PM on December 5, 2007

This comment kills fascists.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 4:36 PM on December 4, 2007

Cross-breeding isn't a black and white issue.

It is with my dog, but she just happened to be black and white.

Truth be told, the vast majority of dog owners aren't using their dogs for anything but companion animals. They're neither bred nor trained for any specific purpose, and I do find the justification for either a pure-bred or designer-bred awfully foolish. I bite my tongue, of course, but it's still there.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 9:21 PM on December 3, 2007

Okay, that was really weird getting Petticoat Junction and Stripperella back to back. The internet makes me shudder.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 5:20 PM on December 1, 2007

Springy for the win.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 3:31 PM on November 27, 2007

t's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

Then it's a sport.

No, then it's hilarious.

No, then it's a fetish.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 10:46 PM on November 16, 2007

You know, I liked this a lot. I really did.

But then I thought about what may happen if somebody tried this in the US and what the consequences might look like not just for the artists involved, but for every other driver in in the locale and I got kind of sad.

Wait. You say they hate our freedoms?
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 10:04 PM on November 13, 2007

Speaking as someone who lived in Los Angeles during the LA Riots and fled New Orleans, and was recently just a few blocks from the I34W bridge in Minneapolis when it collapsed: The worst thing that can happen is precisely what you should expect.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:40 AM on November 11 [1 favorite +] [!]

I'm not trying to justify the post, but seriously, man, if you (or your other-wordly brothers) are trying to ever so hard to be... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 11:59 PM on November 10, 2007

Ugh. I'm sitting here at the computer with a Border Collie/Lab mix staring at me wantonly, just aching for a walk. Up until now I was planning on just giving her a rawhide and letting it be. Now, I'll leash her up and jog her around the block.

Thanks, asshole.

(seriously, great post!)
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 9:21 PM on November 7, 2007

The problem here is that the State Department officials acted too quickly and sacrificed the possibility of prosecution against the persons in question because they wanted to know what happened so that political and diplomatic damage control could occur. Its less of a back room deal than the millionth example of the Bush Administration confronted with a crisis, panicking and fucking up.

.....And the home of the braaaaave.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 8:52 PM on October 29, 2007

Worst of the web, indeed.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 4:48 AM on October 21, 2007

Best Flickr set as MeFi post I've seen yet. Thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 10:45 PM on September 18, 2007

I really hope no one makes a "leave x alone" joke around me while I'm sauced up in a bar. Because that motherfucker is gonna get glassed.

I wouldn't worry about making that statement here, since you refuse to show up at any Dallas Meetups.

I wouldn't worry about making that statement here, since you refuse to show up at any Dallas Meetups.

Note to self: Leave puke & cry alone!

/metametameta
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 5:31 PM on September 17, 2007

FWIW, this isn't the first time that Chantix (or Champix in Europe) and alcohol have been linked to such episodes. I guess Carter (rip, natch) is high profile enough to get the FDA to investigate into the matter.

For those of you that feel morbid, you can hear the 911 call from the incident here.

It's a damn shame, on so many levels.

As the FDA continues its investigation, I hope Navelgazer will come back and add the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Ufez Jones at 12:39 AM on September 11, 2007