[x] in the back seat of a Mustang on a cold night in the pouring rain
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 8:09 AM on June 9, 2008

Indeed. I just found it in the largest testicles question. That was ten kinds of "Wha? Wha? Whattt?"
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 3:51 PM on June 4, 2008

I dunno. I'm thinking we should have a strictly MeTa-based "overly-masturbatory" flag.

I'd sure as hell use it right about now.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 4:21 PM on May 22, 2008

Good stuff, but I kind of hate that the tab for contacts within profile has been swapped for the term "Social". Kind of hurts like a burning urethral fire. Or so I hear.

Also, clicking on "Activity" leads only to a long list of "ColdChef had a comment with 80-someodd favorites" and "homonculus had a post with 70-someodd favorites" through and through. Can you make my contacts more interesting? Thanks.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 8:57 AM on May 15, 2008

It always said social.

Really? Guess I hadn't noticed.

Sorry about your urethra.

Nah, I'm peeing fresh and clean. Thanks for the concern. The Sad Urethras would be an awesome crusty punk band name, though.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 9:09 AM on May 15, 2008

Well I'll be damned. I wasn't even aware they'd opened a Trader Vic's here. Shows you how much I pay attention.

I think the SO and I should be down for a fruity something or other, but I'll have to confirm with her once she gets back in town tomorrow night. Any particular time you all are thinking of headed up there?

Then you'd have to stab somebody to death at the Apple store.

I'm waaaaay ahead of you, buddy.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 10:19 AM on April 16, 2008

NEEEEEEEEEERDS!!!!

No, wait....

SPAAAAAAAAM!!!!
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 6:09 PM on April 3, 2008

Who wants something from St. Louis?

Schlafly, stat. kthx.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 11:34 AM on February 18, 2008

I need five people to mail me dildoes.

Wow. So the the performance art on Saturday didn't check out, eh? Why on earth did I need to sign a release form?

I kid, I kid

But damn, that doesn't bode well for item's rep.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 4:11 PM on February 18, 2008

Aww, UotC, note the small note. It was meant with a wink and a nod. This thread is all jest, no?

Also, note to you and item, sorry I had to bail early. I had to make a last-minute b-day party at, of all places, Meridian. So typical!
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 4:35 PM on February 18, 2008

I certainly hope to see you all, grandsham and LynNever. It'd be nice to have fresh braaaains, erm, blood at a Dallas meetup. Since item's set starts at 8, should we shoot for somewhere b/w 6 and 6:30 for dinner? I think that'll work for my SO and I.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 4:20 PM on February 4, 2008

Aw crap. Sorry. Had a long week of head-funk and internet outage. Regardless, the SO and I should be down for dinner around 7, and then on to Absinthe after.

I'd say more, but I'm off to finish watching Blazing Saddles. Again.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 8:24 PM on February 15, 2008

I don't think there really is such evidence. I think you are taking evidence of some Texans being ignorant thugs and applying it to all of them.

Exactly. I find it very telling that a good chunk of the blue-staters here would rather chop off their left hand then even hint at a remotely sexist or homophobic or racist remark, but they have no problem sweeping some 22 Million people under the same rug just because they happen to share a common border... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 4:55 PM on January 4, 2008

Most people in most places are just people. If you've been around a bit and spent time around people, this shouldn't be a surprising idea.

This bears repeating. I don't want to hug most people, but I don't want to judge them either.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 5:00 PM on January 4, 2008

You telling me there is 55% of Texas opposed to the death penalty? Or 55% opposed to a constitutional ban on gay marriage? Demonstrate that and consider my point of view substantially changed.

I can't, and that's getting dangerously close to a straw-man argument. Does WA-state have legalized gay marriage?

Ufez Jones I lived in Texas. My sister was born there.

Fair enough. I hope you... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 5:30 PM on January 4, 2008

No. But most of Washington doesn't support a constitutional BAN.

Nor do I. In fact, I'm vehemently against it. So when you and I go to bed at night, we're in the same place. My gay neighbors can't get married, nor can yours. It's a fucking shame.

I Agree. And I don''t think most individuals are "bad." In fact one on one my personal experiences have left me far from cynical. But it's in the aggregate.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 5:49 PM on January 4, 2008

Okay. So I guess in places like Texas where there appears to be a great deal of regressive legislation and politics it's merely an illusion or some by product of some accidental force and there is no majority political community responsible. Got it.

That's neither the point nor the moral of the story. I'd love to see you point out what Washington is doing that is *massive major progressive* as a state over Texas.

I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 6:21 PM on January 4, 2008

You can always favorite something temporarily. It won't go on your permanent record. People do it all the time.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 5:01 PM on January 2, 2008

How did Encyclopedia know that Bugs Meanie made a self link? Turn to page 15526 to find out!

Damn. You must've had the Britannica version of Encyclopedia Brown. Mine were all ~100 or so pages.

No wonder I never made detective.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 1:51 PM on December 27, 2007

For some reason I picture you speaking with a Bavarian accent, which is likely 100% off.

Heh, yeah, a bit off. He actually speaks with a rare ancient Chachapoyan drawl. I'll explain it at the meetup.

Oh, I see...too good to come to the OKC meetup, so you throw your own? Nice. ;)

Heh. There's a bit of a difference between driving ten minutes and driving for three and a half hours... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 8:57 AM on November 18, 2007

Pugachev: Your presence would be well received (by me at least). It's been far too many years since that first time at Ben's (RIP).

Doohickster: If you'll recall, yes, this is the same place we met up last time. A quick jaunt off of 30. Good food! Come out even if only for a bit, eh?

dios: I'd say I hope you can make it, but I won't hold my breath. Lord knows, I need another smoke.

And hey, Unicorn_otc. If... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 11:51 PM on December 2, 2007

East Texas Domino queen for like 9 years running.

Yeah, but in East Texas they only play up to double threes, right?

I ended up inviting a high school girl that said she didn't think her parents would approve of her going to a bar to meet up with internet strangers.

Heh. Remind me to tell you about trying to text-message thatothrgirl prior to the meetup at our house. Awkward hilarity ensued.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 2:42 PM on December 3, 2007

Don't underestimate a good monkey knife-fight.

But yeah, pubs are best, bars are probably second best. I've organized a meetup that started out at a sit-down restaurant on a Friday night, and it was a bit odd at first, plus at least one person didn't show up, and I'd reserved a large table, so that was a bit awkward.

After that, we moved on to a couple of dive bars and everyone had a much better time, since we weren't bolted down to chairs... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 5:20 PM on November 26, 2007

All's I know is, my SO and I demand pics. They won't be shared with family. Go Nuts!
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 9:40 PM on November 5, 2007

Damn. I thought checking in on my fantasy basketball team four days into the season was worthless.

Doubtless it is, but not so much as this wankery.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 9:24 PM on November 2, 2007

jonson, you have not yet uploaded a picture of a pug to your profile. Please do so immediately. Thanks.

Pugs are for wieners. Real men adopt Border Collie/Lab mixes.

(yeah, I put my dog as my profile pic. Shoot me in the creek, m'kay?)
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 9:31 PM on November 2, 2007

Yeah, I started on the plain-text after my former boss nonchalantly asked me what the blue website I was on all the time was. I'm out of that job and self-employed now, but some 4 years later, still using. I actually find the Blue and Green and Grey/Brown tough to read when I'm not logged in. Guess I'm just a simple man.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 6:11 PM on October 29, 2007

On the other hand, it's a single link sportsflter post that would probably be better received on SportsFilter, unless that sort of thing isn't even cool over there.

Obligatory link to SpoFi thread on the story.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 12:54 PM on September 20, 2007

Ah, the six-month asskiss. I remember that feeling.

Now I'm just waiting for the seven-year itch.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 4:59 PM on September 13, 2007

And of all the good things on youtube, The Coup's "Kill My Landlord" is apparently not one of them.

Maybe not, but Let's Lynch the Landlord is.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 9:50 PM on August 30, 2007

I'm loving these, but man, there's an awful lot of "I didn't see/read that one" in the Podcasts. During the part on the death mask, when Jessamyn was all "read the post!", I'm sure I wasn't the only one mentally screaming "Tell Matt RTFP, n00b!". I am firmly convinced that it's true that you all only spend about 10 minutes an hour on the site, though.

Good stuff, though. Keep 'em coming.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 6:02 PM on August 27, 2007

No fair Ufez, jessamyn also says "I didn't see that one" twice as often as "yeah, I liked that one too".

I know, I'm just a little miffed that the one time something I posted was featured (the Missed Connection Comics) she was absolutely clueless about it. I teared up just a bit.

I understand the scope we're talking about, though. I spend about 20% of the time here than I did when I was working my... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 8:46 PM on August 27, 2007

Shouldn't that be 4 mi/hr? Because a 4-min mile? Fuck the challenge. I'm not Robocop.

For real. I'm just about to dip my toes back into running, and to be honest, the MeFi aspect of is encouraging, but there's no way in hell I'm going to run 4 mph.

I'm planning on using whats left of August to buy new shoes, get the nano armband thingy and the nike+ gadget, and switch from Camel Lights to Camel Ultra-Lights.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 8:24 PM on August 24, 2007

Neat. Can we get SportsFilter included?
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 5:08 PM on August 7, 2007

You know who else questioned obvious answers to questions posted on AskEugenicsFilter?
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 9:19 PM on August 6, 2007

Look, I know we've been having some fun recently, tehloki, but I'm not quite sure I'm comfortable taking that step right now. I've favorited some fair amount in the past -- some I regret, some I kind of remember fondly. I'm sure you have too. I'm just not ready to discuss my favoriting history with you.

Please don't take any offense. I hope this doesn't come between us.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 5:50 PM on August 1, 2007

We've had kind of lackluster numbers with the past few meetups, so I'm not worried about a huge crowd. If we're looking at 8ish or fewer folks, I'll be willing to do some grilling for food and whatnot, but it'd be BYO Drinkofchoice. If we're looking at more than that, it's probably preferable to go out to eat at a restaurant first and then anyone who wants to can come back to the house for some Wii-Tennis and Bowling (please don't launch the Wii-mote into my TV....that'd be a hell of a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 8:00 AM on July 26, 2007

To answer a couple of questions
- Yes, booze is encouraged, but BYO. We'll have a few beers and some wine and stuff about the house, but you'll have to bring your own Crown and Coke, dios.

- Dr. Zira (and Lyn, if this helps at all) I think we'll open the house for people to start trickling in around 6. I'll shoot for dinner to be ready around 7:30, which more than likely means it'll be 8 (just being frank). Feel free to pop on by after that, though. I'm... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 8:36 PM on July 26, 2007

Also, by the by, Lyn, is this the Alex you're referring to? If so, I chatted with him a few times back in the heyday of the dfwblogs.com happy hours when we both were living at The Village. I've not seen him (or any of the other dfwbloggers) in years, but he's definitely more than welcome if you want to shoot him an e-mail.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 10:08 PM on July 26, 2007

I'm afraid the 11th is no good, dios. Tog's got a wedding to attend that weekend.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 8:14 AM on July 27, 2007

Indeed, Bugg, the location is eerily accurate. I'll e-mail directions and a map with the actual address sometime next week to get a final headcount from those that express interest in this thread.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 4:11 PM on July 27, 2007

Good deal, item and Lyn. Keep an eye on your e-mail (assuming you have one listed -- if not shoot me one at the addy in profile). Sounds like quite possibly one of the better Dallas MeFi meetups yet.

sorry for the late response. I had one hell of an awkward weekend.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 9:53 PM on July 30, 2007

Alright - e-mails with GMaps to the house have been sent to everyone that expressed interest here via the addy's listed in your profiles. If you didn't get it or have further questions, feel free to shoot me an e-mail in the address listed in my profile.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 11:40 PM on July 31, 2007

my love for dogs is less than my love for picking up warm dog crap with a bag over my hand. If it ever tips in the other direction, I'll get one, but until then, no dog.

Indeed, because that's *so* much worse than changing diapers.

/me adds to shitstorm
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 11:07 PM on June 20, 2007

Man, I know we've had election-filter pretty damned badly in the past, but the primaries don't start for seven fucking months. The main election isn't for nearly seventeen months, which is, what, like the entirety of the Paleolithic in internet time?

Can't we just cool it for the time being? I'm looking as forward as anyone to Jan 20, '09, but there's a hell of a lot of important stuff between now and then.

Stop posting prematurely like... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 5:34 PM on June 19, 2007

You know, if Miguel had posted this some 5 or so years ago, he'd be roasting in a spit with eight or so members doing a sacrificial dance around the fire while drinking mead mixed with drambuie and pancake syrup.

I don't really have a point here, other than messing with hadjiboy's head a little bit, 'cos I'm a bastard, but I'm just saying....
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 9:44 PM on May 18, 2007

How anal are you all being about specific versions of books? Does it really matter that much? I mean, bully for you if you've a first edition of The Fall or whatever, but does it matter that much?
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 4:25 PM on April 30, 2007

Oh my God, Matt sounds like Brian Posehn.

And Jessamyn sounds like Jeannine Garofalo
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 9:35 PM on April 9, 2007

These pearls.....they vibrate?
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 10:33 PM on April 8, 2007

Here's a version of the map with some of the more outlying folks labelled.

Apparently Poland forgot MeFi.
posted to MetaTalk by Ufez Jones at 10:41 PM on March 15, 2007