Kurt is up in heaven now.


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posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 7:36 AM on April 12, 2007

well, look, if he'd just grabbed some cigarette cartons i'd have never dreamed of doing that, but i though he was going to beat the shit out of my co-worker

so my arms hurt for a few days because of how hard i swung that broom ... and people were a lot nicer to me for a long time at that place

funny how that works

nice, pyramidtermite.

that's unintentional poetry worthy of don... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 11:50 AM on January 20, 2007

links to Roller Derby and feminist critique of both 'sports'

spicynuts - i'd still be interested to see these links, especially regarding rollerderby. I know a lot of the derbygirls in my league would get a kick out of reading some feminist critique...
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 5:37 PM on January 17, 2007

The Amazon Connection site is (besides being quaintly Web 1.0 beta) conspicuously lacking in modern day rollergirls, who are some of the strongest, smartest and most independent-minded athletes out there today.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 2:26 AM on January 15, 2007

maryh - neither would I, but then if she was I'd just give her a major penalty and send her to the box. I'm a ref for the Big Easy Rollergirls. :)
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 3:25 AM on January 15, 2007

Sorry, rollergirls seem a little bit poser-ish and trendy.

I'll give you that there are those that seem that way - but I've found that the four three-hour practices a week thing seems to weed out those posers, until you're left with a bunch excellent female atheletes who happen to have a few tattoos and some hipster cred to spare.

that being said, black belts in karate are pretty cool too. I am VERY afraid. :)
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 9:04 AM on January 15, 2007

Glad I don't live in the Middle East.

as if distance will help us.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 8:42 PM on January 6, 2007

meh. Don't really like the Samurai Jack style.

See, I love Samurai Jack's style - and this seems a fairly blatant (and sub-standard) rip-off of Samurai Jack in both style and content.

You'd be better served just (re-)watching Ninjai.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 5:23 PM on January 6, 2007

-25 percent anticipate the second coming of Jesus Christ.

-19 percent think scientists are likely to find evidence of extraterrestrial life.

Considering the probable lack of overlap between these two, seems like we're at least 44% batshitinsane around here, one way or the other.

But wait - if Jesus is an undocumented alien, then...
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 11:29 AM on December 31, 2006

right. and the thing was founded and endowed by the man who invented nitroglycerin and dynamite. ain't nobody perfect.

so your point is...?
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 2:05 AM on December 19, 2006

anyone else notice that most of the cars license plates appear to have been intentionally blurred? there are a few instances where i can read advertisements on nearby streetsigns or bumperstickers on the cars that are definitely smaller than license plate characters, but the license plates are blurry.

also, I found almost exactly half of a postal truck. funny.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 1:57 AM on December 19, 2006

i love it- groundbreaking neuro-robotic research... academic web page kickin' it oldskool - straight outta' 1997. you've just gotta love those hard returns.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 1:34 AM on December 19, 2006

for my money, birdhaus wins at #167.

and for the record, Rollins fucking rules. For going on thirty years the man has maintained a constantly high level of integrity, intensity, and raw emotion that most of us will never even approach.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 9:24 PM on December 14, 2006

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posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 8:12 PM on December 13, 2006

not the Steve Irwin I was thinking about.

cool, though.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 3:17 AM on November 28, 2006

davidmsc, you obviously suffer from the all too common conceit that those creative expressions the appreciation of which you personally cannot understand ARE NOT "SERIOUS" ART.

Your disbelief in the value of these works of squid-fuckery, however, does not disqualify them from being art. Whether or not something IS ART is not an absolute judgment you (or anyone else) can make. Expressions of human creativity are art the way water is a liquid - by their very... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 10:33 PM on November 26, 2006

How odd! I was just watching the Good Eats special one hour episode on salt, "Eat This Rock!" yesterday... lots of good information there. Alton Brown is a fan of the smoked kind too!
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 7:17 PM on November 25, 2006

me too. somebody should cast him in a movie.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 9:39 PM on November 22, 2006

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posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 9:30 PM on November 10, 2006

"now do something with that, you freak."

and ...he does.

haven't laughed out loud like that in a long time. thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 11:21 AM on October 29, 2006

These emails claim Fox has admitted in interviews that he goes off his medication." A tireless search of the Internet produces no such record of any interview, or any statement in which Fox has ever admitted or even suggested that he ever goes off his Parkinson's treatment at all, let alone for the purposes of shaking it up for the television audience.


although i abhor limbaugh and his comment in this instance sickens me... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 11:48 PM on October 24, 2006

not to be confused with Stephen Foster. (doo-da, doo-da...)
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 5:57 AM on October 12, 2006

what's all this elephant posting about

um... elephants.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 11:28 PM on October 8, 2006

so pretty... me want at 300dpi...
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 9:54 PM on October 3, 2006

posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 3:06 PM on September 30, 2006

wow. this thread was worthwhile if only for dydecker and jon mitchell's first two comments. well spoken!
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 5:07 AM on September 23, 2006

how is it that most of humanity isn't eaten by bears?
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 6:30 PM on September 6, 2006

great post indeed, AZ/max. only one thing to do... move back!
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 5:15 PM on September 4, 2006

ooh! to the sweden list, you also have to add:

hello saferide
firefox ak
el perro del mar

and a bit better known, the concretes would fall in here also.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 11:19 PM on September 3, 2006

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posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 10:34 PM on September 3, 2006

i've loved archy and mehitabel since i found them in college. recently picked up the new Jolie Holland CD, Springtime can Kill You - and there's a song on there called Mehitabel's Blues, which sounds like it could be from (or inspired by) marquis' work, but i'm not sure.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 10:47 PM on August 28, 2006

a sure sign i'm fully into my 30s: this makes me wish i had a kid i could buy these for. very cool.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 3:01 AM on August 24, 2006

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posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 2:40 AM on August 24, 2006

wow. maybe the first time in five years i've felt like i'm seeing a new perspective on that day. my computer has been in the same place in my house all this time, and it's odd to sit here, five years later, see these photos, and think back on the images of that morning.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 2:28 AM on August 24, 2006

this web 2.0, it's a
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posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 6:29 PM on August 17, 2006

cortex, didn't you mean it's the best thread in
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posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 11:12 PM on August 17, 2006

it's a music review site. with music reviewers. and opinions. and all the requisite encyclopedic musical knowledge and indie pretention and whatever else. fucking disagree if you want. who cares? if it's the only review site you read, maybe you're not getting the full picture of what's out there, maybe you're missing out on a lot - but you know, pitchfork at it's absolute predictable worst is about 3000 times better than depending on ClearChannel for your musical opinions like 98% of the public... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 9:52 PM on August 8, 2006

posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 5:44 AM on August 8, 2006

That's a pretty strong sword, but I'm not convinced it could cut god.


is god harder or softer than lead? i mean, i'm sure (s)he's ... whichever one is better, but, um... which one is that? i'm not up on my theology lately. last i heard on the subject was concrete blonde, and they said "god is a bullet."

have mercy on us, everyone...... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 1:04 AM on July 24, 2006

posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 12:14 AM on July 22, 2006

i see it, but i can't believe there's only one link up there... that being said, it does seem pretty interesting, but i do wish there were a bit more explanation/justificaton for the link to go along with it...
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 7:32 PM on July 13, 2006

doesn't seem to have a very wide selection of music. it'd be pretty cool if it did, though, it's a great interface and a nice idea.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 11:35 PM on July 11, 2006

Bizzare coincidenceFilter:

after reading both of these amazing stories here today, and thinking to myself, wow, this guy is an excellent writer, i wonder what else he's written... i get home to find a package containing a book i'd ordered from Amazon last week, a bio/monograph of illustrator/comic artist Chris Ware. I hadn't even noticed the author when I ordered it, but when I opened the package, was shocked to notice that it was written the very same Daniel Raeburn,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 7:18 PM on July 11, 2006

I understand some of these, but 44?

um... did you click on the link? when you do, one explanation pretty quickly comes to mind as to what the 44 might mean... (hint: it should probably be followed by "DD" or something around there...)
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 3:18 PM on July 3, 2006

i'm not keeping it.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 7:00 AM on June 26, 2006

fuuuuuuuck. incredible.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 12:34 AM on June 25, 2006

things like this are why Henry Rollins is, still, after all these years, one of the only people i consider a personal hero.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 8:24 PM on June 10, 2006

that's what your mom said when she gave me all her money.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 10:01 AM on June 10, 2006

he looks like robin williams doing an impression of david lee roth singing with a bluegrass band.
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 5:22 PM on June 7, 2006

Hot town, Summa n' The City
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ab3 at 4:55 PM on June 3, 2006