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MeTa post:
Burning Blue
Relatedly, is anyone (else) going to Wickerman?
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 1:55 PM on May 8, 2008
Just back from Wickerman. Awesome. The site is wooded, with a large creek/small river and lots of shady, semi-private spots. It's a burn where you can actually have some time alone, if you can imagine such a thing.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 4:20 PM on May 26, 2008
MeTa post:
Thanks!
I got two giant syringes, complete with giant needles, from ColdChef, out of the blue, with no real connection to anything I'd written. My favorite part was the explanatory letter, on his office stationary.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 9:40 AM on May 2, 2008
MeTa post:
Mathowie for the win
My ex-wife's namesake was convicted of hiring a hit man to kill her ex-husband, all in the same metro region. It's a fairly unusual name, too. I got a lot of calls about that when it was in the news. Even now, several years later, the first page if google results are about one of them or the other. I, of course, think this is hilarious; her, not so much.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 8:48 AM on April 22, 2008
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Seriously?
This is a perfect example for why nasty, racist, sexist, and just plain stupid comments should not be deleted. It's good, very good, that there's a record of what an idiotic shit The Jesse Helms is.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 12:39 PM on April 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Artomatic 2008 in Washington, DC
I'll go and see, for sure. I've been to a couple Artomatics in the past. The quality is, as one might expect, highly variable, but it's worth a trip. We should definitely set up a time and place to meet and greet.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 9:51 AM on April 16, 2008
MeTa post:
nice trick
I absolutely did try to adjust my monitor. Bravo.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 7:24 AM on April 1, 2008
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Are snarky one-liners being deleted in the Blue?
Hey, let's take it a step further. Close the accounts of everyone except Matt, Jessamyn, and cortex! That way, the mods will never, ever have to put up with anyting they don't like!
Heavy-handed comment deletion is bullshit, and it's hurting Metafilter.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 6:47 AM on April 1, 2008
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It's just like a meet-up except better because it's not in Berkeley.
I'm usually down for a meetup. peeeeeeeeedro's bar has my vote, though I have been wanting to try that Rhode Island Avenue Mexican food place.
I don't have much desire to have a meetup at the Hall of Mammals, on a weekend, during spring break, during the cherry blossom season. Might be a bit crowded, not particularly conducive to a meetup, and, well, I have seen it already. Besides, 1 suggested it, and he's an asshole.
I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 2:17 PM on March 10, 2008
Has anyone contacted peeedro? I just now sent him MeMail.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 9:09 AM on March 12, 2008
The 28th at Nanny O'Brien's sounds good to me.
I'd like to just head there after work, instead of going home then going back out. I could be there by 6:30 or so. Most meetups I've been to have lasted several (many?) hours, so folks could trickle in and out at will, I suppose.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 8:08 PM on March 14, 2008
So far, that's the plan, indiebass. At least, that's where I'm planning on being. Unless someone comes up with a better idea. At any rate, Nanny O'Brien's is in Cleveland Park, close to the Metro and across the street from the Uptown. I'll plan to be there around 6:30. Unless someone wants to be there earlier.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 12:27 PM on March 18, 2008
Sweet!
The "big table in the darkened cave of a back room" sounds good to me. It'd probably be easier to find folks that way. There have been some recent missed connections at meetups.
As I've noted before, I'm 6'5" and pony-tailed, so I'm pretty easy to pick out in a crowd. I'll try to remember to bring some metagrams, too. If anyone wants my cell phone number, shoot me an email.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 12:45 PM on March 27, 2008
I will be there, 6:30 or so.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 11:54 AM on March 28, 2008
Oh, and I believe NortonDC will be there, as well. I've gotten contact info from peeeedro, so we should be able to find him.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 12:43 PM on March 28, 2008
I expect we'll be there until at least 10. If you like, you can call me before heading over.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 1:01 PM on March 28, 2008
Awesome! peeedro did a fantastic job of keeing us fed and drunk, and the a-holes with whom he works definitely treated us right after he left. Thanks to everyone who came out. Pictures will, I'm sure, follow.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 8:38 PM on March 28, 2008
MeTa post:
pathetic insensitive
I think He can take care of this sort of thing Himself on His own schedule.
I can give an amen to that.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 12:11 PM on March 28, 2008
MeTa post:
Scrump Goes For Broke
To follow on to what jbickers (and others) is saying, the fact that the old-timers are part of the problem indicates to me that the problem is nothing new, or even a problem, really. Most of my recent dissatisfaction with the site is due to over-moderation--let folks be uncivil, sexist, and racist, as long as they're honest. If there is going to be heavy-handed moderation, make it consistent, at least, not reliant on the personal likes and dislikes of the moderators. This... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 1:11 PM on March 26, 2008
MeTa post:
Sans quoi?
Thanks, orange swan. I knew we'd seen that before, but didn't realize it'd been so long ago.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 10:39 AM on March 10, 2008
MeTa post:
1 + 1 = 0
I wonder how many different times I could say that I am not critical of such people and still be accused of being judgmental and bigoted.
Not calling such people's self-chosen descriptor "silly" would be a really good way to avoid that.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 10:37 AM on March 7, 2008
MeTa post:
Cultural Biases In Education
Once you start showing pictures of Castro's hairy thighs, you're just engaging in tabloid education, and if this is what these students get, they aren't learning critical analysis and how to evaluate information. They're basing their beliefs that Castro was a bad dude on the fact that he looks disgusting on the beach.....I don't mind the implication that "this guy is bad, our society has decided that freedom is important and that we should have the rights to do... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 2:32 PM on February 22, 2008
Or, what cortex said.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 2:33 PM on February 22, 2008
MeTa post:
Tagged as batshitinsane
I always thought of it as being said by Professor Membrane from Invader Zim.
Because he definitely pronounces the exclamation point.
I always thought it was from Bill Nye the Science Guy, who stole it from Thomas Dolby.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 8:49 AM on February 5, 2008
MeTa post:
metametameta
I'm not sorry for anything, as I've never done anything wrong.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 1:20 PM on January 28, 2008
MeTa post:
Suck it, SF.
COPY!
Yeah, but only the DC version has urgining.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 1:38 PM on January 8, 2008
Metro is very convenient--it's a bit more than a block, but Dremo's is an easy east-ward walk from the Courthouse station. I've never driven there, but I understand parking isn't too difficult, especially since it'll be a Tuesday.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 1:52 PM on January 8, 2008
You know, maybe we should just start out downstairs--probably makes everything easier. I'll try to sit near the back of the movie-watching area, hopefully snagging a couch or chair.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 5:01 PM on January 19, 2008
I'm heading out now! Should get there shortly after 6. I'll meander through the main bar carrying my MetaGrams, so give me the high sign if you see me. I'll then head downstairs, to the back-ish part of the movie area, near the (downstairs) pool tables and bathrooms which figured so prominently in the last meetup's events. If you've not been to Dremo's, the stairs to the movie area are in the back left as you enter the main bar area--just keep walking past the bar, the (upstairs) pool tables... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 2:24 PM on January 22, 2008
Glad everyone could make it out. I'd say we gave Dremo's, and especially the Washington Psychotronic Film Society, a blow-out going-away party. I think I met everyone.
And now I'm at work. What a let down.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 5:22 AM on January 23, 2008
I have two from zennie I'll upload tomorrow.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 5:30 PM on January 23, 2008
And thank you, doctorschlock, for providing so many years of excellent entertainment. I started coming to your shows 8 or so years ago, when I worked on the same block as Lucky Bar. Think the service at Dremo's was bad? Sheesh, Lucky Bar was the pits. My friends and I started the evening at Madhatter; back then, they had free wings and $1 beers on Tuesdays. Most weeks, we'd then head over to Lucky Bar for movies (sometimes, it was Chaos for drag bingo, or, well, we'd just stay at Madhatter and... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 9:30 AM on January 25, 2008
MeTa post:
DC = Beer
Much fun, all. Thanks for the photos, cowbellemoo.
posted to MetaTalk by MrMoonPie
at 6:32 AM on December 31, 2007
