...Ron Paul, anyone?

Sure! I don't know exactly what I'll do with a crazy old racist, but I'm sure I can put him to work sweeping the steps or yelling at the fleet-footed negros. Freecycle is so great.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 8:16 AM on September 6, 2008

Scheiße! Wie gewöhnlich werde ich außer dem Land bis Oktober sein :-(

Trink noch einmal Maß für mich auch, bitte.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 9:10 PM on September 2, 2008

I like how he says "..and I'm in coach" right before immediately plunking himself down in a business class seat. I weep for you, Mr. Puff Daddy, I truly weep.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 10:55 AM on September 2, 2008

If you really want an email, this might work:

ssh user@host -C "tar -c /path/to/directory -f /path/to/tarred-directory && metasend -f /path/to/tarred-directory -t recipient@address.com -s File -m application/x-tar -b && rm /path/to/tarred-directory"
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 5:45 AM on September 2, 2008

What Michelle Malkin had to say about Obama's statement.

While I'm sure a woman who thinks that sending American citizens to internment camps based solely on their ethnicity is a beacon of rational thought, I'm not really sure what additional insights being a complete nutcase gives her into this strange soap opera of a national election.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 1:15 PM on September 1, 2008

I get the "To continue reading, subscribe or log in" box, too. Guess that's one of the fancy tricks business school teaches you.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 3:37 AM on September 1, 2008

You've also never heard of the Tibetan Inquisition or the Tibetan Crusades or Tibetan anti-semitism (not accusing current Catholics of any of these - merely pointing at history).

Some see it a little differently.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 11:43 AM on August 28, 2008

I have nothing against comics/graphic novels in their own right, but text will always be a more nuanced form for transmitting information than pictures, no matter how they're packaged or formatted.

I don't think that's true at all. Joe Sacco's fantastic Safe Area Gorazde is a perfect example. Yes, he could have written a Big Block O' Text book about it, but by adding in the visuals, he's able to connect the reader even further to what is going on.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 8:18 AM on August 23, 2008

I think the suggestion that John McCain, a former naval aviator and prisoner of war, might not be able to remember to put on his pants is, frankly, quite outrageous.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 10:35 AM on August 22, 2008

Is there a transcript available? I think people should keep their religious fantasies to themselves, but I'm curious how well John McCain managed to con people into thinking that he believes in anything other than money and John McCain.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 10:28 AM on August 21, 2008

puddleglum: Fantastic, thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 11:41 AM on August 21, 2008

My favorite part, from another article on the topic:

"It gives me great pause to think of sending thousands of students onto a campus where the person who is most accountable doesn't seem to be devoted to ensuring their health and safety," [Executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving for Maryland and Delaware, Caroline] Cash said.

Why yes, that makes perfect sense.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 5:52 AM on August 19, 2008

I can fourth the Alice recommendation (they're the only provider I've found that doesn't require a contract and I've not really had any problems with them so far), but with two caveats:

1) They will want a German bank account to deduct the monthly payment from. In order to get a German bank account, you will likely need to have a residency registration (unless you can maybe swing something with Citibank), which in turn means a whole painful trip through German... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 10:32 AM on August 18, 2008 marked best answer

Apachee, 10, swallowed a fork

That is probably the best fork-related photo caption ever.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 4:41 AM on August 14, 2008

Seriously, give that editor a Pulitzer or a Murrow or a whateverthehell.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 4:42 AM on August 14, 2008

Rich guys who were born into money?
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 1:17 PM on August 13, 2008

I would, actually. I've always wanted a pen that looked like one of those old 50s sci-fi rocket ships. Maybe with a nice stand that looks like an asteroid space war base. And little dudes in space war costumes I could position around it. That'd be awesome but the invisible guiding hand of the free market doesn't want to give it to me because the invisble guiding hand is a fucking jerk who only likes rich people.

What were you asking?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 9:30 AM on August 13, 2008

it is disheartening to follow a blog and enjoy it for months, and then one day fall on the most basic french bashing there is as the post of the day

I've read plenty of stupid French surrender jokes, and while it does act as a good flag letting me know the person making the joke is an idiot, I think you're missing the motivation behind it. The stereotypical American gets 2 weeks of vacation a year, spends a great deal of their waking moments working,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 12:23 AM on August 12, 2008

If you purchase a wireless repeater (Linksys, for example, makes one), you can possibly plug it in in your brothers room to increase the signal enough so that you, too, can use the unencrypted network, but they don't always work so well depending on the materials the house is made out of. If I were in your shoes, I'd just get a cellular data plan and a card to connect the laptop to it.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 3:10 PM on August 11, 2008

Yeah, you're going to be disappointed if you set out hoping to recreate the dairy experience, but I think several types of soy yogurt out there taste pretty good, and you can definitely get big tubs of it plain to add fruit to as you like.

Can I make tofu tapioca? Tofu pudding?

VegWeb is totally your friend.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 9:28 AM on August 11, 2008

I love reading things from rich people advising other rich poeple on how to avoid paying taxes while taking advantage of all the services paid for by not rich people. You don't often get to see such an obvious "Fuck you, I got mine" laid out like that.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 11:01 AM on August 10, 2008

Yah, it's so crazy that they don't have a sense of humor about people making fun of them. Who do they think they are anyway?

I certainly don't speak for butterstick, but I think he or or she is talking about the attempts, mentioned at the end of the article, of the Nixon campaign to "mimic Tuck's pranks". Which resulted in:

Segretti's dirty tricks included forging letters to newspapers imputing sexual... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 12:03 PM on August 8, 2008

Restart your computer with a Darik's Boot and Nuke CD in the CD drive. Get it going on the default settings. Remove CD. Head home.

The IT department can easily reinstall XP, and this is pretty critical data you're talking about.

....So simply deleting all cookies wouldn't do it? (This is a sincere question from someone who had always been told that "deleting all cookies" would do that kind of thing, and so I nodded and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 10:23 AM on August 8, 2008

Apologizing for things is a sign of a weak character, you half-witted mooncalf.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 9:34 AM on August 7, 2008

I'm fond of A Word A Day from Wordsmith.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 8:00 AM on August 7, 2008

Sliced bread. Why did we have to put up with tearing chunks off for so long?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 12:09 PM on August 6, 2008

That's not a very good jokey comment :-/

But if it leads to all of those annoying relationship questions being deleted from ask.metafilter, I'm all for whatever you're proposing.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 6:33 AM on August 6, 2008

39. I feel so ashamed.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 2:04 AM on August 6, 2008

Thank you, mom and dad, for ensuring I grew up in the 1980s, holy cats.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 12:38 PM on August 5, 2008

3 days in Slovakia is a good option. Bratislava is conveniently a short train ride away from Vienna (and a bit of a longer ride from Prague, but it's still in the neighbourhood), and you can easily spend three days there if you don't feel like exploring the rest of the country.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 9:52 AM on August 5, 2008

Way to go, egotistical-blowhard-with-some-kind-of-chip-on-his-shoulder-about-getting-parking-tickets guy. Keep fighting the good fight against police brutality.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 11:00 AM on August 3, 2008

When the police state comes and MeFites are bitching about it, I'm linking directly to this thread.

Thank Jimmy Justice that day will never come, because we have Jimmy Justice doing his Jimmy Justice duty Jimmy Justicing double parked cops who had no idea they were about to be Jimmy Justiced by Jimmy Justice on the Jimmy Justicing day of the Jimmy Justice year.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 3:48 PM on August 3, 2008

"talking about our firemen [was a reason why the book is offensive]"

I ...

I don't know what's going on here, but by gum it is hilarious.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 8:41 AM on August 3, 2008

The Skeptics Annotated Bible has a Good Stuff section which lists things like that.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 8:02 AM on August 3, 2008

Stross and Scalzi...BACK TO THE WORD MINES AND WRITE MOAR.

Yes, please do this.

love,
cmonkey
You too, Joe Haldeman.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 11:23 AM on July 30, 2008

I don't personally find any anti-transgenderism to be tolerable, but deleting his comments isn't going to change his mind.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 5:02 AM on July 26, 2008

I'm pretty sure that the members of MetaFilter, if they are capable of posting here, don't need anyone to white knight for them. So no, I won't be ashamed. I'll just stay out of that thread and let them work it out like the adults they are. But currently Dee Xtrovert has a big deck of Whiny Muslim Playing Cards while Brian B. is only armed with a single Rude Commentor card, so I think she might win this round.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 4:45 AM on July 26, 2008

I've been operating under the assumption that "muse" is just one of those boxes you tick because sitting down and thinking about the specifics of your relationship as contacts on an internet website is really too much effort so labelling a perfect stranger as your "sweetheart crush muse date" is perfectly OK even if you aren't fucking them.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 6:54 PM on July 21, 2008

I think if you've even made it to the "contacts" page, you've already jumped the "too much effort" shark and lost claim to any sort of cool, distanced perspective on the internet.

I'd say there's a pretty big canyon between "being interested in keeping up with what people you think are neat are saying because you enjoy reading their perspectives" and "feeling awkward because marking them as a muse might convey romantic interest".
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 7:21 PM on July 21, 2008

So why call it Kristin's List if the marketing and public relations agency that is behind it doesn't even make an effort to flesh out the Kristin character? That's what I don't get about this whole sad fiasco.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 6:01 PM on July 21, 2008

Talk to Citibank Sweden. If they let you open a pair of accounts (US and Swedish), you can mail your US check for deposit to Citibank in Chicago, and then transfer the cash into your Swedish account fee-free.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 3:41 AM on July 21, 2008

You're crossing the streams, here; don't do that.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 11:54 AM on July 18, 2008

I once had a dream that I lived in a house with a creek running through the middle of it except there were monsters outside and they crawled into my house via the creek. Fucking creeks :-(
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 8:00 AM on July 19, 2008

I can't remember where else I've stayed, but on my last trip to Amsterdam I stayed at the Hotel Linda. It was cheap and shabby, and the stairs are a nightmare, but there's free wireless and I didn't worry about my laptop getting stolen when I left it in the room.

Personally, I think two days in Amsterdam is enough, and the "not to be missed" stuff is in other parts of the Netherlands.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 11:45 PM on July 17, 2008

Congratulations on a well-chosen first post 7 1/2 years after you paid your $5.

I signed up less than 7 1/2 years ago and I didn't have to pay a thing. Where is your god now, eh?!
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 4:04 AM on July 17, 2008

metafilter.com. 86400 IN A 74.53.68.130

That really isn't a problem. It could be doubled or tripled, but it isn't causing trouble.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 3:36 AM on July 17, 2008

I don't know if any'll fit your needs, but Vegetarian Shoes has several models that MooShoes carry if you don't want to order from the UK.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 3:01 AM on July 16, 2008

When I look at intern or job candidates, these are the qualities that make someone stand out beyond the base requirements:

* An ability to clearly and concisely describe what they've worked on
* An ability to clearly and concisely describe what they would like to work on
* They have an obvious interest in new technology
* They write software because they enjoy it, not just to pay the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cmonkey at 12:22 AM on July 16, 2008

Does he have amazing powers of emotional recuperation, or does he have morphine and "don't kill your wife pills"? My money is on the latter.
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 2:52 PM on July 15, 2008

Some say that Abraham Lincoln was a hero, others point to Harriet Tubman, Martin Luthor King, Geronimo, Patrick Henry and George Washington. But Tony Snow proved himself to be a true American hero in a class above all of them. A man who believed that telling the truth, the whole truth, painful though it may be for the public to hear, was the most important part of being the public spokesman for what might be the most transparent and law-abiding government in the history of North America. When... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cmonkey at 11:05 AM on July 12, 2008