MeFi comment:
"Really, how hard could this be?
CHASE: House, we need to cure this patient. He is very sick.
HOUSE: Did you try the medicine drug?
CHASE: I did try the medicine drug.
HOUSE: Only stupid people try the medicine drug. You are stupid.
PATIENT: I..." [
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favorited 214 times, recently by Meghamora, RussHy, Citizen Premier, jprind, you're a kitty!, grapefruitmoon, crysflame, graventy, vytae, turgid dahlia, l33tpolicywonk, orrnyereg, supercrayon, minifigs, Haruspex, tracert
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"George Musser wiped the tears from his eyes as he stood before his New God. Constructed of aluminum chair frames, old circuit boards, and an old one horse merry-go-round George 'liberated' from the local K-Mart, the New God was a thing of almost..." [
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favorited 173 times, recently by YAMWAK, misha, papafrita, mrzarquon, justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow, jaymzjulian, deafmute, joedan, Mastercheddaar, you're a kitty!, designbot, furtive, flashboy, MythMaker, jprind, es_de_bah, sotonohito, minifigs, divabat, Doofus Magoo
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I am going to write a story about a clan of elite ninja women who fight against unmarked helicopters piloted by the UN's crack "Howlin' Amazons" unit. They will speak only of honor and tactics and revenge until the MacGuffin is dropped,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lekvar, sculpin
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"It is time now to talk about The Wheel.
Growing up, my parents had obviously read all the studies about praise and punishment and their effect on a developing child. My father came from a distant, reserved family and was the middle of three..." [
more]
favorited 403 times, recently by sotalia, davros42, generalist, misha, RussHy, Dillonlikescookies, bolda, motorcycles are jets, Comrade_robot, ekstasis23, Missiles K. Monster, captnkurt, deafmute, pocketfluff, Ogre Lawless, antonymous, vbfg, magstheaxe, svolix, ao4047, honest knave, etc., JHarris, puddleglum, adrianhon, grapefruitmoon, cotterpin, mitzyjalapeno, papafrita, Fenriss, John Kenneth Fisher, flashboy, cmchap, Squee, andywolf, polexa, clockworkjoe, Tesseractive, jprind, MythMaker, Demogorgon, finrod, Furie, crickets, regicide is good for you, fidelity, theclaw, Shutter, frognuts, peachfuzz, echo target, xthlc, minifigs, alyxstarr, demagnetized, Citizen Premier, aparrish, schroedinger, agropyron, l33tpolicywonk, mai, speedo, CrayDrygu, purpletangerine, Benjamin Nushmutt, orthogonality, schyler523, scrump, creasy boy, suedehead
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
""Someone on Metafilter is calling you a genius," my wife calls from the office.
"S'bout time," I say, flicking the switch on the coffeemaker up and down a few times. Why did I think opening a second bottle on a work night was a..." [
more]
favorited 27 times, recently by mrzarquon, lalochezia, Caduceus, allkindsoftime, joedan, divabat, cavalier, grapefruitmoon, John Smallberries, trip and a half, fullerine, jprind, GuyZero, graventy, slimepuppy, banjo_and_the_pork, grandsham, felix betachat, aparrish, biscotti, schyler523, merelyglib, malpractice, vronsky, scrump, Squid Voltaire, jedicus
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I remember watching his resignation in 1999 and quietly freaking out that some sort of perfect storm of Y2K and Russian hardliner coup was going to destroy the world in a fury of nuclear flame. But then I had a whole lot of champagne and finally lost..." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by joedan, timetoevolve, flibbertigibbet, scrump
7 days ago
Ask comment:
""What does your husband do?" they ask.
"Anything I tell him to," you smile knowingly.
"No," they insist, "Really."
"No," you say, "Really. The trick is to train them early. I even got him to..." [
more]
favorited 15 times, recently by thejanna, Ariadne, anitanita, icebourg, minus zero, Robert Angelo, peacheater, FuzzyVerde, Heretic, magstheaxe, saucysault, be11e, ThePinkSuperhero, milarepa, phytage
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I like to imagine that Constantine was talking to Morrison's Animal Man.
AM: "I can see you!"
JC: "And I'm shagging a lesbian!"
It really brings a new interpretation to Buddy's expression there...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by kittens for breakfast
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I recently reread all of Preacher and was struck by how much it didn't hold up. When it first came out, it was groundbreaking, innovative. It was so groundbreaking that it inspired a whole lot of comics that came after it, comics that were able to..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by shmegegge, spiderwire
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"So with a new school year dawning shortly, I updated my application for student employment at the library. Previous applications could pretty much be summed up as "Are you breathing? Can you work Thursday evenings?" so I wanted an..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by banjo_and_the_pork, drezdn
10 days ago
Ask comment:
"When you move up to Hard and beyond, hold the guitar with your first finger on the red fret, not the green. It's easier to reach up to hit the greens then to shift your entire hand to hit the oranges...." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by schyler523, nitsuj
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"My version of the movie would take place on a cruise ship in the open ocean. Green algae produces most of our oxygen anyways, so if Mama Nature wanted to introduce a person-killing poison, that'd be as good a place as any to start.
Imagine a..." [
more]
favorited 58 times, recently by Locative
13 days ago
MeTa comment:
"'Meh' is the first letter of one of Apathor's "Sixteen or Seventeen Dread Names or Something." Modern Apathites, especially those of more progressive Order of the Passive Snark, use it as minor invocation of their patron's powers. Apathor,..." [
more]
favorited 89 times, recently by ekstasis23
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"America, this must be tough for you, I know. It's never easy when your ex cleans up and moves on before you do. It must be even worse seeing that your ex is an Oscar-winning Nobel laureate now.
It's been almost eight years now, America, and I..." [
more]
favorited 132 times, recently by you're a kitty!, lalex
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Why bother with passive aggressive print out notes? I think it takes a human touch to really get the point across. That's why when I leave a note I just scrawl the following across their windshield in lipstick:
You have shown that while you..." [
more]
favorited 53 times, recently by fullerine
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I can't wait to have kids. I'm going to let my three year old to babble pleasantly like this about anything she likes - ponies, Star Wars, whatever. I'll also train her to pause in mid-babble, lock eyes with the adult she's speaking with, reach out..." [
more]
favorited 41 times, recently by feathermeat
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I once received a resume that had the applicant's profession listed as "Gentleman Adventurer."
You better believe I called that guy in for an interview.
Turns out he wasn't a gentleman at all! And his adventure was just backpacking..." [
more]
favorited 40 times, recently by sephira
2 weeks ago
Projects comment:
"Thanks for all the kind words!*
Of course, now I have a new addiction - watching the referrer logs to see where the heck people are coming from. Did you know that my new blog is the #1 Google result for a search for "batman bane rape symbol"? Well, you know now and that knowledge has probably displaced the name of a sandbox acquaintance from kindergarten in your memory. In a few years, you will revisit your hometown and you will run in to her. She will know your name right off, but you, poor you, will just blurt out "BATMAN BANE RAPE SYMBOL!" in response.** She will shake her head, walk away, and remember that you poured sand on her head and that she never liked you much anyways.
I'll try to keep up with Mefi contributions, cavalier, but between a busier job, a nascent blog, and the novel, it may be a struggle.
Are we allowed reruns?
*Web 2.0 = wrds?
** Her name is Sandy, btw." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by shmegegge
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm not sure why this is a big deal. Anyone with an umbrella can get a free ride on the T. Just slide it between the two panels, thus triggering the motion sensor for exiting, and walk through.
Now if you'll excuse me, there's someone knocking at..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by preparat
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Ok, the first line doesn't scan, but that's what I thought of.
Here's my try:
I met a traveler from a rural clime
Who said: "These vast and empty shops of stone
Stand by the highway... Near them, on a sign,
Decayed a fading logo lies,..." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by sourwookie
4 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Ditto the "just say no" advice. If you start taking money from her to help fund the spot, she'll feel even more entitled to park there and you may find yourself getting calls to come out and move YOUR car out of YOUR parking space!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by IndigoRain
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I support this, just as I supported the addition of dueling pistols to fencing events back in Athens - they really sped the bouts up and made things nice and exciting for TV...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by brain cloud, jtron
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Wood: The amount of time and hassle it would take to defend my admittedly lame trick to an administration that's harried by the impending start of the school year just isn't worth it. If I had folks calling me up and saying that I must hire..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by bitter-girl.com
Last month
Ask comment:
"If you give him a card, there's always Roast Beef's "Dogg It Must Feel Sick As Hell to Receive a Card From a Dude" just in case you think he's too manly for Hallmark.
A few drinks at a bar next time you all are out or a bottle of..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
Last month
MeFi comment:
"whose tattoos are completely non-conformist, exactly like mine
I had an existential moment a few weeks back when I saw someone that had the same tattoo I have. It wasn't spot-on-the-same, his was in color while mine has an additional icon laid..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Fiberoptic Zebroid and The Hypnagogic Jerks
Last month
MeFi comment:
"That and Cuil is a really dumb name. It sounds like the name of a thief that's hanging out with Conan in some of the older Windsor-Smith/Thomas-era comics. Cuil is a spunky teen who clawed his way up out of poverty in Stygia before fleeing to Zamora..." [
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favorited 21 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"And somewhere in their vast underground lair just to the south of the Mushroom Caverns, beyond the Lake of Flame and Soot, the Dread Masters of the Invisible Trollus College gather around their five sided table.
BLRAGOTTS, Troll of the North, Lord..." [
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favorited 22 times
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Hay guyz wots going on in this thred?
The Front Page Post stood on the Blue
And the snarks they were within
And the Talker posts they did accuse
'Not the best of the web'
Then we clicked and shook as we had a look
At the page where the..." [
more]
favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I once saw a cyclist plow into a pedestrian at the intersection between Soldier's Field Road and Harvard in Cambridge/Allston. The pedestrian picked himself up, helped the cyclist up, asked the guy if he was okay, then calmly threw the bike into the..." [
more]
favorited 9 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Thanks to all for the feedback. The story is mostly false - my sister's name is not Shelly, she is not in an institution, nor did she get accepted to Princeton. The Wheel, however, did exist briefly for a summer, created by my physicist father and..." [
more]
favorited 2 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I agree with the sentiment and views (and the amazing restraint) expressed in the letter, but wonder about its audience. Maybe it's my own prejudices about people who oppose gay marriage (standard red state hick stereotypes which are nowhere near..." [
more]
favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Names have power. A kid can take strength from his or her name just because it's the same as some hero or character just as easily as they can take ridicule for having it rhyme with Booger.
So while my kids' first names will be fairly standard..." [
more]
favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
""Of fun part" - Seriously, brain? Your fired.
Ah, crap." [
more]
favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"In order to 'buy' my NES, I had to pick up 'gumballs.' These were spiny seed pods that one of the trees in our front yard dropped all over the place. I received 1 cent towards a Nintendo for every gumball picked up. I then had to count out the..." [
more]
favorited 5 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"First Witch
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in SPACE?
Second Witch
When the AWESOME SPACE FIGHT's done,
When the battle's lost and won IN SPACE.
Third Witch
That will be ere the set of TWIN sunS...." [
more]
favorited 7 times
Last month
Ask comment:
"When it comes to chopping the head off the chocolate turkey, there are just so many factors involved (diet, hydration, time since last poop, etc) that I don't take the prevalence of bathroom reading as a sign that the average pooptime is long, but..." [
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favorited 8 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I'm still waiting for Dandypunk to take off. It'll be great! Everyone bust out their best lead-based makeups and faux beaty marks. We can learn to titter again! I'll convert my moped into a Fop Mobile by attaching a giant powdered wig to the handle..." [
more]
favorited 2 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"A website full of idiots got trolled in passing? This is what passes for epic historicity now?
Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had rickrolled the famous site of SA. Many clues did he invent, and many..." [
more]
favorited 10 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I went a little crazy with those P-touch labels and stuck up a bunch of stickers that read "I Just Don't Trust This Triceratops" next to a picture of a very, very shifty clipart dinosaur all over the place. Now they are synonymous with..." [
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favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I liked how you used "Moon-horse" as a metaphor for a Rascal scooter.
The Steed of the Last Day shall be bold and brass and eligible to be financed by Medicare. It will be a heaving thing, a beast that sits all comfortably, and shall be..." [
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favorited 3 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"You can't throw a rock without hitting someone good looking in this town. It's when you start talking to them, however, you realize it isn't that easy.
Totally. When I try to talk to them they're always all like "Why did you throw that rock..." [
more]
favorited 22 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Brimley is a lich. He skin is parchment from the last Gutenberg and his blood is dark, dark ink. We spends his days pricking his skin with a needle, not to test glucose, but to write the last few verses of the world. When he is finished, he shall lay..." [
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favorited 2 times
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