MeFi comment:
"_________CAPS!CAP____________CAPS!CAPS
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____CAPS!CAPS!CAPS!CAPS___CAPS!CAPS!CAPS!CAPS
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favorited 9 times, recently by Korou
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"If this continued Icelandic financial crisis causes the runner-up Miss Iceland to drop out of my school, me and the markets are going to have words.
Man, these financial meltdowns always hit you where you least expect it.
In your pants...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by jeffburdges, reventlov, niccolo, sourwookie
2 days ago
Ask comment:
"I love categorizing creatures! To help keep things simple, I'm going to use the term 'Antag' for a generic-thing-to-be-fought.
First, let's break down the Origins of an Antag:
1) Other Place: Antags exist concurrently with hero, just from a..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by webmutant
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Will do. It's pretty safe to say the Race Is On for the first example of Enhanced Crystal Head Smoke Technology.
Me, I'm going for lamp or ship-in-a-bottle still, depending on the size of the opening...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by not_on_display
5 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..." [
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favorited 59 times, recently by stet, Locative
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"This is a great idea. When the vodka bottle starts to talk and tells you to kill your family, scattering their flayed skins over the dead tree down by the crossroads to form the tattered, gory backdrop to your alcohol-slurred chants calling for the..." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by shmegegge, MrVisible, kcds, zztzed, Effigy2000, aburd, jedicus, mrzarquon, Lou Stuells, misha, Halloween Jack, shinynewnick, spiderwire, khaibit, Potomac Avenue, The Ardship of Cambry, mwhybark, [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST], Divine_Wino, Scoo
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh, I totally want one. I just can't decide whether to turn it into an LCD lamp or use it to house a ship-in-a-bottle." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mitheral
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Do you need a high-quality American bindle?
Don't listen to him! We have stew! Piping hot stew! The sooner you order, the less rat-per-spoonfull (RPS).
We also have tophats with the top coming off...." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by shirobara, grapefruitmoon, ekstasis23, rusty, gompa, moxiedoll, retronic, fcummins, cavalier
9 days ago
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 217 times, recently by bibliowench, oreonax, Submiqent, Meghamora, RussHy
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"You can be Tiger Woods, Kattullus.
Don't make me get up in your grill with a tragi-comic story about anthropomorphic chipmunks coming to the sad realization that all the years they spent rescuing and ranging were for naught. Their failure to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kyleg
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"1.467
And that's without HGH. I'm so far beyond baseball, I'm Mia Hamm.
Er, wait. What?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
10 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..." [
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favorited 408 times, recently by efalk, topynate, Lacking Subtlety, daisyk, Korou, sotalia, davros42, generalist, misha, RussHy, Dillonlikescookies, bolda, motorcycles are jets
11 days ago
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..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Telf
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm going to target the luxury hobo market. Big canoes for paddling around lakes of whiskey, empty boxcars, and cigarette tree pruners.
Also stew - hearty, hearty stew.
I mean, the 5% I've been saving for a down payment for a first home..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by RussHy
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Awesome. I have Daily Show tickets for tomorrow." [
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favorited 44 times, recently by Twicketface, kryptondog, shitcock, paddysat, milov, schyler523, Optamystic, atrazine, ymgve, chuckdarwin, dejah420, rokusan, darkstar, splatta, furtive, merelyglib, etaoin, clarahamster, drezdn, overglow, sugarfish, AD_, djfiander, plastic_animals, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, 0xFCAF, Sreiny, Floach, By The Grace of God, Mick, mudpuppie, shiu mai baby, vytae, rtha, Korou, RussHy, like_neon, mosk, Jpfed, tehloki, Mister_A, turaho, Bookhouse, cashman
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"When you receive a notice that an enemy tribe is coming to steal your food and you zoom in to see a horde of bounding penii cresting the nearby hill, spears clutched in their furrowed nutbrushes and acid ejaculating from their heads you start to..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by scrump, tehloki, basicchannel, sharpener, johnstein, claudius, sebastienbailard, JHarris, invitapriore, not_on_display, HighTechUnderpants
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I dunno about that, JHarris. The DC Universe has gone up against Cthulhoid creatures before, such as in Cooke's The New Frontier, and done it pretty well. Heck, even the animated version they released a few months ago was pretty decent (No..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Faint of Butt, frenetic
2 weeks 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..." [
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favorited 28 times, recently by educatedslacker, mrzarquon, lalochezia, Caduceus
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I went to one of these big, based-on-a-computer game scenario paintball meets once. I didn't read the scenario very closely, though. Turned out we were playing a battle based off of Civilization II.
I drew the short straw and got the role of..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by brundlefly
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The first time I spoke to my now-wife was on Talk Like A Pirate Day, in pirate-ese, to tell her about Talk Like A Pirate Day.
That in itself says worlds about our relationship...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by banjo_and_the_pork
2 weeks ago
Ask post:
Witches, Wizards, and the American Civil War
favorited 15 times, recently by synecdoche, Elsa, jammy, Iridic, obeetaybee, moonmilk, Weighted Companion Cube, ekstasis23, shmegegge, Haruspex, lysistrata, greta simone, Powerful Religious Baby, tushfestival, interrobang
3 weeks 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,..." [
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favorited 90 times, recently by oreonax
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"At first glance Barack's gain UU on a counter is kinda useless ability. You counter a spell as a reaction, so if you choose to gain UU, you then need to spend it by the end of the phase unless you want to suffer mana burn. So you only do it if you..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by jamuraa, Mayor West, Jilder, JHarris, Kattullus, kid ichorous
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Those of you who aren't still playing don't know the indignity of trying to play against a dual-color creature like Barack Obama.
Totally. That card pretty much says "I cost UUUUUU!"
I like the blue:Dems, red:Repubs, black:media bit...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
3 weeks 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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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..." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by thejanna, Ariadne, anitanita, icebourg, minus zero, Robert Angelo, peacheater, FuzzyVerde, Heretic, magstheaxe, saucysault, be11e, ThePinkSuperhero, milarepa, phytage
Last month
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...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kittens for breakfast
Last month
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..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by shmegegge, spiderwire
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I think one of the reasons for all the backlash against hipsters is how unwelcoming as a community they seem. Of course, that implies that they have a community in the first place. In my experience, it seems like the more symptoms of being a hipster..." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by upplepop
Last month
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..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by banjo_and_the_pork
Last month
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...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by schyler523, nitsuj
Last month
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..." [
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favorited 132 times
Last month
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..." [
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favorited 53 times
Last month
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..." [
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favorited 41 times
Last month
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..." [
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favorited 40 times
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
