Cambodia is this ridiculously beautiful, peaceful, caught-in-time country. It's also heartbreaking to see the level of violence that continues on a day-to-day basis; whether it's through landmines, refusal to try any of the extant Khmer Rouge, poverty, globalisation, AIDS, or one of the more legible forms of overt internal violence, there is an uneasiness not far beneath the surface.

I asked a driver once how he could live in a village, knowing which men were former... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 9:56 PM on February 8, 2006

In the midst of it all, I seem to remember hearing about a makeshift morgue at the airport in New Orleans. The doctors and nurses were putting those who were still in the midst of dying in the morgue so they could have peace and quiet in their final moments. I think the coverage was first on Oprah but was picked up by the news stations. What a horrible situation, with the workers on the ground trying to do their very best to give their explosion of patients... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 12:14 PM on September 14, 2005

When did the rear window captioning come into popularity? In college, I used to interpret films for a friend of mine. We'd usually die laughing at an inopportune moment because I'd use the totally wrong sign for a word, which resulted in a translation that either made no sense at all, remote sense (and he knew my signing faults, so could follow anyway), weird sense, crazy sense, or sick sense. If it was somehow comically charged (usually in a sexual sense, since I was new to ASL and didn't know... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 7:41 PM on September 12, 2005

Bourbon Blues on the street, loose and complete,
under skies all smokey-blue-green.
I can't forsake a Dixie dead shake,
so we danced the sidewalk clean..
My memory is muddy,
what's this river that I'm in?..
New Orleans is Sinking Man,
and I don't wanna swim....
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 11:24 PM on August 30, 2005

j-dub, look up! This is the one time my encyclopedic knowledge/obsession with them has come in even remotely handy. I think my neighbours are getting annoyed...
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 4:08 AM on August 31, 2005

"My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in
New Orleans is sinkin' man and I don't wanna swim"

Good luck, everyone.

ColdChef posted in MetaChat that he's ok and close to Baton Rouge.
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 3:29 PM on August 28, 2005

The best part about this whole thing was yesterday's press conference with the PM and the press gallery in Ottawa. He was saying that the crossing had nothing to do with Thursday's vote, and the press gallery started cracking up rather loudly. He told them to quiet down (I'm paraphrasing here) and that it wasn't about politics, it was about morals or something to that effect. They continued to crack up. Best clip I've heard on the radio in ages. The more unfortunate aspect about this is how a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 11:23 PM on May 18, 2005

nkyad writes: fionab writes "calling her a whore among other lame names." One of the linked articles has an undetermined man calling her a "political harlot". That's still quite sexist, but a little better than plain old "whore".

Well, she was a called a political harlot, another said that she was prostituting herself for political power, another that she was whoring herself out, and yet another "a dipstick - an... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 10:42 AM on May 19, 2005

Uh-oh...
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 2:17 AM on May 9, 2005

You were very asstute to find that!
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 11:08 PM on May 5, 2005

posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 5:50 PM on May 4, 2005

The kid probably saw her mom pricking herself to test blood sugar levels. At that age, who hasn't tried to copy the adults around them? And yeah, blood sisters/brothers was a pretty common moment. Expulsion isn't exactly the way to go here; it's a teaching moment for the entire school, not the way to kick the kid out. AMWKE are you the person that does the ledes for 20/20?
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 12:50 PM on April 30, 2005

I see some Atom Egoyan in there too. This recent Guardian article is interesting, and mentions that commentators like to bring up the fact that his father was a psychoanalyst. Also, this article is about the set and teams for the photographs. Does anyone have a login for Artprice? I'd love to know roughly how much they are going for - here is a list of past and upcoming auctions, but you need a login to access info.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 10:31 AM on April 24, 2005

Jeff Wall, a Canadian artist who makes massive lightbox photos, has a similar aesthetic. Some are staged, like his envisioning of Invisible Man, others are more like suburban landscapes.
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 10:36 AM on April 24, 2005

"I like your blog." "Cut the shit and buy my stuff." As found on the back of a business card at gapingvoid. If you need new business cards, I just started a thread on AskMe on the topic: lots of suggestions in the older threads as well.
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 11:50 AM on April 23, 2005

insipid ipid.
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 9:54 PM on April 20, 2005

Those curtains in the window keep rippling in the wind - they're teasing us!
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 9:36 AM on April 19, 2005

It's him.
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 9:47 AM on April 19, 2005

Did he get the small, medium or large robe?
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 9:53 AM on April 19, 2005

What the hell is that hand-clasp thing he's doing? God, he looks half-dead already...
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 9:54 AM on April 19, 2005

(I'm late but who cares RIGHT???)
WELCOME TO MY HOME PAGE !!!!!!!!!

I KISS YOU !!!!!

and don't forget the HAMPSTERDANCE!!!
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 11:11 AM on October 22, 2004

"You're doing theater when you should be doing debate. What you do is partisan hackery." .... "I thought you were going to be funny. C'mon be funny...Is this really Jon Stewart?" "It's someone who watches your show and can't take it anymore." He's relentless until the end. Fantastic.
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 7:04 PM on October 15, 2004

MTV pipes up with a quick article: "While the audience seemed to be behind Stewart, Begala and Carlson were both taken aback. The hosts tried to feed Stewart set-up lines hoping to draw him into a more light-hearted shtick, but Stewart stayed on point and hammered away at the show, the hosts, and the state of political journalism. "
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 7:13 PM on October 15, 2004

Salon article: "He accomplished what almost never happens on television anymore: He made the dots come alive."
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 8:10 PM on October 15, 2004

The FPP link is overloaded I think (or at least I can't get it to load); is there a mirror or cache somewhere?
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 8:27 AM on September 3, 2004

While the Lamé Curves are kind of lame, the Devil's Curve is actually pretty hot.
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 7:34 AM on August 20, 2004

Great music for writing these final papers!
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 9:23 AM on April 19, 2004

[channeling from outside world] Jacob says: I wanted to pass on a recommendation for a book that also shows people how to build their own camera cranes and dollies, for those looking for something even fancier. I haven't bought it myself, but it comes highly recommended. [/channeling]
posted to MetaFilter by fionab at 5:43 PM on April 9, 2004