If you can get the grandparents to watch the kids overnight, pop off to a B&B up in wine country, or over to Half Moon Bay.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 9:49 PM on October 27, 2007

Penn & Teller

Penn perhaps, but Teller is not exactly known for his oratory skills.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 9:48 PM on June 3, 2007

The Pork Store in San Francisco (mainly for breakfast)
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 12:45 PM on March 28, 2007

Perhaps you can satisfy your wanderlust on a smaller scale. Get an apartment in a different neighborhood. There are dozens of neigborhoods around the city, each with its own character. You could move to a new neighborhod every year or two, and not run out for decades.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 8:18 AM on March 17, 2007

Is it possilbe you are getting a couple stories intertwined here? The movie Excaliber ends with King Arther killing the bad guy in much the way you describe. There is a reconciliation of sorts as well between Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 10:26 AM on February 28, 2007

If your camera is digital, you can also ask you question over at dpreview in the Canon lenses forum. Some lenses are interchangeable between digital and film cameras, so it may still be relevant.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 1:13 PM on January 3, 2007

You could build an obscene coinstruction with 1000 pennies.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 12:11 AM on December 1, 2006

Just a couple off the top of my head:
The Poseidon Adventure (New Year's Eve)
Lethal Weapon

You can also look at The Movie Timeline, which offers a chronological listing of movie events. This google search should yield a few results.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 11:17 PM on November 28, 2006

I grill on a big charcoal Weber. I put the coals only on half of the grill. I then sear the steaks on both sides over the direct heat, and then move them to the indirect heat and put the lid on. Even if the coals flare-up while cooking, you don't have the steaks on there long enough to blacken.

The searing usually only takes a few minutes a side, so I keep an eye on it during this phase.

I found that when I used to cook the whole time over... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 10:11 AM on November 28, 2006

You should also plan on getting out early in the morning and late in the afternoon. Having the sun low in the sky will usually make a huge difference in the quality of your photos. The low sun will add more depth and interesting shadows to your photographs. Also, you get a softer light just before sunset.

The other thing I would do is learn about depth of field and how that is affected by the aperture settings. For example, a narrow depth of field around your subject... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 10:10 PM on November 25, 2006

Summerland by Michael Chabon has a pitcher whose pitches disappear and reappear closer to the plate. They don't kill anybody however.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 12:27 PM on November 22, 2006

A couple I'd heard from my Dad:
- "Like shit on a shoe, I've been around...",
- and once to my Mom: "I told you if you stuck with me, you'd be fartin' through silk."
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 12:45 PM on October 31, 2006

Oh, and "You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose."
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 12:51 PM on October 31, 2006

This happened to me once. Its not possible to delete, but you should be able to move the lower levels of the tree to your root directory.

e.g. In explorer, go to the folder 140 levels deep, and move the contents to your C: drive. You can then delete the 10 folders from the C: drive. Keep repeating. Then go 130 levels deep, etc.....
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 12:54 PM on January 6, 2006 marked best answer

You could always make your own.

I've made some of these, and although it can take a while, the results are very pleasing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 3:37 PM on December 31, 2005

How about theme songs from all of the legal TV shows that have been broadcast over the years. Of course, you could always go with anything by Diana Ross & The Supremes.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 8:09 PM on September 15, 2005

Winemaking at home, unlike beer brewing, has very little in common with making wine commercially.

Just curious; I was wondering if you'd be able to expound on that a bit. I thought it would be the same basic process, just on a smaller scale.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mach at 10:07 PM on July 21, 2005