MeFi comment:
"For one thing, printing out photos you find on Flickr, unless they're licensed Creative Commons, is a pretty crappy thing to do to the artist. We're not talking about rock bands, here, we're talking about Joe Q Artist.
I agree it is unfair to the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by buriednexttoyou, rough ashlar
10 days ago
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"Plus mutual funds have their own built in problems, mostly fee related and tax related. You might want to look into ETFs instead.
On the bright side, given your age, you've got years of financial improvement to look forward to and all that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kidbritish
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Garrett Mattingly wrote an essay suggesting that The Prince was really just a joke. (I've always meant to look up responses to the essay.)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by SeizeTheDay
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Fellow I knew taught first year Greek using Menander for original material. One of the students asked if it was true that M was a comic writer. Yes, yes, leading writer of the New Comedy.
Then why, the student asked, is none of this stuff..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kattullus
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"He renounced his citizenship in the 60's and made himself a tax exile in the Bahamas
Financial Times today said it had to do with enabling him to give money away in both England and America (and the Bahamas). They did not elaborate as to why this..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Ashamed to say I knew him only for Moose Turd Pie. Interesting fellow, thank you for the post and the filling in." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ZachsMind
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I have to think that banning card counting has to be a lawsuit waiting to happen. (Perhaps it has? Anyone?) I mean, they can call it "cheating" all they want, but if the casinos offer a game in which the mark can find an edge, let them..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by arianell, Senor Cardgage
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"the internet is the best (and often the cheapest) way to buy your books.
Well....
Efficient, maybe, but what has efficiency to do with books, or any other kind of art for that matter? It's the experience as much as anything I'm after (more so..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Pecinpah, spinturtle
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Can't let a discussion of the Maxim gun pass without quoting Hilaire Belloc's taken on the differences between Africa and Europe.
Whatever happens we have got
The Maxim gun, and they have not
(from The Modern Traveller)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Now there are no slips, just barcodes, and you can renew a book for up to 9 weeks using the website, or reserve one and get an e-mail when it's available.
That's true, but what you lose is the historical record behind that book. Me, I (used to)..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Jaybo, sperose
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Timing is all.
Turn back, turn back, sweet time in your flight!
I've thought of the comeback I needed last night.
As to the courtroom, I forget players, but the exchange went something like this:
Defendant: I was drunk as a judge when I..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, eritain
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"A snarky friend of mine pointed out that you could replace Luise Rainer with Gywenth and re run it today.
Your friend can sit next to me any time. It's Ms Paltrow's voice more than anything. Why do American actors (and worse, radio folk, notably..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by willie11, pxe2000, Emardhi
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The nostalgia for this one period of utter squalor is something I have never understood. What was so great about aggressive streetwalkers and drug dealers?
Remember too please that there was life in Times Square before the degradation of the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bugbread, bullitt 5
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's a tough assignment, no question, domesticating the desanctioned church, and it should come as no surprise that here at least it doesn't really work. The problem is one of remaining true to the building itself and the soaring classcial curved..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LarryC
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm sure someone has mentioned it somewhere, but I've not noticed, so - what I dislike is the 1984 quality the ebook suggests. The Kindle was even touting this as an advantage. They claimed they could update a book at will across the network, no..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Skygazer, misha, drezdn, flibbertigibbet
9 months ago
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What's a good weighted electronic keyboard for my six year old's piano lessons?
favorited 11 times, recently by yqxnflld, libraryhead, Chris4d, Asparagirl, found dog one eye, craniac, longdaysjourney, designbot, SMELLSLIKEFUN, carmina, chrismear
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh, and for another contemporary usage of embonpoint (also society related, as it happens), see Art Is Calling For Me, from The Enchantress (1911)by Victor Herbert. Fun stuff.
I long to be a prima donna, donna, donna
I long to shine upon the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Songdog
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Surprised no one's picked up on (Dame) Ethyl Smyth, who "composed an opera Der Wald which was brought out at the Metropolitan Opera house."
As to raccoons- ancestress of a friend of mine had one about that time. Most notable story..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by of strange foe, GrammarMoses
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Ah, watches.
As to rich and fashion, I've mentioned it here before, but old money tends towards the old and comfortable and safe and boring; new money the fun and fabulous and fast and disposable.
As to Harvard, children of old money is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the christopher hundreds
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It would be nice not to have five bookcases.
Minimalist, ey? Five bookshelves can also be viewed as merely a good start.
Kindlings do not furnish a room...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ceri richard
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hollywood bookkeeping is notorious for being bent, blockbuster movies that never turn a profit being the most common example I've heard about. I've always wondered, has there ever been a serious IRS query into this? I would have to think that there..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"At least with ships there are alternatives to fossil fuels: you can use biofuels or even sail.
Funny you should mention it" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rongorongo
11 months ago
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"Wildlife in general, I would think. I mean, cut out out the middleman, go directly to the self raised meat machine. Cross bows, that sort of thing." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jimbob
Last year
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"I went to high school with a bunch of people who were truly old money, at least by American standards, and I have to say that they are often not especially impeccable.
Too true. I would add that those I knew considered the Preppy Handbook to be a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by whitneykitty, minervous
Last year
MeFi comment:
"THE Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days, according to a national security expert.
In time of peace (yeah, I know), prepare for war...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cj_, zippy
Last year
