Crenshaw without a d, said the Los Angeles geography pendant. And the Google Maps link takes you to Crenshaw, Mississippi. Otherwise, you told a story better than most MeFi posts link to, which is technically not what the Blue is for, but geeeez, this is good.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 10:30 AM on May 17, 2008

The (even older) Cartoon Laws of Physics are better than this. (And I'm sure somebody else can find an even better collection)
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 12:10 AM on May 16, 2008

And he's NOT getting royalties for all that? Our Intellectual Property laws need to be seriously tightened up! Okay, everybody who's LOLing because I used the word "Intellectual" in a Bush comment, CUT IT OUT. Or pay him and me a nickel each.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 5:05 PM on May 13, 2008

Yeah, that should say "The Giant Poo of Money", right?
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 12:12 AM on May 12, 2008

I was just hoping we could get a good look at it before it's overrun by trolls... which it will be, inevitably...
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 5:37 PM on May 11, 2008

Jamming/Trolling/Gaming was inevitable and unavoidable... I was just hoping we'd beat the gamers, not BE the gamers. (It seems the most "wendell" tagged items are BBC and Twitter... I am stunned - and afraid to look at the CelebTags)
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 8:14 PM on May 11, 2008

mattoxic, we need more wendell with 2 Ls
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 10:35 PM on May 11, 2008

no big deal, matttttttttoxic...
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 12:04 AM on May 12, 2008

Huh, I'm a five minute drive away from where I can sit and look out over a scene like the one in the video for way more than five minutes at a time, and I don't need ambient music or hallucinogens to thoroughly enjoy it. However, I am now totally peeved at myself for NOT going out there this Thursday Afternoon. (And for not having a bunch of my own pics or video of it to show) <sarcasm> Thanks a lot, vronsky.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 5:28 PM on May 9, 2008

Come on, Flex, you KNOW that MetaFilter has become an Obama-free zone! This is where political addicts go for supervised withdrawal! Lotsa O-man fanboys and fangrls here, but this is where we go for a CHANGE of atmosphere.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 6:48 PM on May 8, 2008

Obama!

In the Twittered words of MeFi's Own clango: "Looks like he wouldn't feel the need to compensate for anything by starting wars"
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 6:53 PM on May 8, 2008

It got my attention when certain semi-notable webcomickers got into the meme and I posted it over here, because there weren't enough in that group to justify posting it here. Still, the best ones are the ones who illustrated themselves both THEN and NOW.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 1:28 AM on May 6, 2008

As I declared eight years ago, I did NOT pose for this illustration, however, artist Mike Reed did get my hair almost perfect.

That said, when is this thread going to address the real issue: Mr. Flame Warrior's abysmal taste in clothes?
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 12:37 PM on May 4, 2008

Okay, so that Justice logo isn't really a cross, it's a T for "Thug".

A little long, but the ending was worth it, (*SPOILER*) when the JusThugs turned on their cameraman. And seeing the soundguy on fire was a chuckle.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 12:42 AM on May 4, 2008

I did all I could to Save Los Angeles two-and-a-half years ago. I moved away.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 9:02 PM on May 3, 2008

But Mystery Meat Tacos are an adventure!
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 9:03 PM on May 3, 2008

Yippee-Kai-Yay, Microsofter...
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 7:22 PM on May 3, 2008

SQUAT is up 100% in the last two weeks.

But then, 200% of SQUAT is SQUAT.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 7:57 PM on May 3, 2008

If this post stands, one notable thing from what all the charts were showing: I knew that Bush Cheney & Co. have been tweaking the statistics beyond all reasonableness, but I did not know that the Clintonians and Bush Sr. contributed so much to the un-reality until I saw the charts covering the '90s. Hmmm. But then, I probably trust Kevin Phillips more than I should, considering I trust almost nobody.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 3:59 PM on May 3, 2008

I'd agree, excellent post, but bigpicture.typepad.com's pdf hosting is dicier than usual. Well, if Harper's do C&Ds, we've made things easier to find. My TV is down much more than 18% and everyplace I've lived for decades has been heated by nat gas.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 4:32 PM on May 3, 2008

TIPS?
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities?
or Terrorism Information and Prevention System (DOJ)
or Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (CDC)
or Taxpayer Information Publications Service (IRS)
or Tactical Imagery Processing System (DOD)
or Theater Injection Point System (also DOD)
or Threat Image Projection System (FAA)
or Transatlantic Industrial Proposed Solution (NATO)
or Tax... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 5:41 PM on May 3, 2008

One serial killer with an atypical profile - going after males, but vulnerable males weakened by drunkenness, possibly some specific college-related grudge or jealousy and smartly acting to conceal his actions by making it look like a common accident yet using a trademark to secretly boast of his actions - is unlikely but not totally improbable. A conspiracy of several diminishes the likelihood to a near vanishing point. But why do we assume that all (or even most of our serial killings have... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 2:09 PM on May 3, 2008

Besides, anybody who increases the death rate of drunk frat boys is doing a public service, not a crime.

You know, that's just an unbelievably shitty thing to say in this context. You really ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Yes, I know and I am, if only for not recognizing the absence of the sarcasm tag in html. Still, ever since my own college days a couple eons ago, drunken frat boys have been a natural predator to me, and,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 4:42 PM on May 3, 2008

Okay, end of bad joking. When I'm serious I avoid generalizations and stereotyping like the plague. Just because George W. Bush is a former drunken frat boy doesn't mean all drunken frat boys are potential George W. Bushes. It's just that at least half of the dfb's I met in my college days DID have serious potential for massively hurting the world, yet, now that they're over 50, none of them I recall personally have publicly fulfilled that potential. So, call me bitter, Obama, just don't call me... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 5:16 PM on May 3, 2008

Waitaminute... you linked to clips from the Conan O'Brien show? Where is our love for Craig Ferguson?!?
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 2:25 PM on May 3, 2008

But the obnoxiously ugly ostentatious of the obscenely rich teaches us an important lesson - financial success is NOT an indicator of goodness. Of course, if you don't learn that, it's much easier to function in our society. Still, when the Revolution comes, some looters are going to get solid gold plumbing fixtures to put in their own bathrooms, and I guess that could be cool.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 2:16 PM on May 3, 2008

OH CORTEX NO.

OH i_am_a_jedi NO.

I'm with kozad on this. I can find nothing that sets this above or aside from the rushing rivers of literary shit (both bat and bull), and regret the time I wasted looking for something.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 5:19 PM on May 2, 2008

How hard was it for you not to end that post with "who honestly wants to know why it did not end well"?

It hasn't ended yet.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 12:31 PM on May 2, 2008

Can we have a moratorium on claiming your link to be sole source of truth and honesty and thereby insinuating that anyone not reading and agreeing is an ignorant tool?

No, because those of us who only rarely make political posts would like to remind the assembled MetaMasses that we rarely make political posts, so this one is special.

The real fun is going to start when a Democratic President... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 5:09 PM on May 2, 2008

Okay, I was wrong with my previous post: THIS should be required playing for anybody who honestly wants to know what went wrong.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 1:05 PM on May 2, 2008

Okay, I was wrong with my previous post: THIS should be required viewing for anybody who honestly wants to know what went wrong.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 12:41 PM on May 2, 2008

TMZ is the same highly respected journalistic organization that recently revealed the identity of a 14-year-old alleged sex crime victim, because he's the son of somebody famous. ((They even included a picture, taken when the boy was 10) Let's see if we can keep links to these slimeballs OFF of Metafilter. Delete this shitty post.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 3:14 AM on May 2, 2008

...yeah, that's the ticket.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 3:50 AM on May 2, 2008

Oh, no, not more Iron Man hype...

kidding!
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 2:08 AM on May 2, 2008

mazola likes VERY little.

And maybe the word "monologist" fits Ferguson better, even though one of his strongest qualities is how he deals with audience feedback.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 2:21 PM on April 28, 2008

I'd make a post to shove this down the page while it's still there, but I just did the Craig Ferguson post...

I wonder if Matt would let me be a mod if I moved to Australia. My screwed up biological clock is already on Sydney time. After several weeks of 28-hour cycles, it's settled down for me to sleep from 5AM to Noon, Pacific Time. Good thing I don't have a job to go to and hate Regis.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 3:04 AM on April 28, 2008

For the record, I think we should tattoo him first, then scalp him, then hang him, in that order. And I think I included waterboarding in there somewhere. Let me check my email...
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 4:34 AM on April 28, 2008

Sleep. That's where the MetaFilter Moderators are Vikings.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 4:46 AM on April 28, 2008

I would not say MPDSEA lacks compassion based solely on what he has written in this thread, but it does match an ongoing pattern. He may be filtering an attempt at fair play through a horrendously legalistic filter, based on a by-the-book reading of law. Or be reacting like an adversarial lawyer, with a belief that everyone deserves defending. Or he may just save all his compassion for bullies, since that is, in our society at-large, not only safer but frequently profitable.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 7:50 PM on April 24, 2008

I'm just glad that MeFi's Own pb is away at ROFLCON and not able to see this...

There are two absolutely awful trends affecting our kids these days; the "zero-tolerance/zero-judgment" policies over everything at school and escalating bullying which officials don't deal with until it is life-threatening. How those two can happen simultaneously is a mystery to me; most likely one is the dominant theme at some schools/neighborhoods and the other elsewhere. Then... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 12:50 AM on April 25, 2008

Can I say that I always thought Gallipoli was an Italian dance and ANZAC was an insurance company with a duck mascot... you learn something new on this intarweb every day...
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 12:28 AM on April 25, 2008

Nothing for bloggers?

Bloggers do it several times a day.
Bloggers do it for the hits.
Bloggers do it with a post.
Bloggers do it to get comments.
Bloggers do it with hot links.
Bloggers do it in their pajamas.
Bloggers do it in reverse chronological order.
Bloggers do it in front of the entire Internet.
Bloggers do it anywhere they can get wifi.
Bloggers do it alone.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 7:19 PM on April 24, 2008

one more...

Bloggers do it but usually nobody notices.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 7:20 PM on April 24, 2008

How is this going to effect Dinosaur Comics? Will Ryan have to change his art?
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 2:09 PM on April 24, 2008

Congratulations, IRFH, on coining a new word, previously unseen on the Web (according to Google). Of course, the ultimate consequences of having a word like "antijedite" added to the vocabulary are unknown, but I seriously suspect that it will not me.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 2:13 PM on April 23, 2008

What's that old MeFi saying? Something to do with wendell?

WWWD? What Would Wendell Do?

As little as possible.

For the record, I have never claimed to be God or God-like but my human status remains... unresolved.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 1:37 AM on April 23, 2008

BURMA-SAVE!
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 1:31 AM on April 23, 2008

Don't the federal attorneys have more important cases they should be working on?

Of course not. That's the closest thing to a real terrorist they can produce to justify the existence of the DHS. But seriously, they need to practice harassing a few art students occasionally if only to remind the field ops that they can't waterboard EVERYBODY they target.
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 9:38 PM on April 21, 2008

But if you DO click on the Scientology ads, isn't that when Google (and more importantly the individual websites) get paid BY Scientology? So wouldn't a campaign to encourage clicking on Scientology Ads on Anti-Scientology websites actually channel money AWAY from the C.O.S. and TO their detractors? Or isn't that the way Google Adsense works anymore?
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 7:34 PM on April 21, 2008

Barney: And it shall become the stuff... but thou must
wait a certain time for it... of legend!

And wouldst I have succeeded in all my
Plotting and planning had I only not
Encountered you problemic juveniles!
And your sadly unschooled canine also!
posted to MetaFilter by wendell at 7:25 PM on April 21, 2008