Fucking animal abusers. Fuckers. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuuuuuuuuuck! It doesn't matter if you were only observing something like this happening, it's just as bad as if you did it yourself if you don't act like a motherfucking grownup, step in and help. You don't have to adopt the cat yourself, but would it kill you to take a half hour out of your day to take it to a shelter? Or even CALL a local shelter for pickup?

JESUS FUCKING... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 4:43 PM on June 22, 2008

HuronBob, you DO know that this may be fiction, but that these things happen more frequently than we'd care to admit in real life, right??? See, for example, the sad story of the dachshund in my post.

And it's indicative of a deep level of sickness in our society that people are capable of laughing off the hackery (because, presuming this story isn't true, it is awfully hacky, as Solon and Thanks has pointed out) while forgetting the fact that stories... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 5:39 PM on June 22, 2008

Hey five fresh fish, right back at you. Just as other terrible things in the world are right and appropriate to be angry about, so is this. The difference is that we generally don't have vultures hanging out on the roofs of soup kitchens across North America, while we do have an awful lot of animal abuse cases. Too many.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 6:09 PM on June 22, 2008

And, on post -- sorry, five fresh fish. Plus, yes to batmonkey. I would hope that even if the story is schmaltzy and stupid and probably not 100% true it might cause someone out there to think about the underlying problems that DO exist out there.

I readily admit that I am horribly, horribly biased in favor of protecting animals after seeing far too many examples of this kind of thing, including one of my own, who had been locked in a box and left to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 6:22 PM on June 22, 2008

is there a version with pictures?

...sexy pictures?

...says the man who complains about Doctor Who because the "hot" one(s) aren't on it anymore.

(hi kittens for breakfast!)

who is, incidentally, a fantastic conversationalist if you like to talk about comics and monkeys. Which I do, because I am not your typical girl-person.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 3:18 PM on June 20, 2008

Poverty Lane Orchards in New Hampshire has not only the most amazing cider EVER (their single-varietal Kingston Black cider is just astonishing) but they also have pick your own in the fall and wholesale ordering through the links above. If you're in that neck of the woods, do check them out. There are an awful lot of heirloom apples available in Maine, too.

I can't wait for fall here in Ohio -- Mutsu apples, yum.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 3:02 PM on June 20, 2008

In fact, I'd argue that the truly capable students at large public schools are both the beneficiaries (or victims, depending on your perspective) of even more profound grade inflation; because the bar is set so low by their peers, they're able to get top grades for handing in work that's merely cogently written and free from gross grammatical or logical errors.

decoherence, you nailed it.

I went to Cleveland State for grad... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 4:32 PM on June 18, 2008

(And on post -- decoherence is reading my mind with secret thoughtwaves or something, particularly "That doesn't mean they're dumb or inferior; just that they're not necessarily cut out for college at that time." -- ditto!)
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 4:34 PM on June 18, 2008

Congrats, rtha! That's brilliant!
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 5:37 PM on June 17, 2008

I've seen takeoffs on this at Maker Faire and elsewhere -- very cool. Makes me wish I was a better crocheter! (Some of the freeform stuff out there is even more complex and amazing than this!)
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 5:32 PM on June 17, 2008

Ian A.T. -- that IS an awesome article, I remember reading it in the print edition. Also, amyms -- I'm with you on the high collars, they skeeve me out a little. Thanks for putting a sharper point on why!
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 6:21 PM on June 16, 2008

Objectively speaking, this here's a pretty clear case, no?

Egads, applemeat, I sure hope so. I hope they get sued back into the Stone Age. Add this as yet another "why I would never send my kids to public school" reason. I believe you teach responsibility re: alcohol in the home. I think it's fine to let kids drink watered down wine at dinner. If you make it NOT a big deal, they're less likely to pull something stupid.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 5:04 AM on June 14, 2008

And those generations believed that witches would destroy their crops and eat their babies.

Yet here we all are today, so it seems to have worked out just fine, no?
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 6:40 AM on June 15, 2008

There goes my Sunday morning yell-fest (a tradition of many years now). Sigh.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 5:36 PM on June 13, 2008

Increasing airport security, at this point in history, is a waste of money, brains, and time. Its just right wing welfare for the incompetent, but abusive, twits hired by TSA. The last thing they need is more expensive toys.

Yeah, why buy them expensive stuff when they can rely on low-tech stuff like putting their hands inside my bra (screener, Chicago) or demand I take off a pullover hooded sweatshirt (which I very nearly did...given that I wasn't... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 5:28 PM on June 13, 2008

See what happens when you vote for Obama?

(I kid, I kid. Stay safe, everyone).
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 2:17 PM on June 12, 2008

Wow -- GoDaddy just donated $100K to relief efforts.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 4:46 PM on June 13, 2008

1:35. I am awesome!

(well, about to be awesomely dead, anyway)
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 7:41 AM on June 12, 2008

My idea to embed lucky and interesting objects inside the bales of the straw bale house I want to build someday is just... well... lame now.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 7:36 AM on June 12, 2008

Frankly unless those Americans talking about moving to Canada are ready to serve in the Canadan Armed forces, defend the Canadian flag, and cheer for Canada in any and all sports events, they shouldn't be talking about Canadian citizenship.

Sign me up. The hockey's better there. Also, I tear up at the Canadian national anthem whereas my own leaves me unmoved. Go figure.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 11:43 PM on June 10, 2008

Oh, Konolia. I tried, but I just can't help myself (a moral failing, I'm sure):

How many of you read that other thread on the front page about the "baby farmers" that took children from unwed mothers ostensibly to care for them but instead murdered them? How many of you thought that those who committed these acts were evil human beings?

And how many of those babies would not have been born into a world where such... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 10:15 AM on June 9, 2008

I think the title of this one says it all:
Teen Sex Realities Not Speculation Should Drive Sex Ed. Even if it does disprove something I'd previously thought, that teens were using oral and anal sex as subsititutes for vaginal intercourse in order to remain "technical" virgins.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 11:57 AM on June 10, 2008

Meh. I like these much better. He's a local, and they're really really funny.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 8:45 AM on June 10, 2008

Dennis! is our congressman (for non-Clevelanders -- every election season, lawns sprout giant DENNIS! signs). I call him Keebler Ramone. Boyfriend calls him Our Little Moonbat (lovingly). But what I'm calling him today is: "Fucking awesome."
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 8:43 AM on June 10, 2008

I needed this after all the political news today.

Awwww, kittehs.

Our baby Spike was a rescue, and Giles was born feral but rescued right away. They are the bestest kittehs ever. Also, watching Spike's ears twitch while drinking from the bottle = cutest thing EVER.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 8:59 PM on June 4, 2008

A Wellesley/Yale education and a middle-class background doesn't prevent female Americans from being discriminated against. These achievements have been won in spite of the obstacles posed by institutionalized sexism, and have never protected anyone against individualized free-floating sexism.

Sorry, Miko. Had to alter your previous comment a bit. Although I agree wholeheartedly with what you wrote after:

There is a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 8:57 PM on June 4, 2008

If it's not on Whedonesque, I don't believe it.

And also, it's not like he's just a puppy getting kicked by Fox all the time. Stupid Fox. Anyway -- from this interview about Dollhouse:During the writers' strike you shot Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, an online musical that stars Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day and Nathan Fillion. What can you tell us about that, and what's currently happening with it?

Whedon: Dr. Horrible... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 7:28 AM on June 3, 2008

I think "meh to gahhh" is going to be my new descriptor for everything I don't like. That and I hope your head falls off.

Reintroducing older characters with a *purpose* isn't fanfic-y. For example, a certain witch surviving what happened to Sunnydale and being super hella pissed off? Well, that's not exactly surprising. Her hooking up with the person she did while trapped underground? Ok, perhaps pushing it a bit, but still...... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 8:02 AM on June 3, 2008

Stewriffic, ask her if she'll hand over the sweater I wanna knit for Joss.

Yes. I swear to god I just typed that. I AM THAT MUCH OF A DORK. So there.

(Although, the design's really good, it's got vampire bites and the scythe-thingy and cables and snakes and monkeys... ok, I'm just lying about the monkeys, but that would be awesome, too...)
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 12:21 PM on June 3, 2008

Next I expect to hear that David Boreanaz is the most criminally under-rated actor of his generation.

Well, he's more entertaining than most of the idiots on network TV. I mean Ray Romano? Seriously? There's a ton of actors who have been on more-or-less-forgotten shows who are tons tons tons better than the current crop (and let's not even discuss reality TV, ok?). F'rexample... this weekend I ended up watching about a million episodes of Grounded for... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 5:01 AM on June 4, 2008

and p.s. Nathan Fillion is cute and all, but even locked in a closet with Kyle MacLachlan (another swoon hottie in my opinion) on Desperate Housewives (I found it channel surfing. Really), I couldn't take more than a few minutes of that dreck.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 5:02 AM on June 4, 2008

When I stripped the wallpaper from my former (1940s bungalow), I found drawings by the plasterers and a sarcastic note adding up [so-and-so's] pay for the week with an "equals" sign pointing to his wife's name... and next to that "HA HA HA! Poor [so-and-so]!"

It was pretty awesome. I wish I could find the photos.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 8:55 PM on June 2, 2008

Pollomacho, that is supremely awesome.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 1:19 PM on June 3, 2008

$8 gas is going to / would drive ground rents -- ie. apartment rents and home values -- UP in the city centers close to employment and DOWN in the outlying areas far from employment.

Thank God! The value of our (near transit, in the city) house will finally have a fighting chance v. the 45-min-away megamansions.

Oh wait. Our school system is still utter crap. Never mind.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 10:17 AM on June 1, 2008

I'm still miffed that Serenity paid for itself before it got out of the theaters, but because it didn't pay for itself in the first weekend, and didn't make over a $100 million overall before it went to DVD, there will never be a sequel.

Yet slop like SATC gets several seasons on cable, then languishes in reruns and the silver screen as if it were God's gift to humanity!

I'm with you.
Fuckers.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 10:15 AM on June 1, 2008

Woo hoo! I'm becoming a Tibetan Buddhist!

...oh wait. Never mind. That just means multiple men who'll forget to take out the trash. ;)
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 8:50 AM on May 30, 2008

I still like the Habsburg Herzgruft (hearts crypt) in Vienna the best. All those wee, dead Habsburg hearts separated from their bodies and preserved in tiny urns. 54 of 'em, to be exact. It's creepy, but also cool in its own way. See here for photos of many of the urns.

The Viennese are some of the most morbid people ever. Hell, even their tourist board plays it up. And if you think Americans put a strange emphasis on giant, Bridezilla-style weddings, well... you don't... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 8:46 AM on May 30, 2008

My Darling Hubbie:

Allow me to suggest that correspondence by telegraph is both public and expensive.

Unlike the internets, which is public and cheap!
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 9:40 AM on May 27, 2008

I had corn dogs, chocolate cake and rum for breakfast yesterday. Then I went on a hike, and explored an abandoned mine shaft that I don't think I was supposed to enter. I didn't have to get anyone's permission or tell anyone where I was going. Later, I touched a girl with my penis, and nobody yelled at me or sent me to talk to the councilor about it. I watched a scary movie that had boobies and swears in it, and then I stayed up until 2 AM because I didn't feel like going to bed.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 9:22 AM on May 27, 2008

what a teacher! i always felt that one of the most radical acts i ever did in the classroom was playing his songs and stories. how fucked up is that, huh? that the common sense and matter-of-factness of Utah Phillips--that plain old history told as it was can be considered in any way revolutionary.

RedEmma -- the head reference librarian at my undergraduate school was a major-league fan and got quite a few of us hooked, too. Me, I love the Billy Bragg... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 12:57 PM on May 26, 2008

They're opening up a can of worms if they start policing their service for content that's objectionable but not illegal.

As I just wrote on my own blog, even web-two-point-no MySpace allows you to report spammy and abusive content and contact, which will generally get the offending profile banninated asap. When MySpace is doing a better job at something, I would hope the lifestyle techies over at Twitter would at least get offended... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 10:02 AM on May 23, 2008

It's either impressive company service or a very, very good ass-cover while waiting for the lawyers to figure out if they're in the clear or not. In any event, rather than just clicking "ignore," Twitter doesn't have to actively police the jerks who harass, but they really should get some kind of "report" button in place. Get reported multiple times? Well, it might be time for the banhammer.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 12:17 PM on May 23, 2008

MrVisible: We've allowed our educational system to decline to the point where education is the last of its priorities.

Well, yeah, more on this in a sec.

Forktine: In many ways, the author is displaying the passivity that he or she found frustrating in Mrs L, and is being almost as ineffective. Even the most lowly of adjuncts should have the moral courage to speak up when something seems wrong.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 12:07 PM on May 22, 2008

Fair enough, Forktine. And agreed, even the lowliest adjunct still has agency, but we don't know where Professor X is teaching, and what's happened to those who have spoken up in the past...it's outside the overall scope of the article. Rather than write an article for the Atlantic, I suspect most adjuncts in this position would have already tried to write those memos, etc -- for all we know, Professor X has, too.

Let's assume that Professor X is... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 5:01 PM on May 22, 2008

Agreed, uosuaq -- if the Right hates you, you're probably a. doing a good job or b. a decent human being. Kennedy is a "c. all of the above."
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 6:03 PM on May 20, 2008

I'm all for more representation of women and minorities in our government, but your request smacks of tokenism.

Because yeah, the female acting governor Massachusetts had before they elected Mittler was so effective:By the end of her term, Swift was extremely unpopular with voters in the state (at one point having the dubious honor of a single-digit approval rating). This unpopularity was due in part to a perceived lack of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 8:53 AM on May 21, 2008

Hey Pollomacho -- better than paying to have the rugs cleaned! ;)
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 9:25 AM on May 21, 2008

You're presuming, M.C. Lo-Carb!, that Savage doesn't already have one. It would explain so much.
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 5:49 AM on May 22, 2008

Hey, drinking bleach never hurt the Dead Milkmen...
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 2:59 PM on May 19, 2008

kittens for breakfast, you let a Tom Waits fan go? Dude, I am so giving up my position of Finder of New Girlfriend for You, on the grounds that clearly you are insane and cannot be helped.

Just kidding.

Maybe.

I still have a mixtape my current boyfriend made me ca. 1991, complete with hand-drawn cover (and it's brilliant, that cover). He's tried to steal it back and destroy it, as... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bitter-girl.com at 12:00 PM on May 14, 2008