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Doggy Freestyle

Doggy Dancing: Canine Freestyle.
posted to MetaFilter by dilettante at 5:36 PM on April 6, 2007 (28 comments)

When the weather outside is frightful

The Science of fudge.
posted to MetaFilter by dilettante at 10:01 PM on February 5, 2007 (16 comments)

Movin' on up

The Seminole Tribe of Florida was one of the few tribes never to sign a peace treaty or surrender to the U.S. government, hiding out in Florida's swamps and living in poverty. In 1979, they pioneered Indian Gaming, fighting in the courts and Congress for tribal sovereignty to allow gambling in their bingo halls. And now? They bought Hard Rock Cafe on December 7, for $965 million.
posted to MetaFilter by dilettante at 5:58 PM on January 2, 2007 (30 comments)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

The New Deal Network from the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute has articles, photographs, and other collections of material about the Great Depression and the New Deal. There are selections from the slave narratives collected by the Federal Writers Project, an account of the Harlan County mine wars from John Dos Passos, and enough stuff to waste time keep busy for days.
posted to MetaFilter by dilettante at 3:46 PM on February 23, 2006 (8 comments)

high lonesome heresy

In 1244, Montsegur saw the slaughter of the Cathars and their protectors, ending the Albigensian Crusade that Pope Innocent III had declared in 1208.
posted to MetaFilter by dilettante at 7:04 PM on November 30, 2005 (22 comments)

catastrophic hypochondria

Eyewitness accounts of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812. The fault is still active, and one day it will let rip again.
posted to MetaFilter by dilettante at 7:23 PM on September 29, 2005 (28 comments)

The ones that go in/Are lean and thin

I think I'll go eat...
posted to MetaFilter by dilettante at 6:16 PM on September 26, 2005 (16 comments)

Illegal drugs in the United States

What does the DEA say about drugs in your state? (Some states take a very hard line against gateway drugs...)
posted to MetaFilter by dilettante at 10:40 AM on August 13, 2005 (36 comments)