Hillary Clinton Is Your New HD DVD Player
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 7:22 PM on February 22, 2008

BleachBum links to KeeshaMyas, which links to HandJobAdvice. Between all of her websites, I think she's got everything covered.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 7:49 PM on January 24, 2008

Why did Dish take away my MSNBC? And, more importantly, how can I get it back?
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 8:12 PM on December 17, 2005

what i find interesting is that she considers herself to be gay now, even though she was previously married to a man (whom i presume she was attracted to when she got married), and never felt any same-sex attraction before meeting her current partner.

is the word "bisexual" just not in the dictionary of some monogamous folks?
posted by piranha at 4:00 PM PST on October 27 [!]

Piranha, Swoops did an... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 10:42 PM on October 27, 2005

The sad part about this proposed constitutional amendment is that "civil marriages and civil unions between people of the same sex is already illegal in Texas". Link to PDF.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 11:03 AM on October 27, 2005

Waterworld will also be closed, but many rides will be moved to Splashtown, another Six Flags park.

I went to Astroworld last weekend for a final visit and it was a nightmare. In all my years of going to that park (since I was a kid in the 70s) I've never seen the crowds that were there last weekend. It took an hour and a half just to get into the parking lot and another hour to get inside of the park.

On the plus side, all of the gift shop... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 8:18 AM on October 25, 2005

Insomnia_lj, those are some great suggestions. Have you posted that in the new suggestions community?
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 9:49 PM on September 27, 2005

Timory, that only lets you specify a city. I live in Houston, where someone could theoretically be 100+ miles from me and still live in Houston.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 9:49 PM on September 27, 2005

Sorry to point this out, but the Tom Cruise lectures are a fake.

See also here
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 9:20 PM on September 27, 2005

I'm in SW Houston. I had planned to head to College Station, but given that folks are spending 8 hours to go 20 miles, I'm afraid I'd run out of gas before getting there.

My house has never flooded (since 1969, that is), so I'm not worried about the rain. The high winds do worry me though.

So, I can try to evacuate and possibly run out of gas in the middle of nowhere, or I can stay and face the storm. Tough choice.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 12:11 PM on September 22, 2005

WolfDaddy, we're neighbors (I'm in Westbury). If you feel like your house is safe enough, stay in it. Sharpstown and Westbury tend to have street flooding, but not much flooding of the houses.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 12:25 PM on September 22, 2005

Web Entrepreneur Banks on 'Bum-vertising'
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 10:35 AM on September 20, 2005

Awwwwwwwww! Why can't I meet a guy like that?
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 10:03 PM on September 16, 2005

How sad. I truly enjoyed reading his blog because he gave such a different viewpoint than the mainstream media. I hope he gets some sort of television/movie/book deal out of this.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 9:58 PM on September 16, 2005

I was surprised to read that the evacuees were given food and water. I don't think I've seen that information anywhere else.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 1:13 AM on September 9, 2005

Looks like the Mayor and the National Guard have different opinions on mandatory evacuations.

Mayor C. Ray Nagin ordered law officers and the military late Tuesday to evacuate all holdouts — by force if necessary.

Active-military troops said they had no plans to use force. National Guard officers said they do not take orders from the mayor.

posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 10:43 PM on September 7, 2005

Good Lord - I just heard this on CNN: CNN's Drew Griffin in New Orleans, Louisiana

I am stunned by an interview I conducted with New Orleans Detective Lawrence Dupree. He told me they were trying to rescue people with a helicopter and the people were so poor they were afraid it would cost too much to get a ride and they had no money for a "ticket." Dupree was shaken telling us the story. He just couldn't believe these people were afraid they'd be... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 9:29 PM on September 5, 2005

And now, we have lovely folks like Oprah and Dr. Phil visiting the Astrodome. You just have to wonder if they're visiting because they truly care or because they know it will get good ratings.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 8:46 PM on September 5, 2005

mwhybark, thank you so much for sharing that link.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 8:00 PM on September 5, 2005

Speaking of New Orleans police, the news reports say that at least two officers have committed suicide and 1/3 of the force has abandoned their jobs.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 8:44 PM on September 4, 2005

The Democrats have Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Unfortunately, if those two keep putting a racial spin on the issue, I think most folks won't get behind them.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 8:28 PM on September 4, 2005

ABC News story link
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 8:22 PM on September 3, 2005

CNN says that President Bush will make a statement tomorrow morning, after he attends church services.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 8:37 PM on September 3, 2005

Does anyone think President Bush will use the Supreme Court vacancy to divert attention from his mishandling of the Katrina situation?
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 8:48 PM on September 3, 2005

They didn’t even bother to download the game and host it themselves. They linked to my game, using my game and my bandwidth to promote their restaurant. Which is not only stealing from me, but it’s also really, really stupid. I mean, passing someone else’s content off as your own is nasty. But actually linking to it means that I can change it to whatever the hell I want. Which is dumb, dumb, dumb on their part.
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 9:56 PM on September 2, 2005

Just once, I wish someone would explain to me the problem with homosexuals being parents, foster or otherwise. I have yet to meet anyone who could explain this to me, other than to say "It's just wrong!".
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 12:02 PM on April 20, 2005

Thanks - this is very useful!
posted to MetaFilter by Serena at 9:41 AM on March 24, 2005