And she wore $6000 customized diamante wellies at Glastonbury.
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 9:29 PM on July 12, 2007

Coverage from Democracy Now. School district is not commenting on what actually happened.
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 9:37 AM on April 11, 2006

Some good pictures of the Whale and the crowds on Flickr.
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 10:23 AM on January 20, 2006

This is true: A woman in Swansea passed out in ASDA and was injured from excitement due to the vibrating "Passion Pants" she was wearing. I believe she purchased them elsewhere. This made the national news.
Info here, another article here.
At the time, an ASDA spokesperson said "We like to think shopping with us is exciting enough already." I guess they changed their minds?... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 1:05 PM on December 16, 2005

Nykad: 1966 England won 4-2, so the controversial goal was not necessarily decisive.
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 7:28 PM on December 9, 2005

Thanks spock.
A bit more context on Parks' activist background prior to the bus boycott.
" Before refusing to give up her bus seat, Parks had spent 12 years helping lead the local NAACP chapter. The summer before, Parks had attended a 10-day training session at Tennessee's labor and civil rights organizing school, the Highlander Center..."
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 8:26 PM on October 24, 2005

Nice online version (free) here. A new puzzle every day, and it shows you if you put in anything that is "impossible", ie the number has already been used in that row, column or square. I still haven't had the time to finish one though. So addictive.
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 4:22 AM on May 26, 2005

It seems strange that the dumb Sew Fast Sew Easy people are even upset- were they even profiting from the S&B Cafe name? It seems like it was just the (badly formatted) chatroom section of their website. And how much of a threat do they think these voluntary groups are? I find it unlikely that the Chicago SnBers are making millions from their Cafepress store.
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 2:43 AM on May 10, 2005

Amberglow: Brown basically ran in the same approximate (post-redistricting) constituency he has always represented.

Galloway could (obviously) choose only one constituency in the country. He chose one with racial and religious divisions he could easily exploit, and one that happened to have black, Jewish, female MP. Is this a coincidence?

Oona King's tires were slashed and she had eggs thrown at her car during the campaign. The campaign was ugly... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 5:05 AM on May 7, 2005

For those who don't know, Simon B-C is Ali G's dad. Heheh.
Also, if you've ever been to Wales you'll know that Gareth Evans is a very common name!
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 2:46 AM on April 22, 2005

I actually think Sploid is nasty. In the same way that The Sun [UK tabloid to which I refuse to link] is nasty.
The Sun sells tons of papers so maybe Sploid will work.
Referring to Hastert is a Fatty is mean-spirited I think. There are plenty of more substantive ways to criticize him. But I'm glad they think it's funny that he's got kidney stones.
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 11:12 AM on April 6, 2005

There is a ton of research showing that houses are more expensive in "better" school districts. for example .
Look here on Google Scholar for tons of academic articles.
Eg: "In both district- and school-level analyses, we find that per-pupil expenditures and test scores have similar impacts on house values. However, unlike the district-level results, the school-level results imply that individuals respond to the racial composition of schools when... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cushie at 11:05 AM on April 5, 2005