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How to pitch a no-hitter while on acid.

How to pitch a no-hitter while on acid. Lessons from the career of baseball legend Dock Ellis.
posted to MetaFilter by thebigpoop at 10:17 AM on June 23, 2005 (30 comments)

Let the post-post-Napster era commence!...

I think the recording industry has finally gotten it right. Let the post-post-Napster era commence!
posted to MetaFilter by thebigpoop at 10:52 AM on December 21, 2001 (20 comments)

Copyright exists, according to the Constitution,...

"We are a nation of business people, and we find art and artists threatening. Copyright exists, according to the Constitution, 'to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.'

...the point of copyright is to serve the public good, to make our country a better, more interesting place by giving artists and scientists a financial incentive to keep doing what they're doing. When you get down to the Constitution, artists aren't scary freaks, they're all-American. We just have to keep reminding the courts and Congress of that."

-Nancy Updike, in LA Weekly.

posted to MetaFilter by thebigpoop at 2:23 PM on July 21, 2001 (16 comments)

Public school, halitosis, cirrhosis, logo worship,...

A Comprehensive Flow Chart of Life's Causes and Effects. Public school, halitosis, cirrhosis, logo worship, and the inexplicable desire to evaluate self-worth in financial terms. From the LA Weekly's drug-related art gallery.

My favorite is Bovine Milk--> BGH--> GHB--> Raping Drunk Cows.
posted to MetaFilter by thebigpoop at 11:31 AM on July 11, 2001 (3 comments)

Is this a huge change? Is it finally time for...

Yahoo sells porn. Is this a huge change? Is it finally time for them to "put a bit of a filter up, put their hand out and take the money" that flows through for masturbatory purposes?
posted to MetaFilter by thebigpoop at 11:27 AM on April 11, 2001 (12 comments)

A new perspective on Earnhardt's death, the...

Racing Past the Truth. A new perspective on Earnhardt's death, the purpose of which is to question the supposed cause of death and general lack of research in the reporting thereof.

The most interesting part, though, is pointing out how the makers of the Head and Neck Restraining System (HANS) are milking his death for all its worth, even though it probably would have done nothing to save him.
posted to MetaFilter by thebigpoop at 9:25 PM on February 20, 2001 (10 comments)