Light Fantastic, what the hell do you know about North Africa? Have you been there?
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 8:39 PM on August 6, 2008

Surprised the boy didn't accidentally take out his porker dad instead.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:00 AM on July 31, 2008

I thought UbuR's joke in the thread was tasteless, but I didn't really care - as dg pointed out, MeFi is "not my circle of close friends." Water off a duck's back etc... but I'm glad that Jessamyn just deletes threads that start to spiral down like that, because people get too caught up in the "OMG how can you be so crass this is IMPORTANT" vs. the "I'll do whatever I like thank you very much" stance.

However, UbuR's joke about how he... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 11:38 AM on April 17, 2008

No one in class even notices my age.

Arabic and Photoshop still don't play well together.

He gave me $35. It was all fine.

I stayed with the sure thing, and I'm glad I did.

I said goodbye to Fred, finally.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 6:50 PM on October 13, 2007

I used to work at Half Price Books. I had to quit because when they make a buy from a customer, they throw out the books that they think won't sell. Not donate - straight into a dumpster out back. My "rescues" were getting out of control, what with children's books from the 50s and 60s, older novels, medical texts, etc...
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 7:35 AM on September 21, 2007

I get what sparx is saying - particularly because I remember a very long winded thread about someone's comment being (partially) edited by Jessamyn, and the ensuing outcry of "OMG WE ARE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR EVERYTHING WE POST/COMMENT HERE."

It was a great post, but psmealy didn't write it. If I had done it (ok, sure, I hardly post, and I'm a n00B) I would have slapped quotes around the whole thing.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 8:27 AM on September 6, 2007

Sana Saïda!
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:24 AM on September 5, 2007

Now sanko is going apeshit with the favorites.

Is sanko a tehloki wannabe?

posted by amyms at 7:55 PM on August 27

DO NOT TALK ABOUT MY BOYFRIEND THAT WAY
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 9:59 PM on August 27, 2007

Oh, crap, I totally forgot about this. Thanks for the reminder.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 3:24 PM on August 9, 2007

Argh, if you actually have to pass through Ohio, let me know...I'll even drive over to Dayton and buy YOU a beer to assuage your suffering...
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:09 PM on August 6, 2007

"So long as "all posts are (C) their original authors" is in effect, I daresay any fucking around with the text of a message is verboten. Either the entire message goes, or it stays as-is. Anything else is a legal quagmire."

Exactly. We're legally responsible for what we say here--by design, and being edited makes the mods responsible as well--i'm pretty sure they don't want that.
posted by amberglow at 8:45 PM on July... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 8:06 PM on July 8, 2007

"Hero is a sporadically in-touch friend of mine, from a young disabled people's group many years ago.

She will, I think, be turning 20 this year and has not yet gone to Oxford, although she's still pursuing the possibility.

I'll drop her an email and prod her in the general direction of this post...

Posted by: Rebecca at March 25, 2006 07:07 AM"

[link]
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:00 PM on June 8, 2007

I also emailed Magdalen College - will see if I get a response and/or more info on her delayed admission. It's a fascinating story, I'd like to know what happened to her as well.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:10 PM on June 8, 2007

Her father, David Nightingale, is still the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent, he might be willing to give us an update.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:24 PM on June 8, 2007

And her brother Alaric is now a journalist in London.

Byline from May 31, 2007

posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:29 PM on June 8, 2007

I actually wondered that too, so you're not alone - I suppose we can be horrible together!

"Peter Giles, her art tutor until last year, said she has a genuine talent for art. 'She is ferociously gifted. We would sit together and her mother would grab her daughter's hand and then we would begin work,' he said.

Together, they built several modern sculptures from plaster and metal. 'The instructions would take a while to decipher. But... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 11:47 PM on June 8, 2007

That email address is posted in every single one of his publicly available bylines, that's why I didn't think it was a big deal!
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 8:53 AM on June 9, 2007

Like this -

"To contact the reporter on this story: Alaric Nightingale in London at xxx@bloomberg.net."
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 8:54 AM on June 9, 2007

Oh, shut up, monchichi.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:52 AM on June 9, 2007

And since you obviously work in some sort of legal capacity -

"...legal definition of harassment, according to Black’s Law Dictionary is:

“A course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such person and serves no legitimate purpose; or words, gestures, and actions which tend to alarm and abuse (verbally) another person.”

Not even remotely the case here.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 11:11 AM on June 9, 2007

Also, Jessamyn, thanks for the clarification. I'll avoid doing that in the future.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 11:12 AM on June 9, 2007

I'm thinking that the lighting in strip clubs isn't very good. Helps both the patrons and the employees, you know? You could hardly look less like George, unless you were a different race.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 8:35 PM on May 10, 2007

Hugh Laurie is hot. Ridiculously so.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:08 AM on May 11, 2007

Damn, so your cousin got Laurie in the bathroom, and that stewardess pulled Fiennes in the loo as well... jealous.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 12:56 PM on May 11, 2007

I just printed the whole thread out for my Dad...great stuff. He grew up on a small farm in PA, so we had lots to talk about.

- Member, Ontic's Dad Fan Club
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:25 PM on May 3, 2007

"It does not work like any other site on the net. Lower right hand corner to get to the home page?
Nobody wants to learn how to use your website. It should be obvious."

I'd appreciate if you'd refrain from speaking for me. I "learned" to use his new site in all of about 1.5 seconds...though it was probably quite a bit more for you, dinosaur. I also happen to like sites that mix it up a little bit...we all learn from... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:04 PM on May 2, 2007

I want more stories - particularly any involving the Tempest station wagon.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 11:29 AM on March 19, 2007

I would have liked to have Poppet, just for the historical significance.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 5:13 PM on February 10, 2007

OK, JonMC, we all know you're punk rock.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 1:29 PM on January 31, 2007

I happen to like rock punks (Dad's a geologist)
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 5:56 PM on January 31, 2007

I have a thing for Bathonian pinnacle reefs, feldspar just doesn't do it for me.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 8:21 PM on January 31, 2007

Breezeway, I missed your Jura post - just went to check it out, thumbs up, 'cept for all the pics are dead links now. Now googling other Jura stuff.

If only we could find a longboat.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 9:58 PM on January 31, 2007

"...and the silly rite is falling by the wayside as-is. Within the next two generations circumcision is going to be a minority practice, with Jews being the only ones who really stick with it."

I don't think so. Muslims are not known for overhauling their traditions so quickly.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 8:35 PM on January 9, 2007

Not that I know of, but not all of them have circumcision as a religious rite, either.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 8:53 PM on January 9, 2007

"That said, you (nor anyone else here) has been able to challenge my claims regarding the alleged ignorance. And my claims do not rest solely with respect to contemporary jewish awareness.

Muslim awareness is even weaker..."

Please shut up now. We don't have to challenge your claims, it's up to you to provide evidence of this alleged ignorance. I've got 50:1 that your knowledge consists of randomly asking a few... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 3:13 PM on January 12, 2007

"Well I have a lot more experience with islam, having lived in the middle east for over a decade, and having been a devout follower for many years."

Pardon me, but you know nothing about me, and even less about many other subjects.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:49 PM on January 12, 2007

"A ROBOT THAT IS NEVER WRONG."

Er, like cortex said, "bullshit on a stick, with extra large cola." I suppose you believe everything you read on Wikipedia, too.

And I hate people who use "alright."
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:52 PM on January 8, 2007

MV, I didn't take your comment literally, I just laughed, because it's something I'd say. Would you really just leave them on the mountain, though?

And "snowflake destiny" sounds like a bad romance novel.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:06 PM on December 16, 2006

I don't think those analogies work - we're not talking about everyday situations, but risky adventuring/tourism.

For example, a British tourist went hiking in the mountains, thought he was some kind of great outdoorsy person, and told the rest of the group that he was going off on his own. Didn't come back that night, cue massive effort from local authorities, embassy, etc... He was found dead. Lots of people climb in those mountains every year, just like people climb... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:27 PM on December 16, 2006

Well, you would, since you made them.

Driving a car is not so easily avoidable - see the thread on the couple "scraping by" on $150,000 per year. I think, though I don't have any statistics on it, that going climbing on Mount Hood in winter is a lot more dangerous/riskier than the drive to work.

Unless you live in Boston. [kidding!]
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 10:50 PM on December 16, 2006

FFF, why do you keep telling people how they should react? I didn't like the video, and I thought it was pretty horrifying. Should I have some kind of disclaimer in every one of my comments that spell out what I consider to be more serious issues?

WaterQualityInGhana*PetOverpopulation*HumanRightsViolationsInChechnya*PovertyinPakistan.....
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 6:54 PM on December 3, 2006

He calls himself a 1337 h4x0r (ha! ha!) and his own website was h4x0r3d? Leet, he isn't. 1!73 (lite), maybe.

I also don't get why fr0zen couldn't find a cheaper apartment (talking to a realtor? what? why?), or even hook up with roommates for a while instead of getting her own place.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 11:54 PM on September 26, 2006

I dunno, Civil - I suppose it's naive, but I often use my real name as a username, as I do on MF. I figure I have nothing to hide, and I'll never be in politics anyway.

However - all of the Liosliaths out there are not me, while it seems like all of this xteraco stuff ties together.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 11:59 PM on September 26, 2006

Is xteraco just coming out of a divorce too? Scroll down to the entry by misskittiezig.

Insomnia is a horrible thing.
posted to MetaTalk by Liosliath at 12:05 AM on September 27, 2006