I as told there would be cake.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 1:17 PM on May 31, 2008

Yay etsy!
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 10:15 AM on May 30, 2008

You and I will be switching places, ludwig_van. I'm in Philly that weekend for PC orientation. Have fun, though.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 5:37 PM on May 27, 2008

Incompl's prose reeks of fedoras.

I can guarantee he's not that dude. For reals.

Look, incomple has already come in and apologized, he's more than likely realized now why this is all not worth pursuing. Can we just shut this down and move on? I'm finding these personal attacks rather depressing.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 9:37 AM on May 27, 2008

This is what happens when I don't check MeTa for a couple days... I miss more meetup opportunities!

Do we know what area would be convenient to Specklet? Is food or booze preferred?

Also, brujita, you'll probably ave to open a second thread about Boston since all that info is below the fold, and I kinda doubt any bostonians are gonna check a NY meetup thread.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 5:38 PM on May 6, 2008

Crap. Turns out I will be out of town. Have fun!
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 7:21 PM on May 22, 2008

Weird. I saw that very post and thought pretty much the same thing.

OMG, PAULSC IS USING HYPNOSIS THRU TEH INTERNETS!!!!
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 6:14 AM on May 15, 2008

I missed the story the first time around. Thanks for this.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 8:25 AM on May 12, 2008

Oh! Yes! I'm totally down for htis and it's right before my birfday. (If it's Sunday, please after 6). And if you are satying in the east vallage, you're in luck, as we rarely venture north of 15th or west of 3rd.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 10:40 AM on April 27, 2008

Agreed. All, shootin' moose and steppin' between feuding families.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 11:02 PM on May 5, 2008

If you guys venture out of the Javits center at any point, I may be able to hang out. I can't afford a pass, though.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 1:08 PM on April 10, 2008

Oh, and I forgot to mention, it'd have to be after 6. No idea if that changes anything
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 2:26 PM on April 10, 2008

I mean to say after 6 for me. Gah. Not expressing myself well/
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 2:26 PM on April 10, 2008

so, um...anything get decided with this? Do we have a time date or location outside Javits, or are you all just gonna try to meet up in there?
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 6:03 AM on April 18, 2008

for example, i bet that nobody in america was making jokes about september 11, that very morning.

My friend worked at his high school radio station that morning, and he was got people calling in with twin tower jokes (he had made no request on air to collect them). So, you're wrong, we have assholes here in America, too.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 5:51 AM on April 17, 2008

Since your excellent question was deleted, I'm gonna take a stab at answering it here and say 237 pages.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 2:53 PM on April 7, 2008

I always love these threads where people bitch and moan about how scanning a longer thread is just to hard, and could the admins please program something to make skimming for awesome one-liners and stuff that will end up on the sidebar easier. I'm sorry, do you have a presentation due soon that will determine whether or not you get a raise? Are you supposed to lead a discussion about the Charlton Heston Death Thread Shitstorm, and you don't want it too look like you didn't do the research?... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 9:52 AM on April 7, 2008

I was grateful for the thread because it allowed me to write a note to my roommates suggesting that they dedicate the 15th anniversary edition of their former college's newspaper to Chuck Heston. Not only did they try to form a society for the prevention of planet of the apes, but a large portion of the paper was dedicated to pissing off the (majority) hippie population of that school.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 1:07 PM on April 6, 2008

Right. You do understand that the movie "Planet of the Apes" was based on the book, and the book was an allegory about race relations, colonialism and post-colonialism, right? And that "a society for the prevention of planet of the apes" sounds a bit like something David Duke would sponsor, or Lou Dobbs would praise, right?

They just wanted money from their school so they could train a bear to fight kung fu and fight the apes that... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 6:50 AM on April 7, 2008

I have to say delmoi was pretty much a dick in that thread. Linking to shots of her where her face was show when it clearly said she wanted the revealing shots to be cropped is just fucking awful.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 9:30 PM on April 2, 2008

Thanks for that, jessamyn, and sorry for that outburst. It just really pissed me off and I didn't have a chance to vent in the original thread.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 9:36 PM on April 2, 2008

Huh, I assumed it was a Ramones reference.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 5:34 AM on March 20, 2008

These people, intentionally or not, are surrealist comedy geniuses. And they just gave a shoutout to metafilter and M'thowie.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 10:26 PM on March 18, 2008

I'm leaving for the West Coast on the 23rd, so I'd vote for something earlier rather than later.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 6:21 AM on March 11, 2008

I agree with CunningLinguist, this just screams un owen's drama. The complicated as hell back story. The need to post a long thread putting all the pieces together, with a "hope that helps" tone. It just all seems calculated and made up at the same time, that it's easy to see why it raises suspicions.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 10:14 AM on March 10, 2008

The real answer is because it is mean to take back a promised favorite. MEAN.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 7:09 AM on February 28, 2008

I somehow missed reference to this before. I'm so glad you were able to find such amazing support through metafilter. You're in my thoughts, and I hope this thread keeps you spirits high.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 10:31 PM on February 19, 2008

(think peanut butter)

Or Pastabagel. Or piratebowling. We're all the same person.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 8:36 PM on February 12, 2008

hermitosis keeps saying he's a badass, and that he just doesn't give a shit, but I'm personally waiting to see him put up or shut up.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 6:09 PM on February 10, 2008

I'm making a bright red, construction paper covered box, and I expect it to be filled with cards from this meetup. Comeon, MeFi, don't make me cry more than I normally do on this holiday.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 8:45 PM on January 21, 2008

Suck it or not, hermitosis.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 6:33 AM on January 22, 2008

You weren't that guy that showed up who we stared down, until he had to fake like he was walking to the record store in the back the whole time, were you?
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 5:30 AM on February 10, 2008

I'm pretty sure it's got nothing to do with Mormonism specifically. MeFi is just lousy with discussing anything that approaches religion (this, somewhat counterintuitively, also includes atheism.)

This is why Heath Ledger is only spoke of well in an obit thread, but if Tom Cruise were to die, the discussion would all be for the lulz.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 10:44 PM on January 28, 2008

Although it's nice to see people being a little more thoughtful of others, I kind of agree with ND[cent] in the sense that if you really mean it, perhaps MeFi Mail is a better way to hash out any personal conflicts. It gives other people no real chance to be smartasses.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 4:47 PM on January 28, 2008

Aww, c'mere. *hug* Now let's get you a nap.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 8:11 PM on January 23, 2008

Oh yeah, I realized how snarky my comment could seem, but let me assure you I was happy to see something this heartfelt on MeTa. For reals.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 8:36 PM on January 23, 2008

I was here.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 2:34 PM on January 11, 2008

Also, anyone want to chip in for a pizza? Pizza sounds good right about now.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 2:34 PM on January 11, 2008

I thought this was going to be my first orphaned Christmas, as I had no realistic way to get home this year. Then I made plans for a Jewish Christmas of Chinese food and a movie. Then I found out my ex-boyfriend is going to be orphaned in NYC as well. Then I got invited to another movie and mulled wine. So now I have the busiest Christmas in recent memory ahead of me, hanging out with three groups of people. Thanks, Santa!
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 6:13 AM on December 25, 2007

OMG, a Central European Bar that is serving Doc Brown's Cel-Ray?! I am so there.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 7:53 AM on November 15, 2007

He officially goes on the list of people I bizarrely resemble (alongside such proud company as Alyssa Milano, Winona Ryder, and Speed Racer).

Huh, I've gotten Winona Ryder, too, but that's usually from people trying to flatter me. I get Moira Kelly much more frequently, especially from The Cutting Edge time period.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 10:33 AM on November 17, 2007

HICCUPBURPCHACHACHA!
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 7:43 AM on December 16, 2007

Ah, the days before chatfilter callouts.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 4:08 PM on December 9, 2007

It's a Channukah miracle!
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 10:33 AM on December 7, 2007

I was almost 40 before I realized that "The Beatles" is spelled that way because Beat is a pun on, you know, the beat, like music and all that?

In 4th grade (in 1994-ish) I wrote a report on beetles, the insect, only I spelled it "beatles" throughout the entire report. That came back with so many red marks, and I just didn't understand why. I still have no idea if my teacher thought I was touched in the head or awesome.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 7:39 AM on November 25, 2007

Yep, it's Tonailhands.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 9:33 PM on November 15, 2007

Dude, greycap = hermitosis?
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 5:51 PM on November 14, 2007

I LIVE for stuff like those posts. It not only satisfies my idle gossip desire, but it keeps me grounded and makes me want to clean the livingroom, bake my roommates cookies, and thanks my lucky stars that I found people that can put up with my mess but aren't huge slobs either.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 9:34 PM on November 1, 2007

Just listen to your aunt Hedwig, and pick one of the following:

Whiskey and French cigarettes,
a motorbike with high-speed jets,
a Waterpik, a Cuisinart
and a hypo-allergenic dog.
I want all the luxuries of the modern age,
and every item on every page
in the Lillian Vernon catalogue.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 5:52 PM on November 1, 2007

hermitosis, am I correct in assuming I gave you about half your costume? Well done.
posted to MetaTalk by piratebowling at 10:15 PM on October 31, 2007