MeFi comment:
"OPEN ON a deserted New Orleans street. On the side of the road sets a limousine with the hood open, steam pouring out. Bill Gates and a limo driver stand beside the car. Gates checks his watch and shakes his head.
Ian A.T.'s taxi turns the corner,..." [
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favorited 16 times, recently by ninthart, quin, papafrita, BrotherCaine, kryptondog, kaspen, Saddo, kcds, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing, Optamystic, tehloki, djeo, Monochrome, disillusioned, dirtynumbangelboy, grouse
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"In the sub-basement of what was once an industrial park, the server continued asking questions to the void. The network was long-gone--the ethernet cables vaporized right where they emerged to the surface--but this didn't stop the server. It had a..." [
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4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"(I know a lot of you have been in my cab and/or seen my show so let me just say quickly that I'm okay and long gone...in fact, I've been out of town all summer, living in a cabin in the mountains of NC. I was supposed to go back on Monday, in fact...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nitsuj
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I make somewhere between a quarter to half my income as a stage "mentalist" whose act somewhat resembles Derren Brown's--though not to his "magic handshake" level--so let me post a clarification, a bunch of caveats, and as much..." [
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favorited 242 times, recently by supercrayon, Haruspex, kortez, grapefruitmoon, yohko, andraste, ifthe21stcentury, Edible Energy, fingo, punchdrunkhistory, zenja72, milov, joe defroster, junesix, willem, Ugh, leftcoastbob, trixare4kids, skoosh, kcds, ZenMasterThis, mosk, Dillonlikescookies, Optamystic, Espoo2, myrrh, claudius, limeonaire, Mr Stickfigure, Nattie, shelleycat, tickingclock, waxbanks, goshling, Deathalicious, WCityMike, trigger, forallmankind, Osrinith, lysistrata, louche mustachio, Foci for Analysis, jasper411, Brandon Blatcher, CunningLinguist, docpops, jon4009, tippiedog, nicolin, jtron, rooftop secrets, therubettes, kittens for breakfast, featherboa, yeti, penduluum, DevilsAdvocate, quadog, CrayDrygu, strangememes, Ladysin, ao4047, hot soup girl, ftrain, pedmands, kosher_jenny, mrzarquon, ZachsMind, Marla Singer, Gable Oak, eckeric, serazin, exlotuseater, Quidam, mecran01, wolfewarrior, damn dirty ape, finrod, fishfucker, rtha, empath, mrnutty, nasreddin, swift, jjwiseman, Drastic, WalterMitty, ooga_booga, treepour, ColdChef, i love cheese, Cool Papa Bell, grumblebee, GuyZero, MythMaker
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The Know-It-All has already been mentioned, but projects like this always remind me of Joe Queenan's savaging of Jacob's book. Queenan writes:
"[T]he premise of the book is completely wrong. The animating idea of this misguided endeavor is..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ntartifex, horsemuth
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Thank you, New York Times, for giving me my headstone quote!
In loving memory of
IAN A.T.
1974-2008
Beloved Son, Brother, and Friend
The game is never over until all the lulz have been had...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Weird. The first comment in the camgirl thread, from 2001, ends with "kthxbi." I guess I knew that phrase didn't necessarily originate with the LOLcats, but I'm I had no idea it was seven years old...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by skwt
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Mine are "givemeagun!" (so I can shoot myself) and "ineedaknife" (with which to slash my wrists.) Lately, though, it's been "Nobody!" I know that this last one used to mean something, but I can't even remember what...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DanielDManiel
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I should have known, when I saw the outpouring of support for Ian A.T.’s utter tripe and foolishness, that I would have to be the person who pulled the trigger.
He acknowledges that he’s stealing from Bradbury—though in a sneaky and oblique way..." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by marsha56
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This was a great post. Over the course of an hour, I went from "there's no way I'm reading all of this" to "I can't believe I just read all of that."
Despite the failure of their business, I have to applaud them for actually..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blasdelf
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Cut Man: We always called him Cunt Man. I'm glad the MMRNC didn't name him Scissor Man, because it wouldn't be very clever at all if I called a guy named Scissor Man "Cunt Man." It would just be crass.
Oh man, that takes me back...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This awesome New Yorker profile of Karl Lagerfeld achieves the seemingly contradictory goal of making the designer seem:
1. fascinating, admirable, even sympathetic; and
2. ten times crazier than we already suspected.
Seriously, there's a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by papafrita, hellopanda
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Farishta: If you ever want to see something really funny, find a slightly doughy guy in his thirties--the sort who thought that High Fidelity was a lifestyle guide, not a scathing indictment of emotional immaturity--and start talking about Pulp's..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by litlnemo, regicide is good for you, EarBucket, farishta
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"Over Christmas, I did the exact thing you just described for my family, using Blogspot.
First, I registered a gmail address for myself--both Blogspot and Gmail are owned by Google--then went to blogspot.com and used my new account to set-up a new..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pammo
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"Wow, there are a lot of cabbies and former-cabbies on Metafilter. We should totally have a meet-up at a 24-hour diner or an off track betting parlor!
So anyway, now that I read through this thread, I realize that the New Orleans taxi industry is..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by tickingclock, dreamyshade
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Useless noise should never be posted in an AskMe thread, of course, but because of the Unaswered tab, one needs to be ESPECIALLY careful not to do so as the first answer. Your "Great question! Now I'm really curious, too!" will keep an..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by limeonaire, Meatbomb, BrotherCaine
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"I hope this doesn't confuse you further, but sometimes in practice "between one and ten" actually will be the same as "two through nine" because nobody will pick one or ten.
Magicians--especially mentalists-- have exploited..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by CunningLinguist, grumblebee
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"The film's based on a Stephen Millhauser novella; perhaps it answers some of your questions. I haven't read it myself but I love Millhauser's EDWIN MULLHOUSE and a few others, and I feel pretty strongly that even if the story doesn't add much to your..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by grumblebee
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)" would seem to qualify as well, but a closer reading of the lyrics reveals a much more mindblowing scenario:
Runnin' her hands through my 'fro
Bouncin' on twenty fo's
While they say on the radio:
'It's..." [
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favorited 3 times
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Okay, let's be honest: are there any girls in this thread at all?
After watching this video for the second time, I think I've figured out what it is we're all respoding to...Prince plays guitar the way we do whenever we daydream about being a..." [
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favorited 1 time
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"The Liars' "The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack" is the most heartbreaking and plain-spoken love song I've heard in years.
But do yourself a favor and pretend like it's the only song they ever recorded, because the rest of the Liars'..." [
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favorited 1 time
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Those of you who are deciding to give the books a read: it's important you understand that the third book isn't just bad the way Return Of The Jedi isn't as good as the first two Star Wars movies. Titus Alone goes far beyond that: it completely..." [
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favorited 1 time
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"From A rebours, by Joris-Karl Huysmans, 1884:
Des Esseintes acquired the reputation of an eccentric, which he enhanced by giving famous dinners to men of letters, one of which was a funeral repast.
In the dining room, hung in black and opening..." [
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favorited 1 time
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"I drive a cab in New Orleans and chaperoning vacationing MeFites around is the closest I get to a meet-up...send me some MeFi Mail and I'll give you my digits. We'll go shopping!
(That's true for anyone else reading this thread, too...if you're..." [
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favorited 3 times
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"When I was home over Christmas, I made a special trip to the family safety deposit box and slipped a note in the If I Should Croak folder stating that Antony Hegarty's cover of Leonard Cohen's "If It Be Your Will" should be played in lieu..." [
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favorited 25 times
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"BB: I don't know about Chicago, but my meter runs on both distance AND time. It ticks every eighth of a mile or forty seconds, whichever comes first. However, you have to be going REALLY slow to not go an eighth a mile in forty seconds...less than..." [
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favorited 1 time
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"I'm actually in my cab as we speak, typing this on my Blackberry, so I won't be able to post more until tomorrow "morning." I was just going to wait until then to post anything at all in this thread, but upon reflection, I realized that not..." [
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favorited 1 time
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"I'm not gay, but I do drive a cab in New Orleans, so I might have a little insight here.
The bottom end of the French Quarter--that is, the one closest to the Marigny--has a pretty high density of gay clubs and bars. At St. Ann and Bourbon is..." [
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favorited 9 times
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If this thread is anything like the James Frey or J.T. Leroy discussions we've had, we're about to get bogged down in a grad student snoozefest over "What is the essential nature of truth, anyway?" when all most of us want to talk about is..." [
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favorited 9 times
7 months ago
Ask comment:
"I drive a cab in New Orleans and chaperoning vacationing MeFites around is the closest I get to a meet-up...send me some MeFi mail and I'll hook you up with a secret numerical code that, when entered into your cell phone, will contact me. Do try to..." [
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favorited 2 times
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I use a silicon muffin pan to make my giant ice uncubes. They're not awesomely spherical, but they fit so perfectly into my highball glass that guests are suitably impressed. They don't say anything, but I can tell. I can tell...." [
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favorited 1 time
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hell, I'd let Google Reader put my Social Security Number on the front page if they'd only let me subscribe and unsubscribe from feeds in the mobile version......" [
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favorited 1 time
9 months ago
Ask comment:
"Not to get utterly pedantic, but I think a distinction can be drawn between a monocle, which is a type of corrective lens worn in the eye, and a quizzing glass, which is a small magnifying glass held at a distance.
Though more or less..." [
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favorited 2 times
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I'm not going to say I miss the old Metafilter--I'm too busy missing Suck and Word--but there are definitely a few recent developments that drive me nuts. And, yeah, I'm sure they have been around since the very first Cat Scan post, but they seem to..." [
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favorited 11 times
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Thank god these names weren't user submitted, 'cause the front-runners would be Ayn, L. Ron, and RonPaul2008." [
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favorited 1 time
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Great. Now I gotta send Chuck Klosterman a deli platter." [
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favorited 2 times
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm just amazed Moore hasn't thrown a hissy fit and taken his name off the episode yet." [
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favorited 2 times
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Reading that (great) Game Girl Advance article, I have to ask: why in the world would you ever play this game? The knowledge that, long after you've grown tired of the game, your little animal neighbors are still there waiting for your return so it..." [
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favorited 2 times
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Here's a movie idea: An older married guy pretends to have Alzheimer's in order to have affairs in full view of his forced-to-be-supportive wife. Surely it would be typecasting to suggest Larry David for the main role, but how great would that be?..." [
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favorited 3 times
10 months ago
Ask comment:
"I would highly recommend you also post this on BoardGameGeek.com. The knowledge of some of the members is frightening..." [
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favorited 1 time
10 months ago
