The Tawny Scrawny Lion was my first love.

I don't care what that naysayer upthread said, I love threads like this. One of the reasons I love Metafilter so much is because I get to read the opinions of so many other people.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 10:39 AM on August 4, 2008

Wow, that is amazing. Thanks for posting this. (And for bringing my attention to the fact that Nickyskye is back!)
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 9:43 AM on August 3, 2008

I have been following his health blog, but hadn't checked it in a few days. I knew he was growing weaker, but he was so upbeat, it was hard to imagine how close he was to dying. May I face my demise with as much grace. All my spare good vibes are beaming towards his family right now.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 11:35 AM on July 25, 2008

I have a faded scar (as do my brethren) from every major piece of playground equipment available to us in the late 70's, early 80's. Cracked my knee on the metal stairs of the slide on my haste to get up and over as fast as I could. I still bear the scar. Cracked my forehead trying with all my might to beat my friend Maria's record of "monkey swirls" (the budding gymnasts in us wanted so badly to believe the monkey bars were really the uneven bars at the Olympics) on the bars, when I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 4:17 PM on July 21, 2008

I want to know what the practice session was like the first time the pair in the last video tried that trick. Absolutely amazing.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 12:49 PM on July 11, 2008

Damn you, Matt. How can I viciously envy your travel rich life when you *choke* make me cry?
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 12:11 PM on June 27, 2008

I am not very familiar with Carlin's work, but one thing he said really stuck with me. I'll paraphrase: "I am a pragmatist, when people ask me if the glass is half full or half empty, I reply by telling them the glass is twice as large as it needs to be."
I heard that as a little kid, and that shit still cracks me up. It is how I respond when people ask me that very silly little question. I always cite him, though. I can't take credit for that gem myself.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 7:08 AM on June 23, 2008

RIP Lake Delton. Out of my hazy childhood memories, I recall the duck tour (and the jumping dog!). The duck driver/m.c. had us all look out the back of the duck boat at one point and fix our gaze on some distant object. After we all obediently did so, the driver said, "Great! now you can all tell your friends that you have had a look out of a duck's ass!" Everyone tittered, but my sister and I were shocked, just shocked that an adult could use a swear word so casually, and no one got... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 11:14 AM on June 10, 2008

Okay, maybe it's just me, but this curiosity occurred to me: what about when the women were menstruating? Same deal?
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 2:54 PM on June 7, 2008

That is a deeply weird ad campaign. I can't help but imagine the brainstorming session that came up with something so incredibly bizarre. It's not shocking, but deeply unsettling. And it's for Orangina, of all things.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 11:21 AM on May 23, 2008

Happy Dave, you made me spit on my keyboard.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 11:31 AM on May 15, 2008

Finally! Some good news. It brings a tear to my eye.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 11:08 AM on May 15, 2008

I have favorited all of the comments that made me laugh out loud. The phrase 'cockpunching', employed so skillfully by longbaugh above made tears run down my face. The internet represents both the worst and the best of humanity. Kudos to all of you for making my damn day.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 12:36 PM on April 23, 2008

I am going to nth the other people calling bullshit. Maybe I am too cynical, but this seems like a particularly sick April Fool's joke that she couldn't play on time. This can't be real.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 10:49 AM on April 17, 2008

I swear that somewhere I saw this news today claiming that he had also joined the Ministry of Funny Walks.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 3:57 PM on April 1, 2008

I'll nth the claim that what makes this video so super-special is the fact that mom never once blinks or cracks. I bet she has seen him practice that routine thousands of times. Why do I love you so, Chinese Hammer-Man? It's because your mom is so great to have raised a boy like you!
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 9:58 AM on March 30, 2008

I like what he said about how Cambodians feel like their body is just a home that they inhabit for a short period of time. When the house gets termites, it's time to move. What a guy. Classy to the very end.


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posted to MetaFilter by msali at 9:44 AM on March 30, 2008

The Soon to be Resurrected Lord approves of This Post.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 4:32 PM on March 21, 2008

Also, is the Onion going to be running these again?
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 4:32 PM on March 21, 2008

I don't get it. Is this something I should get? Because I don't.




Go Heels!
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 4:29 PM on March 21, 2008

Thanks y2karl. Great post. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed Latcho Drom and the like.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 7:10 AM on March 20, 2008

Bummer! Only got through the first page, when I click to continue story, I get a service unavailable notice. On the surface though, I am really touched by the gesture. Plus, the picture of a man with a pregnant belly is pretty wild.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 7:02 AM on March 20, 2008

Micayetoca, great post, thanks so much for finding so much English language material to share. More people need to understand what is happening, and how important this gesture is. Juanes es el Hombre.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 6:07 PM on March 16, 2008

Okay, just read the second article that Micayetoca posted from Semana.com, and how funny that the whole thing got started when Juanes was in the States! There's some irony in there somewhere, I just haven't found it yet...
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 6:20 PM on March 16, 2008

the logistics of the concert were just insane.

argh! how i wish to have been there.

I KNOW!?!?! RIGHT?!?! It truly was once in a lifetime, how amazing. Where the hell was Shakira?
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 6:55 PM on March 16, 2008

I can't even watch more than a minute of that. It certainly invokes the "Oh, HELL no!" reaction out of me.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 12:46 PM on March 16, 2008

Hmmmm... You know, I suspect that videos such as these will only continue to increase in number. We have been struggling to set down guidelines with our kid about what is cool and what is not cool to film. Then, once something has been filmed, what is cool to post on the web for others to see? I had not foreseen a circumstance such as this, wherein a surreptitiously placed cell phone camera can lead to the routing of an obviously unstable police officer. I guess I am going to have to put that on... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 5:23 PM on February 12, 2008

Blogs isn't a word? Bullshit! I call bullshit!
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 4:05 PM on January 17, 2008

Funnily enough, today I was looking up US state rankings in terms of mental health. Who are the happiest people in the United States? You might be surprised to find out. Who woulda thunk it?
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 4:02 PM on January 17, 2008

I am disturbed by the fact that I still LOVE their hair as much as I did when I was a little kid. The girl? With that pony-tail to the left side? It's all long and shiny? The way she whips that around so dramatically when she dances? Oooooooh! I totally wanted to be a Solid Gold Dancer. Still do. Their life is the stuff of dreams. This is the best post I have seen in a long time, and honestly? It's made what has been a tremendously sucky week into a wonderful one. Many thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 6:32 PM on January 12, 2008

Flickr is getting a massage?
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 6:20 PM on January 12, 2008

Well, CNN is now conceding the possibility that "Musharraf is responsible", based upon that Mark Siegal email. About damn time they got around to the theory of Musharraf culpability (or complicity) in her assassination. I hate Wolf Blitzer, but I can't turn it off!
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 5:34 PM on December 27, 2007

Late to the game, but, oh Christ, how I would have LOVED to do this. Because my friends are so far-flung and international in nature, it would have ONLY worked if I had someone sending cards from somewhere in rural Poland (mebbe back-country Nicaragua). Loved the idea. I woulda done it in a minute. Definitely an idea for an unusual Christmas gift for next year. I will be watching Ebay in November fo' sho'.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 4:05 PM on December 23, 2007

Why can't Metafilter be more like English Russia? They seem much cooler than we are. They do stuff. We just insult one another in increasingly clever ways, flame out, then drink too much at meetups. Why can't we have challenges? Staged photography? Maybe treasure hunts? Ooh! Ooh! Pickup basketball? Costume contests?
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 1:46 PM on December 18, 2007

How funny to see this posted. Just last week, while walking on UNC's campus, we came across our own local, previously unknown, a cappella group, the Achordants. They performed that exact same version of "The 12 days of Christmas", and "Africa", to boot. I know it seems really strange, but the arrangement was really quite lovely. Didn't hurt that it was a beautiful day, and they were playing in front of the Old Well at sunset.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 10:20 AM on December 13, 2007

How funny is it that the fetish feet (with built in vagina!) are out of stock? Is it a popular stocking stuffer this time of year? Get it? Stocking stuffer?!
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 10:10 AM on November 27, 2007

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posted to MetaFilter by msali at 7:48 AM on November 26, 2007

The only people who still think raves are worth attending are too young to know the only raves worth attending ceased to exist about fifteen years ago.
Fandango_matt, I can't help but agree with you, but the way you said it makes me feel really old.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 10:54 AM on November 19, 2007

The Maori one is truly inspired.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 10:17 AM on November 15, 2007

Could it have taken this long for the PC movement to make it to the Land of Oz? I really hope this is a joke, 'taking the piss out', as it were.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 10:06 AM on November 15, 2007

Ninja Tunes was also the soundtrack to my college years, BlackLeotardFront. I haven't ever had an allegiance to a label like I did to Ninja Tunes back in the nineties. I was very glad to see this post. Thanks!
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 3:11 PM on November 10, 2007

Gummo was the movie that I felt got left off that list. But a movie I saw most recently that freaked the bejeezus outta me was Tideland. The scene when the taxidermist lady tells the little girl to throw something valuable into her dead daddy's body before she sews him up is simply ghastly. Had a hard time shaking that one out of my head.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 12:26 PM on November 7, 2007

I am so happy I don't have to get on a plane for the holidays this year.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 2:26 PM on October 25, 2007

Our local state fair kicks off tomorrow. I haven't been planning on attending, but all of a sudden, I have such an urge to push myself one step closer to that impending heart attack. Fried guacamole! Genius! I hope someone in North Carolina does it this year.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 10:39 AM on October 11, 2007

I cannot accurately translate my frustration into written word. I am stuck on the park regulations and I feel like somebody whopped me upside the head with the stupid stick. Everybody's given spoilers for everyone else but meeeeeee.
*throws myself sobbing onto the couch*
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 2:49 PM on October 10, 2007

Triste y lamentable.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 10:01 AM on October 10, 2007

Oh man, loved this post. Thanks BB.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 10:10 AM on October 9, 2007

I am so amazed that no one has yet said the Grateful Dead! My first concert (with parental supervision) was the ever-fabulous George Michael (maybe playing with INXS? don't remember). But my first REAL concert was when I was sixteen, and my boyfriend and I went to a Grateful Dead concert, and had a classic 'dead' experience: we bought bunk acid off some fried old hippies, then spent the next three hours going, "Do you feel anything? I think I feel something!"
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 2:40 PM on October 2, 2007

Thanks for the post Klang, and special thanks to you MKB for pointing me in their blog's direction. I love the Bad Plus, I would love to see them live one day.
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 2:22 PM on October 2, 2007

I had assumed that of late, Ben Stein fell into that Lou Dobbs type populism category (at least in my head), providing his mildly avuncular opinions on my beloved Sunday Morning. I have always found him amusing (he was in one of the Very Best Movies of All time), how couldn't I? There has never been anything even the slightest bit threatening about him, nothing that would appear to suggest real awfulness (despite his conservatism, which I never did quite grasp) until now. WTF, Ben Stein? I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by msali at 7:54 AM on September 28, 2007