Yeah, Norton Juster (Hampshire College represent!) wasn't a fan of the movie at all JUSTER: It was done as a full-length animated feature film by MGM. With live scenes. Live beginning and end. And when you go through the tollbooth is when it turned into animation. It was a film I never liked. I don't think they did a good job on it. It's been around for a long time. It was well reviewed, which also made me angry. And for some reason, I don't know why, they never put it... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 5:14 PM on October 6, 2008

The Full Movie link is for the traditional "A Christmas Carol." Am I missing something?

No I think I may have been confused. A search for Levitow and Christmas Carol got me to that video which, oddly, Levitow also worked on, though only as a guest artist and not as a director.
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 9:38 PM on October 6, 2008

Gibson, Mel, films produced?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 11:57 AM on October 5, 2008

Gleeking!
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 3:52 PM on October 5, 2008

Neuticles.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 6:57 PM on October 5, 2008

Yew-View-La!
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 7:08 AM on October 6, 2008

Gorillas in the Mister Bungle
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 1:23 PM on October 6, 2008

Storming Heaven 17.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 2:10 PM on October 6, 2008

Yo La TenGo Tell it on the Mountain
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 2:35 PM on October 6, 2008

Ozomatli Crüe
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 4:31 PM on October 6, 2008

Oh wait, Ozomatli Fool Personal Finance Workbooks?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 4:32 PM on October 6, 2008

Fun is not always inversely proportional to thread length.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 5:59 PM on October 6, 2008

xcellent!

* taps fingertips together *
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 8:40 PM on October 6, 2008

Can we not register 'worstoftheweb.com' or 'deleterfilter.com' and make these threads searchable...

It's a free internet, you can aways build this. We don't have any incentive to do it as an official site project.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 5:55 PM on October 6, 2008

- a really robust search/browse toolset that puts all other web searches to shame
- everyone gets five images per year to use as they see fit
- user-customizeable CSS
- follow-up filter feature in AskMe
- a way to easily link to previous discussions on the exact same topic in MeTa [not for deletion purposes but just "hey this is what the discussion looked like last time we talked about this, fyi]
- a way to zap people with electricity in MetaTalk
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 10:41 AM on October 5, 2008

If I could only chuck them into a saved draft along with some notes, I could put the post together piecemeal when I've got a few minutes.

You might consider using gmail for this, I sometimes make drafts of whateverthehell there. Pretty simple. I don't mean to be all "here's a workaround for something we're not likely to build" but it's a decent option.

I would dearly like the ability to edit my comment... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 11:27 AM on October 5, 2008

I too, really do find this place tending toward a den of sexual prudery

See I really feel that there's prudery which is "I like things pretty vanilla and if you don't you're some sort of deviant/perv/bad person" but then there's the same sort of intolerance which is "I like things kinky and if you don't you're just repressed/prudish/uptight" Neither one is really very useful.

I understand that there is sort of a reaction... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 12:19 PM on October 5, 2008

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST], let's talk....
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 1:47 PM on October 5, 2008

If I could change one thing, it would be to make the default home page have a more professional white background

Do you not know about the simple style sheet? It does this. I use it. It's great.

Anyway, a place to suggest site changes, features or improvements, without all the stuff that a MeTa thread entails.

This is the contact form, pretty much. As much as we're open to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 2:39 PM on October 5, 2008

I'm not asking for a total ban on snark (I'm mean myself, sometimes, especially in response to the same), but responding to somebody's extensive comment or FPP with "lol here's a lazy one-liner in which I try to make you look bad" is lame, and it's eventually going to kill the site. People won't bother to work on creating quality FPPs and comments if this is their reward.

I hate it too. So, what I do is never engage in it (there are a few MeTa... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 2:44 PM on October 6, 2008

[i fixed my own typo and made an fpp about littering as penance]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 4:08 PM on October 6, 2008

This will vary a little bit depending on whether you have insurance and what you have. My insurance, for example, does not make me get a referral to see a psych. doctor. I can just go for a certain amount of visits and it will be covered. Figure this out in advnace because nothing makes you more anxious like unforseen medical bills if you're me.

step 1: figure out what your insurance will cover

step 2: either go to psych doctor [as yourself: do... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 1:50 PM on October 6, 2008

Vermont has the second smallest population in the country with the 43rd smallest area and still has seven pages of dead spots. Why am I not surprised?
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 1:31 PM on October 6, 2008

[lulz removed, please tell me you are not surprised]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 10:58 AM on October 6, 2008

Not to be all "your favorite porn sucks" but is this post anything but a rehash of the Yahoo News/Hindustani Times article?

For example, the forums have stuff that I wouldn't think I'd see in most porn site forums, the SWEAT STAINED BHABHIS thread for example. Or possibly the controversy it has (maybe) started in India. Or the fact that its readership is 85% Indian and the comic itself is available in desi.

Otherwise it just seems like... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 10:31 AM on October 6, 2008

[comment removed - please keep this from being a "fuck you, no fuck YOU" thread about the election. If you have issues with a particular poster, MetaTalk or email are your options. If you hate everyone here, you are welcome to not be here.]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 9:55 AM on October 6, 2008

here's the elitist pic.

[ʃaˈ na toˈ va]

SHA-nah TOE-vah. Yes?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 5:51 PM on October 3, 2008

You can sort of tell I learned to talk by reading the internet, huh?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 9:36 AM on October 6, 2008

The October Country is what I would read as well as Little Big which covers an awful lot of time but just feels like Autumn. If you're looking for a good survey of titles you might also want to check the Autumn tag on Library Thing. It's a little scattershot (and full of kid books) but can maybe spark some ideas.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 8:40 AM on October 6, 2008

[a few comments removed -- this is not a referendum on abortion. Please address the OP's quetion or take it to metatalk or email. thank you.]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 6:49 AM on October 6, 2008

[fixed FPP typo]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 6:46 AM on October 6, 2008

[a few comments removed - take your threesome jokes elsewhere, thanks.]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 9:03 PM on October 5, 2008

I travel maybe 20 times per year for business stuff and using kayak.com to find tickets -- slightly lamer now that American Airlines isn't included -- and orbitz to actually book them [SMS updates about delays and etc. Kayak.com's sliders allow you to adjust the flight lists in real time when you change stuff like "I don't want to leave home before 10 am" or "what are my options if I choose to look at other nearby airports?" and sort the list by things like total trip length. For the sort of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 7:41 PM on October 5, 2008

blue_beetle is pretty spot on. As much as I love anarchy I wouldn't try to invoke it with a borderline self-link. I think people have given you some good dieas at how else to get the word out but a direct post to MeFi is probably not the right way. You can always go put it in your profile and we can go peek at it.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 2:47 PM on October 3, 2008

My peephole also opened in 1968. 9 months after the summer of love, baby.

Ditto, except I am from the Winter of Love which should surprise nobody.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 7:05 PM on October 5, 2008

Yeah I think unbanning after further light of day reflection is in order.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 11:41 AM on October 5, 2008

Could we maybe get an overall policy clarification on this? Thanks.

Generally speaking, the zero tolerance approach to self-linkery is because really almost all the time when it happens it's people being fuckers and we're okay with the very rare "oh, this wasn't what we thought it was, okay we'll unban you..." situation like this is.

I don't know anything about Blogcritics so I can't speak to that case, but if you're worried... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 2:22 PM on October 5, 2008

It's can be very frustrating to try to figure out what's permitted

I sympathize, and at the same time we're loathe to make specific rules about this because we'd be afraid it would keep out more content than it would allow because people were over-vigilant. The general rule is: if you're not sure, ask one of the mods or send it to the contact form.

Unless we think you're an SEO spammer the worst that happens otherwise is we... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 3:48 PM on October 5, 2008

yeah, we won't let you. sorry.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 6:53 PM on October 5, 2008

[replaced the fpp link with a better one per smackfu's suggestion]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 6:52 PM on October 5, 2008

[took the derail out, please take that issue to MeTa and/or email and answer the question being asked or feel free to ask the OP further questions, thanks]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 2:53 PM on October 5, 2008

All of those people left of their own accord, yeah.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 7:43 PM on October 3, 2008

Oh and this is as good a time as any to mention that we've gone seven days without a banning for the first time in "time since a banning" records have been kept.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 7:46 PM on October 3, 2008

And it's Saturday night, so they're all obviously tied up with their busy social lives.

Huh?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 9:36 PM on October 4, 2008

It would say "Moustache Rides 10¢. For you, free."
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 5:18 PM on October 3, 2008 marked best answer

People don't use the player as much as RSS, is my suspicion and the counter only counts people that use the inline player.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 6:15 AM on October 3, 2008

[a few comments removed -- early "so what??" threadshitting isn't really a great way to not derail FPPs - metatalk is always your option.]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 6:12 AM on October 3, 2008

Looks like it's time to convert Metafilter to one big wiki.

We did that for April Fools once.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 8:53 PM on October 2, 2008

Tinnitus can make all sorts of sounds and swooshing is not out of the question but you may have inner ear inflammation which is different from congestion but could also be responsible. My anecdotal evidence about tinnitus is a few things.

- anxiety about tinnitus is almost worse than the tinnitus itself and can exacerbate the sensations
- noise masking [white noise stuff] is very helpful for stuff like sleeping
- it is most likely that even if you... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 8:37 PM on October 2, 2008 marked best answer

No, no it's not.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 7:07 PM on October 2, 2008