I'm the Viper -- and I've come to vipe your vindows!

That one?
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 2:14 AM on June 29, 2008 marked best answer

(Set it up with some poor schmuck getting an increasingly threatening sequence of phone calls from a rust-throated man of indeterminate central European origin. "The Viper is coming, two o'clock." "The Viper is coming, one hour." "The Viper is coming, be there in moments." Etc.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 2:21 AM on June 29, 2008

What's On When.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 5:17 PM on May 12, 2008 marked best answer

The Sarah P. Duke Gardens (Duke University, Durham, NC) are stunning. Especially on a warm, humid early evening in late spring. Totally free and just a couple minutes off of I85/ I40.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:07 PM on April 14, 2008

Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler is truly excellent.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:01 AM on January 13, 2008

Last week, I has a suit and a shirt made at Sam's in Tsim Sha Tsui. The shirt was HK$350 and fit beautifully, if a little loose in the cuff. Now, Sam may not be the absolute best tailor in HK, but you can't argue with a 2-day turnaround at a little over US$40. Once he has your measurements, you can order by email. And during the fitting he kept giving me cans of San Miguel, which was a nice touch.

(Interestingly, when you exit the MTR at TST Station and make your way... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:48 PM on November 24, 2007

The closest I can get is Durham, NC. Kathryn at Dogstar. Check this one out. And, not white, but one of my favorites. I have a sizable and pretty intricate grayscale piece that she did years ago, and it has help up exceptionally well. She's good.

Also, call Morgan at American Classic in Athens. I'm pretty sure he doesn't work in whites, but he'll know someone in the area who does.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 9:55 PM on October 26, 2007

The Backstage Handbook the indispensable survey of technical theater arts. Though not exhaustive, there is nothing quite like it. I don't really work in the field any more, but even in my dopey higher-ed job I reference it every now and then.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 9:51 PM on October 14, 2007

...is the indispensable survey...

For theater generally, I'd have to go with The Empty Space by Peter Brook.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 10:04 PM on October 14, 2007

Taschen?
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 2:13 PM on October 6, 2007

Two older ladies were heard chatting over lunch. One says to the other, "So Harold brought a dozen long-stemmed roses home last night. You know what that means? I'm going to spend all weekend with my legs in the air."

The other lady ponders this for a moment and finally says, "Why? Don't you have a vase?"
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 7:39 PM on June 26, 2007

The Devil Came Up to Michigan by K.M.C. Kru
The Devil Went Down to Scunthorpe by the Toy Dolls
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 7:16 PM on June 20, 2007

Yeah, that Army Navy Surplus is an Uncle Sam's branch, and I don't care too much for them. Much better is Dave's, on 6th ave between 16th and 17th. I just bought some brand new cotton ripstop 3/4 camos there for twenty bucks. They have a good selection and very friendly service.

If yo're in W'burgh, your answer is Pop's Popular Clothing on Franklin at Meserole, right at the Greenpoint border. Their selection is hit-and-miss, and they specialize in irregulars, but... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 10:05 PM on June 8, 2007

Másfél. Soilent Green. Crass. Melt Banana. sunn O))). Ruins. Painkiller. Dillinger Escape Plan.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 9:40 PM on June 5, 2007

...I'm sorry. I, too, did not catch the [more inside] part. Please disregard.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 9:56 PM on June 5, 2007

Why limit oneself? Obtain several dozen airplane (i.e. 50ml) bottles of assorted hooches, and crack one open with each new story.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:42 PM on June 3, 2007 marked best answer

There was a fairly lengthy Turkish massage scene in Maichael Palin's Pole to Pole. Might that be it?

Budapest is also a good place for this sort of treatment. I had my limbs rearranged at Széchenyi, and highly recommend it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:37 PM on June 2, 2007

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, birthplace of the USS Monitor and home to untold kielbasy, has streets A-O in alphabetical order: Ash, Box, Calyer, Dupont, Eagle, Freeman, Green, Huron, India, Java, Kent, [Greenpoint Ave], Milton, Noble, Oak. Greenpoint Avenue used to be Lincoln Street up until the middle 1800s, so there you go.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:19 AM on May 21, 2007

...Clay, not Calyer.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:29 AM on May 21, 2007

An antique Maelzel metronome. You can find them on eBay for around $40.

An original ash-glaze bowl from master potter Ben Owen III.

A brass monocular with a nice patina and some provenance.

The Backstage Handbook together with the Rigging Handbook.

A well-made pair of Japanese geta.

A government-surplus marine sextant.

A... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:52 PM on May 18, 2007 marked best answer

Groups or soloists? Fast recent ensembles that feature banjo: Split Lip Rayfield, The Meat Purveyors, The Hillbilly Gypsies
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 2:09 PM on May 13, 2007

[Oops, TMP was mandolin, not banjo. The bluegrass done made me light-headed.]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 2:14 PM on May 13, 2007

In addition to all the above, here's a trick: Every other day or so, at varying times for maximum exposure, make a post on Craigslist (in the Housing Wanted section) describing exactly what you want. Tell a bit about yourself, the kind of place you're looking for, your time frame, and a range you'd like to pay. Be completely honest. I've found three apartments that way, including my current, which is ridiculously huge and awesome.

Do it regularly from now until crunch... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 9:20 PM on May 2, 2007

Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting: Reel Jobs (formerly known as The List). Provides good insight into upcoming shoots.

Village Voice: Arts and The Calendar (which can be drilled down to your liking).
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 11:02 PM on April 27, 2007 marked best answer

Seconding World/Inferno. They get out to the west coast about once a year.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 6:09 PM on April 15, 2007

Subhumans - All Gone Dead
Circle Jerks - Live Fast, Die Young
Flux of Pink Indians - Tapioca Sunrise
The Weirdos - We Got the Neutron Bomb
Discharge - Pretty much every track on WHY?
The Jam - Wasteland

Bad Religion has a few, such as Atomic Garden and The... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 9:06 AM on April 4, 2007

My long-distance casual shoe of choice is the Mechanix Wear M-70 Pit Shoe. I just retired a pair after five years -- two of which I spent living in and hiking around Scotland. Wore them pretty much every day. Engineered for pit crews, they grip the ground and look good when they're dirty. Not monochrome, but I would recommend them to anyone who's on his or her feet a lot.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 7:21 AM on March 22, 2007

Back off man, I'm a scientist.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 9:04 PM on February 20, 2007

I got a lot out of Bootstrap: Lessons Learned Building a Successful Company from Scratch by Ken Hess. It's essentially a narrative about Ken's founding and growing a software company, very well detailed and packed full of useful advice. Not especially humorous, but well worth a read.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:23 AM on January 21, 2007

What immediately springs to mind is a drag-and-drop operation. It's a logical and sexy way of maintaining a persistent state between selections. Should be relatively straightforward with JS/ AJAX, too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 11:50 AM on January 7, 2007

All of California and Everyone Who Lives There Stinks, by the World/Inferno Friendship Society.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:08 AM on November 20, 2006

There are a couple ways to approach this.

1. Arrange a backers' audition independent of any fringe framework soon after the current NYC run ends. Really soon, in fact -- try to carry the momentum through. With an unknown company, it may be hard to get backers (i.e. producers and arts management companies) to attend; persistence is the key.

2. Hit up a couple of arts management companies in the UK -- the smaller ones that tend to handle fringe... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 1:15 PM on August 24, 2006 marked best answer

By the way, fantastic, no need to put Fringe in quotes -- FringeNYC is very Fringey, regardless of CAFF pedantry. By CAFF standards, Edinburgh doesn't even qualify as a Fringe, and it's the Fringiest. Of course, this may have nothing to do with your objection at all, in which case I apologize.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 1:20 PM on August 24, 2006

Seven Deadly Sins by Flogging Molly. "The moon is full, and so are we. Seven drunken pirates, we're the seven deadly sins!"

Maybe a little too rousing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 11:15 AM on August 5, 2006

Probably Marisol by José Rivera.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 3:31 PM on August 3, 2006

...oops
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 3:32 PM on August 3, 2006

Wikipedia.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 9:53 AM on July 11, 2006

Pat Benatar all the way. Love Is a Battlefield, Shadows of the Night, Invincible.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 10:00 AM on July 3, 2006

A colleague pointed out this tutorial, which looks like it covers all the basics of a small Flash website.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 10:49 AM on June 20, 2006

Ferenc Gyurcsány, the Prime Minister of Hungary, is a blogger of some note. Not US or UK, but he is the Prime Minister and all.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 8:11 AM on June 13, 2006

Buffalo has quite a few intersting examples, if you ever find yourself in the greater Niagra region.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 3:44 PM on June 7, 2006

Interestingly, there was a comment about this in the "body tricks" thread.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 1:21 PM on June 6, 2006

There are some interesting ones here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 12:09 PM on June 3, 2006

I haven't used it myself, but find the idea behind CouchSurfing pretty interesting.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 1:47 AM on May 30, 2006

Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age: From Method to Metaphor by Richard Coyne is quite good, and densely packed. Full disclosure: I know him.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 4:41 AM on May 20, 2006

Might be some help in this thread. And I read somewhere that they sell gag versions at the gift shop at Harry Caray's Restaurant in Chicago; unfortunately, they're not listed on the gift shop web site. If you can somehow find a pic in which you can read what's stamped on the arm there, that might make searching a little easier.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 10:01 AM on May 19, 2006

Heh...I just realized that you were the one that asked that question. Sorry.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 10:02 AM on May 19, 2006

You'll want to keep an ear open for gigs at C-Squat. Word is they're renovating, so I have no idea about schedule. Saturday Matinees at ABC No Rio are excellent for hc/ grind/ crust stuff. Squat culture in NYC isn't like what you see in Europe (or even other parts of the US for that matter), but there are other things that fill the gap.

The passing of the Sweetwater Tavern left a bit of a hole in the scene. But there are always decent shows around. Go see any of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 12:25 PM on May 17, 2006

Also check out the info at Scotland Is the Place. After a year of study, you can stay two extra years on the Fresh Talent Initiative, and then it's rather easy to switch to another visa class. Scotland needs young workers, so they're streamlining the immigration process. (I'm here via a tangentially related program. It's all very simple, and there is a lot of grant/ scholarship money available.)... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 1:18 AM on May 8, 2006

If you find yourself in Park Slope (as per extrabox's suggestion), stop by Brooklyn Superhero Supply. It's utterly unique, and great for gifts.
posted to Ask Metafilter by milquetoast at 12:22 AM on May 4, 2006