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Every day, once a day, give yourself a present.
For the record, Coop's advice to Sheriff Truman is "Everyday give yourself a gift. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just do it."
Close, but not quite. It is:
"Sheriff? I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just ... let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee."
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 1:34 PM on July 25, 2008
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Anger can make a man verbose
Hate to see how this child reacts if he ever encounters a real, adult, grown-up problem in the real, adult, grown-up world.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 5:19 AM on July 24, 2008
And for the snarkster saying 'Oh, grow up and find real problems to get upset about', this is the man's career you're talking about, and he's clearly a perfectionist. I'd imagine architects would get equally pissed off if someone changed the dimensions of the house they were building without telling them because they thought it looked better.
Whoop-te-doo, he's a perfectionist. Bully for him and his precious little ass. That doesn't excuse... [more]
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at 7:10 AM on July 24, 2008
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You are beautiful.
Nothing says self-worth and self-empowerment better than vandalism!
I wonder if the minimum wage folks who will spend their time and effort scraping these stickers off of things will feel beautiful while doing so.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 3:33 AM on July 24, 2008
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Cake Wrecks
All they need is for some woman to fart on them.
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at 5:06 PM on July 22, 2008
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Watchmen Trailer is Up. It's not good.
Smashing Pumpkins? Ick. This is a story that cried out for a Miles Davis soundtrack. Mournful and lonely and smoking a cigarette while the world goes to hell.
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at 4:13 PM on July 17, 2008
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Escaping the Amish
Yup, and interestingly, her blog is completely empty.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 5:47 AM on July 16, 2008
Part two would have been a good addition to this.
My guess is that Part Two will be Ferriss' extrapolation of the story to his "escape the cubicle" beat. This, to me, was the interesting part.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 6:36 AM on July 16, 2008
For those still interested, part 2 is now up.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 12:25 PM on July 17, 2008
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Great Civilizations of Ancient Worlds
Anyone else suspicious of all of this wealth of unattributed content? A little Googling reveals that this page is strikingly similar to this; likewise here and here, and here and here.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 5:31 AM on July 16, 2008
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Whackity schmackity doo, kids!
Not sure I understand the comparison to Conan O'Brien.
I believe they're both young whippersnappers that need to get off Pollo's lawn.
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at 5:21 AM on July 10, 2008
MeFi post:
Hindenburg Omen: Doom?
This kind of stock-market stat geekery always reminds me of biorhythms, or horoscopes. Or those guys you see in the lounge at the racetrack with huge binders of statistics and "proven systems" of picking winning horses.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 3:12 AM on July 7, 2008
MeFi post:
Candy bar cross-section ID quiz
See, Skor and Heath are functionally identical. Their mothers couldn't tell them apart. I'll tell you this, though - nothing in this world is better than a frozen Skor bar. Nothing.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 8:53 PM on June 27, 2008
What does freezing do to a Skor bar? I can't imagine the texture changing much, since it's already hard toffee.
Makes it really, really cold, which enhances the flavor, like, a crazy amount.
My dad worked in foodservice, so there were always big boxes of food in our house - and in the downstairs freezer there was always a 48-count box of Skor bars. I ate more than my fair share of those as a boy, a fact which I credit/blame... [more]
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at 4:40 AM on July 2, 2008
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We salute you, General Hammond
RIP Major Briggs. I always believed that character would have taken center stage if the show had been allowed a third season.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 3:01 AM on July 2, 2008
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Well, That Took Balls...
I am currently pouring vodka on an open wound on my arm while singing that song at the end of "Portal." I'm wearing a union jack, and nailed to my forehead is a picture of a lolkitten morphed into a photo of the pope.
It's performance art. WHERE'S MY GOD DAMNED GRANT MONEY???!?
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 5:45 PM on June 18, 2008
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Found Feet
Part of me has a sick feeling that this is a viral ad campaign. I sure hope not, but it wouldn't surprise me.
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at 1:14 PM on June 18, 2008
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Spoiler Alert.
I'm clearly in the minority on this one, but I thought this movie was quite good. The first ten minutes are ridiculously tense - no preamble, it just STARTS. And I was mystified by the I09 piece, which skewers it as an intelligent design movie. If anything, this movie puts forth a world with neither a place nor a need for a creator.
That said, his films exist in a world of their own. My wife and I have made a point of seeing each of his movies on opening night, and we've... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 3:12 AM on June 18, 2008
Did anyone else notice that they went out of their way in the previews to make sure you had no idea John Leguizamo was in the movie?
Not really - they showed his suicide scene in the R-rated version of the trailer.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 6:30 AM on June 18, 2008
Also, I would like to know more of the old lady's story. Why is she crazy? Why does she live all alone in the middle of nowhere? What's with the adult-sized doll? Shamalama's next movie should be all about her.
See, this is one of the things I think he does really, really well: he drops enough clues to make you curious about plot points and try to fill in the blanks yourself. For a brief moment, we see an old yellowed photo on the mantle of a young... [more]
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at 12:07 PM on June 18, 2008
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Everyone is an Expert on Something
Just like Profnet, this looks like it relies on the quality of the journalist in checking their facts - anybody can pay a fee to be listed in one of those big "book of experts," too. Good writers know to check up on the people they're quoting, and bad writers weren't doing that before, anyway.
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at 11:57 AM on June 18, 2008
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Orange junk.
Man, Fark's got this awesome new skin that makes it look exactly like Metafilter.
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at 4:20 AM on June 13, 2008
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"Changes in my cervix throughout the month"
And then - here's one of the really amazing things - a baby can be forced through there, and everybody is usually all the better for it. Ditto on the "human bodies are incredible" sentiment, both overt and implied.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 3:00 PM on June 5, 2008
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Insert Office Space Jokes here. Or don't.
Any context for this? Any idea what kind of office this is, what the guy's story is? Lost fan who felt the fourth season finale raised more questions than it answered?
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 5:33 PM on June 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Do the Uke!
A buddy of mine is a ukulele enthusiast - he's always sending me Youtube videos of really amazing performances. Evidently, this is a really vibrant subculture full of some really talented people. (This is him, BTW.)
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 5:20 PM on June 3, 2008
(Crap, forgot the link)
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 5:20 PM on June 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Crap, I'm hungry.
jonmc will be here all week, ladies and germs. Be sure to tip your waiters!
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at 5:58 PM on June 2, 2008
MeFi post:
Poor mans version of a Mac (Hey, at at least it works)
Why do they do it? Because they have a fetish for the brand. Why do people buy a Moleskine for $15 when they could write in a 50 cent composition book? Because it makes them feel a certain way to connect with a brand. Fostering that connection is the holy grail of retail.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 5:15 AM on May 23, 2008
Or maybe because it's excellent hardware, running the best implementation of desktop UNIX ever created, and it's widely considered the best platform for audio, video and graphic design, not to mention infinitely more enjoyable to use than Windows machines for just plain old everyday web browsing and email?
The fact that a person who can write with a pencil knows that a Moleskine can serve the same purpose as a thrifted notebook is a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 5:42 AM on May 23, 2008
