FWIW, Emily also has a list, as does some guy named Craig.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:51 PM on July 21, 2008

I prefer to be on Santa's list.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:53 PM on July 21, 2008

I always thought I would look good in a codpiece.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:39 PM on July 21, 2008

^Did I say that out loud?

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*crickets*
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:40 PM on July 21, 2008

I use what I thought was a great password for every site I register on, but last month I found out my sister and my father use the same one. Fail.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 6:49 PM on July 20, 2008

I feel cold and empty inside. I'm worried I might have stared at the holeface babies for too long and had some of the life force sucked out of me. Maybe I just spent too much time watching the Grace Jones video posted last week.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 12:40 PM on July 19, 2008

Only the Jews, NetizenKen. Only the Jews.

Not according to Mel Gibson.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 11:51 AM on July 19, 2008

um.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:10 AM on July 19, 2008

Someone should figure out how to integrate the site with MeFi meetup planning.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 11:20 PM on July 15, 2008

Someone told me there's a fantastic Hungarian bakery or coffee shop near me (W. 107th & Broadway in Manhattan--anyone know of it?) Can't wait to check it out.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 5:53 PM on July 13, 2008

I enjoy being gay, because it's a fun thing to do.
posted by Bromius at 7:26 PM on July 13 [+] [!]

Because it's fun and it makes it acceptable to listen to Claudette Colbert, Marlene Dietrich, and Madeleine Peyroux sing La Vie En Rose in the same 24 hour stretch.
;)
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 5:33 PM on July 13, 2008

I'm willing to bet that far more people give bisexuality 'a go' than publicly talk about it or proclaim themselves 'bisexual.'

Haven't Alfred Kinsey and Howard Stern already done the leg work to prove this?
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 5:48 PM on July 13, 2008

The Bridge
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 12:05 PM on July 7, 2008

I apologize to myself for wasting my time watching that video.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 4:06 PM on June 22, 2008

Thanks so much for this, Ubu. I teach elementary school and I use Wild Things every year to teach adjectives and setting. The kids love describing the monsters and they giggle and Oooo through the whole story. After we read it, they use craft supplies to create their own monsters. I secretly name the ugliest monster creations after Republican politicians, reserving Orrin Hatch and Sam Brownback for only the most atrocious of beasts.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 8:41 AM on June 10, 2008

As the most charming of princes.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 9:08 PM on May 29, 2008

Most teachers that I know -- and I know a lot of them -- are pretty tired of hearing the "can, do, can't teach" equation. For the most part, they are people who are very good at what they do, and what they do is teach. It is a craft in and of itself, and it's what they've chosen to do with their lives, despite the financial disincentives and the lack of respect they know comes with the job.

Thanks for defending us, Killick. People have... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 4:10 PM on May 21, 2008

P.S. I'm sprinkling you with my atheist sparkles right now.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 4:12 PM on May 21, 2008

Please, fellow gays, lets have none of these.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 3:45 PM on May 15, 2008

My student loan debt is accumulating so quickly, you'd think Bush was the one taking out the loans.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 2:21 PM on May 11, 2008

My mother would never forgive me for giving her an orchid for Mother's Day. She likes gaudy, shiny, totally over-the-top crap.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 3:39 PM on May 8, 2008

This would never work with my tone deaf family and friends. Amy would promptly demand an annulment.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 3:18 PM on May 4, 2008

This wouldn't be such a novelty if gay marriage was legalized.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 3:20 PM on May 4, 2008

I don't think any man of honor would be caught dead doing that.

I'd do it, but that's because I have no honor to defend.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 8:21 PM on May 4, 2008

Yes, it truly was a very pleasing video.

Its pleasingness gave me a happy ending.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:19 AM on May 3, 2008

you might as well have put Prey for Rock and Roll, Pootie Tang and Showgirls on there

Don't forget J. Lo's tour de force performance in Gigli.

And I always cry when I watch Britney Spear's movie, Crossroads. Not-a-girl-not-yet-a-woman searches for her birth mother while bonding with girlfriends in a convertible.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 8:48 PM on May 2, 2008

I *heart* Bill Moyers.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 6:57 PM on April 28, 2008

marihuana. heh heh.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 8:50 PM on April 20, 2008

Libraries are desperate to stay relevant and this is one way to get teen body count. If teens grow up thinking the library is an institution that's archaic and irrelevant, they're not going to be library supporters as adults. Libraries now lend music and movies, mostly as a way to increase circulation and draw people in. They have to evolve to meet the needs of the community. If a city council sees low circ. numbers, they'll be more apt to cut funding when money is tight because they'll... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 8:11 AM on April 17, 2008

The world's smallest cellphone at 4 mins, 30 secs.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 4:50 PM on April 14, 2008

All atoll aficionados (both of them) would love The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost, a travelogue of one man's 2-year stay on the Tarawa Atoll (a miserable place to live by any standard of measure).
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:22 PM on April 6, 2008

Where are the screencaps of the august anchors of Naked News?
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 9:44 AM on March 30, 2008

This person watches Fox. Many people who watch Fox are Republicans. Therefore, this person is a Republican.

This person is a Republicans. Many Republicans support the war. Therefore, this person supports the war.

Syllogisms. Bah!
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 9:47 AM on March 30, 2008

Taking an interest in exercise is surely the way to woo a librarian. Master these moves and s/he'll be yours forever.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 9:03 PM on March 29, 2008

Oh. My. Lord.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 1:55 PM on March 29, 2008

I thought the only reason men go to strip clubs is to see the beef patty. At least that's what Tracy Morgan said on Howard Stern.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 8:16 PM on March 28, 2008

I think Barbara Walters hired the same dream team to do all her publicity shots and film her Oscar specials.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 3:14 PM on March 25, 2008

With the cost of health care skyrocketing and heath insurance companies using any means possible to deny coverage, a health crisis can land any working/middle class person in the poorhouse and possibly on the street.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 11:20 PM on March 23, 2008

A rising tide does not life all boats. Many, many people stayed poor in the Clinton boom.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 11:26 PM on March 23, 2008

This post is as thin as air.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 11:20 PM on March 20, 2008

Jesus was a capitalist?
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:25 AM on March 16, 2008

I always had this theory that the best way to sell something is to market it to Christians and get them to glom onto it. An endorsement from a televangelist is like getting on Oprah's Favorite Things list. As of October 2006, The Purpose Driven Life had sold 24,000,000 copies. If you can make it seem like your product is endorsed by The Almighty, you're good as gold.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:30 AM on March 16, 2008

We all could learn a lot from that dolphin.

I once released a caged dove into the sky at a wedding reception. Do I get credit for that?
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:16 AM on March 16, 2008

It was just ordering them to abort the botched invasion plan! They'll be back...

Yep. First it was the Bay of Pigs. Now it's dolphins and whales. What will they think of next? Flying monkeys?
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:23 AM on March 16, 2008

Daniel Schorr discussed this on NPR this morning. When soldiers are surrounded by an unfamiliar culture, they begin to see everything as a threat.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 8:59 AM on March 16, 2008

Obama's chief speechwriter is Jon Favreau, a wee 26-year-old.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 12:55 PM on February 18, 2008

How can creationism be peer reviewed? How can creationism be researched? Creationists reject modern science methods and techniques because they all point to evolution. So what scientific methods can creationists use that can be reproduced in a lab?
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 11:00 AM on February 3, 2008

Nothing beats Mexican hot chocolate with a little dash of cayenne or Tabasco mixed in. Mmm.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:56 AM on February 3, 2008

Love Beirut. They were in LA a few months ago and the opening act act was one of the members of his band. I think they are all in a few bands and each of the band members plays backup in the others' bands.
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:51 AM on February 3, 2008

I never have time to find good music. Beirut was recommended to me by a friend.

If I like Beirut and Jose Gonzalez, what else might I enjoy?
posted to MetaFilter by HotPatatta at 10:54 AM on February 3, 2008