MeFi comment:
"2. It's bad taste, at a minimum, to speculate about the death of a healthy VP candidate, whether this election has parallels to the show or not.
Is it then also bad taste to speculate about the death of a President in terms of his choice of an..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by merelyglib, jpdoane
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Consider the Lobster, by David Foster Wallace, Gourmet Magazine, August, 2004 (pdf)
Transcription of the 2005 Kenyon Commencement Address - May 21, 2005
NYT : Review on the publication of Infinite Jest - March 3, 1996
Interview with David..." [
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favorited 25 times, recently by matteo, Elsa, SoftRain, salvia, mokujin, bluishorange, slogger, gyusan, nushustu, Dormant Gorilla, smich, Cyrano, These Premises Are Alarmed, Hat Maui, davar, gen, miss-lapin, mecran01, crossoverman, sparkletone, plexi, mustcatchmooseandsquirrel, marlys, lodurr, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Also, check to see if your store has a "sell today" section in the meat department. My grocery stores always deeply discount meat that has to be sold today or tomorrow or be thrown out. If you shop daily, like I do, and are willing to keep..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The haul included a $30,000 watch, a $20,000 ring, a necklace valued at $5,000, earrings priced at $4,000 and a Prada belt valued at $1,000, police said.
And you say this thief was a woman?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, msali
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"A conversation with David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Franzen, and Mark Leyner, Charlie Rose, 05/17/1996/. A conversation about the future of fiction in the information age with David Foster Wallace, author of "Jest", Jonathan Franzen, author..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by nickyskye, bluishorange, nushustu, signalandnoise, stbalbach, sociology, FissionChips, waxbanks, smich, moxiedoll
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"So, let me get this straight... This is a website that collects the email addresses of people most likely to forward viral junk to all their friends and loved ones? If I were an email marketer, I'd probably be willing to pay an awful lot of money to..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by shitcock, darkstar, cj_, Blazecock Pileon
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Seriously? Is it that difficult, or that much of an inconvenience, to forego the unborn baby twitter feeds, knowing that many of us out there have been unborn babies?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ekstasis23, Caduceus
Last month
MeFi post:
An yll wynde that blowth no man to good.
favorited 18 times, recently by mediareport, X4ster, dlanznar, P.o.B., dejah420, steef, Korou, Burritos Inc., KAS, robtf3, greta simone, nickyskye, aldus_manutius, shothotbot, Mr Stickfigure, eustatic, yertledaturtle, jeffburdges
Last month
MeFi comment:
"America is a big place but it's not big enough to share with people like you.
It's possible to be intolerant to other people's points of view, no matter which nationality you adopt...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, humannaire
Last month
MeFi comment:
"none of them received the sort of shit I got!
Did it ever occur to you that it could just be you that they're reacting to?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jonmc
Last month
MeTa comment:
"So we're reduced to this sort of chicanery in order to drum up interest in one of the more popular and populous cities for Mefi gatherings? I shudder to think what kind of stunt post the Idaho contingent is going to have to pull for their next meetup...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hhc5
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Better late than never, but I want to retract and apologize for my suggestion that Amy Goodman got herself arrested on purpose as some kind of publicity stunt. I guess I was feeling especially cynical that day...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by waraw
Last month
MeTa comment:
"That thread has more executive experience than all three of the other threads, combined!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wendell
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I keep wondering if I'm going to get in trouble for this...
I would think they'd have a little trouble disciplining you if you were pointing a 80 millisecond Mona Lisa gun at them...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Leon, aeschenkarnos
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Aww shoot, my first search didn't return anything, but I now see this post is a double going back two years ago.
Luckily, time can also be reversed...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Wolof
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Didn't a similar situation happen at the '68 RNC in Chicago? Didn't the protest turn violent, and the police reacted with violence in return? And then, as now, didn't anarchists and fringe groups start making bullshit moves for their own agendas?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lupus_yonderboy, quonsar
Last month
MeFi comment:
"You guys don't think she went down to the police line, videographer in tow, with the intention of getting arrested, so she could reap all this publicity, do you?
Geraldo Rivera would be proud...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by quonsar
Last month
MeFi comment:
"what isn't a "security issue", these days?
This isn't anything new, and these guys shouldn't be surprised that they got busted, and I don't have a lot of sympathy for them. Pulling the tiger's tail is a risky proposition. If this were..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Mblue, davidmsc
Last month
MeFi comment:
"That was a surprisingly classy ad from McCain. It's too bad our collective appetite for partisan snark and mudslinging can't let the rest of the campaign season progress at that level permanently...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by davidmsc
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Oh, as for the foods that was great when I was a kid, but now I wonder how I could have eaten it now...
Hostess Fruit Pies -- a thin layer of fruit filling, surrounded by tasteless dough, and thick layer of sugar.
Wax Teeth -- proof that kids..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by annathea
Last month
MeFi post:
signage from a bygone era
favorited 13 times, recently by manguero, dejah420, Rarebit Fiend, ZenMasterThis, es_de_bah, the.carol.baxter.experience, Jasper Friendly Bear, flapjax at midnite, dersins, Mick, Eekacat, Fiasco da Gama, acro
Last month
MeFi comment:
"If this were on Cracked.com, it would have had more than 8 schools on the list." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Navelgazer
Last month
MeFi comment:
"because he doesn't think Sen. Obama is not a natural born U.S. citizen.
Please try harder next time." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ericbop
Last month
Ask comment:
"Shopsin's General Store, Tuesday - Saturday, 9am - 3pm. stall 16, Essex Street Market, 120 Essex Street (at Delancey Street). Menu. But be prepared... Kenny can be a prick...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Julnyes
Last month
Ask comment:
"Another coping mechanism, if you are so inclined, might be to start composing the hilarious tale of the Worst Vacation Ever that you can tell for the rest of your life.
Excellent advice. Bill Bryson has made a career writing books about just these..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pyjammy
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