If going against your party is such a great qualification to be President, why not just vote for the candidate of the other party?
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:24 PM on July 5, 2008

so how is being imprisoned "heroic"?

Totally pro-Obama here, but perhaps it has something to do with turning down being released in order to be used as a propaganda tool for the Vietcong?
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 2:22 PM on June 15, 2008

Wikipedia says that it's the other way around, Dylan stole it from Scarborough Fair.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - release date, May 27, 1963
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - release date, October 10, 1966

Methinks wikipedia might be wrong! *shock, horror*
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 8:04 PM on April 19, 2008

Isn't it the tune of "Heart and Soul?"
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 12:06 PM on April 19, 2008

I grew up in New York, watching Jack Cafferty on "Live at Five" every night (Mom watched it) and now see him on CNN - he's been part of my life for 30 years. He rocks.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 5:39 AM on April 19, 2008

What an idiot.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 8:49 AM on April 17, 2008

Bob Stanley (and John McNamara) was the goat of that game, not Buckner.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 7:54 PM on April 8, 2008

"Dancing in the Lesbian Bar"
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 5:38 PM on March 2, 2008

While you may not agree with their opinion, you still signed the petition, dumbass.

Yes, I'm sure "Oliver Clozoff" and "Boobs McGee" are feeling mighty redfaced right about now.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 6:37 PM on February 7, 2008

Hate to break it to you, but by the age you'd posted this, someone had already done so.

It's a double.

Oldest double ever?
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 5:13 AM on December 9, 2007

If you live in New England, check out New England Grown, they have guides to farms in New England, resources for local eating, and some fun articles on regional foods.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:31 PM on September 30, 2007

And the one everyone is waiting to see.....

George Hitler
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:02 PM on September 4, 2007

If the above's an accurate version of what happened, that's a pretty big error; if Gupta doesn't apologize for it, he's a dick.

I literally just got home from seeing Sicko. He says $251.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 6:28 PM on July 10, 2007

Wheras, of course, in the States, no discussion about health care can possibly be separated from a discussion about "health insurance" and its brother "a job."

As someone with a chronic illness, I could NEVER take a risk and try to start a business on my own. I can't be without insurance, not even for a day, because I could need emergency surgery on any particular day. Instead I must keep working for the man.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 9:02 AM on July 3, 2007

None of the games work for me. If select a game, everything freezes and a message says "CLICK TO ACTIVATE SITE."

You must have a popup blocker working because the game pops up in another browser, at least on firefox.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 5:13 AM on June 23, 2007

Hey Mitt Romney - Eff You!

Another reason to be proud to live in Massachusetts.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 7:02 PM on June 14, 2007

Sounds like that age-old tradition includes a 50% divorce rate.

Not in Massachusetts, which has the lowest divorce rate in the nation.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 7:42 PM on June 14, 2007

Actually, it looks like he sticks something in his pocket right before he goes back into the crowd.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 10:53 AM on June 12, 2007

A few years ago a friend of mine graduated from Tufts U. and I went to the ceremony. Afterwards a man on one of those little motorized sit-down scooters came over and congratulated my friend and asked her if she knew his nephew who was graduating, how proud he was, etc. I said, "Did anyone ever tell you you look like Jonathan Katz?" "Um, yeah, that's me."

Nice guy.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 6:58 AM on June 2, 2007

Meanwhile, Cindy Sheehan announced today she is stepping away as the "face" of the peace movement. What in the world is wrong with us?

I have invested everything I have into trying to bring peace with justice to a country that wants neither. If an individual wants both, then normally he/she is not willing to do more than walk in a protest march or sit behind his/her computer criticizing others. I have spent every available cent I got from the money a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 2:53 PM on May 28, 2007

Oh, quit your jibber jabber. (Someone had to do it)
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 5:05 PM on May 23, 2007

Didn't this happen months ago?
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 11:35 AM on May 22, 2007

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/06/milosevic_staked/

Google search - it was back in March.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 11:37 AM on May 22, 2007

Also, "old, mean man" versus "mean old man" -- "mean" may be an opinion, not a fact. Age, otoh, is pretty factual.

At what age are you officially "old," then?
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:28 PM on May 19, 2007

Surely this.....
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:30 AM on May 16, 2007

are there large numbers of folks actually linking the two events (9/11, Oakland) together.

Are these people serious?

Um.....no to both of those. Parody is not limited to Weird Al Yankovic songs.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:55 AM on May 2, 2007

Bill Wambsganss had the World Series unassisted triple play in 1920. Less well known is that in the same game Jim Bagby hit the first World Series home run by a pitcher.

What I find fascinating is that TWICE, first basemen turned the trick. That means they had to run all the way over to second base. Where were the second baseman and shortstop?
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:03 PM on April 30, 2007

or, what lubujackson said
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:04 PM on April 30, 2007

The unnamed j-school student owes the world a remarkable career. Don't fuck it up, kid.

He's not unnamed.

The car's driver, Kevin Jones, 26, a first-year journalism student, was also injured with Halberstam in the accident.

"We were talking about sports and Vietnam and having kids," Jones said in an interview from his hospital bed. "He seemed generally interested in what I had to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 7:15 PM on April 23, 2007

Oh, and

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posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 7:15 PM on April 23, 2007

This is a GOLDMINE of Metafilter: quotes.

Agreed. Who's up to providing a written transcript?

I'll do the first 4 minutes if someone else will take the rest.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:35 PM on April 17, 2007

I just realized as I'm transcribing this that it's all one run-on sentence.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:41 PM on April 17, 2007

OK, I got up to 3:38 and it seemed a good place to hand over to someone else:

Alexyss Tylor:...of some of the things I'm talking about, because if you really wanna earn your man you need to learn your man, and a lot of the time we get caught up with the wrong man, or caught up in a man's penis power because it's good - I mean, if a man has been around and he's a ho, especially like the ones I'm talking about, they're hopping from here, here, and there - they... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 4:15 PM on April 17, 2007

I've also become a big fan of her Vagnia Power Slideshow.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 4:37 PM on April 17, 2007

I just showed this to my husband, and he didn't think it was funny at all. Which makes me question our entire marriage.

Yes, but does he hit bottom? (sorry, couldn't resist)
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 5:19 PM on April 17, 2007

You, sir, deserve a Nobel Prize for finding this.

I actually had a friend point it out to me, so I'll have to pass the Nobel on to him. I also see that it's posted at WFMU's Beware of the Blog, (which I saw after posting) so I suppose the credit is actually theirs.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 7:20 PM on April 17, 2007

Nathan, can you upload it to youtube?
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 9:01 AM on April 18, 2007

Dude, anyone who thinks this is funny because the woman is black is an idiot. I don't think anyone was thinking that until YOU brought it up. And if you're trying to imply that I'm a racist because I posted this or because I wrote what she said, well then, up yours.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 2:17 PM on April 18, 2007

I think you're the kind of person who projects their own inner feelings onto others.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 2:24 PM on April 18, 2007

I figured someone would manage to take offense at the vernacular-ized transcription

Read the portion up until the part about the shrimp plate. That's what I transcribed. If anything, I went too far in cleaning up the vernacular.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 2:26 PM on April 18, 2007

Just so you know, this is still up on Beware of the Blog.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 2:39 PM on April 18, 2007

You people SERIOUSLY can overthink a plate of beans. The song is no joke. I'm SO glad I posted this. Jesus Christ.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 4:44 PM on April 18, 2007

Can you all who are complaining about the transcription or the transcribers please read the FIRST section of the transcription and PLEASE tell me what you think I was "trying to convey about her speech?" or how I was trying to "render her dialect," or, more importantly, what was incorrect about it? Right from the top until the part about the $2.99 shrimp plate. What, this?

and this man won't even buy you some shrimp from Long John Silver's -... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 6:51 PM on April 18, 2007

Great story.
Dupe.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 11:42 AM on April 14, 2007

Having actually undergone a resection, I have one word for this.

Pass.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 5:45 PM on April 5, 2007

I've long wondered why someone doesn't start a "healthy" fast food chain.

These guys are trying.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 9:19 AM on March 27, 2007

KnowFat!'s for real, I get stuff there occasionally and they are quite good (Their chicken and mozzarella wrap is terrific), but the name's terrible, for sure. They started as a store for gym rats (selling protein powder and the like).

The best part about them is that on their menus they list out the entire nutritional content of what you're about to eat.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:06 PM on March 27, 2007

Who cares about her? Just listen to the laughter and eventual clapping from the folks there. Either a) they thought it was funny and a good barb, or b) a couple of vocal people there thought it was and everyone there is so intimidated to fall out of line with the groupthink, they immediately ignored their revulsion and cheered.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 7:56 PM on March 2, 2007

Well, I've lived in the Boston area for ten years and I never heard of these guys. Thanks very much for this, it's some terrific stuff, easily up there with Portishead in enjoyability.
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 2:20 PM on February 24, 2007

Man, I'll take that nice little Datsun Z. That's all I want, is that too much to ask?
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 5:21 PM on February 18, 2007