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As he sings, the walls of the apartment begin to move off, and
the city walls surrounding them begin to close in on them. Then
the apartment it self goes, and the two lovers begin to run,
battering against the walls of the city, beginning to break
through as chaotic figures of the gangs, of violence, fail around
them. But they do break through, and suddenly-they are in a world
of space and air and sun. They stop, looking at it, pleased,
startled, as boys and girls both sides come on. And they, too,
stop and stare, happy, pleased. Their clothes are soft and pastel
versions of what they have worn before. They begin to dance, to
play: no sides, no hostility now; join, making a world that Tony
and Maria want to be in, belong to, share their love with. As
they go into the steps of a gentle love dance, a voice is heard
singing.
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at 2:24 PM on October 9, 2011
(11 comments)
Art is seven years old and really likes
life before the dinosaurs. And he thinks arthropods are really cool.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 8:31 AM on August 5, 2011
(27 comments)
iTr3vor does not seem to know how to un-mirror his video clips and has only the vaguest understanding of copyright law. But he does like dancing in Apple Stores to the works of
Britney Spears,
Lady Gaga, and
Rebecca Black, among others.
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at 11:11 AM on April 14, 2011
(93 comments)
Facts on cats (and some tips) [slyt]
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 9:55 PM on March 2, 2011
(22 comments)
pictures for sad children captures the spirit of the season. that is all.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 10:53 PM on February 11, 2011
(21 comments)
January 1,
1985: Earfuls of earrings out, armful of bangles in.
January 1,
1993: Pellegrino out, Crystal Pepsi in
January 1,
2004: Viagra out, Levitra in
(MetaFilter previously in)
January 1,
2011: Trolling out, Hacktivism in.
The List: a middlebrow, Beltway elite, mildly insufferable, perennially baffling Washington Post tradition since
1978 (Concave chests out, bosoms in)
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 12:17 PM on January 1, 2011
(52 comments)
Pictures of people taking pictures of the Mona Lisa (non-Flash but still annoying interface warning)
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 7:48 AM on August 26, 2010
(55 comments)
Learn Your Damn Homophones
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at 8:09 AM on July 28, 2010
(153 comments)
The first episode of season four of
Mad Men (
so much previously [
meta-previously]) aired tonight. Shortly after, the first
"Mad Men"': A Conversation blog entry was posted on the Wall Street Journal's
Speakeasy blog. There will be a post for every episode.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 9:51 PM on July 25, 2010
(112 comments)
Squid and Owl is a poetical, scientifical, graphical design project by
John Holbo. Kind of Dr. Seuss meets Dave Eggers meets Bill Nye the Science Guy.
[via Bruce Schneier's Friday Squid Blogging series]
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 9:35 AM on August 15, 2009
(6 comments)
"And much like Christmas, originally about the birth of a religious savior-figure named Jesus, is now about buying things for people and hoping that they buy more things for you, much how Easter, originally about the death of a religious savior-figure named Jesus, is now about receiving rabbit- or egg-shaped chocolates, now and forever Obon is about
collecting all of the Pokemon." Japan, trains, marketing, pachinko, hordes of stamp-seeking children.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 10:08 AM on August 7, 2009
(34 comments)
The Neuroscience of McGriddles: Evolutionary biology offers hypotheses about why we enjoy eating. "When you eat at McDonald's, a big part of the pleasure comes from the fact that the food is sustenance, fuel, energy. Even mediocre food is a little rewarding."
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 11:35 AM on July 23, 2009
(82 comments)
Velociraptor Roulette. Click the button, win a Velociraptor, or not. [via
a very dramatic mefi projects thread]
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at 7:30 AM on January 19, 2009
(21 comments)
Thanksgiving at Dan and Jane's by Dave Eggers. [
Lech, 6, under the table, pretends to be dead, in a coffin raised over the heads of hysterical mourners.]
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at 6:27 PM on November 27, 2008
(10 comments)
Tetris has
changed over the years.
The latest game mechanics are
well-documented and allow for
techniques more complicated than those of us used to
earlier iterations could possibly imagine. And of course, you can have it
any way you want it.
[via]
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at 10:02 PM on June 12, 2008
(40 comments)
The Washington Post presents the
top 5 quotes of 2007.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 9:38 AM on December 31, 2007
(30 comments)
Ultimate: The
Greatest Sport Ever Invented By Man is coming soon to a bookstore near you.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 3:16 PM on December 13, 2007
(63 comments)
The
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art was to have been the home of
Christoph Büchel's first major US installation, "
Training Ground for Democracy". But disputes over budget overruns and missed deadlines led the museum to
cancel the project.
[NYT registration required] The incomplete installation is now tied up in litigation, and
covered by tarp.
posted to MetaFilter by silby
at 1:51 PM on September 11, 2007
(11 comments)
This fall is going to be a good season for some giants of American art in Washington, DC.
Edward Hopper comes to the
National Gallery from
Boston.
Asher Durand opens at the
Smithsonian. And
Ansel Adams travels to
the Corcoran.
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at 2:21 PM on August 1, 2007
(10 comments)
The maps of the
London Underground and the
Washington Metro are iconic in their cities and a favorite of experts on
information graphics. They share a similar philosophy: sacrifice geographical accuracy in order to clearly illustrate the system. What if the
New York Subway map were drawn the same way? What about the
Interstate system?
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at 7:32 PM on July 24, 2007
(85 comments)
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