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mmmm, bacon
I don't mind having a little left to the imagination. I was moved by the story of this child's creativity finding an outlet in the middle of a heartbreaking diagnosis. Sometimes the description carries enough without the benefit of "gee-whiz!" illustration, and anyway I'm glad to learn programs like KDG provide this opportunity for creative young minds.
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 5:03 PM on June 30, 2008
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Inner City Snail
Rather, having now viewed it, I'd go with "graffiti-laden" rather than "vandalized";
though perhaps Mr. Snail felt "scandalized" among his peers.
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 7:53 PM on May 26, 2008
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Just One of Our Submarines
"My brain is like a sieve/But it's a place where we both could live"
This will help me revive one of my long-held, erstwhile abandoned musical complexes. The man's music always captivated me, now I can see his mind at work and it's tremendous.
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 9:27 AM on May 14, 2008
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Lost and Found, $4 Million Violin
When people leave items in cabs, alcohol cell phone chat is usually involved.
What aeschenkarnos said. .. Is it *that* hard to imagine the musician, like many others before him, immersed in a conversation on his cell phone -- or possibly managing more than one piece of luggage on his own? People caught up in texting and chatting are capable of much worse, esp. behind the wheel, than the perceived ineptitude of leaving items behind. Or he might have... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 4:48 AM on May 7, 2008
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There is in the Soul, a Desire for Not Thinking
No Kattulllus, you're not alone. While I enjoy Chekhov, I've never warmed up to Carver's work. The one exception is probably his short story "Cathedral."
However, I'm *very* drawn to other "minimalists" such as Amy Hempel or certain works by Joy Williams, Mark Richard -- it's a highly subjective level of appeal, yet I can appreciate Carver at least if he somehow influenced the authors I admire.
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 9:30 PM on April 30, 2008
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Silver Bookmarks and Stevengraphs
Great eye candy, and a wishing-well of sorts, for this bookworm who already feels she belongs in another era of literature-worship and all its accoutrements. Thanks for posting it!
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 11:26 AM on April 25, 2008
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What Is Your Favorite Cookie?
Seconding Jeremias's substitution of ground oats for (half?) the flour; then I recommend adding capuccino chips alongside the chocolate chips and either marshmallow bits or use the smallest mallows you can find. Their combination with the oaty flavor is heavenly.
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 6:14 PM on April 19, 2008
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Abortion as Art
There are lot of precedents. Duchamp's semen, The Vienna Action Group's genital mutilations, Chris Burden's crucifixion on a Volkswagon, Vito Acconci masturbating beneath a gallery floor, Petra Paul's menstrual blood paintings, holding a gun to Marina Abramovic's head, ...
Along with xod's examples, let's don't forget Paul McCarthy. (NSFW)
His tactics included self-induced vomiting and worse, onstage.
IMO, shock... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 12:36 PM on April 17, 2008
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Jordan Morris Burns MTV
So I take it some of the posters in this thread are friends with this Jordan guy, or something.
Personally, he rubs me the wrong way -- looks like a cross between Regis Philbin and Jack Black, topped with Muppet hair.
The editing and self-congratulatory air of the piece reminded me why I swore off reality-tv some time ago.
Listening to the JJG! link however is easier; thanks for linking this since I can listen and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 11:32 AM on April 11, 2008
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Cher Side Story
doing all the parts
For taking on the male characters, her flat chest sure helps .
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 2:46 PM on April 6, 2008
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Charlton Heston dead at 84
explain to me why people pretend to say nice things about someone who was widely despised yesterday.
Aside from earlier offered explanations how internet gives opportunity to dance/spit on the deceased's grave, I challenge the "widely" part of your assertion. Chalk it up to the media's spin on polarized issues like gun control for coloring perception of C.H. as universally "despised." Enough remembrances of his screen presence here... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 9:27 AM on April 6, 2008
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Dith Pran, RIP
He gave a talk at a local high school here around four years ago. I was so excited to see him in person.
Never have tired of watching the movie. It'll be even harder though, with so many associated with its making, no longer with us.
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posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 9:55 AM on March 30, 2008
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The Patriarchy: like the Hotel California
women born women
This term wasn't familiar to me. I first read it as "woman-borne women," as if you had to be "born of a woman," which had me thinking of a completely different criterion for being admitted to the fest.
When the day comes that men can bear children -- now that's something I'd be up for celebrating!
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 8:25 AM on March 30, 2008
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Try Spelling These
I think we should find a site with the most horrible GERMAN words.
I couldn't get the link to work, ryanrs, but I'd start small with knockwurst.
Spoken with a New Hampshire accent.
Maybe a separate topic on poorly conceived city names would include Nyack. (Clearly I have issues with "k" and "ck"...)
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 11:05 AM on March 29, 2008
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How Not to Run a Bookstore
After a McCareer working in megabookstore chains (as well as smaller independents), I reckon I own some 700 books occuping every room in the house.
I've read in-full 10%, cracked not more than 50%, the vast majority being impulse acquisitions due to employee discounts and access to galley copies. At any given time, our "employee holds" shelves were filled with tomes we were saving up to purchase, that occasionally required me to find excuses for, as in... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 3:40 PM on March 27, 2008
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One for the History Books
Funny how Metaman echoed my thoughts *almost* exactly with just the names switched
"Sorry folks, Obama, Hillary is too slick for me. Hillary Obama isn't perfect, either, but at least I know what I'm getting."
Speaking for myself, the fact Obama isn't relying (as much) on speechwriters to devise his messages, is impressive aplenty. To this extent, I 'know what I'm getting.'
"Her negatives... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 8:02 AM on March 19, 2008
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Things Vital to the Honor of Human Life
“I was also sad because I knew I’d had a Perfect Moment and I would now have to go home.” – Spalding Gray, Swimming to Cambodia.
So many authors recognized on this thread have also given me “perfect moments” in literature.
Nice to see Amy Hempel as well as the words from Brideshead Revisited quoted here!
But bookhouse, did you have to choose the very ending of her most tragic story?... [more]
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at 11:05 AM on March 10, 2008
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The Curious Cultural Journey of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"
Leonard Cohen isn't a mediocre singer. He's a goddamn awful singer. And I love listening to him all the more for that.
While Kristofferson doesn't have the soul of Cohen, he comes to mind in terms of songwriters who've been outdistanced in notoriety by those covering their songs. If you've composed songs or poetry yourself, you can appreciate the story re-creating itself from the voice of the one who sat down and put it together from the start. That's... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by skyper
at 10:22 AM on March 6, 2008
