Clower is indeed funny. Even though I try to remove myself from my southern heritage he makes me laugh. Some of his stories may be short on punchlines, but whenever I hear him on XM, I find him really easy to listen to. I guess he reminds me of many of my relatives from the south, and is self-aware enough to know how he sounds to non-southerners.

Thanks for the post! I look forward to viewing the videos when I get home.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 10:07 AM on August 7, 2008

Hey that was fun! But I know too many words! I only got 31 right, because I kept thinking of all those other words I know.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 8:37 PM on August 6, 2008

Here's a polite request to all pretentious artiste web designers: leave my browser window the hell alone, thanks.

Agreed. My love for those sculptures is overcome by my annoyance of a website that resizes my freakin' browser for no reason, since one of the great things about Flash is that is scales to whatever size window it's in! So let it!! I hate feeling petty, but instead of leaving the site with a good feeling of having seen something awesome, I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 8:01 PM on August 4, 2008

Featured on the latest Jordan, Jesse, Go! podcast. (NSFW language.)
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 6:23 PM on August 4, 2008

My daughter works at Wet Seal (teenybopper girlie clothes) and they play a CD of repeating songs. She came home complaining about how that song annoyed her, but since it was repeated all day it stuck in her head. I told her I thought it was a remake of a song from years ago, or at least was the same title. I got distracted and never followed up in trying to find the old version. I should have know MeFi would come through.

I find them both annoying, and I wonder if a guy... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 6:56 PM on August 2, 2008

93% chance I am male. (I am.)

It doesn't know I cried at Must Love Dogs, Serendipity, and The Hours.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 3:02 PM on August 2, 2008

Something is out there.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 5:52 AM on August 2, 2008

Go ahead and leave me.
I think i prefer to stay inside.
maybe you'll find someone else
to help you.
maybe Black Mesa...
THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE.
Anyway this cake is great.
It's so delicious and moist
look at me still talking when theres science to do
when i look out there
it makes me glad I'm not you
i've experiments to run
there is research... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 8:53 PM on August 1, 2008

Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 2:09 PM on August 1, 2008

I'm at work so I can't see the vids or take time to thoroughly explore this fascinating post. But I couldn't wait to say 3 things:

1- Deep Purple! Awesome!
2- 70s rock operas! Awesome!
3- Night Flight! Awesome! I loooooved watching Night Flight. And against sterotype, I was a non-drinking, non-drugging, married, 20-something dude. When we bought our first HUGE 27-inch TV, I enjoyed it all the more. One specific memory: the old silent film... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 7:43 AM on August 1, 2008

Your mandatory morning urinalysis has detected too much sodium. No bacon for you. Now tell me about these dreams you've been having.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 1:22 PM on July 31, 2008

The neighborhood I grew up in was so bad there were no fast food places for miles. I don't recall eating at McD, or BK, or even having pizza delivered until I was 11 and we moved to a slightly less war-torn neighborhood. So, yeah, Mom cooked every day, but that was no guarantee of health, being of southern heritage. However... fried chicken, pork chops, cornbread, potatoes and gravy, and fried cherry turnovers sure taste great!

hungry
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 7:51 PM on July 31, 2008

It's a hydrogen kyar!

Cool vid! Great find!
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 5:42 AM on July 30, 2008

Since the world revolves around me, I entered my own name. Google shows my personal website as the first result followed by sites that refer to me, or entries on blogs where I have used my name.

The horribly-named Cuil never shows my personal website, even after going in to 16 pages of results. I gave up after that.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 9:14 AM on July 28, 2008

Cuil never shows my personal website, even after going in to 16 pages of results. I gave up after that.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner

Now it won't find my name at all. I get this popular result every time:

We didn’t find any results for “darryl asher”

Some reasons might be...

* a typo. Please check your spelling.
* your search includes a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 11:37 AM on July 28, 2008

You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 12:27 PM on July 28, 2008

Anyone else remember when Google launched? When it was competing with Yahoo and Altavista, and beat the crap out of them from day one?

Yes! I was using AltaVista mostly, and sometimes Dogpile. A friend sent me a link to Google. Within a couple days, I didn't use anything else.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 3:18 PM on July 28, 2008

I got a set almost a month ago. Self-link.

Cool! I love the closest of the praying mantis photos. But get those fucking spiders the fuck away from me!!!! FUCK!!!!

FUCK!
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 8:44 AM on July 28, 2008

Oh that is so very great. The visual equivalent of the audio riffing Joel is known for. I hope he at least used this technique on some public domain short films.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 7:44 PM on July 27, 2008

What's with the brain that pop's out of the clown head? What's funny about that?

I dunno, but I still find inappropriate usage of apostrophes HI-LARIOUS!
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 5:13 AM on July 28, 2008

I'm against people posting comments to other people's posts.

You down wid OPP?
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 9:11 AM on July 27, 2008

I would be much more impressed if he'd not used masking. As it is, it's just kind of wanky.

Yeah, it's really "stunt stenciling."
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 7:07 AM on July 27, 2008

I like how this one gets shut down by people walking through the frame. There's some amazing footwork there, but someone should overdub Yakety Sax.

Those nutty Crips.... sooooo many cultural contributions to the world.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 7:02 AM on July 27, 2008

Funny video! Is this where we post mining related stuff?

My grandfather was a coal miner in Kentucky. Started as a helper at 10 years old. Died when he was 93.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 7:22 AM on July 26, 2008

This fellow was a Kentucky miner. Helluva musician, too.

Wow. He actually looks quite a bit like my grandfather! But my gramp didn't pay a mean banjo like that!
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 10:04 AM on July 26, 2008

That is the awesomest thing I've seen in [indeterminate time frame].
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 7:03 PM on July 23, 2008

I'm in. Requested "Cute blonde girl getting ready to leave for college" in honor of my daughter.

Am not crying! There's just some dust in my eye.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 8:26 PM on July 23, 2008

So, keep some butter and garlic on a plate next to the aquarium.

Seriously, that is creepy.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 10:23 PM on July 20, 2008

They named the friggin' thing TYSON and they thought that they could contain it behind a quarter-inch of glass?

FAIL.

I hope someone posts some pictures of the now long abandoned aquarium.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 11:55 AM on July 21, 2008

For my work computer, where I have to change passwords often, I choose a favorite album, one I have memorized, and use the beginning of the lyrics of each song to base my password on, then add a number and special character to the end.

For example, if the album is Dark Side of the Moon, the opening couplet:
Breathe breathe in the air
Don't be afraid to care
might become the password... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 6:09 PM on July 20, 2008

That's certainly creepy, but it made me smile! I'm trying to imagine what would happen if someone added crawling babies to any structure in the U.S. It would probably end up with some kind of congressional action or Supreme Court hearing.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 9:48 AM on July 19, 2008

Arguing on the internet is like running in the paralympics. Even if you win, you still have superhuman springy prosthetic legs.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 11:55 AM on July 16, 2008

THEY JUST WANNA BE LOVED!!! IS THAT SO WRONG???

Oh. Yeah. It is.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 11:43 PM on July 15, 2008

I loved The Island (plagiarism and all) so there.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 7:32 PM on July 7, 2008

[ALERTS THE DEEJ WITH SECRET MESSAGE: "Number of the Beast! Number of the Beast!"]
posted by humannaire

The Deej doesn't live here anymore. ;)
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 9:25 PM on July 7, 2008

The Deej doesn't live here anymore.

My work is done.

Bwahahahaaa!!! You are so EVIL!!!! But I'm sure you have bad points too.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 7:38 AM on July 14, 2008

BROKEN LINK BROKEN LINK!!!! Why is a broken link allowed to exist? This portends the decline the MetaFilter! Back in the old days, this never would have happened! The mods are clearly asleep at the wheel.

Congrats jokeefe for beating everyone to the punch. Did you stay up all night just waiting to pounce?
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 6:53 AM on July 14, 2008

Must be some obnoxious in-joke

Obnoxious? Really? No, it's sweet and sentimental and moving and touching and illegal in 14 states.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 6:55 AM on July 14, 2008

Context is everything. But I think even if I did see that on the cover of National Review, I would assume it was a slam against the ridiculous rumors. As a right-leaning guy, I think those stupid rumors only work against conservatives. Unfortunately, polls have shown that too high a percentage of people actually believe them.

I get some of those anti-Obama e-mails, and I always reply with a Snopes link, and a simple sentence that there may be plenty of legitimate reasons... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 10:37 PM on July 13, 2008

Why is it that Buffalo is so run down, but the Canadian side of the falls is so nice?

Along the same lines, Detroit is just across the river from Windsor.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 8:51 AM on July 12, 2008

Am I the only one who can't connect to the site? I so desperately need to feel better about my living situation, but I keep getting timeout errors.

Actually, I live in a pretty nice apartment, but would still like to check out the link.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 6:16 PM on July 12, 2008

Is poor Syd gonna die as many times as James Brown, only every 2 years instead of every 2 minutes?
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 6:55 AM on July 8, 2008

The trippiest thing about this post is that if it hadn't been two years ago it would have been a few days in the future! Think about that for a while, man.

Dude. Ever look at your hand? I mean really look at your hand?
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 6:57 AM on July 8, 2008

He won't be back in two minutes and two seconds.

Love Connection was a guilty pleasure for me as well.

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posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 12:15 PM on July 7, 2008

I drank some from the second, then decided to record myself pouring.

Dang, can you upload a slow-mo version. That goes by too fast for me to learn how to do it.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 9:58 AM on July 7, 2008

But if you use the Bible Code to decipher the text, it reads "gnat fart in the wind."
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 9:22 PM on July 5, 2008

I'd need to drop a few to get under the 200 lb. limit myself. Maybe we can plan a rollercoaster meetup in a year to give us weight loss incentive. Oh wait. No matter what I weigh, there's no way I'm getting on that thing.

Note about the old double: I figured there was no way this hadn't shown up on MeFi before, but I must not have dug deep enough to find it. The double is old enough to make me wonder how the thing is holding up.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 10:08 AM on July 5, 2008

I think the whole "first ride" statement was a media creation. It's surely one of the very few instances where reporters (or "reporters") didn't accurately portray what was being presented.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 1:35 PM on July 5, 2008

turnmeondeadman
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 1:10 PM on July 5, 2008

Usually, the "modes" just choose a group of settings that work best for that particular kind of photo. I'm guessing it selects a longish shutter speed and mid-range f-stop. It might also focus at infinity. If you don't have manual control over these things, then it might be the best bet. You'd still probably want a tripod.
posted to MetaFilter by Fuzzy Skinner at 10:08 AM on July 4, 2008