It woke me up in Indianapolis this morning. At first, I thought it was a dream, but when I realized I could hear the things on my shelves gently bumping the walls, I knew it was real. (Just not a detail I could have imagined, I guess.)
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 6:46 AM on April 18, 2008

I'm sorry it made you mad, but you admit your response should have been deleted. What do you hope to achieve by posting your deleted response to Metatalk?
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 3:27 PM on April 11, 2008

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posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 4:45 PM on March 2, 2008

Andi Buchanan's Daring Book for Girls is no longer forthcoming; it's out. (Got it for my daughter for Christmas, it's awesome!)
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 6:22 AM on February 23, 2008

although tubesteak is a great word. maybe it should be the theme for next go-around?

Girlzone Mefi pleads no.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 11:15 AM on February 14, 2008

There's another version of need that occurs prenatal: the putative father has decided he doesn't want to be a father, and consequently, won't pay for any prenatal care unless the mother proves its his child. Forced to choose between a test that MAY affect the fetus, and a total lack of prenatal care which WILL affect the fetus, I know which one I'd choose.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 5:00 PM on February 5, 2008

I answer sex questions through Jessamyn now that I've stumbled into writing YA fiction, but other than that, there's no real big diff. for my procedure. Unless you're Adam Savage famous, you're probably going to be okay. Metafilter has an extremely low quotient of obsequious starfuckers, though the few it does have are truly hooveriffic.

The only downside I've found is that those remaining behind their screenname obscurity have no compunction about being real life... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 9:17 AM on January 15, 2008

Dear Bugbread,

There's something Tom and I have been meaning to tell you...
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 5:41 AM on January 11, 2008

I'd just like to drop a note and express interest in a future Mefi Anthology that simply has a theme (death, pancakes, plates of beans, whatever,) and no explicit genre or shared world. I read the settings Wiki on this, and I just don't get it. I understand the words; they just don't make inspirational sense to me.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 3:55 PM on January 7, 2008

I'm a writer. Half of me is on strike, and the other half is procrastinating. Any more questions? I've got nothing but time.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 2:37 PM on December 14, 2007

Oh what the heck, I'll do it. I think we should pick our topic from a selection of most favorited Agony Aunt AskMefi questions.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 2:46 PM on December 12, 2007

Short stories! Short stories!
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 2:52 PM on December 12, 2007

Thieves World is like fan fiction, only for your own original universe. Everybody writes in the same universe (and sometimes, consequently, sometimes you run into other people's characters in your story,) but each story is individual and standalone.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 3:23 PM on December 12, 2007

If it makes you feel any better, ikkyu, I know a lot of people pay attention to whose advice they're getting. I asked a question last year about a cough and a funny bleach taste, and a med student offered his opinion, and you offered one, too.

Since I knew you were a doctor, and he claimed to be a med student, I averaged it, and decided you guys were both sufficiently persuasive enough for me to eat ramen for a couple of weeks and see the doctor that day instead of... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 8:59 PM on December 5, 2007

For everybody cracking out with the "would anybody be mad if they said it about a man?" you need to make the real comparison. How would you feel about the poster if the [more inside] was "And half these programmers make more than 100,000 a year, and they're single! Geek Crush!"?

Because no, it's not particularly offensive to note that a man is attractive, because aside from modelling and acting, men have never been hired, fired, or marginalized... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 3:29 PM on December 5, 2007

Right next door to Bear Attack, I'm opening 18th Amendment Liquors. All manner of liquid refreshment, just no spirits!
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 7:12 AM on December 4, 2007

Thirding Pravit and GeckoDundee, the same thing happens to me.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 5:54 AM on December 3, 2007

I just tried it and I got:


The web site you are accessing has experienced an unexpected error.
Please contact the website administrator.

The following information is meant for the website developer for debugging purposes.
Error Occurred While Processing Request
Variable APP_SALT is undefined.

Resources:

* Enable Robust Exception Information to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 1:45 PM on November 28, 2007

I've bought soap from Dejah before and it's whee-tastic stuff. Now I'm excited about trying other MeFiGoods!
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 11:25 AM on November 26, 2007

Yanno, gnfti, I cannot for the life of me understand defending a position that is essentially "I know this hurts you, but stop making me feel bad for doing it."
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 3:21 PM on November 24, 2007

That's exactly what you're saying with your whole, gosh, just assume *I'm* not that way when I say these things argument, Mr. My Tranny Cunt is Neither Transphobic or Sexist.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 3:49 PM on November 24, 2007

Blazecock Pileon, I wasn't talking to you.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 4:07 PM on November 24, 2007

Just don't serve stars or brains. You should be good to go.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 8:53 PM on November 11, 2007

The poster of the AskMe thread said it was a bad idea and asked that it be closed.

Not to disagree with jessamyn, obviously, but I think it's a bad idea to close on request unless the thread is actually damaging to someone in some way, because I don't think people should get a "I don't like the answers, so I'm taking my ball and going home" card.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 8:29 AM on October 20, 2007

I'm not saying this particular thread shouldn't have been deleted; I'm just saying in general I think people should have to suck it up when they get answers they don't like.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 9:29 AM on October 20, 2007

I'm Alliance, but I really feel like the Night Elves need to get over their exclusionary ways and accept Thrall's truce, and the Tauren as kindred spirits under Elune.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 8:37 PM on April 17, 2007

Look at their profiles and follow their URLs; you'll often find an opportunity to enrich the artists.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 5:41 AM on November 1, 2006

Could I have an invite, please?
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 7:22 PM on September 22, 2006

I would love a spreadsheet/Writely invite, if anyone has any to spare. jt.kellerman at gmail dot com. Thank you!
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 7:35 PM on June 7, 2006

I enjoyed writing this one.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 2:05 PM on May 16, 2006

Metafilter discovered me and I stayed for the dessert menu.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 4:40 PM on April 24, 2006

Seriously, if Matt deletes the original post, I hope ikkyu2 makes his own with the links in his comment.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 4:54 PM on October 5, 2005

Longtime screenwriter, trying to break into fiction.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 11:04 PM on March 13, 2005

I created a human Paladin named Catir on Shadowsong so I could play along.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 4:47 AM on February 13, 2005

Though I don't really care about pr0n ads on the front page (since I can turn them off,) I am bothered by the virtuous swearing that this will be the only one ever, ever, ever.

I'm a woman, and I like looking at naked women, but it really chafes my ass that female skin is quasi-acceptable and male skin is taboo. If you're going to slap Suicide Girls up there, I want Nightcharm to have the same access. If my rubbery, middle-aged-post-childbirth bodied... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 11:02 AM on February 2, 2005

I am not a coroner, but to satisfy your curiosity, I think much of what you were seeing was caused by gunfire (along with some centralized explosions,) but the victims look unusually damaged because of the stages of decomposition presented. If you'd like to know more, feel free to e-mail me.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 8:02 PM on January 29, 2005

dabitch- that one was probably caused by actors in decomposition- ie, necrophage beetles. Large actors (like dogs) tend to start on the outside and work their way in.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 5:26 AM on January 30, 2005

I'll donate. Are we just Paypalling Matt, or will there be a formal "Contribute Here" button at some point?
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 8:09 AM on January 28, 2005

1) The question was directed specifically at AskMeFemmes. Unless you're doing a drag show on the weekends, geekyguy (and more power to you if you are,) you are not a femme.

2) After requesting the presence of femmes, the outside text referred to blood. Now golly, why might somebody be asking women's advice on something that has to do with blood?

3) Even if a lad isn't bright enough to put femmes and blood together, and finds out *inside* the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 5:34 AM on January 20, 2005

Don't be vague and nondescriptive if you want to be understood.

The people who actually knew the answer understood the question. Don't offer solutions if you can't solve the actual problem.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 6:24 AM on January 20, 2005

I would suggest the question was asked poorly enough to prevent similar answer seekers in finding it via any obvious search strings in the future. Shouldn't that be a consideration?

Not with the new tagging system, no. Plus, anybody who *has* a Keeper knows what it is, and can find the thread just fine by searching for "Keeper."

Point being, whether the question was vague or not, the more inside more than clarified... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 7:02 AM on January 20, 2005

a girl refering to her own bits as "gross" (common boy-wording for girl-bits) is indeed sarcastic.

Not necessarily. Sadly, many girls and women DO feel that way and suffer a negative body image.

Eyup. Not to whup the pony or anything, but that's part of the reason why these comments are so irritating. There's nothing like asking a personal question about your vagina, only to have guys show up to essentially say... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 8:19 AM on January 20, 2005

You freak, what's gross about earwax?! WORSHIP THE EARWAX!!

Seriously, though, it has nothing to do with hate or worshipping periods as holy as far as I'm concerned- I was just as annoyed over the kerfuffle about the Brazilian Waxes as I am about this. [And am equally annoyed by tampon commercials that tout the zillion ways you can hide that you've ever had a period in your life. It's a tampon, yo, not a nuclear warhead, jesus!]

Anyway, I would... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 8:47 AM on January 20, 2005

For some reason (in Mozilla, I can't speak for other browsers,) 7 tags are too many for this thread. I swear, it wasn't broken before I added the tags.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 7:39 AM on January 19, 2005

Hmm, some thinking ahead might be in order: I used "trainwreck" as a tag for the Ann Rice Loses Her Shit post I made. It did not occur to me until later that people might make posts about actual locomotive accidents.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 11:50 AM on January 19, 2005

S/he posted a stupid link; she didn't light your grandmas on fire and piss in the holiday pudding, jeez! I'm really glad I foolishly posted Blogger Junior High (hadn't ever been posted! I'd never seen it before!) 12,000 users ago, because some of y'all have gotten mean.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 7:04 AM on December 14, 2004

I am completely baffled that shaved pubes is a social statement now. I thought I was doing it because I get off better when I don't have hair grinding into my clit. Hey, what do you know- a totally selfish reason to go smooth- but jonmc will love me anyway because I reject the patriarchal demand for shaved legs and armpits.

In short- my response here was about as relevant as jonmc's response on the other thread. "Tell me about Brazilian waxes" is not the same... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 12:34 PM on November 14, 2004

Experience has taught me that 99% of the time what I'm saying does get misunderstood, and if you think that I enjoy that, you're nuts. It's actually incredibly frustrating.

I'm not trying to be a jerk here, but even factoring in hyperbole, if people generally don't understand what you mean, perhaps you aren't actually saying what you mean. Linguistic operator error happens.
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 2:41 PM on November 14, 2004

I guess my question is, what's stopping a Brit from posting about banking changes in the UK? Fear that they won't get tons of comments?
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 9:13 AM on October 26, 2004

Admit it, Matt- it was the anonymous divorced participant's participants uncle's niece question I yanked off the Anonymizer that prompted you to code tonight, isn't it? Hee!
posted to MetaTalk by headspace at 5:39 PM on October 12, 2004