Wow. This made my night. Thank you so much.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 7:51 PM on April 26, 2008

OK, I'm going to agree with BeerFilter - this is self-linky smelling. Ebray has made 3 completely pro forma comments today, then this post. I flagged, and was going to move on, but decided to poke around instead.

According to his profile, Ebray is Evan Bray. Evan Bray commented on an unrelated post on Gothamist saying he is a building and zoning consultant for an NYC real estate group. On the 475kent site linked in the post, there is a forum. You have to register... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 3:07 PM on March 30, 2008

Wow. I found the black and white part in the middle, where he sits in a coffee shop, looking normal, but signing the same lyrics, really kind of subversive and wonderful. Totally unexpected and cool, thanks, FunkyHelix!
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 9:57 AM on March 27, 2008

Awesomely lovely/creepy post! Seeing the automaton that writes brought back a fuzzy memory of a book I loved in grade school about a girl and a mystery she solved using clues from several automata. One wrote words, one had something to do with music...I can't remember any more, and I can't find it in Worldcat with such sketchy details, but I'm seized with the desire to find the book and read it. If it doesn't sound familiar to any of you, I'm headed to AskMe.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 10:24 PM on March 26, 2008

Did Sharon loosen up when the camera was off? She seemed absolutely frozen with that smile and the echo-y talking.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 9:14 AM on March 19, 2008

Residents of Kansas can go to any local library and get a Kansas Library Card, which grants access to these databases. I think libraries with online services are more the norm than not. Very few academic libraries require you to be physically present to use resources any longer, and most mid-to-large sized public libraries are the same.

stbalblach, libraries have long been more than stacks of books, and the notion that one would go to a library to "wait in line... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 12:10 PM on May 25, 2007

I live in Kansas; my best friend grew up in Greensburg, and her parents still live there. I can pick out her childhood home on the aerial photos, at least, what's left of it. People got away with their lives, because "only 20 minutes" is a lot of warning time for people used to tornados. Everyone who lived there has been evacuated to neighboring towns. My friends' parents spent Friday night in a shelter, then were picked up by her sister on Saturday morning, as they lost their... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 10:45 AM on May 6, 2007

I saw Vonnegut once, when I lived in Chicago. He was on a signing tour for Palm Sunday. I waited in line for hours at a Kroch & Brentano's to have him sign my first edition of Breakfast of Champions. The woman in front of me in line had a baby and a toddler in one of those double strollers.

When she got to the head of the line, he looked at her stroller and said that he'd always wanted to borrow one baby and a double stroller and go to a playground in a park.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 7:26 AM on April 12, 2007

Jessamyn's Five Technically Legal Signs for Your Library
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 6:12 PM on March 23, 2007

I haven't been able to get anything since last night - I have at this point about 80% of it, but nothing more. Anyone else having any luck?
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 1:13 PM on February 22, 2007

The track listings are in the earlier posts, which are 10 tracks each. That threw me at first, too. Here, for example, is the listing for tracks 1-10.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 7:19 PM on February 18, 2007

So, resigned or no, he's still coming to Kansas State University tomorrow as part of the Landon Lecture series. If you're curious as to what he could possibly say now, you can watch it live online at 11AM CST. I'll be interested to see the response he gets from the 500-ish special invited guests from nearby Ft. Riley.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 5:10 PM on November 8, 2006

If you bought the book directly from the publisher, they'll refund your money. Probably not useful for most, but maybe libraries could get the credit.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 1:54 PM on January 11, 2006

dno, the post title is the same on the feeds and on Mefi. Using Firefox or IE, the post title appears as the window title for the specific thread. It's not the same as the text of the post; that's because the poster specifies a title when he/she posts. Probably not very clear if you've never posted a link.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 10:32 AM on January 3, 2006

The article mentions you can make the illusion go away by looking through a "narrow opening of some kind". You can also make it disappear by turning your back to the moon, bending over, and looking at it upside down through your legs. It's fun, and leaves ample opportunity for "mooning" jokes.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 9:33 AM on June 20, 2005

Also includes the Find in a Library service discussed here
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 1:31 PM on November 30, 2004

You want unfortunate? Here's unfortunate.

Yeah, what is it about Ikea desks, anyway?
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 7:05 PM on March 30, 2004

So it's excellent, and based on a true story. Is he objecting to the fact that it shows a less-than-sympathtic portrayal of an incident in the history of the Catholic Church? Well, boo-frickin'-hoo.

MrMoonPie, I think that's exactly his point. If you're going to call Gibson's movie "Jew-bashing", then any movie that portrays historical events where someone acted badly is "someone-bashing".
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 7:37 AM on February 10, 2004

Is there any way to get this perspective other exposure than on a few web blogs?

Actually, the ABC evening news played a similar clip two (?) nights ago. Peter Jennings seemed genuinely contrite about the overkill, and had statements from network news execs at "all the major news outlets except NBC" stating that a line had been crossed. There's a link to the video here, but it's "premium content".

That... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 8:27 AM on January 30, 2004

So, Matt, do you want to trade him an account for a bed?
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 8:17 AM on January 9, 2004

Here's some video, in case the excitement in Joe Starkey's voice drove you wild to see the play.

There's a 23MB long version that starts with Stanford's final possession, and a 2MB short version of just the last play, both RealVideo.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 10:12 PM on November 20, 2003

Hmm, spartacusroosevelt's Virgin Girl was transformed into a Vain German at my school. (And she/he vended "a hop" which goes with the Yale list).

I couldn't tell you the names of the nerves to save my life, but that phrase pops into my head at the oddest times.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 8:26 PM on November 14, 2003

My pants are off. Do you like BBQ sauce? This comes from rainbow quicksilver and yellow I Ching. Will our fearless leader Matt play along? He's swell, helping you keep up, and with Quonsar so cute. Dubya Bush belongs in a kennel with Karl Rove.

Very little of this is my own, I'll almost feel bad if I get it.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 2:32 PM on October 28, 2003

My pants are off. Do you like BBQ sauce?
This comes from 7 metaweb.com and 6 I Ching.
Will our fearless leader Matt play along? He's swell.
Hoping you pick up the beat, Quonsar. So cute.
Dubya Bush belongs in a kennel with Karl Rove.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 3:41 PM on October 28, 2003

Could jaundice be "firing"? I don't know if you can "fire" I Ching, but it makes some sense. "The fire's ready" is in the BK "title" area, and fire is yellow....I'm really reaching here.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 3:22 PM on October 30, 2003

Just in case, since ed only tallies the full guesses:

My pants are off. Do you hate BBQ sauce?
This comes from reading Quicksilver and firing I Ching.
Will our fearless leader Matt play along? He's swell.
Hoping you pick up the beat, Quonsar. So cute.
George Bush belongs in a kennel with Karl Rove.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 3:24 PM on October 30, 2003

OK, heimchen, let's try that. The word "blue" is often used to imply adultness - as in "blue movie". The last word before blue is pale.

So, if that's right, what do we get? Either a pale yellow, or an implication that Eddie Murphy wants something pale? I'm not really sure what the supplemental supplemental clue does for us....

If my brain doesn't implode soon, it will be a miracle.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 4:44 PM on October 30, 2003

My pants are off. Do you have BBQ sauce?
This comes from reading Quicksilver and liking I Ching.
Will our fearless leader Matt play along? He's swell.
Hoping you pick up the beat, Quonsar. So cute.
George Bush belongs in a kennel with Karl Rove.
posted by stopgap at 2:31 AM CST on October 29

Scored a 43.

My pants are off, do you have BBQ sauce?
This comes from reading... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 6:43 PM on October 30, 2003

oops, apparently I should spend less time composing and more time refreshing the page.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 6:45 PM on October 30, 2003

whoa, ed. Don't get down on yourself. I, for one, wasn't actually mad about the mis-scoring, just pointing it out and making my own injoke in the process.

Can you tell me if the answer to the supplemental clue is, in fact, pale? And if that's the answer, what do I do with it?

Thanks for the thread. However it turns out, it's been fun.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 9:09 PM on October 30, 2003

shoepal, I think the word that's wrong is "liking", and that "have" was correct. If you look at philclifff's attempt, it scored a 43. If "liking" was right, it would have been 44.

I just hate to see you expend so much energy trying to replace the word that seems to be right.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 9:15 PM on October 30, 2003

B is fine with me. I won't feel bad about not solving it, and I don't think there's any one person who actually "deserves" to win the prize.

I'll second paradigm's comment, too. This has been cool for me because of the group effort. It's the first time I've felt like a member of mefi rather than just someone who showed up late to the party without a date.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 9:37 PM on October 30, 2003

OK, I think shoepal has it with "seeing". It works with the card catalogue part of the clue, and it ties back to jaundice better than deluxe does, jaudiced eye being a reference to seeing the world in a certain weary way.

I don't know what it has to do with the rolling bones, but I've decided not to let little trivialities like not understanding bother me here.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 12:47 PM on October 31, 2003

me too
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 4:42 PM on November 1, 2003

This is why I'm a Protestant.
posted by marcusb at 5:19 PM CST on October 19

Well, marcusb, I'll be sure to mention to the St. Luke's Lutheran Church down the street that they've ceased to be Protestant. Many Protestant churches recognize and revere saints.

And while we're on the subject, the Catholic Church doesn't claim to make anyone a saint. The process of beatification and cannonization is a simple... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 4:59 PM on October 19, 2003

I work with Gay Youngman.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 11:17 AM on October 7, 2003

wsg, I had that problem too.

Running Win2k, fixed it by going to sound control panel, Audio tab, unchecking "use only preferred devices", then clicking Advanced under Playback, going to Performance tab, and clicking Restore Defaults.

Of course, that explanation makes it sound like I did those things with a sense of direction and purpose, but actually I was clicking madly and cursing all the while. I'm pretty sure those are the last two things I tried.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 12:58 PM on September 30, 2003

Hey Asparagirl, when I saw your description, I knew exactly what I was going to see. I also thought it was a good thing to post, and since I was at work and dependent on the internet for my info two years ago, I hadn't seen it before. Hearing the shock and confusion in the newscasters' commentary was meaningful to me, and I'm not one to find meaning in porn.

In other words, thanks for the post.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 11:10 AM on September 11, 2003

Yes, wanderingmind, it is like Fool's Errand. I no longer have the disks that ran on my old 512KE Macintosh, but you can download it, even if you're running Windows. Back in those days, it was the Best. Game. Ever. - thanks for the reminder.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 2:40 PM on September 9, 2003

shhhh, planetkyoto. We don't like to talk about the ammo.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 5:43 PM on August 10, 2003

Oregon - Oregon State? That's got nothing on two rival high schools from Topeka, KS - Topeka Seamen and Topeka High Trojans. So, when the Trojans win, the inevitable high school newspaper headline reads: (wait for it...)

Trojans stop Seamen!

Oh, the memories...
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 3:33 PM on August 4, 2003

Widdershins, it's true. Your brain just expects all the light squares to be equal, and tries to compensate for the shadow. You can watch an animated version here.

What's really cool is to open the jpg in photoshop, take a little rectangle from A, copy it, and slide it across the board to B. You'll swear it changes color as it goes. You can also drag it around on the big green thing for the same effect. If you do it just right, you can make it look half light, half... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 1:22 PM on July 24, 2003

Grod, you're not the only one who feels sorry for the man. This NPR commentator is with you, and with good reason. I feel sorry for her, sounds like she lost her life when she accidently took another's.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 2:33 PM on July 21, 2003

My memory may be faulty, but I swear I remember going into one of these houses at Old Abilene Town, a tourist-y reconstruction of an Old West cattle town. The thing is, I don't remember anything mystical being attached to it. It was called the Wacky Shack, or something like that, and you got to it by going out the exit of the saloon.

Ahh, the good old days! "Hey kids, see how fun it is to get liquored up! Everything's Wacky!"
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 1:37 PM on July 17, 2003

The lecture in question took place just a few hundred yards from the library in which I work. Did I go? Nope. I could have commented here with first-person accuracy, and you all would have marvelled at my insight. Instead, I wallow in regret. The most I can offer is a link to the eventual text and video of the lecture.

It's a fantastic lecture series, by the way. Archives of audio, and sometimes video back to the series' inception in 1966 are also available from... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 6:48 AM on May 6, 2003

Art's and Mary's are the best, especially jalapeno ones. They also make a great herb-garlic parmesean, and even a good no-salt chip, for those who get too thirsty.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 11:40 AM on January 26, 2003

"He loves her enough to accept that she cannot love him back; knows that this part of their lives is over. "

Oh my. It was painful to read, but very well done. Thanks for the link.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 2:34 PM on January 15, 2003

In a related story, FoxTrot does Ellen Feiss today.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 10:01 AM on November 6, 2002

We have no-call lists in Kansas, too. Free, good for 5 years, and you can register online.
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 9:51 AM on October 21, 2002

The "changes" are not so much a revision as an addition. Currently there are three sets of five mysteries (joyful, sorrowful, glorious) which focus on different aspects of the lives of Jesus and Mary. Most people choose one of the three sets when praying.

The new changes involve a new set of five mysteries focusing on Jesus' public life. If you're curious, read about how the rosary was originally developed as a way of giving monks who could not or who had... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by donnagirl at 2:22 PM on October 14, 2002