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I saw a feature on ESPN last night about
Britt Gaston and Cliff Courtney, two Georgia teenagers who are indelibly linked to history as the kids who
ran alongside Hank Aaron after the famous 715th home run. Then I googled around a bit and discovered
Jim Leavelle, the former Dallas cop who will forever be known as
the guy in the hat watching Ruby take care of Oswald in the precinct basement. And then there's
Mary Ann Vecchio, a 14-year-old runaway who was photographed wailing over a dead body at Kent State in 1970. And, of course, there's
Afghanistan Girl. Can anyone think of other bystanders to historical events whose faces we all know but identities remain anonymous? Is there anyone who has not yet been rediscovered?
posted to MetaFilter by PrinceValium
at 12:08 PM on April 7, 2004
(25 comments)
Academic writer's block: tips, strategies, experiences, psychology for dealing with it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by RogerB
at 2:45 PM on September 27, 2006
(19 comments)
Wikipedia posits the mid- to late-1800s as the time when we first started seeing time travel in literature. Are there older examples? Is there an analog from antiquity -- some similar concept articulated in an ancient culture or mythology? A folk tale?
posted to Ask Metafilter by blueshammer
at 9:08 AM on November 20, 2006
(13 comments)
Floppy Laptop Lid: Toshiba Satellite 2450 (bought in Canada, FWIW). The lid is flopping around. Are there any online tutorials/instruction manuals for how to fix this annoyance? Can it be done without spending $ or ordering parts, etc.? Thanks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by rumbles
at 3:00 PM on December 13, 2006
(3 comments)
Deals and Free Stuff in the UK?
posted to Ask Metafilter by srboisvert
at 3:48 AM on January 8, 2007
(7 comments)
Recently discovered Explosions in the Sky,
The music fades away in the background after awhile and I can concentrate on doing work. Anybody else have artists that are simillar or music that helps you get your work done and gets you in that zone.
I do not want classical music, sleepy instrumental music and not drum&bass..please.
posted to Ask Metafilter by radsqd
at 7:03 PM on January 30, 2007
(38 comments)
Which Nikon dSLR would you recommend for an advanced amateur, and why?
posted to Ask Metafilter by The Michael The
at 9:53 AM on February 18, 2007
(11 comments)
I'd like to get an entry level DSLR with *only* a basic prime lens for under $600. Is this doable?
posted to Ask Metafilter by rsanheim
at 7:57 AM on May 21, 2008
(33 comments)
What are, say, the 5 key dumbbell exercises for arm strongening?
posted to Ask Metafilter by turgid dahlia
at 6:59 PM on May 19, 2008
(12 comments)
How did you change your life? What small-ish changes have you made that greatly impacted your life?
posted to Ask Metafilter by elisabethjw
at 1:21 PM on May 20, 2008
(48 comments)
When was the last time scholars discovered a previously unknown piece of literature from ancient Greece or Rome? Has it happened at all in modern times? If you were to speculate on the chances we'll ever rediscover another play from Euripides, Sophocles, et al, are there any relatively recent discoveries of new works from ancient Greek and Roman authors you could use as examples?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mediareport
at 5:20 PM on May 19, 2008
(17 comments)
Standard adult male body, but I have skinny upper arms. Suggestions for a workout to add some mass, specifically from elbows up?
posted to Ask Metafilter by penciltopper
at 2:19 PM on May 17, 2008
(21 comments)
In Buddhist philosophy, how is one supposed to
do anything?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phrontist
at 8:16 PM on May 18, 2008
(44 comments)
What's the best option for wireless broadband in France and Portugal?
posted to Ask Metafilter by unconvention
at 8:05 AM on May 7, 2008
(2 comments)
Remember Me.
A multimedia documentary about one family's struggle to deal with the loss of a parent. This series is the 2008 Pulitzer winner for feature photography.
posted to MetaFilter by chunking express
at 1:18 PM on April 10, 2008
(27 comments)
Wearing an
old-fashioned diving suit,
William "Diver Bill" Walker worked in 14 feet of murky water beneath
Winchester Cathedral, digging out the old timber and peat foundations and replacing them with bags of concrete cement and concrete blocks. Staying
underwater six hours per day for five years (1906-1911), Diver Bill moved 25,800 bags of concrete and laid 114,900 concrete blocks, saving the Norman building from certain collapse.
posted to MetaFilter by chuckdarwin
at 2:40 PM on April 9, 2008
(38 comments)
Looking for a simple routine to build upper body strength without weights.
posted to Ask Metafilter by rachelpapers
at 7:06 AM on April 2, 2008
(24 comments)
How do you ignore someone's attitude instead of letting it bring you down? How do you handle living with someone who can be really negative a lot of the time?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 5:54 PM on April 1, 2008
(17 comments)
I'm anxious. All the time. About everything. Everything! Are there ways to manage this without the use of medication?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 9:19 AM on March 27, 2008
(43 comments)
Where are the good, exciting online fetishwear sites?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ambrosia Voyeur
at 12:56 PM on March 6, 2008
(10 comments)
I’ve always wanted to be a writer. Always wanted… but never actually worked towards it, so I have no writing-specific experience or training. I’d like to transition to a career that somehow involves writing, but I’m not sure how I can get my foot in the door.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Metroid Baby
at 4:31 PM on February 29, 2008
(12 comments)
I eat a lot of hot sauce, and I have many favorites which I have no trouble finding or buying. But I think it would be good to make my own. How does one do that properly?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ragma
at 7:21 AM on February 20, 2008
(6 comments)
Board game filter: What's a good strategic board game for 3-4 players with moderate attention spans?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ignignokt
at 4:29 PM on February 19, 2008
(39 comments)
I'm a scientist. My ex is a scientist. We study similar things, and their name is starting to turn up in my literature searches. What to do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 7:09 PM on February 16, 2008
(28 comments)
The Dictionary of Coming to Terms with the Past (
Wörterbuch der 'Vergangenheitsbewältigung') examines over 1,000 German words that have Nazi connotations, such as
Endlösung (Final Solution) and
Selektion, It is featured in a
review by der Spiegel. Such loaded words still constitute a minefield for Germans today, as the Archbishop of Cologne
discovered last year in a situation
analogized to Senator Biden's use of the term "articulate" when referring to Senator Obama.
posted to MetaFilter by Rumple
at 9:59 PM on February 17, 2008
(49 comments)
What can I do to relieve my pain from hives?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sweetkid
at 6:53 PM on February 14, 2008
(21 comments)
I'd like to hear from anyone who's found a substantial way to contribute to the world despite being sloppy and obsessive. Or I guess from people who found some plausibly repeatable way of moving from sloppy and obsessive to careful and flexible, despite having despaired of doing so at some time in the past.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 3:05 PM on February 9, 2008
(20 comments)
Bill Hicks said, in one of his acts, and I quote "It's gonna fuck up the economy... the economy thats fake anyway!" Is the economy fake?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Effigy2000
at 1:41 AM on February 2, 2008
(33 comments)
Can you help me find great examples of museums making use of free social web apps?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Miko
at 11:42 AM on January 29, 2008
(14 comments)
Apotropaios
contains much fascinating information about the (here, mainly British and Irish) folk magic practice of concealing objects in buildings for ritual protection purposes. Yes,
mummified Ceiling Cat is averting your evil. One aspect of the practice, the
deliberate concealment of garments, has provided us with insight into ordinary costume of bygone days.
posted to MetaFilter by Abiezer
at 10:18 AM on January 27, 2008
(26 comments)
With the death of
Louis de Cazenave,
Lazare Ponticelli is the last surviving French veteran of World War One, and the country has been wondering how to mark the inevitable.
By contrast, Germany's response to the recent death of
Erich Kaestner has been a more muted affair, indeed, all but unnoted.
posted to MetaFilter by IndigoJones
at 12:40 PM on January 26, 2008
(10 comments)
O Hammers, Head
: discussion of a freakish reference in Philodemus's
On Methods of Inference, found in the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum.
posted to MetaFilter by paduasoy
at 6:26 PM on January 25, 2008
(43 comments)
"
This is a building where our deeply-troubled public school system once stored its supplies, and then one day apparently walked away from it all, allowing everything to go to waste...
All that's left is an overwhelming sense of knowledge unlearned and untapped potential."
(Via Making Light.)
posted to MetaFilter by ottereroticist
at 8:54 PM on January 22, 2008
(57 comments)
