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The Weird-Ass Picture Book Awards, WAPB,
are given to the books that make you go “Huhhh?” Awards are given for story, illustration, and cover art. The highest award goes to the picture book achieving outstanding weirdness in both illustration and text. The 2007 WAPBA went to The Fuchsia Is Now, by J. Otto Seibold, for its strange story and artwork. The interesting use of condoms as hats was clearly a deciding factor in this book’s selection. Dear Fish, by Chris Gall, won for both illustration and cover art. For storyline, My Father the Dog, by Elizabeth Bluemle, took the prize.
posted to MetaFilter by Fizz
at 7:14 AM on July 7, 2008
(18 comments)
What in Vegas am I allergic to? Both times I've been to the Vegas Strip, around the 3rd day in I get a rash on my legs. I've never had this rash before, and I'm perplexed.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cgg
at 7:59 AM on January 9, 2008
(12 comments)
How do you remove paint from a brick fireplace?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jca
at 10:17 AM on August 16, 2006
(14 comments)
In music, why does the key of F have a B flat and not an A sharp? Is there actually a difference, or is it just musical tradition that a flat is used in this key and not a sharp?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stenoboy
at 2:42 AM on June 27, 2008
(40 comments)
How to keep squirrel from digging in container plants?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gimonca
at 9:13 AM on August 20, 2006
(14 comments)
"The pervasive narcissism and cartoon chest-thumping of young black culture no longer jibes with what's essentially a sacrificial game. Basketball hawks the individual star. Football offers glamour jobs like quarterback, running back, receiver. For baseball, meanwhile, sacrifice is an actual statistic: The best fail in 70 percent of their at-bats. 'The thing about baseball is that it's such a team sport,' Philadelphia's Rollins told Sports Illustrated. 'And when you're in the inner city, it's all about being the man, about establishing your strength as an individual. So how can you be the man? You want that ball in your hands with three seconds on the clock to take the shot, or you want the football under your arm. That's how.'
Race, class, families, fathers, and baseball:
Where Have All the Black Guys Gone?
posted to MetaFilter by mudpuppie
at 4:02 PM on June 13, 2008
(62 comments)
With over 35,000,000 visitors a year, it could be argued that it is the busiest
museum in the world. Yet most people are there to
catch a plane.
posted to MetaFilter by oneirodynia
at 2:13 PM on June 12, 2008
(8 comments)
Do non-English-speaking countries hold spelling bees?
posted to Ask Metafilter by strangeguitars
at 8:18 AM on May 31, 2008
(22 comments)
What are some good, somewhat dirty jokes suitable for telling to my Grandma?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sciurus
at 2:52 PM on June 26, 2007
(54 comments)
BlogStop.
Where the last word of an entry must be used as an acronym for the next entry. Simple.
posted to MetaFilter by coudal
at 7:07 AM on July 30, 2003
(1033 comments)
Emory University English Professor
Mark Bauerlein's
new book,
The Dumbest Generation:
How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future posits that "[t]he dawn of the digital age once aroused our hopes: the Internet, e-mail, blogs, and interactive and ultra-realistic video games promised to yield a generation of sharper, more aware, and intellectually sophisticated children....we assumed that teens would use their know-how and understanding of technology to form the vanguard of this new, hyper-informed era. That was the promise. But the enlightenment didn’t happen. The technology that was supposed to make young adults more astute, diversify their tastes, and improve their minds had the opposite effect."
Some beg to differ. An
interview with Mark Bauerlein; Bauerlein on
CBS News.
posted to MetaFilter by ericb
at 9:09 AM on May 14, 2008
(112 comments)
Pricing making album cover art:
posted to Ask Metafilter by edgeways
at 12:15 PM on July 27, 2006
(4 comments)
I'm interested in reading more fun books, written in 1945 or earlier, which clearly set themselves in the time and place that they were written. Examples include Anne of Green Gables, Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers, Pride & Prejudice, and China to Me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Margalo Epps
at 1:59 PM on May 24, 2008
(39 comments)
Even if you're one of those "I don't like jazz" folks, the iconoclastic multi-instrumentalist
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936-1977) is probably someone you can dig. For one thing, he wasn't afraid of using a fat
backbeat, more akin to soul/R&B than most of the jazz of his time. And how can you say no to a guy who passed out little flutes to his audience members, inviting them to join in, saying
"What about a blues in W, in the key of W". Or who played 3 or 4 horns at once, followed by a nose-flute solo? God bless you,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk. [more inside]
posted to MetaFilter by flapjax at midnite
at 4:30 AM on August 7, 2007
(50 comments)
"As a great architect once said, 'Buildings should look like what they are'." John Jessop became so frustrated with the red tape required for his company to get permission to build a farm shed,
he submitted a sarcastic application . Read his full "Planning Application for Erection of Agricultural Implement Shed"
here [pdf, 3 pages]. No word yet on whether the shed was approved.
Via.
posted to MetaFilter by amyms
at 5:55 PM on April 24, 2008
(27 comments)
FontStruct
lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks. Once you're done building, FontStruct generates high-quality TrueType fonts, ready to use in any Mac or Windows application.
posted to MetaFilter by Dave Faris
at 9:43 PM on April 12, 2008
(21 comments)
Should I believe the 6 months = 7500 miles rule in my car's maintenance schedule, or is miles actually the important number?
posted to Ask Metafilter by JZig
at 4:47 PM on April 6, 2008
(11 comments)
When watching older movies (say, through the 60s), the acting seems more exaggerated--for lack of a better term--than in modern films. Is there terminology for these differences in acting styles, and when/why did it change?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mpls2
at 8:47 AM on April 7, 2008
(12 comments)
Bookshelf.
"The home of interesting bookshelves, bookcases and things that look like them"
posted to MetaFilter by fearfulsymmetry
at 5:52 AM on March 29, 2008
(25 comments)
Chinese MC Hammer.
Move for move nearly perfect redo of the original Hammer video. In someone's living room. While mom knits on the couch. It's a thousand kinds of awesome.
via blort
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie
at 10:35 PM on March 29, 2008
(75 comments)
Sorry, there really are
no 'good psychics', only charlatans. Deleting the posts in that thread stating so isn't going to change that.
Are we going to delete negative comments if someone asks the best way to transfer money to dead Nigerian princes?
This is 2007 - it's about time that Mefi grows up and allows people to call a scam a scam.
posted to MetaTalk by unixrat
at 2:58 PM on August 21, 2007
(276 comments)
The last few weeks different musical themes have been looping inside my head. How concerned should I be and/or how can I do something about it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jeremias
at 6:17 AM on October 7, 2007
(13 comments)
Should I transcribe what I'm hearing in my head? How? (And should I see a shrink?)
posted to Ask Metafilter by RobotHeart
at 2:03 PM on November 7, 2007
(13 comments)
Grapes in milk... now what?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Rinku
at 4:57 PM on April 2, 2008
(180 comments)
Best Story Ever
is a series of clips featuring various celebrities --
Henry Rollins,
Lewis Black,
Dee Snider,
Chuck D,
Ron Jeremy,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and many more -- telling their best stories. Some are lame, some are funny. But hey, what's your best story ever?
(It can't be lamer than Alan Thicke's, can it?)
posted to MetaFilter by cog_nate
at 7:58 AM on March 31, 2008
(64 comments)
