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In an Instant.
"Would a doctor come right here?"
David Steiner, 65, reflects on how the night of June 5, 1968, changed his own life forever.
(LA Times reg. req.)
posted to MetaFilter by scody
at 11:41 AM on June 5, 2008
(24 comments)
This is another children's song, and it's even better than the last one. Induces uncontrollable giggling in test audiences - for the young, and the young at heart.
posted to MeFi Music by Meatbomb
at 8:56 AM on May 31, 2008
(4 comments)
Buried in a beer can.
As an appealing bonus, the coffin doubles as a beer cooler before it's needed for the stiff. With baby boomers getting ready to pop their clogs, many are looking to alternative ways to
recycle their remains. A book and radio interview on
green burials and some
interesting figures on the quantities of wood, steel, copper, bronze and embalming fluid buried each year in the US in conventional funerals.
posted to MetaFilter by binturong
at 4:25 PM on May 14, 2008
(22 comments)
When I die, I want to make sure that my body is stripped down and recycled much like an automobile at the wrecking yard. How do I go about making sure this happens?
posted to Ask Metafilter by davey_darling
at 10:02 AM on May 5, 2008
(15 comments)
How do I go from out-of-shape to a baseline level of fitness in a relatively short time without giving myself a heart attack or a stroke?
posted to Ask Metafilter by scrump
at 2:50 PM on May 13, 2008
(16 comments)
John Darnielle has written a song by song defense of Radiohead's amnesiac (
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8/9,
10,
11), among
other overly wordy and passionate music reviews, including many pleas for us all to learn to love
doom/death metal. John is a
prolific songwriter himself, under the name The Mountain Goats. All the TMG's music, including their
newest, is recorded on the
Panasonic RX-FT500, a cheap boom box with the gears audibly churning in the background as extra musician.
posted to MetaFilter by malphigian
at 8:00 AM on March 6, 2002
(25 comments)
Take my arm, my love. Don't write a check from a joint bank account. Hide all the photographs in your home and office which would identify you as a couple. Take off your wedding rings. Touch each other, and talk to each other, in public, in ways that could only be interpreted as you being "friends." A thoughtful post on "self-editing," homophobia, and the day-to-day experience of many LGBT folks, at
Shakesville (aka Shakespeare's Sister), by
Teh Portly Dyke.
posted to MetaFilter by fiercecupcake
at 7:40 AM on May 6, 2008
(179 comments)
Aryan Outfitters
- a photo and audio essay from Mother Jones magazine about a day in the life of a 58-year old seamstress who caters to the Ku Klux Klan.
posted to MetaFilter by ooga_booga
at 1:16 PM on April 13, 2008
(105 comments)
How do you get into funerary services if you're not in the family business? My friend is currently going to mortuary and school and could use some tips as to landing apprenticeships and such.
posted to Ask Metafilter by es_de_bah
at 6:52 PM on April 15, 2008
(3 comments)
What is your favourite blog?
posted to Ask Metafilter by feelinglistless
at 1:21 PM on March 30, 2008
(53 comments)
Suppose you killed somebody...
How would you dispose of the body without getting caught? Would you dump it somewhere? Bury it in the backyard or basement? Dissolve it in lime? What? What would your master plan be that would allow you to get away with it?
And no, I haven't killed anybody and I'm not planning to - I was just curious.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ashbury
at 5:48 PM on June 13, 2004
(74 comments)
Uncle Dirty
is a fascinating photo essay about a photographer's strange uncle who has lived 86 years obsessed with bodybuilding, penises, and thongs. Not safe for work, but not too crazy, the photos really humanize someone you'd probably cross the street to avoid in real life. (via
mjj/
blort)
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie
at 11:13 AM on March 8, 2008
(130 comments)
My heartfelt thanks to loving MeFites: Brandon Blatcher, hadjiboy, Grammar Moses, madamjujujive, vronsky, hortense, It's Raining Florence Henderson, rtha and Hildegarde.
posted to MetaTalk by nickyskye
at 5:13 PM on February 19, 2008
(133 comments)
Abraham Lincoln, duelist?
Hamilton and Burr were not the only prominent
duelists in US history.
In the early morning hours of September 22, 1842, a young Abraham Lincoln crossed the Mississippi River at Alton, IL on his way to a small island where he would engage in mortal combat with a political adversary. Lincoln had used his sarcastic wit to write anonymous letters to the editor lampooning a political rival, James Shields. Some of his friends joined in and perhaps went a little too far, including suggestions of Shields' inadequacies with the ladies. One of these friends included Lincoln's future wife, Mary Todd. Shields demanded a duel and Lincoln defined the parameters of the duel - broadswords in a pit.
posted to MetaFilter by caddis
at 4:16 PM on April 24, 2006
(46 comments)
Please help me understand the characteristics for which I should be looking in a mortuary school, and the viability of my finding work in the field.
posted to Ask Metafilter by earlofgrey
at 4:18 PM on February 11, 2008
(5 comments)
The King of Kong, continued.
If you enjoyed "The King of Kong," check out the Onion AV Club's recent, impromptu, and insightful interview with Billy Mitchell. Also featured are responses by filmmakers Ed Cunningham and Seth Gordon.
posted to MetaFilter by Monster_Zero
at 1:35 PM on February 9, 2008
(49 comments)
After indulging in the irrelevant excess of fashion week, something a bit more practical: the pursuit of the
perfect tie knot.
posted to MetaFilter by merc
at 7:16 PM on February 8, 2008
(28 comments)
So,
good day, and welcome to the
Bob and
Doug McKenzie FPP.
How's it goin' eh? Like, I've got some
back bacon fryin' up on the Coleman, a dozen
donuts, a
two-four, and our topic today is stuff on the internet relating to
these two Canadian hoseheads. So, like, sit back, put a
toque on,
grab a beer, and enjoy!
posted to MetaFilter by not_on_display
at 10:17 AM on February 8, 2008
(67 comments)
Personal journal-keeping - something I've wanted to be consistent with, but haven't. So, what works for you journalers to keep you journaling or at least keep coming back to journaling?
posted to Ask Metafilter by lucyleaf
at 11:54 AM on February 4, 2008
(26 comments)
I love looking around when I'm in public places and trying to pick out the people that I think smoke pot. Its fun because statistically there have to be a few people in every crowd that smoke, even if they don't look like they do. I've noticed quite a few drug related threads on Metafilter lately and I've been dying to ask this question: How many Metafilter users smoke marijuana or use or have used other illicit substances regularly. I do realize that I'm supposed to post a link, but I just had to know.
posted to MetaFilter by bytecode
at 11:10 PM on July 8, 2001
(98 comments)
It's a familiar story, a young upstart goes against the rules laid down by the establishment, gets smacked down but somehow rises from ruin. It's just not a story one usually associates with scrapbooking. Kristina Contes (
blog,
flickr page) of scrapbooking group
Effer Dares became the most vilified person in scrapbookdom ("Has KC ever done a layout that didn't feature a photograph of herself?" "My 4 y.o. does better with stickers." "After you have viewed her work you know she has no class." "I just want to . . . slap her!"). The L. A. Times
tells her story.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 9:51 PM on January 14, 2008
(73 comments)
Does Your Penis Smell Perfect? Have you ever asked yourself: "Why is it that no matter how much time and effort I put into washing my penis in the shower, I still get that awful whiff of a rancid smell throughout the day, or even right after a shower?" Nodoro has the solution. There are commercials (Are they real or parodies?)
here.
Via.
posted to MetaFilter by amyms
at 8:10 PM on January 10, 2008
(122 comments)
AskMefiFollowup: I like to sing Jingle Bell Rock, but using only the words "bell", "rock", and "jingle":
bell rock jingle rock
Bell jingle rock
Rock jingle rock
Bell jingle bell
Rock bell
Jingle
Rock rock bell
Jingle rock, jingle rock
Bell bell bell
Drives my wife nuts. I'd record an MP3 of me doing it if someone could find me a karaoke track.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 10:25 AM PST on December 22
P. S. Tail, Esq, has followed through just in time for Christmas: May I present you with
Jingle Rock Bell
posted to MetaTalk by quasistoic
at 11:39 AM on December 24, 2004
(71 comments)
