MetaFilter posts tagged with wild

Money, Get Away.

william_boot — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:46:36 -0800

Nine years ago, in the autumn of 2000, Daniel Suelo decided to stop using money. He just quit it, like a bad drug habit. Suelo's Blog, Living Without Money. Suelo's website, Zero Currency. All this via Kottke. Oh, and just because you'll want to know.

Third Battle of Newbury

Sailormom — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:30:08 -0800

During the infamous anti road protests at Newbury, England in the mid 1990s, Mark Carroll made a short film called 'The Wild Horses of Newbury' .

Less Talk, More Donkey!

homunculus — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:13:22 -0800

Nice Ass! Jon Katz describes why he owns and loves his donkeys. Follow-up: what happened when Lulu fell during an ice storm.

No Joe Francis or Ogre Here

fenriq — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:44:35 -0800

Nerds Gone Wild
Bad movies. Bad TV. Bad actors. Bad blogs. LAN parties. High scores. Mixtapes. Role playing. Stalking. Pirating. We care. And we discuss.

This is not a llama.

cleardawn — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:12:34 -0800

Vicunas. Perhaps everyone else already knows about them, but I just learned today. Vicunas are my new favorite animal. Not only are they intelligent, shy, highly photogenic and notoriously difficult to tame, but they also orgle. This, while extremely cute, is not a vicuna.

Praying for Dinner

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:54:31 -0800

I, for one, welcome our hummingbird-eating mantis overlords.

This Is How Historical Fiction Should Be Done!

absalom — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:18:11 -0800

HBO's Deadwood is quite possibly the best television show ever produced. Not only is it amazingly gripping stuff, it's also meticulously researched. (Pretty easy to do when the entire city is a registered historic landmark.)
Sure, we all know that Wild Bill and Calamity Jane were real people. As it turns out, though, almost every main character in the show (and many minor ones) had a real life counterpart, as did many of the events.
Deadwood notables EB Farnum, Reverend H W Smith, Seth Bullock and his partner Sol Star, Colorado Charlie Utter, Al Swerengen with his Gem Saloon, and the crosseyed gambler Jack McCall all lived and breathed in one of America's most storied cities.

Feral Children

jasenlee — Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:21:11 -0800

Feral Children? Some of this has to be fiction... but even so, it still makes for interesting reading. Some links to media from the BBC and other sources.