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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

That's my name, don't wear it out.

Like that ol' timey humor illustration? My hub Steve does too. For a fantastic collection of cartoons from the 1890's-1930's, visit his Life Drawing Blog. And don't miss his excellent tribute to MAD artist/comic genius Will Elder.
He also posted MGM animator/legend Irv Spence's Daily Cartoon Diary of 1944. Check it out here.



A few of my all time favorite MeFi posts:

I was an occasional Metafilter reader until I spent a huge chunk of my day engrossed in this post: Surely You Must Be Joking After that, I was hooked for good.
Glory Hole (Not what you think.)
Everything about this is magical: Street theater and on the same topic, Royal de Luxe Parade
I love Hans and his daxophone! The unstoppable Herr Reichel
Seeing is believing(mirages) and When the Desert Winds Turn Deadly(dust storms) contain some of the most mind boggling photos of natural phenomena I've seen on the tubes
Jessamyn's fascinating 'how to make ice in the desert' post: Night Ice
This is only one of many great Muppet posts. I didn't even realize how much I loved Muppets until I started weeding through my favorites pages. Muppet Wiki
A rolicking tale of wily Germans in WWI (Note to self: Drinking and Commenting Don't Mix): High Adventure on the Seven Seas and in the Arabian Desert
Both Moomins Galore and We'll send you to Hog Heaven, all right! were winners in the August contest.
Escape from La Paz is about town that's also a prison.

I'm sure I'll be adding more as time permits.

Cheers to this great, generous, contentious bar-brawl of a website.