how we got Paul Newman's portable suna...
"[The movie] Slap Shot was based on my dad's hockey team at the time, the Johnstown Jets"
how we got Paul Newman's portable suna...
"[The movie] Slap Shot was based on my dad's hockey team at the time, the Johnstown Jets"
yay sandwiches
"I'm writing my thesis on the history of American food and nutrition.... Only about 20% of the meals eaten in New York City were at a restaurant by 1930"
joshu & memepool
"When I wrote memepool, there was no RSS, no MySQL. The word "weblog" hadn't been coined yet."
amateur cattle behaviorist report
"We practice low stress cattle management. Cavorting is not uncommon in our cows."
the result will most likely not resemble anything close to running by the end.
"Yes, you can do a marathon without training. I know this because I did this."
I worked at NOA's correspondence department...
"It was part of the corporate culture at Nintendo to treat every customer with respect and personal attention."
New iPad apps
Got a new iPad and wondering what to do with it? This Ask MeFi thread is a goldmine of ideas and apps.
!racecar!
MeFi's own msalt, world's best palindromist!
and that is as close to an FPP as you'll ever get from me
"I watched this footage on every mission the day it was released, for the last 5 years or so of the program."
"And that's why you had to do the holo-grind."
"[T]here are some funny things about holocrons and jedi grinding."
a unique and thrilling sound
On bowed instruments and spider silk strings, an exposition by kochbeck.
Scientistism Run Amok
Are you some kind of scientist? Do you want people to know that you are a scientist? Then check out this Metatalk thread. For SCIENCE!
Enough with the anti-invertebrate sentiments!
"Rat eradication is possible and the results are impressive."
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