Kryptonite candy glows under UV by Bekathwia (cc by-sa)
This is a weird question about a fantasy my son has about "cooking" with Halloween candy. For months he's been talking about making "Sweet Stew," a "recipe" he made up in which the Halloween candy is ground up in the food processor and then mixed with peanut butter. Is there any real recipe for something we can make with Halloween candy?
The Brox Sisters tune their radio
I'm working on a performance bit that uses 1920s diction, but there's something I'm missing. What are the elements of the popular radio voice that make it distinctive?
Some interesting answers to monkihed's interesting question, Linguists: what makes the 1920s voice so distinctive?
halloween cat by silversolo (cc by)
Hallo, weenies! Mefi posters are celebrating spooky season with a hoard of horrorfying and macabre media. Hope you survive enjoy!
Best Books To Read For Halloween (we love the member recommendations in comments, too)
The 25 best horror movies since 2000 (Mefites might have a few Opinions)
13 Old Time Radio dramas to scare the pants off you
1970s BBC Radio's The Price of Fear with Vincent Price
Grainy, Spooky, Streaming VHS rips of classic 80s horror movies
Triggerfinger's big collection of Horror and Chill
Saydee by Ranger Robb
Grab bag time!
Got a cold? Folk remedies from around the world.
What's that thing embedded in the street? Why, it's a recycled cotton gin part.
Thinking of buying a Gudetama, the egg with ennui? Be sure to check the butt.
Want an earworm? Comedy group All India Bakchod offers this song about social media creeps.
Want to be weepy for pets? Mefites share their old dog stories and old cat stories (comic by Mefi's own Narrative Priorities).
Painting over a mural by WarmSleepy (cc by)
Some interesting ideas and answers in mermaidcafe's Ask Me post looking for examples of erasure in architecture, audio recordings, science, art, and other fields.
Pages from one of Lindgrens' notebooks. Photo credit: Andrea Davis Kronlund / Kungliga Biblioteket via spiegel.de
It's a small world. This man's granddaughter - whose wartime letter was read by Astrid Lindgren and copied in secret - teaches my daughter violin.
Three blind mice comments in the Astrid Lindgren wartime diaries thread on his friendship with the son of the letter-writer whose missive to his brother led Lindgren to write: "Hitler apparently intends to transform all of Poland into a ghetto, where the poor Jews will die of hunger and filth..."
Mosaika Light Show on Parliament Hill by Jamie McCaffrey (cc by)
O Canada! Come join the party in the Canadian election thread! It's been a dramatic campaign with a dramatic result (celebration starts here). For intensive Mefi coverage of the runup to the big day, see here.
Meanwhile in the baseball playoffs, the Toronto Blue Jays were involved in the bizarre play of the year (oh btw they're still in contention, and there's another thread for the NL series too).
And heck, while we're at it, let's throw in some misty watercolor memories of the late-90s happy hardcore scene in Toronto.
Afternoon Tea Paskeston Hall, Pembrokeshire by Hippy-dippy
Food and drink from the Mefi larder: Can't find the ingredient you're missing from your native cuisine? Try these immigrant food substitutions. What should we do with our leftovers? The ingenuity of meatloaf. If you don't have leftovers for lunch, enjoy packed lunches from around the world.
How can I feed my picky child? A reassuring answer.
Washing in milk, historic mealtimes, and why food was served cold to the rich, explained in unexpected facts about everyday life in the past.
Let's get serious about tea or go to Kentucky for a tour guide to bourbon country.
danconcert by danf
I'm sad to report that long-time MetaFilter member and just genuinely good dude Danf passed away yesterday after a long illness. There's a MetaTalk thread about his passing, if you'd like to say something.
Dan was among other things a musician, and posted several recordings to MetaFilter Music over the years, from Fahey-esque guitar compositions to old-time spirituals.
He was a wonderful member of this community and will be dearly missed.
Camping gear inside a tent in Florida by State Library and Archives of Florida
AskMe's got some camping hacks (pack a spare belt buckle, toothpaste in a contact lens case, and respect the all-important footcare)... But how to pass time on the trail?
Hassle the kids with rhyming phrases? Okey dokey, artichokey! Or we could teach them about picking their friends and picking their nose, in French.
We could swap stories of academic detective work, or the majesty of history's most destructive animal swarms. Or just noodle over what to put in my collection of glass bottles.
Hamilton hand-netting for macro-plankton from Aurora / by Frank Hurley by State Library of New South Wales collection
We've wrapped up FirstPost September! A big thank you to julen for organizing and to all the posters who took part.
Great stuff to give a second look under these tags:
FirstPost (from building a medieval LEGO village, to visiting the last audio cassette factory, to this farewell from the bad boy of Canadian dance)
FirstTimeLongTime (did you see the fake Shakespeare play? You can visit Horace Rumpole to see it in person!)
SecondPost (such as Strunk and White, Grammar Police), and even ThirdPost (how about a bot that makes villanelles from tweets).
MetaFilter started as a community weblog in 1999, later added question and answers, then music by members, jobs, projects by members, a podcast, and finally an area dedicated to meetups.
