Stories of changing desire
Ever Changing Weather by catAsmith (cc by)
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Posts from October 2022
"The wind is free but nothing else is"
Steel barque Pamir (1930s) by frankmh
I'm working on a tall ship right now, on which I have several thousand sea miles' experience... automatronic explains why the state of the art for a sailing ship still looks much the same as it did a hundred years ago
"Thanks! I hate it."
In today's edition of "what does eponysterical mean?" malevolent lives up to his user name.
Sex is fine and all, but have you ever ...
Vintage TAYLOR and NG "Ani-Mates" series mug - orgy of elephants doin' it! by EraPhernalia Vintage . . . [''playin' hook-y''] ;o (cc by-sa)
I still have wind up sperm that swims across the desk somewhere I got one year. Lotta flavoured condoms too. Jilder talks about the real excitement in the porn and sex toys biz.
From the Steering Committee, a Community Question: How can MetaFilter put the FUN into FUNdraising?
Train train, comin' 'round
martin q blank asks about IDing a half-remembered old mystery novel that somehow features a model train set used as computer, and is answered by Mercantides, who has lurked on Mefi for 20+ years only to show up as a new member to answer this question! Wow!
"The MetaFilter Steering Committee is excited to bring you the first Steering Committee Check-In!"
Boundless resolve
Bureaucracy / Bürokratie III by manoftaste.de (cc by)
I am an RN case manager who does hospital discharge work and has a lot of experience in other parts of the mental health and elder care systems as well. I want to warn you about some of the difficulties that might lie ahead as you try to navigate this situation, but also offer some encouragement: I am a Sock, I am an Island offers in-depth info on working through especially difficult nursing home and care options.
"living the dream"
photo via loc.gov
adamsc links to a super secret stash of cunningly hidden Library of Congress cultural treasure in the Lizzo LOC thread
chasles has posted a Hurricane Ian check in thread in Metatalk
"My time has come!"
Warren G. Harding by Forever Wiser (cc by)
In 2001 I was both stage manager and historic researcher for a play from 1911 about congressional sex scandals: EmpressCallipygos shares inhuman ecstatic shrieking and some hot goss on Warren G. Harding.
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