This Roller is a chariot for the glittering Eloi, and if we're not exactly Morlocks yet, that does seem to be the way things are going. TTAC previously on MeFi.
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Welcome to Daily Star Wars "2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the original Star Wars daily strip that was published in newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. In honor of that I've decided to start this blog where I'll be posting a new strip everyday to recreate the series original run. These strips were some of the only Star Wars stories going on at the time and generally had a more serious tone than their Marvel cousin. They're also officially recognized as part of the EU and fill in the gaps between films." This being a blog, everything you find on the main page is in reverse order. This links the first page, and you can click the "newer post" link below the comment box to progress through the series in order. Of course, every page's comic can be clicked to view a larger version. The blog appears to have not been updated since Feb 20, 2013.
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Where have you been? We've been waiting for you! He helped you sweat to the oldies, sweat and shout, and boogie down the pounds, even if you, too, were an oldie. And we know he isn't dead. But where is he? "He's here," the manager of the fitness studio said. A glow had been spotted. An aura had been detected. I turned and saw Richard Simmons standing in the doorway. His eyes were closed and his right arm caressed the doorjamb in the style of a '40s movie starlet. The rhinestones on Simmons's tank top formed the shape of a giraffe — an odd animal for aerobics, but never mind. His pants were orange and yellow, and he wore white New Balance sneakers. Bryan Curtis catches up with Richard Simmons.
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What were Boris Sidis' child-rearing methods? Or how can one find anything on that topic? I understand some hypnotism was allegedly involved, but I can't find any solid journals studying the method. More broadly, how does one systematically nurture a love of learning?
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James McDonald of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, collects bikes--at least one from every era of bikemaking. "If there were 200 bicycles here," he explains, "they would have been culled down out of probably two to three thousand bicycles that I've brought home over the last two years, and those two thousand would have been culled down from maybe tens of thousands of bicycles that I've gone to look at and left behind." Check out this 3 minute video for more!
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In 1942 a British forest guard in Roopkund, India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons.
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Augusten Burroughs got married.
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The Hotel Beacon and the Lucerne are in the same general Upper West Side neighborhood, they basically have identical ratings on TripAdvisor, their costs are similar, and so far they have both been bed bug-free according to the Bed Bug Registry. So which one should our family choose for a summer visit to NYC?
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I just bought a roof rack for my bike. Without some kind of alarm in place, I will drive into the garage with bike on the roof. I will destroy the bike and damage my house and I want to avoid this. I need some kind of directed sensor such that when the bike breaks the line of the sensor a light flashes to remind me not to drive into the garage with the bike on my roof. Any ideas along these lines or better?
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Looking for sample business emails to improve my writing skills. The resources I found are typically for writing to clients or customers. I am looking for sample emails that one writes mostly internally within their own company. For example an email one would write to make a suggestion, disagree with something, ask for status, share an idea, remind someone politely, coach someone etc (Common business scenarios). Not looking for emails to win business or sell anything. Would appreciate if you could share web links or books (preferably the ones available at amazon.com). Also, I would like examples and not a resource that just gives guidance.
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This video contains just a single still image -- can anyone identify where it's from?
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I'm a serious distance runner and was just diagnosed with turf toe. Its been a nuisance for 2 weeks. Now what?oh....and I'm running a half marathon on Sunday. I am looking forward to this race, although it wasn't on my racing schedule. Please don't berate me for realllly wanting to run this race. I'm just glad it's not broken! I'm going to try KT taping it (have never tried KT tape in my 16 years of running and 25 marathons) with a few methods I found. My doctor gave me nabumetone for the inflammation. I don't want to skip this race and am totally willing to back it off and turn it into a fun run, because I'm training for some much crazier things in the next month (my 4th half ironman and another marathon!) I have an appointment with my podiatrist this week. Have you ran through a turf toe injury? Tell me about it! What else do I need to know about turf toe? Or KT tape? Does it work or is it woo?
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I was recently sitting down to tea with a friend of mine's (we're both in our early 20's), and the topic wandered over to hard drug use (e.g. stuff like cocaine and crystal meth, not marijuana or alcohol.) When comparing our perceptions of how common hard drug use was, we were completely surprised when our answers were polar opposites: I saw it as an extremely rare thing, but she said it was something virtually everyone did but no one talked about. What's the truth here? How prevalent is hard drug use anyway? And why do our experiences differ so much?Rather than statistics on abuse, I'm more interested in statistics on how common hard drug use on a casual basis with people who are otherwise living relatively stable lives, as that's what our conversation focused more on. If it helps in explaining why our perceptions differ so much, here's a little information on our respective backgrounds and the things that came up: - We're both university students in our 20's - We're both well connected with working professionals in our respective fields: I'm in academia largely in the biology/computer science sector, and she's in corporate marketing working for a company similar in size and scope as Proctor and Gamble - One of the things that she brought up was that cocaine use in the corporate world was extremely common based on her experiences and subject to peer pressure like alcohol is. - Her social circles have on average, fewer people with or working on university/college degrees - I would estimate at least 90% of the people I know have one or are working on one, while she estimated only 10% for herself. - Her social circle probably skews a few years younger than mine's - that is, she tends to hang out with people more her age (18-24), while my social circle is at least a few years younger than me on average - My social circles tend to be more diverse and include more marginalized communities as I hang out a lot with queers, feminists and Deaf people I'm curious to know why we see things so differently, and what's the real truth behind it!
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There are a lot of wiki platforms/software available, but I'd like input on which would be easier for a broad usergroup, with a good management element. More thoughts inside.I'd like to start an unofficial wiki to collaborate with people in my field of work from around the US, but I've never managed a wiki before. I know there are some sites that offer free wiki hosting (with ads), but I've seen them littered with spam, and apparently suffering from lack of management. Ability to port the content to a more robust/commercial system is a plus, should my crazy idea take off.
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Looking for some advice for buying a refrigerator, washer, and dryer for the first time.My boyfriend just purchased his first (town)home, and he is moving in the next 30 days. We are going major appliance-shopping this weekend, hoping to score some deals. This includes refrigerator, washer, and dryer. Off the top of my head, I know about Sears and Best Buy, and that's about it. I looked around on Best Buy's website, and they have a low price guarantee, so that's neat. If anyone's got any tips about brands or models, things to consider, financing options, or know other stores to check out, I would really appreciate it. I'm in San Jose, CA, but any of the surrounding cities are fine.
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Hi, UHC looks pretty interesting as a company. But I am having trouble grasping what the company does in reality (aside for all the marketing material on the website) and what is the REAL mission of this company. UHC is apparently an alliance of university medical center and affiliated hospitals website is www.uhc.edu Anyone in the know? or able to decode what is it they do? what is their role in the industry, .where they stand..etc.
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The Final Days of 'Macho Man' Randy Savage Savage, previously on Mefi * His obituary thread * Wrestlemania III * 25 Greatest Matches in Wrestlemania History * Rap into a Slim Jim!
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Eric Weinstein has a PhD in mathematical physics from Harvard, but has spent most of the last 10 years outside academia working as an economic consultant for a New York hedge fund. Now he apparently has a new theory of everything that claims to be able to explain quantum gravity, dark matter and dark energy. Actual details have not yet been provided and some physicists are dismissive. But his work has received enthusiastic endorsement from Oxford's Simonyi Professor of Public Understanding Marcus du Sautoy, with whom he has been discussing the theory over the last two years. Weinstein contributed an answer to the 2012 Edge.org question that seems rather suggestive given this current revelation (he also has other material on the site via his Edge profile). Even Garret Lisi (famous for proposing his own theory of everything a couple of years ago) has said that he is glad that Weinstein is coming forward with this now (scroll down the page).
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I currently live in the Southern US, but next month I'm making a trip to Southern Argentina and next year I'm moving to New York. I guess it's time to buy warm clothes! Can you give me some recommendations on warm, light, layerable winter clothes, particularly a coat?We'll be in Tierra del Fuego for 5 days, but traveling for a few weeks in warmer places. Thus I want gear that takes up as little space as possible, but keeps me warm enough to be comfortable if we go hiking all day. I also want stuff that'll be attractive and useful day-to-day when I move to New York (ie, not ski gear). Things that can be layered are preferred, and I don't have a huge budget. I should add that I'm a guy. Thanks!
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What the heck is going on in Spiral, Season 1, Episode 8? *SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT*I got totally hooked on the French police drama Spiral, because of a recent question on here about it. First - thanks, I am loving the show! Second, after watching the last episode of the first season (episode 8), I was left with a couple of questions that I couldn't answer, and wondered if anyone here had any insight. *Spoilers Below!* 1. Why the heck does Joséphine rip up/destroy the evidence clearing Leroy? Did I miss something here? I mean, she seems like she can be a bitch at times, okay, but this seemed totally unmotivated to me. Did it have something to do with Laborde, like she accepts his offer and this has something to do with it?? 2. And what about Laborde? Does he just totally get off? Who's the dead body at the end? Is that meant to be him, and if so do we know who did it? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts! Thanks in advance!
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"A lot of people think I'm a complete idiot. But I'm actually a professional idiot with decades of experience." Christopher Schewe, aka Shoenice22, posts videos of himself quickly consuming things that should not be consumed quickly, if at all. Highlights: shampoo/conditioner, deodorant, condoms, Pokemon cards. And then there are the alcohol videos ...
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How can I enforce a firewall -- built-in or 3rd-party -- in OS X, such that even someone with an admin account can't disable it?We're currently doing PCI compliance, and one of the requirements is that mobile devices that have access to systems involved in processing card data have personal firewall software installed which can't be disabled by the person using the computer. The only mobile computers we have which that requirement applies to belong to our system administrators, and they're all MBPs running ML. Since they're sysadmins, they've got admin access to their Mac. I've had a couple of endpoint protection vendors promise me a solution only to fall through when we tried it out (in particular, Symantec), and now I'm stuck. Does anyone know of something that will meet this requirement in OS X?
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Giant Ants is a wall-to-wall Facebook graffiti made by two giant ants as they plan for summer, have NSFW encounters, and even answer some fan inquiries! Giant ant origin story.
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I have a large tile shower that was built in 2006. The shower is 5'x5' and the tiles are 1'x1'. The grout and the thinset underneath are cracking. There are no leaks but the tiles have started to come loose. I have removed 4 of the tiles and they came up clean revealing the rubber membrane underneath. Why is my shower failing in this fashion? If I pull up the rest of the tiles and there are no leaks is it safe to re-pour the thinset and then lay new smaller tile?
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My boyfriend is cute and fun, but once in awhile, he comes across as a braggart. How can I gently communicate to him that this annoys me?I've been dating a great man for 6 months now, but every so often, he will say things to me that come across to me as bragging, which irks me to no end. For example, he wasn't very studious in college but he told me a story of how he got drunk and high the night before, but then set the curve for an exam. He has also lamented to me that "too many people like him" and want to be friends with him or seek his advice. In addition, he has also mentioned myriad of cute women that have dated him, or have been attracted to him. I once dated a man that said things like this in the past, and this trait had always bothered me about him. My current boyfriend has been great so far in other ways, so I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt that he doesn't know that he's being annoying. Sometimes though when he says things like this, I just want to lash out and take him down a notch because I find it so irritating. Does the hivemind have any ideas on how I can tell tactfully tell my boyfriend that his bragging really bothers me?
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