78: Finishing Moves
 transcript  March 4, 2013 10:04 AM   Subscribe

This episode runs about an hour and forty minutes long and features recaps of the site for the month of February. Shortest month, but longest podcast?


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posted by mathowie (staff) to MeFi Podcast at 10:04 AM (22 comments total) 3 users marked this as a favorite

Yay! This is great, I just want to make sure that my Co-Editors-In-Crime, metafilters own, Scientist and ChuraChura aren't forgotten. They are amazing and have all kinds of awesome papers to damn well link to on our blog.
posted by Blasdelb at 12:41 PM on March 4, 2013 [3 favorites]




I read the title as the total number of finishing moves available to the mods when deleting a post...
posted by Pantengliopoli at 1:52 PM on March 4, 2013


Skipped forward to the bit about Travels with Samantha. Mentioned it in a comment a few weeks back and sent Philip Greenspun a (hopefully not fanboy-ish) "Hey! It's 20 years, dude!" email. He sent a nice response, including:

"Thanks for the link. The 20th anniversary is not until September so I have a few months left. I guess I should do a Kindle version."

The end result of his book for me (and a few similar ones e.g. "Blue Highways") is now 3+ years spent in America, several road and rail trips (including a 7,000 mile loop), and now engaged to an American. Yeah, books can influence.
posted by Wordshore at 2:01 PM on March 4, 2013


That Ron Jeremy question was great. I had never heard of Ron Jeremy before, period, and that question had me reading the answers and linked articles in fascination for longer than I'd like to admit. I thought it was one of those Only on MetaFilter questions where you had people answering a question about a porn star so seriously and without the lulz. Well played.
posted by misozaki at 3:42 PM on March 4, 2013


About the swear jar, I don't think I ever had "hell" on the list. I don't think I've changed it since the original list: fuck, shit, damn, dammit, dick, bastard, and asshole. We could change it if you want, though. Or I could post what it finds, for sanity checking and lols.

Also, we could have swearing offsets, where e.g. dagnabbit, gosh, and darn count against swears, perhaps fractionally.
posted by Pronoiac at 6:10 PM on March 4, 2013


Cheese curd talk got me to googling where I can find them around here (Philly) and I found we just got a food truck that exclusively makes fried cheese curds.
posted by DoubleLune at 6:37 PM on March 4, 2013


I like the idea of fractional offset swears. But I feel like it will be pretty easy to get swearing to the point where it's just a once in a while thing. This one was already scads better than last one (sorry Mo Nickels!)
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:37 PM on March 4, 2013


Who are you calling a scad, eh?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane (staff) at 10:50 PM on March 4, 2013


cortex: Wait, the f-word? Which one is that?
mathowie: It was just all swearing.
cortex: Damn it.

Nice fucking try, cortex.
posted by iamkimiam at 12:02 AM on March 5, 2013


Cussing's the best part!
posted by a humble nudibranch at 12:25 AM on March 5, 2013


Nice fucking try, cortex.

I didn't really expect it to work, but I had to try.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:21 AM on March 5, 2013


OMFG. I LOVE grade B maple syrup! The plinth household favors grade B more than any other variety - but grade C? I've never seen that in these here parts.

Trying to figure out how to make a sugar shack breakfast work with a child with Celiac disease, though...
posted by plinth at 5:16 AM on March 8, 2013


gluten-free rice waffles, yes?

Also, for whatever reason, I've been on a Halloumi kick lately...Halloumi with fried eggs, in salads, over beans, fried in slices, whatever! That part of the podcast really amused me.
posted by iamkimiam at 2:24 AM on March 9, 2013


When in Sellwood, I suggest the charmingly old school Kay's Bar for poutine. Corner of SE Bybee and SE Milwaukie. The Portland Poutine blog will reveal all.
posted by mumkin at 9:10 PM on March 9, 2013


So. Cracker Barrel.

It's more of a Southern phenomenon than Midwestern, although there are some locations out that direction. Their headquarters is based just outside of Nashville in Lebanon, TN, so you can also consider that something of the epicenter of the restaurant expansion. If you're looking for a Yankee sort of approximation of what they offer by way of food, well, think about IHOP or perhaps your local all-night diner for the breakfast items and a southern meat-and-three (sorry, don't have another analog here) kind of offering for dinner. Every location will have very strange junkshop items and vintage ads on the walls (see previously) and the front of the restaurant will always be a miniaturized Wall Drug offering all kinds of kitsch and vintage candy. They also sell rocking chairs out front.

There is no buffet.

They are generally placed within half a mile of interstate exits with billboards advertising their locations several miles out. Paraphrasing jessamyn, it's one of the few places along the highway to get table service when on a long road trip. In general, not a bad place to grab a bite.

Golden Corral (or as we called it in college, Golden Feedbag) is a different beast altogether.
posted by pianoblack at 4:07 PM on March 10, 2013


The Fanscribed transcription is complete!
posted by beryllium at 1:28 PM on March 13, 2013


Let us know when it's on the wiki and we'll link it here. Thanks beryllium!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:39 PM on March 13, 2013


The transcript is on the wiki!
posted by Pronoiac at 8:24 PM on March 13, 2013


Okay, I ran the swear counter. There's more swearing in this comment than there was in the podcast.

I took damn and dammit off the list. Counting only fuck, shit, dick, and asshole:

jessamyn: 3, one from the project titled "Get Your Shit Together," and a couple of "shit"s after.
mathowie: 0! There was a false positive from mentioning Dickens, which, ah, did I mention the process was a hack?
cortex: 4, and all were "bullshit" and "shit."

In summary: You're doing much better, but you still have shit to work on.
posted by Pronoiac at 8:44 PM on March 13, 2013


Not a single fuck was given proffered?
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:10 PM on March 13, 2013


I am legitly upset at the trashing of Popeye's in this podcast. I know you're food snobs, but...Popeye's!

(Although Matt's aversion to Roy Underhill was hilarious.)
posted by Phire at 8:40 AM on March 19, 2013


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