Our group Web log gets a mention in the NYT.

September 28, 2003 2:39 PM

Our group Web log gets a mention in the NYT.
posted by MiguelCardoso to MetaFilter-related at 2:39 PM (50 comments total)

Well, if you need an authoritative statement on B-list celebrities...
posted by y2karl at 2:44 PM on September 28, 2003

yeah, i saw this on the about page yesterday...we rock, no?
posted by amberglow at 2:53 PM on September 28, 2003

As mentioned... damn it, amberglow.
posted by nthdegx at 2:53 PM on September 28, 2003

jinx! : >
posted by amberglow at 3:08 PM on September 28, 2003

:X
posted by nthdegx at 3:11 PM on September 28, 2003

Well, if you need an authoritative statement on B-list celebrities...

I thought we were B-list celebrities? You mean I've been hanging out with the rabble all this time??

I feel so dirty
posted by jonmc at 3:40 PM on September 28, 2003

Here's the now-thread-of-record. Enjoy your place in history, herc!
posted by squirrel at 3:49 PM on September 28, 2003

Typical that the late-to-the-party Times links to the double post rather than the original. Too bad about your missed place in history, stupidsexyFlanders!
posted by languagehat at 4:55 PM on September 28, 2003

so every time we're mentioned somewhere in the dead-trees press, we'll start a MeTa thread?
posted by matteo at 6:01 PM on September 28, 2003

Yes.
posted by dg at 6:19 PM on September 28, 2003

tomorrow is my 50th birthday. where is my pony?
posted by quonsar at 6:26 PM on September 28, 2003

here you go...you have to choose. ; >
happy bday quonsar!
posted by amberglow at 6:31 PM on September 28, 2003

Not after what you did to the last pony.
posted by Space Coyote at 6:32 PM on September 28, 2003

Perusing the list...noticed Mitch Ryder...pretty cool, actually.

(debates cost/benefit of spending $19.95; wonders if Mitch's phone call would include rendition of "Devil In A Blue Dress"...)
posted by davidmsc at 6:44 PM on September 28, 2003

A mention in the "dead tree press" is an uninspiring height to aim for. I propose the

GREAT METAFILTER EXPOSURE CHALLENGE

I will personally donate a bar of chocolate to anyone who can:
- prove they inspired a head of state to mention Metafilter in a public address. The Queen of Denmark doesn't count.
- display at Metafilter banner at a major sporting event with international television coverage. Olympics or World Cup are both suitable.
- vandalise a major monument with the url www.metafilter.com - Great Wall of China, Brandenburg Gate, Sydney Opera House, Giza Pyramids, the choice is yours.
posted by Jimbob at 6:46 PM on September 28, 2003

what kind of chocolate?
posted by amberglow at 7:09 PM on September 28, 2003

Flattened chocolate.
posted by Jimbob at 7:13 PM on September 28, 2003

matteo, do not be....
posted by clavdivs at 7:37 PM on September 28, 2003

those things do sound kinda fun, Jimbob.
posted by nthdegx at 8:02 PM on September 28, 2003

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QUONSAR!

Mucho Vroom Vroom and Zoom Zoom to the Little Red Corvette of MetaFilter! Where should I send the collector coin you've just earned?

Pssst...what was MeFi like back in 1953?
posted by MiguelCardoso at 8:05 PM on September 28, 2003

do not be... (what is that)... a dildo?
posted by matteo at 8:16 PM on September 28, 2003

yes.
posted by quonsar at 8:58 PM on September 28, 2003

Pssst...what was MeFi like back in 1953?

Some people talked about McCarthy a lot, some made jokes about McCarthy-filter, and others reminisced airly about the "good ol' days" (or Golden Age™).
posted by The God Complex at 9:12 PM on September 28, 2003

"Huhnnn, you say it's birthday do you, hunnnn..."
posted by clavdivs at 9:14 PM on September 28, 2003

..."happy birthday to you"
posted by clavdivs at 9:15 PM on September 28, 2003

..."and here's a pony too"
posted by amberglow at 9:27 PM on September 28, 2003

Pssst...what was MeFi like back in 1953?

posted by quonsar at 9:32 PM on September 28, 2003

You're old, oldy. Go back to oldpeopleville.
posted by PrinceValium at 9:40 PM on September 28, 2003

(i think Prince is buying you Depends and a face lift for your bday, quonsar)
posted by amberglow at 5:01 AM on September 29, 2003

Celebrating with an inline image:



Allowing you to create a 'grand entrance' on your birthday, alledgedly.

Although, I have no doubt as to the grandiosity of your entrance, q.

The butterfly...
posted by asok at 7:32 AM on September 29, 2003

Happy birthday, u ol' q u!
posted by languagehat at 9:45 AM on September 29, 2003

Happy birthday to quonsar the magnificent!
posted by Lynsey at 2:44 PM on September 29, 2003

*sings*
"happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday dear quonsar,
happy birthday to you"
*falls in a heap, gasping for breath*
posted by dg at 2:49 PM on September 29, 2003

This is a particularly significent b'day q'ball...
By reaching the Big 5-0, you have just departed the Prime Television & Radio Demographics of 18-49 and 25-49, which means, you may now watch/listen to anything you damn well want to without the fear that some ratings service will catch you doing so and have your tastes represent 10,000-100,000 random American consumers.
So, set your TiVo to record all the appearances of Shannon Doherty, Gordon Elliot and Chuck Scarborough your little heart desires... or not.

quonsar and I are both Libras? (I'm celebrating #48 tomorrow... regular readers know I've mentioned too often that I was born the day James Dean died) But maybe this shows there's some validity to Astrology (and couples should be legally banned from conceiving around New Years Eve).

Considering the original subject of this thread, if anybody has our q's home phone number, we could collect twenty bucks to have Star Trek's q give him a birthday call... (Though I think Londo from B5 might be more... fitting? Or maybe that Dr. Pepper jingle guy...)
posted by wendell at 3:48 PM on September 29, 2003

...you may now watch/listen to anything you damn well want to without the fear that some ratings service will catch you doing so...
And he can also scratch himself in public and nobody will notice.
posted by dg at 4:16 PM on September 29, 2003

I think quonsar is a liar and a scoundrel.
posted by The God Complex at 4:33 PM on September 29, 2003

Considering the original subject of this thread

There was an original subject? *scrolls up* Oh yeah... The hell with it, quonsar's birthday is much more interesting.
posted by languagehat at 5:02 PM on September 29, 2003

I think quonsar is a liar and a scoundrel.

yeah, but how old am i?


guy walks into a bar and shouts "barkeep, bring me 14 year old scotch!"
the barkeep rummages around, and has only 8 year old scotch. not believing his belligerent customer can tell the difference, he brings the 8 year old scotch.
the man takes a gulp, grimaces, and spews the drink out exclaiming "this isn't what i ordered! this scotch is only 8 years old! bring me 14 year old scotch!"
the barkeep dashes across the street to a liquor store, where all he can find is 12 year old scotch. he buys a bottle, returns to the inn and serves the drink to the man, who again spits out the drink and demands 14 year old scotch. the barkeep scurries out to find another liquor store, and a drunk sitting down the bar from the man pushes a glass toward him and says "here, buddy, try this!"
the man gulps the drink, gags, and spits the contents back out. "christ! that tastes like piss!"
"yeah", says the drunk, "but how old am i?"

posted by quonsar at 5:46 PM on September 29, 2003

happy birthday q!
pony pony pony pony pony smock pony pony!
posted by madamjujujive at 5:49 PM on September 29, 2003

yeah, but how old am i?

37.
posted by The God Complex at 8:50 PM on September 29, 2003

37.

thank you!

*considers the implications of TGC's abilities*

now, how big is my wang?
posted by quonsar at 8:58 PM on September 29, 2003

7.23 inches.

(__)__)/////////D (scaled down for quick reference)
posted by The God Complex at 9:00 PM on September 29, 2003

I'll be 50 in 2005 so expect a few cheering posts like this one and this one to become a feature here on future Early-Bird MeFi. Perhaps Matt could design a simpler interface - perhaps using a maximum of three keys; three-word posts with lots of big inline images but none of that confusing Flash rubbish and, of course, lots of life-affirming porn?
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:02 PM on September 29, 2003

mmmm. gerentocracy.

"you little bastards get off my lawn!"

*shakes fist*
posted by quonsar at 9:28 PM on September 29, 2003

You're all babies still.
posted by timeistight at 9:37 PM on September 29, 2003

<kojack>
heh. your tempus is fugit, baby.
</kojack>
posted by quonsar at 9:40 PM on September 29, 2003

Dear Abbey,

It suddenly occurred to me that perhaps Quonsar is, in fact, fifty, and is incapable of either supporting or refuting my claim due to medical reasons. Doesn't it fall off around thirty-five, or are my friends lying to me?
posted by The God Complex at 10:00 PM on September 29, 2003

it doesn't fall off, stupid. you just forget it's there is all.
posted by quonsar at 10:13 PM on September 29, 2003

My mom once told me that 50 year old men's genitals are just like Texas - everyone knows it's down there but nobody gives a damn.

My dad was about 50 when she told me this, coincidentally enough.
posted by iconomy at 8:46 AM on September 30, 2003

Uh, iconomy, that's not what's known as a coincidence.
posted by orange swan at 6:25 AM on October 2, 2003