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Congratulations to oh yeah! for making one thousand FanFare posts. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on Jan 15, 2019 - 34 comments

Back in January, on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, I set up an election prediction contest for you fine folks, and got 74 ballots in response. Nearly ten months (and ten million comments) later, the results are in: congratulations to Cash4Lead, for his remarkably far-sighted prediction of the winners of Iowa, New Hampshire, Super Tuesday, the nominations, the House majority, and even Clinton's VP pick! A $50 donation to the charity of your choice is yours. Oodles more analysis of the collective wisdom inside [more inside]
posted by Rhaomi on Nov 20, 2016 - 14 comments

It's deep in fall and it's dark and gray in the Northern Hemisphere. Remember this post? Let's do it again. Bring the awesome! [more inside]
posted by plinth on Nov 22, 2015 - 187 comments

MeFi's own Steve Silberman (aka digaman) has won this year’s Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the first time in his 17-year history that the award has gone to a popular science book. (Previously, on the Blue.)
posted by GrammarMoses on Nov 3, 2015 - 56 comments

If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you might have a dim, grey day like we have here in London, and need a little sunshine in your life. Remember this post? Lets do that again! Come share your awesome! [more inside]
posted by greenish on Oct 29, 2014 - 172 comments

Welcome, mini-[username]! Congrats, MeFi's own [username] for [thing] that further enriched us by having you here! Oh, look, our own [username] did [MeFi-related thing] in [non-MeFi venue]! Guess what - [real name/othernic] is Mefi's Own [username]! [more inside]
posted by batmonkey on Apr 25, 2013 - 393 comments

Just a quick round of applause for everyone that posted in the Fireman Ed thread. Theres a higher level of discourse and thinking on display than this NFL fan is used to seeing almost anywhere. Great stuff.
posted by Keith Talent on Dec 1, 2012 - 52 comments

A literal baby shower! Congrats coriolisdave on Daughter #2! ヾ（＠＾▽＾＠）ノ [more inside]
posted by gomichild on Jul 17, 2012 - 62 comments

MeFi's Own Toekneesan has interesting ideas about book places in the digital age. Andrew Sullivan and Inside Higher Ed's Scott McLemee think so too. Congratulations, Toekneesan! [more inside]
posted by MonkeyToes on May 29, 2012 - 29 comments

After 41 and a half weeks, a month of "false" labor, and one anonymous askme, Baby Zizzle 2.0 made her arrival today at 9 AM EST! [more inside]
posted by KathrynT on Sep 19, 2011 - 80 comments

Post-Apocalypse Dead Letter Office first appeared in Projects, but now you can find it on Amazon. Congrats to cog_nate on his first novel!
posted by donnagirl on Apr 17, 2011 - 31 comments

Right this very moment, Cortex is sitting at home, sans-pants, watching the flag queue, poised with the ban-hammer, bemoaning his utter lack of head-sized doughnuts. Welcome to the Land of the Lost Full-Time MetaFilter Admins, Cortex!
posted by Plutor on Nov 10, 2008 - 185 comments

Congratulations are in order! Matt is now our full-time nanny!
posted by Captaintripps on Oct 22, 2005 - 41 comments