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Oh, I love me the puns. Particularly Meta-puns.

There was a time when I’d check MetaFilter once or twice a day (frequently, a lot more often than that - it can be a compulsion).

Most days, I still check MetaFilter once or twice a day. But anymore, I gotta think that once or twice a week, maybe even once or twice a month would be enough.

The good links eventually get posted everywhere else anyway. Most times, even with frequent, daily checking, the noise is so high I completely miss the good posts and only see those threads after I’ve seen the link posted somewhere else. It’s been just a million times worse over the past few weeks.

With a few notable exceptions, intelligent discussion (which for some bizarre reason people still reference as a hallmark of the place) has long since fled to greener pastures (by the way, does anybody know where the intelligent discussion went? Some mailing list somewhere you have to be super 3ll37 to get invited into or somthin’? I know where the silliness went, where did the smarties go?).

I’ve sent the site money (one of the few web sites I’ve supported financially). I’ve probably invested hours upon hours reading and writing on there. But, it’s just not worth that level of time investment anymore. It’s become too hard to use.

I ignored the links to these Weight Watchers recipe cards back when they were posted to MeFi and… and well everywhere really.

I was a fool!!!!

If you haven’t seen these yet you really, really have to go check them out. If you have seen them, well, maybe you’d like to see them again.

It’s just not right that anything could be so very, very funny.

After watching for all of 30 seconds, I can already see that the TV show Black Sash is going to be spectacularly bad.

I’m going to LOVE! WATCHING! THIS! SHOW!

Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing fame pointed to the Six Space gallery which is showing Nathan Cabrera’s “Throwing Rocks at Girls” through April.

While on the gallery’s site, I noticed that they have a benefit planned that looks like it might be worth checking out. I’m not nearly involved enough in the local LA gallery scene.

I get to a couple of museums a couple of times a year, but I should be doing more than that. And don’t even get me started on live theater. I’ve been to one show in the 8 years I’ve lived here. I gotta get off the stick.

Plus SCUBA diving. This summer I’m going to get more into SCUBA diving.

Classic

I mean, he’s still hitler, but now he’s a SEXY hitler.

I’d be scared to find out. He does look pretty sexy with blue eyes. Nice!

Nina Beier’s site features some good work, some uneven work, and some truly great work. I particularly liked some of the work in Unseen in category 2. Some parts not entirely work safe.

That video I mentioned a couple of posts down made its way onto the Sonic 360 site. Go Check it Out (Mirando De Lado).

I’ve never noticed that women smile more than men. And, this story does seem to suggest that they really don’t once gender rolls and power structures are equalized. Still, it does take as a given that generally it is true.

I was speaking with a friend of mine a few days ago, and she casually mentioned feeling bad about not smiling after lunch (something to do with food and braces) because she didn’t want her friends to think she didn’t like them.

I was fascinated by that statement because it would never have occurred to me. I would never have assumed that she might be consciously choosing to smile or not smile. I would have guessed that if somebody is smiling, it’s a natural rather than a forced thing. That’s certainly true of me. The only time I consciously smile is if there’s a camera pointed at me, and even then…

See, this is why people don’t make any sense to me. There are always all of these levels of hidden subtext to which I’m completely oblivious. Even when I think that I begin to understand it I get bitten on the ass because it’s not consistent or predictable. I need to figure out some strategy to get more zen about that.

These are great. With some of these, I want to hear the albums so bad, but I’ll just have to content myself with savoring the coolness/weirdness/whateverness in mute awe.

NYI’s Tips for Better Pictures looks like a fantastic resource. Each month, they dissect a couple of their students photographs. Good stuff all around. Plus they cover a couple of other interesting, photography related themes. I might just have to sign up for their e-mail so I remember to check back each month.