Activity from Gorgik

Whenever anyone says "Thank you" to me, I think "Don't thank me, we're all part of the same team" Sometimes I actually say it, which usually end up confusing them. [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

I'd seen one of her cat things (the first here) somewhere, but didn't realize it was a whole series. She's brilliant. Thanks for posting, lots to check out. [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

That's a great article. I really like the writing style and humor: All of this, what little of it there is, is likely riveting only if you’ve been steeped in the local history against your express consent. and [reporter] asked… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

Dave Brown @dave_brown24 This is the first time a sitting president has been banned from Twitter going back to 1812 [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

You say you're filthy, ha! you've never starved
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

So cool, especially the part with the blue and white balls in the middle. I don't know anything about juggling, but for a lot of that it ended up feeling exactly like what cortex said, that the balls were just moving back and forth along a single… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

BIPOC/Woman owned handyperson/contractor in Seattle area
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Ask MeFi post - Over two years ago

I've said this here before, but The Ecstacy of St. Theresa just blows me away every time I see it (well, pictures of it). The subject, the textures, everything. I spent the morning at a food bank, working beside a high school sophomore who is… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over two years ago

From the NYT obit Without her knowledge, Mr. Kaminsky had been examining military websites. The administrator vowed to “punish” him by cutting off the family’s internet access. Mrs. Maurer [mom] warned the administrator that if he made good on… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over two years ago

Back in Kent, Ohio, local business owners ran an ad thanking the National Guard. Mail poured in to the mayor’s office, blaming “dirty hippies,” “longhairs” and “outside agitators” for the violence. Some Kent residents raised four fingers when… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

A few things: 1) Robert Half has salary guides that cover a lot of fields/geographies. I don't know whether they have legal tech, specifically. I don't know what current salaries are like. 2) I think certifications get you past recruiters,… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over two years ago

The Thing (1982), particularly the scene immediately following "it's weird, and pissed off" Manhunter (1986), when Will Graham and Jack Crawford are watching the movies and they figure out the connection between the families Casino… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over two years ago

GTF up out my face, or I just might become a felon (SLYT)
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

I watched this with no expectations other than a woman-fronted "spy" movie, and while I don't think it was great, I liked Blake Lively and thought she did a good job as a haphazard fish-out-of-water. And thought her transformation in the… [more]
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FanFare comment - Over two years ago

One of the recent YouTube comments is "This is so demonic. LORD FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEIR DOING." I'm pretty sure he knows exactly what he's doing. [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

I sent this to a friend who wrote back "I know men that are gross and have no manners and still found a forever home so there's hope for Chowder" [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

A+++ for the title. And . [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

I love Grape Nuts. I remember being first upset, than in agreement with a comedian who said "let's call grape nuts what they are - un-flavored bacon bits". He also said "shouldn't KY jelly really be called 'jam'?" [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

I've read about the Hoyts on and off over the years, and I still can't wrap my head around the accomplishments they made and the willpower they both exhibited. [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown, Paid For by Rachel Moran, Girls Like Us by Rachel Lloyd [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over two years ago

Volunteering in one form or another. I know that being able to volunteer is a privilege, so not everyone has the capacity or ability to do it. But being of service to something outside yourself, whether it's other people, animal, the environment,… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over two years ago

You'd have me down, down, down, down on my articulation points
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

Two skateboards (well, one skateboard and one deck). The skateboard, a Hosoi Hammerhead, belonged to a friend of mine (S) who passed away in 2016. He has it since at least the early 90s, and was part of his identity, as far as I was concerned. I… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over two years ago

Movie: The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
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FanFare post - Over two years ago

Movie: The Forty-Year-Old Version
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FanFare post - Over two years ago

This reminded me a little of Alexandra Horowitz's On Looking, an series of essays about walks she took with experts in various fields (including and a dog, and another with a child), all paying attention to different things in the environment that… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

Aha! Let's dance in the basement!
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

Thanks for all the ideas! I tried a few food banks and the local mutual aid group, and they weren't interested. I'm waiting to hear from some organizations working with people who are unhoused, one already rejected the offer. But I'm friends… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over two years ago

How do I rehome these freezer bricks?
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Ask MeFi post - Over two years ago

I built the first version of bucketheadland.com back in 1995 or 1996, when it was just four people nerding out about his music, and then transitioning it to the official online home. Part of that was digitizing from VHS and uploading (to that site)… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over two years ago

@leyawn no matter your politics its disrespectful to joke about someone’s death. don’t say rush limbaugh died from getting his ass stuck in a wooden barrel and floated off a waterfall and his head hit a tree branch and an eagle swooped down and… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

I think when she talks about steel plates she's saying, probably without understanding, that she was on an elevator car platform, rather than in a lift. “They put me in a freight elevator surrounded by steel plates and plywood, with a… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

Spike Jonze! FKA Twigs! Dancing!
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

do the damn thing girl
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

Tool's Danny Carey playing Pneuma
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

I don't know about dealing with COVID, but I'd suggest that being careful for a year wasn't for nothing. You and your partner were safe and healthy when a lot of other people weren't, and apart from yourselves, you very likely prevented other people… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over two years ago

The bear had a big fuzzy clause Claws, surely [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

When I was a sophmore in college, first time living on my own, in a tiny detached studio apartment with a leaky roof, no girlfriend, no Internet (cuz 1986), no computer (just a word processor that booted from a floppy), no TV, I'd alternate spending… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

How well do you know the movie "Peter Pan"?
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

@carter_glascock As far back as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be a patriot. (humor video, so well done) [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

Singin' In The Rain (bedecked in tartan and tweed)
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

Fierce (cute) protesting! [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over two years ago

I'm only partway through this one, but I love Tim Rogers and am grateful for the MF FPP about his DOOM review that turned me on to him. These reviews aren't just about the game, they are about history, culture and journalism, along with a healthy… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

I got a deep-tissue massage last night from someone I enjoy spending time with. That was the extent of the festivities. I applied for a job a few weeks ago, working with victims of violent crime (or their families, in the case of homicide). It's… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over two years ago

There lives a certain man in Russia, he's a bro He can ride a horse, he'll always fight toe to toe Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow rich he was such a lovely dear He could hack elections like a stealer, using all… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

There's a mask on this mouth (slyt)
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

I can triple-curl my tongue (apparently this is called (cloverleaf tongue). I used to be able to tie a cherry stem into a knot with my tongue. I can tell when my wife wants to take a nap based on how she blinks (admittedly, this is only impressive… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over two years ago

I've been reading this slowly, to be able to savor it for a while. Until this morning, I'd have said that "Bananas" was my favorite chapter. "You've never been this far before. You know you shouldn't say it. You know it's… [more]
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FanFare comment - Over two years ago

As Lomas explains to The Verge, Qiui is in a bit of a bind. /side eye emoji [more]
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MeFi comment - Over two years ago

Head-stabilized video of a hurdler (SLYT)
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MeFi post - Over two years ago

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