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Also, I waited like a month for IKEA to deliver the missing parts for my sofa.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

ooh... Mass murder. Coolio.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, it's a pretty standard PBS talking-heads documentary, but it's fascinating. I did not know that the People's Temple started out as a progressive Christian church that championed racial integration and equality, and that was how Jones was able to attract so many followers. He even had three non-white adopted kids.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, but wasn't he kind of a creepy Koresh-kinda guy who claimed all the kids as his own?

What was the doc called?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

It's about time for a good steak in me. It's been too long.

Did anyone do any shopping on Black Friday? State Street was a mess. Surprisingly, Ikea was very tame.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, he was definitely creepy -- there are lots of allegations of him having sex with both male and female members of the church -- and he was undoubtedly controlling, but I don't think he literally thought of all children as his own.

The doc is called Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link

...possessive apostrophe skills...

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link

cleaninghunk.com

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm not usually a big steak guy, but after reading that article I want to go to a (inferior American) steakhouse for lunch.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Surprisingly, Ikea was very tame.

The trick to Ikea, I found, was to arrive as soon as it opens, know exactly what you want, and get the fuck out of there by 11.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link

I had some uncooked steak for lunch the other day and it was delish. It was like a steak ceviche--raw, but "cooked" by a citrus marinade. Seems weird that this was at Catch, a seafood place.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

I hope it gave me worms that will help me lose weight....

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Ikea opened at 10 and we got there at 11 and farted around until 2 and it never got that crazy. The 2 meals we ate there we were strangely fortunate in that there was no line for the cafe, but by the time we paid and sat down a line 20-deep had formed.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link

I would like to try that!

xpost, I mean steak ceviche.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

I was a little upset that I was too stuffed from Tweet's to eat anything at Ikea, even a 50 cent hot dog.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

(xp) Was it different from steak tartare?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I think steak tartare is completely uncooked meat. This was a Thai sort of dish, I think.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Steak tartare is a meat dish made from finely chopped, or ground raw beef. It is often served with onions, capers and seasonings (the latter typically incorporating fresh ground pepper and Worcestershire sauce), and sometimes with a raw egg.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link

The Mexican version of steak tartare typically marinates the meat in lime juice, in the manner of ceviche, which has the effect of disinfecting the meat to a certain extent.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Hmmm. I'm not up on my tartares.

http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/55/31/recettes/steak-tartare2.jpg

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link

That's just crying out to be mixed together and made into a meatloaf.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't think I would like steak tartare. In fact I think I would hate it.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link

After some intense Googling, I will direct your attention to this fascinating account of the potential consequences of enjoying a nice beef tartare: http://fray.com/drugs/worm/01.html

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Have you guys seen Yacht Rock? It is great and I think you would all love it.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link

You're kidding, right?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link

I will direct your attention to this fascinating account of the potential consequences of enjoying a nice beef tartare

It's illustrated? That's not the editorial decision I would have made.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Ha ha:

'"Monsieur," he finally said, "ce n'est pas grave. Je pense que vous avez un ver solitaire."

I had un ver solitaire? What was that? A solitary worm? A lonely worm.'

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link

You're kidding, right?

Oh hush. It's like when Adamrl started a thread about this weird e-mail from Nigeria he got.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 16:58 (seventeen years ago) link

You're kidding, right?

Is it old news?

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:02 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't recommend putting a yogurt granola bar in the fridge.

That uncooked meat looks cold and slimy.

― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay sorry, one of my friends just told me about it the other day.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Yacht Rock was all over FRM long ago.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:03 (seventeen years ago) link

But it is still teh funney!

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Give Jordan a break! He lives in Madison!

― Calico (calico), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Jesse, I have read that tapeworm account before, I think it was MeFi'ed many years ago? But I enjoyed it all over again!

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Yacht Rock was all over FRM long ago.

You mean ILX.

But yeah, it's great.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost-The internet isn't delivered to Madison on a regular basis.

I think I got that horror on mefi, yes.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link

"enjoyed"

He lives in Madison!

haha

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:07 (seventeen years ago) link

WTF is MeFi?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link

OH OH OH MetaFilter??

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link

You mean ILX

No, I mean FRM.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.frm.com.au/

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:10 (seventeen years ago) link

No, I know you mean FRM, but no one reads FRM.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link

zing

― danno martinez (danno martinez), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:14 (seventeen years ago) link

oh snap

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm drinking tea. I want caffeine, but have no Diet Coke and I don't have the patience to make Vietnamese or Turkish coffee, and I have no drip coffee maker, so I'm drinking tea. As usual, it's completely disappointing.

― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, tea is one suck-ass beverage.

― JordanC (JordanC), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:18 (seventeen years ago) link

But Diet Coke isn't disappointing? Diffrent strokes, I guess.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't think I've ever read MetaFilter. But back in 2000 I was all about Plastic.com.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Tea is way better than Diet Coke, wtf.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 November 2006 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link

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