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name our yacht
On a sunny afternoon in June of 2002 Peter James Zielinski and Brett Presson, on an eternal quest to live the lives of rock stars, acquired a contest about acquiring a brand new yacht. As such, they were left with the daunting task of giving a name to said yacht. After much debate, they ultimately came up with the perfect name for said yacht but consequently, they forgot the name of said yacht shortly after said yacht was acquired in a contest about acquiring said yacht. Thus, they'll need your help.
posted by bwg at 10:55 PM PST - 38 comments

Harry Potter released unprotected. In a move that makes me say both "Wha?" and "Kickass!", Warner Bros chose to release the Harry Potter DVD and VHS home versions sans the Macrovision copy protection. It could stand to be quite an experiment, or quite a blunder on their part.
posted by mathowie at 8:32 PM PST - 14 comments

Arranging a meetup? This new tool may be just the thing for helping to organize it. With involvement from some familiar names, it's looking pretty good. This might be helpful to set up your next Metafilter Gathering...[via waxy.org]
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:08 PM PST - 28 comments

Spare the rod and spoil the (1st grade) child... U.S. school violence gets really outta hand! Twenty first-grade students went to a hospital yesterday after their substitute teacher went berserk in their Washington Heights classroom, smacking them with a broomstick, pulling their hair and twisting their ears, police said. To paraphrase David Letterman, "what was he thinking of??"
posted by dash_slot- at 6:00 PM PST - 12 comments

The Queen as Mickey Mouse? A look at Britain's Royal Family as a tourist attraction with the Queen as its figurehead akin to Mickey Mouse and Disneyland in the US.
posted by percine at 5:17 PM PST - 3 comments

Goodness Gracious! What A Lot Of Ways Of Not Saying "God"! Jeez may be MetaFilter's genteel exclamation of choice, but crusty and trusty old William Safire of the New York Times[registration required]has the gracious goods on other ways of not(quite)invoking the name of the Lord in vain; whilst proving en route that Donald Rumsfeld isn't, after all, the wilting sissy or pseudo-Southern belle we all thought him to be...
posted by MiguelCardoso at 4:10 PM PST - 20 comments

Apparently it is OK for illegal aliens to perform castrations but not OK for an illegal alien attend Mosque with somebody who might maybe be planning to plant a bomb. Maybe.
posted by ilsa at 1:30 PM PST - 11 comments

Andersen verdict: guilty
Judge instructs jury: "It's OK if you each think a different person wsa the corrupt one."
How do you say "We are guilty of obstructing justice" in Andersen-speak?
Sorry for posting a CNN link, but they are always first to get a story online.
posted by planetkyoto at 9:46 AM PST - 18 comments

UAL reported an industry record $2.1 billion net loss in 2001 and a net loss of $510 million ... Come on, $15 billion to 'bail out' the airlines? I know this subject has been hashed over before, but it seems every other week I read stories about how hard the airlines are struggling for business after 9/11. I fly on business every week - every flight is full, every airport is packed. I'm starting to think we're all being suckered...
posted by matty at 8:07 AM PST - 20 comments

Uvula Piercing. Say "ah".
posted by srboisvert at 7:38 AM PST - 75 comments

Is our legal system asleep at the wheel? A Michigan auto dealership that failed to complete the title transfer on a car involved in a fatal accident has been hit with a $12 million jury verdict.
posted by Fofer at 7:02 AM PST - 12 comments

Close to home? Worried about transport of nuclear waste? Find out how close to your home it'll pass with this handy map. In my case, it'll be transported on train tracks that I can see and hear from my bedroom...
posted by delmoi at 2:35 AM PST - 24 comments