148: 2019 New Year Call-In Episode

Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

• Episode: 148: 2019 New Year Call-In Episode
• Website: Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
• Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/MeFiPodcast
• Duration: 01:34:24
• Published: 2019-01-08 20:59

Sheesh, it's a week into the year and I still keep trying to write "2018" on my podcasts. But it's the new year, and Jessamyn and I catch up on what's happened on the big blue linky sea lately. Also occasionally featuring my neighbor's rented wood chipper! But also, more importantly, featuring messages from a whole bunch of MeFites who called in to share well wishes, new year greetings, old year ass-and-screendoorings, and some lovely and heartfelt thoughts about where they are, where we are, and hoping for us all to keep getting there together in the next year.

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If you want to hop straight to the call-in bits to hear each other's voices, I've included them all in two chunks, starting at about 14 minutes in and then again at about 62 minutes in. Thanks so much again to everyone who called in or emailed a recording in; I really love hearing all y'all's voices and being able to share them with the whole community like this.

Specifically, thanks to all these callers: TinyChicken, grumpybear69, hexydexy, ChuraChura, Gray Duck, jgirl, gamera (and Ephorbia), wittgenstein, endotoxin, jillithd, yomimono, Fig, Bella Donna, 80 Cats in a Dog Suit, Eyebrows McGee and Nano McGee, h00py, frimble, KTamas, Johnny Wallflower, bondcliff, Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead, pernoctalian, plinth, rmd1023, rangefinder 1.4, kimberussel, Songdog, and ocherdraco.

(As always, any error in the ordering, spelling, or omission in the above list is my fault; lemme know if I goofed and I'll update the list accordingly.)

Misc
- nothing in Psalm 148 says a dog can't play basketball
- Leaf Blower by Asylum Street Spankers
- Jess's neighbor Phil's glass studio
- CLUTTER IS GOOD ACTUALLY
- Jess says: read Manfried Man
- but, also, manfriend dot org, i guess

Jobs
- Funny Freelance greeting card writer! by ferociouskitty
- Senior IT Desktop Field Support (Higher Ed) by BlackPebble

Projects
- Red Square, watercolor and pencil on paper, 6"x6" 12/15/18 by cortex
- J. R. "Bob" Dobbs Memorial Inverse Hessian Multiplication by hleehowon
- WhatCSS: by ph00dz
- Telephone Pictionary, Correspondence Edition by duffell
- News You May Have Missed by joannemerriam
- The Moonlight Sonata but the bass is a bar late and the melody is a bar early by speicus (MeFi Post)
- Starcom: Nexus by justkevin

MetaFilter
- Every Tweet is Like Sunday by chavenet
- 2018 Mashed by subocoyne
- "The audience went nuts for it." [citation needed] by jessamyn
- a comment by soulchap
- Zelda Day 2018 by JHarris
- How to Make Friends by Bella Donna
- "I'm so excited because I love mess!" by Fizz
- Why bells ring out danger and celebration instead of ting like triangles by dancing leaves
- My dad and Charles Barkley by ChuraChura
- Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap by Foci for Analysis
- a comment by you must supply a verb
- Why Not This Idea: Dogs Can Talk For 25 Minutes Per Day by Johnny Wallflower
- a comment by ryanrs
- Byrne's Euclid by urbanwhaleshark

Ask MeFi
- Tell me when it's decorative gourd season, motherfuckers! by peacheater
- Last names that are widely recognizable as only fictional characters? by Cool Papa Bell
- How many "Bridge Ices Before Road" signs are in the state of Michigan? by bbqturtle
- Cost of a U.S. Passport in 1984 by Ira Weston
- What are your favorite reasonably-priced housewares? by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The
- Pointers on how to learn to realistically model a fake world economy? by wooh
- How to be a better e-library patron by hungrytiger
- Facts About Social Justice Activists Not Related to Their Activism by anya32

MetaTalk
- MeFi Card Club Appreciation Part III: Beyond Thunderdome by phunniemee
- Pest Bost Contest for January 2019! by LobsterMitten
- A Metafilter community on Dreamwidth by foxfirefey
- Long Time, No See by mr_crash_davis

MeFi Music
Featured in this episode:
- warm for december (christmas cheese mix) by es_de_bah
- Keener Sounds by ageispolis
- 2019 by CarrotAdventure
- Another Year And Most Of Us Have Made It by cortex
- When Green Leaves Spring (It's Good To See You) by rangefinder 1.4

FanFare
- hey there's that new Mari Kondo show on Netflix
- also the new animated Spider-Man film is apparently pretty rad