Archive for August, 2008
Friday, August 29th, 2008
What movies are on your hometown mustsee list?
If you were in Oregon in the eighties, you’ve got a better than average chance of having seen Goonies and Stand By Me—both shot in our fine state, and extra-famous because of that.
Where are you from, and what movies do locals pretty much Have To See on account of the locale?
9 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, culture, entertainment, identity by Josh Millard
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Ketchup on your hotdog?
Always? Never? Depends on your mood?
15 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, food by Josh Millard
Monday, August 25th, 2008
When did you start talking on the phone?
Telephones are beyond ubiquitous, but some people spend a lot of time on them (by choice or by necessity) and some hardly use them at all. Which makes me wonder:
Do you remember when you first started using a phone regularly?
Did you like talking on the phone from an early age? Did you dislike […]
2 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, communication, technology by Josh Millard
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Have you checked out PoliticalFilter.com yet?
Because you oughta, by god. Mefi’s own Brandon Blatcher has rolled this thing up from scratch as place for folks to just have at mefi-style political discussion free from the generalist-driven constraints of the mefi front page.
In other words, PoliticalFilter : Mefisphere poli discussion :: Big Big Question : Mefisphere hypothetical chatfilter. I […]
4 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, meta, politics by Josh Millard
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Would Jesus and Batman get along?
Two epic guys with lots of respective canon. Both interested in peace. Both vilified by their contemporary powers-that-be.
Somewhat different methods and personal philosophies.
So what would the Christ and the Vigilante be able to get together on? What are the irreconcilables?
8 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, culture, metaphysics, religion, scifi by Josh Millard
Friday, August 15th, 2008
What was your childhood boogeyman?
Did you have any particular boogeyman as a kid? A specific monster in the closet at one point? Any particularly traumatic nightmares? What sort of things left clawed footprints on your young, imaginative psyche?
4 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, memory by Josh Millard
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
News events from your childhood
So everyone (who’s old enough) remembers the JFK shooting, and the Challenger disaster.
What other news events from your childhood really stuck with you?
9 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, memory by IndigoRain
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Worst house mistake? Happiest house accident?
At BBQ, Inc., we’re house-hunting. And while we’ve been reading the likely resources, I can’t help be feel curious about some of the more personal weirdities folks have encountered in their own housing adventures.
What most surprised/dismayed/thrilled about a new place (house, condo, apartment, hollowed-out tree in the woods, whatever)? What things caught you […]
8 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, shelter by Josh Millard
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
The songs from your romantic youth?
Adolescence + funny feelings + music = potent associations between certain songs and the singularly emotionally tumultuous period known as teenagerdom.
What song or songs kick you suddenly back to middle/high school, to that girl or that boy or that dance or that night?