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Please help me find a picture of a specific Hello Kitty sticker.
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at 8:04 PM on August 18, 2007
(2 comments)
I am planning to take the 4-kyuu JPLT exam this year, and have a few questions best answered by someone who has actually taken the test.
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at 12:42 PM on July 14, 2007
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Help me find a hand and body moisturizer. Difficulty: Las Vegas.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ilsa
at 10:08 AM on May 9, 2007
(29 comments)
Do flat shoelaces stay tied better than round ones?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ilsa
at 1:06 PM on November 17, 2006
(14 comments)
Some sourdough recipes advise against using metal utensils and bowls. Why? And then why do these same sources turn around and tell you to put the dough in the (metal) workbowl of your stand mixer?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ilsa
at 4:03 PM on September 10, 2006
(6 comments)
Well, now what do we do with them?
"The Bush administration is preparing plans for possible lifetime detention of suspected terrorists, including hundreds whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in courts, The Washington Post reported Sunday.... As part of a solution, the Defense Department, which holds 500 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, plans to ask the U.S. Congress for $25 million to build a 200-bed prison to hold detainees who are unlikely to ever go through a military tribunal for lack of evidence, defense officials told the newspaper."
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at 9:59 PM on January 1, 2005
(185 comments)
Your Tax Dollars At Work!
What better way to help the homeless find housing and employment than through a website? Surely the Internet is the solution to all society's problems.
posted to MetaFilter by ilsa
at 9:37 PM on July 21, 2004
(8 comments)
Check out the giant cancer fighting colon... of science!
"It's part of a national tour to educate people about various types of common and preventable cancers. The 'Check Your Insides Out -- Top to Bottom' tour is full of interactive educational exhibits on colon, lung, oral, breast, prostate and skin cancers."
posted to MetaFilter by ilsa
at 10:21 AM on June 24, 2004
(4 comments)
Scientists know that being fat reduces your lifespan,
making you more susceptible to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and a host of other bad things. However they are only beginning to understand why. "Fat tissue is now recognized to be the body's biggest endocrine organ," producing 25 known signaling compounds and a variety of proteins.
posted to MetaFilter by ilsa
at 11:11 AM on May 12, 2004
(37 comments)
Classic films being re-released aren't normally news.
Except, of course, when you are referring to films that were controversial when they were initially released. As a counterpoint to Mel Gibson's box-office smash, The Passion of the Christ, Monty Python will re-release
The Life of Brian on Good Friday. This is more fun than a box of Peeps any day. Don't like CNN? Try the
BBC or
CBC coverage
posted to MetaFilter by ilsa
at 9:52 AM on March 24, 2004
(25 comments)
Iraqi official shot dead over parking violation.
U.S. military officials said Tuesday that U.S. soldiers shot to death the chairman of Sadr City's governing council during a heated argument this week.... Officials said the quarrel got under way Monday when the chairman, Mohannad Ghazi al Kaabi, tried to park his car near the District Advisory Council building in an area closed to traffic.
Do you suppose this might have a negative impact on public opinion in Iraq?
posted to MetaFilter by ilsa
at 9:26 AM on November 11, 2003
(56 comments)
One of America's Great Parks
is not a natural wonder at all. It was once a swamp dotted with shanty-towns. It cost more to build than the purchase price of Alaska. At times it has not been pretty, but today it is much more than a crime scene. It is Manhattan's Central Park.
posted to MetaFilter by ilsa
at 8:15 PM on May 31, 2003
(17 comments)
Show called "Harassment"
results in, well, harassment! MTV and their co-conspirator, the Hard Rock Hotel, are being sued for "invasion of privacy, infliction of emotional distress and fraud, among other things."
posted to MetaFilter by ilsa
at 2:04 PM on June 13, 2002
(32 comments)
A 401(k) is not a Pension!
In a pension plan, your employer invests some money and gives you some of it when you retire. In a 401(k), they, um, don't.
Congress seems a little confused on this issue, however. It turns out that the 401k might be more boondoggle than boon to average people planning to retire before they die.
posted to MetaFilter by ilsa
at 1:19 PM on April 11, 2002
(21 comments)
Damn, that's just sad.
13 kids. 4 moms. 1 dad. No dairy products, no sunshine, and apparently no clue. One child is dead of malnutrition, others have ricketts, and none of the adults are cooperating with authorities.
posted to MetaFilter by ilsa
at 3:51 PM on February 11, 2002
(25 comments)
It's About Freaking Time!
Finally, Someone is actually looking into whether or not Enron might maybe have violated the law. Until now, Ashcroft's little Department was just about the only organization in Washington DC not investigating these jokers. For those who haven't been paying attention, allegations include accounting irregularities, improper partnerships, price fixing, single handedly causing the California Energy Crisis, and failing to let thier employees get thier 401k money out of company stock before it dropped precipitously.
posted to MetaFilter by ilsa
at 6:12 PM on January 9, 2002
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