Aha, after searching kxjz's website for "Eric Alatorre" I found the interview I was looking for!

In an interview for the program "insight" he cites Isaac Freeman as someone he likes.

Man, that dude has a very low voice.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 10:47 AM on February 3, 2008

Thanks - I haven't listened to his stuff yet, but this reader (judging from the linked stuff above and the article at reason magazine) is also supposed to be pretty good.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 12:40 PM on December 19, 2007

Doh! In my post above I meant to include a link to this reader's website.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 1:17 PM on December 19, 2007

Nice rocking chair?
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 10:05 AM on August 9, 2007

zip it? (For the drain, works great.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 4:25 PM on July 31, 2007

I know that there's at least a station at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Grand Avenue near the freeway overpass. I don't know if it's a whole course or not. (Can't think of where other stations might be, I haven't seen any others around the lake.)

I've also seen a station in fairfield, near (what I think was) the West Texas freeway entrance on the N/W side of the freeway.

Not sure if either/both of these are isolated stations or part of real... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 8:37 PM on July 30, 2007

Nolo?
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 7:45 PM on July 22, 2007 marked best answer

7up. We also used to play connect four and battleship. They were both pretty bad ass.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 12:01 AM on July 21, 2007

Oakland, by Lake Merritt. Yikes. I must have been making some pretty pitiful uncoherent sounding noises because my wife kept trying to calm me down.

There's that first five seconds or so, where you don't know if something really heavy is going to fall on top of you or not, that as a California transplant of about 8 years I still can't get used to.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 8:36 AM on July 20, 2007

New Yorker Article: Politics of the man behind 24. Yuck.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 12:00 PM on July 18, 2007

Have a look at Nolo's book on what to do if you get pulled over. (Search inside on Amazon.) Sleazily enough it's called "Beat your ticket." However, the book has a good explanation of how DUI tickets/stops work. Interesting reading that will hopefully prevent anyone from ever getting on the road with even the slightest suspicion that they might be impaired.

(IANAL, but, "Officer my keychain said I was only a .05" doesn't seem like it would really be... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 2:22 PM on July 15, 2007

I like the Ukiah suggestion. It might be hard finding a job, but if you go there, or even up as far north as Eureka, the costs are definitely going to be lower than anywhere south of about Point Reyes. You can try craiglistto see what apartment costs are like.

The problem with "off the beaten path that don't cost an arm and a leg" is going to be getting work yourselves. (Arm and a leg are relative.) Oakland costs a lot of money because there are a lot of jobs... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 8:29 AM on July 15, 2007

Jare,

I guess I'm asking about both Bolivia in general and Sucre. Given my point of arrival (La Paz) I will likely visit salar de uyuni, potosi, and possibly cochabamba. (Maybe yungas
road?)

I also have a friend who will be in Arica, Chile and its possible that we may meet up somewhere, either in Sucre or possibly somewhere in between.

Travelling around is one of the big question marks. Good bus lines?... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 7:08 PM on July 10, 2007

Get a book on marital property in Canada if you're just curious. (Maybe this one, no idea if its any good or not.) This is too complex a question to really deal with here.

In general, basic community property principles (US: Cal and other states) seem pretty fair in my opinion. Very roughly: If you earn it while married it gets split 50/50 between the two of you at divorce, if you had already, it's your seperate property. The court will have latitude to make adjustments... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 1:58 PM on July 7, 2007

A correlated history of the earth? (Maybe too teachy?) Something by John McPhee about geology? I'm thinking of 'assembling california' but he probably has other geology books. Maybe a really good thermos for those days out in the field? (I like my zojirushi thermos a lot.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 8:04 AM on July 3, 2007 marked best answer

Hmmm...looking around the web (yeah I know, I did this once to no avail - my keywords just seemed to work better this morning) it looks like what I need is some u-shaped came, some solder, and maybe some hanger dohickeys like the 'handy hanger' (an eyebolt looking thing that the frame hangs from.)

Still - any comments from folks w/experience doing this and specific recommendations for what sorts of tools I'll need and/or directions to good web tutorials will be much appreciated.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 9:13 AM on January 14, 2007

Thanks - should have made the question clearer. Has anyone done something like the process above using u-shaped lead or copper "came?"
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 3:04 PM on January 14, 2007

Bittman's great - but don't use his gravy recipe (or at least not the one with cornstarch - blech). Why get rid of good cookbooks? I guess I could survive on a desert island with Bittman's book and a well stocked pantry - but give up Marcella Hazan? Give up Joy? Give up Fannie Farmer? No thanks! I wouldn't even want to give up the weird old Larousse.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 11:45 AM on January 13, 2007

hmmm - bummer. maybe i'll be able to get a better one over there :-(

Thanks for the info - may just bring it to see what the telephone folks say when I get there. (I don't intend on spending the gajillions of dollars per minute in reaming charges either. Not meaning to disparage in any way octoparrot...just a harmless pun.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 8:17 PM on December 9, 2006

Well, thanks for trying josher71.

Got an answer? If this thread ends up closing with no answer please feel free to e-mail me (see profile) in the future if you do have the answer!
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 11:44 AM on November 17, 2006

not sure but uncballzer might be thinking of http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 7:18 PM on November 3, 2006

I don't know where you live, but the many of the investigators at a bay area government agency specializing in death penalty defense started of working desk jobs at the agency. I believe there is a track at this agency whereby you assist in information processing/organization with the agency for a year or so and then can move on to investigation if you want to.

The investigators at this office do a TON of background research on each death penalty case they are assigned.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 9:01 AM on October 14, 2006

Harvey's seatbelt bag?
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 7:15 AM on June 15, 2006

Yeah, isn't that funny about fresh tuna? Sure, canned tuna, great. fresh stream caught trout though? Neh.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 7:59 PM on June 12, 2006

I would walk, and have done so many times. (My wife also works in the baddest bit of the tenderloin and has for a few years. She occassionally comes home late and has never had a problem. Seen some unsavory stuff sure, but no real safety issues.) If the two of you are together, you aren't likely to have many problems. More along the lines of people sleeping where you want to be walking or drunk people walking back from a show at GAMH!

If you really really don't feel safe,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 7:04 PM on June 11, 2006

It doesn't appear that there are any submarine bases up there, unless they're seekrit.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 11:49 PM on March 25, 2006

Environmental sound? kind of 'new agey' I guess...but not really since it's just landscape noise (ie: no groovy synth). I swear by this stuff when I'm studying. They've got it for download @ e-music.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 7:09 PM on March 25, 2006

English: Sinatra "my way" French: Piaf, "Je ne regrette rien" Spanish: Gipsy Kings, "A mi manera." I guess these songs are more about after the survival part though...
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 10:18 AM on March 25, 2006

Oh, and props for 'eye of tiger'
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 10:20 AM on March 25, 2006

Make. Should have gone the extra mile, thanks. The laptop solution looks intriguing. I also like the idea of the 'turk' seems like more fun.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 5:20 PM on March 22, 2006

Yes - the different colored wedges thing is essential. Comic red arrow as well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 6:19 PM on March 22, 2006

Thanks. I just realized that the newer version of Audacity has a meter toolbar. Thinking of exploring this (maybe with a mic?) along with the spinning arrow gimmick. Ideas are good but implementations the thing...
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 6:46 PM on March 22, 2006

Check out grand lake and lakeshore areas in oakland. (Near the Grandlake and Parkway theatres respectively.) I also like Albany, a little quieter but still pretty neat. Ashby area's pretty nice too. I think fruitvale's pretty great as well. Piedmont's a nice little commercial area but more yuppie/family oriented. Feel free to e-mail me!
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 3:20 PM on February 1, 2006

I'm not advocating for one side or the other - but just to be clear B's behavior doesn't prevent anyone from actually riding on the train. It only has an effect on a person's sitting down or not.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 10:19 PM on December 17, 2005

Thank you all for your very frank answers. (Ouch! not that I have any personal interest here mind you...) I'll sort through and pick out a few best answers tomorrow when the f-ing holiday season gives me some time. I'll try not to do anything too misanthropic while out on the town today. Bah-humbug!
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 11:40 AM on December 18, 2005

I don't have any personal recommendations. But, have you ever visited chowhound ? It's a great food resource for the bay area, and they do have a section for LA. Good luck, and enjoy the toro!
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 8:03 PM on December 15, 2005

"Soulful tune" by Taj Mahal.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 12:18 PM on December 15, 2005

Mostly clean:

Bear walks into a bar, says: "I'd like a scotch and soda please."

Bartender says: "I'm sorry sir, we don't serve bears in this bar"

Bear says, "Whaddya mean you don't serve bears?"

Bartender says, "You see the sign? We have a very strict no bear policy. I can't serve you no matter what."

Bear says, "Listen pal, if... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 10:11 PM on December 14, 2005

I second the Day Labor Program in SF. I've never hired anyone from their, but the LCRC is a great organization. I have several friends who've volunteered there.

More demand at the Day Labor program = safer employment conditions for more Day Laborers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 12:18 PM on December 12, 2005

No, he paid his dues. These kinds of reporting requirements are wrong and should be themselves banned. (IE: the same way we disallow questions about, race/ethnicity/sexual orientation/etc as de facto discriminatory.)

These sorts of questions are standard fare on food service applications across the country - how the hell do we expect someone to move on and make something out of their life if we brand them with the ex-con stamp for the rest of their... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 12:01 PM on December 12, 2005

I used to go to Higa Automotive on Howard street (recommended by a friend). I've since moved but recommend her highly. She's a one woman shop and gives discounts for students. Not sure if she works on subarus or not - mine was a toyota.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 9:04 AM on December 10, 2005

bubble gum alley, san luis obispo, ca
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 2:53 PM on December 8, 2005

Yeah, the underwater rock trick is a pretty good one. My grandparent's had a Jack Russel and he would do the same thing Ironmouth described. Okay, so the creek was only two feet deep in our case. But I'm sure the rock - in proportion to little stubby - was much larger.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 9:22 PM on December 6, 2005

that was 'grandparents'
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 9:31 PM on December 6, 2005

Don't tar sands necessarily entail some sort of massive open pit mining? If so I hope we can find a better alternative. I hate the thought of all of that beautiful north country being turned into something out of Dante's inferno.



Alrosa Pit Mine: World's Biggest Man Made Hole.
(over a mile across)

How many hummers you think fit in there? ;-)
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 9:46 AM on December 3, 2005

More photos and that pit and one of the trucks (capable of opening up many cans of whup ass on any hummer) here: keyhole group discussion

Yeah, I know I cheated and put in a picture of a diamond mine. A pit's a pit as far as I know though. Living in Northern California I've had a chance to go to the malakoff diggings up in the sierra. These are hideous, weird, monumental scars from blasting at the mountains with high pressure water to get at the last scraps of gold... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 10:47 AM on December 3, 2005

Popular Ethics wins the prize for most informative response so far. (Does that mean that I won the prize for most misleading response?)

Wikipedia in any case discusses oil shale being removed with pit mines, but agrees with P.E. on pit mining not being a feasible option for removal of Canadian tar sands (though the entry for tar sands strangely[?] pictures a pit mine at the top of the entry).
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 12:03 PM on December 3, 2005

I have to say I disagree with cribcage's perspective (!!??). My sister's (thankfully now ex-husband) broke walls and generally stormed around physically. (BTW I say thankfully ex not b/c I don't think this things can be worked out in these sits. but b/c he was a controlling, philandering, dickweed.) When she described how she felt when this was happening (he actually forced the door open at one point) it made my blood boil.

As an adolescent I once kicked a hole in a wall.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 12:46 AM on November 20, 2005

(my wife says he's never going to change...I don't know who the hell we are anyway, but that's are four cents. The main thinf is that it's your life and you just need to make sure that you are doing the best thing for _you_ and that you are safe. Four and a half years is a long time, but there are a lot of people out there who would love to start a relationship with someone and have the decency to not express their anger in a physically abusive manner. Sorry for the spelling errors... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 12:57 AM on November 20, 2005

I got my november 14th edition today. I live in Oakland California. Unfortunately I am out of the running for the cartoon puzzle though as the deadline was yesterday. they come irregularly - often quite late.
posted to Ask Metafilter by prettyboyfloyd at 10:13 PM on November 14, 2005