See your primary care physician, who will most likely give you a prescription to see a physical therapist.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 6:09 PM on July 6, 2008

persian chicken salad. makes excellent sandwiches.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 8:59 AM on July 5, 2008

(I'm aware of this battery charging/calibration issue- it's still too hot. Also, I did have my battery recalled already).
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 3:22 PM on June 21, 2008

1 serving of plain yogurt, every day, will resolve this issue for you so fast that you'll wonder why you had to spend an entire 7-8 years worrying about it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 12:04 AM on June 14, 2008

The foundation for a better life
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 5:13 PM on May 30, 2008

Those were some interesting videos, and it may be the same artist, but the video I have in mind wasn't on that link. Either way, now I found a new artist I'm into! Any other guesses?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 5:30 PM on April 21, 2008

Yes! Thank you so much, that's the one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 6:16 PM on April 21, 2008

Real life is not monkey island, guys.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 12:24 PM on March 14, 2008

Farsi. No "he" or "she", just "that person."
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 6:09 AM on March 4, 2008

In Carl Sagan's Contact, written in 1985 but set in the millenium, he keeps mentioning 'asynchronous telenetting', which I'm pretty sure just means e-mail.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 9:46 AM on February 8, 2008

Just about every song on Bright Eyes' "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn" is about death, and they run the gamut in terms of how depressing they are. The first song that came to mind when I read your question was "Arc of Time (Time Code)," and then "I believe in Symmetry," and "Light Pollution" (that ones less about death than about someone who died), but really, download the whole album.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 3:32 PM on February 1, 2008 marked best answer

shebear meant to say "I'm only happy when it rains" by garbage
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 1:13 PM on February 1, 2008

The only thing I have to go by on the age is that it was bought in Germany by my grandpa for 5.50 (marks, I guess). So if anyone has any idea when that model of Harmonica cost 5 marks, that's how we can figure out the age.
Bluefrog, thanks for the info! (and it is wood)
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 3:10 PM on January 30, 2008

I know what's on them- journals and poetry I wrote as an angsty teenager. So, keep that in mind in terms of how much I'm willing to spend to get the data back. I'm mildly curious, not dying to see.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 12:07 PM on January 22, 2008

actually, after looking on ebay and realizing I'm not even willing to spend the 12 bucks it would take to get a drive, I guess the whole point is moot as it would not get any cheaper than that. Theoretically though, are there any businesses that offer this kind of data retrieval?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 12:09 PM on January 22, 2008

OK, thanks folks- turns out the kinkos nearest to me has zip drives on some of their computers! Problem solved. (Thanks anyway shinynewnick!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 12:30 PM on January 22, 2008

In Carl Sagan's contact, the aliens decide earth is a civilization worth meeting on account of our music, and because of our dreams.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 12:55 AM on January 9, 2008

Just as an aside, in Iran the official currency is the Rial, but people always talk about things costing X Tomans... A toman is 10 Rial, so if something costs 1000 rial, it'd be 100 toman... but it's a little bit more complicated than that. Generally you know the order of magnitude in rial something is going to cost, so if I'm taking a taxi somewhere and they say '1 toman' they probably mean a thousand rial, whereas if you're buying silver in the bazaar and they say it's 1 toman, they probably... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 9:42 AM on December 2, 2007

studentbaker: uh, 'unfortunately,' I guess, I still have sensation in my palms... it's the back of my hand that's lost feeling and I dunno how good of a stranger I'm going to give myself with that, haha...
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 9:51 AM on November 29, 2007

It's impossible to specifically define 'one location' but basically I mean one contiguous area that is small enough to be interesting.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 2:07 PM on November 12, 2007

I had a cold that got better except for nasal drip for two weeks, a symptom that other friends reported from recent colds as well. Sometimes a symptom just lingers for longer then the main part of the cold.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 4:33 PM on October 14, 2007

I named my Prius 'Steve,' after Steve Prefontaine, the famous runner also went by 'Pre'. Like Prefontaine, my Prius could just keep on going forever on one tank of gas!
A topical update? How about Haile, after Haile Gebrselassie, who just set a new world record in the marathon? He's black, so it works with the color theme, too ;)
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 10:30 PM on October 9, 2007

Farsi: "zamboor asal" is the full "honey bee" but we just say "Zamboor". Looks like this: زنبور عسل
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 9:59 AM on September 29, 2007

"When they learned to yelp" by Dave Eggers is amazing. It's inside his collection titled "How We Are Hungry"
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 1:04 PM on September 18, 2007

For that matter, "What it Means When a Crowd in a Faraway Nation Takes a Soldier Representing Your Own Nation, Shoots Him, Drags Him from His Vehicle and Then Mutilates Him in the Dust," is probably relevant as well, if not exactly about 9/11.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 1:05 PM on September 18, 2007

Apparently the game is no longer available for sale as of 2006, so that makes it legal to emulate, right?
I wouldn't have a clue where to get the actual game file.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 8:00 PM on July 31, 2007

Yes, well, I did originally own the game, so... am I OK with abandonware?
Also, I am running scummVM but it greys out all of the loom files in the directory I downloaded. What file does it need to run the game?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 8:28 PM on July 31, 2007

also, Armitage Shanks, I have NO clue how to get that dosbox thing to work...
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 8:36 PM on July 31, 2007

even with directions, I can't get DosBox to work... why aren't any of the files working with ScummVM?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 8:42 PM on July 31, 2007

OMG thank you!! I'm an idiot and was trying to pick a file, not a directory. It works! I'm happy, thanks!
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 9:01 PM on July 31, 2007

My understanding, and personal experience, is that 'tuxedo cats' like yours are just chatty. My former roommate had a tuxedo kitten that would not shut up, ever. We decided to ignore him and let him meow it out, but it didn't work-- he actually went hoarse, and he still wouldn't stop. What ended up happening? He just grew out of it. I'm gonna guess the same will happen for you.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 2:25 PM on July 27, 2007

here you go.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 4:59 AM on July 20, 2007 marked best answer

How about the canterbury tales? If you pick up a copy of the Riverside Chaucer, you will have well over a thousand pages of Canterbury Tales, and hundreds of pages of corollary notes to go with it. If the fact that the Riverside Chaucer is in the original Middle English is a problem for you, there're translations into modern English, though I can't think of any in particular to recommend to you. Still, you want a year to kill? Learn Middle English. Honestly, it's not that hard and most of the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 11:01 PM on July 5, 2007

Read AND write.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 11:39 PM on July 5, 2007

Itaewon in Seoul comes close. It isn't only Americans- besides huge numbers of our military, it's also home to Korea's muslim and lgbt communities.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 9:02 AM on May 8, 2007

Apparently office dogs loathe airzooka (via).
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 10:36 PM on May 3, 2007

neda's translation of #1 is too literal for me and doesn't sound like how anyone I know speaks farsi (and it would actually just be 'javab-ra nemidoonam, not javab-e ra). I would just say:

1) "nemidoonam"
and
2) "aslan nemidoonam"

If it's imperative that the word "answer" be included, I would say 1) "javab-ra nadaram" which means "I don't have the answer"
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 2:36 PM on April 30, 2007

Excuse me for not having a citation, but my understanding is that a lifetime of drinking piping-hot drinks increases your risk of mouth/tongue/throat cancer. Perhaps you don't have a problem, but are actually highly evolved to avoid cancer?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 1:58 PM on February 17, 2007

I third gibberish. It is definitely reminiscent of arabic script, but also definitely not actual arabic or farsi writing. It looks like a poor imitation of calligraphy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 2:49 AM on December 22, 2006

"Oh, hi John! Mary and I were just talking about that one time I did _______, have I ever told you about that?"

That way you draw the interrupter into the conversation that you were having without blowing anyone off.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 12:31 PM on November 24, 2006

DieHipsterDie: Sure, and on that note Ahmadinejad, too. I'm not including political figures.

I dunno, I want sex symbols, rock stars, true artistes. Do those exist?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 5:28 PM on November 15, 2006

As much as I'd like to claim Freddie Mercury, I really doubt he counts.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 5:43 PM on November 15, 2006

Sufjan Stevens is Armenian, and the name is arabic, not persian.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 6:02 PM on November 15, 2006

this doesn't qualify as well known, but I just discovered that the guy who invented hot pockets, Paul Merage, is Iranian. that's a worthy accomplishment, right?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 9:57 PM on November 22, 2006

I am not rail thin, nor am I fat, and I do not bruise at all. Ever. Sorry to screw your thin people hypothesis.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 11:25 PM on November 7, 2006

I'm just curious, LobsterMitten- did you know that off the top of your head, and why? Are you an art history major or other such art buff? If not, how did you go about figuring it out? I think it could be useful for the rest of us to know how you did it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 1:31 AM on November 5, 2006

My cat had eye herpes as well, and we had to rub some kind of ointment into his eyes- they weren't drops, it was something thick. Maybe try a different medication?
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 3:36 PM on October 29, 2006

Slightly different question I asked but you may find something that interests you in that thread.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 11:35 PM on October 28, 2006

I don't know the specific legal details, they're probably in saffry's link, but the answer to your question is no. They are not allowed to expire, but what happens with most gift cards as opposed to certificates is that after a certain amount of time has passed, a monthly fee is assessed on the card to drain out the remaining balance. This has the effect of 'expiring' your card for you if you don't use it for a long enough time.
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 11:32 PM on October 28, 2006

As someone who spent two months teaching english abroad before realizing what a horrible mistake it was, I suggest you direct him to this blog post and let him know it'll be the same anywhere in asia.

Here's how I see it: Throughout Asia, there are offers of huge salaries and bonuses for anyone with a pulse and english fluency. They are DESPERATE for teachers. Why would they be desperate for teachers? Because it's a SUCKY place to teach and job conditions are horrible.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by BuddhaInABucket at 7:02 PM on October 15, 2006