What is that symbol one finds at the beginnings or endings of chapters of books called? It's like a little arabesque, but with a (reasonably) flat bottom or top.
posted to Ask Metafilter by damnthesehumanhands at 6:45 PM on July 10, 2008 (11 comments)

I'm researching scientists who dispute / are skeptics of man-made climate change (a la the UN IPCC's findings.) Which peer reviewed, scholarly science journals should I be searching through?
posted to Ask Metafilter by damnthesehumanhands at 8:59 AM on February 12, 2008 (8 comments)

I'm entering a Literature graduate program and I'd like to fill in some of the gaps in my knowledge of the British/American canon. I've been looking for a timeline of literary periods to assist me in identifying where my major gaps are. It would (ideally) have major authors and for bonus points, their major works. I've been googling for about 45 minutes now and I can't find anything substantive. I would pay a pretty decent premium to have it poster-sized to hang above my desk.
posted to Ask Metafilter by damnthesehumanhands at 12:39 PM on December 27, 2007 (13 comments)

The Howling Mob Society. Looking out over the burning Strip District from the safety of his office in Pittsburgh's Union Station, Thomas Alexander Scott must have been humbled. Only days before, as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Scott famously suggested that impoverished and striking railroad workers be given “a rifle diet for a few days and see how they like that kind of bread.” Now, with the local Pittsburgh militia all but mutinied and the State Militia rapidly retreating, he must have wondered if his hard-line stance had backfired…
posted to MetaFilter by damnthesehumanhands at 10:41 AM on December 3, 2007 (9 comments)

I'm twenty five, divorced, done with school, and finally able to get out and see the world. There's just one problem: logistics.
posted to Ask Metafilter by damnthesehumanhands at 9:09 PM on June 25, 2006 (24 comments)

Has anyone found a definitive fix for the Half-life 2 "memory could not be read" error?
posted to Ask Metafilter by damnthesehumanhands at 1:51 PM on December 15, 2004 (3 comments)