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What does it mean to have someone nominate you for a non-faculty professional position at a university?
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at 1:04 PM on July 24, 2007
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Job interview, Tuesday at 2 PM near Aberdeen, MD. Driving down I-95 from the Bronx. When should I leave in order to (a) not get stuck in too terribly much traffic anywhere along the route and therefore (b) not freak out about being late?
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at 9:28 AM on July 8, 2007
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Help me remember the name of an anarchist.
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at 7:31 AM on March 28, 2007
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How can I complain to my boss's boss about my boss?
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at 8:43 AM on February 22, 2007
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IdiotFilter, Windows XP. I was trying to make it stop telling me, every single day, that my password was about to expire and would I like to change it.
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at 7:31 AM on December 19, 2006
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"Highway Signs: Terror on the Road." Have you seen this book?
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at 8:45 AM on December 4, 2006
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For an eyebrow wax in a small, non-fancy neighborhood nails-and-waxing-only place ($10 tops), do I tip the waxer?
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at 12:44 PM on September 11, 2006
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"Blasting zone -- turn off two-way radios!!!"
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at 6:19 AM on June 6, 2006
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"tab-gen abortion"
"a demonstration set of lams, pale green matchsticks made of compressed seaweed."
These phrases occur in a novel I'm reading; the speaker is (presumably) a gynecologist or CNP who is counseling a patient about a second-trimester abortion. I Googled and searched various medical encylopedias and came up empty. What is "tab-gen"? And are lams some kind of abortifacient suppository? Thanks.
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at 12:10 PM on April 21, 2006
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Who said "libraries are the university of the poor" or something like that?
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at 3:26 PM on April 8, 2006
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Betcha didn't know: "While the extreme branch of heavy-metal music known as death metal is defined in part by often-vile lyrics about violence, catastrophic destruction, nihilism, anarchy and paranoia, its singing style is associated with a beloved goggle-eyed, fuzzy blue puppet."
The
Wall Street Journal considers
death metal and
Sesame Street in an article I'm sure
Lester Bangs would have enjoyed.
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at 9:56 AM on March 3, 2006
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How do automatic gates in parking garages work?
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at 8:09 AM on January 10, 2006
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How can I be logged in to MeFi and MeTa, but not AskMeFi? When I'm reading AskMeFi and I try to login, the login page bumps me to MeFi. Then, when I click on AskMeFi, I'm not logged in. Que pasa?
(I haven't been around much lately, apologies if this has been covered before.)
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at 6:53 AM on December 8, 2005
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What's the point of a take-home exam?
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at 10:56 AM on September 29, 2005
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WTF is going on
here?
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at 9:24 AM on September 26, 2005
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Can I record LPs onto CDs by hooking up my PC to my stereo? I have a stereo, I have a PC with CD drive. I don't have a CD burner. Being a big fat cheapskate, I'm wondering if there's a way to record my LPs onto CD without buying yet another stereo component.
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at 9:06 AM on August 1, 2005
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Yesterday my husband brought our new kitten, Hercules, to the vet.
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at 8:12 AM on May 26, 2005
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German scholars, historians, copyeditors, and anyone else: Can someone explain to me why an author whose book I'm editing has cited Hitler's Mein Kampf as "Mien Kemp"? Google doesn't elicit much in English, and I'm unilingual, alas. As far as I know, American English is my author's native language. Is he just a lousy speller? (Looks like it could be Dutch, but that's just a guess.)
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at 8:17 AM on April 4, 2005
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I know there're a lot of MeFi librarians, since I've searched on this topic, but my specific questions don't seem to have been addressed yet. First, do you think there are a decent amount of entry-level public library jobs out there? The gubmint says so, various librarian blogs say no. Also--this would be a career change for me, so by the time I get the MLS I'd be around 40. Is it laughable to think anyone would hire a 40-year-old entry-level librarian? I've been in publishing for a while and am burned out but good. As a callow youth I worked quite happily in bookstores, and now as a grown-up I think a library job would provide similar psychic gratification but with better benefits and pay. Someone set me straight. TIA.
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at 8:36 AM on February 18, 2005
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Cat Filter. We just lost an elderly cat, leaving us with only one. Potato Chip is 4, spayed, playful, and large-and-in-charge. (Really, she's like 20 lbs.) She used to bully the older cat--eat her food, ambush her out of the litter box, etc.--and doesn't seem to notice that she's gone now. I like to have 2 cats around and intend to get another. My question is, how can I minimize the bullying and maximize the peace of our happy home? I'm thinking a kitten, since a kitten would naturally be submissive to an adult. Does that sound right? Should this kitten be male or female? (Neutering will be done before we bring new kitty home, if necessary.) Rambunctious or shy and retiring? It's really a crapshoot, I know, but all opinions are welcomed.
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at 1:37 PM on February 2, 2005
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Dick Cheney, Dressing Down
I can't decide if this is interesting cultural criticism or ridiculous nitpicking about something that isn't very important. Maybe it's both. Side note: It's a nice change to read about a male politician's appearance and wardrobe for once.
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at 12:08 PM on January 28, 2005
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Why does the New York Times include a line about yesterday's weather in the weather squib on the front page?
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at 9:03 AM on January 21, 2005
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