Eh, I just went with my wording and attached an "-Anon." after it. Thanks for the help everyone!
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 1:33 PM on May 5, 2008

Hey, I'm an Aggie, but if he wants to have a real focus on music, A&M isn't the school for him. The music major here has only been available for a few years, and the program is very much in its infancy. However, Texas A&M's engineering school is top notch, so he could certainly come here and major in engineering with a minor in music or something, and come out alright.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 9:50 AM on April 29, 2008 marked best answer

A lot of Death Cab for Cutie falls in this category. I Was A Kaleidoscope, Crooked Teeth, Title and Registration, and Photobooth are all good examples of upbeat songs with lyrics about regret or failing relationships.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 12:55 PM on April 18, 2008

Reviewing my music, perhaps also some Eve6? On the Roof Again might meet these stipulations, as with Promise, or even Inside Out.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 12:57 PM on April 18, 2008

Mashed potatoes and lettuce, a favorite of mine from elementary school lunches.

Actually, mashed potatoes and a lot of things, such as fruit, and mac and cheese. And I will put bacon on anything.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 10:06 PM on April 2, 2008

Doc Susie is one I like about one of the first women doctor's in Colorado back in the day.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 6:51 PM on March 16, 2008

For the jumping, something that works even better than the knee-jerk reaction (which can be regarded as play) is to take a step towards them right as they go to jump up on you, throwing them off balance. Dogs hate that. A few times of that really cut down on my dog's jumping. As for the general pawing, though, I'm afraid I don't have much to offer.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:52 PM on February 26, 2008

I get the runner's high, but it's a lot like you describe: I'm achy, exhausted, shaky, and damn it, it feels good. There's this amazing sense of accomplishment and of realization after a good run that just puts me in an absolutely wonderful mood. However, I have to run myself to where I've pushed my limits to achieve this feeling, and anymore, that means running 4 to 5 miles at a 7 to 8 minute pace. You can't just jog a few miles and expect results. Seriously, though, it you really push yourself,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 2:53 PM on February 25, 2008

Well, autonoetic is the term for being able to remember the past episodically and imagine the future, so whatever the opposite of that ot.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 4:06 AM on January 28, 2008 marked best answer

There's not really any need to do anything fancy. At the clinic I work at, we just have local trainers bring in special coupons for us to distribute to the customers. The vets themselves could care less about referring clients to a trainer, so it's usually our receptionist who ends up giving people the hookup. Coupons with really good discounts will get handed out regardless of whether you have a reputation at the clinic, so that's all that's needed. Gimmicks will just be a waste of the staff's... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 4:02 AM on January 28, 2008

I nth fleas. The water test mentioned above is a good way to determine if this is the case. If it is fleas, you are likely to see no sign of them on her, as cats are well known for grooming adult fleas off and eating them, which is, by the way, an excellent way to get tapeworms. So keep an eye out for shed tapeworm segments around the cat's rear and in fresh stool (they will look like wriggly rice). You can pick up some topical flea treatment from the vet, probably either Frontline, Advantage,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 5:58 PM on January 8, 2008

You can safely give a dog Benadryl, which knocks many of them out the same way it will people. The dosage is 1mg per pound of dog, so if you have a 25 lb dog, one normal tablet ought to do it. Just wrap it in some bread and feed it to your dog. Alternatively, you can get the children's liquid Benadryl and put it on his food. You should be able do this twice a day for long periods of time with no ill effect. My own dog gets around the clock Benadryl during flea season due to flea allergies. As to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 6:30 PM on January 3, 2008

Talk to your vet. A lot of vets don't mind working out a payment plan or some sort of deferred payment for treatment, and since you know you will have the money, there's no reason not to try.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 6:15 PM on January 3, 2008

enfa, that planner is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for the recommendation!
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:12 PM on January 2, 2008

Something Corporate's Forget December springs to mind:

Forget December
It won't be better than I remember it before
This month only could be so lonely
And not so homely anymore
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 5:36 AM on December 26, 2007

Wait, if the Dr. was off by ten days because she's not a native, is it possible that you have different date formats? Because is she was used to DD-MM and saw 12-22, or vice versa, and wasn't paying attention, you could see where the problem would possibly arise from. Just pointing out that this Dr. is perhaps not, in fact, insane. So, though that doesn't help with the decision to go to the ER, it does possibly help your "WTF?" question.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 12:34 PM on December 24, 2007

What I did when I moved my two large fish (a plecostomus and a black ghost knife, both around 8"), I bought two of those styrofoam beer coolers from the grocery store, and used those as shipping containers, filled about a third of the way with tank water. Since they come with lids, I put a few holes in those and we were good to go. Mind you, these fish were moving 160 miles. The nice thing about the coolers is that they're soft enough you don't have to worry about the fish getting thrown... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 4:00 PM on December 10, 2007 marked best answer

My dad got my mom an engagement guitar amp. But they were hippies, so take that as you will.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 5:58 PM on November 19, 2007

Possible the Marfa lights in Texas, but I don't know if those can decisively be called weather phenomena...or any phenomena at all, for that matter.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 8:24 PM on November 12, 2007

Oh, and recommendations for a good atheist blog to read wouldn't go amiss either.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:00 PM on November 6, 2007

Pants!, that's a funny recommendation, as my roommate has that book. Our bookshelves are actually half covered in Catholic guides and such. One more motivation for me to get my own collection going...

And College Station isn't so bad, you just have to have a good sense of humor about it all. 95% of the Christians here are great, and the other 5% I can out-Bible, which takes the wind out of their sails.

Thanks for pointing me at the Atheist Press,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:30 PM on November 6, 2007

kiltedtaco, I will look at it. But that's my limit on Dawkins, I think.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:36 PM on November 6, 2007

erikgrande--I'm in the Corps of Cadets down here. Prayers at chow, prayers at drill, prayers at outfit meetings...you get the idea.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:40 AM on November 7, 2007

oti.et.amo--Tea, including that with milk, has caffeine which, according to Red Cross last time I donated, can effect your iron levels in the short term.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 11:19 AM on October 23, 2007

That's the spitting image of the yellow squash my mother grew every year when I was little. Ours always took over the whole vegetable garden.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:07 PM on September 4, 2007

The Springfield XD is a good, small handgun. It's also pretty darn safe (for a gun) and affordable, and it comes in different fun calibers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:13 PM on August 30, 2007

Okay, I'm seeing a lot of anecdotes involving dogs with entirely different conditions than yours. I recommend you ignore them, as a growth on the spleen/goits/"different kind of tumor"/"cartilage tumor" are entirely different than and unrelated to rapidly growing lipomas, and thus, can't really be compared.

Just because someone says "Auntie Marge's dog Jack had 15 basketball sized tumors, and we declined surgery, and it lived to be 45 years... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 5:29 PM on August 13, 2007

I work at a vet clinic. (Disclaimer: IANAV, just a vet tech). I have a secret for you: there person who brings in their cat every year, and who has a cat that weighs appropriately, is a rare bird. We have people bring in cats all the time with ages in the double digits who never even got their kitten series of shots. We usually just run a Feline Leukemia test, bring them up to date, and forget about it. And morbidly obese cats are a dime a dozen.

The shots won't even... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:56 PM on August 8, 2007

As a cat-allergic cat owner (who's aspiring to be a vet!), acclimation definitely occurs, but you have to watch out. I was great with the cats I grew up with, provided I was careful about washing my hands and keeping my room cat-free, but then I went away to college for a year. When I came home, it was to asthma attacks, rashes, swollen-closed eyes, the whole nine yards.

After that, I went to my doctor and got some prescription allergy stuff, and it has quite literally... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:25 PM on August 8, 2007

Python python python python python. It changed my life, I use it for my 58 gallon and it is the most amazing thing ever.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 9:08 AM on July 31, 2007

You can buy Pythons in ridiculous lengths, and even buy extensions, so don't worry about that too much. Adapters are available, too.

Don't sweat the dechlorination so much. The main things is that you match water temperature from the sink when returning water, and just dose the whole tank with a dechlorinator.

Also, I recommend that you look into Prime as a dechlorinator. It's more expensive per oz., but it requires very little to dechlorinate a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 10:07 AM on July 31, 2007

Sorry, I'm not being clear. This movie was one that had a fantastical setting that didn't even matter to the plot. As in, you could have done away completely with the fantasy aspects of the plot and still had the movie. AI, for example, needs the sci-fi setting to even exist. No sci-fi, no artificially intelligent boy. This was a movie that could have just been set in modern-day, normal America, but wasn't.

And wfrgms, I swear it was a real movie. I've been having this... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:27 PM on July 29, 2007

Perhaps he has a medical condition? You might want to find a way to inquire while causing the least embarrassment for him, in case it's something he can't help.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 1:10 PM on July 29, 2007

My warning tingle is right under my ribs, and sometimes on my back.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 11:31 PM on July 14, 2007

If she had cancer, did they know far in advance that her time was short? Because if so, he most likely began the grieving process well before she even died, making it easier for him to find closure and move on after she finally did pass.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:26 PM on June 3, 2007

I just wanted to jump in and recommend that you DO NOT get an undergravel filter. They seem like a great filter when you first start to use them, but unless you are gravel-vacuuming your tank weekly, debris and other detrius tends to get sucked underneath the filter, where it gets trapped and decays over time, slowly worsening your water quality until your tank "crashes", usually accompanied by rampant fishy death. And then you have to dismantle your tank to clean out under the filter,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:16 PM on June 2, 2007

Arqa beat me to a lot of what I wanted to say. Let me just reiterate this point: if your wife has a dog, and has never had a cat before, she simply may be displaying a lot of body language that the cat finds offensive, but which dogs react well to. Cats respond well to a lot of body language that a dog owner would never think of using, such as making brief eye contact and blinking very deliberately at a cat and then waiting for a responding eye blink or head turn before approaching, and apart... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:45 PM on June 1, 2007

Make sure these are friendly, well-handled llamas that are used to being handled by people. My uncle, who already had llamas, was given one for free once and we soon discovered the reason why. The only way to lay hands on the beast was to corner it with several people and throw a rope over it, a thoroughly traumatizing experience for all involved, and nearly every memory I have of that llama ends with me being kicked or spat on. Not all llamas are good llamas. Still, my uncles other llamas were... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 2:36 PM on May 21, 2007

Unless I am misremembering, Hamlet was prone to switching from iambic pentameter to outright prose when launching into one of his spiels of madness. But I could be wrong, it has been a while.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:27 PM on April 18, 2007

I'm coming a little late to the thread, but I wanted to share some advice. You see, I am a 19 year old dating a 16 year old, and in the south as well to boot (albeit Texas). Our genders are reversed, but a lot of the same circumstances apply.

First off, ignore the nay-sayers who are telling you she can't possibly be as mature as you, no matter what you think. Age is a horrible measure of maturity, and you know better than any person on the internet could just how mature... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 8:48 PM on April 8, 2007

klangklangston: "Well, while I respect the verbiage, the argument that you were meant for each other, based on someone who started dating their current guy at 17 to his 14 doesn't exactly smack of the long view you think it does. Further, because of the general gender context of our society, yeah, it is less skeevy for an older girl to date a younger guy."

Klangklangston, I just reread my post (which was apparently too verbose for you--was... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 2:25 PM on April 11, 2007

I just want to put this out here (and man, anonymous commenting would sure be nice for these sorts of comments) but I was thirteen not that long ago, and let me tell you, I was searching for stuff much worse than that around that age. Yeah, it doesn't look great, especially in light of the younger sister the same age as a search term, but for me personally (and I know anecdote != data) looking up the taboo, exciting stuff was part of my sexual exploration. (For the record, I had the most normal,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 6:39 AM on March 27, 2007

I too have a pretty bad problem with getting bored while running alone. Personally, I've never had luck with mental stimulation--music messes with my pace and any sort of mental work (such as reciting formulas or facts for class in my head) gets old after half a mile, tops.

What I've found that works best for me is not to try and occupy my mind, but rather to do your second option and try and "zone out". One of the best ways I've found to do this (and that... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 8:13 PM on March 3, 2007

My bet would be a Holland Lop or a cross thereof. Perhaps a Holland Lop x Dwarf of some sort mix?
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 8:39 PM on February 5, 2007

I was about to recommend Dwarf Gouramis, but it seems chrispy108 beat me to it. They're pretty, and come in powder blue and "flame" red varieties. Lots of personality for a fish, and are happy with freeze-dried bloodworms.

Some of the males can get a little aggressive, so you do have to watch out for that, but just getting one male and two females, or even three females (and they are usually sold by gender) would easily prevent that. They are also fine singly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:03 PM on January 10, 2007 marked best answer

amyms--Goldfish? Really? He wants something that stays under 4" and goldfish hardly fit that bill.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 7:27 PM on January 10, 2007

amyms--Well, I personally belong to the school of thought that says that you shouldn't keep goldfish in aquariums under 30 gallons, as all you do is essentially stunt their growth, but I know there's some discouse on that subject. I still don't know about the tetras, as just about every species of tetra requires a school.

xo- As far as all-black fish around 2" go, black mollies fit the bill. However, they require a school of 6 or more and are prolific livebreeders... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 10:17 PM on January 10, 2007 marked best answer

Have you spoken with your veterinarian about this? It could be related to thyroid problems.

As far as other solutions go, have you looked into those toys that you hide small amounts of food inside? That might distract him from his tantrums and wouldn't be enough food to do any damage to his weight.
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 12:41 PM on January 7, 2007

I had the same problem as you back when I was taking daily anti-depressants, except that my problems weren't triggered by anything as far as I can tell. What I found works for taking pills is to get a mouthful of water (though sometimes it would have to be something else, as the feel of the water would make me gag), swallow until only a sip was left, tilt your head back like you're gargling, drop the pill right into the back of your troat and then swallow. You can't even feel the pill if you do... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 10:59 PM on January 3, 2007

onepapertiger-- Sheesh, don't act like she's sort of horrible mother for wanting to find a solution for keeping both her pets and her child happy. It's perfectly possible that there exists a middle ground where she can happily keep the cat with out causing the child discomfort. And since when did "Is it possible to treat a child's allergies without getting rid of the cat" mean the same thing as "Can the kid cope or is it time for a trip to the orphanage?" Really, that sort of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by internet!Hannah at 10:49 PM on January 3, 2007