Via librarian friend (some of this is mentioned in the thread): Nikki Grimes, Cheryl Willis Hudson, Ezra Jack Keats, Patricia McKissack, Julius Lester. Also some actors have some great picture books: Will Smith and Spike Lee. A good guide is the book: A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's picture books. There is a section: Ethnic groups in the U.S.--African Americans that gives loads of suggestions. I also like a previous text book: Children's Literature, Briefly (Third Edition) There is a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 1:14 PM on August 8, 2008

"It can be argued that hallucination proneness and psychosis proneness do not overlap in the nonclinical population but can both cause distress separately."

From Hallucinatory experiences, delusional thought proneness, and psychological distress in a nonclinical population.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:07 AM on July 28, 2008

Check into your state's high risk insurance pools (which recently just got even more funding).

"The grants will be used by the states to offset losses that they incurred in the operation of high-risk pools, which are typically state-created non-profit associations that offer health coverage to individuals with serious medical conditions. Grant funds also provide support for disease management for chronic conditions and premium subsidies for individuals with lower... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:18 PM on July 27, 2008

Retailmenot helps me out from time to time. If you know about SD, you likely know about FatWallet. I cut down on expenses by trying to remember to check one of those sites before making any purchase.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 1:12 PM on July 25, 2008

Anything by Hootie and the Blowfish. "Let Her Cry" in particular.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 9:29 AM on July 25, 2008

Also remember to play cool long words whenever possible, even if a dull play would score slightly higher. It looks good and opens up the board, which makes the game flow better. Don't be obstructive and block the triples because it makes you no fun to play. If you follow Askr's advice you might never get laid again.

I can't echo this enough. Just play and have fun. Try to play cool long words - it opens up the board and your rack. This is how I play... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 10:06 AM on July 22, 2008

I'm going out with a new lady who is very good at Scrabble.

That sounds like she's good. That doesn't sound like she's a tournament obsessed diehard. It would be nice if the O.P. could clarify. I'm with AfroBlanco. It's like somebody saying their girlfriend is very good at basketball and people suggesting the guy workout with NBA players and study coaches manuals and go out on the court with his ankles taped, a regulation ball, block her shot, dunk... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:01 PM on July 22, 2008

Nthing Bananafish, and un-enthing crying because you are female. I've gotten these fees removed/reduced and I think you need to talk it over with customer service, not resort to playing on sexism.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:29 AM on July 18, 2008

Are you allowed internet use? I just kind of assumed you weren't, but if you are and you want to do something productive, go through all your old emails or texts or otherwise clean up a set of files. I guess if you got really creative, you could dump your "my documents' folder on a flash drive then open it at work* and delete files cluttering up your home computer.


*this assumes you don't have pr0n and your job isn't staffed by nosy i.t.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 11:51 AM on July 17, 2008

This was about all I could find - and it's 12 of 18, from April. This looks related.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 7:25 AM on July 17, 2008

I emailed the Washington Post and the reporter linked me here. Pretty sure it's in there in appendix II somewhere.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:24 AM on July 17, 2008

Yes, that was my fault. The article said it was a 9-page report, and like a fool, I linked you to a 94-page report. I have the report (it was in the same correspondence noted above) - check your mefimail.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:48 AM on July 17, 2008 marked best answer

Kirby!



...kirb
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 4:30 PM on July 13, 2008

Yarg! It be to fight the Emerald Ash Borer.

"The Ohio Department of Agriculture has placed 7,500 purple traps around northeastern Ohio and other parts of the state where the Emerald Ash Borer has not been seen. The idea is to make sure the borer hasn't moved beyond the quarantine areas. The purple traps that are hanging from trees in our area would attract the borer because of its color and a pheromone it releases. The borer flies to the trap and get itself... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:42 PM on July 12, 2008 marked best answer

aw hell. I guess I got a little too flamboyant there with the links.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:42 PM on July 12, 2008

Not exactly what you're searching for, but this and the related videos were all the rage on the intertubals a while back.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 2:31 PM on July 10, 2008

Well if it's Social Science, Lexis Nexis is doing an Academic Wiki (open to librarians or teaching faculty at U.S. higher education institutions that subscribe to them). They have a wiki listing page that makes it seem like other science branches may follow.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 10:30 AM on July 10, 2008

Tim Fite (I don't have a link to it but 'the more you do' is a song I like).
Ane Brun.
Nellie McKay.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 7:40 PM on June 23, 2008

Sia Furler
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:43 AM on July 10, 2008

I sent you the contact info of someone at the Washington Times (who knew?) library. Send them the info and they've agreed to track it down.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 10:38 AM on June 25, 2008

Did you get the citation?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:02 AM on July 9, 2008

A. The commute, the pay cut, loss of time. A all the way. Let it go.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 6:29 AM on July 9, 2008

Text messaging or emails (as "we're first! Call on us!" or with the answer). Or it could be a post to a message board made for the game.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 6:50 AM on July 8, 2008

Can you describe the setting more? Will you be outside or in a conference room or what? If you're in a conference room, you could just use phones/speed dial. But if you're just going to be in a big open area, that limits solutions. 10 teams of how many people? 3? 7?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 7:29 AM on July 8, 2008

DV Article referencing Jacobson & Gottman's "Pit Bull" & "Cobra" categorizations. Citing this part because the violence only has to be suggested or implied once it has actually happened:

"Once physical violence succeeds in intimidating the woman, it may even taper off, only to be replaced by a never-ending barrage of emotional abuse that is sufficient to remind the woman that the threat of physical violence is always present.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 12:45 PM on July 1, 2008

Duke's Ad*Access.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 7:05 AM on June 26, 2008

Let's Move - The Perceptionists
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 11:02 AM on June 19, 2008

Crash & Burn Girl - Robyn
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 11:21 AM on June 19, 2008

Those are pretty substantive restrictions. The only thing I can think of is to incorporate self-made labels into the puzzles. Everybody has a multitude of products - toothpaste, lotion, shampoo, windex, etc - in their house. It's problematic because those things will get thrown out when they are empty, but since it's such a fertile ground for things you could do, and you want it to be reversible/non-permanent, I thought I'd mention it. The labels would probably be obvious as hell for you,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 12:19 PM on June 17, 2008

Go to the gym at some time it's dead (you could ask the employees when that is) and just test the machines out with low or no weight on them. They usually have diagrams on them. I got Strength Training Anatomy from the library after reading that AskMe, and that helped too, to see what exercises work which muscles. And it looks like there's a Women's Strength Training Anatomy book too (put in your zip code and it'll tell you the closest library you can get it from).... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 12:40 PM on June 16, 2008

What should my next move be?

A spin move. She's playing good defense, but maybe get a friend (male or female) of yours to pick her off and they can hang out with her online and off. Meanwhile you go the other way and see if you can get some points with someone who isn't making sure you're never alone with them.

"Is it cool if John comes along too?"

Sure! Mary and Paul would love that. I'm... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 7:10 AM on June 16, 2008

Shattered.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 10:57 AM on June 11, 2008

Forktine, it's definitely chocolate chip cookies, though I can eat all variations of chocolates and sweets.

adipocere, I am drinking gatorade sometimes, but a considerable amount of water too, and I don't find gatorade to be salty at all. Plus it's really when I'm not working out and not drinking gatorade that I really really want the cookies.

ook, I wish I could work out every single day long enough to stay the cravings. But I do have to do... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 11:20 AM on June 10, 2008

Uh oh...what meme did I mistakenly stumble into?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 12:04 PM on June 10, 2008

Oh, I'm stupid. OM NOM NOM.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 12:24 PM on June 10, 2008

I'll look into it, hooray. I don't take vitamins currently, but I'll try eating some cashews and peanuts and sunflower seeds, and see if that knocks the cravings back a bit.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 12:25 PM on June 10, 2008

What kind of chocolate cookie?

Any kind. The standard cookie with chocolate chips in it. No particular brand, though I obviously prefer fresher and better. The kind with dough pre-made, made from scratch, the famous store bought ones in the blue package, famous amos, generic grocery store brands - it pretty much is across the board. Except the ones at subway and quiznos. Those chocolate chip cookies (not the double chocolate ones, I like those at... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 12:53 PM on June 10, 2008

This works out to 2-4 cookies a day.

30 is just the worst I do (and because that's typically the maximum amount of cookies that either come in a package, or that can be consumed without it just being disgusting). The other days I have 3 or 4. It's an addiction. I wouldn't have bothered with this if it wasn't a constant thing - eating cookies, thinking about eating cookies.

what do you think is in chocolate chip... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 1:13 PM on June 10, 2008

Looks like a slight variant of this one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 5:24 PM on June 3, 2008 marked best answer

I have many of these same issues. Focus is what you want. So you need something to focus on. Something concrete. Find something or someone or some situation that you're driving for.

It's like working out, for me. When I just do it to do it, I'm not incredibly motivated. But if I am to be in a sports tournament, if I am to participate in an athletic contest, or race somebody, or anything competitive, then when I don't want to do anything but bust out Megaman, I work... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:42 AM on June 3, 2008

What are some little things I can take notice of to cheer me up and make me appreciate the moment?

You're a first grade teacher? This should shake you out of your funk. If you've just now seen lolcats, you probably never saw that site before. I've seen it at least 50 times and I cry laughing every single time.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 10:25 AM on May 27, 2008

Jesus Walks isn't happy rap I don't think. Kanye in general is not happy rap. Workout Plan is funny in places I guess. Touch the Sky - not really happy to me. More epic and vibish. hal_c_on is right - might want to skip most of this stuff. If you're going to pick an artist or group to listen to, clearly choose the De La (Soul) and I'd skip most Kanye.

Here's some De La not on their albums, cause it's on Latifah's (All Hail the Queen):

Mama... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 11:32 PM on May 23, 2008

http://www.zmag.org/zgraphics/1313
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:51 PM on May 15, 2008

Openclipart or vecteezy, perhaps.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 8:53 AM on May 15, 2008

Tool - "Undertow" (maybe)

Maybe not. I think that's a bit intense.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 6:51 AM on May 14, 2008

I used to just position the toothpaste nozzle so that it was really close, and went into the spaces between the bristles. But yeah, you just have to dip and spread, I think.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 7:37 PM on May 7, 2008

The Brown Bag Cafe is a great spot for breakfast. If you can get into the pro club on a coworkers membership or if they give you one as an intern, it's awesome. Not exactly entertainy, but definitely a great experience.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 6:01 PM on May 2, 2008

I'm sorry - I just didn't want to put up a huge description that nobody would read anyway, and have people miss the vital parts.

Is it the way the electronics interplay with the more acoustic-sounding elements?

Yes, for the most part. If you listen to the songs, the beat and the various elements play in and out of each other, in an almost systematic way. The sounds and the noises are more like math, than like say the jerky... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 7:54 AM on May 2, 2008

I like it, spec80. It's instrumental only though, and I'm looking for songs with a vocalist. Thanks to your boyfriend, he's right - that is along the lines of it (if only there was a singer). If they'd put a singer on that track, they would have had to lope the instrumentation in and out more, I think, and then it would have been exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you and your boyfriend.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 9:06 AM on May 2, 2008

Thanks all! That Psapp is great, and a lot of the other suggestions were nice to listen to, even though some of them are instrumentals. "This place is a prison" is my favorite Postal Service song, and another example of this type of music. Thanks for making my Friday.
posted to Ask Metafilter by cashman at 5:34 PM on May 2, 2008