Congrats!

In Calgary here- have purchased two properties and sold one and our lawyers did everything pretty seamlessy and for about $600 last purchase (took possession Feb 2005). They arranged power, water, sewer, gas for us; we had to manage phone, cable, etc. Lawyers apprise city of prop transfer but if your city has a direct deposit for prop tax you have to undertake that yourselves, at last we did.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 10:43 AM on July 21, 2008

Jerk off when you're horny and stop feeling so much shame about it and overthinking it. It's your body- enjoy it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 6:56 PM on July 20, 2008

I don't know any US citizens in Canada who've taken Canadian citizenship (they're dual, in other words) who still file US taxes. My former boss hasn't done it since 1980. Even if you haven't renounced, if you never intend to live in the US again, the consequences for not filing appear to be nonexistent.

If you've renounced then of course this doesn't matter to you but FWIW I know many Americans who just stopped filing and none have had any adverse consequences.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 10:34 PM on July 18, 2008

Both are correct. The question is really which is more commonly used, and never having seen the expression, I can't say.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 2:10 PM on July 17, 2008

How about the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education? We have two of their PhDs in my soci department and they're not complete flakes.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 4:00 PM on July 16, 2008

You poor BCers. Come to Alberta. There are at least six different "Trappist" beers at the tiny liquor store around the corner from my house in Calgary, and that's probably the worst selection in town.

I can also get Fruli for $2.79 a bottle.

Just don't drink too much. Alcohol content in these is insane.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 9:21 AM on July 10, 2008

No, Your colon is already beautifully clean. Love it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 7:02 PM on July 6, 2008

I was in almost the exact same boat as you- I left grad school in 93 and started repaying, also with a 20-yr consolidation, when my post doc ended in 1995 but I also got a 1-yr forbearance in 1997 when I emigrated to Canada. I also had about the same amount of loans as you do. Interesting.

Anyway, as of April 2006 with windfall from a sale of an investment property I paid the balance off, about $20,000(US), 10 years ahead of schedule. What I learned was that it does not... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 7:00 PM on July 6, 2008

yerba mate isn't tea, it contains tons of mateine (which is the same as caffeine) and it is really hard on a lot of people. I'd avoid it if coffee gives you problems. I'm a coffee nut and I can't handle yerba.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 6:52 PM on July 6, 2008

Strictly, he says, "Marge, pour vous," and the reason it's so sweet is that she'd spent hours tutoring him in French, which was a ruse on his part to get close enough to her to ask her to the prom. Very sweet little scene, vraiment.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 3:08 PM on July 3, 2008

I'm a coffee geek and there are some coffees, and methods of coffee preparation, that I cannot stand. But not all coffee is created equal, and part of appreciating coffee is recognising its diversity and complexity and finding a bean, roast, and brew that works for you. In all cases- ALL cases- you should use fresh (not more than a couple of weeks off the roast, and if you can't find a roast date, on the package or from the reseller, look for another bean) coffee that is ground JUST BEFORE... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 7:23 PM on June 22, 2008

Seconding Goderich- walking along the escarpment is like being in California or somethin'. Really pretty and really nice beaches.

I also find North Bay pretty chill- it's quirky and surrounded by lovely scenery and lakes a plenty, and as I recall it's pretty cheap.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 7:06 PM on June 22, 2008

Same everywhere. FWIW the only dyke I've ever known who was slutty in any way approaching the average gay man is now a FTM man. I know tons- tons and tons and tons- of gay men who have had dozens or hundreds--hell, thousands--of sex partners. I've never known a single woman, never mind a lesbian, who has remotely approached that (prostitutes don't count) except, again, for one who is now a man.

That's reality, and that's why gay men have gay bars, gay.com, squirt.org,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 3:07 PM on June 19, 2008

You`re living in a fool`s paradise if you think you`re going to save money with a house relative to what you`re paying in what we call condo fees and condo assessments. When something in your house needs repair you`re 100% responsible. And the time you`ll spend doing your own yardwork (and -- here in Canada -- shovelling the damn snow) are very much worth the fees.

I was on the condo board at our former residence and it was a HUGE pain in the ass having to deal with... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 9:05 PM on June 16, 2008

Everybody saying "it's not a lockpick" doesn't answer the question "was somebody trying to break in." No matter how sure you can be about Q1 being "no," nobody here can answer your second question.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 9:51 AM on June 11, 2008

http://www.alittlemoreinteresting.com/

It's about 200 metres from my front door (in Calgary) and it kicks ass.

Little Sisters isn't a toy store.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 10:04 PM on June 8, 2008

No.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 9:11 AM on June 5, 2008

When my partner and I first met and for the first few years of our relationship, we both had beards and glasses- now partner is beardless (w/ mustache tho) and had Lasik, but for that first while everybody (gay and straight) would comment on how much we looked like brothers, and yes we were asked more than once if we were brothers.

And we're DIFFERENT RACES. He's east Indian and I'm an Ital-Polish white guy who'd never be mistaken for Indian.

I... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 9:10 AM on June 5, 2008

I read a piece a while ago that said that we cry at "happy endings" because we regret our own unrequited happiness. We can't have that experience unless we've actually been unhappy ourselves... I know that's only part of what you cry at, but the point is that the reason why children only cry when (for example) Bambi's mom dies or ET departs is that kids only respond to "pure" sadness and lack the biography to respond to things filmic (or whatever) that aren't specifically sad.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 2:34 PM on June 4, 2008

I have to add that reading this thread is making me cry. I'm not kidding.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 2:58 PM on June 4, 2008

Do you like coffee- I mean really good, artisanal third-wave coffeehouses? Check my blog for coffee recos in Calgary.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 7:37 PM on June 2, 2008

1. Your age will be no concern whatsoever. I have a friend who just got his LLB from the U of Calgary at age 42.

2. Congrats on great LSATs!

3. Your profs might have some difficulty remembering you but don't be dissuaded- they have a hard time remembering anybody (I know, I'm a professor and always need some guidance in writing refs). You just have to communicate, explain your motivation for going to law school, that sort of thing.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 7:20 PM on May 28, 2008

What can I do to make them realize that I adore them, but I am just too old and too well-off to be living with them?

Practice this one: "I adore you both, but I am just too old and too well-off to be living with you." Then leave.

You're a lucky, lucky person to have parents who love and support you like yours do, by the way. Millions of people would love to have your problems.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 1:10 PM on May 28, 2008

Are you looking for porn with male sumo wrestlers? With each other? If so you'd want to start by poking around chub/"girth and mirth" and maybe even bear sites.

If that's not what you're looking for you should clarify for us.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 1:02 PM on May 28, 2008

Pyramid Productions in Calgary is hiring. EVERYWHERE in Calgary is hiring.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 5:18 PM on May 21, 2008

Sudafed Sudafed Sudafed Sudafed. Do NOT take Nyquil or any antihistamine- they'll knock you on your ass and make it hard for you to handle the torture that is changing planes at Pearson.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 5:05 PM on May 21, 2008

Acetaminophen is not an anti-inflammatory.

This needs to be emphasised. Not all analgesics fight inflammation.

I ruptured my left achilles when I was 27, playing softball. I had zero tendinitis before this happened, just so you know- and my orthopedist told me that ruptures are rarely preceded by what you're experiencing. I know that's not advice, it's just to make you less worried. And as I've gone, since then, to physio for... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 5:03 PM on May 21, 2008

Please say "Vancouver, BC." BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC (or PQ), NB, NS, NF, PE, YT, NT, NV. CA is California.

Since you don't stipulate WHICH weekend, your question is impossible to answer. However I'd choose Portland over Vancouver (BC, not WA naturally) any time. Less glass, more organic, less pretentious, and way way way cheaper.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 9:29 PM on May 19, 2008

I don't see why you have to lose 30 to 50 lbs- in fact I can't imagine why a fit (you say you exercise regularly) man of 5'9" who weighs 185 would have to lose any weight at all. You didn't have a heart attack because you're morbidly obese and I'd suggest you get a second opinion. Nobody has a heart attack at 37 because he's basically normal weight.

Does your cardiologist say WHY he wants you to lose all this weight? Is he of the opinion that people who are... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 9:46 PM on May 16, 2008

Losing 30 pounds puts him at 155, right in the middle BMI for normal weight. So again, unless you are solid muscle, lose some weight.

Being 5'9" and 185 puts him at risk of practically zero- being 37 and having a BMI of 27 might be "overweight" on that silly draconian scale, but epidemiologically it's irrelevant. Nobody is having heart attacks at 37 with a BMI that is trivially high BECAUSE of weighing 185. I'll bet that the risk at... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 12:54 PM on May 17, 2008

Regardless of plot, villain, whatever, an essential aspect of "horror," whether in book or film versions, (for me) is that it has to make the viewer/reader feel vulnerable. I remember when I first started learning about The Ring, years before the American version, and before I got a watchable VCD of the Japanese version (the theatrical one I mean, as there have been two Japanese TV miniseries based on the original novel), I did what I saw as the only way to slake my curiosity about it,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 4:04 PM on April 20, 2008

Aren't there scenes in Maria Full of Grace where she speaks English?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 8:22 AM on April 10, 2008

There's nothing "American" about being loud, even stereotypically. There's hardly a single ethnic group that isn't stereotyped that way. The question is what does a fake American accent sound like?

Part of the answer: hard R's and lots of glottal stops.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 8:15 AM on April 10, 2008

ragnorok.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 8:48 AM on April 2, 2008

I meant "ragnarok."
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 8:48 AM on April 2, 2008

what tiamat said. You file in Canada.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 10:06 PM on March 30, 2008

Gucky, "donut" is an alternate spelling of "doughnut," not a contraction. A contraction is never pronounced exactly the same as the expression(s) it comprises. The name of the chain is, properly, "Dunkin' Donuts."

The plural if "beatin'" is "beatin's." The contraction denotes a missing letter.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 8:25 PM on March 28, 2008

90s indie? "Linger" by the Cranberries is INCREDIBLY easy- D-A-C-G and Bob's your uncle.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 10:28 AM on March 26, 2008

I disagree that German is easier than French, spoken or written- in fact many English speakers can pick up on written French much more easily. French doesn't have "Verb am Ende," for heaven's sake.

I'd recommend studying German if you're going to be travelling a lot in Germany (or Austria, less so Switzerland) or, of course, living there. But I say this as somebody who studied German for 6 years from junior high to college, and who adores the language: I wish I... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 9:07 AM on March 25, 2008

The Martian Chronicles, when I was a kid. It transported me. Still does, actually.

Strawberry Fields (in the UK, Two Caravans) by Marina Lewycka affected me like no book I've read since then. And I've read a lot of books. I can see the characters; I imagine I interact with them all the time. I wish I knew somebody else who's read it so that I can discuss it with them. Until then I take every opportunity to recommend it.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 6:29 PM on March 24, 2008

Nope.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 6:59 PM on March 20, 2008

People who aren't gay are every bit as interesting as people who are. So you might start by chatting with people who aren't going to be convinced you're hitting on them, because they're not your target market (and vice versa, one would hope). Short if this, try conversing with guys whose type you're not. If you're only talking to guys who are sexually available and who are interested in you, then you're playing some sort of game and you might not even realise it. My best friendships with other... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 5:57 PM on March 18, 2008

OP's problem stems from people being angry that he's "flirting" AND that he "doesn't follow through." His issue is with gay guys, not women and not straight guys, and moreover with ones who are obviously attracted to him. Hence I repeat my advice. Don't just be "friendly" and "interested" with people who are sexually interested in you. That's called being a tease.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 1:59 PM on March 19, 2008

There's tons of good eats in the Hauptbahnhof.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 10:09 PM on March 15, 2008

uandt, "loosing a dog" is indeed horrible, and these pitbulls should never have been "loosed."

changeling, tell your buddy to tell apologetic neighbour that this is out of his (your buddy's) hands. Friends found out about it, they've contacted the authorities, and sorry, nothing he can do, they're dead set on seeing this these monsters never hurt another dog or a human. He'd love to mend fences, but now it's out of his hands.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 3:44 PM on March 10, 2008

Nobody will care.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 8:59 PM on March 7, 2008

Seconding fourcheesemac. Anti-collegial and no pubs in three years? His department is DYING to ditch him, guaranteed. If he asks why you're dumping him, say that you it's not in your best interest to work with somebody who's not tenured- or say "it's not in my best interest to have an advisor who's leaving this university" and let him twist in the wind.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 10:54 PM on March 2, 2008

"Mad World" is incredibly easy to play and to sing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 10:36 PM on February 23, 2008

Trinidad has a great assortment of portable food: aloo pies, chicken pies, doubles, and of course rotis.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 8:57 PM on February 12, 2008

My panini press (not a George grill) and my rice cooker lack an on-off switch. So the common theme among these is that they make things hot. The answer follows from that... somehow.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ethnomethodologist at 9:28 PM on February 8, 2008