#9dream is correct, if your lease states that you have "joint and several liability" than any one of the three of you can be held responsible to pay the entire amount of rent. However, if it should come to pass that you have to pay up your roomie's share, you would then have the right to recover that amount from the roommate via a court judgment for restitution. (Of course, the trick is collecting).
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 10:41 PM on July 15, 2008

Citron already mentioned it, but the police officer outside the governor's office, who tells Carcetti that the governor will finally see him, is Bob Ehrlich who was the actual governor of Maryland at the time.

Apparently, David Simon, the creator of The Wire, had a cameo appearance as a newspaper reporter in Season 3. Also, I think in Season 1, Richard Price (the author of the novels Clockers, Samaritan, and The Wanderers, and the screenplay writer for The Color of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 8:08 AM on July 3, 2008

After D-Day, Adolph Hitler ordered Dietrich von Choltitz, the commander of German forces in the city, to burn Paris to the ground before letting it fall into Allied hands. He refused, and offered no resistance to the Allies as they re-took the city, sparing it from heavy damage.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 11:28 AM on May 16, 2008

A thumb drive or a DVR (if you think he'll use it). I never once used the Black's Law Dictionary I purchased my 1L year. I think the most bang for your buck would be to get him Gilbert or Emmanuel's outlines in the topics he's going to be studying first semester.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 9:52 AM on May 8, 2008

Oaf's right. The US does not recognize dual citizenship, but it is not considered illegal for US citizens to have a second citizenship. A person born within the territory of the US (with a few exceptions, like children of ambassadors) is considered a natural born citizen of the United States with full citizenship rights, thanks to the 14th Amendment.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 12:23 PM on May 1, 2008

Are you intending to include Mexico and the Caribbean in your concept of North America, or do you really just mean the U.S. and Canada? Similarly, for Western Europe, do you mean just the UK, or also the Continent? If you mean those terms in the more restrictive sense, I think Anglo-American is the word you're looking for. On the other hand, I'm not sure there's a word that encompasses both the entirety of Western Europe and geographic North America besides "Western," and as others... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 7:54 AM on April 30, 2008

I don't think a lot of people truly grasp how important the 14th Amendment has been to the development of modern civil rights in the US. Pretty much every major US Supreme Court case that involved the establishment of some constitutional right or protection (e.g. abortion rights to Miranda warnings) relies on the 14th Amendment's application of the Bill of Rights to the states. (Although, this was not an immediate process, and to this day, some parts of the Bill of Rights do not apply to the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 1:21 PM on April 29, 2008 marked best answer

No one here can give you a definitive answer about how a given state bar exam committee will react to your particular situation - there are too many variables. That being said, here are my thoughts on your list of concerns:

1) Job History - This shouldn't be a problem, unless you were terminated from a position for lying, stealing, etc. If it was just poor job performance or disagreements with the boss, the committee shouldn't care less. They are there to examine your... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 2:28 PM on April 28, 2008

Is this the same movie where the doctors wear these red gloves that can operate on people without having to cut them open? That was a wierd movie.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 2:06 PM on April 1, 2008

Last time I took a SuperShuttle from LAX to Pomona, it cost around $50, but it might be more now.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 2:14 PM on February 29, 2008

I was going to say the same thing as ibmcginty about SCDB's example - it wasn't a good example of how double jeopardy protections do not apply to different "sovereigns" (i.e. the state and federal governments).

In the sniper case, a better example would be if Malvo has killed a federal law enforcement officer (which violates federal law) in Virginia. Virginia could try him for murder. The federal government could also try him for the same murder.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 7:36 PM on December 16, 2007

This page has a good discussion and set of graphs, as does this one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 11:40 AM on November 21, 2007

Perhaps this, or this (although the second link does not include G.W Bush's term)? This is another chart, but it shows the annual deficit, not the debt.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 12:54 PM on November 21, 2007

I think there are a couple of ways you could approach this.

One is historical. You could point out the past episodes of crackdowns on speech, behavior and belief in the United States, such as: The Alien and Sedition Acts; the Espionage Act of 1917 the Sedition Act of 1918 and the Palmer Raids (used to crack down on opponents of WWI and communist radicals, among other things - they deported Emma Goldman and jailed Eugene Debbs); McCarthyism and the Red Scare; The... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 12:35 PM on November 21, 2007

Unlike most people in this thread, I much preferred the Illusionist to the Prestige, but I would say that neither movie is particularly great. In the Illusionist, once the "murder" happened, I was suspicious. The scene that gave the ending away to me was at the train station, where the doctor walks by Giamatti's character - it's obviously Norton in makeup. Once you figure out what that means, the ending is clear.

However, to me, it didn't... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 12:14 PM on November 21, 2007

If you read Blue Highways and like it, make sure to check out Least Heat Moon's other two travel books. River Horse is about travelling across the US entirely by boat on rivers and lakes. It's a really fascinating look at American's attitudes towards rivers and waterways.

His other book, Prariyerth, is actually the exact opposite of a travel book. It's a very rich and detailed history of a single, small county in Kansas. It sounds boring, but I didn't find it so.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 3:54 PM on October 29, 2007

The Departed. Whomever you might think of as the protagonist dies (with one exception).
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 9:40 PM on October 26, 2007

I think you'd have to read the books for the "right" answer, but my personal take was that the flashbacks were real, and he was tortured until he broke down and shot the prisoner, thus proving himself as a capable killer.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 1:44 PM on October 4, 2007

It is laywan in Tagalog
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 5:41 PM on September 29, 2007

"This formaldehyde ain't free buddy"
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 11:05 AM on September 28, 2007

The Cathedral in Siena, Italy
The Vehicle Assembly Building in Cape Canaveral, Florida
The Chambers of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC
The Rotunda of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 8:06 AM on September 28, 2007

I don't know how useful this chart would be, since your top three presidents would be (just based on deaths from wars fought during their presidency):

1) Lincoln - ~625,000
2) FDR - ~405,000
3) Wilson - ~115,000

Look at this wikipedia link for more info on US combat deaths.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 11:18 AM on August 9, 2007

I want to add that I've had this problem as well, on an identical setup. However - sometimes it's not dependent on their being one tab open. Sometimes, like on MeFi Music, if I only have one tab open, and I scroll down so that the player dissapears, the music stops.

And then, of course, there are times where I have multiple tabs open, and this doesn't happen. I haven't been able to discern a pattern, and it drives me crazy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 10:58 AM on August 7, 2007

I want to second Bridge to Terabithia because the trailers for that movie really made it seem like a LOTR or Narnia-type fantasy movie. However, that's only like 10-15% of the movie, the rest of which is a typical learning-to-grow-up-and-deal-with-loss type film. I saw it on a plane and remember feeling really mislead by the trailers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 4:43 PM on July 29, 2007

I can think of a few ways this *might* be done, but I can't guarantee that any of these might work. In general, it would be much easier to protect pre-marital assets rather than assets gained during marriage.

One option may be to put the pre-marital assets in a trust, with the owning spouse as the beneficiary. Another option might be to create a shell corporation and hide assets within the company. Both of these options may present numerous tax and other issues, and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 11:07 AM on July 7, 2007 marked best answer

Senor Coconut - El Baile Aleman - By far the world's finest Cha-Cha and Bossa Nova covers of Kraftwerk.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 11:56 AM on May 21, 2007

I think the two biggest factors keeping this story off the national stage have already been said:

1) Murders, even gruesome double murders, are not uncommon enough to warrant automatic national coverage.

2) The criminals were caught.

I actually think the second element is more important. If the cops had only managed to arrest a couple of these people, but had then started a manhunt for the others - I don't have any... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 2:05 PM on May 8, 2007

Cal Poly Pomona is, if I remember correctly, on the far western end of Pomona. As a result, it's as close to Covina and West Covina as it is to Claremont. You might try looking there, or Walnut or Diamond Bar or Glendora or San Dimas, because that way you'll have the advantage of a reverse commute - going east in the morning and west in the afternoon. They are all decent cities, and West Covina (dunno about the others) is not lily-white at all - it's actually LA's Little Manila.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 9:13 AM on May 3, 2007

FWIW, when my parents moved from Texas to Colorado, my mother's 15 years experience teaching in middle and high school meant absolutely nothing to the Colorado school districts. They wouldn't even recognize a percentage of her experience and she would have had to start over at the bottom of the totem pole.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 12:56 PM on April 18, 2007

It should be possible for you to join the bar, but of course, every state's standards are a little different. Generally speaking, only serious felonies (like rape, arson, etc...) and crimes involving moral turpitude (i.e. fraud) will serve as an effective bar to entry. The fact that you were only convicted of shoplifting, and not grand theft, will work in your favor. You will have to go through a more intensive bar application process than most lawyers, but I think you should be able to pass.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 8:27 AM on April 18, 2007

It was reported that the right-wing-noise-machine's response to his film winning the Oscar - the attack on how much energy his house uses - only pushed him further away from re-entering the political arena.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 7:04 PM on April 17, 2007

Something incorporating the checkered design from yellow cabs?
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 10:51 AM on April 4, 2007

"Debts never die" in the sense that even long after the statute of limitations has passed, should you promise to re-pay the debt, you are then legally obligated to do so, and a new statute of limitations period springs up anew. (Whether this starts another 7-year credit reporting history period I don't know). Be very careful about making any statement that could be construed as promising to pay back the debt. Even acknowledging its existence would be unwise.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 6:01 PM on March 26, 2007

OK, there's no supernatural elements, and it is pretty much a cop show, but you should really give Dexter a chance, if for no other reason than because the entire season forms an arc around one large secret, that is only revealed at the end.

Great writing and terrific acting.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 11:30 AM on March 22, 2007

Last year, Chevy had a website that let users create ads for the 2007 Chevy Tahoe by arranging pre-selected bits of audio and video. However, users could also insert their own text, leading to a series of critical videos that were distributed all over the web via YouTube and the like.

Link to NYTimes story.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 2:05 PM on March 19, 2007

Lostburner, you're probably thinking of Tom Delay's blog.

See the original, deleted comments here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 2:54 PM on March 19, 2007

Step 1: Acquire bacon as a sidekick
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Comic adventure!
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 9:54 AM on March 15, 2007

Colorado Springs is, at its core, a small military town that has grown and grown and grown. As others have said, it is swarming with conservative evangelicals. Focus on the Family, probably the single largest and most powerful conservative Christian organization, is based on the Springs. (In fact, it has its own zip code). Other major evangelical churches have sprung up alongside it. This conservative religious presence, combined with the sizable military population, makes the town very... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 11:59 AM on February 11, 2007

What about Iceland or Bhutan?
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 8:24 AM on January 29, 2007

I want to point out that making $10 million in 10 years is not just something that happens, or that anyone can do if they work hard enough. You have to be both skilled and lucky, aside from working your ass off. To make that kind of money in that short a time, I think that you would be limited to either Wall Street or entrepreneurship. Wall Street is the "safer" route - but there is no guarantee that even if you work hard and get a good job at the right kind of firm that they will... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 7:46 AM on December 15, 2006

Montgomery County, MD
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 12:23 PM on November 13, 2006

Check here for some advice from Nolo Press, which is a well-regarded publisher of do-it-yourself legal forms. It looks like they recommend Quicken WillMaker Plus, which seems to do both living and traditional wills.

(I don't work for Nolo, I've just heard good things)... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 10:58 AM on November 9, 2006 marked best answer

If the case in not especially notable or controversial (obscure tax cases or the like) then 5:30 to 6:30am should be OK. If the case is at all interesting (as in it's being mentioned on CNN), expect to camp out overnight.

For things like the abortion or first amendment cases, forget about it. Not only would you need to be in line for something like 24 hours - the number of spaces for the public is drastically reduced because of the number of insiders that get access... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 6:14 PM on November 8, 2006 marked best answer

A concession speech has no legal effect at all. Legally, the winner is determined when the election results are certified by the state. Usually this is done by the secretary of state or a state commissioner of elections.

Incidentally, this is why George Allen can't request a re-count until Nov 27 - that's when Virginia will certify the election results and declare an official winner.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 6:09 PM on November 8, 2006

I would think that Alice's surreptitious edit of the contract would make her seem less trustworthy in the eyes of the jury - especially if she admits to the change and effectively lying in the contract (by not consulting with a lawyer).

On the other hand, I've found that many lay people have a view of contract law that basically boils down to "tough shit." Betty didn't get Alice to specifically waive Alice's auto accident claims even though she could have... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 1:31 PM on October 31, 2006

I'm a white guy who went as Don King one year, and even though not too many people got the costume, I never thought of going in blackface for the reasons listed in this thread.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 12:02 PM on October 27, 2006

I have to second the Yosemite Sam
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 6:44 AM on October 27, 2006

leftee.com
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 3:17 PM on October 26, 2006

This is not really a question that AskMe can answer satisfactorily, both G and C need to talk to lawyers. The answers to your questions are going to depend on 1) the facts, which need to be given in more detail than presented here and 2) their state's specific laws.

Sounds like G might need a restraining order though, if V is just showing up unwanted in the middle of the night.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 3:24 PM on October 25, 2006

If you do decide to read the rest of the original Dune series, know that the 6th (and last) book ends with a major cliffhanger. Unfortunately, it is never resolved because Herbert died before he wrote the 7th (supposidly final) novel. I agree with other posters that the books start to get really weird after the third book, and none are as good as the original.

You might try the original movie though - who knows, you might like it. Plus, it has Sting and Patrick Stewart.
posted to Ask Metafilter by thewittyname at 6:55 PM on October 20, 2006