Yup, wrong note. The tuba player in my quintet wants a shirt with the name "Clambo" embroidered on it. I've referred to a [badly] rehearsed piece as "chowder".
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 6:19 AM on July 25, 2008

It's not trapped. Mice can squeeze through a hole the size of a dime. Set traps. If you use spring traps outside the oven, put them on a sheet of newspaper, that way you can crumple up the whole deal and toss it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 5:52 AM on July 25, 2008

OK - I don't know what your current place looks like, but it sounds like you should start by de-crapifying. This is to allow you the room to pre-pack.

Get trash bags and start stuffing them with crap. Ask yourself the question repeatedly, "do I really need this?" If the answer if no, throw it away. It's freeing. If you don't find your bolts, buy replacements.

Three weeks before your move, collect (or buy - some moving/packing... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 5:49 AM on July 25, 2008 marked best answer

Previously, related.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 8:04 AM on July 24, 2008

Instead of running a hostel, wherein you'd be perpetuating a service economy and not really contributing to the local population in any significant way, consider getting involved with the Rural Schools Project, which would give you the same flavor of living in Cambodia, but by helping educate you are making a far more lasting contribution to the people who will be there after you are gone.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 5:36 AM on July 23, 2008

I'm the dad of a 5-year old with special needs and a 16 month old. I feel like I'm always struggling to keep up in some way or another, but holy cow am I really enjoying just playing again - sometimes with toys, sometimes without, making up the "rules" as we go. It has also made me startlingly more aware of my emotions and how they affect those around me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 1:35 PM on July 22, 2008

My son at 13 months (and older daughter) really liked the Mystic Seaport Aquarium, so that sets the Boston Aquarium up as a target. The Franklin Park Zoo is also pretty nice. Plenty of room to run around and lots to see.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 1:31 PM on July 22, 2008

According to wikipedia, Pabst is the owning label at this time.
I went to the Lone Star site and after much unnecessary pain, there was a clickable map to list distributors. I saw no distributors in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho. This doesn't mean you're SOL. Probably the best way to find out how to get a hold of it is to call the brewery directly and find out who the distributors are and from the distributors find out who the retailers are. The other way is to methodically call... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 1:27 PM on July 22, 2008

It might also be Crohn's Disease. Here's a decent enough website about Crohn's and IBS.

Don't be surprised if you need to have a colonoscopy. Do be surprised if it's not suggested.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 6:55 AM on July 21, 2008

Not quite, but close to your theme

Kids Song, Moxy Fruvous:
My name is Gabby and I just got here from Chile
I like Canada, except that it is chilly
I met premiere Bob Ray
And he ain't not Pinochet
My mother makes a spice bowl of chili--3 RHYMES! (spoken response: grrrr!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 5:53 AM on July 21, 2008

In theory, this is the easiest bf you've had for this because he wants to please you. You can overcome your fear of rejection by writing out questios for him or requests and then ask yourself how a reasonable person would respond and how you are afraid they would respond. Acknowledge your fear, but that doesn't mean you need to give in. You will probably find a huge gap in your fears and in what a reasonable person would do. Then you can remind yourself that not only is he reasonable, he... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:29 AM on July 17, 2008

As many people on the west coast of the US can tell you, eucalyptus is invasive and fast growing. You might try moving it, but wouldn't lose a lot of sleep if it didn't make it. You can replace it readily and swiftly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:04 AM on July 16, 2008

We have a Graco City Lite, which apparently isn't made anymore. The current equivalent appears to be the Graco Metro Lite.

We've used the City Lite for more than 5 years and it still works for pretty well.

We selected it on weight and maneuverability. The storage underneath is pretty good, but ejects its contents upon folding. The handle height is moderately adjustable, which is great for differing heights in caretakers. It's pretty narrow... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 12:10 PM on July 11, 2008

If you're comfortable camping in "unusual" conditions (I did wilderness survival in the Boy Scouts) and you're with people of a similar bent, then camping at Burning Man is easy peasy. If you're not comfortable then you're increasing the chances that you'll be a liability to others. If others in your group are not, then there's a greater chance that you'll be taking care of them and compensating for their ignorance.

I went twice (96 and 97, IIRC) and had a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 1:16 PM on July 10, 2008

Sub in central New Jersey
Grinder in Western Massachusetts
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:45 AM on July 8, 2008

he advanced perhaps halfway to see whether the ball fell or not
FYI - a good player will not look to see if the ball fell. S/he will look to the third base coach who will be watching and will signal what the runner should do. This way, the runner can advance or retreat with maximum speed and/or safety.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:43 AM on July 8, 2008

I went to a school that allowed you to create your own major if you wanted to. You might consider that.

Personally, I hit my CS major hard (it was love) and then took full advantage of the liberal arts that were all around me and took anthropology, religion, ethnomusicology, and physics classes just to name a few. I chose not to double major or even to get a minor, but rather to have a smattering of that which interested me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:35 PM on July 6, 2008

My understanding is that more recent devices running PalmOS (ie, Handspring Visor) are ARM-based. I've have written code targeted for them (albeit in C) and the gcc/eclipse rig was pretty much a free download. That's a pretty low cost to start hacking with a fairly well-defined platform.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:27 PM on July 6, 2008

One thing I've done with kids around 9th grade is to teach them how to count in binary on their fingers. Yes, it gets giggly sticky when you reach four, but you'll get at least 1 kid who internalizes the whole process and stops counting in base 1[sic].

One way to work on this is to only show one hand - you can count to 31 (25 - 1). Then see if you can get them to figure out how high they can count on all fingers without actually having to count that high. This is a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:23 PM on July 6, 2008

Find the sense of humor and milk it. With my boy (16 months), it's tickling, being swung by the arms, and yelling for the joy of it. Make sure you know what the child's favorite toy it - that will make life a lot easier, especially if you know ahead of time and show a deep interest in it too.

Ask what a tantrum looks like so you can separate it out from something serious.

Wash your hands like you have an OCD.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 5:52 AM on July 2, 2008

You might be eligible for a bereavement fare. You need to ask for it and you will be asked to provide a name and phone of the funeral home.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 6:36 PM on July 1, 2008

Your parents aren't ready for you to be grown up. That's their problem, but it's also their house.

You crave the intimacy of your girlfriend. Trust me, I've been there. If it's summer where you are, take a lot of long walks in secluded places and enjoy the intimacy of being together alone. A little time apart won't kill you and it will make the time you have together more intense and enjoyable.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 6:22 PM on July 1, 2008

If you have a budget, you can get a pack of blueprint paper and some ammonia and do cyanotypes.

I've done this with 9th grade students where after a lecture/discussion about light and chemistry they cut out interesting shapes from normal paper and set them on a sheet of blueprint paper then went to lunch and I left the lights on. After lunch, they "developed" their pictures with ammonia vapor (basically, a little ammonia in a heavy jelly jar), and you move the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 8:11 PM on June 29, 2008

Oh, and definitely do the Diaper Dam.

It's also pretty easy to make your own glue.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 8:13 PM on June 29, 2008

Carpet is usually priced per square yard. You've got roughly 28 square yards to fill. You can get cheap, cheap institutional quality carpet for like $3-5 per square yard. Easy.

FYI on the foam mats - we got some from my sister-in-law when she discovered deep teeth marks in them from her son. She was worried that he would bite off a chunk and aspirate it. My in-laws tend to be far more asphyxiation-phobic than my family, but even that gave me pause.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 9:21 AM on June 26, 2008

I will use a 4 bags from Celestial Seasonings Wild Berry Zinger as a base for pitcher of iced tea. I usually add a squirt of honey into it when the boiling water goes in.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 6:39 AM on June 25, 2008

Although I don't think you'll be able to afford it on this scale, you might look into the Environmental Studies Building on the Oberlin campus. Ohio and PA have similar climates and you might be able to adopt some of the more functional ideas from the building for your own.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 6:21 AM on June 25, 2008

I know a couple alums of Bronx Science and they spoke glowingly of their experience.
I also knew an English teacher at the Beacon School and did a visitation of the school - it's and excellent school and hopefully the regents hasn't totally raped their portfolio-based program.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 3:28 AM on June 24, 2008

You might find a lead by contacting her former colleagues, rather than trying to get it in one hop.

While this might not be true in all schools, every school I was in had a robust gossip mill.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 5:58 PM on June 23, 2008

You don't get to pick your child any more than they get to pick you as a parent.

I wanted girls - I grew up in a Y chromosome heavy family and wanted the experience of more X. I got that with my first. My second I got a boy. I was disappointed and I didn't fall in love with him immediately as I did with my daughter, but I did. You will too. Accept her for what she is, not for what she isn't.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 9:37 AM on June 23, 2008

Deep Fried Oreos

Whenever I get out the fryer, I make some of these artery cloggers. Basically, you need a doctored pancake batter: add a handful of sugar and a teaspoon vanilla to a typical batch of pancake batter, cutting the water down a little bit to give you a thick batter.

Dunk, fry until GBD. Drain on a rack and dust with powdered sugar.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:19 AM on June 23, 2008

I'll pass on my experience. For more than 20 years, I've been trying to acquire a taste for coffee - some times more actively than others. In my case, it was mostly for social reasons than anything else, as most of my family and extended family are heavy coffee drinkers.

I too love the smell of brewing coffee. I love the smell of freshly ground coffee beans. I love the smell of a good, hot cup just poured.

I can't abide by the flavor. It's... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 5:52 AM on June 23, 2008

17 year old cat - problem solved with a cage. Previously.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 3:57 AM on June 21, 2008

Get an instructor. Ignore what you see here and internet video etc. Get someone who will look at what you can and can't do and adjust so you can get to a "can do" place. They will show you how to fix things so you can start to approximate the poses without hurting yourself and keep working until you don't need props.

I fell into Iyengar style yoga which focuses a lot on precision of form and less on meditative process. It struck me as far less snake oil... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 3:08 PM on June 17, 2008

Previously, specifically, this guide might help your son. Best of luck.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:27 AM on June 17, 2008

Tillers will aerate, but only to like 6 inches of depth. Double digging is back-breaking, but works extremely well. When I lived in Silicon Valley, I rented a house with a backyard with great light, but the soil was like adobe clay. We ran a sprinkler for a few hours at night for a few days, keeping the area covered with black plastic during the day to take out the weeds/grass. Then we double dug. The resulting garden was spectacular. Totally worth the work.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 3:47 AM on June 17, 2008 marked best answer

IANYGF - I had a girlfriend who couldn't deal with my snoring and had no problem waking me up. It opened a dialog.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:06 AM on June 12, 2008

The auger will probably set it straight. For future issues all around, I strongly recommend The Virgin Homeowner, which has an explanation of just about everything you're likely to run into in your house and how to maintain it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 10:28 AM on June 11, 2008 marked best answer

I've been to Paris three times between teen and adulthood. I spoke a solid enough high school French to be understood and to go beyond basic communication. That took the edge off for me.

My favorite places/things to do in the city (and there are so many) in no particular order:
Tuilleries
Les Invalides (it was such a quiet thrill to watch viellards playing petanque on the lawn outside)
the Rodin sculpture garden
riding a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:14 PM on June 10, 2008

Code Complete is a great text for some of the real nuts and bolts of coding.

As for getting better at reading code, let me paraphrase something I had heard second hand from a comics convention. A fan boy asked a prominent artist how he too could become a prominent artist. The answer was to get a really big stack of paper and a lot of pencils and start drawing.

Same thing.

Whenever I start working with other people's... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 6:54 PM on June 10, 2008

I see it as a direct conflict of expectation versus reality.

I expect things to be a certain way, my expectations aren't met and I have an emotional response.

For example:

Mild:
If every Sunday after church my dad gets us donuts and one Sunday he doesn't, I respond with disappointment (that the assumed expectation was not met).

Medium:
If I grew up with... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 1:24 PM on June 9, 2008

Ah, aging.

The whole decade thing is merely an artifice of having ten fingers. If you were a geek, like me, you be more concerned about turning 100002, which is 2016 or 32 to the rest of you deadigit-fixated people. You'd worry more because it's the last time you're going to flip all your bits until you're 64, and that's probably the last time you'll flip your bits ever.

Now, I've met a few people who decided not to play along with the whole... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 5:26 PM on June 8, 2008

Architecture and interior decorating are both arts that have products that undergo continual revision.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 7:16 AM on June 5, 2008

3rding fondue
Pan Bagna also works well on a baguette.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 5:04 PM on June 3, 2008

I'm going to step in and offer some dissent about Miles Davis. The love of music is heavily steeped in personal love of a particular sound. I don't like Miles. I've played trumpet for more than 30 years and I cannot stand his tone. To me it sounds like he's playing through a pillow or is completely pinching off the sound with his throat. Ecch. There is one chart of his that I care for: Godchild. And that's for the tuba.

I love Clifford Brown. Love, love, love... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 3:30 AM on June 3, 2008

Bela, also in Northampton, is a bit of a hole in the wall but the food is quite good. I've taken decided carnivores there and they were not disappointed - the food is hearty and filling.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 3:17 AM on June 2, 2008

A Room with a View - down to the chapter headings as interstitial titles.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 5:53 PM on June 1, 2008

Do the devices show up in the Device Manager?

If so - then maybe it's the format of the file system on the drive.
If not - it's hardware issue. Trying a powered hub is good idea. Ideally, the machine should tell you when there is not enough power available.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 8:23 AM on May 30, 2008

The nefarious dried semen spray attachment.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 6:29 PM on May 29, 2008

Ah yes - and remember that you have your child's immune system, to a certain degree. This means that what s/he gets, will probably get through yours. It will taper off to maybe two or three good colds a years. Be happy that you don't have your immune system chemically modulated so that a simple runny nose cold won't suddenly grow ferocious teeth and move into your lungs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by plinth at 11:33 AM on May 27, 2008