Additionally there are different licensing models. Some resources (i.e. online journals, databases...) are licensed by the "seat", or simultaneous user. Others have a site license, which is just what it sounds like. Some have both options. So it's not necessarily sneakiness or a lack of stink-making -- sometimes it's the actual business model.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 4:55 PM on July 14, 2008

We have the much-mocked Bugaboo and we really love it. We added a cup holder. It is not a great folder; we use a Maclaren Volo when we need to stick it in a car. I credit the Bugaboo with helping me walk every day for miles when on maternity leave.

That said, I suspect that Quinny makes a comparable stroller for less dough.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 10:39 AM on July 11, 2008

Thanks, guys, there are some really helpful ideas in here. Also some strangely hostile ones.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 12:10 PM on July 9, 2008

OK, upon rereading: assuming you're not trying to be snarky about ipod earphones, lpsguy, how do you get it to stay there without flapping around and hitting your arm? That's my whole problem.

The tucking into clothing and wearing backwards options sound the most promising so far. (Hate wearing hats, hate holding things in my hand. While running, I mean.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 12:17 PM on July 9, 2008

Just an update as I'm asking another question on a similar subject. I am in week 6 of the C25K, and not in any knee pain. I went to Jackrabbit and bought sneakers, adn the guy was like "actually, you are a neutral normal runner. that kid who laughed at you was a jerk." (Really! Suck it, kid!) Anyway, thanks all for your helpful answers. Thanks to your encouragement I can now run for ten minutes at a time! Sometimes!
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 9:20 AM on July 9, 2008

Oh and I bought an Enell sports bra and am smitten.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 9:21 AM on July 9, 2008

That sounds exactly like the chest X-ray I got at Columbia Presbyterian in Manhattan. Additionally, it turned out (despite the negative pregnancy test) that I was very newly pregnant, and not only did I NOT miscarry, but I also gave birth to a totally healthy kid nine months later. One data point, of course, but hopefully one that will put your mind at ease.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 6:52 AM on July 9, 2008

I believe that advanced levels of ProStores will do this, but it's not cheap.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 3:23 PM on July 8, 2008

Madame Paulette's at 63rd and 3rd (I think) is kind of the gold standard. THey're not cheap -- think $500ish -- but they certainly are bridal.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 3:21 PM on July 8, 2008

...and, I should add, recommended by me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 3:21 PM on July 8, 2008

It's fiction, but Nabokov's Pale Fire is a great one for this. Although if the kids you're teaching aren't familiar with literary criticism/biography as a genre -- and really, what percent of 9th graders are? -- they may be less excited. Perhaps you'd like it though.

Additionally, you might want to look for fiction with an unreliable narrator, since that genre (?) is about untangling the narrative from the narrator, if possible.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 3:20 PM on July 8, 2008

Mecca Normal's Blue TV
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 5:00 PM on July 3, 2008

In a similar position recently, I went to Bra Smyth and wound up with a Le Mystere model. It's a 32DD where I usually wear a 34D, but it certainly hoists 'em high. A strapless dress worked great with it but the real test was that I can wear it with a spaghetti-strap tank top and it looks merely hot, not weird.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 4:35 PM on July 3, 2008 marked best answer

I have had similar questions about TV reruns, particularly dramas, particularly Law & Order and other shows on TNT's Primetime in the Daytime. Like on the first one, the suspect will be a teacher, and on the second one, the actual killer will be a teacher, and then on the third one the suspect will again be a teacher. Or Lenny's wisecrack at the beginning will be almost identical in three consecutive episodes. Or the same character actor will play the suspect's sister, then the judge, then... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 11:47 AM on July 2, 2008

I am not YOUR former nursing librarian...OK, actually I totally am.

First, general stuff: Have you filled out the FAFSA? You don't need cooperation from your school to do that. http://www.fafsa.ed.gov.

Second, nursing stuff. (Some very obscure, like nursing scholarships for grandchildren of Legionnaires from Montana...really!)

http://www.minoritynurse.com/financial/scholarships.html

The National... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 2:37 PM on July 1, 2008

Call the British consulate and see what they recommend. Despite their diplomatic immunity (which may not extend to plowing head-on into oncoming traffic anyway) they might have a recommendation.

Additionally, the Dept of State gives these two schools:

Car Guys
Tel: 800-800-4897
Fax: 301-984-5912
Web site: http://www.carguys.com

BSR Inc. - offers driver's training... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 8:45 AM on June 27, 2008

Eventually one of you is likely to want to be in an exclusive relationship with someone else. What do you imagine happening at that point?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 6:04 PM on June 25, 2008

Hey, congratulations!

I've only been parent to a boy for 15 months (I'm female), but I had a certain amount of fear about the foreign-ness as well as a vague sadness over the lack of adorable smocked dresses. I can't help you on the dresses, since we buy him boy clothes, but here's what I wish I had known when the ultrasound tech said, "Look! two little testicles!"

My son is totally himself, and I can't imagine having a different kid.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 11:09 AM on June 23, 2008

I think you mean you have your own domain name. .com is the TLD.

There are several ways to create a redirect from example.com/foo to foobar.com. Here's a pretty comprehensive description of ways to redirect a domain name to a subdirectory with IIS. You'll need to answer some questions for yourself about the functionality you want the redirect to have and the author lays them out pretty well.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 2:58 PM on June 17, 2008

It seems confusing because it is confusing. My interpretation when I was trying to convince HR that we should hire unpaid interns was that we should not be getting a new benefit from their work; we should be putting into their development more resources than we got out of them.

Even though the Department of Labor was right downstairs, we were still never able to get a straight answer.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 9:40 AM on June 13, 2008

Don't assume you will have a chill baby who will just hang out, entertaining his or herself while you write and edit. You might now, but kids and their needs can change quickly. And be prepared for it to take much longer to do the same amount of work.

In short, have a plan B.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 6:53 AM on June 12, 2008

Some disjointed thoughts from someone who has BTDT, for just shy of a year, with very mixed feelings:

How long has this been going on? I definitely had several episodes where I thought "this is it! I'm done." And then I wasn't. My supply came back. I didn't do anything differently. From about 3 months on, I took 3 fenugreek capsules every night, and I think it helped, but hard to know.

If your baby is gaining weight, don't worry about... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 2:30 PM on June 10, 2008

Mamas Don't Let your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys (Willie Nelson)
Advice to the Graduate (Silver Jews)
You Can't Talk to the Dude (Jonathan Richman)
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 2:27 PM on June 6, 2008

Golden Boy (Mountain Goats)
Brush Your Teeth (Raffi) (SHUT UP)
Get a Haircut (George Thorogood)
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 2:30 PM on June 6, 2008

No idea what it's called. I only do it with my husband. He laughs, which is why I married him.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 3:30 PM on May 31, 2008

Pet insurance.

Not a good replacement for vacation days, by the way. Not good at all.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 3:08 PM on May 30, 2008

Asterisk does this as well.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 5:32 AM on May 22, 2008

I use Columbia Opticians (212) 316-2020. Both eyes are astigmatic and myopic, but I've never had the impression there's anything unusual about my situation.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 8:08 AM on May 18, 2008

Register awesometown.com and redirect or point it to mycompany.com/awesometown or awesometown.mycompany.com. That way you get all the people who type in awesometown.com without making them think or do anything else (this is a good thing.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 10:48 AM on May 16, 2008

I have taken the train NYC-->Montreal and back, and do not recommend it. It was six hours of beautiful scenery on the way up, followed by several hours of nothing, followed by several hours of being stopped at customs culminating in the nice people who had lent us a pen being refused entry to Canada and driven back across the border. On the way back, it was the reverse, minus the pen, and plus another hour's wait for a freight train to pass us and toilet overflow.

In... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 4:57 PM on May 15, 2008

I think Venda does this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 10:19 AM on May 13, 2008

For: There's no guarantee that another, less-perfect house will be without local baddies; this baddie is a known quantity.
For: Your kids aren't going to be left alone with him, or alone *period* for years to come. I'm assuming his crime didn't also involve breaking and entering, although more details might be helpful for you to know. Living near a known, avoided sex offender without contact wouldn't be a dealbreaker for me (parent of one very little kid.)... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 8:20 AM on May 13, 2008

Two things that work for me:

1) A notebook. After trying RTM and Todoist, I've returned to the simple notebook. One day for every page. Every day, I copy the incomplete items over from the previous page. When I complete something, I cross it out. Rinse and repeat. It's my lightweight, cross-platform, infinitely portable solution. Many people use a Moleskine notebook for this; Black n' red makes hardbound ones that suffice for me.

2) Verbs. My... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 6:36 AM on May 9, 2008

NotwhatyouaskedFilter: Nthing considering keeping the rattle. I really regret losing the silver rattle I had as a baby, now that I have a baby of my own. He would have loved to shake it around and mouth it. It's not a major life loss, but it does make me a little sad.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 5:43 AM on May 6, 2008

If the answer is ginkgo, someone needs to get to the doctor, stat.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 4:25 PM on May 1, 2008

You're not wrong in caring about your partner's looks, but if you're destroying a relationship with chemistry because of an arbitrary ideal, you're making a mistake.

However I wonder what kind of attractiveness we're talking about here? An extra twenty pounds and a receding hairline, or dirty underwear and unwashed hair? You refer to his health and cleanliness a couple of times here. That might clarify what's going on to some degree.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 7:04 AM on May 1, 2008

Soholaunch, maybe? I am not recommending it, since I can't in good conscience recommend something that won't work on Firefox (for crying out loud) and may not be as easy as you want, but nonetheless, the price may be right.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 4:52 PM on April 29, 2008

jmnugent, even if you install it with Fantastico, you access the front end editor by going to something like yourdomain.com/proedition.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 6:14 PM on April 29, 2008

From a former life: "You're a librarian?" and then select one or more of the following:
-I should be a librarian! I love to read!
-Blah blah Dewey Decimal System blah!
-I have a really overdue library book!
-Blah blah Shush! blah blah!
-Why do we need those, when everything's on Google?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 9:14 AM on April 28, 2008

Oops, meant to answer the second half: I never did figure out a good rejoinder. Everything sounded either rude or didactic or both.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 9:15 AM on April 28, 2008

It's on Decon records, a small label, and I doubt it was carried by Walmart or Target (will be pleasantly surprised if it was.) As far as airplay, as Cosmic Osmo points out, the fucks are edited, but other Pacifica words are left in (should have noted that specifically.) Will update if Decon can tell me what's up because now I have. to. know.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 12:20 PM on April 25, 2008

Check out Stone's Throw records.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 7:32 AM on April 25, 2008

Can you be a little more specific about what kinds of publishing, or what kind of non-profit? Knowing whether you're going for Tor Books, Reed Elsevier or Conde Nast would be helpful. I'm guessing from your question you mean book publishing, but even that has many facets (reference, fiction backlists, genre, etc.)

Book publishing not being known for its surplus cash*, maybe the best way to go about this is to identify publishers you know sponsor other non-profits in your... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 5:00 PM on April 24, 2008

hectoring
discursive

I particularly enjoy identifying someone as having a "hectoring discursive style." In mixed company you get some serious stares, let me tell you.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 10:20 AM on April 23, 2008

This is one of the strangest ones I've ever seen but it's a hit year after year. California Haroset. I assume it's called "California" because of the avocados but I think the title gives it a nice 70s-alfalfa-sprout-swinger flavor. For added hilarity, refer to it repeatedly as "Hotel California Haroset", especially after the third cup of wine.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 5:36 AM on April 19, 2008 marked best answer

Could it be Mark Lannegan and Isobel Campbell? Three reasons why I think so: 1) Growly voiced male vocalist. 2) Male/female duet. 3) Hank Williams cover with possibly different lyrics (like their cover of Ramblin' Man).
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 8:22 AM on April 16, 2008

At risk of embodying the cliche (and I'm not even a librarian anymore!) can you be a little more specific about what you're trying to do? Constructing "MARC crosswalks" between systems is a pretty daunting task, but knowing what systems/entities you're trying to translate between would probably be helpful.

A few random thoughts:

In short: MARC has numbered fields and lettered subfields that correspond to different pieces of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 7:16 AM on April 1, 2008

Has she tried Zafu ? I have found it pretty helpful as someone with a fairly similar shape. I found Calvin Klein skinny jeans to work nicely (~$60 ish) and Zafu also recommended the DKNY Jeans skinny jeans. They're not skin-tight, but they work under boots and I've gotten compliments.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 6:44 AM on March 31, 2008

It doesn't look like NetSol sells .ca domains, so while it's possible that you could point an externally registered domain to a NetSol hosting account (I am not clear whether that's the case from their site), it would be simpler to register with a host that sells .ca names. Recommending a host is difficult without knowing what their needs are (space, reliability, scalability, affordability, etc...) and what they'll be using it for.

CIRA (the Canadian Internet... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by chesty_a_arthur at 8:49 AM on March 27, 2008