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Help me pick the best first instrument for a very small 6 year old.
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at 2:28 PM on April 23, 2008
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I need a black paper notebook!
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at 2:48 PM on March 19, 2008
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What is my brain doing when I'm working cross-stitch?
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at 8:56 AM on May 5, 2006
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How do I learn to be photogenic?
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at 9:11 AM on September 30, 2005
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In high school, I read a book that I remember being titled "The Island Girl." It seems like it would be easy to find this book since I have a title, unfortunately, I'm not entirely sure that's the title, and even if it were, there are approximately nine million books named "The Island Girl."
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at 7:31 PM on June 7, 2005
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I have recently quit smoking and thanks to the oral-fixation soothing powers of Altoids, I've been doing fairly well. Unfortunately...
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at 8:26 AM on March 17, 2005
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Another question from the
AskMe Anonymizer:
Two of my close friends, each married to other people, started having an affair about a year ago. One of them got caught and is now divorced. (That participant lied to me about who the other person was when they first told me about it. They also nearly got caught early on and lied to me about what happened. Also, one of their encounters was at my house without my knowledge.) They're still carrying on even though the other person says their spouse is the one for them. (More Inside)
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at 4:14 PM on October 12, 2004
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You Are Not A Doctor: Three weeks ago, I got a nasty head cold that never quite went away. It's now settled into my chest, and I have a chronic, slightly productive cough. Ordinarily, I would just wait it out, but I'm exhausted, can't really get a full breath, and the stuff I'm coughing up tastes like bleach. I swear, I haven't been inhaling or gargling bleach. I do have an appointment to see my doctor on Wednesday (the earliest I could get in,) but I was wondering if anyone else had had these symptoms and could tell me what caused them, so I can quit Googling medical conditions and diagnosing myself with lung abscesses and tuberculosis.
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at 5:16 PM on October 9, 2004
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Does anyone else get a "No Harddisk in Drive" error in Mozilla when you try to follow the main link in
this thread? I don't get that error on the other link in the post, or any of the other links on the blue.
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at 9:50 AM on October 2, 2004
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You're all dummies and you're reading it wrong!
Anne Rice's latest book has gotten some crummy reviews on Amazon, and she's seriously POed that the "outrageous stupidity" of the proles allowed to review on the site are tarnishing one of her her editor-free "virtuoso performance(s)." (Scroll down to Anne Obrien Rice- guaranteed real name by Amazon, and feel free to compare this rant to the one on her
official website.)
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at 11:29 PM on September 20, 2004
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The Pacific Wrecks Database
is an impressive collection of information about lost and found WWII wrecks in the Pacific. The site is a little hard to navigate (I suggest using the past news archives and the direct links in the description slug on the first page, rather than the drop-down menu,) but the content is worth the trouble. Essays from veterans, discovery tales, photographs, maps, and more await.
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at 4:15 AM on September 10, 2004
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How do you make a fat cat exercise? {MI}
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at 4:23 PM on August 31, 2004
(21 comments)
Iron Women, Foxy Ladies-
A collection of propaganda posters depicting the ideal, but contradictory, roles for Chinese women in the nation. Even if you're not interested in the politics, the evolution of style and form in the artwork is fascinating to examine.
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at 9:19 AM on August 31, 2004
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A threat to national security!
Adam McGaughey, the owner of a Stargate fansite has been slapped with criminal charges (Criminal Copyright Infringement and Trafficking in Counterfeit Services) after being reported to the FBI by the MPAA for including Amazon links to encourage fans to purchase DVDs of the show. To build its case, the FBI invoked a provision of the USA Patriot Act to obtain financial records from his ISP. And, since he "conspired" with thousands of fans worldwide by providing these Amazon Market links, he could be facing up to 20 years in jail if the government
invokes RICO.
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at 9:20 AM on July 26, 2004
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A bit of a companion to the
MMORPG question, can you recommend a few good PC RPGs that are self-contained? I love MMORPGs, but just can't afford the monthly fees anymore. {More Inside}
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at 12:47 PM on July 11, 2004
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When a plane crashes, what do the airlines put on the "Arrival" board in the terminal? I would assume they start with "delayed," but I have no idea what they would change that to once it's verified the plane is never going to land at that airport.
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at 12:34 PM on July 2, 2004
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It's a jackelope!
Or maybe an antefeline! Or perhaps a lupursa or... heck, I don't know what this strange creature wandering Bill and Gayle Kurdian's back yard is, and neither does the curator of the North Carolina Zoo.
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at 7:56 AM on June 3, 2004
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The catalytic converter on my 97 Ford Escort blew out today, and I suspect it ruptured part of the exhaust works in front of the muffler. I can find out how much parts cost on my own, but I'm not going to be doing the service myself, so could someone knowledgeable in the realm of automotive repair hazard a ballpark guesstimate as to how much this might cost me to fix? I just need a general idea so I can figure out how much blood to sell to pay for the repairs.
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at 5:14 PM on May 24, 2004
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Who Is That With Jeremy?
Bill Clinton, Puff Daddy (or is that P. Diddy?), Kirsten Dunst, Spike Lee, the entire cast of Oz... Jeremy's dad has an obscene talent for getting his kid into famous arms for a snapshot.
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at 8:17 PM on April 6, 2004
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The Atlas of Congenital Anomalies of the External Genitalia.
Though the site is selling the atlas, you don't have to buy it to peruse the examples of each anomaly in living, leg-crossing, full-color glory. You know you're not going to make it through the day unless you find out what a hypospadias cripple is. (NSFW; physicians' offices exempt.)
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at 7:26 AM on March 23, 2004
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I'm getting a new computer in a few weeks, but I have a TV capture card I want to transfer from my old machine into the new one. Since it's going to be an XP machine, in light of the weird "hardware configuration" key they built into the software, should I install the capture card
before I boot the machine for the first time, or should I wait until afterwards? On the one hand, I'd like to make sure the machine works as is before I crack it open, but on the other hand, I would
not like to spend a bunch of time on hold with Microsoft to get the damned OS unlocked. How touchy is the XP hardware configuration key? (I know, I know, buy a Mac...)
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at 8:15 AM on March 2, 2004
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How do I get rid of a right-click option in Win2K? (More inside)
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at 11:24 PM on January 8, 2004
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My machine is a dinosaur (Win 2K, 700Mhz processor,) and after installing a new graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400, 64MG), I'm having bizarro problems that never happened when I was just using the factory (ATI Rage Pro, 32MG) installed card... (more inside)
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at 7:17 AM on December 9, 2003
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Avast, ye scurvy dogs, wi' a good wind, we'll have naught to do but
sing 'til we strike land again!
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at 5:59 AM on September 19, 2003
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Solid Space
is what I'd consider to be an old school website. A handful of weird things thrown up on a questionable background that truly takes flight with Awful Music and The Dark Side of Pez. And for the truly obsessed? A full list of View Master reels. Bonus!
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at 7:07 AM on August 5, 2003
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In The Rain
boasts a huge collection of vintage erotica; beautiful, artful poses of women you won't see in
Maxim anytime soon. The appeal of
Vintage Sex is ephemeral, but we've been making erotica long before
cameras; since the beginning
of civilization, really. (Should really go without saying that none of these links are safe for work.)
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at 1:13 PM on May 30, 2003
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The History of the Shuar.
The Jivaro are one of the few native clans in South America who successfully revolted against the Spanish Conquest, but they're more famous for their shrunken heads- this site not only has the history, but also a pretty fascinating gallery. Of course, if you're just interested in the shrunken heads,
Doc Bwana's Museum of Shrunken Heads will most certainly meet your shrunken-head viewing needs. (Probably safe for work, but I wouldn't read it while eating lunch.)
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at 11:22 AM on November 15, 2002
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Ahhhh ahhhhhhh!
(Flash link) I never knew the lyrics to Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," but I'm pretty sure I'll never forget them now. Animation! Vikings! And... kittens! However, as much fun as the video is, I'm not convinced it's
historically accurate.
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at 10:56 PM on September 28, 2002
(21 comments)
Abandoned places
and abandoned spaces hold all sorts of mystery for the curious sort, and Zone-Tour takes you along to view some fantastic urban wastelands with pictures and movies. Inspired to do some investigation of your own? Then check out
Infiltration -
"The 'Zine about Going Places You're Not Supposed to Go"
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at 10:41 AM on July 19, 2002
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Damned if you do, damned if you're dead.
If families don't purchase an expensive urn for cremated remains, require them to purchase a $45 temporary container. But be sure to stamp it "Temporary Container" on all four sides, advises one industry newsletter.
The funeral industry may not be making any friends, but they're making a boatload of money. The
Funeral Consumers Alliance would like to help them make a little less.
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at 3:13 AM on March 19, 2002
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Learning Japanese
(or at least hiragana) can be easy
and rewarding.
This link is NSFW, depending on how much hirigana you know.
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at 5:21 AM on February 7, 2002
(19 comments)
Compulsory military training
is not just for Switzerland and Israel anymore. The Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001 seeks "To require the induction into the Armed Forces of young men registered under the Military Selective Service Act, and to authorize young women to volunteer, to receive basic military training and education for a period of up to one year." (more inside)
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at 4:46 AM on January 22, 2002
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Break the Chain
has all kinds of nifty resources for stopping the neverending flux of chain mail wandering through your e-mail box, though if you're like me, you'll probably just read through the chain archives for their amusement. A nice companion to
Snopes for your hoax-debunking needs.
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at 3:15 PM on January 13, 2002
Weblog Junior High.
Just in case you felt a little left out trying to figure out the pecking order, you'll be happy to know that Mr. Haughey is a jock. I won't even mention the
K word.
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at 1:17 PM on January 8, 2002
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WebVerbix
can conjugate verbs for you sixty-four languages, ranging from French and Spanish to Dutch and a variety of creoles. The best part is that it'll do it for free (though you can buy the software and conjugate in 100 languages.) It's sites like these that remind me why I love the Internet.
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at 9:01 AM on December 27, 2001
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Wooden Stakes? Deductible!
What's the best way to make financial planning an accessible topic to young adults? Get a handful of CPAs together to examine the Vampire Slayer's cash flow problem, of course!
(Via The Usual Suspects)
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at 2:26 AM on December 21, 2001
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Spooooky...
Everybody has their own favorite ghost story, and this site has catalogued thousands of them. Beyond that, they have videos, photos, lists of famous hauntings (find one near you!) as well as as guide to Ghosthunting 101. Creep yourself out, count the "phantom hitchhiker" doubles, debunk away, or gear up to become Egon Spengler Jr.. Happy hauntings!
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at 9:05 AM on October 30, 2001
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