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he said/she said
Looking for good books with alternating narration.
When the original just isn't enough
When the usual fanfiction fare just doesn't cut it ... there's shipping and then there's slash, with coined terms such as squick and mpreg. The usual suspects are Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and the Phantom of the Opera - and then there's Kirk/Spock, Hermione/Ginny, Cloud/Sephiroth, and lots more. And it's not limited to recent works - there's also some Jesus/Judas Biblical action going on. (Mostly text, with the occasional NSFW jpg.)
Please recommend me some reading material
I've recently realised that I'm into certain types of fiction books. Please recommend some other books/authors I might find interesting.
Looking for SF book recommendations featuring space empires.
Looking for recommendations of Science Fiction book/series involving well-constructed, involving, and believable universes.
Don't let me miss the boomerang exhibition!
Help me not miss anything on my "once in a lifetime" trip through southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand!
I need your recipes.
Feedmyfamilyforaweekfilter: Now that we finished the lasagna, what other full meal sorts of dishes can I make in my big glass lasagna pan?
Sweet Sounds for the Stressed and Cloistered
Music-for-studying-for-the-@#%#-bar-exam-filter: Please help me balm the pain of preparing for this miserable test by recommending excellent music that's either wholely instrumental or not in English.
greece, travel
It's official, we're taking a trip to Greece this June. Specifically to the Greek Islands. Help me plan an itinerary!
Spread my options
Hummus recipe filter: What’s the most interesting (and delicious) hummus you’ve made? I’m tired of all my variations and in the mood for something new. Recipes that go beyond the usual add-ons (i.e. sun dried tomatoes, roasted garlic, jalapeno, bonnet peppers, etc.) are particularly welcome.
Go. Bananas. Go go bananas.
Help me use up my stash of frozen bananas.
Not necessarily vegetarian/vegan uses for nutritional yeast, please.
So, I bought a container of nutritional yeast. Now what do I do with it? (Other than put it on popcorn.)
Roasting a little fella that's cute, yellow, and chubby...
What is your favorite recipe for roasting duck?
What's the best screenwriting software?
Do any of you have any advice for buying screenwriting software? I am looking for something fairly cheap, but want to hear about your experiences with the different software products available. Are there any that just suck? Are there any quality WORD add-on programs you've had success with?
three-letter word for a male cat and a five-letter word for a sea-faring vacation
We recently had a MetaTalk thread regarding a three-letter word for a male cat and a five-letter word for a sea-faring vacation. I won't protest the thread's deletion; the entire site exists at the administration's discretion. What concerns me, however, are the Orwellian implications of deletion with no residual record in a community-based site.
Russian History in Book Form: A Quest for a Gift
Can you help me find a book which traverses Russian history from, well, as far back as possible up to the Russian Revolution of 1917?
Red Red Meat: Where can I purchase you?
I'd like to send some raw meat to my brother for Christmas. Web site suggestions?
Why are some people chronically late?
Why are some people chronically late?
Help me cross Australia in March
Driving across Australia, totally excellent, or totally awful?
NON-gourmet Mexican cuisine in Maryland/DC?
Please help me find some crappy, cheap Mexican food in the Maryland/DC area.
Sandwichs!
Who loves sandwiches? I do! But I'm tired of sandwichs designed in the vacuum of my mind. My question is thus: What are some great sandwichs?
*GET BENT*
Great "up yours" songs?
ISO noodles
Anyone in the D.C./northern Virginia area had luck finding stores selling the House Foods tofu shirataki noodles that blogs like Hungry Girl won't shut up about? I really don't want to resort to ordering them from Amazon.
Where can I buy fancy sausages online ?
Where can I buy fancy sausages online ?
Crime fighting comic books minus super heroes?
Crime fighting comic books minus super heroes? I'd love recommendations for comic book equivalents of crime fighting/investigative television dramas.
Help me make some delicious soups!
It's that time of year again...it's getting cold and I'm craving soup more and more. The only problem is I'm sick of canned soup and I'd rather make most of it homemade. Lay your best soup recipes on me, ingredients/prep the works!
Any type of soup accepted! Hot, cold, lukewarm! Chicken, cream-based, potato leek, broth-based etc. I want to start a good collection of new recipes to try!
Recommend me some touchy-feely scifi!
Recommend some sappy science fiction/fantasy to me please! I've read and liked Anthony, Heinlein, Goodkind, Card, Stephenson, Martin, and Rowling, but what I'm really looking for is touchy-feely stuff.
How does a Protestant minister handle a confession of murder?
A murder was confessed to me. I am a minister. What is my legal obligation: to report the crime to the authorities, or to maintain the confidentiality of the confession? This is not hypothetical.
Book that will scare the hell outta me?
I want to read a book that is gona scare the living daylights out of me. Preferably a thriller, not monsters and vampires, and it should be smart and believable. Show me the book that will make it hard for me to sleep after reading.
Recent sci-fi?
I recently took a college course in Sci-fi and Fantasy (awesome course) and it really opened up a desire to read some of the recent speculative fiction that I've been missing. (more inside)
Tokyo Ryokan
Tokyo Ryokan - Looking for a nice family owned Ryokan for a stay in Tokyo. If you've had a good experience with one, please recommend.
Compton's In The House!
gangstaRapFilter: On a whim the other week, I picked up N.W.A's 'Straight Outta Compton' and now I can't stop listening to it. I want to hear more music like this!
I want more money.
Looking for suggestions to put my savings at work and generate more money.
I want to expand my in-home workout routine.
I want to expand my in-home workout routine.
Tips about travel to Japan?
What do you wish someone had told you before you went to Japan (or, indeed, anywhere outside the United States) for the first time?
salon recommendation for waxing
does anyone have a specific salon recommendation in the washmetro area for a bikini (brazilian) wax. i know we've covered the topic generally a couple of times, but i'm looking for specific salon recommendations in DC or on the MD side. places to avoid would be useful as well. thanks!
A book everyone should read?
Please tell me a book you think everyone should read and why.
Know any cool DC Clothing Stores?
Do you know cool local female clothing stores in DC?
Fares to Japan
I have a year to plan for a flight to Tokyo from the U.S. west coast or central U.S. (preferably DFW) in Sept or Oct 2007. All the fares I'm pulling up as far out as I can go are $800-1050 roundtrip. Is this as good a deal as I can expect to get?
What is this dessert?
Please help me identify this dessert, which is possibly from the Philippines.
Should I vaccinate my two-month old?
Why shouldn't I vaccinate my two-month old?
Thermopylae
Ω ΞΕΙΝ', ΑΓΓΕΛΛΕΙΝ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΟΙΣ ΟΤΙ ΤΗΔΕ ΚΕΙΜΕΘΑ ΤΟΙΣ ΚΕΙΝΩΝ ΡΗΜΑΣΙ ΠΕΙΘΟΜΕΝΟΙ:
"Climbing on the hills, I had a surprise. On the top of the highest hill I found a small plaque with a Greek inscription dedicated to the Spartan king, and someone dropped there a bouquet of flowers, still fresh.
Fresh flowers. Twenty five centuries after the battle." With a Frank Miller movie on the way, here is some background on the Battle of Thermopylae, maps of the battlefield, debate over the size of the invading Persian force, and insight into life in Sparta, a city often overshadowed by Athens.
curry me green with an inebriating imbibe
what is a fantastic recipe for green curry (more specifics inside)
Help me make an 80's country music mix CD.
Help me make ND¢'s 80's-ish Country-ish Mix Volume II.
Books About the English Civil War
I'm looking for a good, reasonably comprehensive history of the English Civil War and the subsequent Cromwellian regime.
McLaughlin v. Commonwealth
Cop stops car and sees a gun and home-burned CDs in the car. The CDs made him suspicious so he searched the car for more pirated CDs. Was this a proper search?
(pdf version).
Shoo bop sha wadda wadda yippity boop de boop
Mixtape suggestions of ridiculous 1950s pop music.
Bring me to the edge of my seat, and then push me over!
What's the most exciting novel you've ever read? I mean this in the simplest sense: an exciting plot. I'm looking for page-turners. Novels that keep you on the edge of your seat and refuse to let you sleep until you finish them. I'm looking for genre novels -- but I don't care what genres: Mystery, thriller, sci-fi, etc. (though sci-fi/fantasy has been done-to-death here, so I'm really more interested in other genres.) Oh, I care about words. So no matter how exciting, I'll quit reading if the prose is crappy.