I have direct experience in this.

First off, you're welcome to contact me via my profile page with any questions beyond this post. As bragadocchio pointed out, there's more to your question than can be covered in a simple paragraph or two.

But, some basic stuff:

- If you have a credit card that can float a few grand, do the first run yourself, before you go through the trouble of incorporating. Make sure this is something... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mkultra at 7:29 AM on July 30, 2004

Can you imagine the panic if it was just the words that got faxed instead?

Small Business Commitment Week?????
MARK YOUR CALENDAR?????
posted to MetaFilter by Peter H at 8:57 AM on May 31, 2007

But, emphatically, I don't care about this issue.

I just really, really, really want people to quit trying to make their non-issues my non-issues.
posted to MetaFilter by muddgirl at 3:08 PM on March 16, 2007

"I know lots of bands and people who run small labels, who release records hand-to-mouth, so to speak, using the money from one record to finance the next, so gleefully downloading without a thought (which is the impression DaHIFI is giving, though I might be misinterpreting) directly lessens the chances of new music being released."

Yeah, so do I, and that's a big reason why I infringe liberally in building my music collection. My cash goes to those people (I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by klangklangston at 4:35 PM on December 5, 2006

There are tons of musicals that aren't "just collections of love songs." Some of them contain romances (as subplots), but that's true of most drama & fiction. Many of the following have "done well," some winning Tonys.

"Floyd Collins" -- a musical about a man trapped in a cave.

"Pacific Overtures" -- about America's discovery of Japan

"Sweeney Todd" -- about a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by grumblebee at 7:25 AM on August 2, 2006

Eideteker, for the second day in a row I woke up to look at the flag queue only to find that you've been fucking with the site again. Take some time off, this is not your personal playground.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 7:29 AM on April 2, 2006

I thought it was a delightful meta-joke, satirizing the pith of the holiday. It was a PoMotastic hilarathon! SENSATIONAL.
posted to MetaTalk by TwelveTwo at 7:21 PM on April 1, 2006

It's been a long time since I rode the elevator down below the 500th floor.

My papers are in order, and my passport is current, but there's still that moment of uncertainty as you leave America. Not worried if you'll be able to leave - relations with the Commonwealth are good, which gets you down to the 400th with no more hassle than walking on the wrong side of the pedway - but worried if you'll get back. The long lines of immigrants and asylum seekers clog and strain... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by freebird at 11:08 AM on May 16, 2006