"So, that’s my long and winding history of a little postcard from the Upper West Side of Manhattan!" Suzanne Vega writes about writing the hit song Tom's Diner, coping with its numerous remixes, and its part in the birth of the MP3 music compression format.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 5:04 AM on September 24, 2008 (34 comments)

Flip this question: What is great about parenting a boy?
posted to Ask Metafilter by k8t at 10:25 AM on June 23, 2008 (41 comments)

I was reading the Guardian while I was in the north of England these past few weeks and there were a lot of references in the letters to 35mm film canisters.
posted to Ask Metafilter by brujita at 5:57 PM on June 18, 2005 (4 comments)

How do I know when I'm being self-assertive vs. being a jerk?
posted to Ask Metafilter by treepour at 10:00 PM on March 11, 2008 (11 comments)