My otherwise sensible sister seems to be rushing into an ill-thought-out marriage. Is there any loving and effective way to get her to think more carefully about what she's doing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 6:44 AM on July 7, 2008 (23 comments)

Vagaries of the English Language, part n: I need to tell my boss why the contraction "I'm" cannot stand alone as a sentence. For example, "Yes, I am" is okay. "Yes, I'm" is not. I haven't been able to find any good logic for this case or that works for the different contractions in general ("don't" can also stand alone, "I'd" and "I've" cannot). Given this is about languages, and particularly English, "just because" is, alas, potentially the best answer.
posted to Ask Metafilter by whatzit at 6:20 AM on May 15, 2008 (37 comments)

Dipnote. Official weblog of the U.S. State Department.
posted to MetaFilter by brownpau at 11:33 AM on September 26, 2007 (24 comments)

How much do sponsors pay to underwrite a public radio show?
posted to Ask Metafilter by TurkeyMustard at 4:40 PM on August 22, 2007 (17 comments)

Made most popular to many Americans as the closing song for the Grand Ole Opry programs, Will The Circle Be Unbroken was written in 1907 by Ada Habershon, an intensely religious young woman and acquaintance of Dwight Moody and Ira David Sankey. The music was "composed" by Charles Gabriel, a popular songwriter and composer of the era who is often solely credited with the song, but while he may have put the notes down on paper, the tune itself already existed as the African-American spiritual Glory Glory / Since I Laid My Burden Down. [lots more inside]
posted to MetaFilter by luriete at 6:10 PM on May 26, 2006 (18 comments)