What do you look at/notice, as you wander through the world, that I probably ignore?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wittgenstein at 12:15 PM on February 12, 2008 (130 comments)

So there has been a lot of talk about Grand Central lately. Need guidence and advice...
posted to Ask Metafilter by pearlybob at 6:33 AM on July 16, 2007 (10 comments)

Known as scholar's rocks or gongshi, viewing stones are rocks of complex shapes that suggest worlds within worlds, microcosms in stone. In Japan they are called Suiseki, from the Japanese characters for water "sui" and stone "seki", placed on a daiza, a carved wood base. They are at once a miniature landscape and a point of imaginative departure…
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye at 12:09 PM on July 10, 2007 (11 comments)

"Therefore a gentleman sends a man to a distant mission in order to test his loyalty..." What are some modern ways in which to discover others' true character?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mjklin at 1:11 PM on January 26, 2007 (43 comments)

Silva Rhetoricae: the Forest of Rhetoric. Don't know what an erotema is? Just why are you so stupid? Can't tell an apoplanesis from an aposiopesis? Then Gideon O. Burton's excellent guide to classical and renaissance rhetoric may be for you.
posted to MetaFilter by misteraitch at 2:43 AM on January 8, 2003 (9 comments)

Playing cards from around the world. Spanish cards, Swiss cards, Finnish cards, Israeli cards and Japanese cards, for example. Just a small part of the collection at the Elliot Avedon Museum and Archive of Games at the University of Waterloo, Ontario.
posted to MetaFilter by misteraitch at 4:24 AM on December 10, 2002 (5 comments)

ClothingFilter: When dressing casually, I often wear button-down shirts out, rather than tucked in. The problem is that the moment you sit down, the bottom third of the shirt becomes a wrinkled mess, and looks terrible. Assuming I'm not going to remain standing forever, is there a particular brand, type, or material of shirt that avoids this problem?
posted to Ask Metafilter by lsemel at 8:52 AM on June 24, 2007 (16 comments)

Life-altering experiences. Can you point to a single experience in your life, as a child, which you can define as having contributed to the person you are today? (+)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jeremias at 4:41 AM on February 2, 2005 (216 comments)

How to become more wise? How do you grow morally, ethically, and spiritually?
posted to Ask Metafilter by salvia at 1:26 PM on March 10, 2006 (42 comments)

What are some must-have accessories for my new car?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ekim Neems at 4:07 PM on November 27, 2006 (20 comments)

KnowledgeFilter: What are the things in life that everyone should know? More inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by eatcherry at 3:10 PM on December 27, 2004 (82 comments)