I get bored and lonely on weekdays. What can I do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sixcolors at 2:24 PM on May 6, 2008 (14 comments)

Feel good hit of the year; Discovery Channel's 'I Love the Whole World' ad
posted to MetaFilter by oxford blue at 5:10 AM on April 19, 2008 (103 comments)

How to deal when family thinks you're in the closet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by landedjentry at 4:50 PM on April 5, 2008 (40 comments)

Over 2000 classic tales and fables including Aesop's Fables, Bulfinch's Mythology, Indian "Why" Stories, tales by Oscar Wilde, Beatrix Potter, Rudyard Kipling, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum and Harriet Beecher Stowe and stories about Abraham Lincoln, Robin Hood and Baron Munchausen. And more! The folk and fairytale collection is particularly rich, with hundreds of stories from all over the world.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus at 9:41 AM on April 1, 2008 (15 comments)

Where can I find online laptop ratings about durability, repairs, or typical problems, the way Consumer Reports does for cars?
posted to Ask Metafilter by salvia at 8:47 AM on March 14, 2008 (17 comments)

I wanted to call you tonight. Predictably enough I was in one of those confusing states of mind somewhere between desperation and liberation--too wound up to do anything about my condition. So, me being me, and me being in some city where the street corners don't mean shit to me, I set off walking trying to find God in the neighborhoods or in traffic or in the laugh of some homeless guy. Mainly though, I was trying to get lost... From Letters I Never Sent, a site "for Lovers. Liars. Crybabies. Sweetheats. Strangers. Best Friends. Old Friends. Exes. Enemies. Night Owls. Loners. Inmates. Vampires. Surfers. Soldiers. Jumpers. Writers. Widows. Ballerinas. Bastards. Gods."
posted to MetaFilter by amyms at 11:46 PM on March 5, 2008 (8 comments)

"Many women experience a fluid sexual desire that is responsive to a person rather than a specific gender" A description of the topic for Lisa Diamond's new book, Sexual Fluidity. While waiting to get your copy of the book, why not read some of her papers? Here's one about young women who identify as lesbians or bisexuals and then change their minds. Was it a phase? (pdf) Here's one about the development of sexual orientation among adolescent and young adult women. (pdf) Here's one containing a new view of lesbian subtypes. (pdf) There are more.
posted to MetaFilter by wittgenstein at 6:24 PM on March 5, 2008 (102 comments)

I'm bored.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mpls2 at 6:40 PM on March 5, 2008 (42 comments)

How can I become less clumsy?
posted to Ask Metafilter by iamkimiam at 3:20 PM on February 12, 2008 (34 comments)

TIME FOR SOME STORIES (warning: contains heavy amounts of all-caps and awesome)
posted to MetaFilter by XQUZYPHYR at 9:50 AM on January 21, 2008 (98 comments)

What's your favorite thing to make under the broiler?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sugarfish at 2:55 PM on January 17, 2008 (44 comments)

It seems that everyone wants to post their toplists for free game recommendations at the moment. First up is Gnomes' Lair with 100 excellent free games in bloom. Can't forget 1up with 101 Free Games 2008. And last but still well worth checking out is Indiegames' (formerly Indygamer) Best Freeware Arcade Games 2007 and Best Freeware Adventure Games 2007. If that isn't enough for you, also worth taking a gander at is Javet's Freeware Game of the Day thread on Tigsource.
posted to MetaFilter by pancreas at 1:42 AM on January 20, 2008 (19 comments)

Yoga-centric gift giving: My sister is opening her own yoga studio and wellness center next month in South Carolina!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Sassyfras at 4:10 PM on January 15, 2008 (9 comments)

I collected book related askMes on the wiki into readMe.
posted to MetaTalk by shothotbot at 8:26 PM on December 8, 2007 (77 comments)

I like The Venture Bros., Harvery Birdman, Attorney at Law and Drawn Together. Recommend me some more cartoons on DVD that will appeal to my loves of (A) obscure retro cultural references, (B) surreal and ironic humor and (C) jokes about farts and boobies.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Faint of Butt at 8:40 AM on December 3, 2007 (44 comments)

Got any good short, silly one-liner jokes?
posted to Ask Metafilter by angryjellybean at 9:51 AM on November 23, 2007 (97 comments)

I've always admired people who are just genuinely nice, warm folks and inspire everyone they talk to. I'd like to be one of those people when I grow up, but I don't know how to do it. Sometimes, when I do or say nice things, people get freaked out and think that I'm hitting on them, want something from them or am being insincere. That isn't the case, but every time it happens, I get a little more timid about doing nice things for people. It's easy to get by with a prickly Dorothy Parker routine, but that's not how I want to live my life. And I'm sick of not doing or saying nice things just because I'm not socially adept enough to pull it off. Being an asshole is easy, and no one ever questions your motives. How can I, as an introvert, act upon my nice impulses without freaking people out? What's the secret to being a mensch?
posted to Ask Metafilter by freshwater_pr0n at 6:58 PM on November 14, 2007 (28 comments)

Are there any good books or resources on the American animation boom of the late 80s/early 90s that came as a result of outsourcing animation to (I think) Korean studios? Do any Mefites have a personal connection to animation during those years?
posted to Ask Metafilter by 235w103 at 7:45 AM on November 6, 2007 (3 comments)