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The Straight Poop
Body function filter: early potty training. If he can sit, he can poop there. Right?
Children's books with complicated pictures
For my son's 2nd birthday, I am looking for ideas for children's books with complicated pictures full of different objects. He adores Richard Scarry books where he can spend ages pointing out all the different things he can see in a scene. But I have had enough Richard Scarry for this lifetime. What other books have similarly rich, complex pictures?
Toastmasters for writing?
Is there something like Toastmasters for writing, specifically the functional, everyday kind?
Wake up sleepyhead! It's time to get dressed!
How can I constructively get my 4 year old to get up and get ready in the morning?
Help me get my cheap espresso on
Help me choose a cheap espresso machine.
I know, I know...contradiction in terms. Bear with me...
How to manage my time management system?
I'm starting to exercise some control over my time. Help me make this work.
Best podcast aggregator?
It shouldn't be this hard to find a good podcast aggregator...
My 8 year old is a metalhead. Can you help me find music for him?
My 8 year old is a Metalhead. Help me find him some good (and age appropriate) songs.
This Dark American Life - podcasts about the seedy underbelly
Gimme some podcasts about the seedy underbelly of society - sex, drugs & rock n roll all welcome.
How does one... mingle?
How does one mingle effectively?
What's the best investment to cut down on chores and keep the house cleaner?
Help me invest $1,000 for a cleaner house. Small child plus two full-time jobs + what seems like an awful lot of time spent cleaning = still distressingly filthy house. Thinking of getting a dishwasher, but given that pots and pans couldn't go in, not sure how much marginal gain there would really be. $1000 could buy a lot of other small things, like better toy and clothing storage, better system for dealing with muddy boots, that kind of thing. What's the most bang for the buck?
Crisp Baked Sweet Potato Fries?
What are your best tips, tricks, and recipes for sweet potato fries?
You've got to spend money to make money
Five years ago I was a senior marketing coordinator and graphic designer at a successful start-up. I left to be a stay-at-home mom.
Bring me up to speed on what equipment I would need to do freelance graphic design and marketing work at this point of time. What has changed in the last five years?
Caramelizing onions takes forever.
What are some interesting, nontraditional things to do with French onion soup?
Looking to entertain and educate a toddler while not getting up.
What can I teach my toddler about while we stay on the sofa? Supposed to rest legs. We've been watching Leonard Bernstein on YouTube, learning about orchestras -- looking for more stuff like that.
Entertaining toddlers in cold weather
Surviving the winter with toddlers: What are your top tips for entertaining kids indoors or outdoors when subzero temps are in effect?
in search of lost time or remembrance of things past
Can you geeks help me retrieve my Facebook status updates from ancient times, i.e. mid-2008 & before?
Toronto electronics disposal?
Where can I dispose of broken tech and appliances in Toronto?
Long live Ceasar!
My salad wants to be dressed to impress. Save my Ceasar salads' soul, Mefites. Ceasar salad is so oOold school. Shake up my Ceasar salad dressing with some truly twisted, exotic, unexpected tastes and ingredients while remaining somewhat true to the modern interpretation consisting of egg, parmesan, olive oil, mayo, mustard, lemon, anchovy, Tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce. Thats 'modern' Ceasar to me. I know the 'original' was a far cry from this more or less standard list of ingredients in the current modern interpretation. Be wild... be creative! Lets rock Caesars world.
An app for Windows for hunting down and eradicating multiple copies of files?
Is there an app for Windows that you know of for hunting down and eradicating multiple copies of the same files?
From 0 to multiple orgasms in 60 days
I've met a delightful young woman who floats my boat in many, many ways. Through a variety of circumstances, she has almost no experience at sex. She is a quick and avid learner. Please help me find resources for practical virgins who don't know much about their sexuality that want to figure out what works for them. Lean towards fun, open, smart. I want our discovery process to be a delightful, fun, awesome experience for her. Books, websites, video suggestions?
New Year's Eve in Vegas on a few dimes.
Where can a young couple go on New Year's Eve in Las Vegas for a nice dinner staying through midnight, while spending less than $300? We are staying at Mandalay Bay and currently have a few reservations for the restaurants there (Aureole and China Grill) but they are for earlier in the night and are pretty expensive!
marriage support forums
I'm looking for recommendations of on-line marriage support forums that share some of the features of the Usenet group alt.support.marriage in the good old days.
All's well that ends well?
Many ask.metafilter questions don't have an "end" to the story. Which questions are you most curious about how they ended?
You only need to stare at a piece of blank paper until your forehead bleeds.
I really, really want to write creatively but I hate writing creatively. WTF?
Christmas gifts for under $20 dollah
What $10-$20 item improved your lifestyle?
Lookin' for words in all the wrong places
Between my iPhone's Stanza app and the loooooong quiet days ahead of me in the office during the holiday season, I'd like to read some stuff online. Any suggestions?
How to find what I love to do for the rest of my life?
I know it's a lame question, and I am a bit old for this (over 35 now). However, I am such a sucker for the saying that "find what you love to do and you don't need to work a day in your life", I just want to keep on searching
What is the best children's music without branding & popular characters?
What is the best children's music without branding & popular characters?
I hate my job and I want out. How?
I’ve worked for the same company for fifteen years and I recently started realizing I need to get out if I’m to maintain sanity. Problem is, I have no idea where to start, I feel like I’m trapped and my skills have atrophied to the point where it seems this is the only job I could possibly get. This is a multi-part question.
Copywriting Woes
The A-B-C's of corporate collateral writing: I'm a graphic designer. How do I communicate to my client that willy-nilly editing procedures, and last minute proof-stage rewrites inevitably makes projects run to the last minute? Is there a "standard" procedure for writing/editing?
Because tranquilizer darts aren't an option.
How do I minimize a toddler's separation anxiety and preserve her mother's hurt feelings?
Blogs with the same feeling as This American Life?
I'm looking for blogs about psychology, storytelling, emotions, why people do the things they do, the human condition, or just good blogs with people's stories.
Can I learn to be a better writer?
How can I be a better writer? My value at work would increase if my ability to write formally improves. I'm an admin in the IT department and don't realy understand the technology or procedures that I have to write about. I think that part of the problem is that I am just not that great at communicating in general. I don't talk a lot, hate leaving vm's. And even writing an email can leave me frozen, constantly worrying saying the wrong thing and/or not being understood.
What Should I Do To Make My Blog Grow And Kick More Ass Even Though I Have No Free Time?
Tips on how to keep a blog's potential growing when your available time is shrinking...
Consider the lowly potato... now make it awesome.
Not necessarily my grandmother's potato salad... What are your tips, tricks and recipes for awesome potato salad?
An acceptable answer to a salary inquiry?
How do I respond to an interviewers salary questions?
Eggplant ideas needed.
What are your favorite eggplant recipes?
How do you write for your blog?
How do you write for your blog? I'm just starting out and would like to know how others approach writing and editing ...and maybe if there is a secret Bloggers Bible no one's told me about?
My contacts need a fire-proof home.
Anybody know of a worthwhile, online address book?
Farmer Brown has a Problem...
Please share your short list of best children's books ever!
"It's hard to get by just upon a smile..."
What to tell a young toddler about mean girls? (Well, mean toddlers actually.)
Is Now A Good Time To Get Locked Into A New Cellphone Plan in Canada?
Is now is a good time to get locked into a 3 year contract or should I wait to see what the (apparently forthcoming) new competition brings.
Froogal Livin'
What are your favorite links for frugal living/frugality websites?
Toddler dropping the F-bomb! How to get him to stop?
My toddler is saying, "fuck". Funny when some kid on YouTube says it, not funny when your 2 year old says it at a church during prayer! And he's not trying to say truck like a defective Elmo. He's actually picked it up...(I'm no an angel, but my wife and I try to watch our mouths) and ohmygosh please any ideas on how to make him stop?
What sucks the most is most other parents assume his mom and I swear like sailors. My theory on how he picked it up...he probably heard us or TV say the word or he was trying to say another word...we reacted to it...and now it's his favorite little show when he's angry and not getting his way.
We've tried suggesting he was trying to say another word like frog or truck...telling him to say another word that's more fun like "fooey"...and now since he gets a devlish look on his face when he says it, so we've opted for discipline.
Other parents: your kids ever done this so young? Did people look at you like the scum of the earth when he was throwing a tantrum at Target, too? lol
Good books for the infant?
Good books to read to the infant child?
Keep On Truckin'
How do I reboot myself when I feel like I'm getting nothing done at work?
What add-ons to Firefox do you find useful?
I just learned about Firefox add-ons and grease monkey scripts (I know, I know....) There are literally thousands of these things and I was wondering which ones you find useful and how you use them. Any recommendations?
Inspired vs. Prompted Writing
I can only write well when I'm inspired, and even then it's only at blog-post length. Any time I set out do something larger, my brain shuts down.