I want to know if it'd be a good idea for me to move to Chicago. I'm going to be spending a day or two there this weekend. I know there are plenty of AskMe questions by tourists wanting to know how to enjoy their brief stay there. My question is different: where should I go / what should I do to help myself decide if a more-or-less permanent move to Chicago would be a good idea for me?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jejune at 7:07 PM on August 7, 2008 (18 comments)

I have: fair credit ( reported between 650 - 720 ). a student loan and an auto finance loan of no more than $30,000 in combination. ~$9000 in credit card debt spread between 2 cards. What is a good way to pay off my high interest credit cards? I am looking at options like small loans, debt consolidation, possibly even balance transfer to a new card (although I hear that hurts your credit score?). Any good sites that can help me budget or somehow help me get out of paying like $150+ in finance charges every month?
posted to Ask Metafilter by judge.mentok.the.mindtaker at 7:08 PM on July 27, 2008 (16 comments)

I'm looking for unabashedly happy, feel good music. Do you have any favorites to recommend?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dpx.mfx at 6:17 PM on July 16, 2008 (122 comments)

Writing a script about a military coup in the near future. Any suggestions for reading/viewing material?
posted to Ask Metafilter by PostIronyIsNotaMyth at 1:48 PM on February 27, 2008 (17 comments)

The Cougar Ace [previously] became an instant Internet meme when she nearly capsized while shifting ballast near Adak, Alaska. Not enough told is the story of righting her, which required incredible bravery and, sadly, the loss of one human life.
posted to MetaFilter by pjern at 1:00 AM on February 27, 2008 (20 comments)

Help me settle a debate on the ethics of catnip.
posted to Ask Metafilter by hermitosis at 4:28 PM on January 31, 2008 (47 comments)

Wharram Percy [1996 vintage Web] was a Yorkshire Wolds village that survived for more than a millennium before being suddenly depopulated. Was it plague, Viking raids or William the Conqueror's Harrying of the North that drove the people from the land? No, it seems it was the sheep. The main link provides an overview of some of the findings about the village and medieval English peasant life [BBC radio programme] emerging from the decades of archaeological research into Wharram Percy.
posted to MetaFilter by Abiezer at 11:15 AM on January 22, 2008 (16 comments)

Anthony Bourdain, chef, writer, and TV traveler, writes about his experience in Beirut and his escape to the USS Nashville. Via. Previously.
posted to MetaFilter by lackutrol at 12:33 PM on July 28, 2006 (32 comments)

A recent recording of a slow and maybe a little creepy song I wrote a couple of years ago. I'm responsible for all vocals and instruments minus the bass, which was recorded by my Scottish buddy Riadsala.
posted to MeFi Music by edlundart at 5:52 PM on June 30, 2006 (16 comments)

Cowgirl campfire song, lead-in to a solo CD I did in February. Thanks to Eideteker for the file conversion.
posted to MeFi Music by Miko at 7:23 PM on July 6, 2006 (15 comments)

I stayed up way too late recording this song the night before my daughter's fifth birthday party last year. When all her friends came over for the party, we had them all sing the chorus part and then each of them got to sing the lead part solo. Then we feverishly burned a bunch of discs and each kid got a CD of their performance in their loot bag. Neighbourhood moms are still coming up to me and singing this, which I'm intitially flattered about but then notice the look on their faces which says that they've heard it over and over and over and over...
posted to MeFi Music by chococat at 8:57 PM on July 4, 2006 (15 comments)

"In the dark she fakes another little death, and says she thinks that it'd be better if he left. With ashes floating on her breath, she lights another cigarette." Down-tempo alt-country with a cello. From Pocket Novel Mystery's "Eight Days in the Life of Grace."
posted to MeFi Music by saulgoodman at 9:39 AM on July 4, 2006 (14 comments)

A remake of the same song by Dead or Alive, only much better! Disclaimer: I was the producer of the album this is off of, not a performer. (MI)
posted to MeFi Music by edgeways at 7:36 PM on July 5, 2006 (29 comments)

is my favorite song from my band's (The Scarring Party) first release. It's a sepia-toned song about the apocalypes
posted to MeFi Music by drezdn at 11:35 AM on June 30, 2006 (17 comments)

This is a song by The Forget about a fireworks factory blowing up and killing a bunch of people. Not that we're into that sort of thing.
posted to MeFi Music by dhammond at 10:37 PM on July 4, 2006 (2 comments)

Balkan-tinged surf-rock ode to Gavril Princip from Cesare Gorgeous & The Strange Attractors. That's me (Cesare) on, um, everything. Previously in the same ilk: A Theory of Everything. More to come.
posted to MeFi Music by unSane at 7:03 AM on July 5, 2006 (8 comments)

Another song (featuring spinning from DJ Sku) from The Wild Farewell by The Harvey Girls, as posted earlier in Projects. It is too damn hot to be outside.
posted to MeFi Music by melissa may at 8:49 PM on June 30, 2006 (11 comments)

Upbeat acoustic indie folk rock blues! Most of my songs are about drinking.
posted to MeFi Music by armoured-ant at 12:29 AM on June 30, 2006 (15 comments)

it's a song about dirt and also bags
posted to MeFi Music by frenetic at 8:13 PM on June 29, 2006 (21 comments)

"ironic electro-pop"
posted to MeFi Music by frenetic at 8:17 PM on June 29, 2006 (28 comments)

"I don't think Madonna is going to care if quonsar wants to dress you up in his love, all over, all over..." - mathowie
posted to MeFi Music by quonsar at 12:27 AM on July 1, 2006 (9 comments)