What does Daniel Plainview tell Eli in There Will Be Blood? [more inside]
posted by jakubsnm on Jul 25, 2009 - 11 answers

Never did the "let's be friends" talk, which is what it's shaping up to be. What can i expect from the talk and everything hereafter? [more inside]
posted by eskers on Apr 7, 2009 - 15 answers

An Obscure 1972 Tune "Virginia hold on" [more inside]
posted by bob4analog on Feb 12, 2009 - 11 answers

Help me make better choices, food-wise. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 28, 2008 - 38 answers

Help me make a They Might Be Giants mixtape. [more inside]
posted by sisquoc15 on Mar 3, 2008 - 25 answers

I went to school near Pittsburgh and now live in Ohio. Both at school and here in Columbus, I notice people leaving off "to be" in sentences. This needs fixed, that neads cleaned, those need washed. What's the deal here? [more inside]
posted by lohmannn on Feb 21, 2008 - 45 answers

He was killed; he got (himself) killed. It was sold; it got sold (possibly out from under me). What sort of semantic difference does using forms of "get" versus "be" in passive constructions convey? [more inside]
posted by kenko on Sep 8, 2006 - 12 answers

I need help from a Chicago cop to arrest my Dad for a DUI... [more inside]
posted by phredhead on Nov 14, 2005 - 68 answers

I've been listening to an audiobook of Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, and the descriptions of being a riverboat pilot got me to wondering: has anybody ever released a riverboat/steamship simulator video game?
posted by PinkStainlessTail on Oct 23, 2005 - 15 answers

They Might Be Giants Music For a Nine Year-Old--Disk Suggestions, Please.
posted by ParisParamus on Sep 28, 2005 - 29 answers

In one year I will leave old Europe for a sunny side of this planet : indian ocean or french polynesia, It leaves me enough time to learn some new skill(s) in the IT field, Do you have any idea ? what will be the next wave ? ( beside taking english course ... ) [more inside]
posted by luis huiton on Jun 24, 2005 - 8 answers