I have savings and, soon, no work. I want to do something interesting, write about it, and publish - ideally to kick-start a writing career. How should I go about these 3 things? [more inside]
posted by jeatsy on Sep 8, 2009 - 14 answers

What's it like volunteering in Senegal with Projects Abroad? [more inside]
posted by levijk on Jun 10, 2009 - 3 answers

Please recommend durable jeans that would fit a 6' 2" male that weighs around 190 pounds with most of the junk being in the trunk. [more inside]
posted by Brian Puccio on Jun 4, 2009 - 16 answers

I am at a crossroads in my life... I am a mid-20 something teacher at a high needs district. The stress is getting to me after only a couple of years. Help me decide whether or not to take a gap year. [more inside]
posted by karyotypical on May 20, 2009 - 9 answers

help me decide on a country for my gap year! [more inside]
posted by freddymetz on Jan 18, 2009 - 6 answers

What do I do about the rats living in my roof? Without leaving decomposing rat corpses above my ceiling? [more inside]
posted by Netzapper on Jan 13, 2009 - 16 answers

How does child bearing and rearing affect the salary gap between men and women? [more inside]
posted by dbarefoot on Nov 23, 2008 - 12 answers

Can the early-1990s Gap commercial featuring Max Blagg and his poem "What Fits" be found online? YouTube and Google Video searches return nothing.
posted by Guy Smiley on Jun 12, 2008 - 0 answers

Anyone good with GAP? I've defined a largish permutation group and would like to make a tally of elements by cycle type - how many of each cycle type occurs in the group. Possible? Trivial? Use something else instead? Oh, and where's the right place to ask GAP questions?
posted by Wolfdog on Mar 9, 2008 - 1 answer

Of course it's unethical/immoral for companies like Gap to use factories that use child labor, but do they have a legal obligation under American law?
posted by metacort on Nov 1, 2007 - 13 answers

Is there a scientific name for the information gap between an event and the traces that we have of this event? [more inside]
posted by bru on Oct 1, 2007 - 18 answers

I bought two pairs of GAP "Favorite Chinos" on vacation in the US a few months ago, and I've come to realize that they really are my favorite chinos. I need more. Unfortunately I'm in Australia so I can't just pop 'round to a shop, and I can't seem to find them anywhere online. Can anyone verify that they're discontinued, or advise on where I can order some? [more inside]
posted by web-goddess on Jul 31, 2007 - 15 answers

Selvage denim: care and feeding [more inside]
posted by heeeraldo on May 6, 2007 - 9 answers

So my girlfriend has a bit of a thing for those 'worker' jeans they have at Gap. I'm quite happy for my jeans to be blue, personally, but apparently the rolled-in-mud look is what she likes, and I guess I should have at least one pair of jeans that she can stand. My question is: where might I get something like them without breaking the bank? [more inside]
posted by reklaw on Jan 16, 2007 - 19 answers

I have a double sliding glass door in my bedroom that leads on to an enclosed porch. These doors are slightly bowed outward away from each other, which leaves a gap about the thickness of my finger in the middle. In Beijing, in December, with prepaid utilities and heating that's barely adequate to begin with, that's not a good thing for my wallet, conscience, or bodily comfort. So how can I McGuyver this gap shut? [more inside]
posted by saysthis on Dec 11, 2006 - 17 answers

Asking for my wife... There's a Gap TV ad running in the U.S. this month, featuring a "Daddy-O" song. Any one know the artist and actual song title? Sorry I don't have more info.
posted by markmillard on Mar 24, 2006 - 10 answers

Scent filter: My favorite scent of all time has been discontinued! I was a huge fan of the Heaven line from the Gap. It appears to have been discontinued. What other scents - particularly in a lotion - should I try? For reference, the Gap described Heaven as "simple bouquet of pure white blossoms."
posted by fancypants on Feb 26, 2006 - 11 answers

I'm a high school senior trying to plan the next few years of my life. I'll definitely take a year off before college, but everything else is still up in the air. [more inside]
posted by jbb7 on Jan 14, 2006 - 30 answers

Seamless tracks in iTunes? [more inside]
posted by tommyc on Nov 10, 2005 - 11 answers

Crap in a gap: how can I clean out a 6" wide and ~100' long space between two buildings? [more inside]
posted by fandango_matt on Jul 9, 2005 - 29 answers