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What do I write, and give to him the last day of a friendly brake up?

zulonline — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:42:44 -0800

What do I write, and give to him the last day of a friendly break up? We've agreed that the best thing for both of us is that I move out of his place after a year and a half, (as I can't bear any more the situation of loving someone who does not love me).

I will move out while he is away of the country travelling for work, so when he gets back my room will be empty. For the times we've shared, and the care and support he’s showed for me on several occasions, I would like to leave in my bed room a little something, and a short letter.

Any of you imaginative/ writers out there, could give me some advice what to Buy? Also, what to write? (English is not my first language and it’s difficult for me to write something special, touching and well written to him for this occasion and the circumstances).

Get out and do something, you punk kid!

pcameron — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:00:51 -0800

My 17-year-old little brother needs something enriching to do this summer. Any suggestions? He is a very smart, straight-A kid (he just represented Haiti at the UN Model Conference for high school students in NYC, and debated in favour of a position paper he wrote in front of 3000 people in the General Assembly hall). He used to think of himself as the dumb kid compared to me and his older sister, but my parents sent him to a new school this year and he is suddenly excelling beyond our wildest hopes.

However some of his friends from his old school are not, shall we say, high achievers and are pressuring him to get a crappy retail job and spend the summer drinking in the park with them. As his older brother, I think it's my responsibility to encourage him to pursue something a bit more enriching than that. But I need some intruiging ideas to throw at him to get him thinking of the possibilities.

Anyone have some suggestions or leads? Examples I'm looking at would be volunteering somewhere out of the city, French lessons in Quebec City, camp counselling, a summer educational program, treeplanting... Personal anecdotes are extremely welcome.

ps we live in downtown Toronto, and our family budget is average middle-class meaning we can spring for something not too extravagant

Laptop Audio Hum

monsta coty scott — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:27:02 -0800

I use my laptop in conjunction with midi controllers as a live instrument. When running off the battery it sounds great through the PA system, but when I plug in the AC adapter I get a very loud humming sound. Is there any way to get rid of this? I usually just run the laptop off the battery and hope it lasts through band practice, but lately the battery life has been shorter and I would like to run it off AC power. Is this hum simply a grounding problem? If so, how could I go about wiring the laptop and the PA to a common ground?