Saw a television ad several years ago with fantastic art direction depicting the stock market as a circus or similar frenzy of colorful, somewhat frightening characters. Can anyone help me track it down? [more inside]
posted by drdanger on Oct 12, 2009 - 0 answers

Please help me sleep. Please :( [more inside]
posted by isoman2kx on Jul 28, 2009 - 50 answers

I've recently taken on, what I've found to be, the most miserable and painful task ever. That is, finding a mental health provider that is covered by my insurance... (Long "please-for-the-love-of-everything-good-in-this-world-Help-me" story.) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 28, 2009 - 6 answers

Should I get a Ph.D.? [more inside]
posted by valkyryn on Nov 2, 2008 - 43 answers

Does insanity exist, outside the subjective viewpoint of a given society? [more inside]
posted by datter on Oct 2, 2008 - 50 answers

What is the deal with people who are following 800 others on Twitter and have no website linked to their account? I'm talking (apparently) private citizens here, not brands. You look at their twitter page, and it's just a photo, a name, and 800 friends. What are they trying to accomplish? Do they really read all the incoming tweets? Are they just hoping to make some random selection of people interested in them?
posted by bingo on May 23, 2008 - 17 answers

Excel for Mac - Where the hell did my comments go!!?? [more inside]
posted by fillsthepews on Mar 14, 2008 - 3 answers

My job isn't all it's cracked up to be. Do I keep at it and hope it will improve or do I take another leap? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 25, 2008 - 7 answers

There is a very loud, very bad Elvis impersonator within spitting distance from my office window. I work very hard in a high stress position at a non profit, and he is really ruining my job satisfaction. The cops won't do anything, I've tried. I don't get paid much, so I can't afford to bribe him. I have tried listening to music through headphones to drown him out but that's almost as distracting. [more inside]
posted by plague on Jan 31, 2008 - 30 answers

How do I help my brilliant - but broke - friend go to school? [more inside]
posted by laughinglikemad on Dec 27, 2007 - 23 answers

I have accepted that if I wish to preserve my reproductive organs, I will need to acquire a long coat rather quickly. but what to look out for? [more inside]
posted by krautland on Dec 3, 2006 - 25 answers

Parents, what has worked for you in getting infants to sleep for longer stretches at night? [more inside]
posted by mcstayinskool on Oct 11, 2006 - 35 answers

chicagofilter: that noise is driving me nuts. what can I do about it? [more inside]
posted by krautland on Oct 4, 2006 - 17 answers

I've lost my hair, I've lost my youth and now it's time for my hearing to follow. recommend a stereo system, please. [more inside]
posted by krautland on Sep 4, 2006 - 14 answers

A young woman suddenly starts shouting, and tearing at her clothing. Moments later, she is stark naked and dancing all over the sidewalk right in front of my house. Why? [more inside]
posted by nlindstrom on Aug 3, 2006 - 35 answers

Here's the problem: I'm fat, I'm balding, I'm in my early thirties, I'm a virgin, and I am beginning to very much need sex. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 25, 2006 - 73 answers

Explain to me the popularity of "moonbat." [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie on May 24, 2006 - 20 answers

This is the third in a series of ranting Beatles conspiracy emails I've recieved, roughly one every six months for the past year and a half. Where are they coming from? [more inside]
posted by nonemoreblack on Aug 4, 2005 - 13 answers

I just got a new laptop which I like very much, but there is one dead pixel on the right side of the screen. I'm debating if I should exchange it. It really isn't that big a deal, but it seems like one of those little things that might slowly drive me insane if I keep it. [more inside]
posted by furiousxgeorge on May 18, 2005 - 17 answers

Lords of Linux! Demigods of Debian! I beseech thee. I inadvertently apt-get installed etherconf, and it nuked my ethernet interface! [more inside]
posted by jojopizza on May 6, 2005 - 7 answers

When work is getting far too crazy for you to keep up how do you cope? I've been made the lead on a project that was pretty out of control to start with and things have just been getting worse as the project gets more and more successful. What advice do you have for handling the stress before I find myself telling my CEO exactly where he can go stick whatever nearby objects are available for sticking. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 6, 2005 - 12 answers