In the film version of Where the Wild Things Are, (spoiler alert!) who are Bob and Terry supposed to be? [more inside]
posted by ladypants on Nov 14, 2009 - 20 answers

What else can I visit in the last 2 days of my Bay-area visit? [more inside]
posted by yellowbkpk on Oct 25, 2009 - 12 answers

Say that Citizen Kane really wanted to find Rosebud - who would he call? Is there a kind of specific person who tracks down these personal lost things? [more inside]
posted by rileyray3000 on Oct 14, 2009 - 3 answers

How to tactfully break things off with a woman I just started dating? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 12, 2009 - 45 answers

My 14 year old stepson is bored in New York. What should he do? How about Montreal? [more inside]
posted by musofire on Jul 10, 2009 - 36 answers

I love taking risk-taking. I am bold, tenacious, speak my mind and if you've met me you would know that I get a certain thrill out of it. Increasingly, I am finding myself wanting for ways to channel my love of risk into the energy I need to get things done. Please help me do this. [more inside]
posted by parmanparman on Apr 9, 2009 - 5 answers

Less than six months before moving internationally - how do I manage all my stuff? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Nov 8, 2008 - 15 answers

Things to do in San Jose! And how to get there... [more inside]
posted by ClanvidHorse on Sep 12, 2008 - 21 answers

How do you get away without going away? [more inside]
posted by Arch1 on Aug 24, 2008 - 26 answers

I am a purger. How do I stop throwing away so many things and start collecting? [more inside]
posted by wastelands on Jul 27, 2008 - 12 answers

I seem to have a very particular social skills deficit. Can you suggest software that might serve as a kind of brain prosthetic for me? [more inside]
posted by Naberius on Apr 28, 2008 - 14 answers

Where can I get these metal things to hang a sign on a pole? Picture included! [more inside]
posted by austinlee on Oct 13, 2007 - 5 answers

What are the minimal possessions with which the average person could reasonably live? [more inside]
posted by hypervenom on Oct 1, 2007 - 39 answers

[Inane and impossible to answer dating question filter] Why don't boys call? [more inside]
posted by whoaali on Sep 29, 2007 - 71 answers

Help me find fun stuff to do in Dallas this week. [more inside]
posted by drstein on Jul 23, 2007 - 11 answers

An empty field. Nothing for miles and miles and miles. And a gun. I shoot the gun. The bullet blasts out of the barrel and doesn't stop until....well, that's my question. Few more details inside. [more inside]
posted by ryecatcher on Jun 10, 2007 - 19 answers

80sTVShow/FantasyFilter: Sword and Sorcery. At the end of each episode (?), the image would freeze and covert to a painting of said image. That's all I remember. I was 7 or 8 at the time so this would make it around 1985 or so. So. Yeah. That's all you get. Go to it, Mefites. [more inside]
posted by ryecatcher on May 7, 2007 - 14 answers

I hate dogs. Help me deal so I don't lose my jobs. [more inside]
posted by skjønn on May 3, 2007 - 105 answers

What nerd-associated things am I missing from this list of unspoken visual gag/gripes found in the newish White and Nerdy Weird Al video? Or is there an in-depth list of these already? [more inside]
posted by vanoakenfold on Dec 7, 2006 - 10 answers

So I have a friend flying in to Salt Lake City to visit on the weekend of December 8-10, getting in Friday morning and leaving Sunday night. What is there to do around town that weekend that's really awesome?
posted by freddymungo on Nov 13, 2006 - 4 answers

I am in the search of finding free and or cheap things to do in the LA area (Santa Monica, Venice, Culver City, Marina Del Rey Etc)...any ideas? Just something you have found that you really enjoy...
posted by matthelm on Nov 6, 2006 - 12 answers

If I stare at something and "zone out," after a while a little switch in by brain flips and I suddenly feel as if I am seeing that something for the first time, as someone with a very limited knowledge of that thing. Is that weird? Has anyone else experienced this before? [more inside]
posted by yellowbkpk on Jul 11, 2006 - 17 answers

China Filter: Ok, on the way to see the Great Wall at Badaling I was in a car with a woman who spoke very little English. We passed by this deserted amusement park looking castle thing. There was part of it that looked to still be under construction but the whole thing looked as though it was mostly forgotten about. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and, if so, what the heck it is?
posted by josher71 on Jul 8, 2006 - 9 answers

Um.. now that I have 20 pounds of crawfish, what do I do with them? [more inside]
posted by Ugh on Jul 1, 2006 - 23 answers

i need things to do during the day, at work, on the computer or that look like work. [more inside]
posted by annoyance on May 10, 2006 - 20 answers

Inside, a question about nocturnal activities which will be best answered by Londoners, night-owls and lateral thinkers. [more inside]
posted by skylar on Aug 23, 2005 - 15 answers

Having recently finished Getting Things Done (and after following 43 Folders for some time), I'm inspired to organize my life. I've gathered supplies and plan to organize my physical life this weekend. My on-line life (based on a Mac) needs help, though. How do you stay organized on your Mac? Do you use iCal? (It still seems so buggy to me.) What e-mail program do you use? Is Microsoft's Entourage all that? I know about Quicksilver, but can you recommend other little apps to keep my digital life organized and worry free? (Tips on physical GTD organization are welcome, too.)
posted by jdroth on May 20, 2005 - 26 answers

I bought a small (20x30 cm) canvas (cotton on a wooden frame, pre-whitened) to paint on yesterday and it came with 8 pieces of plastic, each about 1 cm across, 4 or 5 cm long, with one end square and the other at 45 degrees. What are they for? [more inside]
posted by andrew cooke on Mar 4, 2005 - 3 answers