vocab-filter: Is there a vocabulary word or term to describe a service or an act of generosity that is ceased by its maintainers because a small, select group broke the rules ? [more inside]
posted by fizzix at at 1:33 PM - 23 answers

Imagine you are a suspicious foreigner in another country... [more inside]
posted by thesailor at at 9:07 AM - 24 answers

Does anyone recognise this font and can tell me what it is? Posting for my mum - she has asked the publishers of the book in question but apparently they did not know!
posted by nunoidia at at 6:49 AM - 3 answers

How do I go back to taking my fiction writing seriously after a brief, unhappy attempt to define myself by something else? [more inside]
posted by thesmallmachine at at 10:15 PM - 11 answers

"The poet writes the history of his own body". Did Thoreau use this sentence, and if he did, where exactly? [more inside]
posted by The Toad at at 5:26 AM - 5 answers

Looking for Moleskine notebook accessories. [more inside]
posted by bamassippi at at 12:21 PM - 9 answers

What are great, memorable examples of where a hyphen can completely change the meaning of a phrase or sentence? [more inside]
posted by Blackwatch at at 8:16 AM - 30 answers

I'm looking for a quote and its source. Two hours of Google has gotten me nowhere. The quote is something like, "Russia is always a potential friend [or ally] hiding behind a potential enemy." It's not Churchill's "enigma" quote. Many thanks.
posted by bryon at at 9:19 PM - 2 answers

What are your experiences learning French with Rosetta Stone? Did supplementing learning with regular usage help you think the language as well as speak it? [more inside]
posted by nj_subgenius at at 1:58 PM - 7 answers

I'm trying to construct a digital worksheet that will walk someone through an outlining and drafting process for creating a report. Basically, the user should be able to answer the questions I put forward (either in a textfield, list, or textarea) and what would come out is an outline for a technical paper, grant proposal, etc. Is there software or features of software to support this? Microsoft Office or exportable formats are preferable. [more inside]
posted by miasma at at 1:20 PM - 2 answers

SFShortStoryFilter: Looking for a short(ish) story I must have read in one of the more popular SF anthologies about a human race of nigh-immortals spread out through several verses. [more inside]
posted by tigrrrlily at at 11:44 AM - 6 answers

I'm trying to locate three books from my childhood (mid-80's) about UFOs, monsters and ghosts. [more inside]
posted by DakotaPaul at at 5:04 PM - 10 answers

In need of a poem or other suggestions for a rehearsal dinner speech-- [more inside]
posted by greta simone at at 7:52 AM - 7 answers

How can every man be his own Daniel Plainview, or at the very least write like he speaks? [more inside]
posted by seansbrain at at 5:54 AM - 13 answers

Unique and beautiful poems/quotes/lyrics regarding seeds and or wildflowers. [more inside]
posted by anonymous at at 6:28 PM - 19 answers

Name-my-research-project-filter: Looking for a clever word or play on words that somehow evokes the idea of a friendly conversation between two people or a group. Sort of like "dialectic", but more cooperative and constructive. My brain is burnt out... vocabulary virtuosos, please hope me!
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at at 2:42 PM - 24 answers

Looking for books about the Cold War for French high school students. More below. [more inside]
posted by jackmcc at at 4:00 PM - 3 answers

Is there any kind of critical consensus about the claim made by Henry Binder and Hershel Parker in the 1980s that previous editions of Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage were prepared with cuts demanded mostly by the original publisher and that the edition most people have read is thus much less darkly ironic than it should be, and that Binder's new presentation is a more accurate representation of Crane's original intent?
posted by mediareport at at 3:24 PM - 2 answers

Travel writing recommendations that compare with the work of Kevin Rushby? [more inside]
posted by cinemafiend at at 1:04 PM - 6 answers

Can you help me remember the name of a book I read 15 years ago which had a character repeatedly using the catchphrase "What the fuck, it's only a buck" when wasting money? [more inside]
posted by arniec at at 9:51 AM - 3 answers