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Bob Dylan, John Williams, and Simone Biles are well-known GOATs. Donald Knuth and John McPhee are less well-known GOATs. Who are some other lesser-known GOATs?
posted by Lemkin at 6:15 AM - 45 answers

I have two minor but annoying issues with my current Smart TV. I have been generally coping with them, but I'm curious if anyone has any advice for an easy fix I hadn't considered. [more inside]
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:26 AM - 7 answers

What value should my daughter use when knitting a temperature blanket -- the day's high or the day's average temperature? [more inside]
posted by wenestvedt at 6:53 PM - 9 answers

I need a lot of small bricks/blocks for an art/craft project, but I'm having trouble finding exactly what I need in a reasonable price range. I can find cheap or the right size or bulk, but haven't been able to find a decent combination of the three. Imagine I want to build a castle for G.I. Joe action figures, and don't care about the material or looks. That'd be about the ballpark. [more inside]
posted by JustAnotherPerson at 7:30 AM - 12 answers

I cannot google this because I keep getting hits about hot glue/glue guns. If I use glue from a glue stick and stick two pieces of tissue paper together and then iron the tissue paper, will the glue melt and thin/spread? [more inside]
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 3:41 PM - 23 answers

What is this noise that comes from my neighbor's garage 24/7?
posted by SageTrail at 3:44 PM - 16 answers

For the first time, my nose got red after drinking alcohol. Neat! Why? Before blindly linking to the wikipedia page for alcohol flush reaction, please read on. [more inside]
posted by phunniemee at 4:31 PM - 22 answers

I am considering a post about Lentrohamsanin's timeless, haunting winter classic song, "Jingle Rock Bell." Is it too early in the holiday season to make a FPP about it -- should I wait until this weekend to loose the mighty earworm on the world?
posted by wenestvedt at 1:12 PM - 9 answers

Why do I always need to use the bathroom as soon as I’m in bed? [more inside]
posted by ficbot at 2:18 PM - 15 answers

What book/reading material would you give a senior in high school who you are unsure of their interests? [more inside]
posted by turtlefu at 1:27 PM - 13 answers

The recent story about Tesla turning "Foundation Series" Cybertrucks into normal Cybertrucks and cutting the price reminds me of a story I read as a kid, where Lionel released a girl's train set in the 1950s, which flopped for various reasons, and Lionel bought unsold trains back and repainted them. What are other examples of companies getting stuck with merchandise, and instead of simply discounting it or destroying it like the E.T. video game, they modified it after the fact to increase its appeal?
posted by Seeking Direction at 9:49 AM - 16 answers

I've had a rough few months and, because of this, plan to spend the 21st reflecting and doing activities with a solstice theme. It may just be me and the cat or a couple of people may drop in. Looking for ideas of crafts, activities, rituals, music, other listening, food. I'd also like suggestions of where online others will be marking the day so that I can watch or listen to celebrations. [more inside]
posted by paduasoy at 1:49 AM - 13 answers

This is for some speculative fiction worldbuilding. I'm looking for something like an estuary but with a different specific example. The same sense of something where two (or more) different elements mix and mingle. Could be ecological, chemical, really from any field. I'm wanting this for the name of a somewhat chaotic, emergent social field of people encouraging forbidden exchanges between alien cultures, so something like a faction of criminals/scientists/artists so something that has illicit but relatively benign vibes would fit best.
posted by overglow at 12:23 AM - 32 answers

Santa always brings my son Christmas books. Since Santa brings the books, they're basically books for next year. The thing is, I feel like he's kind of over books that are too about Christmas. So maybe I'm looking for books that aren't necessarily all about Christmas but are set at Christmas and have some general feel-good tone. He is 7.5, in Grade 2, and reads well above grade level. [more inside]
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 7:48 PM - 20 answers

I'd like to take some time over the holidays and come up with a set of goals for next year. And then create a plan for achieving these goals. Is there a template, a process I can follow?
posted by aeighty at 9:16 AM - 12 answers

The question, in a nutshell, is can you help me find some form fitting women's t-shirts to make my feelings clear? [more inside]
posted by A Terrible Llama at 4:01 PM - 23 answers

I am trying to strip and re-season some cast iron pans. What I have acquired is this product that I bought at Home Depot, which markets itself as 100% lye. Is it safe to use for my purposes? [more inside]
posted by kensington314 at 12:55 PM - 8 answers

For the first time, I have a team of people working for me that I'd like to send a holiday gift to. They are middle-aged men, spread across the country. I don't want to set too high of a bar in year 1, so I'd like to find something I can send to all of them (ie, nothing individualized). Budget is $50-$100 pp. [more inside]
posted by Sparky Buttons at 2:08 PM - 24 answers

I have been asked to build a small collection of medical books. Help? [more inside]
posted by MonkeyToes at 8:55 AM - 6 answers

Shower gels and shampoos appear to have jellified. Can I revert this? [more inside]
posted by sailoreagle at 1:31 PM - 2 answers