Killer kitty
Our cat, who in the previous 6 years has not brought home any animals, has brought home 3 dead rats. Ew! What's up with that? Why now? Should we put a bell on him? Is he fighting off a rat infestation?...
View ArticleGet rid of rats, leave the cat
What's the bets method for getting rid of rats in a house that has a cat and small kids? Obviously snap traps are out of the question, as ius posion and probably glue, but are tunnel like electrical...
View ArticleAn ill wind
Are there any mythological creatures or figures in Russian folklore that are particularly associated with storms, wind or bad weather? Are there any particular stories that expand on what Wikipedia has...
View ArticleWhile Rome burns
What tunes would the roman emperor Nero have been likely to have played on his fiddle?
View ArticleA is for Android
What are some good educational Android apps for a 5 year old? Particularly ones involving reading or number skills.
View ArticleBest games for Leappad?
My 5 (near 6) year old daughter is in love with her Leap Frog Leapad, which she got for Easter. She especially loves the photo features and pet that comes with it, as well as a Tinkerbell book and Dora...
View ArticleJocks, Nerds and Rebels (tm)
To what extent do American Highschools resemble the stereotypical American Highschool seen in just about every movie and TV show ever, withever present competition for social status, rigidly defined...
View ArticleEww-lbow
So... over the course of the day my elbow has gone weird looking - it's red and swollen and sort of squooshy feeling. The skin feels warm to the touch and it is tender. Doctor Google tells me it's...
View ArticleBaby on a bus situation
So it looks like I might need to start taking the baby on the bus to her daycare, which is downtown. I say baby… she's pretty much a toddler now, being just under one and a half, and pretty squirmy...
View ArticleScream Metafilter Scream!
What are the actual good, worthwhile, non-ironic, non-self-referential horror films of the last ten years?
View ArticleChromebook questions
Would the Chromebook be right for me as a writing device? I'm looking to replace my old netbook I use for writing with something more swish and it looks to fit the bill, however I'm not a Google Docs...
View ArticleElevator question
When an interviewer asks an interviewee for a programming job to design an object-orientated elevator control system, what are they looking for in a good answer?
View ArticleIs this stuff in my suitcase toxic?
A sheet of plastic on the inside of an old suitcase I'm using has crumbled into this brittle mess, which I've been scooping out of with my hands. It smells like warm plastic or crayons, but really...
View ArticleSpooky guides to Seattle?
I'm looking for recommendations for unusual guidebooks to Seattle and the surrounding area, with a particular emphasis on ghost stories, the supernatural, the strange in general and the just plain odd....
View ArticleZap! Pow! Wizards grow up!
So I've been reading Harry Potter to the kiddo (7) at nighttime for a while and she's loving it. I'm enjoying it too to the point where I don't really want spoilers on anything. However as things get...
View ArticleGamer teen to coder
A friends teenage (16) son is considering skipping university and instead training themselves to be a programmer, with a particular interest in making games. Assuming he's starting from scratch what...
View ArticleBest Science Fiction of the last year
I've gotten out of the loop on recent Science Fiction writing. What are the best science fiction short stories and novels published within the last year?
View ArticleInconceivable!
Why wife strongly recalls having seen an edition of The Princess Bride where all the interruptions from the reader are in red, and the introduction matches the movie with a Peter Faulk type character...
View ArticleBoardgames for a group of 10 year olds
Looking for suggestions for board games for our 10 year old to play with her friends. Preferably something easy to pick up but with a fair degree of depth, and she's also interested in something with a...
View ArticleSpending time at Disneyland Vs Universal Studios
Our family of four is going to California in less than two weeks. Our mission is basically to see Disneyland and Harry Potter World/Universal Studios. We have 2 little girls, one in Kindergarten and...
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