What, in your opinion, is the neatest animal?

If you can't decide on only one, go ahead and list as many as you feel are necessary to mention. Images and wikipedia links are highly encouraged.

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...Ever have one?

My work buddy john got a unsigned note left in his locker last night, much discussion ensued!

Edit: have you ever been the secret admirer?

Should I eat jimmy johns, chipotle, get publix chinese food, or save money and eat my leftover chili that I really wasn't crazy about?

And what should I get from the place that you choose? What do you usually get at JJ's, Chipotle, or a Chinese place?

Will you help me with a friend's chem make-up homework that we can't find help with and there are no textbooks?

Explain how pentan-2-one could be distinguished from petan-3-one using 13C n.m.r spectroscopy.

This is a follow up to an earlier question I've posted.

1. American TQCers, have you ever been to Mexico, Canada or the Caribbean? If so which ones have you been to?

I think it would be easier for an American to go these places than to go overseas and I am curious to see how many have actually gone.

2. Non-American TQCers, where are you from and what's the farthest you've traveled for a holiday?

Where can I go to find out what big concerts are coming to LA? I haven't found a good way to see yet without going to every single venue. The ticket places I've checked don't seem to be comprehensive :(

So, for a class at my college I have to make a 5 minute video and our prompt is just "A Process".

I had an idea but as I started to develop it, it was clear it was shit.

TQC, I need help. Inspire me?

What do you think of when you hear the phrase, "a process"?
What interesting processes do you go through/have you gone through?
It could be anything from "how to make a sock" to "the process of coming out".

Halp?

Do you have any high school/college guidance counselor horror stories? Or just stories about your guidance counselors in general that are interesting?

If you have a SO, what are you giving them for Christmas? (if you celebrate obv.)

http://www.fantasuite.com/room_themes.asp?LocationId=1

Which room would you choose to stay in?

Considering that tattoos are pretty much commonplace now, do you think there will come a day when visible tattoos in the workplace and the like will no longer be taboo?

If you have tattoos on parts of your body that are normally exposed, will you show us?

if you have last.fm, will you post your profile url and our compatibility? also, reply to other people's comments and do the same thing bro.

first person to find a 'SUPER' wins the internetz.

http://www.last.fm/user/caffeinemurder

Will you show me a picture of you smizing?

Are there any legit paid survey sites out there?

i've been fired from my job. this is the third job i've been fired from. my boss told me i wasn't doing well mentally or physically. i've had 5 jobs and this is the 3rd one i've been let go from. i don't know what 2 do. my mom passed and i think i need some counseling again i can't get anything together. has anyone been through something like this? how do i find my way in this world? my depression has taken over my life.

I’m planning a trip to Wisconsin. About four years ago, someone in thequestionclub posted about a spaceship suite, but now I can’t find it anywhere. It was this cheap motel where the bed was a spaceship and the hot tub was some kind of meteor or crater or something. There were other themed rooms as well. In the birthday suite, the bed was a giant cake with candles. I’m pretty sure it was near an airport in Milwaukee. Does anyone remember this or know what I’m talking about?

Why do people feel the need to yell on their cellphones when they're in a library?

hi TQC, I am writing my grad app essay (fourth draft). I guess this can kind of be construed as a homework question, buttt

If the question asks why I'm interested in the subject and what my plans are in the field, how much time should I spend talking about the curriculum/experience at the academic institution itself? IDK, I want to answer the question, but I feel like to not discuss the fact that you're actually applying for a degree program and not a job.... is weird.

& for those of you who don't care, what is one strange belief that you have?

Are you more likely to spend more or less time looking at an attractive person in public if they are listening to a portable mp3 player of some variety?

Someone is visiting me for Thanksgiving, or at least keeps referring to it as an event that's actually happening. Yet, to my knowledge, this person hasn't yet gotten airline tickets. Is this visit actually happening, or should I not bet on it?

If you told someone they were attractive / beautiful / handsome and they said, "I don't believe you," how would you react?

Is it me, or does everyone have holiday shopping on the brain today?

Well, to add fuel to the fire - we wanted to send my mother in law to a spa for a gift. But she lives in the DC area and everything there is super expensive (I know, I just looked). So I figured I might put together a package of spa type things that she could do at home.

What would you like to have for a home spa? Do you have any recipes for homemade treatments and the like? Or is this just not a good idea and I should look for something else?

Do you think giving gift cards is tacky or lazy?

I wish I could break everyone of the notion that they are, because I'd rather get a gift card to somewhere I shop (hey, it shows you pay attention to that much at least) rather than some little useless nick-nack.

Or should I not look a gift horse in the mouth? I sound like an ungrateful bastard here, don't I?

What song is stuck in your head right now?

July 28, 2008, to April 25, 2011
Goals completed: 23 (0 this week)
Goals in progress, week 68: 3

Goals in progress these weeks
49. Bake 33 times (9/33)
- Made some meringues for a get-together with some of my friends from dancing on Thursday and muffins for some other friends today.

60. Practice at home once a week during dancing-season (12/17 weeks)
- My dance classes were cancelled this week, so I've practiced a bit just to remember everything :)


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What should I get my boyfriend's grandparents for Christmas?

They're in their late sixties, love Labradors, and have tons of shit already. I'm also at their house about four nights a week.

Should I just get their three Labradors Snuggies?

Also, am I required to send my boyfriend's parents a gift? They live in Nevada (we're in California) and I've only met the dad twice and the mom once.

Do you have any tips for getting along with a coworker that you seem to disagree with a lot?

Situation: I am 22 and the girl is 17. She thinks that because she has worked at this particular store for longer than me it makes me her subordinate. Part of the problem is that my manager (her friend) makes it a habit of telling her one thing and telling me another. At this point I just do as I am told by my manager, I think if she wants something done differently she will tell me directly.

Today I forgot to put a debit receipt into the till and the girl but my head off over it. A week ago a processed a transaction incorrectly (we have about 30 different types of transactions, we don't use them all often) it was an easy fix, however she chewed me out over it. Things like this happen all the time. My manager is currently on vacation so there's not much I can do involving her until next week. Everything is an emergency with her, she never listens to anything I say, she treats me like I'm a child.

I know as the adult here I should be able to just let it all go, but this has been happening since May and I'm sick of it.

What do I do here?

What is your favorite type of buffalo wing sauce?

How do you deal with unrequited love?

What are some good gift ideas for an SO's parents? A sibling's girlfriend (~20 years old)? Assume you don't know either too well. None of the above drink.

Who do you have to buy for this year?

I have a few shirts that have been stained for a while and nothing I have tried yet has worked. I'm interested in maybe using color safe bleach and borax to help the wash and see if I can still save my shirts. I have a few questions though since I've never used either.

Can I soak my colored shirts in the color safe bleach? If I can how long? Should I put them in a bucket and soak the whole shirt or only dump some bleach on the effected areas? Is Borax only used by adding it in the wash or are there other ways to use it?


[For those who don't know/don't care]

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to tell all of TQC about either your short term goals or long term goals. Have you been progressing with said goals or are you a lazy bastard?

This "tape" will self destruct in 5 minutes. How do you dispose of it?

Are you surprised to hear that Jada Pinkett Smith is the singer for a Nu Metal band?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfx4VJIw2dM

Diggable at:
http://digg.com/politics/NH_Open_carry_rifle_demonstrators_join_420_protest

I belong to the Y and I always pass by the workout classes in the gym but I never go in and do them, mostly because I can't commit to a regular time with my crazy schedule. I was watching the step class and thinking it doesn't look that dumb compared to other classes.

Poll #1485863 exercising in the beyond
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32

What class looks dumbest to people watching?

Which class is the most fun to do, regardless of how dumb it looks?

1.) How did you get over the death of a parent?

2.) Did you see Inglourious Basterds? Did you like it?

unedited for general dumb-ness (on my part)

12. WANTED: Roommate by February
Posted by: [redacted]
Date: Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:16 pm ((PST))


My husband has decided his friends are more important than his family, and is moving out come tax time to move in with a friend in a two-bedroom apartment to support his friend instead of his kids, leaving me alone with the kids to try to make ends meet on my own. We'll have enough income to keep gas and electric on, but no more. Would like someone who can come up with $500 a month for rent, and help with utilities. I do have a comfortable bedroom in the garage my husband has been using as his "mancave." It used to be an office, converted to a bedroom when we moved in. God Bless, whoever can do this.
non-smoking, pets-cats. Non-smoking since my husband will not be here.

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Er. A) His "friend" sounds like more than a friend. B) For $500/month you can get a whole apartment to yourself around here. C) WTF.

People are always posting disturbing stuff on this mailing list. It appears to substitute for psychological help.

Hey TQC, I am going to the grocery store and the farmer's market. I have $20 to spend. What should I get?

Restrictions: I'm a vegetarian, and I don't eat frozen food.

Edit: I just got back guys! I got mushrooms, brussel sprouts, bok choy, pomegranates, zucchini, wine and soy sauce. CAN YOU BELIEVE I ONLY SPENT $8?

have you ever been arrested? what for? how long? any interesting jail stories?

i'm bored here.

Does anyone have bipolar and adhd? what kind of combination of pills do you take? what has your experience been with other medication that you may have taken? its driving me INSANE that my doc can't seem to get the right combo..grrr

I was watching a couple of BBC panel shows berating about how most Americans do not travel overseas. Nor do most Americans have any desire to travel outside of their borders. Which lead me to a theory. I think it's not that most Americans have no desire to travel overseas, if you were to give us an all paid vacation to Paris or Berlin, I think most Americans would go in a heart beat.

No, what I think is happening is that most Americans would rather use their money to buy technology while most Europeans would rather use their money for travel. For example, give a Brit a thousand pounds and he is more likely to use it to go on holiday to Paris, Amsterdam or the like. Give a thousand dollars to an American and he is more likely to run off to the Apple store to buy the latest Ipod or touchscreen laptop.

I'm not saying that Europeans don't like their tech because they do. What I am saying is they are not crazy for it like Americans are. We have different priorities with our money.

What do you think?

If someone were to give you a thousand dollars/pounds/Euros/whatever, would you spend it on travel or tech? And more, importantly, what country are you from, so that we can see if the theory pans out.

EDIT: Forget a thousand dollars. Make it five grand or whatever. The point being, you only have two choices, tech or travel. You can't spend the money on anything else. No future house, past bills or what not.

How much tech (cell phones, Ipods, digital cameras, gaming consoles, what not) do you have?

Are you a licensed driver? If you aren't, why not?

Did you pass your road test on the first try, or did it take a couple of times? If you had to take it more than once, what part of the test did you fail?

I'm taking my road test for the second time on Wednesday afternoon. I failed about a month ago because I hit a cone while attempting to parallel park.

What's the one thing (or even several things) you would do if you were guaranteed 100% success/absolutely no possibility of failure?

srs and non-srs answers, go!

I'm starting a new training regime tomorrow to get fit for the Royal Marines. This is quite easily the biggest athletic thing I've ever undertaken (information: http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/royalmarines/training-tool.html). What's the biggest physical thing you've attempted/achieved in your life?

For those of you who signed up for NaNoWriMo, how's it going so far!? Do you think you'll make it? How's your story turning out?

• 15:51 Stuck @ the office, so I had to follow the magnificent massacre online. But it still feels awesome. Go Stanford!!! #

Posted via my Twitter account.

Where do you buy good quality, nice looking jeans? Favorite brands?

When you left home, did you feel/react how you thought you would?
I didn't really think i'd get that homesick moving away for uni. My mum's just left after a visit and i'd do almost anything to be going home with them. Even though I love it here.

I recently "inherited" a community that has been overun with spam to the tune of 25,000+ entries. I'd like to delete them all.

Deleting these one at a time is an exercise in futility. I've tried using "LJ-Sec" but I'm either doing something wrong or it's getting clogged.

Any other bright ideas/clients out there? TIA!

In progress: 37
Finished: 39

Progress this week
2. Watch 100 movies (55/100) Watched Made of Honor and How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days.

3. Watch all episodes of Grey's Anatomy (25/111) Watched 1 episode.

5. Watch all episodes of Alias (78/105) Watched 4 episodes.

15. Get slimmer thighs through exercising I'm doing exercises whenever I do sit-ups now.

21. Do 80 sit-ups at least 4 times a week for a month, ten times (5/10) Second round done.

49. Bake 15 cakes (8/15) Made meringues and chocolate muffins this week.

87. Be with friends once every month (17/30) I've been with friends 4 nights this week.

101. Track my progress on LiveJournal twice a month (17/30) Second update done.

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TQC, I got a Kindle. What books/authors would you suggest for me?

Current authors/books/series I have on it:

JK Rowling (Harry Potter)
Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse)
Jeffery Deaver (Rhymes series)
Jeff Lindsey (Dexter)
Kay Hooper (Various)
Julie Garwood (don't judge me!)
Tolkien (LOTR + others)
Terry Pratchett (Discworld + Good Omens)
George RR Martin (Song of Ice and Fire series)
Laurell K Hamilton (Anita Blake)

I have a few other various kinds, classics and such.

I'll read just about anything, but I like Fantasy first, then Mystery/Murder/Horror. I dabble in cheesy romance novels from time to time also.

what laptop brand is best?

do you prefer laptops or desktops?