I've been officially vegetarian for more than five years and haven't eaten sandwich meat for more than ten years, and I just had a soy bologna sandwich for the first time. It tasted so close to the real thing that it sort of squicked me out.

Silly question: how do I send an envelope with postage prepaid? Do I just go to the post office and say "here, I don't want to mail this, but here's what will be in this envelope eventually, so could you print out a label for it ( Read more... )

What contemporary songs do you know that centrally involve mythology, fairy tales, folklore, or poetry?

I've always been interested in narrative songs, and in mythology and the like, but it never occurred to me to really examine the overlap.

This post is inspired by ( one of my new favorite songs. )

What in the world do girls do with their keys during graduation ceremonies? Dresses don't have pockets. One never sees pictures of girls in caps and gowns holding bags. Yet... I'm not going to see my parents before the ceremony. So where do my keys go?

I'm a picky (vegetarian) eater and I hate it. One of my goals for when I graduate, when I'll be cooking for myself instead of enjoying the laze of meal plan, is to introduce new (healthy) things into my diet. By now it's more of a mental wall than any actual taste/texture preferences ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, I came across a web site that would produce custom 1" pinback buttons for $1 apiece. Now I want it and I can't find it. Help!

(I want to order about 10 buttons and most places have a minimum of 50+.)

How do I start searching for grad schools? Unlike when I was applying for undergrad, I'm not set on a particular geographical area, so the pool seems so big that I don't know where to begin.

How do you fit an elephant on the subway?

( The answer. )

The cranes are going well.

I've been itching to write, but I can't figure out what to write about. What would you like to read about?

No, not three hundred sixty-five. One thousand ( Read more... )