Can you ID this movie?
Can you name this late 70s kids-coming-of-age movie? I was watching (I think) HBO in (I think) November-December 1978, and I saw this movie about a kid, about 10-12 years old, learning various 'facts...
View ArticleWhat is the prefered way to represent status changes over time in a...
What is the prefered way to represent status changes over time in a relational database? I've got this neato idea for a mysql-based inventory database for my work that'll be awesome once I clear this...
View ArticleWhere to find an apartment in Monterey, California?
A friend of mine is soon to start his dream job working for the metro system in Monterey, but is having trouble finding an apartment. He's tried craigslist and the various national apartment finder...
View ArticleYet another name-that-movie question
Can you name this movie? I was flipping channels in the late 90s, possibly watching HBO, when I saw a movie scene where a couple of characters, both male, I think, were in a high-rise office with a...
View ArticleLaugh? I thought I'd die!
What is the origin of the phrase, "Laugh? I thought I'd die!"? I'm under the impression that it's older than the Beau Brummels song (1964).
View ArticleWhere's Martha Quinn when you need her?
Can you ID this early 80s music video based on ridiculously few details? I saw the McDonald's goblins at this link today and it sparked vague memories of what I believe was an early 80s music video...
View ArticleWhat early to mid 70s (probably made for TV) sci-fi movie am I half-remembering?
What early to mid 70s (probably made for TV) sci-fi movie am I half-remembering? Any combination of these half-remembered details could be wrong, but I recall seeing part of what I suspect was a made...
View ArticleWhat are some mind-blowing non-alcoholic drinks/cocktails?
A friend of mine who can't drink for the near future wanted to meet up with me at a bar/restaurant (in the US) for my birthday. I'd like to help make it be totally awesome for her by suggesting amazing...
View ArticleBarbershop talc scent in the wild?
Thrice now in the last two or three weeks, a scent just like that talcum powder you might have smelled at a barbershop has come wafting in through my bedroom window-- on the top floor of my nine story...
View ArticleHow to defunkify my old heater units?
How do I kill unpleasant odors wafting off of my apartment's disused heater units? I live in a building from the 1960s that at the time had heater units in the living room/bedrooms that were...
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