@heatstroke: Thank you, I just thought "ugh why bother" when I read that reply (I'm not sure anyone will read this anymore, but alright!)

@QuinnTheEskimo: Not like a meal, no, but I think they mean temporarily. I think apples are very filling (it also depends on how large they are, of course), just not for long. They're great for little hungers between meals, the definition of a snack in other words. So yes, that was probably one of the best "tips" in…

Haha, the one that said "don't create arbitrary diet rules" was the best. I agree, just eat what you want, and if you start getting fat and/or feeling bad, then eat less and/or healthier. Obsessively following complicated "3 japanese cooking mantras"-rules will probably only drive you crazy anyway.

@PrisonBreakShaker: Magritte's not French though! *underappreciated country speaking*

Of course people in France eat badly and diet too, while some don't; and milkmaid is not a profession in Holland. I guess in general you could say there are less differences between the US and Europe than our more romanticized ideas of each other would have us believe. Or not so much "less", as "less obvious and…

@just_laze: Yes! Especially if you don't watch your health :-D

@lacyjags: I'm not entirely sure, but I think she did say she's forgiven him, and I do think it's offensive to assume she's "just saying that". We don't know her, so let's not think we know better than her, in any case. Whatever her reasons to want to drop the case are, they're hers and so they're valid.

@ohlauren: I agree with you, too. One of the things that has been bothering me most about this case is how everyone seems to assume they know how the victim feels/should act, and how this thing is being treated as such a black and white issue. As far as I know none of Polanski's supporters have said "Oh raping…

@CaptainTaxidermy: I agree, too. This has been bugging me all week; this rape has been public knowledge for years and NOW suddenly everyone has an (outraged) opinion about it? Now that R.P. IS being prosecuted it's suddenly time to start boycotting him and his friends? I hate this Hitler-of-the-week-crap. Very…

Yes, of course I will. You'd never get to like anything if you have to make sure any cultural thing you enjoy is created by people who have never done anything wrong/had an opninion you don't agree with before (even if it is an extreme one, on an important matter). I won't even boycot R.P.'s movies. (By the way, this…

@TurtleSpeak: I thought she was the creepiest thing ever. Becoming miss J at age 5 = end of childhood = horrible.

@andheartss haz it: Yes, just like all the other cycles!

Well for me it's not so much a question of "what music makes me more productive" as "what music can I enjoy while working". Sure, doing your work properly and getting things done is important, but so is enjoying things. If you can do both at the same time it boosts life quality enormously, and music while working is a…

@JanetCarol: Me too! For me it's mostly audiobooks and a few podcasts; since I've started listening to them I don't even mind housework anymore. Not even cleaning. A huge life quality boost, in other words.

When I really have to concentrate, I choose albums from my "normal" collection that aren't too danceable and don't contain too much lyrics. I don't want to be distracted but I still want to listen to music I really like, "being more productive" isn't worth changing my tastes over, I think. I'm never going to listen to…

Haha you own your wife's computer? How oldfashioned/patriarchal of you! :D

@orlo: Thanks for the tips, everyone. That site orlo linked to was exactly what I was looking for, and [www.imgir.com] looks promising. By the way, if anyone was wondering, this ([www.imgir.com]) was the picture I was talking about. A young Patricia Highsmith gone (slightly!!) wild. Nothing sexual about it unless you…

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a simple, free picture hosting site that will allow hotlinking and doesn't have a policy against naked pictures.

@MaureenJaguar: Or VLC? I had some frustrating problems with flash video in general when I first installed ubuntu, but removing and re-installing flash ended them.

I think it's weird they didn't even invite Cousin Hadley to gran's funeral, or tell her about it. How estranged can you be? (okay I know you can be estranged enough to not be invited to funerals but you'd have to have done something really terrible then. I thought Hadley was just on drugs?)