Paving and astroturfing is too expensive
The greens at Casa de Codswallop are crap. Can someone give me some yard advice? I'm a noob with lawns and it shows. One problem is that I don't really care; I just want them to be utterly...
View ArticleSave your European money, boys....
I've read a few articles that mention the collapse of the Euro. Any idea what that would look like? Could a country like France or Germany simply walk away? Could the currency survive that? What would...
View ArticleTax implications of selling on Amazon
If I sell off some of my books on Amazon, is that income I need to pay taxes on? I ask because I'll generally be selling my books at a loss - they're books I bought for myself, am done reading and want...
View ArticleFinding breadfruit in Oregon
Does anyone know where I could find breadfruit to buy between Salem and Portland, Oregon? I've wanted to try it for a long time and thought I'd get off of my butt and start seriously trying to find some.
View ArticleA book about a smart ship doing a circuit of aging colonies
Looking for a forgotten Sci Fi book - a slower-than-light and sentient ship is running a circuit of human colonized worlds. It occasionally transports one or two people in cryosleep from their world to...
View ArticleNovels where civilization is down, but not out.
Novels where some superplague kills 99% of the population are pretty common. Can anyone think of some where it's "only" 20-40% dead and civilization struggles to stay afloat with acting mayors,...
View ArticleOpium Wars and Conquistadores... of the Future!
I'm looking for future-ish fiction that casts Western Civilization as the underdog in updated (fictional) retellings of historical events. I'm thinking alone the lines of Turtledove's "Vilcabamba" or...
View ArticleThe only constant is change
Will someone tell me what's wrong with the data cited and resulting conclusion here that the last ten years have seen a cooling trend in the United States? I know the impulse will be to scream Koch...
View ArticleIndian restaurants in the Northwest
New to the Seattle area (again, it's been awhile) and dying for some good Indian food. Where do I *need* to go? I'm not afraid with venturing out of the city if there's gems to be found.
View ArticlePost-apocalyptic graduation speech
I'm trying to find an essay/short story that was about a professor in the near future addressing a very small graduating class (like 4 men and 3 women) a few years after a conflict Islam and the West...
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