Posts by Stacie

My husband has held on to a part-time gig at Best Buy for years because of the employee discount (employee price = 5% over Best Buy's cost). He doesn't really like working there, but finds it worthwhile between the discount and his...

I like my job. I work with good, dedicated people (for the most part), feel like I'm contributing to society, and find my work intellectually stimulating (sometimes too much so). But I'm paid pathetically considering my levels of...

Neil, There might be something here that will help you: Demco.com Try "Magazine Protection" under "Library Supplies."

Dennis, I'm not a string player (I'm a clarinetist), but my husband's a bass player, and he just bought a new bass this summer. He bought a Chinese-made instrument made by Samuel Shen. I don't know anything about their violins, but...

I have a 3-year-old black lab mix. He sheds a lot, and drools in the presence of food, but I wouldn't trade him for anything, as he is possibly the sweetest dog on the planet. As for the chewing, we had a few problems when he was a...

A female friend of mine has met a lot of guys through internet dating services (mostly match.com and salon.com personals). She's had mixed luck. She did seriously date one of the guys she met -- even lived with him for a year or so --...

Quote: It all depends what your aims are. Someone who wants to work as a camera operator or gaffer or lighting technician probably doesn't need or want to be force-fed a doctrine on how to interpret film. He would want...

We had a Rainbow demonstration a while ago. The way they got us to book it was pretty deceptive: let us have 30 minutes of your time to demonstrate "our product" (no mention of what it was), and choose a "thank-you gift." I said yes to...

I said: Quote: It's extremely difficult to generalize about what is and is not a fair use. Ryan responded: Quote: See, the lawyers and RIAA backers (not accusing you of being either! ) love to trot...

A few words on fair use: The problem with deciding that something qualifies as fair use by analogy is that the courts must determine what is and isn't a fair use on a case-by-case basis. It's extremely difficult to generalize about...