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  1. I'll second the crepe stand--especially the 'Princess' crepe. But really, RenFaire is about meat--on bone & stick. Steak, sausage, pork chop, and bacon are all served on 'stakes' here. And you can find roughly-thematic fried fare like scotch eggs and fried pickles. But don't go there expecting any delicacies hidden away. This is a dusty place of crowds and day drinking where adults purchase swords they do not know how to use. Faire can be a lot of fun with the right friend group, but we generally approach food there only as a snack to hold us over.
  2. I agree with you that Gilbert Gottfried's is the best version, but I feel it's also worth mentioning Bob Saget's version in "The Aristocrats". Not everyone knows he works blue--a lot of folks are used to him from "Full House" and "America's Funniest Home Videos." It's quite the different Bob in that movie.
  3. Maybe next Friday (the 17th), to make sure people have time to plan? Rotating areas also sounds good. I would tend to think all areas should be somewhat Metro-accessible, though.
  4. Is there any reason that they couldn't be resurrected as a tradition?
  5. First, thank you. I appreciate you saying that. I think that subforums are usually ignored because, on many boards, they're initially created to filter a given subject matter into its own area, but the topic ends up being too specific to generate content of comparable volume to the main board. Then, when people continually see "last posts" from several days back, it ends up being a place visitors check less often, and it becomes a self-perpetuating ghost town scenario. I also apologize if I am muddying the waters by misusing sub & co-forum terminology. I feel that with the indexes being listed on the main page for those forums which possess them (e.g. Shopping and Cooking & the Shopping and Cooking Index), it wouldn't crowd too much to place something like General Advice directly below that. That way, there's the forum itself for testimonials & reviews, and subforums for the index and the help needed/general advice, while avoiding the "help needed" look specifically.
  6. It seems that right now, it's broken into two elements: 1.) An index of professionals, categorized by region & then service provided. 2.) One post per service on the main board, consisting of recommendations, most with 0 or 1 reply (also endorsements). This is ordered only by date of post. I agree completely that any attempt to marry either of those with a flood of general inquiry would result in a lot of useful information being lost in the sauce (so to speak), but perhaps there's room for a subforum along the lines of "Seeking Assistance". Posts there could be relegated to those looking for advice, especially where the precise type of contact may not even be known. For example, while everyone knows that a toothache usually means a visit to the dentist, someone may have a complex structural issue with a building, and need a starting point for troubleshooting and recommendations. Just my 2 copper.
  7. I have to say, the general goal there seems to be getting closure, paring away useless things, and preparing oneself to meet new challenges. I like that a lot better than the "resolution" concept that seems so popular in the US.
  8. Was there for dinner the other night, and had a good experience. I had the caesar salad as a starter; the dressing had a pleasant bite, and the garlic chips and white anchovy were there in just the right amounts as accents. As a main, I had the sautéed atlantic hake, which was perfectly cooked; at that point where the fish is firm, yet flakes apart easily with the light touch of a fork.
  9. Inox

    snOde

    o/~ We didn't start the fire... o/~ Sorry, couldn't resist. I'll add another haiku: Melting icicle Like the Sword of Damocles Best not to look up
  10. Inox

    snOde

    Another blizzard. Since we can't drive anywhere, Might as well get plowed
  11. You need a friend or account that gives you ssh access to a remote server. They need to have not blocked that box's IP. Then, use something like Tunnelier (http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier) that has an internal proxy server. You can forward any connections to the proxy over the ssh connection and they won't see what you're doing. Of course, you have to configure each program to use the proxy. That's also the basic answer; you also need to account for things like changing Firefox's network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to 'true' to avoid leaking DNS queries. You can also do this stuff without a program like Tunnelier, but it's more complicated...and I didn't even really go into how to do it the easy way. Basically, if your company is implementing things like Bluecoats, it's time to look for an organization that places a little more trust in its employees, and/or manages to results.
  12. Thank you, Kriste, for organizing the event; it was a wonderful introduction to Corduroy, and I will definitely be returning.
  13. One thing I've noticed is that they tend to make things spicier than most other Thai restaurants I've been to. Their 'medium' is more akin to the 'hot' at most places, and their 'American' and 'Thai' (hot) are genuinely fiery, with the latter being as hot as anything I've encountered that wasn't a novelty dish. You know, the "finish this taco and get a t-shirt" kind. I'd heard that there also used to be an unofficial 'Marshal hot', named for a guy from AOL who used to visit there regularly, but I was also advised not to request it.
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