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opening scene of Ridicule. Simple revenge.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 5:00 PM on May 23, 2024

No white, no black.

(Yes, that is an onion on my belt, why do you ask?)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 7:06 AM on April 12, 2024

Academic journals of Egyptology

See if your local library has access to JSTOR
, which can give you a feel for what they all want
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 8:08 PM on July 13, 2023 marked best answer

addall.com. As they put it:

"Search and Compare among 100,000 online used book stores, millions of books by using our website! Buy cheap used books online is easy here.

Book search cheap used books, second hand, out of print, old books and textbooks. Search by author, title and isbn search."

Good luck
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 3:01 PM on July 8, 2023

I've turned it up from low to the max. At the higher end the effect is nasty, at the middle settings, it just exacerbates the problem of low input level.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 2:20 PM on April 19, 2023

Oh, the microphone works, all the lights on the onxy flash when called upon, and recordings can be made. It's just the input volume as shown by Audacity that is pathetic, and creates a less than optimal end product

I've done the mono button to stereo on the Onyx, and as suggested in the link, used a splitter to combine two into one, but to no good result.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 3:37 PM on April 19, 2023

Have you compared

Good point. Answer is yes, recording via Win 11 is full throated, Audacity sickly.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 4:29 PM on April 19, 2023

Audacity is recognizing the Onyx as the input device under Audio Setup?

Yes, it does. "(Line) Onyx BlackJack" is stated clearly under mic and headphones selection. (And the Line or HI-Z button on the interface is in the upright line position.)

Audacity has its own recording input level control

Indeed. Pushed that slide up to "Recording Level: 100%"
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 7:55 PM on April 19, 2023

Sorry, no, I was unclear

If, on a laptop, I record directly through the laptop's built in microphone, audacity behaves. If, however, I plug in the Rode + Mackie on the same machine, audacity does not behave.

(Normally I use a desktop, which of course has no built in microphone, so nothing good comes of that.

(AGC plug-in appears to be post recording fix. I'd prefer getting in front of the problmen)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 6:25 AM on April 20, 2023

I fear you may be right, I was hoping to avoid buying new equipment or learning learning a new DAW, but if that's what it takes, that's what it takes. I'll see what I can do with Reaper and work from there.

Many thanks to all who took the time to consider this problem, very much appreciated
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 6:56 AM on April 20, 2023

Erasmus wrote against war.

(Aaand- I missed the above. Disregard)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 4:53 PM on February 23, 2023

Some of Jay Cronley's stuff might fit your bill. Charles Willeford, perhaps.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 7:57 PM on January 30, 2023

Sadly, weirdly, it is not in All Mail.

But!

If you search for any of the terms in the email do any results populate?

This worked. Many thanks to all, but especially Phunniemee
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 7:14 AM on January 12, 2023

Talk to Swann Gallery.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 6:32 AM on January 5, 2023

There is an argument that Gatsby's joint was really in Connecticut. Judge for yourself.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 4:47 PM on October 20, 2022

Google Stolen Art Database.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 7:35 PM on September 26, 2022 marked best answer

Well, if you can get access to MhZ, you might enjoy Tatort Weimar. Also less funny but good, Tatort: Streets of Berlin

A little background on Tatort in general.

Professor T, possibly.

And finally, Crime Scene Cleaner, labelled as German comedy, which is true, but it's so much more. (Inside joke- our hero's ring tone is the theme from Tatort.) Highly recommended, if perhaps not quite your remit (There is a British… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 1:18 PM on September 4, 2022

(Trailer for Crime Scene Cleaner. For a taste.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 1:27 PM on September 4, 2022

You know what, just sign on to Mhz and poke around.

I would recommend France: Agatha Christie's Criminal Games. The Art of Crime, Blood of the Vine

Italy: Murders at BarLume (uneven in later episodes, but otherwise real good), Love and Bullets (silly, but funny); Nero Wolfe (I want some of those cars.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 2:15 PM on September 4, 2022

Google "How to spot imitation" or "How to spot fake" and let autofill spark your imagination. (antiques, Rolex watches, ancient coins, Louis Vuitton, Pokemon)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 6:30 AM on August 28, 2022

Well done you! Many thanks, greatly appreciated
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 3:00 PM on August 6, 2022

I'm hearing much the same on the RE20's addressing this issue. And again, thanks to all. (And to anyone who has anything to add.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 7:05 PM on May 20, 2022

Swann Gallery
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 4:49 AM on March 7, 2022

If you want start down the rabbit hole, wikipedia has separate lists for fascism in Europe, South America, North America, Asia, and Africa.

Golden Dawn is worth a look. Given current events in Ukraine, there should be more interest in Svoboda.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 6:25 AM on February 20, 2022

Check out Martha Mier and her several books

(For Superstition, various mini lessons exist)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 8:13 AM on February 1, 2022

Addall.com gathers offerings from the world over
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 3:00 PM on January 24, 2022

More entertainment that useful, but check out

American speaks Latin to Italians in Rome

American speaks Latin to Italians in Pompeii

American speaks Latin at the Vatican with Priests

First Latin Lesson with Italian Speakers

Bonus feature:

Can TV be dubbed into Latin? THE GREAT EXPERIMENT
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 2:09 PM on January 12, 2022

Charles Portis turns up frequently on the novelist list, but is True Grit really all that obscure?

Evan S. Connell could qualify, I prefer his non-fiction to his fiction. Joseph Mitchell? Always fun.

Periodically someone will write up an appreciation of some obscure writer, regretting that their genius is unfairly ignored. (Politics frequently inspire the choice of subject.) On closer examination, the reasons the author in question has faded… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 10:21 AM on December 4, 2021

Curried chicken salad with apples and raisins

Alternatively, chicken, walnuts, and grapes.

Or fiddle the two different ones to one's taste.

I already have recipes for Greek salad and panzanella

Please advise.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 9:55 AM on June 25, 2021

Said feather in use
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 11:10 AM on June 20, 2021 marked best answer

Joe Keenan:
Blue Heaven
Putting on the Ritz
Mu Lucky Star
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 4:06 PM on May 26, 2021

When Italy was struggling to battle Covid last year I had the passing thought of "I wonder how Elena and Lila are faring right now".

Well put, and the gold standard of what I had in mind, if ne'er so well expressed. (Which is not downgrade other answers. I'm interested and intrigued that I am unfamiliar with many of these, so that's a bonus. For me at any rate.) Anyone?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 2:51 PM on May 19, 2021

If someone did not know your book existed and went into a bookstore hoping that it did, how would they describe what they wanted to the clerk?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 9:13 AM on May 16, 2021

I’m kind of wondering what prompted the question.

Dinner table conversation. A discussion of the the Jane Austen addiction started us off (masterful pacing, Ms Austen). My wife likes Nancy Mitford, E.F. Benson, and Trollope considerably. Meeting up with old friends for the first two, and the mysterious way that the jokes are familiar but always work, even when you know they are coming. As to the latter, his facing of reality (as opposed to the… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 3:17 PM on May 10, 2021

But The Razor's Edge, man. Total desert island book for me.

Fun Fact. Bill Murray thought (thinks?) so highly of it that he would only do Ghostbusters II if the studio agreed to back his version of Razor's Edge as well. Reviews were unkind. No matter. It carries special fondness on my part because when it was showing in Manhattan's Paris Theater, I was the only person in the audience.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 3:24 PM on May 10, 2021

it's a totally reasonable question, but the answer depends on so many complex variables of personal taste that nobody can really answer it for you.

Fair enough. I suppose what I was looking for was the illustrators equivalent of Writer Beware.

As far as I can tell, the illustrator agencies have a stable of artists on stand-by whose style might fit a publisher's already commissioned book project. As opposed to lit agencies,… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 3:01 PM on March 30, 2021

Much food for thought, good advice, and many thanks to all, all your efforts are greatly appreciated.

(And in case my lit. agent is looking - this isn't about you, I'm asking for someone else who draws like a dream. Which ain't me.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 7:21 PM on March 31, 2021

Business courses, esp. accounting.

After college (assuming college), start a business. One where he has to convince a bank that he's worth backing and in which he will have to sign the front of checks. The business will likely fail, but he will have learned real stuff (impact of regulations, taxes, customer relations, long days, sleepless nights, societal corruption), and ideally have given people jobs (in itself a fine accomplishment).

Once… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 6:04 AM on March 29, 2021

Check out Booth Tarkington.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 2:43 PM on March 16, 2021

"men will literally learn everything about ancient Rome instead of going to therapy"

Don't know about therapy, but I can tell you that books about WW2 and the US Civil War outpace books on ancient Rome by a long shot.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 12:56 PM on January 13, 2021

Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World recently out, said to be good.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 3:10 PM on January 12, 2021

By George, I do believe you've got it!

Since my source is Spanish, I can see how they downgraded the number from eight to seven.

My thanks to lost_lettuce, by contrast, are over a thousand.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 9:14 AM on November 21, 2019

Pierre Frei may be your guy.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 10:58 AM on August 25, 2019

His cousin's name is Charcoal. Or Charbon, if you're feeling Gallic.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 12:21 PM on July 18, 2019

Serious model ship building. By which I mean wood, not plastic.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 12:27 PM on July 1, 2019

ideally I'll keep this car at least 2 more years.

For general info on what you have on hand, and if you haven't already, you might want to check out Edmunds or Kelley Blue Book. Chief variables are mileage and condition. Regular scheduled maintenance always a plus. Good place to check out for your next vehicle.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 12:12 PM on May 19, 2019

The Spanish Prisoner comes to mind. Mind you, there are plot holes. Picnic at Hanging Rock, perhaps.

Though I may be misunderstanding your criteria.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 4:19 PM on April 3, 2019

The music itself is Debussy's Golliwog's Cakewalk, originally a piano thing, nicely done on guitar by Tommy Emanuel
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 1:56 PM on March 27, 2019 marked best answer

Or cut to the chase - google Chaucer quotes and Christopher Marlowe quotes.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 6:12 AM on March 2, 2019

Crazy Horse, of course. He had his reasons.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by BWA at 10:08 AM on February 24, 2019