I found a very few at http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0312/gallery.saddam.captured/frameset.exclude.html but you're right, it's about impossible to find anything larger. keep looking under "saddam" and see if anyone... maybe dogpile... has it.

I think you really should be careful, because whatever shape wool dries in, that's how it stays. You lay them flat to keep them from stretching all to hell and back on a hanger, and because they're a natural fiber, they react to heat like cotton and silk. I'd just wash them the night before you need them and lay them flat to dry like you should--or not wash them so often so you aren't caught sweaterless.

Well, you have to say it in Gacktglish, such as "I needyo fiya, fiya, FIYA, to keemi wa, I got to fEEEEE da fiya!"
Once you have completed this incantation, Picture Gackt in the Taka-no Yuri Beauty Clinic commerical and you will soon feel extremely hot.
Good luck! ~koshii

I miss kris tiiiinnnn a...

It seems like she's formed an emotional attachment to you guys, much like a little parasite forms a physical attachment to its host. In her case, you have something she wants, such as fun, attention, good looks, possessions etc. If you confront her, she will be submissive and agree with everything you say, then come right back for more. She's not going to leave you alone unless you all band together and drive her out with much insulting and tears, or she finds a new person to latch onto. Or you could move away. It's really not a good situation all around.

You sound pretty certain that she really did start this rumor, so I won't question you on that judgment. You seem to have a pretty solid idea of what and why she started lies about you, but the question lies herein: Did she want to have the gossip come back where you can hear it, or was she trying to incense someone else to become upset with you?
I wouldn't accuse her of anything to her face, because that's exactly what she wants. Sidle up to her with a cute little smile and bring it up, such as "hey, did you hear that ____? Isn't that weird?" and smile as preciously as you can. Watch her reaction carefully. If it doesn't look like it's getting anywhere, break out the big guns, as literally as you like. Please remember that semi-automatics are legal but fully autos are not without a permit, which generally does not slow the acquisition process much. I'd try eBay for all your mafia-esque UZI supplies.

No, you are a compulsive liar with an ego problem. Egos are okay, because they keep you from feeling depressed. However, when they become inflated, LIKE YOUR TEXT, THEY GET ANNOYING TO BE AROUND AND PEOPLE START TO BELIEVE YOU'RE A LIAR. It's not uber cool to be frolicking around with boys anyway. They are a waste of your time, trust me. Concentrate on math--for example, it takes only 3/16ths of an inch to keep you from sounding like an idiot--the distance between the caps lock and the A keys.

Thank you for reading my column--I've read advice columns for years and always thought of lovely sardonic answers I would have given, but it's that old scenario where someone yells at you and you find yourself speechless... then think up the PERFECT retort hours later. So THERE! ... sucks.
Aha, but THIS way I can ponder as long as I like and respond to the prompt without having to be... well, prompt.
Sorry about the pun. They've been attacking me lately. It's the exam stress.

As to your fan question, it's simple physics, really. Fans, as you of course are aware, pull the air from the center of the room to the walls, suck it into the blades, then propel it downward again to the center of the room. This is why they feel so damn good when you're right in front of them. You are also aware that the earth's currents and weather patterns are created by wind, which is caused by the heat of the sun and rising and falling pressure. I hope you're having a white Yule, because here it's 46 degrees and brown. This is all due to wind.

Now, the wind created by the sun would quickly die out if it weren't for fans of every shape and size, from those little touristy handheld ones to Japanese geisha fans to ceiling fans to window fans. In large cities the wind tends to slam down between tall buildings precisely because of the concentration of window fans in every apartment complex. Those fans are sucking the wind toward them and making weather. This is all well and good, and there is wind.

Now conversely, if the fans turned in the opposite direction, that is to say anticlockwise, the fans would not be pushing air out the front, would they? They would be SUCKING air into the front and expelling it out the back, but only if the blades were reversed. Fanblades are tilted to make them pull in air. If you spun them in the opposite direction, air would be pulled in the front and then dispelled in all directions from the sides, back and front--drastically cutting down the speed and efficiency of the fan. In short, it would be like trying to spin a bunch of lumpy boxes. No go.

Let's theorize that every fan in the world were spun backwards, with the blades as they are. The sun goes on shining and creating baby wind on the ocean, and it attempts to travel to land, but when it reaches the coastal cities in Mexico and France, the fans there suck it in and then shoot it in all directions. The power of the wind is churned into complete turmoil.
One of two things will happen here. The wind will be confused and pull or push itself away from the coast, creating a little weather-rich blob over the sea (thus a hurricane) or it will churn more and more over these coastal cities, making a chaotic storm spawning thousands of malicious little tornados. Destruction ensues. Little fishing villages die, the fish market collapses; Japan, who is rather dependant on sea foods, falls to the hand of the storms; the rest of the world, who is rather dependant on electronics, computers, Playstation games, little cars, sushi and anime, also falls to the horror of Japan-deprivation and their own storm centers.

As you can see, it is very imperative that fans turn clockwise. Of course, if the blades were also reversed, the fan would just blow UPWARD and make you very annoyed at having a cool ceiling and a hot room. But I am certain you will now have a thorough understanding of why fans must, I repeat, MUST continue to turn in the direction they do. The weather of the world depends on it!

Have a very jolly weekend!
~Koshii

Just say what's on your mind. Look around and think about things to get ideas. Don't worry about what people think of you because somewhere out there, someone agrees.

If your morality comes from your honest thought "What actions will best serve my purpose, and the purpose of others around me, in this situation?", then you are going to be moral without the fear of being smited by lightning or pits of hell.
If your choice to do "right" comes from the unbelieveably juvenile thought of "I have to be good, or else mommy will spank me", then it's just sad. Unfortunately most people need to be punished before they learn what to (and not to) do. Most people can't think in an abstract manner, and wonder "is this right for the people around me? Will I make a good impact or a bad one? Will this help me grow as a person or soul?". Most people are still of the four year old mentality.
Sad but true. People as a species are pretty stupid, like cows.
To work with this, the book religions (christianity, judaism, etc) have told people, "You be good or daddy will spank you!" and it is fear of the spanking that keeps them in line--like training a dog not to piddle on the carpet or else it gets whacked with a newspaper.
Pathetic, isn't it?

Because you hate her. It's a vicious cycle, like flaming a column-reader back and forth. One leads to the other. Someone's got to stop. And remember, god is eternal, and you're just going to keep living crap lives until you give in.

Melanin.

Ahh yes, Idol love! Don't necessarily be ashamed of this. I don't like simple plan, but I know what it's like to be obsessive over an idol. Who doesn't? (shameless promotion: check out the Japanese band Dir en Grey sometime. You'll be glad you did.) Have fun with your obsession--find other people who are obsessed too and spend your hormonal rage squealing about these random hotties. But don't forget about your life at the same time. There's almost no chance you'll ever see or talk to these people, so don't get so wrapped up that you forget to function. Just make it fun. Everyone has to have an obsession.

Familiarity breeds comfort, and a byproduct of comfort is love. Don't confuse friendly love with lusty crush-love. If you do indeed lustily crushlove him, I would put down money that he loves you too (boys do not hang around with someone they dislike just to be "polite". that's a girl thing). People at that age, boys especially, are still trying to figure out what it means to be independant and what it means to be male--thus the druggie friends. Is he doing drugs as well? I myself had many, many druggie friends throughout high school but am not a user whatsoever--I just happened to enjoy their company. Perhaps they're just more laid back, openminded, silly, fun people that he enjoys spending time with. Find out more about his friends and don't let your prejudices block a relationship that may be useful.

You should be a columnist here... You're really good at answering your own questions. That's so zen.

Unfortunately, friends grow apart. People don't stick to the people they should, and she's making an example of that. You're still trying to be a decent person but it looks like she's not interested in being decent. It's a sucky fact of life but friends aren't what they used to be. The longer you live, the longer you will realize that friends are transitory. Don't kill your emotions over her. There will be more friends.

Yes he likes you.
Yes you absolutely must stay in school and stop thinking about boys until you get your education.
If you can't do that, don't get married until you're in college.
stay in school!

The Metric compaign would be absolutely easy. Just follow these simple steps.

.001. Develop a source of media power, such as a television station or late-night radio program. Run typical programs, but whenever a unit is mentioned, say it in metric. People will be confused at first, but eventually they will consider it a quirk of your station.

.010. Once you have an established set of viewers or participants, begin to build an emotional connection beyond simple patronization. find out what kind of politics, beliefs and lifestyles they have, and cater to that so they become loyal. In this loyalty they may begin to echo quirks of your station, such as speaking in metric.

.100. These loyalists will become the forerunners of your nationwide domination force. Give them positions of power, such as cab drivers, politicians, CEOs of Starbucks and McDonalds, and Grocery store managers. Their influence will spread when they convert their businesses, like their homes, to metric.

1.00. The fun part: begin distributing anti-standard unit propaganda. TV programs, radio ads, t-shirts, commercials; spread fear and distaste associated with inches and yards. Point out that the metric users are the advent children of a new, clean, beautiful milennium, and the standard-users are dragging their heels in the muck of savagery. Once enough stigma is built up by the powerful forces of the nation, all but the most steadfast standard users will crumble before the face of this new system (much like apple in the face of the god Microsoft).

1.10. There will be a few dissenters. There always have been... the good news is, this is America, so you can leave them alone in the name of diversity, or you can have your special agents remove their atrocities from the pristine new nation you have birthed.

Good Luck on your project, and may the force be with you.

You know what, you obsessive-compulsive punctuator??? I didn't take your chocolate!!!! In THIS country, Mao, we are innocent until proven guilty!!! Take your imperialist regimes overseas!!!!

The only part you got right is that it's not anorexia.
Did you know a ton is 2000 lbs? Do you know 2000 lbs worth of people who think puking for fun and profit is a good idea?
Dude, I don't. The majority is not always right, but they often have a point. I think all that needs to be said has been, by the nice folk down there who also commented.
You know, there used to be a little religious group who had an affinity for doom and koolaid, who told people, It's not bad, a ton of people are doing it. But some people freaked out. Then everyone in the cult killed themselves.
Does history repeat itself or what?

People have been coming to me for advice so long, I might as well do this all in one spot. I watch a lot of unfathomable Japanese TV and drink a lot of coffee. I'm a freshly-hatched Illustration major, formerly trapped & dying in the American South, now busily teaching phrases to all of Nagoya Japan. I'm always on the lookout for more video games and sushi.
I have lots of interesting pets. Wanna see my beetle?

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