The wife and I are going to Austin for the first time over Halloween weekend. Besides going to the game, where are the "must go" places to eat and drink? Not necessarily the touristy places but places that have great bbq or tex-mex and fun bars. We will have a rental car so the surrounding areas are fine as well. I want to go to Round Rock Donuts for sure. Where else?
Can someone in HR or who does any official hiring drop me a PM? I would really like an honest opinion about my resume. I've been sending them out all over the place but aren't even getting interviews. It has to be my shitty resume. I am admittedly HORRIBLE at writing them. I'm generally uncreative and all that jazz. I just need a firm opinion along the lines of "That blows." or "It's marginally decent." but I will gladly take specific pointers if you are so inclined to help an ambitious woman pull herself out of this rut. Due to the absolute shitstorm of spam/scams that I have gotten from repeatedly sending out said resume, I will only send you mine if you are an established board member. Parameters to be determined on a case-by-case basis. Thanks in advance!
This is a random question, but does anyone know when Google added the ability for you to search a particular site using the "site:" syntax?
I can not get a connection via WiFi on my laptop. When I open up that internet connection manager thing all it tells me is "not connected, firewalled". I have no idea what that means. But it was working yesterday and now it isn't. I don't know what happened. The saving grace is my phone. I'm not typing this from my phone, I'm actually tethering my laptop from my Droid. That connection works perfectly fine. Why the WiFi doesn't is beyond me. I would love to hear any suggestions. Even if it's a guess you just pulled out of your ass; a guess is better than what I have to go on now. I'm sort of confident one of you will be able to figure it out. I know it's not just me, because it's happened to other people searching the internet for a solution too, which there are none of. If you help me there is a prize involved. I will mail you a very sturdy blow up doll. Slightly used, like new. She's a great listener. Thank You in advance. This shit is so frustrating.
Can anyone tell me what the afghani scarves, wraps, assorted headwear are actually called? Offensive Halloween costumers demand it!
For men or for women? A scarf is called a pashmina, provided it's worn by a woman. A full-body covering (which is traditionally black) is called a burka. It is also referred to has "hijab," which is the distinction the Koran makes as to how women should dress. The burka is the actual garment, the woman is said to be dressing hijab (I think. I'll stand corrected if any Muslim would like to clarify that.) As for the men, I assume you already know what turbans are. These are called a 'dish dash,' and having one that is red and white checkered indicates that you are a member of the royal family (or a direct descendant of the prophet Mohamed, I can't remember which.)
Dcc covered a few. Perhaps you were thinking of a keffiyah, which is both a great mask in sandstorms and usually a pretty good way to tell if someone's a hipster douche?
Not an expert other than having seen The Hijabi Monologues, but my understanding is the hijab is just the head-covering and/or the general modest style of dress. For example, you could see a woman wearing jeans and a t-shirt but also sporting a (possibly colorful) hijab. Random google image of what I mean, with a black hijab: Spoiler Edit: Although I guess the original question asked about Afghan women, who seem to be the group who most often wear a full on burqa, meaning a full-body covering along with the hijab and a face-veil. At least according to Wikipedia.
I was never around in the days of the old board, so can someone tell me why RMMB and TMMB seem to be used interchangeably, and what they mean?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but initially it was the Tucker Max Message Board. Then he created the Rudius Media LLC, his umbrella corporation that basically had all of the other content/blogs/etc under it, and it changed into the RMMB, or the Rudius Media Message Board.
Hijab is just the headscarf. It wraps around the frame of your face, leaving your hair covered and your face exposed. Chador is the veil that leaves the face exposed, but covers the rest of the body. Niqab is the veil that covers the hair and face, but not the eyes. This is the one that people tend to think of when they think of the burqa, but really it is two separate pieces that form a full-body veiling. Burqa is the veil that covers EVERYTHING, face, body, eyes. There is a little screen so that the wearer can see out, but you can't see in. For men, keffiyeh is the scarf that covers the hair and face to protect from sand. And as someone said before, to make it easier to spot hipster douchebags. From experience, wearing a niqab or a burqa is really not fun on Halloween because it makes it next to impossible to easily ingest your drinks. Disclaimer: My knowledge is all from Persian sources, but they share a lot of culture with Afghanis, so it should be close to correct.
As a bit of trivia, the loop worn at the top of a Kuffiyah was originally used to bind the feet of camels so they couldn't walk away. True story!
Also, the kaffiyeh is pretty damn useful in the cold. In the desert or at high elevations at night it can keep your head surprisingly warm when you wrap it up correctly.
Alright, TiB, I think that you have a lot of collective knowledge on this topic (I post here under a different username), so I'm hoping I can be provided with more resources and advice than I will ever need. I am the manager of a low-income, rural housing development in a small town. Occupancy is down across the state and I need to learn about marketing, so that I can fill my units and not get fired. You need me to do this, so I won't be unemployed and posting lame shit here all day again. Win, win for everyone involved. Books, blogs, forums, podcasts, whatever. Give me what you got. The only thing I really picked up over the years about marketing is that word of mouth is probably the best kind. Unfortunately, in my line of work somewhere around 20% of the people we encounter will walk away with a seething hatred for everything that we do. That comes with people not paying their rent and being evicted. No one is going to give a rave review after that happens. Thanks in advance.
Here's one for all you boyscouts out there: I have a question about knots. I have a double-ended lead for my dogs that is about 8' long, like this, but with a lanyard on both ends instead of just one. Presently, I've tied a knot in the centre of it so that there is a loop in the middle for me to clip the lead onto my belt when I walk. Problem is I've just used a common knot that pulls very tight and is impossible to get undone. Anyone know of a knot that can be tied that leaves a loop, both ends of the rope free and can be easily untied?
You should either being just running a larks head direct around your belt or using an overhand loop. Like any knot, the overhand loop will pull tight and be a bit harder to undo if you pull in the right places - and when you want to use a center bight to attach a two channel running line - if ends and the loop are pulled in different directions, it's gonna tighten up. But the overhand loop should still come out relatively easily depending on the material used to make the lead. A larks head would be 'better' (easier to untie) if it's suitable - depends on the whole outfit and where everything is going to be attached. You can also tie the larks head around the catch of your belt clip (where you'd fit the 'loop' with your current mechanism) if the hardware and lead sizes work for that.
The overhand loop is how it's tied now, and like I said - tough to undo. This will be a very dumb question, but here goes: with the Lark's Head, does pulling hard on one end of it allow the rope to lengthen to one side? One of my dogs pulls and the other doesn't; I don't want him to be able to pull more slack than I've allowed him at the beginning.
No, the same thing that makes the overhand loop hard to undo (the way the materials bind together and friction lock in place) will stop the rope from sliding. If you 'push' one of the leads back towards your belt instead of pulling it away - it will come loose, and if the other dog then pulls - they'll get a couple of inches before the knot slides tight and locks back in place. To loosen it off, after you've unclipped the dogs, just grab both the tails near where they come away from the pass around your belt and push back towards yourself, then pull the middle 'bight' (the curve that locks the two tails in place) away from yourself.
I agree with Scootah- the lark's head is the simplest choice, however if you want the loop to stay loose on your belt (looped around rather than held tight) and remain tight (the rope won't slip after you tie it): It will be easier to undo than an Overhang knot (less tension on each loop) and is easy to tie. We use them rock climbing and even after stopping your ass from falling, it'll untie no problem.