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thanks for narrowing it down to these 2 delicious possibilities. i think the dwarf coconut palm looks closest to the picture, but the corn plant is a very tempting idea. i'm not so sure it would grow indoors, though.

Greg

PINK noise makes all the difference for me. i use a looping 30 minute clip i made.

ikea used to sell a lift-top coffee table, and there are a few good designs out there (like BoConcepts).

http://www.coffeetableshowroom.com/Beechwood-Coffee-Table-Stainless.htm
http://www.eco-furniture.com/docs/sit/living_sit_NapoliLiftTopCoffeeTable.html

i'm tempted to buy that lift mechanism and a good pre-built coffee table, and try to mate the two together.

i can highly recommend the Altec Lansing inMotion IM5. it has good quality sound at high and low volumes. AC or battery operated. it also charges the iPod, and functions as a dock.

it usually sells for alittle over $100, but it can be found for under $50.
http://www.powermax.com/catalog?src=g&p=a-alt-im5
http://www.google.com/products?um=1&client=firefox-a&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=inmotion im5&price1=40.00&price2=80.00&scoring=r

details
http://www.alteclansing.com/product_details.asp?pID=IM5

you can also find Altec Lansings's IM3 and IM11 models, which are very similar and at similar prices, but i don't have any personal experience with either.

i love this thing.

you can get it at Costco for alot less.

http://www.costco.com/Common/Search.aspx?whse=BC&topnav=&search=room%20divider&N=0&Ntt=room%20divider&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US

$3599 for the room divider, or $5999 for a set that includes the bed shown.

that's exactly what i was thinking.

this would be a very easy (and cheap) DIY.

how effective is using a MAC address filter?

bobcatsteph3, i understand that you are sensitive to this issue. and i believe that your situation is very common. i've known several people that were disabled (physically and mentally) that received gov't benefits. i think some socialist ideas are great, and i think that our gov't could learn alot from Canada and the UK. that's not what i'm talking about. that's why, in my original post, i said "some folks". yet, i get knee-jerk paternalistic reactions as if i had condemned everyone on welfare.

as far as living in a pampered bubble, i too qualified for gov't support when i was younger, on my own, in school, and working minimal hours at a crap job, but it never crossed my mind to even look into it taking hand-outs. i've lived on less than $25 a week for food. it's not the high-life, but it's not impossible.

"we're not popping out babies and hanging on our porches all day by choice!" actually, i think you'll find that popping out babies is a choice, and one that many women on welfare choose to make as if they're getting paid for having more children! ...oh wait, they are getting paid for it.

and regarding the "stereotypical welfare-queen-with-12-kids"... stereotypes don't exist in a vacuum. generally speaking, there is atleast some truth to them. and that's all i'm saying.

this whole idea is politically charged. it's purpose is obviously to bring attention to some people's idea that we need to be giving more gov't money to people receiving food stamps. i say that if these "haves" are willing to try to exist on what the "have-nots" do, then maybe some of the able "have-nots" should try stepping outside their ruts, stop introducing more children into poverty, take on a more productive role in society.

i personally think that anyone receiving gov't benefits should be required to be on contraception, and i know i'm not alone on this. you can cry "reproductive freedom" all you want, and you can have it, but not on my dime.

i don't have to present statistical data so that i may have the privilege to make an "inappropriate", or rather un-PC, statement about people abusing the system.

perfectly capable people receive gov't support. some people continue to churn out children, while they are obviously incapable of supporting the ones they already have. people trade food stamps for drugs and alcohol.

wildly inappropriate, indeed.

i would say that it's just another Arco lamp knock-off, but probably a vintage one.

these pop up on ebay all the time. i think this one is pretty close to the one pictured.
http://cgi.ebay.com/HUGE-MACHINE-AGE-RETRO-ARCH-BOOM-FLOOR-LAMP_W0QQitemZ260119726048QQihZ016QQcategoryZ20701QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem