Crazy things you've done to cope with working in retail

When I was in my late teens I worked in a variety retail store to fund my studies. Like me, most of my colleagues were students. The problem with having a lot of intelligent people working a very...

Distinctive fashion pieces

Are you known for something distinctive fashion-wise? For me its definitely my necklaces, I even get people in the street commenting on them. I've just got a new one thats remarkable even for me, a...

Has anyone ever used a survey site called "Thats What I Think"?

I found an ad for this site, Thats What I Think (http://www.thats-what-i-think-au.com) in an online newspaper and decided to try it out. Just the signup bonus and the first survey was enough for a $5...

Do you choose male or female avatars?

I was reading an article earler that suggested that women generally chose female avatars when they played computer games, whereas men were just as likely to choose either gender. What do you ususally...

Cast of Characters -- Using real people in fictional stories

For anyone here who writes fiction, do you ever "borrow" people you know as characters? Not directly of course, but I'm writing a short historical romance and I've given a few of my characters the...