Books About Making Independent Films

I've written this amazing film about a guy who works in a motel and lives in a competing motel and now I want to make it! There's a lot of books out there that supposedly have the answers to all of my big questions (raising money, how to be artistic, distribution, etc.). Which books will be most helpful? - Wilbur (Maynardville, TN)

List Generated:

-Be An Indie Film Rebel: Harnessing Your Heart's Rebel To Make An Indie Flick

-Take This Film and Shove/Sell It: The Rebel Producer's Guidebook

-A Camera, A Bleeding Heart & A Little Luck: Get Your Indie Film Made For A Dollar A Day

-Go Ahead, Make My Film: Stick It To The Man With These Rebellious Low Budget Filmmaking Techniques

-Learn From My Mistakes: A Filmmaker's Guide By Someone Who Never Got His Film Made :(

-Maverick's Guide To Making Your Film While Remaining True To Your Inner Rebel

-Budget Film Rebel's Chaperone

-Film Insurgent: Crashing The Hollywood Party With Your Dream Film

-The P.F.R. (Pocket Film Rebel)

'70s Cop Shows

I grew up on a US army base in Germany and as a result I missed out on '70s pop culture completely. Right now I'm on a big cop show kick, are there any '70s cop shows you can recommend? - Jason (Fishers, IN)

List Generator:

-Jabrowski & Mitchelowski

-Frisco Brass

-Knifer

-Horse Policeman

-Saint & Lewis

-D.I.S.C.O. Narcs

-Madame Cop

-Turkin & Babbit

-Murphs

Things Suddenly Self Aware Ants Say To Regular Ants

From what I understand, ants are pretty stupid as individuals, but impressively intelligent as a collective. I guess it's called "bottom up" or "emergence" intelligence. Whatever. My question is: If and when one of these ants suddenly becomes self aware of his/her situation, what will he/she try to tell the other ants? - Susan (Olivet, MI)

List Generated:

-Instead of carrying this tiny piece of hot dog bun back to the mound, let's just take it somewhere else and we can totally scarf on it and not do any work for the rest of our 60-90 day lives.

-I hate that big sneaker that ruins all of our hard work.

-Sometimes I feel like being able to carry 10-20 times my own weight is more of a curse than a blessing.

-Have you found Ant-Jesus?

-What do you like building more, tunnels or mounds? I'm more of a mound guy.

-Have you read Emergence by Steven Johnson? There's absolutely nothing in there about some ants becoming self aware, looks like our secret is safe... for now.

-Do we sleep?

-I wish some of you other ants were self aware, it's kind of lame being the only one.

-I'm in the mood for hot dog bun.

Nicknames For Wades

Typically guys with the name Wade don't have nicknames for some reason. Maybe because it's one symbol already or something, I don't know. It's not really a big deal or anything, but I really want a nickname. If you were to give me a nickname what would it be? - Wade (Wade, MO)

List Generated:

-LL Cool Wade

-Wadestronaut*

-Wade Froggs

-Double Dribble**

-Wade of Honor

-Water Walker

-Wade Misérables

-Hand Grenade Wade

-Milky Wade*

-Lamp Shwade

-Swish**

* - If Wade has an interest in space.

** - If Wade plays a lot of basketball.

Business Letter Closings

I am so sick of writing "Regards" or "All the best" at the end of my business letters and emails; those are so played out! There must be more exciting terms, but I just have no idea what they are. Can you help me out? - Joshua (Blanding, UT)

List Generated:

-Rest in peace,

-Always in your prayers,

-Hang on... I have to take this,

-You owe me,

-God bless the United States of America and protect her from her enemies,

-Bounce pass,

-With measured respect,

-These pills are kicking in,

-Google,

New ABC Shows

I love my ABC programs, but I'm starting to get tired of some of them. I think it's time to swap out some of the old for some of the new. I can usually tell which shows I'll enjoy by reading the title, so can you share with me the titles of the new shows? - Maud (Middlebury, VT)

List Generated:

-Time Stands Phil

-Eating, Drinking and Being Mary

-Manny Issues

-Darwin's Evolution

-Impressionistic Arthur

-Mustang Sally

-Steve Unrepentant

-Deja Vuronica

-Mary Christmas

-Deb

Razors

I recently began shaving my face regularly and I feel like it's time to buy one of those sleek razors they have at the pharmacy. There's a ton of different types and I was hoping you could help me focus down my search if it's not too much trouble. No rush or anything. - Henderson (Tupelo, MS)

List Generated:

-Schick TriMp3

-Absolute Zerofier

-XtraSmooth Thunderbolt

-Bounty Hairer Taker Outter

-Dual Edge SubPlucker

-HyperBlader Silky Glide

-Platinum Prune2

-Five-Attack

-Gillette Diez