no.stupid.answers

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The April edition bag o’ schwag included Answers.com t-shirts! I’d love to know how many folks are now walking around with Answers.com: I’ve got all the answers t-shirts.

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It’s almost Mother’s Day. Word.

I like Mother’s Day because I feel like mothers are those people we all take for granted. We all have one…some of us have lost one…some of us feel like we’re stuck with one. But we all came from a mother.

Let’s all take a moment and give thanks to the woman who gave birth to us. Here…I’ll start.

Thanks, Gloria. Thanks for giving birth to me! Since we live on different continents, am I still obligated to buy you a gift??

What are other people wondering? Well, someone asked “What can you give your wife on Mother’s Day if you are broke?” Luckily, folks came to the asker’s rescue. Picnics. Homemade cards. You know the drill.

And then someone else, maybe a little bitter, asked “If you don’t like your stepmother very much what should you give her for Mother’s Day?”

Other folks are still waiting for answers. Can you help any of them out?

• Should you get your mother in law something for mothers day?
• What are some popular Mother’s Day songs that senior citizens will recognize?
• Should a man give his ex-wife a gift on Mother’s Day?

Word to your mother, people. Word. Go ask and answer questions about Mother’s Day now.

Feeling introspective. To be or not to be? I think therefore I am… E=MC2. Or something. Roll out the WikiAnswers Wednesday question:

Who is who you are?

You are you; you is you? I am me. One has oneself as their own. You have you, me has me. You has me. You has me at hello. Can I has you? I can has cheezburger?

That’s proves what I already thought: Introspection is for people with too much time on their hands. Good day.

Grab some popcorn and ease back on that chair: We just posted the video below on YouTube to share with the masses. It’s “an entertaining overview of WikiAnswers, where people answer questions about things they know and ask about things they don’t.”

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Elisabeth at Web 2.0 newbie diary lends her opinion on librarians participating on Q&A sites like WikiAnswers:

“I think it is very important that libraries get involved in answering questions, so that people remember that this is what we do. The difference in quality between the librarian’s answers and other answers was interesting.”

The WikiAnswers folks couldn’t agree more, as commented by Ksmail, one of WikiAnswers’ top Supervisors. WikiAnswers has become a top destination for the librarians participating in the Slam the Boards project. We hope librarians continue to contribute their knowledge and expertise to the fastest growing wiki Q&A site!