What are my chances at these schools; Brown, Stanford, Cornell?

Probably all but Kenyon and Wash State are long shots to varying degrees. But if you don't apply you'll never get in. So apply.

Best toothpaste for whitening?

Arm & Hammer Complete Care extra whitening. It is amazing. I am always getting complements because of how white my teeth are.

Is this cadillac worth it?

Very nice car with a lot of aftermarket add ons. As to maintain a caddy yes they can be expensive to repair just like any other luxury car. For example the headlight covers can run up to $400 a piece.Also consider that if you have this car and want to trade it in the add ons dont mean a lot to a dealer since it may make the car even harder to sell to the general car buyer. Caddies a great rides and look great.

How often have you noticed music and movies/literature/whatever coinciding remarkably well with one another?

music is another art form that blends in beautifully and perfectly with movies to enhance and create emotions that can't be expressed with words and/or images. screenwriting is a form of writing, therefore literature. they coincide remarkably well together.

Book list that needs titivating :)?

I've heard that the #1 book to read when hoping to improve vocabulary is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Wearing shorts in Paris in July, what should we do?

My pet snail Eudoxia and I stumbled over a threshold and broke a finger on our foot! That is, I broke a finger, Eudoxia was stressed but unharmed. It happened in May. Being brave soldiers, we walked around doing our duty till yesterday, when the puffiness and the pain in the said finger took us to the clinic. Now we have a cast on our foot! The problem is, we are simple people, and have to do our chores ourselves, going out, buying groceries, cleaning products and such. But, our leg does not fit into any jeans now. We do have buggy jeans shorts, which are a little above our knees. The problem is, les gens in Paris hate shorts. We are afraid to go out, dressed like this. Will a walking stink in hand be enough to prevent any anti-shorts comments and actions, or not? What should we do?

How do you revive dying basil and dill plants?

They are in shock from being transplanted. Too much sun is also a possibility. Did they dry out? If they were indoors and you suddenly put them out that would shock them. Basil does not like cool damp weather(air conditioner).