# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=774 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 775 --- ## [Help me find some new authors please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-new-authors-please/779056)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-new-authors-please/779056 "2017-02-15T20:05:26Z")
I typically borrow e-books on my Kindle from my local library system (using Overdrive.) I am currently out of available titles from my list of “go to” authors. I’m looking for suggestions of new people to try. I tend to … --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 15 (February 9, 2017) -- "The Locomotion Reverberation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-15-february-9-2017-the-locomotion-reverberation/779412)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-15-february-9-2017-the-locomotion-reverberation/779412 "2017-02-15T19:33:17Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Colorado Geography and The Stand by Stephen King - an error?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-geography-and-the-stand-by-stephen-king-an-error/779887)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-geography-and-the-stand-by-stephen-king-an-error/779887 "2017-02-15T19:05:31Z")
I’m reading the above at the moment and reached this passage. For those that don’t know the book it’s set in a post-apocolyptic USA, hence the reference to blocked roads. Bear in mind the Judge starts out heading East … --- ## [Finally over: "The Young Pope" (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-over-the-young-pope-spoilers/779902)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-over-the-young-pope-spoilers/779902 "2017-02-15T18:29:02Z")
Apologies, I can’t call up the existing thread about the series. Pretty to look at, some side stories that were more interesting than the main one . . . but what a gloppy, trite mess. I stuck with it to “THE END”\* in h… --- ## [Choose an album for me to listen to, beginning to end.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-an-album-for-me-to-listen-to-beginning-to-end/779817)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-an-album-for-me-to-listen-to-beginning-to-end/779817 "2017-02-15T18:05:23Z")
I am doing work around the house today while listening to music. I need someone to select an album for me to listen to. I will do so and report back with a brief review. NOTE: It must be available on Spotify. mmm --- ## [With modern OCR & digital publishing tools how much work to convert print book to digital version?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-modern-ocr-digital-publishing-tools-how-much-work-to-convert-print-book-to-digital-version/779597)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-modern-ocr-digital-publishing-tools-how-much-work-to-convert-print-book-to-digital-version/779597 "2017-02-15T17:48:24Z")
Let’s say you have copy of a very rare, semi-obscure book in print you have acquired the legal rights to or it’s so old you don’t need rights, and now you wish to make a digital copy for sale available on Amazon and othe… --- ## [Baldwin and Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldwin-and-trump/779643)
**Author:** [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldwin-and-trump/779643 "2017-02-15T11:01:52Z")
Is this the highest form of praise for an actor? http://cdn2.spiegel.de/images/image-1105969-860\_galleryfree-gsll-1105969.jpg --- ## [Sea scallops, but not the good dry-pack kind.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-scallops-but-not-the-good-dry-pack-kind/779776)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-scallops-but-not-the-good-dry-pack-kind/779776 "2017-02-15T07:02:42Z")
Have some sea scallops but they’re not dry-packed. The price was so cheap I had to buy them. So, I probably can’t saute/caramelize them. How would you cook them? --- ## [Burger King Adults-only Valentine's Meal-just one small catch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-adults-only-valentines-meal-just-one-small-catch/779780)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-adults-only-valentines-meal-just-one-small-catch/779780 "2017-02-15T04:56:56Z")
The are actually promoting an Adults-only Valentine’s Day meal, which contains: 2 Whoppers 2 packs of french fries 2 beers A romantic ADULT TOY inside. That one small hitch to the deal? It is only being offered in … --- ## [Foreign language song that moves you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-song-that-moves-you/778974)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-song-that-moves-you/778974 "2017-02-15T03:35:22Z")
… Even if you don’t understand the words. I’m American - I don’t speak or understand french - but this song really resonates with me: --- ## [Gruesome scene I read as a child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-scene-i-read-as-a-child/779803)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-scene-i-read-as-a-child/779803 "2017-02-15T02:48:34Z")
It was either a book or a short story; I’m not sure which. I was about twelve years old when I read it, so about 1975ish. It was about an explorer, or perhaps a prospector, who is isolated in a frigid arctic-type environ… --- ## [TV Commercial & Soundtrack Disconnects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-commercial-soundtrack-disconnects/779726)
**Author:** [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-commercial-soundtrack-disconnects/779726 "2017-02-15T02:27:05Z")
I have been seeing a tv commercial for Raisin Bran Crunch recently with a dad and daughter fishing on a pier. It seems cute enough, with the daughter teasing dad about his crunchy cereal scaring off the fish. But the s… --- ## ["Joanne" and Lady Gaga's career arc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joanne-and-lady-gagas-career-arc/779796)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joanne-and-lady-gagas-career-arc/779796 "2017-02-15T01:18:15Z")
I wouldn’t call myself a “fan” per se, but I’ve liked a bunch of Gaga’s songs and videos in the past. IMHO, she went off the rails with her album Born This Way and has never gotten back to the level of fame, enthusiasm, … --- ## [DC Rebirth--Spoilers ahoy--So wait...the BigBad responsible for the New 52 is really....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-rebirth-spoilers-ahoy-so-wait-the-bigbad-responsible-for-the-new-52-is-really/755679)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-rebirth-spoilers-ahoy-so-wait-the-bigbad-responsible-for-the-new-52-is-really/755679 "2017-02-15T01:09:55Z")
( mouseover spoiler space) ( mouseover spoiler space) ( mouseover spoiler space) ( mouseover spoiler space) Dr. Manhattan? From Watchmen? Really? The reason that the Superman books suck donkey balls isn’t bad writing… --- ## [Esoteric music schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esoteric-music-schools/779848)
**Author:** [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esoteric-music-schools/779848 "2017-02-14T21:15:44Z")
I like to listen to artists and then nominate them for a special school that they can be the namesake for. Here are some examples: \[ul\] \[li\]Jon Anderson school of nonsense lyrical poetry \[/li\]\[li\]James Blunt school of… --- ## [Cliches you'd like to see subverted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-youd-like-to-see-subverted/776339)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-youd-like-to-see-subverted/776339 "2017-02-14T20:19:03Z")
Character A decides to believe Character B: “Either she was a professional actor, or she was telling the truth.” Just once, for a change, when A makes that sort of statement, I’d like B to turn out to be a professional … --- ## [Gilmore Girls from the beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilmore-girls-from-the-beginning/779302)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilmore-girls-from-the-beginning/779302 "2017-02-14T19:24:12Z")
I accidentally caught maybe one or two episodes of the “Gilmore Girls” back when it was originally aired. It never made much of an impression on me. But with my current state of mind, it’s a comforting binge on Netflix.… --- ## [Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, the novel: Does it ever get interesting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-the-novel-does-it-ever-get-interesting/724526)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-the-novel-does-it-ever-get-interesting/724526 "2017-02-14T18:50:50Z")
I’m to the point where it is first proposed that Strange and Norrell meet. If the previous oh-so-many pages are a guide, this will only be the first of many such proposals, and I’m ready to give up. At first Clarke’s s… --- ## [Gary Cooper Was "John Wayne".....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-cooper-was-john-wayne/779635)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-cooper-was-john-wayne/779635 "2017-02-14T18:11:26Z")
…before being John Wayne was cool. Just look for the tallest, good-lookingest guy! :slight\_smile: Here is my all-time favorite Gary Cooper Western with some other folks I am sure you will recognize. The wonderful and b… --- ## [Are there any neutral news sources out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-neutral-news-sources-out-there/779319)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-neutral-news-sources-out-there/779319 "2017-02-14T17:53:00Z")
It seems that whichever place I go to get news it has a conservative or liberal bias. Even though I lean to the right I’d really like to get my news in as balanced a version as is humanly possible. I do realize that it’… --- ## [Dislike of/disinterest in modern canonical greats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dislike-of-disinterest-in-modern-canonical-greats/779702)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dislike-of-disinterest-in-modern-canonical-greats/779702 "2017-02-14T17:29:25Z")
So something that comes up a fair bit in Cafe Society (ie, much of this thread) is people either saying that they haven’t watched, or dislike, some of the modern canonical classics of pop culture… Game of Thrones, Breaki… --- ## [RIP Bobby Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bobby-freeman/779818)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bobby-freeman/779818 "2017-02-14T17:06:16Z")
One of the early rock and roll artists of the 50s, whose big hit Do You Want To Dance was covered by The Beach Boys and The Ramones. Linkie. --- ## [Possible anachronisms in the movie 'Fences'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-anachronisms-in-the-movie-fences/779760)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-anachronisms-in-the-movie-fences/779760 "2017-02-14T15:59:01Z")
I saw ‘Fences’ and loved it. However, two things in the movie didn’t feel right to me for a story set in the 1950s: 1 - The casual use of the word ‘nigger’ between African Americans. It is used fairly frequently in the … --- ## ["Humans" Season Two premiere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-season-two-premiere/779821)
**Author:** [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-season-two-premiere/779821 "2017-02-14T15:45:51Z")
Anyone catch the season two premiere last night? The Synths are awake and I think we’re in for an intense season. …and having Carrie Ann Moss on board is only making it better… --- ## [Help me ID this French-language movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-french-language-movie/779768)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-french-language-movie/779768 "2017-02-14T14:41:59Z")
I watched it in late 2010 on pay per view (in the U.S.) with my then-girlfriend, who was French. She of course understood the dialog, I read the subtitles. I recall it as sort of a French version of “The Big Chill” - a … --- ## [Best Piano Concertos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-piano-concertos/773918)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-piano-concertos/773918 "2017-02-14T06:47:34Z")
Inspired by this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=812535 The title says it all. I’ll try to allow multiple votes. I’ve shortlisted 30 concertos among those that are among the most often play… --- ## [Rock star with the highest IQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-with-the-highest-iq/726986)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-with-the-highest-iq/726986 "2017-02-14T00:22:33Z")
This one’s a spinoff of the “money grabbers” thread. Who do you think is the rock musician with the highest IQ? There are a few obvious ones - Neil Peart, Brian May, and other people have nominated Todd Rundgren and Bi… --- ## [How often are sports commentators not at the event, but in a remote studio using the video feed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-sports-commentators-not-at-the-event-but-in-a-remote-studio-using-the-video-feed/779756)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-sports-commentators-not-at-the-event-but-in-a-remote-studio-using-the-video-feed/779756 "2017-02-13T22:35:50Z")
The TV sports channels often have an associated streaming channel where they provide additional content. For a given event, sometimes they will provide the same content that was broadcast with the announcers, but someti… --- ## [Jason Alexander - real life personality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-alexander-real-life-personality/529166)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-alexander-real-life-personality/529166 "2017-02-13T22:21:51Z")
I don’t know much about Alexander’s work, except for his work as “George” from Seinfeld. I think he was in “Pretty Woman” with Julia Roberts, but that’s about all I can remember him in until I saw him in “Curb Your Enth… --- ## [Why do (some) Chipotles restaurants make you ask for spoons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-chipotles-restaurants-make-you-ask-for-spoons/779652)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-chipotles-restaurants-make-you-ask-for-spoons/779652 "2017-02-13T21:54:45Z")
I like the chain, and eat at several of them regularly. For a while, I thought they simply didn’t supply spoons, only forks and (sometimes) knives. Then, at one location, I noticed a sign at the condiments counter sayin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=773) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=775)