# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=977 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 978 --- ## [Nicholas Brendon is a giant tool.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080)
**Author:** [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080 "2015-10-05T16:08:55Z")
Seriously, he is. We went to Emerald City Comicon last weekend, and most of the media guests were amazing. But Nick Brendon, wow, what an ass. He came out dressed up as a stereotypical nerd and mocked his fans. Then he d… --- ## [The Amazing Race 10/2 - Get in There and Think Like a Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-get-in-there-and-think-like-a-dog/733323)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-get-in-there-and-think-like-a-dog/733323 "2015-10-05T13:26:22Z")
Episode not quite over yet. Details to follow. --- ## [Was there a High-End Stereo Mfg. Called "Sequira"? (1970s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-high-end-stereo-mfg-called-sequira-1970s/733546)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-high-end-stereo-mfg-called-sequira-1970s/733546 "2015-10-05T13:11:21Z")
I recall reading a review of a Sequira receiver-it had an oscilloscope display on the front panel-what it displayed I forget. As I recall, it was a small firm, probably did not survive for long. A search of eBay found … --- ## [Crime novel series that ended too soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-novel-series-that-ended-too-soon/733310)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-novel-series-that-ended-too-soon/733310 "2015-10-05T11:05:25Z")
I can think of a bunch that have run on too long–Reacher, I’m looking at YOU; some that are still kicking pretty good–Lucas Davenport, keep on keepin on, but there are three in particular that I wish had kept going. D… --- ## [Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1977/733313)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1977/733313 "2015-10-05T04:21:32Z")
You know the drill by now, and you can vote for more than one song. Older polls: 1964-Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board 1965-Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Soci… --- ## [Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1978/733561)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1978/733561 "2015-10-05T04:17:25Z")
The seventies are winding down, it’s 1978. Which of these hits to reach #1 in Canada would you vote for? Feel free to pick more than one song. Dan Hill, Nick Gilder, Anne Murray(Canadian queen of the seventies) and Gin… --- ## [Recommend alternatives to tomato paste in spaghetti sauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-alternatives-to-tomato-paste-in-spaghetti-sauce/733531)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-alternatives-to-tomato-paste-in-spaghetti-sauce/733531 "2015-10-05T00:50:43Z")
The way I usually make my spaghetti sauce, I mix tomato paste, lots of lean ground beef, carrots, zucchinis, mushrooms, various peppers, spices and sometimes some marble cheese, cooked on low heat for 3-4 hours with vert… --- ## [Who can identify this film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-identify-this-film/733547)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-identify-this-film/733547 "2015-10-04T21:38:33Z")
This is something I recall watching as a kid with my parents, so I’m assuming was 80s or earlier (60s thru 80s, not sure of the year). The only thing I recall is there was a blind guy, and there was a scene involving th… --- ## [Lawson Rossa Jazz Berlin Bossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawson-rossa-jazz-berlin-bossa/733540)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawson-rossa-jazz-berlin-bossa/733540 "2015-10-04T21:31:57Z")
I heard Berlin Bossa on a cable TV music channel. It has a riff that I believe I heard on a Baroque or Classical lute. Can anyone help me out? Thanks. --- ## [The pictograph from "Way of the Pilgrim"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pictograph-from-way-of-the-pilgrim/733421)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pictograph-from-way-of-the-pilgrim/733421 "2015-10-04T20:05:34Z")
I need to decorate a cake with it, but my memory of the book is about four decades old, and I don’t trust myself on the details of exactly what the pictograph of the Pilgrim looked like. Unfortunately I no longer have a… --- ## [X-Files trailer is out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-trailer-is-out/733164)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-trailer-is-out/733164 "2015-10-04T18:45:37Z")
And I like what I am seeing so far. Do you think its to much to ask that after a century this time around they will have an actual story arc with an ending? --- ## [ST VOY: How much closer to home did Voyager get, over the years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-voy-how-much-closer-to-home-did-voyager-get-over-the-years/733360)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-voy-how-much-closer-to-home-did-voyager-get-over-the-years/733360 "2015-10-04T17:58:12Z")
Okay, as I’m sure you know, the premise of the TV show Star Trek: Voyager was that the eponymous ship was hurled about 75,000 light years across the galaxy, a distance that would take about 75 years for a return trip. S… --- ## [What sort of empire is the Klingon Empire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-empire-is-the-klingon-empire/732952)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-empire-is-the-klingon-empire/732952 "2015-10-04T15:39:46Z")
In the Star Trek: TOS, from “Mission of Mercy” on, it was made clear that the Klingon Empire was an empire in the oldest sense, like the Assyrian Empire or the Persian Empire or the Roman Empire or the Mongol Empire, con… --- ## [Ever see a Kraftwerk concert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-see-a-kraftwerk-concert/338128)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-see-a-kraftwerk-concert/338128 "2015-10-04T15:36:24Z")
I picked up Kraftwerk’s Minimum - Maximum at Media Play. I’d never seen them live, so I figured the price was right (about $14 for a 2-DVD set). I knew some of the songs (The Man-Machine, Autobahn, The Model, Neon Lights… --- ## [The lost cosby show script](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311)
**Author:** [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311 "2015-10-04T13:50:14Z")
This is amazing IF it is true. http://thelostcosbyshowepisode.blogspot.com/ Does anybody know if it is true? Powerful writing and very sad. --- ## [Cocktail name? - Whisky, triple sec and ginger ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktail-name-whisky-triple-sec-and-ginger-ale/733264)
**Author:** [@Bibliothecarius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliothecarius)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktail-name-whisky-triple-sec-and-ginger-ale/733264 "2015-10-04T05:01:56Z")
For dopers classier than I: I am far from being an expert on cocktails as I mostly drink highballs and beer (though not at the same time…although I do admit to drinking shandies in my teenage years when I hadn’t yet got… --- ## [Foods Americans like that non-Americans find disgusting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-americans-like-that-non-americans-find-disgusting/732054)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-americans-like-that-non-americans-find-disgusting/732054 "2015-10-04T02:49:31Z")
There was a thread on reddit asking about foods that are popular in your country but that are reviled elsewhere. Most of the foods that non-americans listed were not surprising to me. As far as foods that are popular in… --- ## [Name that Tune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/733408)
**Author:** [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/733408 "2015-10-03T21:07:39Z")
Does anyone know what music the intro to this clip is? I know, once it gets going, it's W&W - The one. But I’m after the initial theme played before that. Thanks. --- ## [SDMB Guide to Classical Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-guide-to-classical-music/733118)
**Author:** [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-guide-to-classical-music/733118 "2015-10-03T18:12:29Z")
Are symphony orchestras sexy? I love Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. After having listened to it countless times I wonder if there is not anything greater that isn’t Beethoven’s 9th. What music would you rather make love to? --- ## [Survivor: Cambodia - 9/30/2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cambodia-9-30-2015/733115)
**Author:** [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cambodia-9-30-2015/733115 "2015-10-03T16:08:01Z")
SPOILER WARNING . . . . . . . . Ahh, this is what I love about all-star seasons… lack of predictability. What was a 5-3 split quickly turns into 2-7 the other direction. Just goes to show… if you’re going to inc… --- ## [Song ID - This American Life & the Godfather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-this-american-life-the-godfather/733215)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-this-american-life-the-godfather/733215 "2015-10-03T15:38:33Z")
Can someone ID this song I heard in the background of a This American Life episode? This is the page for the show with a player to stream it. Skip to 31:00 and you’ll hear the reporter talking over a swing-style song. … --- ## [Is Dan Carlin related to George Carlin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dan-carlin-related-to-george-carlin/733340)
**Author:** [@Fat2FitMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat2FitMama)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dan-carlin-related-to-george-carlin/733340 "2015-10-03T14:16:53Z")
I recently discovered Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcast and the other night, as I was listening to it in bed, I couldn’t help but think “Damn. He sounds a lot like George Carlin. I wonder if they’re related?” So are… --- ## [Recipes for jaw surgery patients (liquid diet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-for-jaw-surgery-patients-liquid-diet/733211)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-for-jaw-surgery-patients-liquid-diet/733211 "2015-10-03T04:20:43Z")
Any favorites or standbys? The patient is ideally supposed to have a pure blender diet for 3 weeks or more. This isn’t about losing weight or detoxing; it’s about getting a maximum of nutrition with a minimum of chewing,… --- ## [What is instant flour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-instant-flour/733316)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-instant-flour/733316 "2015-10-03T03:25:22Z")
Just read a recipe that calls for instant flour for fried chicken and I could not wrap my mind around the concept. Is it a stalk of wheat that turns to flour when added to water? Flour that’s already baked? Reminds me o… --- ## [Why have there been so many theories behind the inspiration of the James Bond character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-there-been-so-many-theories-behind-the-inspiration-of-the-james-bond-character/733294)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-there-been-so-many-theories-behind-the-inspiration-of-the-james-bond-character/733294 "2015-10-03T00:24:05Z")
Why have there been so many theories behind the inspiration of the James Bond character? Every couple of years, it seems there’s a new theory. Didn’t Ian Fleming ever reveal his inspiration? If not, why not? I look forw… --- ## [False claims of TV shows jumping the shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-claims-of-tv-shows-jumping-the-shark/733262)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-claims-of-tv-shows-jumping-the-shark/733262 "2015-10-02T22:58:31Z")
There’s a fairly long thread currently about tv shows continuing after having jumped the shark. This is quite common, really (the claims, that is). This shows an attitude that is breathtakingly egotistical–the idea tha… --- ## [your favorite fan theory to explain for a fictional universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fan-theory-to-explain-for-a-fictional-universe/731614)
**Author:** [@ccccalc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccccalc)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fan-theory-to-explain-for-a-fictional-universe/731614 "2015-10-02T21:36:57Z")
anyone care to share their favorite non-traditional explanation for a fictional universe? --fully supported (or at least not contradicted) by the work’s “canon” but not the generally accepted explanation of the storylin… --- ## [Kingkiller Chronicles is getting a movie and more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kingkiller-chronicles-is-getting-a-movie-and-more/733272)
**Author:** [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kingkiller-chronicles-is-getting-a-movie-and-more/733272 "2015-10-02T20:09:31Z")
Patrick Rothfuss and Lionsgate have reached an agreement to do a movie, TV series, and video game adaptation, simultaneously. That’s pretty ambitious, but I also have a lot of trust in Rothfuss. There’s no way he just … --- ## [Early Edition/Quantum Leap (touching scifi)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-edition-quantum-leap-touching-scifi/733070)
**Author:** [@thorvitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorvitz)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-edition-quantum-leap-touching-scifi/733070 "2015-10-02T18:51:59Z")
Please recommend other moving scifi/fantasy shows like Early Edition, Quantum Leap, 80’s Twilight Zone series…looking for something uplifting (mostly happy endings). I get that most viewers (after 1992) prefer edgier, s… --- ## [Shows you keep watching out of habit/loyalty/some unknown reason...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-keep-watching-out-of-habit-loyalty-some-unknown-reason/733004)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-keep-watching-out-of-habit-loyalty-some-unknown-reason/733004 "2015-10-02T15:15:52Z")
Like stale snack food… they’re a little soggy and have lost flavor, but you keep sticking your hand in the bag anyway… NCIS. It’s not what it was at its peak. After the hot, fierce, gorgeous Ziva left and was replaced … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=976) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=978)