# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1024 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1025 --- ## [Drawing readers to a mixed-genre creative writing site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drawing-readers-to-a-mixed-genre-creative-writing-site/647972)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drawing-readers-to-a-mixed-genre-creative-writing-site/647972 "2013-01-22T02:23:45Z")
Ok, hate to do this, but another “I want a blog” post. Hopefully nobody asked this exact question. I notice with some suppressed horror that WordPress now has 50 million blogs alone. Supposing someone wants to publish … --- ## [Tarquinus The Proud was NOT Proud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarquinus-the-proud-was-not-proud/646558)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarquinus-the-proud-was-not-proud/646558 "2013-01-22T02:11:32Z")
Seriously, this Tarquinus guy was a completel loser and he KNEW it. Bastard lost the entire Roman Empire evenn before it was an EMPIRE! Utter tosser. Probably offed himself out of shame, so he should NOT be called the Pr… --- ## [I just bought a nine-dollar milkshake at Baskin Robbins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-nine-dollar-milkshake-at-baskin-robbins/647754)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-nine-dollar-milkshake-at-baskin-robbins/647754 "2013-01-21T21:43:32Z")
Sometime recently, Baskin-Robbins raised the price of their large milkshake to $8.99, tax included. Apparently I haven’t been there awhile. It’s a fuckin’ good milkshake, though. Don’t think it was worth nine dollars,… --- ## [Things I find rude and will make me look down on you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-find-rude-and-will-make-me-look-down-on-you/646849)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-find-rude-and-will-make-me-look-down-on-you/646849 "2013-01-21T21:21:05Z")
Inspired by the feet on seats-thing in this thread, I thought I would ask what things people find rude and oafish in strangers’ behaviour. Things that will make me look down on you: Feet on seats, in a cinema, on a b… --- ## [Baker! Get out of my head!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-get-out-of-my-head/647884)
**Author:** [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-get-out-of-my-head/647884 "2013-01-21T20:45:53Z")
Yes, you. The SDMB poster who goes by Baker. I dreamt about you last night (kind of). Now, I’ve never met Baker in person. I know from her posts that she lives and works relatively near to me (20 miles or less). My moth… --- ## [Good news: Thorium based nuclear power may provide free and safe power in just twenty years !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-thorium-based-nuclear-power-may-provide-free-and-safe-power-in-just-twenty-years/646480)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-thorium-based-nuclear-power-may-provide-free-and-safe-power-in-just-twenty-years/646480 "2013-01-21T20:42:29Z")
It was a headline in Dutch papers today, though the news itself is not that recent. Still, I thought it was very good news and wanted to share. :slight\_smile: Thorium-based nuclear power (as opposed to uranium based) ma… --- ## [If you're going to lie, at least TRY to make it believable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-lie-at-least-try-to-make-it-believable/643238)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-lie-at-least-try-to-make-it-believable/643238 "2013-01-21T18:16:05Z")
Remember Tommy Flanagan, the pathological liar played by Jon Lovitz on Saturday Night Live many years ago? I’ve met his real-life counterpart. Well, I haven’t actually MET him; more like I’m aware of him. Let me explain… --- ## [An Impatient MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 390\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156 "2013-01-21T17:31:23Z")
Sorry - got tired of waiting. I saw that \*\*Spidey \*\*was drafted to start us off today but it’s 6:30! Yes, I’m chronically early, overly prompt, and aggravated that the rest of the world isn’t like me. I consider waiti… --- ## [Laid off today - Merry eff'in Christmas as one of my friends said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laid-off-today-merry-effin-christmas-as-one-of-my-friends-said/644689)
**Author:** [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laid-off-today-merry-effin-christmas-as-one-of-my-friends-said/644689 "2013-01-21T15:34:05Z")
I’m 33 and this is a first for me. Still a little numb. If it was just me I wouldn’t care much but there’s a wife and a toddler and house we just bought in August. I’ve been going to law school at night. Finishing thi… --- ## [Men, a warning: when boobs go bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-a-warning-when-boobs-go-bad/647708)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-a-warning-when-boobs-go-bad/647708 "2013-01-21T09:59:41Z")
We think of them as our friends. We trust them and let our guard down around them. But they can be used against us. I’ll let the facts speak for themselves: Donna Lange, Washington Woman, Accused Of Using Her Breasts To… --- ## [Google Voice Translate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-voice-translate/647692)
**Author:** [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-voice-translate/647692 "2013-01-21T08:44:59Z")
This is too mild for the pit, so here it goes: I have an Android cell and because reception sucks here in the hills of LA I decided to see if Google Voice connected to my wifi would work better. No. So no big deal, I t… --- ## [Bearded lady stealn' my crossword puzzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bearded-lady-stealn-my-crossword-puzzles/647833)
**Author:** [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bearded-lady-stealn-my-crossword-puzzles/647833 "2013-01-21T02:43:16Z")
I just got back from the pub not long ago and have to tell someone about this, so here you go. Everyonce and awhile I go to the pub on Sundays. One pub I go to has a group of fiddlers on sunday that get together in one … --- ## [Veet, ice cream, and sprout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veet-ice-cream-and-sprout/647858)
**Author:** [@qbadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qbadger)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veet-ice-cream-and-sprout/647858 "2013-01-21T02:22:05Z")
This is one of the funniest things I read this month. --- ## [Anyone ever participated in a Guinness record attempt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-participated-in-a-guinness-record-attempt/647050)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-participated-in-a-guinness-record-attempt/647050 "2013-01-21T01:40:07Z")
'Cause I have. :smiley: Today I was part of Snow Day, a charity event in Seattle that sought to break the world’s record for most participants in a snowball fight (formerly 5,387 in South Korea in 2010) in order to rais… --- ## [Charity appeal: in which you get to pay me to run away!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-appeal-in-which-you-get-to-pay-me-to-run-away/646268)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-appeal-in-which-you-get-to-pay-me-to-run-away/646268 "2013-01-20T23:06:01Z")
\[Thanks to the mods/admins for approving this request\] Hey, all. In February I will be running (okay, aggressively walking) the Miles for Hope 5k in February. I am running to honor my best friend’s mother, who passed aw… --- ## [Lost cat treks 200 miles back home.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-cat-treks-200-miles-back-home/647805)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-cat-treks-200-miles-back-home/647805 "2013-01-20T20:27:38Z")
\*Nobody knows how it happened: an indoor housecat who got lost on a family excursion managing, after two months and about 200 miles, to return to her hometown. Even scientists are baffled by how Holly, a 4-year-old tort… --- ## [I took vicodin for acute back pain and am feeling quite pleasant.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-vicodin-for-acute-back-pain-and-am-feeling-quite-pleasant/647725)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-vicodin-for-acute-back-pain-and-am-feeling-quite-pleasant/647725 "2013-01-20T20:20:12Z")
I have a chronic bad back (two herniated disks and sciatica) which is usually very manageable but occasionally flares up. Two days ago it started really hurting and I worked through it; I decided to curtail all activity … --- ## [Artist uses Photoshop to turn derelict buildings into objects of beauty.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-uses-photoshop-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-objects-of-beauty/647742)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-uses-photoshop-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-objects-of-beauty/647742 "2013-01-20T19:58:24Z")
I really like this artist’s work. The over saturated colors add such intensity to the photos. I’d enjoy seeing his gallery exhibit. People living close enough to drive to the gallery are so lucky. click the + to go th… --- ## [18 votes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-votes/647774)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-votes/647774 "2013-01-20T17:35:04Z")
It’s now official: Cecelia Tkaczyk (a Democrat) is our new NY state senator. By 18 votes (with one more to be counted). Over 126,000 votes were cast. It was a wild election. The senate district was a new one, and wa… --- ## [How did "Dry Bob" prostitution work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464 "2013-01-20T13:49:12Z")
I read somewhere, I forgot exactly where, that in the old days prostitutes would offer a “Dry Bob” for a cheaper price than the usual copulation. Presumably because of avoidance of disease or at least pregnancy? The sour… --- ## [TV channels' volume (weak rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-channels-volume-weak-rant/647640)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-channels-volume-weak-rant/647640 "2013-01-20T13:46:44Z")
Why the hell are some TV channels remarkably different in volume? Why do I have to crank up the volume to watch anything on the Science Channel, then remember to turn it way down to watch CNN, to avoid damaging my ear dr… --- ## [This really shouldn't be funny.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-really-shouldnt-be-funny/647792)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-really-shouldnt-be-funny/647792 "2013-01-20T09:17:14Z")
It is serious thing, and majorly screwed up deal, that I know nothing about. But out of the blue it had me giggling like an idiot. . There is just something so beautiful, and giggle worthy about a deadly serious po… --- ## [All the changes in my life in the past five months.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-changes-in-my-life-in-the-past-five-months/647593)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-changes-in-my-life-in-the-past-five-months/647593 "2013-01-20T04:48:02Z")
Again I thank you for continuing to read my blather. Really, just writing about my life and hearing some responses is therapeutic and keeps me grounded and stable. As always I’ll start at the beginning. My breakup in Au… --- ## [Come and get it, asshole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-and-get-it-asshole/647446)
**Author:** [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-and-get-it-asshole/647446 "2013-01-20T01:43:48Z")
Fuck you, cancer. You may win in the end, but we’ll spit in your eye and go on our own terms. I buried my Grandmother today. She was 87—she had a good innings. She left behind four kids, eight grandchildren, and 10 grea… --- ## [A duck at Starbucks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-duck-at-starbucks/647596 "2013-01-20T00:56:17Z")
A large duck has been mysteriously hanging out at a Portland Starbuck’s. (For anyone who wants to go and see it, it’s at 10500 Barbur Blvd; Capitol Hwy is a cross street.) During the day, it hops around happily in the pa… --- ## [I almost turned to the Dark Side](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-almost-turned-to-the-dark-side/647752)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-almost-turned-to-the-dark-side/647752 "2013-01-19T23:28:53Z")
Yesterday I was not a Merry Man. The work day started early, dragged on for far too long, and by noon I was feeling the effects of some sickness that probably will turn out to be the flu. At lunch, I thought I could sl… --- ## [Esthetics Of Almond Or Soy Milk Vs. Rice Or Coconut Milk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esthetics-of-almond-or-soy-milk-vs-rice-or-coconut-milk/647614)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esthetics-of-almond-or-soy-milk-vs-rice-or-coconut-milk/647614 "2013-01-19T22:12:36Z")
When I pour almond or soy milk on my cereal, it looks like I just poured sperm or cum on my cereal (and for all I know, may have if there was a disgruntled employee working on that batch). When I pour rice or coconut mil… --- ## [The danger of nerds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-danger-of-nerds/647736)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-danger-of-nerds/647736 "2013-01-19T20:55:16Z")
The secret power of nerds has been revealed… (YouTube) --- ## [Son, you ain't got no pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177 "2013-01-19T20:51:07Z")
The things I miss out on living in a superteranian city http://abcnews.go.com/US/slideshow/pants-subway-ride-2013-18209886 Is this a real thing? It’s ABC news site, and no where near April 1st, Did anybody go bare draw… --- ## [Man arrested for "pranking" strangers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-pranking-strangers/647660)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-pranking-strangers/647660 "2013-01-19T18:57:05Z")
Not quite bad enough for the pit, but fuck this clown If some punk jumps on my car, that’s a beatin’. If he sits on my lap and kisses me, that’s a beatin’. Yanks my underwear up my ass? that’s a beatin’, plus cops … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1023) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1025)