# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1029 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1030 --- ## [Dan Rather's Religious Beliefs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rathers-religious-beliefs/646565)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rathers-religious-beliefs/646565 "2013-01-10T04:04:29Z")
Does Dan Rather practice any particular religion? Was he raised in any particular religion? I never found anything in his biography that mentioned his religious beliefs or disbelief one way or another. --- ## [Impossible yet eerie correlations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-yet-eerie-correlations/646708)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-yet-eerie-correlations/646708 "2013-01-10T03:31:29Z")
This was inspired by some astrological charts comparing the horoscopes for famous victims of assassination. It occurred to me that now that we have huge amounts of data via the Internet and massive data mining power, peo… --- ## [Wikipedia hoax debunked after five years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-hoax-debunked-after-five-years/646629)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-hoax-debunked-after-five-years/646629 "2013-01-10T02:22:25Z")
Link. I’d be curious to know how many views it got during that time. --- ## [What role do your thoughts play in determining future events?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-do-your-thoughts-play-in-determining-future-events/646643)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-do-your-thoughts-play-in-determining-future-events/646643 "2013-01-10T01:10:47Z")
I had this discussion with my adult daughter. She was stating that her period was coming and she was going to have cramps, upset stomach, body aches, etc. I replied that thinking as such would leave no opportunity for … --- ## [James Otto (My most favorite singer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613)
**Author:** [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613 "2013-01-09T21:55:08Z")
If it is OK to tell y’all about my most favorite singer here, James Otto is his name and if you like both country and soul music, they are put together when James sings! This is what has gone to radio so far from him. … --- ## [Rape and its aftermath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-and-its-aftermath/591159)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-and-its-aftermath/591159 "2013-01-09T20:47:42Z")
Sorry if that seems blunt, but that’s the gist of it. I saw Eve had posted, which made me think of Wang-Ka. I did a search for his threads, and that one came up. I know this is not a pleasant subject, but it’s worth co… --- ## [A special hell for people that throw chewing gum on sidewalks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-hell-for-people-that-throw-chewing-gum-on-sidewalks/633766)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-hell-for-people-that-throw-chewing-gum-on-sidewalks/633766 "2013-01-09T19:11:38Z")
Not strong enough for the Pit, but… Goddam it! Why in the holy fuck can you not take the two steps towards a trash can to dispose of your filthy habit. Morons. I haven’t owned my new shoes more than a couple of weeks a… --- ## [The US Congress - More popular than Gonorrhea.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-congress-more-popular-than-gonorrhea/646535)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-congress-more-popular-than-gonorrhea/646535 "2013-01-09T19:05:11Z")
But less popular than cockroaches, Colonoscopies, root canals, and Nickelback. New PPP Poll. --- ## [WTF "structured water" - anybody else get a load of this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-structured-water-anybody-else-get-a-load-of-this/646594)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-structured-water-anybody-else-get-a-load-of-this/646594 "2013-01-09T18:01:19Z")
I got this letter in the mail today: What the holy hell?? No idea how my shelter got on this guy’s mailing list, but dang, I gotta get some of this for the shelter right now. How did I never know that all I needed to h… --- ## [There may soon be a way to eliminate bed bugs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-may-soon-be-a-way-to-eliminate-bed-bugs/646412)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-may-soon-be-a-way-to-eliminate-bed-bugs/646412 "2013-01-09T15:04:47Z")
Sounds promising. :wink: I wonder if doctors will be willing to give this a try since it’s a prescribed drug? How will they feel about being used for pest control? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-12/bed-bugs-dying… --- ## [Planespotting: Brewster Buffal discovered in Midway Lagoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planespotting-brewster-buffal-discovered-in-midway-lagoon/646527)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planespotting-brewster-buffal-discovered-in-midway-lagoon/646527 "2013-01-09T14:42:03Z")
10 Feet Below Waters Off Midway Atoll, a Famous Flying Dud Even as a child, this airplane never captured my attention. I had a Time-Life book (a big orange-covered one called Aircraft of World War Two or something like… --- ## [Snails deny their telepathic powers: alter history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snails-deny-their-telepathic-powers-alter-history/646568)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snails-deny-their-telepathic-powers-alter-history/646568 "2013-01-09T05:26:54Z")
During the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, it was suggested the two snails be psychically bonded, then one flown out via ballon to relay messages by means of the Paris snail being induced to crawl along a … --- ## [Help me understand the signals eye contact sends in different cultures.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-the-signals-eye-contact-sends-in-different-cultures/646303)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-the-signals-eye-contact-sends-in-different-cultures/646303 "2013-01-09T04:58:44Z")
Something I’ve been struggling with the last month or so: patients who won’t look me in the eye. Four of them, older (70+), black, all raised in economically poor rural Mississippi, moved north as adults and are now livi… --- ## [My corporation is my passenger.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-corporation-is-my-passenger/646242)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-corporation-is-my-passenger/646242 "2013-01-08T22:04:40Z")
It;s still very early, but this guy is my favorite for the Beautiful Smartass with big-ol-hairy-ones of the year award . --- ## [1950's Depictions of the Moon's Surface-Why So Wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-depictions-of-the-moons-surface-why-so-wrong/645752)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-depictions-of-the-moons-surface-why-so-wrong/645752 "2013-01-08T22:01:44Z")
If you look at astronomy books from the 1950’s, the Moon’s surface is usually depicted as looking like Iceland-jagged mountain peaks, ravines, and sharply defined craters. When the Apollo astronauts landed, they foun… --- ## [What should be on the trillion dollar coin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-on-the-trillion-dollar-coin/590949 "2013-01-08T21:17:28Z")
I’m sure many of you have heard by now of the proposed scheme to mint a pair of trillion-dollar coins to keep the government from defaulting should Congress fail to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. Anyway what should… --- ## [What's the story behind your screen name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498 "2013-01-08T20:06:01Z")
Mine comes from a high school nick name. It’s a play on my name, Julius Irving (Dr. J) and the drummer for the band Blackfoot. All of that, plus our tendency to refer to each other with an honorific (Chief, Doc, etc) l… --- ## [Just when you thought they'd run out of reality TV ideas...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-theyd-run-out-of-reality-tv-ideas/646519)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-theyd-run-out-of-reality-tv-ideas/646519 "2013-01-08T19:43:55Z")
Double Divas. Lord, a show featuring a bra fitter, and I presume, women getting their sweater puppies tucked softly into a new bra. Okay, I’m probably going to at least check it out because, well, I’m wondering if t… --- ## [I emailed the Time Cube guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-emailed-the-time-cube-guy/376771 "2013-01-08T18:45:14Z")
Just for a laugh, I thought I’d email Gene Ray, crackpot author of the TimeCube site. Here’s what I wrote: What do you think will happen? My bet is an abusive reply. --- ## [I'm half my grandmother's age now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-half-my-grandmothers-age-now/646413)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-half-my-grandmothers-age-now/646413 "2013-01-08T15:14:39Z")
We had birthdays recently, my grandmother and I, and as a result, I am now half her age. Obviously, this is not a stop-the-presses thing, but I bet there aren’t many people here who can say the same. In order for it to … --- ## [Angles are real and we walk between them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434 "2013-01-08T15:05:32Z")
Well, they are. Like where the walls and floor and ceiling meet, or in the corners of doorframes. I’m walking between them all the time. --- ## [Your "I'm a grown-up now" moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692 "2013-01-08T14:00:55Z")
Had two today: -My christmas wish is new clothes. -I just found out we are getting brand new copy machines at work, which made me more excited than the big shiny box with my name on it under our tree (which I suspect m… --- ## ["Get this thing off my back!" A Canuck Doper Universal Health Care case study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-this-thing-off-my-back-a-canuck-doper-universal-health-care-case-study/628699)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-this-thing-off-my-back-a-canuck-doper-universal-health-care-case-study/628699 "2013-01-08T08:41:22Z")
From time to time, there have been threads and posts here on the SDMB from US Dopers asking how universal health care models work in other countries. See this recent thread, for instance: The Unbiased Truth About UHC, … --- ## [City nicknames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516)
**Author:** [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516 "2013-01-08T03:08:05Z")
I was thinking about this driving home from work the other night. Mundane and pointless. I’ll start with a few… New York City - “The city that never sleeps.” “The Big Apple” the list goes on… L.A. - “City of Angels” … --- ## [How To Get On a Unicycle & ride it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-on-a-unicycle-ride-it/646431)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-on-a-unicycle-ride-it/646431 "2013-01-08T01:51:16Z")
This is one of those things everybody needs to know. --- ## [Igloo made from frozen milk cartoons in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igloo-made-from-frozen-milk-cartoons-in-canada/646330)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/igloo-made-from-frozen-milk-cartoons-in-canada/646330 "2013-01-08T00:36:09Z")
So pretty. Such a great idea to fill the milk cartoons with colored water. I wonder how warm it gets in an igloo? I know Eskimos lived in them comfortably for thousands of years. --- ## [Monsanto Cucumbers Cause Genital Baldness -- Immediately Banned in Nova Scotia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monsanto-cucumbers-cause-genital-baldness-immediately-banned-in-nova-scotia/646186)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monsanto-cucumbers-cause-genital-baldness-immediately-banned-in-nova-scotia/646186 "2013-01-07T18:29:37Z")
“The Government of Canada takes this very, very seriously,” said the Minister. “Being hairless down there should be a matter of personal choice for Canadian men and women and not one taken away by a cucumber.” http://ww… --- ## [Hungry trees swallow bicycles and even a motorcycle.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hungry-trees-swallow-bicycles-and-even-a-motorcycle/645812)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hungry-trees-swallow-bicycles-and-even-a-motorcycle/645812 "2013-01-07T17:47:04Z")
Amazing photos. My uncle had a very old Oak in his pasture with barbwire buried at least 8 inches into the tree. At one time, decades in the past someone had a fence running along there and used the tree as a post. They… --- ## [Are these guys running some kind of scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-guys-running-some-kind-of-scam/645986)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-guys-running-some-kind-of-scam/645986 "2013-01-07T16:48:28Z")
So, I put my anonymized resume on Craigslist. Doing this has helped me to find decent work in the past. I received some legitimate inquiries, some of which didn’t pan out, and some of which are pending. I received one … --- ## [Job/Lifestyle benefits you take for granted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-lifestyle-benefits-you-take-for-granted/645977)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-lifestyle-benefits-you-take-for-granted/645977 "2013-01-07T14:13:28Z")
I work from home, and there’s a lot of benefits to that. But one thing that kept coming up over the holidays was how many people I ran into who told me how frikkin’ happy they were that they were on vacation and didn’t h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1028) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1030)