# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1084 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1085 --- ## [Update on my desintegrating marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-my-desintegrating-marriage/632422)
**Author:** [@El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Burro_Buenmozo)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-my-desintegrating-marriage/632422 "2012-08-30T21:11:59Z")
HeyHomie’s thread reminded me that I never updated the Dope on my desintegrating marriage described here. So in May, I told my wife I wasn’t going to renew our lease together in September. I told her I would take the ki… --- ## [Tom Brokaw is showing his age.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-is-showing-his-age/633132)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-brokaw-is-showing-his-age/633132 "2012-08-30T17:46:09Z")
Anybody else see Brokaw’s gaffe on NBC’s coverage of the convention last night? As Ryan was being introduced, Brokaw makes a comment something like this, “Ryan is really young. He’s 42. When he was born, Reagan was al… --- ## ["The Fart That (Almost) Altered My Destiny"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fart-that-almost-altered-my-destiny/633139)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fart-that-almost-altered-my-destiny/633139 "2012-08-30T16:57:04Z")
I literally have tears running down my face after reading this. Enjoy! --- ## [Goodie bag from the dentist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodie-bag-from-the-dentist/632975)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodie-bag-from-the-dentist/632975 "2012-08-30T15:33:47Z")
No matter how old I get, I still love getting my goodie bag from the dentist. I had an appointment today for a cleaning and in my goodie bag was a new toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss and sugar-free gum. … --- ## ["Storage Wars" meets "Dexter" -- in real life!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-wars-meets-dexter-in-real-life/633147)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-wars-meets-dexter-in-real-life/633147 "2012-08-30T15:31:27Z")
The winning bidder on an abandoned storage locker in Florida (where else?) discovered that it contained body parts from over 100 people. It previously belonged to an employee of the medical examiner’s office, who also wo… --- ## [None of the stores in Narita International sell deoderant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-the-stores-in-narita-international-sell-deoderant/633012)
**Author:** [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/none-of-the-stores-in-narita-international-sell-deoderant/633012 "2012-08-30T15:13:39Z")
…and I think I’m going to end up being one of “those” passengers that people complain about. Joy. I forgot to put on deodorant this morning, since I was spending most of the morning lounging around the apartment. I pa… --- ## [President Obama doing an AMA on Reddit NOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-doing-an-ama-on-reddit-now/633068)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-doing-an-ama-on-reddit-now/633068 "2012-08-30T13:25:56Z")
Confirmed by Reddit. Link here. --- ## [Logitech Revue and similar: why is cable needed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logitech-revue-and-similar-why-is-cable-needed/633133)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logitech-revue-and-similar-why-is-cable-needed/633133 "2012-08-30T13:16:14Z")
(If this is the wrong place for this, would some kind moderator please move it to the correct place?) I have a Logitech Revue “smart TV” box, and have eyed the Vizio Co-Star. However, both of these require cable/satelli… --- ## [Ebay to stop supernatural services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-to-stop-supernatural-services/633137)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-to-stop-supernatural-services/633137 "2012-08-30T13:00:26Z")
Front page in today’s Wall St. Journal: Here’s the link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443864204577619283259196226.html?mod=WSJ\_hp\_EditorsPicks …but the paper version is better. It has one of those pa… --- ## [First a knife, then a gun, and now a crutch attack in Times Square](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-a-knife-then-a-gun-and-now-a-crutch-attack-in-times-square/633072)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-a-knife-then-a-gun-and-now-a-crutch-attack-in-times-square/633072 "2012-08-30T10:11:22Z")
Video here This is too funny for words! Where but in NYC? --- ## [Hello, Mr. Earthquake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mr-earthquake/633070 "2012-08-30T03:34:59Z")
I’d judge you to be epicentered somewhere in the Chino Hills area, at maybe a 5.5. Off to the USGS site to check if I have the faintest idea what I’m talking about. --- ## [Speak to me only as you would to an asshole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-as-you-would-to-an-asshole/633097)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-as-you-would-to-an-asshole/633097 "2012-08-30T02:07:02Z")
You guys seem to like the exercise. --- ## [Live New Orleans cam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-new-orleans-cam/632990)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-new-orleans-cam/632990 "2012-08-30T01:31:03Z")
Streaming video from Bourbon and St. Peter. --- ## [Universal Life Church \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church-edited-title/632501 "2012-08-29T20:47:11Z")
Just out of curiosity…How many of us Dopers are ordained ministers with the Universal Life Church? --- ## [Poodle Moth!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926 "2012-08-29T20:30:59Z")
So cute! --- ## [Lion Loose in Eastern England](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790 "2012-08-29T17:54:43Z")
BBC TV is reporting that residents of eastern England are being advised to stay indoors after credible reports of a lion roaming loose. BBC website story here. Seems to be the St Osyth area. Stay safe! --- ## [Magazine cover - Michele Obama as a slave. OMG!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazine-cover-michele-obama-as-a-slave-omg/632928)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazine-cover-michele-obama-as-a-slave-omg/632928 "2012-08-29T17:40:45Z")
This won’t go down well. :dubious: I’m just thankful it wasn’t an American publisher. Why did they have to make her half nekkid? :rolleyes: I’m pretty sure slaves wore proper clothing. --- ## [There was a common thread to the Lincoln,Garfield,McKinley and Kennedy assasinations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516)
**Author:** [@chappy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappy)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-a-common-thread-to-the-lincoln-garfield-mckinley-and-kennedy-assasinations/632516 "2012-08-29T16:46:18Z")
What did these 4 presidents have in common? They wanted to remove all outside banking interests and have the government print it’s own money without interest, loaned to business without interest unlike the international … --- ## [Are the planetary poles shifting as we speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-planetary-poles-shifting-as-we-speak/630549)
**Author:** [@chappy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappy)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-planetary-poles-shifting-as-we-speak/630549 "2012-08-29T16:45:46Z")
If you don’t believe in a planetary pole shift, here’s the evidence… chappy --- ## [Why did (do) some students refuse to participate in gym class?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-do-some-students-refuse-to-participate-in-gym-class/565926)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-do-some-students-refuse-to-participate-in-gym-class/565926 "2012-08-29T15:17:18Z")
I graduated high school in 1979. From middle school-upwards there was always a sector of students (usually male, but some girls too) that would refuse to participate in gym class. They wouldn’t dress for it nor participa… --- ## [Study finds that regular pot use among minors reduces IQ, attention span, and ... um ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-finds-that-regular-pot-use-among-minors-reduces-iq-attention-span-and-um/632929)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-finds-that-regular-pot-use-among-minors-reduces-iq-attention-span-and-um/632929 "2012-08-29T11:10:31Z")
… memory. Keep your kids away from the weed. A new and apparently highly-regarded study tracked the cognitive functions of 1000 New Zealanders from age 13 to 38. Those who used marijuana regularly before age 18 saw th… --- ## [North Korean pop star? The new Kim's new squeeze?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-pop-star-the-new-kims-new-squeeze/627831 "2012-08-29T04:20:01Z")
Found this pretty amusing (to me) story about a “mystery woman” who has been shown twice now keeping company with the newest lil’ Kim. She seems quite attractive, so I certainly can’t fault Kim’s taste. But he’s probab… --- ## [Google is hawking their tablet now on their main search page?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-hawking-their-tablet-now-on-their-main-search-page/632978)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-hawking-their-tablet-now-on-their-main-search-page/632978 "2012-08-29T01:28:04Z")
Is it just me and my browser(s) or something… or is google actually advertising their Nexus 7 tablet on their main search page, www.google.com? I’m not one to complain, but it’s a major eyesore. Thank Og for adblock! --- ## [Caption this photo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caption-this-photo/632953)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caption-this-photo/632953 "2012-08-28T22:26:46Z")
I look at thios picture of South Carolina governor Nikki Haley at the GOP convention, and she seems to have one of the most “forced” smiles I’ve ever seen. A smiling Mitt Romney is out-of-focus in the background. What… --- ## [Craig? Who the hell is Craig?!? \*noisy neighbours\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-who-the-hell-is-craig-noisy-neighbours/632955)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-who-the-hell-is-craig-noisy-neighbours/632955 "2012-08-28T21:52:53Z")
My next door neighbours apparently decided to have a party last night which they managed to drag out until after four in the morning (probably later than that but I finally managed to fall asleep when the noise-level fel… --- ## [My son's dreams are dashed and I'm devastated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-dreams-are-dashed-and-im-devastated/630969)
**Author:** [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-dreams-are-dashed-and-im-devastated/630969 "2012-08-28T21:47:50Z")
After weeks of tests and consultations with specialists we have virtually confirmed my 15 year old son has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which is heart condition that can cause sudden death in young athletes. He will be un… --- ## [Personal insight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-insight/632330)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-insight/632330 "2012-08-28T20:32:27Z")
How insightful are you about yourself? Do you think you have an accurate assessment of how you come across to people and the reasons behind your feelings/actions? Do you think you have strong awareness of your emotiona… --- ## [I Paid off My Law School Loans on Thursday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641)
**Author:** [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641 "2012-08-28T20:00:21Z")
Pretty MP, but IMS. I graduated in 2009 from a law school towards the bottom of the top 100 US law schools, that I attended on a scholarship that covered about 75% of tuition. I had to maintain my GPA to 3.25 retain it,… --- ## [Boots (the store) question for UK and Canada dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boots-the-store-question-for-uk-and-canada-dopers/632811)
**Author:** [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boots-the-store-question-for-uk-and-canada-dopers/632811 "2012-08-28T17:51:39Z")
I have discovered Boots No7 Redness Relief Gel, which while it doesn’t (yet) seem to be doing a lot for the overall redness from my rosacea it does make my skin feel a lot better - less inflamed and itchy. I can buy it … --- ## [Ask the person with terrible depth perception](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-with-terrible-depth-perception/632549)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-with-terrible-depth-perception/632549 "2012-08-28T17:31:03Z")
This is a bit peculiar because there’s nothing wrong with my depth perception at all. In fact it’s actually very good. But Hello Again has very kindly offered to answer all your questions about this so long as I start th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1083) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1085)