# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1182 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1183 --- ## [Space Station Orbits the Moon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-station-orbits-the-moon/609819 "2012-01-18T03:18:50Z")
Picture here: Two Earth Satellites Viewed From Houston As you can see, somehow the US secretly smuggled the ISS to lunar orbit\*. Or not. :smiley: --- ## [Dogs Now Welcome at KC domestic violence shelter after dog saves woman from abuser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-now-welcome-at-kc-domestic-violence-shelter-after-dog-saves-woman-from-abuser/609571)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-now-welcome-at-kc-domestic-violence-shelter-after-dog-saves-woman-from-abuser/609571 "2012-01-17T19:22:59Z")
I hope that more shelters follow this lead. I can understand how it could be an additional barrier to a woman leaving an abuser if she has pets that she is worried about and can’t bring them with her. --- ## [Won't someone think of the children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-someone-think-of-the-children/609814)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-someone-think-of-the-children/609814 "2012-01-17T19:02:50Z")
My sister and I are not speaking. We haven’t spoken since October, when she told me I was acting crazy because I had post-partum depression. Then she hung up the phone on me and we haven’t spoken since. I sent her an inv… --- ## [When You Realize You're a Hopeless Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-realize-youre-a-hopeless-geek/608980)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-realize-youre-a-hopeless-geek/608980 "2012-01-17T18:34:02Z")
I was doing a crossword puzzle today, and it asked for an eight-letter word for ‘‘game intermission.’’ My thought process went as follows: ‘‘Oh, that’s really easy. It fits perfectly. Wait, no, something’s wrong. Hmm… --- ## [Ordering a margarita machine sub rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-a-margarita-machine-sub-rosa/609728 "2012-01-17T16:42:59Z")
My coworkers and I have determined we really must have a margarita machine for our department in order to maintain our cheerful dispositions in the face of demanding users, corporate restructuring, and other detrimental … --- ## [Top Gear funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-funny/609715)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-funny/609715 "2012-01-17T16:35:09Z")
James May, co-presenter of BBC’s auto magazine “Top Gear” tests out an auto navigation device…with hilarious results. --- ## [10 predictions from 1900 which came true...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-predictions-from-1900-which-came-true/609122)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-predictions-from-1900-which-came-true/609122 "2012-01-17T16:09:32Z")
… and some which didn’t. \*In December 1900, at the start of the 20th Century, John Elfreth Watkins wrote a piece published on page eight of an American women’s magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, entitled: “What may happen … --- ## [I try to become Gay for Science. (Warning, long, Gay)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-try-to-become-gay-for-science-warning-long-gay/333988)
**Author:** [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-try-to-become-gay-for-science-warning-long-gay/333988 "2012-01-17T11:28:22Z")
Recently, I once again heard the strains of the tired debate regarding whether homosexuality is learned, or whether it is innate. According to one of the people that I was eavesdropping on (who I like to call Person A),… --- ## [The end of the United Kingdom...........could come as soon as 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-united-kingdom-could-come-as-soon-as-2014/609175)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-united-kingdom-could-come-as-soon-as-2014/609175 "2012-01-17T11:19:29Z")
:D:) The Scottish Government has announced plans to hold an independence referendum It could well be curtains for the most successful nation in the history of the world. And that sad. OTH, no more having to explain Sco… --- ## [The perks of poverty.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perks-of-poverty/608714)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perks-of-poverty/608714 "2012-01-17T11:17:05Z")
I want to help that little girl learn how to cut hair. I swear I don’t mind looking like I’m leaning to one side. Anybody got another reason to go on? --- ## [Stuff New Age Girls Say. Funny Video!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-new-age-girls-say-funny-video/609514)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-new-age-girls-say-funny-video/609514 "2012-01-17T06:37:32Z")
The video itself is safe for work, but the name of the video is actually “Sh\*t New Age Girls Say”, so use your own judgement. --- ## [Friends and family dont visit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-and-family-dont-visit/609560)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-and-family-dont-visit/609560 "2012-01-17T03:58:32Z")
Might be a lame rant, but my friends and family dont visit my wife and I at all. Three months ago I got married and my wife and I moved into a rental house. The house is owned by my MiL, and as thanks for her giving us … --- ## [Why didn't I have a town meeting to teach me how to use my cell phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-i-have-a-town-meeting-to-teach-me-how-to-use-my-cell-phone/609465)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-i-have-a-town-meeting-to-teach-me-how-to-use-my-cell-phone/609465 "2012-01-17T01:58:28Z")
Old Bell educational film on how to use a dial phone. It’s pretty amusing and totally safe for work. I have to dial my own phone? part one I have to dial my own phone? part two So why didn’t … --- ## [Why Does The Market Tend Toward Mediocrity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-market-tend-toward-mediocrity/609446)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-market-tend-toward-mediocrity/609446 "2012-01-16T17:28:27Z")
I generally agree with the idea, that the free market leads to optimum allocation of resources. However, there is one example that I find strange-why is it that the market allows for large numbers of products (of esse… --- ## [Hey, Y'all! I Love Your Asses!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yall-i-love-your-asses/609369)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yall-i-love-your-asses/609369 "2012-01-16T16:42:14Z")
Love the rest of you, too, and just wanted you to know that although things are kinda ruff for me and the lovely Dondra, health-wise right now, we haven’t forgotten those of you who need our thoughts, prayers (D’s especi… --- ## [Dying Girl Bullied Online by 33 Year Old Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125 "2012-01-16T14:32:32Z")
This news comes from the city about 5 miles south of me. What is the world coming to? This little girl is dying from Huntington’s Disease, which killed her mother. Her neighbor posts horrific pictures of her on Facebook… --- ## [Brick House - A Silly Games MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brick-house-a-silly-games-mmp/608886)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brick-house-a-silly-games-mmp/608886 "2012-01-16T13:24:08Z")
So, it’s an early MMP (for those of us in the official MMP time zone, AKA Eastern Standard Time :slight\_smile: ). Went for a walk with my brother and nephew, who brought his iPod along and was broadcasting songs for our… --- ## [Six baby pandas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-baby-pandas/609623)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-baby-pandas/609623 "2012-01-16T07:07:41Z")
Aaaaaawwwwwwwwww. --- ## [The Wrong Card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wrong-card/607425)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wrong-card/607425 "2012-01-16T03:53:50Z")
Really… I have NO idea what to title this thread. Two weeks ago today I took my laptop into Computers Plus for repair. Turns out it was unrepairable and I ended up buying a new Acer desktop from them. I had forgotten … --- ## [I'm sorry but there is a time and a place for breast feeding in public…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-but-there-is-a-time-and-a-place-for-breast-feeding-in-public/609519)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-but-there-is-a-time-and-a-place-for-breast-feeding-in-public/609519 "2012-01-16T00:32:49Z")
Saw this on twitter and had to share. :smiley: --- ## [The cat had a seizure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-had-a-seizure/609627)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-had-a-seizure/609627 "2012-01-15T23:25:41Z")
Just a little one. First one I’ve seen, though he had two or three a week before he and the SO moved up. He apparently had a mild one last Autumn. Today he was lying on my feet, and the sun was full in his face. SO s… --- ## [Cool gadgets from CES 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-gadgets-from-ces-2012/609491)
**Author:** [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-gadgets-from-ces-2012/609491 "2012-01-15T22:05:23Z")
CES 2012 got over this Friday. I didn’t follow it super-closely but here is some of the stuff I liked: The Lenovo Yoga: I am really looking forward to convertible tablets running Windows 8 and the Yoga is a great design… --- ## [These are some astounding men's shoes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-some-astounding-mens-shoes/609565)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-some-astounding-mens-shoes/609565 "2012-01-15T19:14:12Z")
Yes they are! I’d almost think they were a joke if they weren’t $600 a pair originally. --- ## [Post YouTube clips of very talented amateur singers who deserve to be wider known.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-youtube-clips-of-very-talented-amateur-singers-who-deserve-to-be-wider-known/609619)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-youtube-clips-of-very-talented-amateur-singers-who-deserve-to-be-wider-known/609619 "2012-01-15T18:07:29Z")
Youtube is full of people singing to a gritty bluish webcam. Most of them don’t intend to give up their day job, and rightfully so. However, sometimes there is some true, major talented gems in there. If you know of the… --- ## [Not all Christians are assholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-christians-are-assholes/609258)
**Author:** [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-christians-are-assholes/609258 "2012-01-15T09:15:14Z")
Here’s a Catholic priest who has started an online petition to overturn a legal loophole that allows violence against gays. http://www.marycatholic.com/ This loophole has previoulsy been successfully used in a murder c… --- ## [Same-sex marriage a threat to humanity? I KNEW IT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-marriage-a-threat-to-humanity-i-knew-it/609213)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-sex-marriage-a-threat-to-humanity-i-knew-it/609213 "2012-01-15T08:30:14Z")
Ever since the first laws allowing same-sex marriage were passed, humanity has been on the decline, and Pope Benedict isn’t just going to sit back and be all accepting and shit. It’s always the damned gays! It’s stuff … --- ## [Anybody want a fat cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-fat-cat/609299)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-fat-cat/609299 "2012-01-15T07:32:37Z")
Walter weighs 28 pounds and is up for adoption in Portland, OR. And he’s on sale. $12, including a bag of low-calorie cat food and a laser pointer. My cat is fat So now I’ll dine And eat all up This cat of mine – … --- ## [My meeting with Claude Debussy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-meeting-with-claude-debussy/608922)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-meeting-with-claude-debussy/608922 "2012-01-15T04:14:13Z")
Last night I was at a gathering at which Debussy (the famous French impressionist composer) was a featured guest. I mustered up the courage to approach him and introduce myself, and we had a nice chat. I asked him about … --- ## [Happy Friday 13th!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-friday-13th/609393)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-friday-13th/609393 "2012-01-15T02:24:00Z")
This year will have the maximum number of Friday 13ths: today, April, and July. Find these and other amusing facts at Friday the 13th - Wikipedia or at What’s the deal with “Friday the 13th” (not the movie) Friday… --- ## [grad thesis writing hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grad-thesis-writing-hell/199451)
**Author:** [@labrat2111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labrat2111)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grad-thesis-writing-hell/199451 "2012-01-14T23:43:13Z")
Just taking a break from working on the never ending MS thesis. To make a long story short I spend two years in school taking classes and conducting research for an MS and all I had to do was write and defend the thesis… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1183)