# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1190 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1191 --- ## [So what am I really? Automatic self vs. constructed self](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-am-i-really-automatic-self-vs-constructed-self/607739)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-am-i-really-automatic-self-vs-constructed-self/607739 "2011-12-30T06:43:09Z")
I have been recovering from depression (and perhaps other issues) for a while. Everyday I have negative thoughts and impulses flooding through me. I don’t want to get out from bed. I am uncertain and doubtful about peopl… --- ## [BabyWatch 2011: The Final Chapter begins...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babywatch-2011-the-final-chapter-begins/607642)
**Author:** [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babywatch-2011-the-final-chapter-begins/607642 "2011-12-30T05:59:00Z")
My eldest daughter went in to labor this morning and thus begins the Bataan Death March of waiting out the labor process for the little guy to make his appearance. Yay, Ollie! \*\*Am as excited as Hell and needed to share… --- ## [247 Snakes (almost) On A Plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/247-snakes-almost-on-a-plane/607721)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/247-snakes-almost-on-a-plane/607721 "2011-12-30T03:48:51Z")
Story here. Life imitating art? No, the movie was not art. --- ## [Forgot your rubbers? No screen time for U!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-your-rubbers-no-screen-time-for-u/607565)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-your-rubbers-no-screen-time-for-u/607565 "2011-12-30T01:22:36Z")
Is L.A. getting crazier, or what? Wonder if that applies to non-porn actors? Condom check! Drop trou’! --- ## [My spouse (with a little help from me) saved a guy from choking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spouse-with-a-little-help-from-me-saved-a-guy-from-choking/607770)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spouse-with-a-little-help-from-me-saved-a-guy-from-choking/607770 "2011-12-29T23:52:41Z")
So the spouse and I were out having lunch at KFC a couple of days ago. We’re just sitting there and minding our own business when suddenly we started hearing strange noises. An old guy sitting at a table near us was whee… --- ## [One of my cats is broken (funny, not sad)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-is-broken-funny-not-sad/607395)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-is-broken-funny-not-sad/607395 "2011-12-29T23:02:31Z")
So, I have four cats (pics in a later post, if I can find the pics at all). I have two orange tabby boys, a blue grey girl, and a seal point Siamese girl. And I got a laser pointer for Xmas. It’s not that I wanted a l… --- ## [Father's eulogy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-eulogy/607700)
**Author:** [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-eulogy/607700 "2011-12-29T20:32:27Z")
Feel free to bet on how many times I fall apart trying to deliver it, tomorrow. :(:(:frowning: I understand now, in a way that neither casual reading nor academic study could convey, the practice of ancestor worship. D… --- ## [Google walking directions to Mordor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-walking-directions-to-mordor/607017 "2011-12-29T19:47:53Z")
Go to Google Maps. Click on the get directions tab. Enter “Rivendell” for (A) and “Mordor” for (B). Click on the little walking person icon for walking directions. The result amuses. (Apologies if this has been done… --- ## [Public Schooling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-schooling/607722)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-schooling/607722 "2011-12-29T19:35:10Z")
I know this will open the floodgates of negativity, but I just wanted to add: When my son started school, the Public school system determined he was not keeping up with the curricula, got him a TON of extra support (rou… --- ## [Snakes On Planes? Try Snakes In A Kitchen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-planes-try-snakes-in-a-kitchen/607691)
**Author:** [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-on-planes-try-snakes-in-a-kitchen/607691 "2011-12-29T19:28:01Z")
We’ve got a snake. Not by choice. I’ll start out by saying that I’ll just bet that this is the same black rat snake (Around 3’ long) that I found on the front porch this past August or September, that I grabbed, and bro… --- ## [Atheists! You really need to stop pissing on the parade!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515 "2011-12-29T18:47:55Z")
Or just stop pissing period! This is why we are wrong!:smiley: --- ## [Peri-Menopause: WHAT CLOTHES TO WEAR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peri-menopause-what-clothes-to-wear/570565)
**Author:** [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peri-menopause-what-clothes-to-wear/570565 "2011-12-29T18:11:50Z")
Please give suggestions as to what clothes I can buy to wear to work. DO NOT TELL ME TO LAYER. That’s like telling a woman with morning sickness to eat crackers. I am aware of the concept of layering. I’m talking abo… --- ## [How is this magic trick done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-magic-trick-done/607719)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-magic-trick-done/607719 "2011-12-29T16:33:56Z")
I assume it is a trick pack, but I sure can’t solve it. Link mmm ETA: Another version --- ## [Why I need to make friends with the accounts guys.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-need-to-make-friends-with-the-accounts-guys/607414)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-need-to-make-friends-with-the-accounts-guys/607414 "2011-12-29T16:28:14Z")
Some of our members might recall my little tiff with the accounts department of my firm last year when they refused to reimburse me for a dry cleaning bill obtained in the line of duty. So a few months ago I was oversea… --- ## [Have you ever been graded on a real curve in a class?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-graded-on-a-real-curve-in-a-class/607564)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-graded-on-a-real-curve-in-a-class/607564 "2011-12-29T14:54:39Z")
I’m not talking about a typical “everyone gets and additional 10 points because the highest score in the class was a 90”, but the real thing - every student is rated comparatively and placed along a bell curve, and the l… --- ## [Horoscopes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554)
**Author:** [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horoscopes/607554 "2011-12-29T09:12:40Z")
I often hear the more scientifically literate condemning the concepts of horoscopes and astrology. Of course, we all know they’re nonsense. I guess some people derive a bit of fun from them, and I guess that’s OK. But … --- ## [What to get my father for his last Christmas...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-my-father-for-his-last-christmas/606380)
**Author:** [@medicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medicated)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-my-father-for-his-last-christmas/606380 "2011-12-29T08:05:38Z")
I think the title just about sums it up. My dad was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer recently, and this is almost certainly going to be his last Christmas. We don’t expect more than a few months, really. This i… --- ## [Is your Church having a shorter service this Sunday, Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-church-having-a-shorter-service-this-sunday-christmas/607282)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-church-having-a-shorter-service-this-sunday-christmas/607282 "2011-12-29T05:36:28Z")
Christmas falls on Sunday this year. An appropriate day for our blessed Lord and saviors birthday. :smiley: But, the realities are families are pretty busy Christmas morning. Opening presents and then preparing Christ… --- ## [Photography: It's not \[only\] the equipment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photography-its-not-only-the-equipment/606838)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photography-its-not-only-the-equipment/606838 "2011-12-29T05:33:03Z")
In a previous thread, we started a tangent on cameraphone quality vs ‘real cameras’. What was amazing to me was just how good phones were getting, especially in light \[heh\] of the fact they have teeny, tiny, optics. I s… --- ## [Annoyingly Dense Comment from Historical Documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoyingly-dense-comment-from-historical-documentary/607463)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoyingly-dense-comment-from-historical-documentary/607463 "2011-12-29T04:31:55Z")
Dumbest thing I’ve seen on the Military History Channel this weekend: “No other Boeing-built bomber aircraft has had the same impact on a city as the B-29 has had on Wichita.” Yeah, because when thinking “what city has… --- ## [Yikes! Is the Author of 549 Wikipedia Articles putting an ancient curse on me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-is-the-author-of-549-wikipedia-articles-putting-an-ancient-curse-on-me/607503)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-is-the-author-of-549-wikipedia-articles-putting-an-ancient-curse-on-me/607503 "2011-12-29T04:20:02Z")
Or is she just sizing up whether my skull would make a nice mortar for the mixing of potions? I can’t tell, but I’m not happy with either alternative. --- ## [Regifting gone wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regifting-gone-wrong/607676)
**Author:** [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regifting-gone-wrong/607676 "2011-12-29T03:22:04Z")
On Christmas day we had dinner at the Aunt’s house. She is the sister of my 90 year old mother in law. Her son, Bobby, gave my mother in law a gift that was a tower of gift boxes the kind that are usually filled with c… --- ## [Doper Matrimony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-matrimony/607523)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-matrimony/607523 "2011-12-29T02:14:13Z")
Two years ago, I posted this thread about a chance get-together with jsgoddess and the possibility of an unexpected turn of events in what had been a very bad year for me. A year later, I posted another thread, celebrati… --- ## [Anyone else bored?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-bored/607374)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-bored/607374 "2011-12-29T01:25:12Z")
SO is still asleep. Not a lot on the glass teat. Teh Interwebs are kinda quiet. I’ve finished about half a pot of French roast, did the dishes, made bacon (I’m hungry, but I haven’t eaten anything today – I need the g… --- ## [Did the USA give Hugo Chavez cancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-usa-give-hugo-chavez-cancer/607671)
**Author:** [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-usa-give-hugo-chavez-cancer/607671 "2011-12-29T01:20:33Z")
He’s not making any accusations, just asking questions. --- ## [Cute things cats do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-things-cats-do/607435)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-things-cats-do/607435 "2011-12-28T23:19:01Z")
I like to recline on the couch and surf the web on my computer that sits on the coffee table. My outstretched arm rests on the PowerBook. SO’s cat has come up with a ‘new thing’ when he wants attention: He’ll come ove… --- ## [Anyone have any experience with selling gift cards on those online sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-experience-with-selling-gift-cards-on-those-online-sites/607640)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-experience-with-selling-gift-cards-on-those-online-sites/607640 "2011-12-28T17:13:29Z")
I was reading our local paper online, and they had an article describing a few websites which offer to buy your unwanted gift cards at about 90% of the value. I looked into it, and it looks like you have to create an ac… --- ## [Back in The Dope!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-the-dope/607625)
**Author:** [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-the-dope/607625 "2011-12-28T16:40:03Z")
Although I’ve never been a frequent posters and for the last couple of years life has gotten in the way of checking out The Dope like I used to, I logged in today and it felt like slipping on my favorite blue jeans. I kn… --- ## [Orchid Re-Blooms!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchid-re-blooms/607279)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchid-re-blooms/607279 "2011-12-28T16:33:12Z")
My generic mini-phalenopsis spiked … and the first flower bud is OPEN! Just smack-dab in time for Christmas :smiley: O Joy !!! It’s white, with just a very pale pink center, with some pale yellow on the lip, and tiny pi… --- ## [Ninja Puppies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ninja-puppies/607632)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ninja-puppies/607632 "2011-12-28T16:28:33Z")
From my local Craigslist: Ninja Puppies (Morrison, TN) Here’s the deal: We have a Jack Russell terrier that stays in our fenced in side yard. The fence is 42" tall and has a wire running along the bottom of it that hol… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1191)