# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1215 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1216 --- ## [Two kinds of people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kinds-of-people/602209 "2011-11-09T14:18:10Z")
You have the NESes. 8-bit. 2D. Slow. Square. And then you have… the XBox 360s. Life-like graphics. Fast. Can connect to the internet. Can play DVDs on them. Worth a lot. Has a cool accessory called kinect. I like peop… --- ## [It's mah birthday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-mah-birthday/602310)
**Author:** [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-mah-birthday/602310 "2011-11-09T11:43:52Z")
I officially turn 23 today. Holy crap, do I feel old. I woke up at dawn today to go collect signatures at the polling place to get gay marriage on the ballot in my state. We got a few hundred in just a couple of hours,… --- ## [Workplace diversity survey results. Huh.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-diversity-survey-results-huh/602327)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-diversity-survey-results-huh/602327 "2011-11-09T02:36:02Z")
So we’ve had the results of our office diversity survey back. Participation was desultory - just under half of the 3500+ employees responded (1710) and all the questions have at least 2% respondents answering “Prefer not… --- ## [Rounding the corner to Turkey Day... The November weight loss thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rounding-the-corner-to-turkey-day-the-november-weight-loss-thread/602086)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rounding-the-corner-to-turkey-day-the-november-weight-loss-thread/602086 "2011-11-09T01:30:09Z")
It’s now November, and I’m down just over 70 lbs. I’m still on Weight Watchers and still doing OK on it, but the weight loss is slowing down a bit. I should exercise more, I think. Last week, though, I had my driver’s l… --- ## [intern project coordinator for workforce training solutions leader to build unclear tech in 120 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intern-project-coordinator-for-workforce-training-solutions-leader-to-build-unclear-tech-in-120-days/602238)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intern-project-coordinator-for-workforce-training-solutions-leader-to-build-unclear-tech-in-120-days/602238 "2011-11-09T00:26:23Z")
from Craigslist: On one level, this leader in writing ludicrously sounding project plans is probably not a good stock pick of a company. Maybe more of a cartoon fodder for Scott Adams. But on another level, I for one,… --- ## [My Husband Is Really Ill (Liver Failure) \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-really-ill-liver-failure-edited-title/575065)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 342\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-really-ill-liver-failure-edited-title/575065 "2011-11-08T21:03:05Z")
They called today to tell us to take him to the ER. That he’s probably bleeding from the abdominal cavity. So now I’m really scared and they are running every test imaginable. I just could terribly use some Doper suppor… --- ## ["Queen of the Dead"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-of-the-dead/602168)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-of-the-dead/602168 "2011-11-08T20:10:12Z")
I hope it is not de trop to post a link to my weekly column, The Queen of the Dead, here: Eve Golden: Queen of the Dead | Every Monday I write about the week’s most interesting (well, to me, anyway) obituaries. No one m… --- ## [Did the disabled community have a Stonewall-esque event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-disabled-community-have-a-stonewall-esque-event/584373)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-disabled-community-have-a-stonewall-esque-event/584373 "2011-11-08T20:09:57Z")
Reading the thread on how much more the world changed 1955-85 vs. 1985-2015 made me wonder: did the Disabled Community have an event analogous to the Stonewall riots? i suspect not, the closest being maybe disabled Vietn… --- ## [No true Scotsman on Wiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-true-scotsman-on-wiki/602021)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-true-scotsman-on-wiki/602021 "2011-11-08T19:16:07Z")
From Wiki \[emphasis mine\]: Huh? :confused: Am I missing something? Or has a vandal altered this paragraph? --- ## [Children of Rape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-rape/602211)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-rape/602211 "2011-11-08T17:42:06Z")
I recently found out that I was conceived through premeditated rape. I’ve known my biological father most of my life (the exception being a 10 year estrangement between the ages of 13 and 23.) I have only recently cobb… --- ## [Back scratch...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-scratch/601101)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-scratch/601101 "2011-11-08T16:54:18Z")
I would kill for one right now. I don’t know why, but my back is really itchy today. I’ve tried scratching it with a ruler, but it’s just not doing it for me. I wish someone with long fingernails could scratch every i… --- ## [Olympus Scandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympus-scandal/602261)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympus-scandal/602261 "2011-11-08T16:44:34Z")
I have been ignoring the news during Hajj. My regular hours are disrupted and I am spending more time at the pool. Have you heard about the scandal that might destroy the makes of Olympus Cameras and suchwhat? It seems … --- ## [Just remembered I had the weirdest dream last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-remembered-i-had-the-weirdest-dream-last-night/602249)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-remembered-i-had-the-weirdest-dream-last-night/602249 "2011-11-08T16:07:06Z")
I was my own doppleganger! (sp) Actually saw myself across a crowded room…and wasn’t freaked out. Remember feeling just a kind of acknowledgement and thinking Hmmm, I really don’t look half bad. And then just went o… --- ## [What's on your mind right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-mind-right-now/601992)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-mind-right-now/601992 "2011-11-08T09:16:17Z")
Before reading this thread title, what was your last thought? --- ## [Happy/sad news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-sad-news/602170)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-sad-news/602170 "2011-11-08T07:36:15Z")
Last night on Facebook, someone I haven’t seen in years posted pictures from her wedding, which was, apparently, yesterday. She and her SO have been together for, god, about 15 years or so. (Trying to reconstruct when sh… --- ## [Are you bored? Go find a planet!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bored-go-find-a-planet/597570)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bored-go-find-a-planet/597570 "2011-11-08T04:14:23Z")
Examples of candidates found with this effort are already here: Good times, good times. --- ## [So, is anyone going in on 'Bank Transfer Day'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-in-on-bank-transfer-day/601920)
**Author:** [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-in-on-bank-transfer-day/601920 "2011-11-08T00:38:05Z")
Bank Transfer Day I just ran across this today. I didn’t realize this was occurring, but oddly enough, today I just completed transferring all my funds out of Wells Fargo to USAA and closing my Wells Fargo account. And … --- ## [Verdict in Michael Jackson's Doctor trial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verdict-in-michael-jacksons-doctor-trial/602207)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verdict-in-michael-jacksons-doctor-trial/602207 "2011-11-07T23:40:46Z")
Coming soon. Jurors are just entering the court room. --- ## [Just bought a new to us car...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-a-new-to-us-car/601851)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-a-new-to-us-car/601851 "2011-11-07T22:36:50Z")
A Toyota 4Runner, and now I’m seeing 4Runners all over the road. I notice them everywhere. Is there a name for this phenomenon? Something along the lines of confirmation bias, or some thing like that? --- ## [Is love easy or hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-love-easy-or-hard/601944)
**Author:** [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-love-easy-or-hard/601944 "2011-11-07T21:31:51Z")
--- ## [Should I cut a hole in my basement ceiling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-a-hole-in-my-basement-ceiling/602050)
**Author:** [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-cut-a-hole-in-my-basement-ceiling/602050 "2011-11-07T19:40:51Z")
I need advice. This might be more of a GQ and if it is then mods please move but I’m starting out here because I’m looking for ideas also. My husband and I are musicians. Our basement is finished and we want to start … --- ## [Google does a barrel roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796 "2011-11-07T19:07:47Z")
Pretty cool, cite. --- ## [Oh Sweet Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-sweet-irony/601665)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-sweet-irony/601665 "2011-11-07T18:17:08Z")
Irony: Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs There’s a thread here I just read about the irony of the beautiful aesthetics of the iPhone being covered up by a protective cover. I was using… --- ## [What Do They Do With Old Churches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-old-churches/591765)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-old-churches/591765 "2011-11-07T16:44:00Z")
I was walking past a pretty good sized Orthadox Church today and I noticed a sign that said that the new church has been built and is open, and that the worshippers should now go to the new location. My question is, wha… --- ## [You heard right: I gave away full-size 3 Musketeers bars on Halloween](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-heard-right-i-gave-away-full-size-3-musketeers-bars-on-halloween/559049)
**Author:** [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-heard-right-i-gave-away-full-size-3-musketeers-bars-on-halloween/559049 "2011-11-07T12:43:32Z")
Thought it was just a rumor, eh? Well, allow me to set you straight. I did indeed give away full-size 3 Musketeers bars to lucky Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween. By my count, I gave away 78 of them at a cost of roughly $4… --- ## [Spiderwebs for a snack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiderwebs-for-a-snack/602102)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiderwebs-for-a-snack/602102 "2011-11-07T05:51:42Z")
One on my kitties, 'Lil loves to eat spiderwebs. I know they are made of protein, but could they hurt her? None of the others ever touch them. They might chase a spider, but rarely eat it. She will eat any kind of bug. … --- ## [HIVES!!!!!! Kill me now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hives-kill-me-now/602103)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hives-kill-me-now/602103 "2011-11-07T04:08:09Z")
I may have posted something similar to this a few months back, too. In the past, in my life, I’ve one through these spells of getting hives (“chronic urticaria” in medical-speak) for a few months every several years. I’v… --- ## [Verizon Fios questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizon-fios-questions/601980)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizon-fios-questions/601980 "2011-11-07T02:20:23Z")
On Tuesday Verizon will be coming to install Fios. Currently we have Comcast with their phone/cable/internet package. Right now the Comcast “cable modem” is in the room above the garage where there is also two switches a… --- ## [They grow up so fast....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-grow-up-so-fast/602114)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-grow-up-so-fast/602114 "2011-11-07T00:42:58Z")
SWMBO and I went to a wedding last night. The groom is a young man that we had as a Taekwondo student when he was about 11 or so. We have watched him grow up, go through high school, then college. He’s like an adopted… --- ## [How Did Occupy D.C. Protesters Respond to a Table Full of Job Applications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-occupy-d-c-protesters-respond-to-a-table-full-of-job-applications/601795)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-occupy-d-c-protesters-respond-to-a-table-full-of-job-applications/601795 "2011-11-07T00:26:59Z")
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-video-occupy-d-c-protesters-brush-off-job-applications/ “After more than a month of protest demands for better employment opportunities and benefits, Accuracy in Media saw fit to test… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1214) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1216)