# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1250 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1251 --- ## [Time to think about Halloween Costumes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-think-about-halloween-costumes/420890)
**Author:** [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-think-about-halloween-costumes/420890 "2007-10-16T23:22:49Z")
I’m so excited that my boss is going to let me dress up at work this year. I love Halloween and the chance to be creative. I’m making my own costume this year (as I always do when I get to dress up). Usually I try to … --- ## [I got a WTF phone call this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-wtf-phone-call-this-morning/593437)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-wtf-phone-call-this-morning/593437 "2011-08-24T02:24:36Z")
So there I am halfway awake at 745 am, contemplating a blissful saturday when I am jolted to full alertness by my phone ringing. I check the screen and the incoming call is from 1144, thats it. That was the entire phone … --- ## [The Five Nerd Disciplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-nerd-disciplines/593780 "2011-08-24T01:54:17Z")
Music\*, Math, Magic, Programming and Masturbation \*Classical. Not that rap shit. --- ## [AOL makes its entree into Soviet Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-makes-its-entree-into-soviet-russia/593843)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-makes-its-entree-into-soviet-russia/593843 "2011-08-24T01:54:02Z")
See if you see the same thing I do. If not, I’ll spoil it: --- ## [Thought I would touch base and say hello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-i-would-touch-base-and-say-hello/590930 "2011-08-24T00:58:28Z")
It’s been awhile and 95% of you have never met or know me from dust, but I have been lurking from time to time and every so often an old Doper will e me and plead nicely to check in, so “hello!” Horrified at how many Do… --- ## [An Update: I'm Advancing To Stage 5 Of My Early Onset Alz., I Think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-im-advancing-to-stage-5-of-my-early-onset-alz-i-think/593498)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-im-advancing-to-stage-5-of-my-early-onset-alz-i-think/593498 "2011-08-24T00:38:00Z")
I have recently noticed a tendency to want to do something I enjoy (such as posting in the WoW section here), but when I go to it, the desire suddenly leaves me. And that goes for my guitar-playing, my drums, my bicycle… --- ## [blind/deaf geriatric cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-deaf-geriatric-cat/593707)
**Author:** [@AlienVessels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlienVessels)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-deaf-geriatric-cat/593707 "2011-08-24T00:28:58Z")
I’m posting about this for a couple of reasons. One is just to share the experience and the other is to hopefully hear about others in similar situations. Zephyr turned 21 years old this spring. She’s completely blind… --- ## [This Canuck wants to do without Cable TV!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-canuck-wants-to-do-without-cable-tv/593690)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-canuck-wants-to-do-without-cable-tv/593690 "2011-08-23T21:04:14Z")
I realized that my mum and grandma both have the big massive TV package from Roger’s, and that it was redundant for me to pay for the same channels, despite the fact that I never watch them alone. I heard people go on a… --- ## [Stage Collapses at Indiana State Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-collapses-at-indiana-state-fair/592647)
**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-collapses-at-indiana-state-fair/592647 "2011-08-23T20:47:15Z")
Sugarland concert stage collapsed onto fans. 4 confirmed dead. Ugh. --- ## [Plane crash at Kansas City Airshow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crash-at-kansas-city-airshow/593735)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crash-at-kansas-city-airshow/593735 "2011-08-23T20:36:26Z")
Link. A biplane crashed while maneuvering at the Kansas City Airshow. I watched the video before reading the article, and I definitely heard a crack at about 1:20 that indicated to me a structural failure. A quote in … --- ## [Has some important Southerner died recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-some-important-southerner-died-recently/593655)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-some-important-southerner-died-recently/593655 "2011-08-23T20:26:37Z")
Or perhaps some regional tragedy I’m overlooking? There are U.S. flags at half-mast in Virginia and North Carolina, and I haven’t been able to find out why. --- ## [I've been starting to worry that the the PiperCub is colour-blind...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-starting-to-worry-that-the-the-pipercub-is-colour-blind/578211)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-starting-to-worry-that-the-the-pipercub-is-colour-blind/578211 "2011-08-23T18:09:34Z")
He’s approaching 3, and very talkative, but I’ve noticed that he never seem to identify green things in story books. I’d say, “Where’s the green \[whatever\]?” and get the reply, “Dunno.” I thought, “Hmmm. Trouble seein… --- ## [So I got a Roku...Help me with Hulu and other options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-roku-help-me-with-hulu-and-other-options/593520)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-roku-help-me-with-hulu-and-other-options/593520 "2011-08-23T14:54:56Z")
OK, so realizing that we hadn’t been using the bigscreen TV Lady Chance bought several years ago following the move and yet the kids had been hammering Netflix on the iPads I picked up a Roku. This should allow us to se… --- ## [Sin taxes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sin-taxes/593622)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sin-taxes/593622 "2011-08-23T14:53:23Z")
Y’know, taxes on cigarettes, liquor, fast cars, private jets. I live in Canada where such taxes are commonplace, have been around a long time, so we’re used to it. Since we seem to be living in an age of predatory capit… --- ## [I am the guy who put mouthwash into his eyes today...four times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-guy-who-put-mouthwash-into-his-eyes-today-four-times/593615)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-guy-who-put-mouthwash-into-his-eyes-today-four-times/593615 "2011-08-23T14:06:57Z")
Gather 'round, children, for I have a story to tell you. It comes to you from the guy who consumed 45 peanut butter cups in one day, had a mini stroke trying to start a new roll of toilet paper while taking a dump, refer… --- ## [AAARGH, I forgot to put my clothes in the dryer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaargh-i-forgot-to-put-my-clothes-in-the-dryer/593658)
**Author:** [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaargh-i-forgot-to-put-my-clothes-in-the-dryer/593658 "2011-08-23T14:00:29Z")
So my mom came home from vacation yesterday, and, naturally, needed to do a lot of laundry. I knew I had a pair of jeans in the dryer from doing my own laundry on Tuesday, so while I was helping her put away groceries, I… --- ## [Daddy & daughter duet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-daughter-duet/593660)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-daughter-duet/593660 "2011-08-23T13:24:05Z")
In the realm of mundane and pointless things that I must share, I give you Daddy, Daughter Duet. Yes, it’s my genius 9 month old. My dad’s already asked when the next American Idol audition is. --- ## [Write your own epitaph. Silly versions only, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859 "2011-08-23T13:06:53Z")
“Here lies Skald the Rhymer. He joked about being evil in front of the wrong cop.” Next? --- ## [Happy 35th, dropzone and dropwife.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-35th-dropzone-and-dropwife/593619)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-35th-dropzone-and-dropwife/593619 "2011-08-23T12:33:30Z")
Okay, at this point we’re like a couple of guys. I looked at the BBQ and saw a tragedy in the making. “Who built that fire?” “I did, and it’s why you are off to get more charcoal. And get some dessert.” I could tell… --- ## [Student loans, repayment, and high cost of living](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-loans-repayment-and-high-cost-of-living/562345)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-loans-repayment-and-high-cost-of-living/562345 "2010-12-02T21:12:50Z")
I was looking at the loan repayment calculator at the ed.gov website, to get some more information on the recent income-contingent repayment program. I was unhappy to find that, while it takes into account gross income, … --- ## [The I-Can't-Believe-We're-Related Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-cant-believe-were-related-thread/592638)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-cant-believe-were-related-thread/592638 "2011-08-23T04:45:31Z")
I can’t believe I’m related to my brother, who is a neoconservative Limbaugh-worshipper who reveres GW Bush as some sort of moral hero and who may be a latent Tea-Partyer, though he hasn’t actually said it. His wife an… --- ## [I need to come out-I like bow ties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-come-out-i-like-bow-ties/593509)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-come-out-i-like-bow-ties/593509 "2011-08-23T02:04:24Z")
Of course, I’d prefer no ties at all, but if I have to wear them, I think bow ties are awesome. Ties are really the only way men are truly able to stand apart, and I have had co-workers comment on my unique tie collecti… --- ## [Bright red cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bright-red-cat/593687)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bright-red-cat/593687 "2011-08-23T01:27:21Z")
I was walking my dogs in the park yesterday and in the distance ,I spotted what looked like a cat. I figured it was somebody’s toy that blew away because it was way too red to be a cat. As we got closer it ran toward the… --- ## [Los Angeles River, is open to kayakers for a few weekends.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-river-is-open-to-kayakers-for-a-few-weekends/593506)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-river-is-open-to-kayakers-for-a-few-weekends/593506 "2011-08-22T23:51:35Z")
This sounds very encouraging. The clean up efforts on the Los Angeles River are slowly improving the river. It’s been heavily polluted for all my life and closed for any recreational use. I’m thrilled to hear they are ma… --- ## [Come try out my program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-try-out-my-program/563616)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-try-out-my-program/563616 "2011-08-22T22:25:00Z")
I made a program, called AlDraw, for making geometrical constructions, like these. I’ve been working on it more recently, and I just put it up on SourceForge. It’s released under the GNU GPLv3, so you can download the s… --- ## [I want me some bulletproof skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-me-some-bulletproof-skin/593625)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-me-some-bulletproof-skin/593625 "2011-08-22T21:48:59Z")
Neither really mundane or pointless, they can now make bulletproof skin! Not only that, it may someday lead to artificial ligaments and tendons that are actually stronger than the real thing! ASAP I want a new body wi… --- ## [Rosey fingered Dawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosey-fingered-dawn/593700)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosey-fingered-dawn/593700 "2011-08-22T21:39:07Z")
…and then Dawn fingered Rosey for a little while. --- ## [Anyone have a 2011 or 2012 Hyundai Sonota with the nav package and an iPod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-2011-or-2012-hyundai-sonota-with-the-nav-package-and-an-ipod/593682)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-2011-or-2012-hyundai-sonota-with-the-nav-package-and-an-ipod/593682 "2011-08-22T21:08:41Z")
I’m thinking of getting a 2012 Hyundai Sonota with the nav package. If you have one, and you plug your iPod/iPhone into it, I’d like to know how that works. Specifically, in my case I have a lot of playlists and also a … --- ## [West Memphis 3 getting released?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-memphis-3-getting-released/593293)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-memphis-3-getting-released/593293 "2011-08-22T20:55:33Z")
http://maraleveritt.com/2011/08/wm3-leave-prison-with-all-belongings-source-says-they-are-not-expected-back/ --- ## [Ghana's first female pilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghanas-first-female-pilot/593409)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghanas-first-female-pilot/593409 "2011-08-22T19:03:35Z")
Article Good story. A girl goes from gathering wood to becoming Ghana’s first female pilot, an engine technician, and flight instructor. I haven’t had a chance to watch the video yet. I’ll do it mañana. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1251)