# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1286 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1287 --- ## [Help me get in to University! (Thesis/CV/Letter of Intent)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-in-to-university-thesis-cv-letter-of-intent/584080)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-in-to-university-thesis-cv-letter-of-intent/584080 "2011-06-16T16:01:50Z")
Here is the situation: I am a month in to my AWESOME new job (I love it here) and as part of my hire package, they are willing to pay for me to get my Masters. They will also sponsor my thesis that must be done as part o… --- ## [Should I have called Animal Control instead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-called-animal-control-instead/585585)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-called-animal-control-instead/585585 "2011-06-16T15:40:01Z")
In our company, we have a fleet of cars sitting out in the parking lot. A little while ago, I was notified by someone working in the building next door that she could hear meowing coming from under the hood of one of th… --- ## [Congressman Anthony Weiner: My Twitter account was hacked! The weiner photo is not mine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 344\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-anthony-weiner-my-twitter-account-was-hacked-the-weiner-photo-is-not-mine/583853 "2011-06-16T13:46:24Z")
So the spin is that someone hacked Weiner’s account and put up a photo of a close of a pair of grey men’s boxer shorts with a bulge in them. The news stories here are going nuts with “weiner” puns. Here’s a list of ques… --- ## [Love and Loss...and Envy? What?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-and-loss-and-envy-what/585610)
**Author:** [@LilGypsyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilGypsyGirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-and-loss-and-envy-what/585610 "2011-06-16T04:43:11Z")
I know this may sound odd, and perhaps even a little morbid; but I have realized how incredibly envious I am of the Dopers who are going through crises with their SO’s, or, sadly have recently lost an SO. Weird, I know -… --- ## [Favorite Day of the Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-day-of-the-week/585480)
**Author:** [@MattProle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattProle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-day-of-the-week/585480 "2011-06-16T03:02:47Z")
I suppose we can play a game. You need to answer truthfully, but at the same time include a reference to some entity in popular culture (title of a song, famous line in a movie / video game, witty permutation of somethin… --- ## [What UK goodies are rare in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uk-goodies-are-rare-in-the-us/584889)
**Author:** [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uk-goodies-are-rare-in-the-us/584889 "2011-06-16T02:58:09Z")
When I travel to Green Bay in a couple of weeks for work, I thought it would be nice to arrive bearing gifts, namely British biscuits or chocolates. I figure it would be better to take something not readily available in … --- ## ["I can't even move my f'ing knees but I still kick it all day" \[NSFW video\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-even-move-my-fing-knees-but-i-still-kick-it-all-day-nsfw-video/585517)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-even-move-my-fing-knees-but-i-still-kick-it-all-day-nsfw-video/585517 "2011-06-16T02:33:48Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen… No OP necessary. --- ## [What Happened To Webshots (Website)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-webshots-website/585648)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-webshots-website/585648 "2011-06-16T02:18:45Z")
OK I haven’t used Webshots since 2007 so after like 4 years I expected changes but this is awful. Does anyone use this anymore? If so when did it go downhill. --- ## [can someone give me a short summary on Congressman Weiner and his Weiner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-give-me-a-short-summary-on-congressman-weiner-and-his-weiner/584894)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-give-me-a-short-summary-on-congressman-weiner-and-his-weiner/584894 "2011-06-16T02:05:27Z")
I’m late to the party, and see threads and news articles about Congressman Weiner all over, but don’t know what’s going on and am a bit crammed for time due to work, so can’t track it all down. He tweeted his weiner or … --- ## [Professor Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professor-blank/585427)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professor-blank/585427 "2011-06-16T01:12:23Z")
I was inspired by the sheer awesomeness that is The Ron Thread, so I decided to start a thread about an entirely different sort of character: Professor Blank. There is an actual Professor Blank at my university. What a n… --- ## [This is your business..............how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-your-business-how/585206)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-your-business-how/585206 "2011-06-16T00:52:42Z")
How is what I am doing any of your business? It’s not illegal. Whether or not it’s immoral is irrelevant. And I’ll keep doing it as long as I please!!! It’s not illegal. And it’s not hurting you. I’m no threat to yo… --- ## [Dopers with A Prosthetic Hip: a Little Help, Please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-a-prosthetic-hip-a-little-help-please/585588)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-a-prosthetic-hip-a-little-help-please/585588 "2011-06-15T23:07:37Z")
As I wrote in the mini-rants thread in the Pit, kaylasmom broke her hip a couple of weeks ago; she underwent a bipolar prosthetic hip installation on June 4. We got her a walker and a portable commode/chair for getting … --- ## [Kicking my stock-market checking habit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-my-stock-market-checking-habit/585576)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-my-stock-market-checking-habit/585576 "2011-06-15T23:06:39Z")
Well, as of right now, I have no idea how the stock markets are doing. And I don’t know how they’ve been doing at all this week. See, I’m kicking my addiction to checking the S&P/TMX and S&P 500 indices, like, every ha… --- ## [It looks like being cloudy for tomorrow morning's lunar eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-being-cloudy-for-tomorrow-mornings-lunar-eclipse/585537)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-being-cloudy-for-tomorrow-mornings-lunar-eclipse/585537 "2011-06-15T22:25:12Z")
I was planning to go to the Observatory at about 5.00am tomorrow to view the total lunar eclipse. The presence of volcanic dust in the atmosphere over Australia could make things interessting. But we’ve been having a wee… --- ## [I Was The First Person In My Town/Neighborhood To Have A (Fill In Blank}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-the-first-person-in-my-town-neighborhood-to-have-a-fill-in-blank/585225 "2011-06-15T22:15:24Z")
In the 60’s, I had the very first skateboard in my hometown, if not the county! I used to buy Popular Mechanics - a fun gizmo magazine back then. In one edition was a very small picture of some kid in California standin… --- ## [Representative Weiner has convinced me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-weiner-has-convinced-me/585617)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-weiner-has-convinced-me/585617 "2011-06-15T22:04:25Z")
I’ma keeping it in my pants. --- ## [Cart before horse: I want to work for myself, but I need an idea first, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cart-before-horse-i-want-to-work-for-myself-but-i-need-an-idea-first-right/585609)
**Author:** [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cart-before-horse-i-want-to-work-for-myself-but-i-need-an-idea-first-right/585609 "2011-06-15T21:36:30Z")
I’ve been thinking for the last year or two that I’d really like to work for myself. I’m attracted by not having to play politics, not clearing up after others and being 100% responsible for the outcome of my own efforts… --- ## [How Long Does It Take A Baby To Go From Trying To Walk To Walking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-a-baby-to-go-from-trying-to-walk-to-walking/585366)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-a-baby-to-go-from-trying-to-walk-to-walking/585366 "2011-06-15T20:59:04Z")
I was in the park enjoying the day as were a bunch of kids. I saw two little guys and they were learning to walk. They’d get up, take two or three steps and fall down. Then they’d pick themselves up and try again and fa… --- ## [Dancing with canoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-canoes/585601)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-canoes/585601 "2011-06-15T20:55:40Z")
Hi all. I do a fair bit of canoe/kayak paddling. I just kinda flail around…but I get where I am going and have fun. Other paddlers much better than me can make their boats appear to move without any effort and do all so… --- ## [Trans-Atlantic travel with an infant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-atlantic-travel-with-an-infant/585491)
**Author:** [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-atlantic-travel-with-an-infant/585491 "2011-06-15T18:59:30Z")
Hello fellow Dopers. This board has been great to me regarding questions around our pregnancy and then labour. In fact, I was so impressed by all the feedback I got I renewed my membership as a thank you for these foru… --- ## [Yay, Hump Day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-hump-day/585556)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-hump-day/585556 "2011-06-15T17:00:07Z")
Soooooooome people say a man is made out of mud. A poor man’s made out of muscle and blood– Muscle and blood and skin and bone, A mind that’s weak and a back that’s strong. --- ## [Michigan Pre-Dopefest: Ann Arbor \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-pre-dopefest-ann-arbor-edited-title/582340 "2011-06-15T16:26:03Z")
That’s right. All you Ann Arbor, Lansing and Kzoo punks. You’re hauling your ass to the hardboiled suburbs of Detroit; where there’s an Olive Garden on every corner and shady neighborhood kids who play basketball in thei… --- ## [Hair-styling tips? (Male)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-styling-tips-male/585423)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-styling-tips-male/585423 "2011-06-15T16:19:14Z")
I’m a 30-year old guy blessed with thick and quick-growing hair, a chiselled manly jawline and piercing blue-eyes. Although my more follicly challenged acquaintances may be envious this has not brought me the comfort an… --- ## [Stuff known as "The \[blank\]"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-known-as-the-blank/585208)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-known-as-the-blank/585208 "2011-06-15T12:24:13Z")
The Central Intelligence Agency is commonly known as “The Agency.” The movie/television industry is referred to by people in show business as “The Industry.” What other organizations, locations, & other stuff are known… --- ## [I Have Kidney Stones.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-kidney-stones/583259)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-kidney-stones/583259 "2011-06-15T06:04:07Z")
About a week ago, I went in for an ultrasound of my kidneys and scrotum (don’t mean to be graphic–but there is more on that too). My urologist says I apparently have kidney stones. He wants me to go in for a CAT scan now… --- ## [Horse Update!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-update/585388)
**Author:** [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-update/585388 "2011-06-15T05:50:53Z")
Just wanted everyone to know that we might have solved the mystery of my horse, Mickey, going lame. Our farrier was up Sunday and said he looks to have a couple of abcesses in his right front foot that are ready to blow.… --- ## [Because the Straight Dope tells me so - things learned from the Dope.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851 "2011-06-15T03:26:57Z")
In a recent thread Dopers discussed how many shaves they get from a disposable razor. I was amazed that anyone got more than 3 or 4. I just drag the dry razor across my dry face and jump in the shower. Many Dopers spoke… --- ## [An Oddity--Darth Maul/Web blockers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-oddity-darth-maul-web-blockers/585492)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-oddity-darth-maul-web-blockers/585492 "2011-06-14T23:53:00Z")
During my lunch break at work, I was scanning Wookiepedia, the Star Wars Wiki. I tried to open the Darth Maul page…and the system’s blocking software wouldn’t permit it. How odd. It never blocked anything on Wookieped… --- ## [Ipad 2 smart cover alternatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-2-smart-cover-alternatives/585460)
**Author:** [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-2-smart-cover-alternatives/585460 "2011-06-14T23:33:32Z")
Is anyone using a non-smart cover on their iPad 2 that they would recommend? I went through 4 covers on the iPad 1 before finding one I was happy with and I loved the slim protectiveness of the smart cover. Unfortunate… --- ## [Adventures in Toilet Training: PiperCub is Captain Underpants!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-toilet-training-pipercub-is-captain-underpants/585418)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-toilet-training-pipercub-is-captain-underpants/585418 "2011-06-14T23:31:12Z")
So, the Cub is busy with that rite of passage, learning to use the toilet. He’s quite insistent that he can do it all by himself, and we’re to leave him alone in the bathroom. Last night, he seemed to be taking quite a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1285) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1287)