# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=805 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 806 --- ## [Hauntingly beautiful portraits: beforethey.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hauntingly-beautiful-portraits-beforethey-com/700321)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hauntingly-beautiful-portraits-beforethey-com/700321 "2014-10-05T01:01:03Z")
Anybody else found this? I just stumbled across it and can’t stop looking. Dozens of breathtakingly beautiful pictures of tribal people in their native dress and environment. Hard to pick a favorite, but I’m really liki… --- ## [Vidow's Peak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vidows-peak/700336)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vidows-peak/700336 "2014-10-04T22:59:58Z")
Roland Gift, most famous as singer for Fine Young Cannibals in the 90s. Is there any more pronounced vidow’s peak in history, that was not obviously cosmetically enhanced? I look forward to anyone’s contributions. --- ## [Is there a way to effectively change my gmail address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-effectively-change-my-gmail-address/699337)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-effectively-change-my-gmail-address/699337 "2014-10-04T22:40:58Z")
I’ve got some stuff in my google drive that I sometimes share. But I want a completely different gmail address–the one that currently shows up contains a minor embarrassing feature in it. Is there a way to effectively ch… --- ## [Racism fought and then unfought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-fought-and-then-unfought/700317)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-fought-and-then-unfought/700317 "2014-10-04T21:06:36Z")
Today at lunch I experienced something pretty unusual to say the least. I had lunch with a couple in their mid 40s, and a colleague and his 12 year old daughter (teacher union meeting day, no school). We had lunch in a… --- ## [Things your parents told you that stuck with you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-parents-told-you-that-stuck-with-you/699446)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-parents-told-you-that-stuck-with-you/699446 "2014-10-04T20:32:08Z")
We’ve all been there as children and teenagers with parents yammering at us to do stuff, to not do other stuff, sit up straight, eat your vegetables, take out the garbage, yadda yadda yadda. Most of the things my parents… --- ## [High school reunions. Tell me your stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-reunions-tell-me-your-stories/631998)
**Author:** [@Mattie\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mattie_Blue)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-reunions-tell-me-your-stories/631998 "2014-10-04T20:08:50Z")
I have my 35th high school reunion coming up in 3 weeks. I did go to my 10 year one which was not a great time. People still huddled in their cliques and wouldn’t mingle. Plus, I had to kick one guy (lightly) in the s… --- ## [Are there people here who work in publishing, in particular who deal with submissions from authors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-people-here-who-work-in-publishing-in-particular-who-deal-with-submissions-from-authors/699134)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-people-here-who-work-in-publishing-in-particular-who-deal-with-submissions-from-authors/699134 "2014-10-04T14:40:07Z")
I am hoping to converse with you (singular or plural) about this, just for some pointers about a particular thing about which I am kicking around the idea of submitting to places… Nothing detailed in the conversation, ju… --- ## [10% of American drinkers account for over 50% of drinks taken.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-of-american-drinkers-account-for-over-50-of-drinks-taken/700142)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-of-american-drinkers-account-for-over-50-of-drinks-taken/700142 "2014-10-04T12:35:14Z")
Saw this interesting article about alcohol consumption in the US. I am curious how the 10% breaks down. I classify myself as a heavy drinker and can’t think of many occasions where I would have hit the weekly average o… --- ## [My bed beat me up today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bed-beat-me-up-today/700233)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bed-beat-me-up-today/700233 "2014-10-04T06:05:43Z")
I have a lot of stuff and not much space, so a while back I put my bed up on blocks and put boxes of things underneath it. They are 2-part tapered plastic blocks, much like these http://www.amazon.com/Simplify-2998-Adju… --- ## [The Westboro Baptist Church just couldn't STAND it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-westboro-baptist-church-just-couldnt-stand-it/700017)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-westboro-baptist-church-just-couldnt-stand-it/700017 "2014-10-04T04:37:41Z")
Some time ago a billboard was put up here in Topeka, Kansas. Lovely pastels, a rainbow, and the words “GOD LOVES GAYS” Just to prove that the ideals of their \[del\]Glorious Leader Kim Jong Fred\[/del\] I mean, the “Rev.” … --- ## [British Hostage Alan Henning Beheaded by Islamic State](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hostage-alan-henning-beheaded-by-islamic-state/700322)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hostage-alan-henning-beheaded-by-islamic-state/700322 "2014-10-04T02:42:16Z")
"The Islamic State terrorist group says it has executed British hostage Alan Henning. The group posted a video late Friday showing the purported beheading. The video was released in the same manner as those depicting th… --- ## [Is photographic technology racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-photographic-technology-racist/700137)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-photographic-technology-racist/700137 "2014-10-04T02:05:50Z")
Hard to title this one, so here’s what I mean. I used to design a lot of newsletters for different manufacturing/food processing operations. They usually featured dozens, if not hundreds, of head shots of employees. Thes… --- ## [Real Life Meeting of Members - Not in Upper Westide NY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-meeting-of-members-not-in-upper-westide-ny/700305)
**Author:** [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-meeting-of-members-not-in-upper-westide-ny/700305 "2014-10-03T22:01:40Z")
I haven’t been to NY and don’t know the area so I don’t know if the people are right in not wanting a 16 seat cafe/wine bar. But some of the reasons… So you ‘Internet People’ better stay clear of that area…\[deep so… --- ## [Chinese Officials Probe 10,000 Pigeon Anuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-officials-probe-10-000-pigeon-anuses/700153)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-officials-probe-10-000-pigeon-anuses/700153 "2014-10-03T20:17:38Z")
For bombs. What with all those Muslim Uighurs causing problems and now Hong Kong, authorities in Beijing decided it was only prudent to probe each anus of the 10,000 pigeons that were to be released in celebration of Na… --- ## [People best known as double-name types](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-best-known-as-double-name-types/700117)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-best-known-as-double-name-types/700117 "2014-10-03T19:10:26Z")
There may be a better word to describe what I’m shooting for but a few examples ought to make it clearer. Not just Cafe Society folks, either. That’s why here. Billy Bob Thornton Joe Don Baker Helena Bonham Carter Ma… --- ## [Could there be four sadder words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599 "2014-10-03T16:50:52Z")
“Unable to authenticate session.” --- ## [Molecular Cloud gives Hubble Telescope the Finger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molecular-cloud-gives-hubble-telescope-the-finger/700223)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molecular-cloud-gives-hubble-telescope-the-finger/700223 "2014-10-03T11:31:47Z")
I stumbled across this image on Yahoo this morning. Yahoo was too polite to make the comment I used as the thread title. But I’ll bet they were thinking it. The picture is actually a few years old. Maybe they were just … --- ## [Just watched my friend's kitten die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-watched-my-friends-kitten-die/695352)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-watched-my-friends-kitten-die/695352 "2014-10-03T11:11:42Z")
:frowning: I was at my friend’s house tonight playing cards with a couple of guys. He noticed one of his kittens(only two weeks old) had blood on its whiskers. He picked it up and it went limp in his arms, so he grabb… --- ## [60 years for a warning shot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-years-for-a-warning-shot/700194)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-years-for-a-warning-shot/700194 "2014-10-03T11:05:46Z")
Woman denied new ‘stand your ground’ hearing A new trial was granted after a judge found that the jury had been given improper instructions. In June of this year, the stand-your-ground law was revised to allow warning… --- ## [In hospital, expected to go whever they want, my health be damned!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-hospital-expected-to-go-whever-they-want-my-health-be-damned/700099)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-hospital-expected-to-go-whever-they-want-my-health-be-damned/700099 "2014-10-03T02:36:16Z")
I originally broke my leg, went to rehab. While there, incompetence led to a bedsore. Got so bad I went BACK to rehab. That place was fine for awhile, until they slacked on treatment, sending me BACK to hospital. I refus… --- ## [Going on a 7 day fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-7-day-fast/698720)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-7-day-fast/698720 "2014-10-03T00:10:28Z")
I’ve read quite a lot about fasting - mainly for weight-loss. In the Bible it says that Moses, Elijah and Jesus all fasted for 40 days. My doctor said that divine intervention was involved for them to survive that long. … --- ## [Ask (and Tell) the Prospective Kidney Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-tell-the-prospective-kidney-donor/680012)
**Author:** [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-tell-the-prospective-kidney-donor/680012 "2014-10-02T22:41:39Z")
On Thursday, I will be flying out to San Diego for the last phase of testing to see whether I can donate a kidney. I have done preliminary blood and urine testing here in Louisville, KY, but the intended recipient lives … --- ## [What does this quote mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929)
**Author:** [@EndlessEntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EndlessEntropy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-quote-mean-to-you/699929 "2014-10-02T21:10:43Z")
This isn’t for any essay, assignment or homework. It’s probably my favorite quote of anything because I love to read and I’m just curious to see how others interpret it. "A good book is the precious life-blood of a mast… --- ## [Sounds Legit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-legit/700204)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-legit/700204 "2014-10-02T19:01:56Z")
–Just don’t ask them about spelling. --- ## [$3200 at Dell.com! What the Hell was I thinking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3200-at-dell-com-what-the-hell-was-i-thinking/374415)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3200-at-dell-com-what-the-hell-was-i-thinking/374415 "2014-10-02T17:47:20Z")
Talk about an impulse buy… I was just sitting here bored at work and decided to browse around the Dell website and customize a “hypothetical” computer. One thing lead to another and I ended up buying the damn thing. An… --- ## [Let's go down to the quarry...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-down-to-the-quarry/700093)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-down-to-the-quarry/700093 "2014-10-02T01:13:58Z")
I saw this flying into Chicago, and thought of the SDMB. --- ## [Made it through the entire road bike race season crash-free only to bite it on a charity ride.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-it-through-the-entire-road-bike-race-season-crash-free-only-to-bite-it-on-a-charity-ride/695249)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-it-through-the-entire-road-bike-race-season-crash-free-only-to-bite-it-on-a-charity-ride/695249 "2014-10-02T00:38:44Z")
Yesterday was day one of a two day charity bike ride. Being a somewhat experienced road cyclist, I knew that I’d be with a lot on novices who would have minimal bike handling skills, and that I needed to maintain a lot o… --- ## [Damn chikungunya](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-chikungunya/699398)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-chikungunya/699398 "2014-10-02T00:17:38Z")
My thumb has been oddly sore for the last day or two, figured I sprained it. Until tonight when I started getting fever and then goddamn petichial rash started appearing on my arms and back(I’ve had dengue before and it … --- ## [Fuck! Thirty.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-thirty/699522)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-thirty/699522 "2014-10-01T23:36:22Z")
As of today, I am thirty. What the fuck. I can’t be. Damn this feels weird. Certainly a marker birthday. Did anybody else feel weirded at this “barrier”? --- ## [R.I.P. Jerrie Mock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-jerrie-mock/700125)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-jerrie-mock/700125 "2014-10-01T21:22:04Z")
Geraldine ‘Jerrie’ Mock has died at the age of 88. She was the first woman to fly solo around the world, in 1964 in a 1953 Cessna 180. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=804) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=806)