# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=928 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 929 --- ## [Another nut with a gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-nut-with-a-gun/669701)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-nut-with-a-gun/669701 "2013-09-26T05:24:26Z")
I’m putting this in MPSIMS on purpose, not because I think it’s mundane but further discussion and debate on this board seems pointless. I don’t want to debate, I don’t want to hear both sides, and I don’t want to pit an… --- ## [Here's the Rock Star I went to school with...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-the-rock-star-i-went-to-school-with/669681)
**Author:** [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-the-rock-star-i-went-to-school-with/669681 "2013-09-26T05:11:58Z")
Joey Belladonna. I went to HS with this guy. I smoked dope with him. I’m glad I never went into a music career, like he did. He looks worse than I do. My life doesn’t suck as bad as I thought. --- ## [What the hell is the deal with Springhill Suites? (Job ad)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-the-deal-with-springhill-suites-job-ad/669620)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-the-deal-with-springhill-suites-job-ad/669620 "2013-09-26T04:52:27Z")
Since I was recently searching for work (my search was successful), I could not help noticing that Springhill Suites (a hotel chain) has been advertising on Craigslist for a hotel General Manager position. I was not inte… --- ## [Of all your possessions, which has been with you for the longest time? And why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-all-your-possessions-which-has-been-with-you-for-the-longest-time-and-why/669543)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-all-your-possessions-which-has-been-with-you-for-the-longest-time-and-why/669543 "2013-09-25T21:20:29Z")
We are in a society that moves a great deal. When you move, you give away stuff, or sell it, or toss it. But there is something that you have kept during all this transition. What has been with you for the longest tim… --- ## [My building is surrounded by S.W.A.T, helicopters buzzing, LOCKDOWN!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-surrounded-by-s-w-a-t-helicopters-buzzing-lockdown/669651)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-surrounded-by-s-w-a-t-helicopters-buzzing-lockdown/669651 "2013-09-25T21:15:18Z")
So, some guy shot two people near Roosevelt Mall (the U.S.'s second largest indoor mall as they like to say all the time) and ran away. He shot these people right by my office building on Ring Road (it’s called Ring Road… --- ## [Today is our first anniversary!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-our-first-anniversary/669646)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-our-first-anniversary/669646 "2013-09-25T17:18:58Z")
Yep, I’ve been hangin’ out with you Dopers for a whole year! It has been a hoot for me. Thanks, and I hope I have passed the audition. --- ## [Help with a Halloween costume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-halloween-costume/669558)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-halloween-costume/669558 "2013-09-25T16:54:35Z")
My husband and I are going to a Halloween event at a local amusement park (Knoebel’s) and they’re having a costume parade. He’s a librarian, Library1900 here on the Dope, and is going as Conan the Librarian. I want to ha… --- ## [Full disclosure dept.: a compass on the sun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-disclosure-dept-a-compass-on-the-sun/669635)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-disclosure-dept-a-compass-on-the-sun/669635 "2013-09-25T11:41:59Z")
In yesterday’s Science Times in an article about the current feeble solarmax, the following appears: In fact a compass at the magnetic pole would point straight up or straight down. But that parenthetical remark just … --- ## [Wanna play Amelia Earhart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-amelia-earhart/669583)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-amelia-earhart/669583 "2013-09-25T07:43:50Z")
Well, maybe not the last flight. http://www.airborneattitude.com/pdfs/1226.pdf Beautiful Lockheed Electra, if you happen to have an extra 300 kilobucks lying about – plus another hundred thou to complete the restoratio… --- ## [Promise for Education: Jesus wept](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/promise-for-education-jesus-wept/669465)
**Author:** [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/promise-for-education-jesus-wept/669465 "2013-09-25T07:21:08Z")
This morning, I received a plea from California Governor Jerry Brown to help raise funds for education. It’s a pledge thing, not very different from sponsored walk/run events: OK, my kids have done that for their schoo… --- ## [Great idea for a cancelled wedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-a-cancelled-wedding/669573)
**Author:** [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-a-cancelled-wedding/669573 "2013-09-25T03:47:08Z")
Feed the homeless with the reception! This is a FANTASTIC idea. Why did it take this long for someone to think of it? --- ## [In which I declare my intention: I'm gonna quit drinking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-declare-my-intention-im-gonna-quit-drinking/669411)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-declare-my-intention-im-gonna-quit-drinking/669411 "2013-09-25T03:11:06Z")
I know you all don’t know me from Eve iirl but I honestly feel like 'fessing up and making a promise to a bunch of Internet folks will help me feel accountable to more people. I had a really bad day on Friday. I went to… --- ## [I want to speak with a WGU "Subject Matter Expert"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-speak-with-a-wgu-subject-matter-expert/669610)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-speak-with-a-wgu-subject-matter-expert/669610 "2013-09-25T02:01:38Z")
Weird, way-longshot request. But if you are or know someone who is (or know someone who knows someone who is, etc) a Subject Matter Expert for Western Governor’s University, and it is prior to 3PM EST on 9/25/13, would y… --- ## [Canadian stereotype humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-stereotype-humor/669568)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-stereotype-humor/669568 "2013-09-25T01:00:15Z")
Great White North stereotype humor Sorry if someone has posted this before. In fact, I’m very sorry for bothering you with this at all (see the diary entry for the reference) --- ## [Illegitimate Children....to married mothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegitimate-children-to-married-mothers/669567)
**Author:** [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegitimate-children-to-married-mothers/669567 "2013-09-25T00:52:06Z")
Something that has me curious, How likely was it / how many times would a child be born to a married mother with someone other than the hubby as the father? In days of yore, it must have been pretty hard to detect, and… --- ## [First night sleep training Lil Neville- exhausted!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-night-sleep-training-lil-neville-exhausted/669594)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-night-sleep-training-lil-neville-exhausted/669594 "2013-09-24T20:39:09Z")
Last night was the first night of my latest attempt to train 13 month old Lil Neville to go to sleep without nursing to sleep. I’m using the Sleep Lady method. I got her down without too much trouble. But then she woke u… --- ## [Plot to kidnap Panamanian Pygmy Sloths foiled (for now)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-to-kidnap-panamanian-pygmy-sloths-foiled-for-now/669389)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-to-kidnap-panamanian-pygmy-sloths-foiled-for-now/669389 "2013-09-24T19:36:39Z")
The Pygmy Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) lives only on tiny Escudo de Veraguas island off the Caribbean coast of Panama. There may be only a few hundred of these animals, about 2/3 the size of a regular sloth, on t… --- ## [last year, I did not die.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-year-i-did-not-die/669473)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-year-i-did-not-die/669473 "2013-09-24T19:28:41Z")
Good afternoon, friends! It has been one year since my heart attack: So, I did not die Six months ago I did not die It will be a year tomorrow since my heart attack. I am still working hard at it. I am down 50 lbs.… --- ## [Chances that this is a sign of mold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chances-that-this-is-a-sign-of-mold/669497)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chances-that-this-is-a-sign-of-mold/669497 "2013-09-24T16:58:18Z")
So my bathroom floor is the typical “linoleum” (as opposed to tile or something). In one corner next to the bathtub (coincidentally, where a not quite closed shower curtain might let water through) is a “streaky” stain,… --- ## [So a girl told my 12 year old son she loves him today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556 "2013-09-24T15:56:51Z")
I think my middle son is becoming that rare person for whom middle school is a positive experience. It’s odd to observe from this perspective. I’ve always been jealous and envious of people who are born attractive and … --- ## [It's International Book Week!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-book-week/669232)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-international-book-week/669232 "2013-09-24T14:54:38Z")
It’s International Book Week. The rules: Grab the closest book to you, turn to page 52, post the 5th sentence as your status. Don’t mention the title. “Babies often had no such luck even in places with good sanitation a… --- ## [Tabloid newspaper fails to report underage gay sex scandal. It's a good thing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabloid-newspaper-fails-to-report-underage-gay-sex-scandal-its-a-good-thing/669380 "2013-09-24T07:43:52Z")
Happy meal: British teens LOVE being nearly kicked out McDonald’s for being too fancy Two teens have a romantic evening together in Mickey Ds. They dress up, they bring tablecloths and silverware and it’s bit of harmles… --- ## [Someone left a personal card in a USPS envelope (Champaign, IL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-left-a-personal-card-in-a-usps-envelope-champaign-il/669474)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-left-a-personal-card-in-a-usps-envelope-champaign-il/669474 "2013-09-24T03:55:41Z")
Anyone know an auntie Robin with a niece named Lia? A friend of mine who lives in Champaign, IL, mailed me a magazine in one of those USPS cardboard flat rate envelopes. He included a birthday card for me, and there wa… --- ## [How Men and Women Communicate (link)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-men-and-women-communicate-link/669511)
**Author:** [@LuckyBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckyBastid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-men-and-women-communicate-link/669511 "2013-09-24T02:49:26Z")
Link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg --- ## [I, the Teacher, Has Spoken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-the-teacher-has-spoken/669291)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-the-teacher-has-spoken/669291 "2013-09-24T02:07:30Z")
I teach English to bored teenagers. We play the perpetual game of them spending eighty times the effort seeing where the boundaries are vs. actually doing the work. OK, no problem, that’s part of the job. I push back an… --- ## [Odd Things You've Learned Recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-youve-learned-recently/668437 "2013-09-24T00:41:02Z")
I was reading through an article on the variability of gene expression, when I came across something I had never know about bees. That seems like important information to know. You’d think that would have gotten aroun… --- ## [I have mundane memories burned into my brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mundane-memories-burned-into-my-brain/669422)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mundane-memories-burned-into-my-brain/669422 "2013-09-23T22:41:43Z")
from a pizza delivery job more the a decade ago. I do not have anything approaching an eidetic memory. At best I have a brain for trivia, but for some damn reason, I have near total recall of the job I had delivery pi… --- ## [Parents mistake gunshot wound for Aunt Flo's first visit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-mistake-gunshot-wound-for-aunt-flos-first-visit/669461)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-mistake-gunshot-wound-for-aunt-flos-first-visit/669461 "2013-09-23T19:26:13Z")
Not the sharpest or most observant people. :stuck\_out\_tongue: I hope Aunt Flo doesn’t stop by with gunfire every month. --- ## [The MMP is my unlikely friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-is-my-unlikely-friend/668949)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-is-my-unlikely-friend/668949 "2013-09-23T15:20:38Z")
Hey all! Happy New Week! I’ll start off the week by telling you about a few friends of mine. I’m currently in an adult-ed program at a local school. My classmate who sits next to me is so different from me, it’s like w… --- ## [Re-homing is a thing? \[adopted children\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-homing-is-a-thing-adopted-children/669373)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-homing-is-a-thing-adopted-children/669373 "2013-09-23T13:52:55Z")
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