James Marshall's Miscellaneous Page

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a great fit for every item in the number of areas I decided to include on my site, so I had to add a miscellaneous page to cover the other assorted items. If you couldn't find something elsewhere, hopefully it will be here. If not, contact me, and I'll see if I still have the information around. The sections currently here are: lists, high IQ societies, other.

Lists

I've compiled a few lists including Smiley, Abbreviation/Acronym and Astronomical Abbrev/Acro lists. These were recognized as canonical by the Wrecked Humor Collection site, which is now gone. I also put together a list of interesting professor quotes from my years in school.

High IQ Societies

The most famous high IQ society is probably Mensa, which accepts people whose IQ places them in the top 2% of the population. There are also a number of other societies, and you can find some information about them at this Polymath Systems page and the IQ World Review, which also links to tests. Many of the less exclusive societies will accept ACT, SAT, and GRE scores, which is rather convenient. Here is a sample of some of the societies that are free to join if you qualify for them: High Potentials Society and Mysterium (98 percentile = top 2%; site down?), Top One Percent Society (TOPS) (99 percentile = top 1%), Colloquy (99.5 percentile = top 0.5%), Infinity International Society (99.63 percentile = top 0.37%), Cerebrals (99.7 percentile = top 0.3%), ISI-Society (99.93 percentile = top 0.07% for full membership). Wikipedia's High IQ Societies page can lead you to more societies and other information. There's also a World Intelligence Network (WIN), a society of high IQ societies. If you enjoy solving problems, you might find the Uncommonly Difficult IQ Tests page interesting; it has links to society web pages, too. And no, I haven't taken the tests they list. BTW, I don't care a lot about any of this because I can't do much about my own scores and there will always be better and worse people than myself. Besides, what you do with what you've got is more important than how well you score on some test. I do think it's nice to know at least roughly where I rank though, and taking tests and such can be good mental exercise and stimulation, so I list this stuff mainly as references for satisfying my own curiosity.

Other

Here are a few other links I wanted to save, because I thought they were interesting: Encyclopedia of Tie Knots by Thomas Fink, describing 85 ways to tie a tie with a simple notation scheme; All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette from The Fedora Lounge is a long discussion about hat etiquette; How to Fold a Pocket Square has "basic folds to the exotic" for that finishing touch in your suit pocket; the Art of Manliness blog has a lot of interesting information on various topics.

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