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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Larry King has discovered he has a son he didn't know about. His son's name? Larry King Jr.
Larry King Jr.: Larry King Goes Public With 47-Year-Old Secret Son
"I knew there was a Larry King Jr. out there, I'd heard that, but I didn't know he was mine. The marriage was very short and she told me if it's a boy, I'm gonna name him Larry King Jr.," King, 75, told The Post yesterday. "Then I never heard again."
Larry Jr. was born in November 1961.
Awesome headline: Smokey Bear Could Be Replaced By Smokey Blade-Wielding Robot
Okay, wow. Here's an idea for you--a giant, saw blade-wielding robot that can be unleashed to fight forest fires. See, it can be deployed to rapidly clear cut a section of forest to contain a blaze with those massive buzz saws, sparing pristine acres and saving lives. Just goes to show what a generation of designers reared on a steady diet of Transformers, Voltron, and I guess, Captain Planet can do when they put their mind to it.
So, does anyone else have difficulty accepting compliments? They often make me uncomfortable. Just now, my boss was all "Good job!" on a bug I fixed. It reminded me of 7th grade, when my teacher read an essay I wrote to the entire class, and everyone was telling me how great it was. It's hard to explain, but that made me really uncomfortable too....
Oh, and just so you know, when Buffistas tell me how awesome I am, that doesn't bug me....
That's because the lurkers support you in email, tommy.
I always say something like "Thanks- that's why they pay me the big bucks." And then laugh hysterically.
After thinking a bit... I think it's when the person implies that I have some special gift, skill, intelligence, etc. (eta: that the person doesn't have) - I think that's what bugs. Of course, all Buffistas are smart and funny and gifted, so that doesn't bug me when a Buffista compliments some post I made or something....
I used to tell my boss, "Aren't you glad you hired me?"
This especially worked because he was my boss for ten years and really did hire me.
I expect I shall still be nostalgic for my old job (laid off two years and nearly two months ago, BTW) for quite a while yet.
Anyone have some good science or entertainment podcasts to recommend?
Radiolab! It's science AND entertainment. PRI, I think.
I went and read that WSJ piece to see how mad it would make me. I shouldn't do that. It would have been so simple to get across his main thesis without being a big jerk.
WSJ editorials are famous for often contradicting facts reported elsewhere in the paper.