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.

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Original Caption: Keeper Petra Schroeder takes one of the triplet jaguar cubs out of a basket for weighing, at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The three cubs were born on April 16 and named Atiero, Jumanes and Valdivia.

That jaguar cub has the cutest expression....

We've been considering canceling our subscription. I haven't seen today's editorial page yet but if it pisses me off, I'm pulling the trigger.

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Those are excellent! And I'm blown away by the self-portrait with clouds--I can't believe that girl is only 14; she's got such a great eye and incredible sense of color and composition and, well, everything.

I get uncomfortable, too, tommy, especially if what I did wasn't that exceptional. I always suspect the person of ulterior motives in complimenting me- either they want something or they are really making fun of me.

This probably stems from the fact that a) I have had three toxic bosses who gave out compliments with high expectations of what they would get back and b) as a child, there was a group of girls who would make fun of me by complimenting my clothes/hair/look very very nicely, and then laughing and laughing and laughing.

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I have been on that beach in St. Maartens and it is amazing how close the planes get. I remember the shock when, after tiny planes had been taking off for hours, a jet took off right above us. The sound was deafening and all we could do was cower on our towels.

RunPee.com Suggests the Best Movie Bathroom Breaks

Jumbo-Sized soda and intricate plots are a dangerous mix. Get relief, and the most out of your movie-going money, with RunPee.com, a site that's like a friend who's seen every flick out there and knows when the bathroom break moments are.

It's a simple idea that's executed well on the web. The left-hand side has links to the current box office leaders and new releases, and clicking on one gives you the various timing points and narrative cues to head to the restrooms if your last stop before the cinema was a bar, coffee shop, or the concession stand. Choose a break point, and the top box explains what will happen right before you've got three minutes to make a run for it.

Following the above paragraph is a very very tiny spoiler for Trek....