This is more of an application issue than an interview issue, but I absolutely hate being asked for either my desired salary or my salary history. I just can’t stand that game. If you don’t want to waste time interviewing someone who expects more than you’re prepared to pay, why not just post a salary range in the job…

Actually, one of the best jobs I ever had came out of a situation like this. The organization had needs A, B, C, and D. They wanted to hire two people; one to do A and B, and the other to do C and D. I applied for the A+B job and had a great interview with them. They decided that instead of A+B, they’d like to hire me…

What did those poor tarantulas ever do to deserve this?

That’s what I was thinking. I used to get those big “functional” cysts, which should really be called dysfunctional cysts; they fill up with fluid due to ovulatory misfires and can become quite painful. I also had an actual ovarian tumor (benign) that had to be surgically removed, but I was able to hang onto the ovary…

You might want to check out HysterSisters. I haven’t been to their site for some years, and AFAIK it’s gotten more ad-riddled over the years, but they were a good support group when I went through the same thing in 2003. I didn’t have much choice regarding my ovaries because the endo had pretty much destroyed them,…

Oddly, I’ve never found anything offensive about Subway. And I usually get the tuna because tuna is my favorite sandwich. But a few observations:

The way I read it, she was over her flu and finally feeling hungry again, but just looked worn out because she’d been really sick for a few days beforehand.

Dang. I love beets, either plain or pickled. Love them in soups and salads, love them with cottage cheese (in fact, pickled beets are the only thing that has ever made me like cottage cheese), and after a trip to Australia a few years back, I now love them on hamburgers.

I would think that a public figure in Australia would be fully aware that blackface is offensive, whether she was attempting a racist caricature of African people, Aboriginal people, or both.

Wow, if the owner is her FIL, and presuming he was appalled by her behavior (given the quick firing and obliteration of her name from the sign), there’s probably a good chance she’ll also lose her marriage.

I don’t have pets, but I was present when a relative’s terminally ill dog was euthanized by a vet. It was sad, but it was also very fast, and the animal showed no distress. It’s normally done with a barbiturate drug, which actually makes being “put to sleep” a fairly accurate description. The vet was also very…

Exactly. No one is saying that you can’t shoot a deer in season because you want to eat venison. No one is saying that you can’t kill a rattlesnake that gets into your yard where your kids play. No one is saying that a sick or dangerous animal can’t be euthanized.

Whoa, love it! When I was 13, I got bullied on the school bus — y’know, the standard hair-pulling, back-kicking, chasing, cigarette throwing shit. We had a crowd of mean girls in the neighborhood who were so relentless that they even bullied boys, so nerdy kids like me got subjected to that idiocy regularly. My…

Best one I ever heard was during my undergrad years in the mid-1970s. Two of my friends (both male) were having one of those silly dorm arguments that isn’t anything serious or hateful, and in fact isn’t even about any memorable subject; each participant just refuses to let it go until he feels that the other has…

Aren't cashews great? I make a similar sauce from time to time, which is a great option because of a dairy allergy in the household. Cashew sauces also thicken with cooking, which can be desirable.

I’m with you. I dislike going out for breakfast, so staying in hotels that provide breakfast is a major factor in my choices of place to stay. We do this in the U.S., and we do a lot of this when traveling outside the country.

Excellent idea. If I ever see a chain restaurant manager abuse a server , either by omission or commission, out comes the cell phone for a recording and a call to the corporate office. And it won't be the server I'm complaining about.

I still don’t get how flip-flops or the like can offer greater than 0% protection against that kind of infection. Water flows freely in, out, over, and through them. The best protection is to dry your feet thoroughly afterwards.

I was really sorry to hear this. Whenever I waffle about whether to work out, I’ll remind myself that this young woman played in a college basketball game while living with a lethal illness, and didn’t give up or even complain about it.