That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds, snakes and aeroplanes, and Lenny Bruce is not afraid.

I had to delve deep in the plumbing under the tub before I found the plastic triceratops that was clogging the drain.

That was my thought. And it seemed he was almost daring us to reject him on the basis of faith. If he had mentioned he was a deacon, lay minister or something, that would have been okay, but this struck me as poor judgment from an applicant for a job that required good judgment in communications. Fortunately, we had…

I was a member of the search committee. We had a number of better-qualified applicants so we wasn't disqualified on that basis, but including that line on his resume made me question his judgment, and this was a job that required someone to exercise good judgment in how they communicated information. Faith or lack…

I have to admit that it was off-putting when someone put at the top of the experience section of his resume "Lifetime: Servant of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

I came to this article from io9, where many of us read the name "Franz Joseph" and think of the guy who did the original Starfleet Technical Manual from the 1970s. Well. Sorry to interrupt.

While it's probably smart not to count on SS, the widespread assumption that SS "won't be there" is perpetuated by people who want to kill it and seek to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. Given the disappearance of pensions and the lack of sufficient retirement savings by many in the workforce, we'll be looking at a…

I fear this could go horribly wrong.

I'm not being snarky when I say that reading random passages of Campbell's "Hero with a Thousand Faces" has been a highly effective sleep aid. His ideas can be interesting but his endless summaries of obscure myths and legends usually lull me to sleep. Don't hate me.

Am I being insufficiently candid when I say "I'm having trouble parsing this sentence" when I actually mean "If I didn't know any better I'd say you were just randomly stringing words together"?

I'm a theater person but still have problems with public speaking. I've played lead roles on stage but still get scared when the role I'm playing is me. I had a breakthrough last fall, though. I was experiencing a major life crisis and suddenly the idea of speaking in front of an audience didn't seem like a big deal. …

What part of "DO NOT QUESTION THE IAU ABOUT ITS RULES" don't you understand, man?

I used the Clearly browser extension to clip this article to my Evernote account.

Good idea, except I need to hide loose change from my 8-year-old.

Touché

I had a weird realization a couple years ago: Though I worry too much about what others might think about me, I assume other people don't give a shit what I think, and that's led to some hurt feelings.

Not paying alimony, as we are "separated," not divorced. She's making enough from PT work and housecleaning gigs to help out some with the bills.

Baxter, I would agree but the fact that we have an 8-year-old son complicates things. Or maybe I'm just using that as an excuse.

And I'm actually pleased that 3 people have recommended this one. I need to get past being dependent on external validation.

Even though Mrs. Phlebitis is seeing someone else now, we are still living in the same house because she lost her job. We get along well enough, but it makes moving on difficult. I'm very sensitive to rejection these days. I even get sad when people don't rec my comments on Gawker sites.