Thanks for sharing. I’m going to have to look harder at myself after reading your post. Maybe I let people repeat themselves too much; I could definitely see that being partially my fault.

In a perfect world, no it doesn’t count. When people’s feelings are involved, regrettably it does... I have yet to work a lot with editors, so I’ve never had that bliss.

This something I’ve been working on for a long time, and with little result. My problem is a matter of comfort level with my conversation partner. I am always annoyed when people repeat themselves, which is often in small talk. My knee jerk reaction is to get them moving onto either more detail, a reason, analysis, or…

I work at a private university and they don’t distinguish between maternity and paternity. To them it’s all just FMLA, which is up to 12 weeks. It’s paid if you’ve accrued enough STD. I got a full 60 days off of work plus I kept all of my 20 days of vacation, 8 paid holidays and we get a gift of time, Christmas Eve…

It was weird, it wasn’t an all out audit, but it was also just on my state taxes. In about January of 2014 they sent me a bill saying that upon reviewing my 2012 taxes that were prepared in 2013 they found that since I claimed one thing, I couldn’t claim another and I owed them like $20. I looked back, and they were…

Yes, anytime your pay is ahead of the COLA adjustment you’re a winner. It’s good if you can get it.

Once again you provide the thoughtful answer. The more basic answer was covered by Chris Rock a long time ago in his OJ routine. “Should’ve had a prenup, everybody needs a prenup, prenuptial agreement. People think you gotta be rich to have a prenup, OH NO. You make 50 million dollars, your wife wants half, big deal,…

Well yeah, any video capture service could be used........ but not like when you’re talking about hitting record on a TV guide menu.

You can turn a PC into a DVR, but you need tuners, and based on your setup, you can only tune what’s broadcasting, not streaming. WMC MythTV NextPVR are all avenues of recording shows, but you need a feed. Sling TV is just a streaming service, that’s like asking to record Netflix, not gonna happen.

4thdeskonright is correct. If you stop to think about it, most of our indulgences aren't really rewards or "special", it's just us (all of us, because you're not alone) telling ourselves we deserve something, or it's okay because of "blah blah blah". If you're going to not care about the calories then you should care…

Not advice! There are a lot of good things on here but I didn’t see this.

We got married early on, so most of our friends were not married. We decided early on, that there would be no +1's for people who would know plenty of other people there. If you were dating someone and we knew about it, we made sure to invite both people separately. Our single friends on the other hand, had to be…

Tyler Durden?

All of this is good, but I feel like first and foremost you should rule out the external. People often identify themselves through what they do. In small talk we refer to people by their names and what they do at their jobs. It becomes apart of our identity. When however we are unsatisfied it can manifest in our other…

Sure, if you’re familiar enough with the alphabet. But that’s a lot of work to do on vacation!

When I travel abroad I like to disconnect from my phone, so I never use data. Instead I plan ahead and pretend it’s 2003. The internet exists, but I don’t have it in my pocket. Knowing your route to your hotel is something you can do before departure. You can also study a map of the area you’re going to be in. This…

These lids are the worst, they always crack. I prefer the Rubbermaid easy find lids. The problem is that these Pyrex bowls are really nice. If only we could get the quality of Pyrex glass bowls with Rubbermaid lids!

These lids are the worst, they always crack. I prefer the Rubbermaid easy find lids. The problem is that these Pyrex…

Because they come from the "bread basket" of the 7 kingdoms, which as it happens was untouched by the war of 5 kings. Basically Kings Landing would have starved a long time ago if the food wasn't coming up from the Tyrell's lands. I always forget how much the show skips from the books.

Yes, that too, but those are hard to come by and you'll have to sometimes wait to qualify. Many of my classmates worked for one of three or four large employers in the area that did this.

Yes, especially in sciences, that's where the big grants are!