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The next time someone tells you something somewhat bad about him/herself, like "I'm not feeling well" or "I'm so busy, I can't see straight" or "My head is killing me," you may be tempted to then tell them about how you are also not feeling well, or terribly busy, or have a killer headache or at one time had a headache that was even worse. But you know what? That's annoying. It's annoying and self-centered. Someone told you something to get a wee bit of sympathy. Maybe a pat on the shoulder. A hug. But instead you made it about yourself and played a game of "my life is so much worse than yours."

I lecture here because I can't do so at work to a person who is supposed to be a manager but thinks that "managing" equals talking over people when you're trying to say something.

My morale is at an all-time low, and this after having worked with a womanizer for years in my previous job.

I just don't care anymore. It all sucks.

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The next time someone tells you something somewhat bad about him/herself, like "I'm not feeling well" or "I'm so busy, I can't see straight" or "My head is killing me," you may be tempted to then tell them about how you are also not feeling well, or terribly busy, or have a killer headache or at one time had a headache that was even worse. But you know what? That's annoying. It's annoying and self-centered. Someone told you something to get a wee bit of sympathy. Maybe a pat on the shoulder. A hug. But instead you made it about yourself and played a game of "my life is so much worse than yours."

I lecture here because I can't do so at work to a person who is supposed to be a manager but thinks that "managing" equals talking over people when you're trying to say something.

My morale is at an all-time low, and this after having worked with a womanizer for years in my previous job.

I just don't care anymore. It all sucks.

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I love NOVA. I was completely fascinated by this episode last night, which you can watch here (very cool):

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/watch/

I hate to say "fascinated" again, but I was especially fascinated by the RNAi segment. It blew me away. It's stuff like that that makes me want to go work in a bioscience field. Not that I'm smart, but I could bring the smart ones coffee.

The fuel cell segment was also really informative. You always hear about the fuel cell cars and how they will save us in a few short years, but the segment shows how it's really a technology that we don't have yet and probably won't for a while.

UNRELATED - anyone have any recommendations for portable DVD players? An el cheapo one under $200. (Am feeling the need to buy myself something in my somewhat depressed state, but I'm still Dutch, dammit.) But I still want to have more than a teeny tiny screen to watch as my plane will no doubt skid off the runway in a month. (OMG.) Do all batteries only last around 2 - 2.5 hours? I demand better battery science! Maybe NOVA can investigate for me.

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I love NOVA. I was completely fascinated by this episode last night, which you can watch here (very cool):

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/watch/

I hate to say "fascinated" again, but I was especially fascinated by the RNAi segment. It blew me away. It's stuff like that that makes me want to go work in a bioscience field. Not that I'm smart, but I could bring the smart ones coffee.

The fuel cell segment was also really informative. You always hear about the fuel cell cars and how they will save us in a few short years, but the segment shows how it's really a technology that we don't have yet and probably won't for a while.

UNRELATED - anyone have any recommendations for portable DVD players? An el cheapo one under $200. (Am feeling the need to buy myself something in my somewhat depressed state, but I'm still Dutch, dammit.) But I still want to have more than a teeny tiny screen to watch as my plane will no doubt skid off the runway in a month. (OMG.) Do all batteries only last around 2 - 2.5 hours? I demand better battery science! Maybe NOVA can investigate for me.