the walnuts tasting like bitter despair business is cracking my shit up.

I have very sensitive tastebuds, but neither walnuts nor cilantro set me off. I cannot abide by anything pickled. at all. ever.

I love cilantro, but I'm a super-taster with most bitter tastes. Broccoli tastes like evil, I don't like dark chocolate, and I can only tolerate coffee if it's got a whole ton of milk mixed in. I have very particular tastes in beer that don't seem to conform to anything -- I know that I like Killian's Irish Red, and Yuengling is OK, and I hate the taste of every IPA I've ever tried. When I'm at a microbrewery, I usually get whichever one is mixed with some kind of fruit, since I usually like those.

My sister used to think cilantro tasted like soap, but then, a few weeks ago, she sent me an email that was something like, "Guess what! Cilantro doesn't taste like soap anymore! It tastes really good! I like it!"

I'd be careful, Consuela. Being right isn't going to help you much in a situation like this.

I'd try to figure out a way to post some kind of public calendar charting workflow for yourself, so people can see what you're doing and also make clear when it disappears into her orbit.

You won't benefit or win in a direct confrontation with her, or even trying to bring the situation to light.

I'd just try to have something public that shows what's going on without any sort of comment. It would have to be something that could justify having out there, and it can't be pointed at all. But that would provide some butt coverage.

Cilantro tastes like a sharp, almost-spicy version of parsley. I'll take Sophia's share in exchange for my share of tomato chunks, dill pickles, mushrooms, okra, cooked broccoli, cooked cauliflower....

My tastebuds are most sensitive (in a bad way) to tomato chunks. They're incredibly bitter. Yet, oddly enough, I'm fine with ketchup and most tomato-based spaghetti sauces.

I gotta remember not to put bitter despair in your brownies.

Normally I'm all your bitter are belong to me, but it's disappointing when they ruin perfectly good chocolate with something that tastes so terrible I will spit it out and claw at my tongue.

I have very sensitive tastebuds, but neither walnuts nor cilantro set me off.

Well, this article, at least, holds that sensitive tastebuds are the key to likeing it: [link]

I'd try to figure out a way to post some kind of public calendar charting workflow for yourself, so people can see what you're doing and also make clear when it disappears into her orbit.

This is a great suggestion. Frame it as "hey, we've got a really complicated workflow at this company and wouldn't it be great if we could track projects through to their completion?" Something like Sharepoint or Job Tracker might be able to help you if your company has those implemented already.

The lying to clients thing is what strikes me as the most egregious - surely if a client complained about this, the higher-ups would have to take notice, right?

I have very particular tastes in beer that don't seem to conform to anything -- I know that I like Killian's Irish Red, and Yuengling is OK, and I hate the taste of every IPA I've ever tried.

Well, if you have an issue with bitter tastes, than IPAs and many straight up pale ales will not work for you due to the hops presence. Red ales tend to be maltier, and I believe Yuengling is a lager, so it's going to have a much more mellow hoppiness, if any at all. Your beer tastes actually seem to be consistent with your aversion to bitter flavors.

I love cilantro, but I'm a super-taster with most bitter tastes.

That article, at least, says that being a supertaster only involves bitter tastes and testing shows it doesn't apply to cilantro at all.

I have very particular tastes in beer that don't seem to conform to anything -- I know that I like Killian's Irish Red, and Yuengling is OK, and I hate the taste of every IPA I've ever tried.

Now that I am thinking about it, beer kind of tastes like soap to me as well. The only beer I like is Corona.