Hi Talon,
I'm really sorry you got passed up for the promotion. Ya know, it could be your weight but I don't think so. Usually when a boss does this it's because they feel threatened. They don't want someone to take their job so they keep their prize employees hidden. Not all bosses are like this, just the ones who don't know what their doing and depend on their employees to make them shine which evidently you are one of them.

There are many companies who would love someone who knows what they are doing and dependable to boot. There not many out there anymore who take pride in their work.

I personally wouldn't work for someone who didn't appreciate my work and gave me yearly bonuses and promotions. That's how it was when I worked.

You take care. He's the idiot...not you.