What is a bugbear? I assume it is not http://images.google.com/images?q=bugbear

One of these guys? http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/mmbearp.html

IIRC from freshman biology, these guys go into suspended animation when they dry out. I guess that's the post liquidity reference.

Someone here knows.

Who?

The author of this site: http://www.bugbear.com/

PG used to go by that in the early days of Reddit more too:

http://reddit.com/user/bugbear/