vaguely disappointed that the shebang line probably doesn't come from the whole shebang or vice versa

kind of disappointed that 401(k) comes from the relevant section of the tax code instead of being short for "$401,000 of free money"

kind of disappointed that cog and cognition don't actually share a root

In the future (to say nothing of large swathes of the present), creative people work for status and attention rather than money. When X is employed by Y, X is said to be "on Y's blogroll" (coined in analogy to payroll).