According to the Brazen Careerist, there are 10 ways to manage your boss:

1. Understand the person you're dealing with.
2. Ask for your quarterly goals, in writing.
3. Know your boss's biggest worries, and help him address them.
4. Look at your boss's weaknesses as opportunities.
5. Focus on your own needs by focusing on your boss's needs.
6. See the good in people.
7. Get a list of your boss's priorities.
8. Prioritize your own work in terms of what matters to your boss.
9. Give weekly updates.
10. Don't get stuck on personality types.

Can you think of other ways, including perhaps some ways to get even?