November 2008

Generation Smug?

November 25, 2008

Seems the baby boomers, for all their self-professed wisdom, have screwed up their children. I’m sure you see it all the time, young kids, cocksure and full of self-esteem proclaiming themselves more evolved than us mere mortals who have already lived longer than they have. Just when you thought your nephew was a smug bastard, [...]

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China is not so different…

November 24, 2008

It’s not necessarily good to see, but it is a bit comforting to know that China college students are just as stupid at times as our own college students. Take the story of this idiot’s lack of foresight, overly positive attitude towards wild animals, from CNN: A college student in southern China was bitten by [...]

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What works at finding work for Gen Y

November 20, 2008

The new workforce of Gen Yers (born after 1981) has a opposite view of how to network to find jobs. Instead of finding someone high up in a company, they’re doing a grassroots campaign. From the New York Times: WHEN Christine Huang graduated from college in 2005, the last way she wanted to look for [...]

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Profile in Negativity: Peter Schiff

November 19, 2008
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Sometimes, being the lone negative thinker in the room can be a bit rough. When you’re the only one looking at things logically and rationally. Peter Schiff is one of those negative thinkers who, through sound reason and looking at the facts, was laughed off as a pessemist when it came to the stock market. [...]

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The Cubicle is Dead

November 17, 2008

Life in the prison of a 8 foot by 8 foot cubicle is going the way of the Dodo. At least if you want to move your company forward. With Generation Y moving into the office, the thought of a small cell isolated from others is about as appealing as going to prison. At least [...]

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Fallback Friday – Stephen Colbert's Fallback Position – Super Spy Pt. 2

November 14, 2008

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Fallback Position – Peter Earnest Pt. 2 www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform Tweet

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Fallback Friday – Stephen Colbert's Fallback Position – Super Spy Pt. 1

November 13, 2008

I know it’s only Thursday but part two is tomorrow and this is a nice way to end the week. Even emmy winning pundits know that you can’t assume things will all turn out okay. You need a back-up plan, a “fallback position” if you will. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c [...]

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Sink or Swim

November 12, 2008

The new president of the Maldives is a negative thinker! And someday his entire nation will thank him. From CNN: The new president of the Maldives wants to relocate — his entire country. Mohamed “Anni” Nasheed, a former political prisoner, was sworn in Tuesday after he unseated Asia’s longest-serving leader in the country’s first multi-party [...]

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Responding to Search Terms: Cover your face!!

November 7, 2008

Let’s open our faux mailbag and see what is drawing people to the blog: can monkeys rip your face off: As Whitney Houston would say: “Hells to the yes!”. Monkeys and chimps especially are notorious for ripping off body parts. Just look what happened to this guy! So yeah, they’ll rip your face off as [...]

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Complacency is commonplace

November 6, 2008

One of the great things about negative thinking is that it fosters innovation. Finding improvements to already useful items is the sign of someone not satisfied. Why build a better mouse trap? You have a mouse trap! If it didn’t work it would be called the “Rat Buffett”. But we find things that need improvements. [...]

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