Many people, young and old, complain about how technology is doing this or that to their lives. Writers bemoan the loss of real connections, or whatever they think people did before phones/the Internet/computers ruined everything. Last weekend, for example, the New York Times ran three separate articles on getting away from the plague of always-on … Continue reading »
Pop-music’s strangest conspiracy theories I’m not sure if Eminem has yet managed to escape the grasp of the Illuminati—the secret society of string pullers whose ranks he joined years ago in exchange for wealth, fame, and power—but I know he’s been trying very hard. Numerous people online tell me so. There is, for starters, a … Continue reading »
We live in a Golden Age of Coupons. Every morning when I open my email, I see offers from Gilt City, Daily Candy, Living Social, and Groupon scattered among news briefings and actual correspondence. I signed up for these missives because I love a good deal, but for the most part I delete them unread; … Continue reading »
One of the funniest takedowns of Human Resources ridiculousness ever broadcast on television, courtesy of Denis Leary’s excellent series ‘Rescue Me‘ on the FX Network: Related links: Rescue Me for your mobile device Video on demand: view entire episodes YouTube: more clips from Rescue Me YouTube: Funny retro HR training videos
