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Today’s unemployment figures came in at 8.1% slightly better than analysts predictions. However, we are still in the midst of the longest streak of unemployment being above 8% since unemployment began being tracked in 1948. And a lot of the unemployed turn out to be recent college graduates. Reports indicate that upwards of 30% of […]
When you look into the future, what kind of life do you see yourself having 10 years from now? If you don’t know, perhaps it’s time to start thinking about what financial path you are on. Now is the perfect opportunity to evaluate where you are at, where you are going, and how you plan […]
Most of us support unethical practices with our purchases. Most of the time we probably don’t realize our purchases are being supported by unethical decisions, other times we have an idea that sweatshops and other forms of slavery are being used, but we ignore it. Many large corporations utilize slave labor, and, even worse, child […]
Share Facebook is our new God. It’s omnipresent (except when you don’t have service) and controls our lives, albeit somewhat silently. We fear it and for our reputations, lest some embarrassing pictures get tagged or dirty laundry aired out on Facebook’s very public walls. More than that, it’s super mysterious and works in mystical, […]
Share Because there is no way to monetize eating Cheetos and playing Call of Duty, most of us will have to get a job one day. Some of us may even want to be really really good at that job so that we can get promoted and get more of this “salary” thing everyone […]
Share We’re all broke these days, and many people have turned frugality into some sort of maniacal game where we try to spend the absolute least amount of money on everything possible — including food. This often means sacrificing quality in the name of dollar-and-diming it, which can be both tasteless and detrimental […]
White collar crime is the sweetest gig on earth. You can strip the earth bare or rob your shareholders blind, and most likely you’ll just have to pay some money, or a small amount of time in a minimum security prison. Worst case scenario you get locked up for decades and your son kills himself. […]
Share It’s a tired story by now that you should be nice to the nerds, so when they grow up and found a billion dollar software company, they won’t be inclined to crush your dreams with their vast wealth and power. At least that’s the gist of The Social Network. Turns out a natural […]
Share Congratulations! You’ve successfully completed college/high school/associate’s degree/technical school/doggy day care/a day without curling into a useless ball of tears and self pity! You are finally ready to go out there and get one of them full-time professional jobs with benefits and everything. You’ve studied hard in school, and have even spoken with professionals […]
Share Technology tends to make our lives easier and better. What would life be like if we had to wash our own dishes and clothes by hand like damn savages? Are we going to give up the Internet and go back to Victoria’s Secret catalogs and lingerie ads? What would we do without the […]
Share There are fewer symbols of crushing defeat more overwhelming than a dimly-lit office with uncomfortable chairs, buzzing neon lights, and lifeless drones of workers staring at you with their dead little eyes. Offices are where dreams go to die and your ambitions of becoming a tortured writer or international starship captain wither and fade […]
The telephone changed the world and birthed a new way of doing business. When transmitting documents via those same phone lines first arrived on the scene, it was almost like witnessing magic. In the late 1980s, the squealing sound of the facsimile machine – or “fax” machine – became part of the modern office’s background […]
