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For all of us out there who don’t think twice before taking dainty sips from our tea cups or curling with a steaming mug of coffee in one hand and a good book in another, the long standing German tradition of Kafee und Kuchen might come as something of a surprise. To know that these beverages tha...
09/07/2010
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Most people dream of huge, palatial houses…the kind where you need a golf cart to get from one room to another with a huge lawn spread out at the front (looked after by a very expensive gardener, of course!) and an Olympic size swimming pool at the back. However, this guy here, Jack Sammis, a tec...
09/06/2010
You actually wore a blue ribbon to protest the Communications Decency Act. You kiss your girlfriend's home page. Your bookmark takes 15 minutes to scroll from top to bottom. Your eyeglasses have a web site burned in on them. You find yourself brainstorming for new subjects to search. You refuse ...
09/05/2010
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"COMPETITIVE SALARY" We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors. "JOIN OUR FAST-PACED TEAM" We have no time to train you. "CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE" We don't pay enough to expect that you'll dress up; well, a couple of the real daring guys wear earrings. "MUST BE DEADLINE ORIENTED" ...
09/04/2010
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Office Memo EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY NEW OFFICE POLICY Dress Code: 1) You are advised to come to work dressed according to your salary. 2) If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we will assume you are doing well financially and therefore do not need a raise. 3) If you dress p...
09/03/2010
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Office Memo EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY NEW OFFICE POLICY Dress Code: 1) You are advised to come to work dressed according to your salary. 2) If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we will assume you are doing well financially and therefore do not need a raise. 3) If you dress p...
09/02/2010
I have been getting to know a lot of you though your blogs. And what a pleasure it has been, might I add! So it got me thinking... What if we actually met face to face? I was thinking of hosting an after work little get together for those of us who live in the area. We all can use a break! We c...
09/01/2010
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At a synagogue in New York City, they have marriage seminars for the community. Some are for women, some for their husbands and some they attend together. At the men's seminar, the rabbi asked Schlomo about his marriage. Schlomo replied that he had been married for almost 50 years. The rabbi was ...
09/01/2010
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If you thought crop circles were wonderful, take a look at these amazing works of art that have sprung up on the face of rice fields in Japan. While we may still be clueless about the hand that drew circles in crop fields, the pictures you see here are not instrumental of alien intelligence. They...
08/30/2010
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Driving around on Delhi roads is such a thrill! If you’ve heard reports to the contrary or personal experience doesn’t gel well with what I’ve just said, let me qualify my statement. I am not off my rockers and in a few minutes, you are going to want to experience the thrilling experience of driv...
08/28/2010