This story about a 16 year old girl who developed an app so lonely kids can find someone to eat lunch with warms the cockles of my heart (no, I don’t know what a heart cockle is but I know we have them because where else would the expression come from?). My daughter being bullied …
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Brrraaak! You’re busted. A woman found the proof she was looking for that her husband was cheating on her when the family’s pet parrot gave away the affair. While the woman had long suspected that her husband was sleeping with the maid, she had no proof. That all changed when the parrot started repeating flirty …
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Which countries drink the most wine? According to The Wine Institute and this infographic by Statista, “the Vatican City and Andorra drink the most wine per capita with 54.26 and 46.26 litres every year. In France, a person drinks about 42.51 litres every year while Italians consume 33.3 litres. Britons are fond of a glass …
Of course you’ve heard the notion that after graduating from high-school, once you get out there in the ‘real world,’ the former nerds will get to have their revenge. You know how the story goes. After high school, all of the unpopular geeks will quickly be running tech companies or earning huge piles of money …
Being popular in school sets you up for a more successful career too (Sorry nerds) Read More »
Most people probably just get pissed and feel sorry for themselves when they find out their 58-year-old Danish soulmate is a 24-year-old Nigerian 419 scammer but one super cool woman in Sweden opted instead to help put the guy through university so he could change his scamming ways. The BBC tells the story of Maria Grette, 62 at …
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This is spooky. It’s eerie how the exact same Halloween costume suddenly appears much sexier and more revealing when a woman puts it on than when a man wears it. Take a look at some of these examples of our good sport male and female models trying on the same costume for this year’s Halloween …
Creepy Halloween mystery: Costume magically changes depending on who wears it Read More »
UK communications regulator Ofcom has decided to officially rank swear words in order of offensiveness. Now you know what a bad words is. It’s official. I find the results kind of interesting, partly because some of the brit words rank differently than I think they would here. Also because I’m actually amazed at how many …
Every British swear word officially ranked in order of offensiveness Read More »
Have you heard? Janet Jackson is pregnant at 50. Amazing, right? It just goes to prove that you really can keep putting off having children until you’re ready, and that women can get knocked up at any age. So, take your time. Build your career, travel. Babies will always be there. See, it is never …
Janet Jackson pregnant at 50: the truth behind all these old, pregnant celebrities Read More »
You work hard, learn fast, and have been around the block a few times. You’ve got skills. That’s great. Now it’s time to take some of them off your resume. Why? Because they could be hurting your chances of getting hired, or lowering the amount of salary you’re being offered. That’s because your resume needs …
The skills in your resume that actually lower your value on the job market Read More »