I have way too many browser tabs open, so let me get rid of a few here ( Read more... )

Disturbing item from the Huffington Post (I've been meaning to put the link here for a few days): Some job ads actually specify that the unemployed will NOT be considered for employment. >:-( on behalf of my unemployed friends. WTF????? It makes me want to go out and kick some butt.

Robert Reich thinks we're falling into a double-dip recession. ( Read more... )

Starting over with your own business after 55.

Because so many people on my friends' list are either looking for a job or about to start the search, I'm posting a link to a washingtonpost.com online chat about social networking for job hunters. Some interesting links there too. Just for what it's worth.

From the NY Times: A Reluctance to Retire Means Fewer Openings. I can just *hear* a lot of Gen-Xers, Gen-Yers, millennials, whatever, saying really vicious things about us boomers. Well, guess what, folks: When the boomers were in their early 20s, the Greatest Generation didn't really want to get off the stage either. So there ( Read more... )

First off, from the UK: Does this guy look a little disturbing or what? It's great that he can see again, though.

Results of an egg-frying contest. My Dad used to say that when he was a plane mechanic/navigator in India in WWII, he and the other guys used to fry their eggs on their airplane wings every morning.

A celebration of the Sony Walkman's ( Read more... )