Everybody loves a clown. OK, not really, but most of us enjoy someone who can tell a few good jokes. So that’s what we will focus on today. For today’s QOTD let’s bring the funny. Who is your favorite comic/comedian? Continue reading
Daily Archives: June 6, 2011
17 posts
Some of us are fat. Some of us are not. However, society mainly focuses on the former and what they can do to make themselves skinnier. Most studies on obesity focus on people that are already large, but recently I came across a BBC documentary that decided to go in the opposite direction. Continue reading
The former head of the International Monetary Fund appeared in court in Manhattan today, and pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually assaulting a maid at the Sofitel hotel.
Prosecutors say Strauss-Kahn forced the 32-year-old woman to perform oral sex on him.
Kahn wore a dark suit and tie. His wife, also dressed in a dark suit, held his arm. There were protesters outside the court, yelling ‘Shame on you’. Kahn spoke publically for the first time since the scandal broke, saying in court: ‘Not Guilty’.
Kahn’s next court date is in July. The Times has a great breakdown on what may happen next.
Yahoo’s Daily Ticker’s Aaron Task interviewed Harvard lecturer and PhD Paul Stoltz and co-author James Reed to find out that employers are most interested in candidates who have a certain mindset — regardless of skill set.
The authors of this study “define and quantify” what mindset means to employers. They call their findings the “3G Mindset”. It consists of the top three qualities that employers consider most important: global, good and grit. Continue reading
I’ve given up trying to explain what it is I do when asked at a family reunion or some other social engagement. I’ve seen too many eyes glaze over and I won’t responsible for another person slipping into a coma while I try to explain Jboss, Tomcat and Apache. Most people are surprised to learn that I didn’t attend a four year university, nor in fact did I ever graduate High School. Many are even further shocked to learn I actually went to Bible College. Continue reading
Oh, sod it. I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to rabbit on all day about Mideast freakouts and Arizona catching on fire and silly geese in Congress. I wanted to be a lumberjack. But it’s too late, because I am too old.
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Happy Monday gang and welcome to Crasstalk. Hope you had a great weekend and are ready to take this one head on. This should help.
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