Heartache Leave

Monday, 28 January 2008, 13:51 | Category : relationships, working
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What a great idea… A company in Tokyo is allowing employees to take paid time off to deal with the end of a relationship. Most people jsut call them sick days, or personal days, but I think most people have been guilty of doing this.
Read more about heartache leave – and a couple of other [...]

Productivity-Enhancing Foods

Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 11:42 | Category : Uncategorized
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I’m a big fan of snacking. I joke that I only have one meal a day, and it lasts all day. (Ok, so maybe I’m not quite that bad… but I do have a fair number of snacks that I keep around in case of munching emergency.) So, when I found this list of 20 [...]

BuzzWords We Can Live Without

Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 11:39 | Category : working
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If you’ve ever worked in Corporate America, known someone who worked in Corporate America, or watched a television show that featured someone who worked in Corporate America, chances are that you’ve heard some of the key words that float around, driving us to distraction. Now, Tom Stern from Fast Company has posted some of the [...]

Who Gets the Ring?

Monday, 7 January 2008, 11:09 | Category : Life, relationships
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So… let me start this off by saying that I am not engaged, have not been engaged, and am not calling off an engagement. I just saw the headline on CNN (yes… CNN) and thought it was an interesting question.
Their take… well, it depends on where you live and the circumstances in which the ring [...]