How retarded is this! Dean Babcock, a TARGET security guard in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin was fired recently for busting a 16 year old girl for shoplifting alcohol from the store. I would say alleged, but he caught her not once, but twice, and had video evidence on top of it. But because [...]

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Every think you want to join up to save the world… or at least America.
 
Give this a read to see what you could be in for.
 
Well written and interesting. Full appendix as well.

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I had a well written and well tagged post… but my browser, or the site, jacked it up… and I lost it… so take this instead.
The new nine inch nails single ‘survivalism‘ is now playing on radio stations nationwide. you can listen to it on the nin myspace page, along with another track [...]

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Sometimes, its good to hear things from people who are on the inside. John August is a screenwriter in Hollywood. He seems to have a good head on his shoulders and is blogging about the business and life in general. If you have interest in Screenwriting or Hollywood in general, this might [...]

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From CNews via YesButNoButYes… comes the story of this well-to-do suburb of Detroit (Troy, MI) that lost their fight to keep a second Hooters from opening in their little hoity-toity hamlet.
I think this excerpt says it all:
“Critics are concerned that the restaurants’ scantily clad servers don’t fit the image the city seeks to project in [...]

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Way cool post from PositiveSharing.com about outstanding workplaces. Companies like Google, Red Bull, Pixar and VW are featured with amazing design and phenomenal work spaces.
My personal fave is the slide at Red Bull London that gets you from one floor to another (pictured above).

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A clever little doodad I discovered whilst reading Lifehacker - it’s a browser proxy called workFRIENDLY that may allow you to view “unsafe” sites from your work computer. Not only that, it disguises them as a Microsoft Word document, so if the boss is looking over your shoulder, it simply looks like you’re working [...]

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