December, 2013 – Software firm FrontRange surveyed more than 800 smartphone owners globally to see how they felt about technology usage and addiction. – Almost half said they use their phone at least once every hour. – Two thirds claimed they couldn’t go without their smartphones for a day. Researchers then recruited seven people to…
December, 2013 – Should you give your boss a Christmas present? Many workers may want or feel the need to give their boss a small token of appreciation, but it can be a minefield. Colleen Rickenbacher, a business etiquette consultant, says the correct protocol is that bosses should give their employees gifts but employees should…
April, 2014 – The FARK website asked, “What’s the weirdest thing you saw at someone’s house that was completely normal to them?” Some of the responses: – Guy kept his Christmas cards on his front door all year long. – I dated a guy whose family kept a chair in the bathroom so you could…
We all become our parents eventually. When did you first hear your mother coming out of your mouth? – When you did the “I’m giving you til the count of 3 to get this room picked up” routine. – When you tell the kids to turn down that awful music. – When you hear yourself…
A Harris poll commissioned by dating site AnastasiaDate found that a majority of women associate fancy cars with negative character traits: – Only about 20 percent of women say that they have found a man more attractive after seeing the type of car that he drives. – 37 percent of women think men who buy…
April, 2014 – A new study from British insurance company AXA reveals we only have 12 minutes to impress someone on a first date. The company quizzed 2,000 people about their first dates experiences. In addition to the 12-minute mark, they came up with the Top Five Dating Turn-Offs: 1. Body odor 2. Bad breath…
April, 2014 – Researchers at Albright College in Pennsylvania asked women to “speak as if they were trying to impress someone with whom they were romantically interested.” The ladies did it easily, almost all by speaking in low, hoarser tones. Then, they asked men to sex up their voices. Women found men doing a “sexy…
According to a new survey by CareerCast.com, actuaries have the best job in the United States. Biomedical engineer was No. 2 and software engineer came in at No.3. Careers that ranked the lowest included enlisted military personnel, lumberjack and newspaper reporter. Here are the Top 25 Jobs: 1 Actuary 2 Biomedical Engineer 3 Software Engineer…
(March, 2014) Someone asked on the internet for stories of personal laziness. Here are some examples: – “I once watched two hours of Antiques Roadshow because the cat jumped up in front of my tv sensor as I was flicking through channels and fell asleep.” – “I always heat things in the microwave for 1:11…
Psychologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston have created what they say is the world’s hardest tongue twister.