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Let Them Eat Cake!

GiggleSugar — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:00:00 -0700

Neil here sure knows how to quit a job! He seems like a pretty charming dude, so I think his resignation-by-cake probably came off as cute rather than annoying. And how many resignation letters do you get to eat? Click here to see what his letter said.

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What's Worse Than a Micro-Manager?

GiggleSugar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:02:00 -0700

Um, I think this counts as sexual harassment.

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The Onion Reports...

GiggleSugar — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:00:00 -0700

Employee's Multitasking Doesn't Include Work

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Ask the "Honest Boss"

GiggleSugar — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:02:00 -0800

For most people, going to work involves reporting to a higher authority affectionately known as the "boss." Our bosses tell us what to do and we do what they say. Whether bosses are nice or yikes!...they govern with ground rules we aren't privy to. Have you ever wondered how your boss really feels about his or her "open door" policy, or what he or she really thinks about that time you fell ill to food poisoning (or a killer hangover) and had to call in sick? Well, wait no longer for your chance to interview an honest boss. Just follow the link and select a topic for discussion. Caution: you may not like what this boss has to say, but-- what's new?

30 Rock: Ladies of Leisure, the Dark Side

TresSugar — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:30:00 -0700

Is being a lady of leisure totally luxurious or dangerously overrated? On this week's episode of 30 Rock, Liz Lemon gets a taste of the sweet life when she's temporarily suspended from her job and starts running with a crowd of wealthy, nonworking women who occupy themselves with afternoon cocktails, shopping, massages, yoga, and refreshingly regular bathroom breaks. But Liz soon learns that all that pleasure can soon lead to pain.

Yet Another Excuse Not To Exercise

GiggleSugar — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:02:00 -0800

So if pumping iron with Snoop Dog isn't quite your style, then how about gettin' your Garfield on instead? And yes, I realize that made absolutely no sense. What do you want me to say? We're talking about a cat-inspired workout here, folks. Throw me a freakin' bone...or a ball of yarn. Just make the video go away. It's really creeping meow-t. Ha!

High School Musical: The One Woman Show

GiggleSugar — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:00:00 -0700

Are there any High School Musical fans in 'da house? There will be after Little Miss Thang struts her stuff for herself and the camera. Thanks to giddy little girlies (and all of the older, "too cool for school" teen misfits who secretly tuned in too), HSM hit the Disney channel and became an insta-success. Why? It's the stuff bedroom talent shows are made of. It awakens the musical talents and Broadway ambitions of America's youth and the end result is . . . an unmade bed and a couple of hits on the Internet. What more can a young girl wish for?

Crazy Lady Vs. Lawn Mower

GiggleSugar — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:02:00 -0700

The neighborhood Peeping Tom caught some madwoman kicking her lawn mower's ass. Yes, destroy the machine-now it'll cut your grass! Genius. (Thanks, eBaum's World!)

Do, Dump or Marry? Craig Ferguson

TresSugar — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:00:00 -0700

In addition to being charming and funny, the Scotsman-turned-denizen of LA and host of The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson can add memoirist to his list of accomplishments - he has a new book out called American on Purpose.

In a USA Today interview, he discusses some of the book's many revelations, including how he dropped out of school at 16 to join a punk band and that one of his favorite jobs was working as a construction worker. I love that Craig can make cornball humor seem edgy. Does he do it for you? What do you think about the salt 'n' pepper fox?

A Joke Can Cure a Bad Mood - But Why May Surprise You

TresSugar — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:00:00 -0700

We all know that when we're in a bad mood, a joke can temporarily lift our spirits. But Dutch researchers set out to figure out precisely why. And although you may think, as many researchers do, that it's because positive emotions counteract negative ones - the researchers set out to prove that it's more than that.

They showed a group of men and women a series of pictures. First, they were shown negative images, and then two kinds of positive stimuli - funny and nonfunny. More people said that their moods were lifted by the funny stimuli (the jokes) than the merely positive stimuli.

The reason, according to the researchers, is in the actual cognitive work it takes for us to "get" a joke. Take this joke, for example. A terrified father calls a doctor and tells him, "Doctor, my child just swallowed a fountain pen!" When the doctor tells him he'll rush right over and asks, "What are you doing in the meantime?" The father replies: "Using a pencil."

Figuring out the punch-line is the kind of distraction that can make us feel better. "What they are suggesting is that humor," says Ed Dunkelblau, PhD, a psychologist and past president of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, "is an effective way to redirect anxiety."

So let's toast to (corny) jokes that make our brains work a little harder!