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Maybe they’re a little bit more candid, a little less pc about the realities of corporate employment over there in the Duetscheland. Or maybe more able to laugh at it all. The below is the entrance to a recent job fair in Hamburg.

From boing boing via  Ads of the World.

 
From Spiegel Online:
McDonald’s Targets the English McLanguage
The word has only been in the English language for two decades, but the hamburger chain McDonald’s would like to see the word “McJob” McEliminated from the dictionary — the fast food firm is not lovin’ the OED’s definition.
(more here)
So Mc.Donalds isn’t Mcpleased about the term McJob.
I love the […]

 
It would appear that the new Congress will finally be raising the federal minimum wage, nine years after it’s last increase in 1998.
I wrote an analysis about the disparity between congressional pay hikes (which are almost annual these days) .vs. the minimum wage non-hikes last summer.
Over on finepoll.com you can vote and be heard […]

From CNN.COM: 
Jobless man asks judge for jail time
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who couldn’t find steady work came up with a plan to make it through the next few years until he could collect Social Security: He robbed a bank, then handed the money to a guard and waited for police.
On Wednesday, Timothy J. […]

From StarTribune.COM: 
Weight loss plan: I’ll mow your lawn for free
A deal too good to be true? Coon Rapids man willing to mow lawns for free in his attempt to shed some pounds.
Darrell Nelson of Coon Rapids is a man with a lawnmower and a dream. He wants to lose 30 to 50 pounds, but he […]

From KTEN.COM: 
Hugo Police Officer Terminated Over Photo
A Hugo police officer has been terminated from his position. Hugo city officials say that a citizen took this picture of the police officer engaging in activities in his police vehicle.
City officials would not speculate on the type of activity… and at this time… no formal charges against the […]

 
Interesting article on this topic on The Economist:
The rich, the poor and the growing gap between them
The rich are the big gainers in America’s new prosperity
….But after 2000 something changed. The pace of productivity growth has been rising again, but now it seems to be lifting fewer boats. After you adjust for inflation, the wages of […]

Ok I have a confession to make.
A long long time ago, back in my early 20’s, my school-teacher girlfriend and I had sex in a book closet at her school.
BUT!  It was on a Saturday, the door was shut and locked, and there were definitely no kids around, maybe some Janitor on the opposite side […]

 
After last weeks analysis of minimum wages .vs. congressional wages, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at a similar economic topic, especially one that’s on the minds of a lot of other X-Generation folks out there like myself.  
Buying a home
Everyone wants to buy a home, its part of the American dream.  […]

From CNN.COM:
Spanked employee seeks $1.2 million
Alarm company says it was part of a team-building exercise
FRESNO, California (AP) — Lawyers for a woman spanked in front of co-workers as part of what her employer said was a team-building exercise asked a jury Wednesday for at least $1.2 million for the humiliation she says she suffered.
Janet Orlando, […]

 
From CNN.COM:
Time change is money for Indiana teen
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (AP) — An industrious teenager is hoping time is money.
Eighteen-year-old Evan Kelso is offering to change every digital clock in a customer’s home or car after all of Indiana goes to daylight saving time this weekend for the first time in more than 30 years. […]

 
From WIRED.COM: 
You Play World of Warcraft? You’re Hired!
Why multiplayer games may be the best kind of job training.
By John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas
In late 2004, Stephen Gillett was in the running for a choice job at Yahoo! - a senior management position in engineering. He was a strong contender. Gillett had been responsible for […]