Archive for the 'Humor' Category

From the Guardian UK
A group of statisticians has laboured for months to crack the secret of producing best selling novels – only to find that under their formula The Da Vinci Code should have been a flop.
This year’s runaway bestseller should have had only a 36% chance of reaching the charts, according to Atai [...]

Dogbert’s doing retirement plan seminars these days and he has a unique idea for generating income in retirement. Unfortunately, not everyone liked his plan…

Decide for yourself…

Dane posted this yesterday just when “it” happened.
My wife was busting her fingers against the keyboard typing her brains out on a project when she got “the call”.
It was her mom wanting her to make a quick dash for some prune juice because another family member wasn’t making any quick dashes at all.
I kid you [...]

These are actual domain names, but for one humorous reason or another, they convey a secondary humorous or offensive message that distracts from their “mission”.
Perhaps that’s why some allowed their domain name to go up for sale like
“Experts Exchange:Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views.”
It’s domain? ” expertsexchange.com”
As far [...]

John Reed’s advice to wannabe authors is worth reading… if only for the entertainment value.
It’s counterintuitive to most of what you “think you know” about publishing that’s why I predict you’ll like it.
From John Reed

*Writing talent (or at least the sheer nerve to think you have it – Chuck!)
*Know the subject
*Self-publish – The [...]

Corporate America has now devised a plan to fully fund your corporate pension.
No need to worry about creating your own home based business.
Return to your cubicles with complete assurance!

Ernesto Sirolli’s first assignment as an “economic development” officer whose task was to help Africans “improve their economy” (as if Italy’s were so hot!) was to supervise a tomato growing project along the Zambezi river.
Along the way they had to addict the natives to alcohol, tobacco and other staples of the West to encourage [...]

When I was reviewing MLM companies in print, here’s how I decided if it was worth my time to review them.
I call it the “2 Beers and a Napkin” test.
If the MLM company could have been dreamed up from start to finish by 2 guys drinking a beer and written down on a napkin, it [...]

When I read this Dilbert comic strip a few days ago, it sounded remarkably like many of the
“work at home” job postings I see in Monster, etc. that are really work at home business opportunities
where YOU have to pay.
It made me wonder… Is Dilbert doing MLM these days?
“The job doesn’t have a base salary…
“You’ll pay [...]