As recently as the late 1990s, the idea that someone would ever take a nap in their office was outlandish enough to become a story arc on Seinfeld. But these days, more and more people are making the case for a quick siesta at work. The benefits...
Labor Day is behind us, and we’ve got a long two months to get through before we can finally enjoy the holiday season. Wish you could just skip the next few weeks of work and get right to the overeating and spending all day in your pajamas,...
The beach isn’t the only place to find buried treasure this summer. If you know how to look for it, treasure can be found everywhere, says Dave Becker, moderator of the metal-detecting Reddit community who shared his gold-hunting tales with us in June’s Bathroom Minutes magazine feature,...
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who haven’t filed your taxes yet, you should probably think about getting on it. To help out, we brought in retired IRS Revenue Officer Michael Raanan (who also happens to be a DSC member) to explain what falls under...
Another year, another holiday season and another yearly arrival of your aunt’s hand-crocheted Christmas gifts. Do you tell her that, after all these years, you finally have enough knitted caps? Do you send her a thank you card? And what about returning the favor? Do you have...
Save your paychecks and check between your couch cushions because Black Friday and Cyber Monday are just a couple of weeks away. And while both are generally regarded as the biggest shopping days of the year here in the U.S., they’re mere peanuts in comparison to the...
A mix of clichéd metaphors and hyperbolic buzzwords such as “mission critical” and “scalability,” the ubiquitousness of office clichés will make you feel like you’re taking crazy pills. Because if you work in an office long enough you know this seemingly innocuous jargon is actually loaded in hilarious subtext. This week in Office...
In the 1970s former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan shared a bizarre idea about how to gauge the state of the economy: the Men’s Underwear Index. Due to underwear’s position as a clothing staple, his theory went, men purchase freshies pretty regularly when money is flowing....
A mix of clichéd metaphors and hyperbolic buzzwords such as “mission critical” and “scalability,” the ubiquitousness of office clichés will make you feel like you’re taking crazy pills. Because if you work in an office long enough you know this seemingly innocuous jargon is actually loaded in hilarious subtext. This week in Office...
When we’re at the office, we basically speak our own language. A mix of clichéd metaphors and hyperbolic buzzwords such as “mission critical” and “scaleability,” the ubiquitousness of which will make you feel like you’re taking crazy pills. Because if you work in an office long enough you know this seemingly innocuous office jargon is...
When President Obama recently called to remove tax breaks from 529 college savings plans, he was loudly booed, Snoopy-at-Christmas-pageant-style. Not a big surprise considering that a college education—whether our own or our children’s—is pretty much the new mortgage. For instance, a traditional four-year college can run anywhere...
Getting free of a car lease used to be a no-win situation. If you went to the dealership, you had to shell out the entire remaining balance, plus pay an early termination fee. It might end up costing you $5,000, or more, just to not drive your...
