We had a regular man who would bring his laptop and meet with clients at least 3–4 times a week in the lobby to have full on meetings and at first it irked us employees bec...
It looks exactly like the paychecks I received as a waiter, a grocery store clerk, a cop and paramedic. Except there are more numbers in front of the decimal point. And, of...
The IP address of your television was probably something like 192.168.1.8 when it was at your house. When it is at someone else's house it will have a different IP address....
In 1994 I took the ASVAB and scored in the 99th percentile. The Army recruiter said, "well damn, you can do whatever the hell you want to." Being 18, dumb, and needing to g...
We almost did this. The house next door to ours was a bank foreclosure at a rather low price. Our lender said it we wanted to add that property to our mortgage application ...
True story. 1130 at night. Sick patient with an acute subdural hematoma. Needed surgery emergently. We took him up, got the case going. A young person shows up with an unla...
I am a volunteer college interviewer for MIT and I have been doing this task for about 25 years. My answer will be based on what we tell wait-listed students at MIT. Since ...
I think the wealthy nations that fared the worst have something in common: Italy, Spain, Japan, Canada, the US, Brazil, Sweden in the early days, all treated the economy an...
Einstein had three children.
The oldest was a daughter named Lieserl. She was unknown to the world at large until a trove of early letters between Einstein and his first wif...
I didn't quit, I was laid off. My manager is giving me the exit interview, he'd already done several, and at the end he stops and looks at me. "Tom, you don't seem upset, e...
I fucking hate Apple. I really do. I've gone so far as to reject Apple recruiters. My negative feelings for this company have produced heated debate with my girlfriend, who...
Movies that marry a sense of intellectual heft with a potent emotional quotient are ones that linger in the recesses of your mind long after you've seen them.
Several films ...
At my branch I had a First Cashier called Noel. Good at his job, popular with customers, and no trouble whatsoever.
Unfortunately, he was invariably late. Previous managers ...
Theoretically? Perhaps.
However, it is VERY well-known and strongly-evidenced that viral infection can trigger autoimmune disease. Thus, we can definitely expect an explosio...
I think the single biggest problem with Silicon Valley is the same problem you find in New York and other global cities: almost everyone in power was born on third base and...
It is very likely that mostly women with Higher IQ complain. This might have the following reason:
While men with a very high IQ, over 130, represent only 2% of the population, ...
