“It’s what I do to get by.”™
There’s a study going on in South Korea at the Department of Psychiatry at Chung Ang University, and it’s all about Starcraft. Not so much the beloved game, but the addiction that people seemingly get to it. See, gaming in South Korea is very different than here, if you can make leaderboards on Battle.net in South Korea, you might as well be a national hero.
Words cannot begin to describe my feelings for this ‘service.’
At least with this Outbreak there’s not some crazy monkey getting all bitey on people.
“Necessity is the mother of invention.” -Plato, The Republic
The American mythos is the narrative of the individual. The words independence, liberty, personal freedom, and individualism come to mind when we characterize core American values. That is why that when we see people making drastic changes to their lifestyle due to economic realities we have to wander…
Welcome to the Post-Prosperity era of American history! The American consumer is hardly recognizable in its current form; thrift conscious, cash starved, coupon clipping, bargain hunting, and just plain doing without, a new animal has emerged. It’s not all bad news though, consumers, now more than ever, are willing to venture into retail territory…
Laid off? Workout…there’s others just like you. And thanks to all the feel good endorphins that fitness releases, it makes perfect sense. Alex Light, a laid off real estate contractor turned personal trainer decided to offer free fitness classes to help others stay positive regardless of their economically dim circumstances. Bringing the unemployed together to [...]
With high sign on bonuses, competitive salaries, family health insurance, education benefits and job skills for a civilian career, it’s doesn’t take Einstein to understand why in a faltering economy military recruitment is up –way up. And let’s take note that the military also upped the maximum recruitment age from 35 to 42. Good news [...]
An article in the Wall Street Journal tells the story of a profession that has been in decline for decades that is finally seeing an upsurge in business; Shoe Cobblers. Once a thriving business, wealth and the relatively cheap price of goods, has drove the shoe repair industry to the edge of extinction. “There are [...]
Remember when Post Secret was an amazing breakthrough in the way secrets were shared? Since then, the book has gone on to spawn multiple variations and several others have taken the idea of secret sharing to different formats, from using video games and texting strangers to a webs site that allows you to share, completely [...]
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