Just a week after we wrote about Yahoo ending its work-from-home program, CNN reports Best Buy is now ending its work at home-program for employees whose managers don’t want them to work from home. 3 Companies We’d Like To See Allow… Read More ›
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Head Of British State Recovers From Stomach Flu… Right When We Accept A Challenge To Avoid Certain Letters Of The Alphabet.
WordPress’ Daily Prompt challenged bloggers today to write an entry without using a letter of the alphabet. “Feeling really brave? Make it a vowel!” Let’s see… merely to tell you that we’re accepting this challenge, we’ve used the letters a,… Read More ›
Horses May Wish Taco Bell Didn’t Run For The British Border
Fox News reports that horse DNA has been found in ground beef at Taco Bell in Britain. 3 Worse Things You Could Find In A Fast Food Taco 1. IKEA instructions of how to assemble a taco. In addition to… Read More ›
Forget Jedi Mind Melds, Blackberry Z10 Can Tell You What You’re Thinking
Not The Worst News just tested the new Blackberry Z10, which lacks the physical keyboard that has made Blackberry so popular among 70-year-old former typewriter-ribbon-manufacturing-executives. Trying to type “this is a test” on the text messaging app lead to something… Read More ›
Obama Makes A Sci-Fi Faux-Pas By Referring To A “Jedi Mind Meld,” Otherwise Known As A Normal Conversation-Opposite-Of-Faux-Pas
Yahoo reports that President Obama made an error today, combining nerdy concepts from Star Trek and Star Wars in a speech explaining why he can’t just use his mind to achieve consensus in Congress. Actually, we disagree with the idea that… Read More ›
Congress: Gone Fishin’!
CNN reports that just a day before $85 billion in spending cuts take effect, many members of Congress have left Washington, D.C. Which means Congress has accomplished the goal we joked about on December 31 of becoming less popular, as they… Read More ›
Budweiser-Maker Sued For Allegedly Watering Down Beer, So You May Allegedly Have No Excuse For Getting So Drunk At The Academy Awards Alleged Party!
CNN reports that Anheuser-Busch is being sued by two California residents for allegedly watering down some of its brands, including Budweiser, Michelob, and Bud Lite Platinum. From the article: “‘Because water is cheaper than alcohol, AB adds extra water to its… Read More ›
Yahoo’s New CEO Melissa Mayer Says Employees Must, Like, Totally Show Up For Work To Get Paid
GigaOM reports that new Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer has made some changes since becoming CEO of the company. Those include: giving employees free food at work; giving them free smartphones; and (gasp) now banning working from home. We hope there… Read More ›
104-Year-Old-Woman Has More Facebook Friends Than You!
Yahoo reports that Facebook has apologized to a 104-year-old grandmother for being unable to enter her real age on Facebook, as Facebook had previously only allowed people to enter birth-years of 1910 or later. Facebook has since corrected the error,… Read More ›
Ad For Tonight’s Oscars Costs More Than Used Toyota Tercel
CNBC reports that a commercial during tonight’s Academy Awards will cost between $1.65 million and $1.80 million for 30 seconds. 3 Worse Things You Could Waste $1.65 Million On 1. Half a viewing of the movie Gone In 60 Seconds. Why is a… Read More ›