When I heard the event was at the Home Depot Center I thought HEY!

As if you haven’t already heard enough about economic doom and gloom, head over to the TechCrunch Layoff Tracker to get a glimpse of the carnage in the tech sector. As an anecdotal note, I’ve heard nothing but sad stories of layoffs from my friends in management consulting as well and we’re not even at rock-bottom yet. Myself, I’m entering the job market after grad school at the worst of times. Interestingly, widespread personal blogging means that layoffs are com... more

…until we learn that the company’s anti-union co-founder — who thinks retailers who do not support the GOP should be shot — no longer has any financial interest in the company. On the issue of the Employee Free Choice Act, “a.k.a. ‘card check,’ the legislation that will make it easier for workers to form a union [...]... more

Colleges – Florida quarterback Tim Tebow continues to add to his impressive list of honors by receiving the 2008 Disney Spirit Award, given annually to college football?s most inspirational figure. Tebow will be presented with the award during The Home Depot/ ESPNU… ... more

worst ironer in the world "We as citizens must at some point ignore partisanship, not that we may prosper as a nation, but that merely we may function as a nation." ... more

Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon , died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69............... more

High on Mount Sinai , Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week. Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy. “As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural c... more

Legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre will retire. Citing her many years experience at his side, Brett will be replaced by his wife, Deanna! ... more