Jack Busch is a Pittsburgh resident, freelance writer and a crumby dancer. You can view his professional work at JackBusch.com and his personal site at JackBusch.net.
From enigmatic Lydia on Heroes to bad ass biker werewolf on True Blood, Dawn Olivieri is a beautiful woman with a dangerous side. We risk life and limb to talk to this rising star before she storms HBO as a werewolf who ain’t afraid of no vampires.
There’s a line for those who hate their job and odds are, you’re already straddling it, next to everyone within eyesight. Work is the chip on all our shoulders and while there isn’t anything we can do about it, shy of becoming a bum – we can control the situation and make it a lot more manageable. Here’s how.
What do you get when you combine the product enthusiasm and customer loyalty of Apple, Google’s compulsive drive towards improvement and the slick, urbane look of GQ? As over 7,000 (mostly repeat) customers can attest – the best bespoke quality suit you’ve ever worn for less than $500. This is the story of Indochino.
Forget lucky coins, magical boxer-briefs, or a crusty rabbit’s foot, because your luck is about to change. Whether you’re cursed in finding opportunities or prone to strike-outs with beautiful women, the key to finding your lucky charm is a mixed bag of opportunity and hard work.
In a time of uncertainty with a faltering economy and rising unemployment, you might think it’s best to nail down a job, any job, no matter how demeaning answering phones or passing out mail seems. You sir, are wrong. Any time you go looking for a job, you know that thing you’ll be doing every day for years to come, you need to go in with your head on straight, your mind prepared, and goals determined. Check out the rest of your prep list in our complete guide to finding, scoring, and advancing in the career you’ve been waiting for.
Writing emails and teleconferencing in your Superman undies may seem like the ideal work environment, but working from your kitchen table is still working. Get a dose of reality as we break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of working at home.
It may come as no surprise to you that Comparative French Revolution Politics and Cinema of Latin America didn’t do you any favors in preparing you for the corporate workforce. Let our interview with Wall Street Journal syndicated columnist Alexandra Levit bring you up to speed.
If you think all CEO’s are synonymous with power suits and MBA’s, you’ve got some catching up to do. Check out how two CEO’s have merged their artistic personalities with solid, yet unconventional business sense to craft the next generation of businessmen.
Whether you’re applying for a new job, looking to erase the one-time angst from your high school LiveJournal, or ensuring your girlfriend never finds out about that weekend in Mexico, it’s a wise move to keep a handle on what pops up when your name is Googled.
So they’re saying it’s a buyer’s market but you, like most, are without a grocery list when it comes to stocks. Learn how to play it safe, relatively speaking, by focusing your attention and cash into one of the most consistent stock investments you can – index funds. (Oh, and make yourself rich in the process.)
While you’ve probably been converting your CD’s to MP3’s for years, we guarantee you haven’t been getting the best quality. It’s time to set the record — err — MP3 straight so you can finally listen to your crappy 90’s rock collection the way it was meant to be heard.
Have you ever met a woman you were strangely attracted to but couldn’t figure out why? Animal instinct, my friend. Many of the physical cues we identify as ’sexy’ have descended from millions of years of evolution as a part of Nature’s way of propagating the species. It certainly gives more breadth to the term “one night stand,” now doesn’ it?
In any social setting, you’re going to need to relate and carry on a conversation with people you’ve just met and know nothing about. We’ve got the ammunition to back up your quick wit, full of notable news not from the front page, as well as other goings-on from around the web that will likely come up in conversation.
If you haven’t been using the internet to enhance your finances, then you’re about as up to date as Friendster. We may not make you the next social media mogul, but these hacks will start making you, or saving you, money instantly.
Your credit score is powerful, but it doesn’t need to be a mysterious, elusive beast. Recently the rules have changed but the game is the same. Get a grip on the new info, or understand your score for the first time.
I hope you’re sitting down, because you know all those clever bar facts you’ve got tucked up your sleeve, ready to rapid fire at the first glimpse of small talk? Well…they’re all wrong.
There have been promises and prophecies, allegories and allegations, not to mention a lot of buzz around Barack Obama. Problem being, most of it is biased in one direction or the other. Here are six things, from the absurd to the practical, that both sides hope and/or fear for, that won’t be coming true by 2012.
It’s easy to watch a vacation slip from “fun” to “frustrating” in a mere matter of seconds. If you find your travels teetering on the edge of disaster, or you’re ready to plan ahead to avoid one, follow these tips to make your vacation as relaxing and fun as it should be.
With the current economic crunch going on, keeping your job is as important to you as cutting costs is to your employer. Make sure you’re nowhere near the list of “expendables” by avoiding these traits that could make you history.
When it comes time to do something nice for a woman, we all immediately think “flowers,” which is exactly why you shouldn’t give them as a gift. Flowers are unoriginal, expensive, and uncreative. The next time you’re trying to make good with a girl call on one of these to really impress her.
So marriage is a few years off (at least), but every now and then some girl gets you thinking about it and you freeze up. Sure, we’ve all heard horror stories – and some of them are true. But it’s not all bad. Take it from Jack as he gives you the low down on the highs and lows of the first six months.
Whether it’s a few years off or you’re searching the market right now, before making the biggest purchase of your life learn the mistakes of those who have gone before you as early in the process as you can.
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