It depends upon how rigorous the company is in researching the exemption requests. For kicks, I looked at my company’s exemption request form, and it was surprisingly rigorous (requesting contact information for your doctor for medical exemptions and for your clergy for religious exemptions). Could HR be bluffing and…

I remember when I was in elementary school, the SUV craze was starting to take off. The drop-off/pick-up line at school was cluttered with Jeep Grand Cherokees and Ford Explorers. But there was one old Eagle among them. I think it was the more familiar wagon model rather than the coupe. It was an ugly color, rusting,…

I like falling asleep to a familiar TV show because listening to it helps me to switch my brain off and drift off to sleep. I’ll watch via streaming or DVDs to avoid distracting commercials. I like to pick something with a lot of low dialogue and preferably without a laugh track (though that’s not a hard and fast…

Elon Musk...

How many people have the opportunity to purchase a product that they personally helped to engineer? You are clearly a man who takes pride in his work, and buying that Jeep seems to be the ultimate way to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

The 90 hour riding time for the WalMart bikes sounds low at first, but a little back-of-the-envelope math tells me that’s about 2 years of light riding (say, you only ride during the nice months, twice a week for about an hour each ride). That’s about what I’d expect out of a cheap bike.

That might be a fun Question of the Day: What does the term “luxury” mean to you?

For context, The Simpsons mobile game debuted in 2012, over a decade after that show ended.

A resume is no place to be magnanimous. It is all about highlighting you, and that can be tough to do because we’re all so conditioned to be humble team players. Don’t be afraid to state the specific actions that you took in each situation. It’s not bragging in this context — it’s the whole point of a resume.

I was hoping they’d include the McTenThirtyFive, a sandwich named after the only moment it can be ordered. It’s an Egg McMuffin with a hamburger patty added to it.

You just don’t understand jazz.

That’s awesome! Those moon transit pictures almost don’t even look real!

From my perspective, at this point it’s not about “living in fear” but rather coming to your own personal acceptable risk level.

Sounds like a date I had recently...

I’m looking for someone I know who has a vice.

The key is that these concepts need to be taught the right way — otherwise the wrong message could be taken away.

WAY more complicated than necessary... especially when these exist:

If I’m dreaming about an auto executive, it’s gonna be John DeLorean, and...

The “Is this a new position? / Why did the last person leave?” question can still be good for internal applications because culture can vary quite a bit, especially within a very large company.  It can give you a good feel for whether the new group is growing or whether advancement is possible from within... or if…

I maybe should have included a sarcasm tag. I was dunking on the author for her abysmal take on a different recent article.