If you don’t have a quarter of a million to buy a startup on eBay, you can always bid for good luck.  Your “luck provider” is very international, he is a member in Spain, but offers the service from Ireland (thankfully he does not charge for shipping).   Here’s what he promises:

“It’s very easy to be lucky:
Firstly: Bid now!
Secondly: When you have won the auction and sent the payment, write an email to very.lucky.you@gmail.com with your full name and city of residence and I will perform an enchantment that will bring luck to your life. In 2 week’s time you will see the difference.
Thirdly: After 2 weeks at most, send via Paypal the amount of money that you feel is right for the extra luck that you have had. (For lottery winnings, 10% is suggested).
You can also give a lucky strike as a present to someone you love!”

The bid is currently at €0.01, but it has ten days to go. 

Should the embedded player not work on your feed, watch the video here.  It is … “priceless”.

“The study published in the Journal of Labor Research Thursday concluded that drinkers earn 10 to 14 percent more than teetotalers, and that men who drink socially bring home an additional seven percent in pay.

“Social drinking builds social capital,” said Edward Stringham, an economics professor at San Jose State University and co-author of the study with fellow researcher Bethany Peters.”  (full article here)

What can I say … I surrender:-)   Want to do even better?  Forget beer, drink red wine, for the health benefits. Oh, and to support the local economy – at least us, Californians

Tags: social+drinking, drinking+study, compensation, compensation+study, networking, beer, wine

About two months ago the Government of Hungary announced a public online poll to determine the name of a new bridge to be built over the river Danube in Budapest. They probably expected a famous Hungarian statesmen, hero, poet or musician’s name to emerge at the top of the list.

The only problem was, they left the vote wide open, and in the early rounds Chuck Norris took the lead. That is, until Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert sensed a historic opportunity: he called his loyal viewers to vote on him.

They certainly did, and when the poll was closed, Steven Colbert beat out Chuck Norris, John Stewart and all famous Hungarians, accumulating over 17 million votes.  That’s only a mere 7 million votes than the entire population of Hungary.

To announce the results, Hungary’s Ambassador to the US, Andras Simonyi came to the show.

He handed Colbert an official document pronouncing him the winner of the contest.  He also spelled out two minor conditions:

• Colbert has to become fluent in Hungarian
• Colbert has to be dead

The first one may not be such a deal, after Colbert correctly pronounced the word “bridge: in Hungarian, the Ambassador declared him fluent enough.  The second condition is a bit tougher: unlike the US, Hungarians name their public places after deceased famous people. That said, Hungarians are entrepreneurial enough to find some solution.  The Ambassador provided Colbert with a Hungarian passport and some Hungarian currency, inviting him to the construction site:  “Once you’re there, we’ll find a way to deal with this minor issue… “

Will Colbert take the chance?

Tags: Hungary, Budapest, Danube, Colbert+Bridge, Humor, Stephen+Colbert, Chuck+Norris, John+Stewart

Finally we have evidence there really are aliens in Roswell, GA. NM. (thanks for the correction, Vinnie!) Not little green ones … well, perhaps little, but definitely not green.  They must have successfully assimilated, for ICE, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement mistakenly thinks  they are human citizens of Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala.

They were caught in the act of painting U.S. military aircraft, including a Lockheed C-130.  Not as part of same alien / terrorist conspiracy, but on the payroll of a US military contractor.

The aliens will be processed, which includes thorough background checks, then beamed back to their land of origin.

(source: ICE news release)

Tags: ICE, immigration, aliens, illegal+aliens, immigration, law+enforcement, illegal+labor, military+contractor, roswell,