MICHAEL LUO: Overqualified? Yes, but Happy to Have a Job (nytimes.com)
Don Carroll, a former financial analyst with a master's degree in business administration from a top university, was clearly overqualified for the job running the claims department for Cartwright International, a small, family-owned moving company here south of Kansas City.
Scott Burns: A Better Balanced Fund (assetbuilder.com)
Craig Israelsen has an interesting idea: Let's leave 1950 behind. The associate professor at Brigham Young University in Utah thinks it is time to include the world outside the United States, among other things, in our investments rather than just talk about it.
Marilyn Preston: Self-Care 101: Going Private with the Public Option (creators.com)>
The public - that's you and me and everyone in the country - must opt for a healthier, happier lifestyle or we'll go broke trying to keep up with demand.
That's the only Public Option you can really count on. For now, we the people need to choose the healthier options over the ones that make us weaker, sicker, fatter and less happy: Like eating more veggies and grains and going cold turkey on red meat, even if it's just for five out of 21 meals a week.
31 Steps to a Financial Tuneup (nytimes.com)
Taking time out to put your personal finances in gear can reap both immediate and long-term benefits, from cashing gift cards to reallocating investments. This checklist can help you formulate a strategy, providing tips, the time needed to achieve them, and links to additional resources.
It's Census time again! (What? Already? Didn't we just do this 10 years ago?)
so, just fer fun, I'll add four of my own...
1.) Did you fill out your census form and send it back yet?
2.) If not, will you?
3.) Did you answer all the questions?
4.) If not, what questions didn't you answer and why?
(Warning! Big Brother says we have to fill it out and return it otherwise we'll get a knock on the door from the friendly Census Police politely asking us to do so...
Go easy on the poor bastards, eh? They're mostly unemployed people trying to make a few bucks and probably are scared to death that they're gonna get slammed. It's not their fault, OK?... P.S. you answers here are entirely confidential and will not be shared with ANYBODY, especially You-Know-Who...)
zEN mAN (observing San Francisco Chronicle "outdoors" writer Tom Stienstra busted for weed found in his barn in near the town of "Weed" California.....OH the Irony)
Marian the Teacher was first, and correct, with:
New Mexico
Alan J replied:
New Mexico
Charlie wrote:
New Mexico. The motto refers to what a thunderbolt does, apparently. Though Pinocchio's nose also comes to mind, I'll put that aside.
mj answered:
Another guess
But since it sounds like something kudzu would say, let's go with North Carolina.
Sally said:
HAPPY EASTER READERS!!
(From Sarah Palin...)
I do believe that in the "Land of Enchantment," New Mexico, you will find their State Motto: "Crescit eundo"
PS: 72° and sunny today! I went down to our town square this morning and helped plant some tulips and daffodils - what a wonderful way to start the day!!
MAM responded:
New Mexico's motto is "Crescit eundo".
Gary in Tijeras replied:
New Mexico, "The Land of Enchantment"
My state!
And, Joe S (Non-smoking Yellow Dog Democrat) answered:
New Mexico
Sand painting, Big Thunder
One of the most amazing sites to be found in California (and perhaps the US) is the eery beauty of Mono Lake. While conservationists battle over its future, there is still hope for the lake and its fragile ecosystems.
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Amazing Race', then a FRESH'Undercover Boss', followed by a FRESH'Cold Case'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN'Minute To Win It', then a FRESH'Celebrity Apprentice'.
ABC begins the night with a RERUN'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a RERUN'Brothers & Sisters'.
The CW fills the night with the Easter-favorite movie 'RoboCop'.
Faux has a FRESH'Til Death', followed by another FRESH'Til Death', then a RERUN'Simpsons', followed by a RERUN'Cleveland', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by a FRESH'Sons Of Tucson'.
MY recycles an old 'That 70s Show', followed by another old 'That 70s Show', then an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
A&E has 'Gene Simmons', another 'Gene Simmons', still another 'Gene Simmons', followed by a FRESH'Gene Simmons', then a FRESH'Kirstie Alley's Big Life', followed by another FRESH'Kirstie Alley's Big Life'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Silence Of The Lambs', followed by the movie 'The Invasion', then a FRESH'Breaking Bad'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 The Dovecote
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 The Runaway Girl
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - US - Episode 1
[4:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Black Pearl
[5:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 J Willy's
[8:00 PM] Bean
[10:00 PM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 5
[10:30 PM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 6
[11:00 PM] Bean
[1:00 AM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 5
[1:30 AM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 6
[2:00 AM] Bean
[4:00 AM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 5
[4:30 AM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 6
[5:00 AM] BBC World News
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NYC', another 'Real Housewives Of NYC', 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', and another 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Employee Of The Month', followed by the movie 'Mr. Woodcock'.
FX has the movie 'Hitman', followed by the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'.
History has 'Ax Men', 'American Pickers', another 'Ax Men', followed by a FRESH'Ax Men'.
IFC -
[6:05 AM] Arrested Development
[6:35 AM] The Florentine
[8:30 AM] I Am David
[10:05 AM] The Field
[12:00 PM] Wilfred
[12:30 PM] Wilfred
[1:00 PM] Wilfred
[1:30 PM] Wilfred
[2:00 PM] Reefer Madness
[3:15 PM] The Florentine
[5:00 PM] Dinner Rush
[6:45 PM] Fall Time
[8:15 PM] Fear City
[10:00 PM] Arrested Development
[10:30 PM] Arrested Development
[11:00 PM] Shattered
[12:45 AM] Fall Time
[2:15 AM] Fear City
[4:00 AM] Shattered
[5:45 AM] I Am David (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00 AM] Music Rising
[6:45 AM] Manon On The Asphalt
[7:00 AM] Lights in the Dusk
[8:15 AM] Gretchen
[10:00 AM] River Cottage - 102
[11:00 AM] Gumby Dharma
[12:00 PM] ICONOCLASTS - Tom Ford on Jeff Koons (Episode 6, Season 1)
[1:00 PM] The Pool
[2:40 PM] Lights in the Dusk
[4:00 PM] Gretchen
[5:45 PM] The Pool
[7:20 PM] Pen Pusher
[7:30 PM] I Really Hate My Job
[9:00 PM] BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR - Here's Johnny! (Episode 2, Season 1)
[9:30 PM] BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR - Putting The Johnny In Johnny (Episode 3, Season 3)
[10:00 PM] The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes
[11:45 PM] Black Book
[2:15 AM] I Really Hate My Job
[3:45 AM] The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes
[5:30 AM] THE LAZY ENVIRONMENTALIST - Lazy Mayor (Episode 4, Season 1)
[6:00 AM] The End Of The Line (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has fills the night with 'Stephen King's The Stand'.
Brothers Rick and Mark del Castillo of the band Del Castillo perform during a showcase at Kenny Dorham's Backyard, Friday, March 19, 2010, in Austin, Texas.
Photo by Michelle Barnes
Nine months after leaving Hollywood for the White House, the actor Kal Penn is returning to Tinseltown to reprise his most famous role, as the marijuana-loving "Kumar" in the raucous "Harold and Kumar" feature film comedies.
As Kalpen Modi -- Kal Penn is his stage name -- the 32-year-old actor has been working in the Obama White House since July as an associate director of public engagement.
The magazine "Entertainment Weekly" reported on its website on Friday that Penn was leaving to make a new Harold and Kumar movie, this one with a Christmas theme, which might be shot in 3-D.
One of the few Indian-American actors to make it big in Hollywood, Penn has said he was inspired to get involved in politics partly by his grandparents, who marched with Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian independence movement.
Harryette Mullen has won a $50,000 Jackson Poetry Prize for being a poet of "exceptional talent who deserves wider recognition."
The nonprofit literary organization Poets & Writers Inc. announced Mullen as the winner of the fourth annual Jackson Poetry Prize on Friday.
The 56-year-old Mullen has written such books as "Recyclopedia," "Muse & Drudge" and "Sleeping With the Dictionary." Her socially and politically conscious verse is influenced by the feminist and civil rights movements.
S. Epatha Merkerson, the senior member of the "Law & Order" cast, is leaving after the show's current 20th season.
Merkerson, who joined the NBC drama in 1993 as New York police Lt. Anita Van Buren, has decided to exit after 16 years, according to a person close to the show who spoke on the condition of anonymity because that person wasn't authorized to speak about cast changes.
Merkerson, who held firm on a series that has seen literally dozens of cast members come and go, has played a strong, no-nonsense supervisor in a Manhattan police precinct, primarily overseeing two detective characters (currently played by her co-stars Jeremy Sisto and Anthony Anderson).
But this season, Van Buren's story line has taken a personal turn as she battles cancer, an illness that may figure into her departure from the show.
In this photo provided by Disneyland, Paul Reubens meets the cast of 'Alice in Wonderland' at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday, April 2, 2010.
Photo by Paul Hiffmeyer
Jennifer Hudson didn't gain a huge amount of weight when she was pregnant with her son, but it was enough to make her do a double-take when she saw a picture of herself.
"I didn't realize it was me," the singer and actress said Thursday. "I was like, 'Who? ... Oh, my God, this is me.' And now when I look back, wow, look at the difference from then to now."
Hudson, a former "American Idol" finalist who won a best supporting actress Academy Award for "Dreamgirls," has lost the baby weight and more, and she says it's because of Weight Watchers - for which she is the new spokeswoman.
Hudson said she has always been happy with her curves but after she gave birth to David Daniel Otunga Jr. last August she felt the need to take control of her body and her eating habits.
First she was secretly videotaped in the nude. Now she's receiving death threats. At least a dozen e-mails had been sent to a media outlet threatening ESPN reporter and "Dancing With the Stars" contestant Erin Andrews since September, her attorney Marshall Grossman said.
The messages discuss the case of Michael David Barrett, who was sentenced last month to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for secretly shooting nude videos of Andrews, her attorney Marshall Grossman said.
The e-mails were at first sexual, but the most recent were explicitly violent and "threatened Erin with murder," Grossman said. They also had details about location and method.
The FBI has been notified, Grossman said. He said the man's identity is known to law enforcement and is believed to live on the East Coast. An e-mail message left for an FBI spokeswoman was not immediately returned.
Perez Hilton and Courtney Love attend his One Night in Austin party presented by Swagg during SXSW on March 20, 2010, in Austin, Texas..
Photo by Rahav Segev
The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has lost all credibility because of its mishandling of abuse by priests, the leader of the Anglican church said in remarks released Saturday. A leading Catholic archbishop said he was "stunned" by the comments.
The remarks released Saturday marked the first time Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has spoken publicly on the crisis engulfing the Catholic Church. The comments come ahead of a planned visit to England and Scotland by Pope Benedict XVI later this year.
"I was speaking to an Irish friend recently who was saying that it's quite difficult in some parts of Ireland to go down the street wearing a clerical collar now," Williams told the BBC. "And an institution so deeply bound into the life of a society, suddenly becoming, suddenly losing all credibility - that's not just a problem for the church, it is a problem for everybody in Ireland, I think."
The interview with Williams, recorded March 26, is to be aired Monday on the BBC's "Start the Week" program as part of a general discussion of religion to mark Easter. But its publication ahead of the interview caught Catholic leaders off guard.
A chocolate made mock-up of a Faberge easter egg is pictured at a shop of "Fassbender & Rausch" chocolate maker at Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt square, March 30, 2010.
Photo b y Fabrizio Bensch
Criminal bad check charges were dismissed Friday for a Tea Party of Nevada candidate seeking to unseat Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Scott Ashjian, 46, paid $5,575 to cover a disputed check and prosecution fees before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Deborah Lippis approved withdrawing felony theft and bad check charges, court officials said.
Ashjian issued a statement later maintaining that he never bounced the $5,000 business check that was in dispute, and blamed the state Republican party for what he called "trumped up" charges brought by a prosecutor who used to be a county GOP party official.
Ashjian, a Las Vegas asphalt businessman, is one of 21 candidates including 12 Republicans seeking to challenge Reid in the November election. Reid is seeking a fifth term in the Senate.
The Tea Party Express faction of the national movement has distanced itself from Ashjian, who faces a separate civil lawsuit challenging his candidacy in state court in Carson City.
A sphere sculpture made from Easter eggs is on display on the day of its unveiling at Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra cathedral in Kiev April 2, 2010. The artwork, created by Ukrainian artist Oksana Mas, is made from 3000 wooden Easter eggs painted in traditional Ukrainian style.
Photo by Konstantin Chernichkin
As the story goes, former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa has attended every event at Giants Stadium since 1976, buried in a final resting place somewhere under the west end zone.
More than 20 years after a self-described mob hit man set the rumor mill in motion with an interview in Playboy magazine, the question lingers: Is the answer to one of the enduring mysteries of the 20th century buried beneath the stadium - and about to be buried even deeper when the stadium is demolished this spring?
To one former law enforcement official who investigated the case in the 1980s, there is no mystery.
The FBI considered the Giants Stadium tale "a dead issue" by the time Playboy printed its interview with Donald "Tony The Greek" Frankos in late 1989, according to retired FBI agent Jim Kossler.
If anyone knows why the bunnies have disappeared from Central Park, wildlife officials are all ears.
Though abandoned pet rabbits perennially turn up after each Easter in what's affectionately called New York's backyard, a wild cottontail hasn't been spotted in the park for about four years.
"I've been here for 17 years, and there were not many when I got here," Regina Alvarez, director of horticulture for the Central Park Conservancy, a nonprofit that manages the huge Manhattan park for the city, said in an e-mail. "But I would see them once in a while."
Only time will tell if they are gone for good, said Sarah Aucoin, director of Urban Park Rangers for the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.
Decorated Easter eggs are displayed in Adlesici, north Slovenia April 2, 2010. The various patterns used for decorating the eggs reflect different regions of the country and is a centuries-old Slovenian Easter tradition.
Photo by Srdjan Zivulovic
Caresse Henry, an entertainment manager who once guided the careers of Madonna, Paula Abdul and others, has died in California.
A statement from publicist and longtime friend Liz Rosenberg says Henry was 44. The Orange County coroner's office says she died of a self-inflicted gunshot at her home in Irvine, Calif.
The Los Angeles native managed Madonna for 10 years until the early 1990s. Rosenberg says Henry also managed Ricky Martin, Abdul, Andrew Dice Clay and others.
Survivors include her two children, a sister, a brother and her parents.
A male stork feeds his mate in their nest on the roof of a house in the town of Wijk Bij Duurstede in central Netherlands April 1, 2010. Breeding season for storks has commenced, with storks usually laying two eggs per nest. Young storks are expected in early May.
Photo by Michael Kooren
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