JobSearchFilter: How do I explain years of non-documented interest and knowledge in an interview, and where can I look to search for shipping industry employment? For full disclosure, I'll put a shorted version of my CV/circumstances at the top here: I graduated from a US University with a BS in Pol...

How can I improve my ability to explain things better? This could be anything from describing a film I watched yesterday to a friend...to explaining technological solutions such as GPS, or 'RSS feeds' to non-technical managers at a business. Are there any basic rules with explanations which could he...

Eric Schmidt is an old dude who just doesn't get Twitter. That groupthink consensus emerged after the Google CEO dismissed the fast-growing messaging service at a conference. But he missed the real critique Twitter deserves. That's the problem with Twitter. Everyone feels like they have to be an exp...

Ultraconservative Catholic bishop Richard Williamson apologized to the pope this week for his "imprudent remarks" concerning the Holocaust but did not recant. The bishop accepts that some Jews died in concentration camps but claims that fewer than 300,000 were killed, rather than 6 million, and he d...

So, people are really upset about the idea that backing tapes were used during Jennifer Hudson's and the E Street Band's (separate) performances at the Super Bowl on Sunday, huh? I guess the idea that the biggest annual event in America is a heavily planned event that leaves very little to chance is...

A recording of Christian Bale's outburst at a cinematographer on the set of Terminator Salvation leaked onto the Internet Monday, causing great embarrassment for the actor and the production studio, Warner Bros. In a three-minute expletive-laced tirade, Bale yells at the director of photography for ...

Bankruptcy is not a get out of jail free card for your debts, it's a nuclear weapon. If you use it, expect to be considered credit unworthy for a decade. A lot of people believe that if they fall behind on their debts, bankruptcy is the quickest way out. Much like the scammy get rich quick infomerci...

Okay - this site is about 90% junk, but every now and again, pure comic gold surfaces. Or this one, which is … well, scary: The premise is simple enough: people find pictures that depict questionable events, and then other people make funny comments about them. See? Simple! …and obviousl...

Filed under: In the news, Education Since the election, I have tried very hard to help my kids understand that as Americans, we must respect the office of the President and that even though mom and dad didn't vote for him, Barack Obama, is "our" President and Michelle is "our" First Lady. Today I re...

What Do Timekeepers Do? Listen to radio waves; drink café au lait. By Brian Palmer On New Year's Eve at 6:59:59 p.m. ET, an "international consortium of timekeepers" will add one second to the world's clock. How do you get to be an official timekeeper? Earn a Ph.D. in astronomy and move to France. ...