Posts by jacquelinelipton

Following the less than rosy reviews for the Transformers sequel recently released in cinemas, I thought it might be fun to test the adage that sequels are never as good…

As many of us Loungers have remarked before, the lateral market is a strange beast with less clearly defined rules/norms than the entry level market.  So to add to the ...

It appears that the United States is not the only country in which concerns are being raised about jurors twittering on a case in progress.  My old colleague from down…

I just started reading The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, and was struck by the second paragraph of the acknowledgments.  Anderson expresses tremendous appreciation for the support of his family…

My brother just alerted me to a series of "demotivational posters" available online from Despair, Inc.  While my technological prowess is failing me, and I'm having trouble downloading the images,…

So I've just finished reading "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell.  Here's a puzzle from page 159 for readers' amusement..."Suppose I give you four cards labeled with the letters A ...

While a number of us have started posting advice and information on the soon-to-be-in-full-swing fall hiring season, we should also spare a thought for those poor oft-forgotten-until-the-last-minute folks going up…

After rebranding Kentucky Fried Chicken first as "KFC" and more recently "KGC" (for Kentucky GRILLED chicken), Yum! Brands Inc, the parent company of KFC and Taco Bell, is also moving…

With thanks as usual to Patricia Sanchez Abril for drawing this case to my attention, I was intrigued by a small issue when reading the 2004 British House of Lords…

Further to a post I made the other day about the nature of "friends" on Facebook being more like imaginary friends from childhood than real flesh and blood people, I…