Asylum http://www.asylum.com Asylum http://www.asylum.com/media/feedlogo.gif Asylum http://www.asylum.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/MacGyver Eat Your Heart Out -- The Best in Multi-Purpose Business Cardshttp://www.asylum.com/2010/06/25/macgyver-eat-your-heart-out-the-best-in-multi-purpose-busines/http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/25/macgyver-eat-your-heart-out-the-best-in-multi-purpose-busines/http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/25/macgyver-eat-your-heart-out-the-best-in-multi-purpose-busines/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Business cards: They can be simple, they can be flashy, they can even be metal, but with unusual-looking business cards two-a-penny these days, you've got to go one better. Your card can't just be a card. It has to have some other use, too -- like ... Read more

 

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]]>business cardsBusinessCardsunusual business cardsUnusualBusinessCardsweird business cardsWeirdBusinessCardsAlastair Plumb2010-06-25T11:30:00+00:00'Bros Icing Bros' on Wall Street -- The Worst Idea Since Credit Default Swapshttp://www.asylum.com/2010/06/09/icing-smirnoff-ice-drinking-game-wall-street/http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/09/icing-smirnoff-ice-drinking-game-wall-street/http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/09/icing-smirnoff-ice-drinking-game-wall-street/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


"Icing" -- a 24/7 drinking game in which participants force each other to chug bottles of Smirnoff Ice -- originated earlier this year in the frat-house basements of colleges in South Carolina. However, the phenomenon seemed to reach critical mass ... Read more

 

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]]>bros icing brosBrosIcingBrosDrinking GamesIcingSmirnoff IceSmirnoffIceJeremy Taylor2010-06-09T10:30:00+00:00Georgia Labor Department Posts Stripper Listinghttp://www.asylum.com/2010/05/18/georgia-labor-department-posts-stripper-listing/http://www.asylum.com/2010/05/18/georgia-labor-department-posts-stripper-listing/http://www.asylum.com/2010/05/18/georgia-labor-department-posts-stripper-listing/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


How bad is the economy? Bad enough for the Georgia Department of Labor to accept listings for exotic dancers on its employment website. The advertisement doesn't require that applicants have previous experience, but the right candidate "must have ... Read more

 

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]]>exotic dancersExoticDancersgeorgiajob listingsJobListingslabor departmentLaborDepartmentstrippersRichard Jones2010-05-18T16:00:00+00:00Start a Cool Business the Warby Parker Way -- Eff the Middlemenhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/05/10/start-a-cool-business-the-warby-parker-way-eff-the-middlemen/http://www.asylum.com/2010/05/10/start-a-cool-business-the-warby-parker-way-eff-the-middlemen/http://www.asylum.com/2010/05/10/start-a-cool-business-the-warby-parker-way-eff-the-middlemen/#commentsFiled under: , ,


You know you run a snazzy business when you and your co-workers wear war paint in the conference room and don the occasional pair of pasties. Though it might sound like an episode of "Family Guy," this is the story of Warby Parker, an eyewear ... Read more

 

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]]>businessbusiness-modelsEyeWearglassesmonoclenew businessesnew yorkofficewarby parkerWendy Rose Gould2010-05-10T15:00:00+00:00Spiritual Tourist Traps That Probably Aren't Actually Spiritualhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/03/31/spiritual-tourist-traps-that-probably-arent-machu-picchu-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre-sedona/http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/31/spiritual-tourist-traps-that-probably-arent-machu-picchu-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre-sedona/http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/31/spiritual-tourist-traps-that-probably-arent-machu-picchu-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre-sedona/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Going to that desert oasis for the spiritual energies reportedly found there? Visiting some jungle ruin purportedly built by aliens? You wouldn't be the first. Spiritual tourism has been big business ever since Enoch, son of Japheth, built ... Read more

 

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]]>arizonachurch of the holy sepulchreChurchOfTheHolySepulchreConstantinejerusalemMachu PicchuMachuPicchuperuSaint HelenaSaintHelenasedonaspiritual tourismSpiritualTourismTed Rabinowitz2010-03-31T15:00:00+00:00Why Does Dying Cost so Much? Animated Video Explains Funeral Industryhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/02/09/why-does-dying-cost-so-much-animated-video-explains-funeral-ind/http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/09/why-does-dying-cost-so-much-animated-video-explains-funeral-ind/http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/09/why-does-dying-cost-so-much-animated-video-explains-funeral-ind/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


GOOD has a knack for making the informative fun, and its crash course on the funeral industry is no exception. Our favorite fact: In the U.K., you can have your ashes turned into 250 pencils. That, and many more end-of-life facts on "The Business of ... Read more

 

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]]>businessdeathfuneralfuneral industryFuneralIndustryGood MagazineGoodMagazineAsylum Staff2010-02-09T13:00:00+00:00Recalls Make Fabled 'Toyota Way' Look Way Gonehttp://www.asylum.com/2010/02/08/recalls-make-fabled-toyota-way-look-way-gone/http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/08/recalls-make-fabled-toyota-way-look-way-gone/http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/08/recalls-make-fabled-toyota-way-look-way-gone/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,


Someone got the muda mixed up with the kaizen down there at the Toyota plant. Before they became notorious for trying to kill their customers with evil floormats and sticky accelerators, Toyota was better known for having mastered the vehicle and ... Read more

 

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]]>carspriusrecalltoyotatoyota wayToyotaWayKatrina Ramser2010-02-08T09:00:00+00:00A Closer Look at Four of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work Forhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/02/04/a-closer-look-at-four-of-fortunes-100-best-companies-to-work-fo/http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/04/a-closer-look-at-four-of-fortunes-100-best-companies-to-work-fo/http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/04/a-closer-look-at-four-of-fortunes-100-best-companies-to-work-fo/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


In a crappy economy with 10 percent unemployment, the publication of Fortune's annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list is kind of like porn: A job with Google is a titillating fantasy that we don't believe could ever happen to us, but that ... Read more

 

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]]>best places to workBestPlacesToWorkbuild-a-bearfortunegooglejobssmuckerswhole foodsWholeFoodsDan Solomon2010-02-04T10:30:00+00:004 Bizarre Businesses Run From Prisonhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/01/22/businesses-run-from-prison-martin-hickman-charles-manson-jamal-barrow/http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/22/businesses-run-from-prison-martin-hickman-charles-manson-jamal-barrow/http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/22/businesses-run-from-prison-martin-hickman-charles-manson-jamal-barrow/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,


They say you can't keep a good man down. Likewise, it's sometimes hard to keep a bad man down -- if he has a penchant for credit card fraud. Being incarcerated can make it a little harder to keep business going as usual. But for some people, like ... Read more

 

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]]>businessprisonprison businessesPrisonBusinessesIan Fortey2010-01-22T13:30:00+00:0050 Best Jobs List Inspires and Disappoints in Turnhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/10/16/50-best-jobs-list-inspires-and-disappoints-in-turn/http://www.asylum.com/2009/10/16/50-best-jobs-list-inspires-and-disappoints-in-turn/http://www.asylum.com/2009/10/16/50-best-jobs-list-inspires-and-disappoints-in-turn/#commentsFiled under: ,


Money magazine recently published a list of the 50 best jobs in America, based on pay, job growth and quality of life. While our legal team says we can't recommend all young people kill themselves, after reading this list we feel like anyone about ... Read more

 

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]]>50 best jobs50BestJobsbest jobsBestJobscareerJobsMoney MagazineMoneyMagazineten best jobsTenBestJobsworkJeremy Taylor2009-10-16T13:30:00+00:00Attractive People Get Paid Morehttp://www.asylum.com/2009/09/29/attractive-people-get-paid-more/http://www.asylum.com/2009/09/29/attractive-people-get-paid-more/http://www.asylum.com/2009/09/29/attractive-people-get-paid-more/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Good looks are more valued in the workplace than intelligence. Researchers from Yale rated 4,000 younger men and women on their attractiveness, and then gave them an IQ test and asked ... Read more

 

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]]>attractivenessEquityIQSalaryWagesJeremy Taylor2009-09-29T17:00:00+00:00Lehman Brothers a Year Later -- Who Caused the Downturn?http://www.asylum.com/2009/09/15/lehman-brothers-a-year-later-who-caused-the-downturn/http://www.asylum.com/2009/09/15/lehman-brothers-a-year-later-who-caused-the-downturn/http://www.asylum.com/2009/09/15/lehman-brothers-a-year-later-who-caused-the-downturn/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


A year ago today, venerable Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers fell, spreading shock and awe throughout the financial world. With the loss of Lehman's $600 billion in assets, there was talk of ATM machines no longer spitting out cash, and ... Read more

 

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]]>depressioneconomicseconomylarry summersLarrySummerslehman brothersLehmanBrothersmoneyrecessionwall streetWallStreetJeremy Taylor2009-09-15T12:30:00+00:00Nice Guys Get Paid Lesshttp://www.asylum.com/2009/08/24/nice-guys-get-paid-less/http://www.asylum.com/2009/08/24/nice-guys-get-paid-less/http://www.asylum.com/2009/08/24/nice-guys-get-paid-less/#commentsFiled under: ,


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Men with genial personalities make an average of $2,500 a year less than their more aggressive colleagues. Researchers at the University of Essex grouped nearly 3,000 men into five personality ... Read more

 

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]]>careermoneynice guysNiceGuysoffice politicsOfficePoliticssalaryworkJeremy Taylor2009-08-24T17:00:00+00:006 Ways to Use Your Video Game Skills at the Officehttp://www.asylum.com/2009/08/06/6-ways-to-use-your-video-game-skills-at-the-office/http://www.asylum.com/2009/08/06/6-ways-to-use-your-video-game-skills-at-the-office/http://www.asylum.com/2009/08/06/6-ways-to-use-your-video-game-skills-at-the-office/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Adjusting to a new job is tough. It can be the equivalent of finishing "Call of Duty: World at War" on Veteran difficulty -- a painful trial-and-error process that leaves you weeping in frustration. However, gamers actually have an edge on their ... Read more

 

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]]>careergamesofficevideo gamesVideoGamesworkworkplaceJustin Massoud2009-08-06T14:30:00+00:00Tips on Turning Your Layoff Into the Good Lifehttp://www.asylum.com/2009/07/27/tips-on-turning-your-layoff-into-the-good-life/http://www.asylum.com/2009/07/27/tips-on-turning-your-layoff-into-the-good-life/http://www.asylum.com/2009/07/27/tips-on-turning-your-layoff-into-the-good-life/#commentsFiled under: ,


To paraphrase Bob Dylan: You don't need a newspaper to know which way the layoffs are blowing. With the unemployment rate at nearly 10 percent, it may only be a matter of time before your boss asks if you can "have a little chat" late on a Friday ... Read more

 

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]]>layoffsrecessionunemploymentScott Indrisek2009-07-27T14:00:00+00:00Can You Be Fired for Being a Racist on Your Own Time?http://www.asylum.com/2009/07/10/can-you-be-fired-for-being-a-racist-on-your-own-time/http://www.asylum.com/2009/07/10/can-you-be-fired-for-being-a-racist-on-your-own-time/http://www.asylum.com/2009/07/10/can-you-be-fired-for-being-a-racist-on-your-own-time/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Last week, pug owner and former Huffington Post contributor Chrissie Brodigan was threatened with firing for allegedly spewing racist vitriol at police officer Joel Witriol. (There are the makings of a limerick in there somewhere.) Brodigan denies ... Read more

 

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]]>chrissie brodiganChrissieBrodiganjoel witriolJoelWitriolnycracismworkplace issuesWorkplaceIssuesTommy Christopher2009-07-10T13:45:00+00:00Should We Hire Donald Trump? The Asylum (Job) Interviewhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/05/11/should-we-hire-donald-trump-the-asylum-job-interview/http://www.asylum.com/2009/05/11/should-we-hire-donald-trump-the-asylum-job-interview/http://www.asylum.com/2009/05/11/should-we-hire-donald-trump-the-asylum-job-interview/#commentsFiled under:


Real estate developer, entrepreneur and "Apprentice" star Donald Trump has built an empire of buildings, businesses, golf courses and countless other merchandise that ranks in size and scope just under Genghis Khan's empire. That is, until he builds ... Read more

 

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]]>donald trumpDonaldTrumpthe apprenticethe celebrity apprenticeTheApprenticeTheCelebrityApprenticeDanny Gallagher2009-05-11T10:30:00+00:00Branding Wiz Shows Us How to Market Hoth, the Shire, Ozhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/04/27/branding-wiz-shows-us-how-to-market-hoth-the-shire-oz/http://www.asylum.com/2009/04/27/branding-wiz-shows-us-how-to-market-hoth-the-shire-oz/http://www.asylum.com/2009/04/27/branding-wiz-shows-us-how-to-market-hoth-the-shire-oz/#commentsFiled under: , ,


In our cluttered modern world, it's a hell of a job getting noticed. We recently spoke with branding guru Wally Olins, an opinionated expert whose firm has worked to improve the images of places like East Timor and Northern Ireland. "The assumption ... Read more

 

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]]>Scott Indrisek2009-04-27T14:00:00+00:00Web Surfing Makes Workers More Productivehttp://www.asylum.com/2009/04/06/web-surfing-makes-workers-more-productive/http://www.asylum.com/2009/04/06/web-surfing-makes-workers-more-productive/http://www.asylum.com/2009/04/06/web-surfing-makes-workers-more-productive/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Employees who use their workplace Internet for personal reasons are 9 percent more productive than those who do not. "Short and unobtrusive breaks, such as a quick surf of the Internet, ... Read more

 

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]]>onlineproductivityweb surfingWebSurfingworkplaceJeremy Taylor2009-04-06T17:00:00+00:00Real Crime-Scene Cleaner Gives Us the Gruesome Detailshttp://www.asylum.com/2009/04/01/real-crime-scene-cleaner-gives-us-the-gruesome-details/http://www.asylum.com/2009/04/01/real-crime-scene-cleaner-gives-us-the-gruesome-details/http://www.asylum.com/2009/04/01/real-crime-scene-cleaner-gives-us-the-gruesome-details/#commentsFiled under:


In the recently released "Sunshine Cleaning," Amy Adams and Emily Blunt star as sisters who start a crime-scene cleanup business. We talked to Vanessa Phearson, CEO of Cendecon, billed as a "suicide, death, trauma, body fluids, biohazard and accident ... Read more

 

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]]>cendeconcrime scene cleanupCrimeSceneCleanupsunshine cleaningSunshineCleaningvanessa phearsonVanessaPhearsonEmily McCombs2009-04-01T14:00:00+00:00