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We all know men think about sex every 7 seconds. Here are 10 other facts about men’s brains

Pinky and the Brain
Pinky and the Brain

It’s been commonly reported that MEN THINK ABOUT SEX EVERY SEVEN SECONDS.  But that’s not the only thing that scientists have proven about how men’s brains work.

If you consider these following ten items and compare them to what you know about the men in your life, you may be surprised about what is going on inside that noggin.  Here are TEN THINGS EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT A MAN’S BRAIN:

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Number one on our list of “Things to do before 30”? Have $10,000 in savings


Frogs Eye View of Life's Great Lessons
A Frog’s Eye View of Life’s Great Lessons

Floating around the Internet are any number of THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU TURN 30.  This list, for example, includes the following:

  • Write a book
  • Start a budget
  • Volunteer in a developing country
  • Enjoy a really expensive bottle of wine
  • Learn to play the guitar
  • Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
  • Learn to scuba dive
  • Take a road trip
  • Eat fearlessly
  • Teach a child to do something
  • Cook like Mom and Dad
  • Go skydiving
  • Read the Bible
  • Get a tattoo
  • Learn to sail
  • Kick your worst vice
  • Buy some adult toys for yourself
  • Begin an investment portfolio
  • Build your own website
  • Go to a psychic
  • Go deep-sea fishing
  • Run a marathon
  • Pay off all your debt
  • Go on a yoda/meditation retreat
  • Join an improv troupe
  • Learn a new language
  • Learn to swing dance
  • Bluff your way into a job you’re totally not qualified for
  • Go on an African safari
  • Go on a pilgrimage
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Tips to Help Avoid Being Laid Off. Number one on the list? Don’t give them a reason to do so


Eight steps to getting back on your feet when you're fired, laid off, or your business ventures has failed--and finding more job satisfaction than ever before
Eight steps to follow when you’re fired or laid off

If you’ve ever worked at a company where there’s even a hint of a threat that layoffs could be coming, you need to make sure that you’ve worked your way into a position where there is as little of a chance that your name would be written down onto The List of Those To Be Let Go as possible. 

That’s right – in order to not give them a reason to lay you off, you need to lay the groundwork ahead of time by following at least these TIPS FOR HELPING TO AVOID GETTING LAID OFF.

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Some tips for extending your cellphone battery life


Emergency Portable Cell Phone Recharger
Emergency Portable Cell Phone Recharger

It has happened to Web Watch, and we’re sure it’s happened to you:  you’re hanging out with your friends all weekend and you forget to plug your phone in to recharge, and now you’re stuck in a situation where your phone is on it’s last battery display bar and you still have 5 hours to go before you can get to your charger.

Sure, you can use a Duracell emergency recharger that you happened to have stashed in your glove box — but how many of us have bothered to pick one of these up the last time we were out running errands?

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The average American worker spends just 5.75 hours working each day


Atomic Clock
Atomic Clock

Whatever happened to the 40-hour work week?  With each worker putting in a solid 9 hours a day (with an hour lunch break, off the clock)?

Well, it ends up that when an average American worker is at work, they spend just 5.75 hours a day actually working.

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Which profession cheats on their spouses most? Teachers and doctors

Best of Cheaters, Too Hot for TV
The Best of Cheaters, Too Hot for TV

By now, Web Watch is certain that our readers have heard of the “dating” website ASHLEY MADISON.  If you haven’t, then all you need to know is that the people who sign up for dating on that site are all currently married. 

Yes, there had to be a catch, right?  Speed dating is sooo 2002.

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Can You Name the Top Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Characters of All Time?

The Gay Cookbook

Web Watch admits that we watch a lot of TV.  And frankly, we’re willing to watch practically anything that the networks and various cable channels decide to fill our TiVo automatically-recorded suggestions queue with.

Which is why we don’t understand what all the kerfuffle is that some have about the types of characters that TV anf film writers and producers decide to use on their scripted shows.  Web Watch doesn’t care about the sexual orientation of the characters on the shows or films we watch – we just want what we’re watching to be good in the first place.

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10 Things You Don’t Know About… Ireland

IrishCentral.com, home to all things Irish, has compiled a list of TEN THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IRELAND.  If you have any interest in visiting the Emerald Isle, you’ll be well served by taking a refresher course of Ireland and its culture on that site.

  1. Technically, it is an offense to be drunk in public in Ireland.
  2. An Irishman founded the Argentinean Navy
  3. Only two members of U2 were born in Ireland
  4. The British Embassy in Tehran is on a street named after an Irishman
  5. Up until around the early 1990s, Ireland had a low per capita consumption of alcohol
  6. A Belfast hospital is a world leader in kneecap reconstruction
  7. Ireland has the fourth largest stadium in Europe
  8. In the summer of 2007, it rained in Ireland for 40 days straight
  9. Playboy was banned in Ireland until 1995
  10. More Guinness is sold in Nigeria than in Ireland.  (Ireland is the third largest market for Guinness.  Check the link for who’s number two…)