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The Best Companies to work for? How about “Where do YOU want to work most?”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date October 2, 2011

The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America

We’ve all seen those lists of the TOP COMPANIES TO WORK FOR, based on survey results that cover all sorts of topics like their work-from-home/telecommuting policies, time off, healthcare benefits, and other aspect – both tangible and not so much.

But a list of the TOP COMPANIES TO WORK FOR will only go so far – because the majority of those lists are usually family-friendly, local organizations that know how to cater towards their employees.

And there’s nothing wrong with that. If you are one of the lucky people working for one of those organizations, then good for you. You’re already there.

Tags 10 Things, apple, business, Google, jobs, microsoft, survey

Science

1-in-12 Michigan women suffer from vulvodynia

Post author By web gangsta
Post date October 1, 2011

Ending Female Pain: A Woman's Manual - The Ultimate Self-Help Guide for Women Suffering from Chronic Pelvic and Sexual Pain
Ending Female Pain: A Woman’s Manual
The Ultimate Self-Help Guide for Women Suffering from Chronic Pelvic and Sexual Pain

One in twelve women living in Michigan suffer from vulvodynia.

And what is vulvodynia? It’s a pain in a woman’s external genital area. It could be a chronic pain, or it could come from some sort of contact such as from sex or riding a bicycle.

So where does this 8% of Michigan women figure come from?

Tags health, medical, Relationships, survey

10 Things Music TV

The Top Ten TV Theme Songs, 1980 through 2011

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 30, 2011

Favorite TV Theme Songs

Kids growing up today have absolutely no idea what a true TV theme song is.

Now, they turn on any of the CSI shows and get a song from The Who. They turn on Law & Order and get a “bum-bummmmm”. They turn on Survivor and, depending on the intricacies of the episode plotline may either get the long-form, short-form, or some variation in-between of the show’s intro.

Web Watch was having lunch the other day with a group of people that included a woman who had recently moved to the United States after having grown up in a number of foreign countries.

Tags 10 Things, Music, survey, TV

10 Things Travel TV Websites

Want to own a Reality TV house? Here’s what it will cost you…

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 29, 2011

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

We all watch a little bit of trashy Reality TV. In part because we marvel at the extravagant homes and lifestyles these people live.

Who wouldn’t want to be them – sans camera crews – for just a day or two?

Who would want to live in one of those absolutely gorgeous homes? Well, it turns out that you can, as many of them are available for sale or rent to anyone willing to pony up some cash.

Tags 10 Things, money, Real Estate, reality tv, shopping, Travel, TV, website

food

National Coffee Day is September 29th

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 28, 2011

How to Open a Financially Successful Coffee, Espresso & Tea Shop

Ah, coffee.

For some, the smell of coffee is the equivalent of a new morning, a fresh day ahead.

Starbucks and other gourmet coffee shops have brainwashed the world into believing a $4 cup of coffee is superior to anything that you can brew at home for pennies a cup (we’ve since learned that’s not true – otherwise, why would those same coffee shops be selling coffee beans to take home for self-brewing?).

Tags coffee, food, holidays, Starbucks, survey

How To News Science

80% of couples live together before getting married

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 27, 2011

Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples

Living together before marriage: it’s not exactly a growing trend, it’s just something that’s been done for years and years.

Heck, if you want to get technical, Adam and Eve “lived together” in Biblical times. There certainly wasn’t a priest around to make their arrangement an official “marriage”, if you will.

And while Web Watch knows that some parents are perfectly fine with the permanent roommate situation that living together brings, we also know of some couples who purposefully hide their living arrangements from the parental units. It’s all about avoiding the wrath and disappointment of the parents, combined with the realization that the living-in-sin couple might have to pay for their own wedding arrangements, we assume. To each their own. Whatever works.

Tags parenting, Relationships, survey, Wedding

Movies

Eddie Wong has never seen STAR WARS. What movies have YOU never seen?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 26, 2011

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Eddie Wong lives in Tokyo.

Tokyo, the mecca for pop culture craziness.

And he claims that HE HAS NEVER SEEN THE MOVIE STAR WARS.

Tags Movies, star wars

News Science

September 26th is World Contraception Day

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 25, 2011

America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation

World Contraception Day is September 26th.

The purpose of WORLD CONTRACEPTION DAY is, according to their mission statement, “to improve awareness of contraception to enable young people to make informed decisions on sexual and reproductive health”.

In other words, it’s to promote contraception as a way to prevent unplanned pregnancies and sexually-transmitted diseases.

Tags contraception, holidays, medical, Relationships