So let me get this straight. It's YOUR birthday and that means I am supposed to pay money to some third party of your choice. Do I have that right? When did this become a thing?

If it is the anniversary of your birth day, I'm fine with following social conventions....

"So get this. Remember last year when I was the manager over the team in California?"

"Config Manager?"

"Yah. While I was managing the team, a full-time employee on the team got engaged. I knew her for years and surreptitiously got her address and mailed her a card with a gift card...

"Hey, what's the story with Pete?"

"What do you mean?"

"I heard he drinks ginger beer every morning before work."

"What's wrong with that?"

"What's wrong with getting drunk every morning before work??"

"He's not getting drunk, at least not off ginger beer. It's non-alcoholic."

"Bullshit!"

"Look it up. Better yet, go to the grocery store and...

My buddy said that this week there was a company-wide event called "Drag Bingo." Presumably, this event was supposed to be tied to the celebration of Pride month. There appears to be some uncertainty about where the term "drag" came from, but for those who don't know, the typical practice...

In Rancho Cordova, California, a "glitch" caused the price of gas at one gas station to drop to $0.69 per gallon. That's a strange term for a human mistake. The price should have been $6.99 per gallon, but the manager put the decimal point in the wrong place. Apparently, this...

We are all dealing with inflation and rising prices, but now we have something called shrinkflation to worry about. No, this term doesn't refer to when your clothes suddenly seemed to have shrunk. Shrinkflation refers to the practice of offering less of a product for the same price or even...

"You hear that new song by Kate (Full) Bush?"

"No, is it any good?"

"I didn't listen to it. It has a strange title: 'I'm too poor to buy razors (and my electric razor stopped working.')"

"That is odd. And I generally don't approve of parentheses in song titles."

"Are there any you...

You see they installed toilets in the self-check-out lanes at the grocery store. They figured if you are going to pay out the ass, there might as well be a proper place to do it. Also, the full-service check-out lanes have been enhanced to offer the same level of sterility...

A Minnesota teen is blind with massive brain damage after an alcohol-fueled hazing incident in 2021. According to reports, the teen was allegedly forced to drink an entire bottle of vodka while pledging to become a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the University of Missouri. He was...

Coinbase has decided to employ the ultimate dick move to newly-hired employees by rescinding job offers. 

When a job offer is extended and accepted, there should be rare circumstances when either party backs out. Candidates like to keep options open to make sure they get the best offer, and companies...