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Time is Money! Or is It?

In 1784, Benjamin Franklin composed a satire, “Essay on Daylight Saving,” proposing a law that would oblige Parisians to get up an hour earlier in summer. By putting the daylight to better use, he reasoned, they’d save a good deal of money — 96 million livres tournois — that might otherwise go to buying candles. Now this switch to daylight saving time (which occurs early Sunday in the United States) is an annual ritual in Western countries.

Even more influential has been something else Franklin said about time in the same year: time is money. He meant this only as a gentle reminder not to “sit idle” for half the day. He might be dismayed if he could see how literally, and self-destructively, we take his metaphor today. Our society is obsessed as never before with making every single minute count. People even apply the language of banking: We speak of “having” and “saving” and “investing” and “wasting” it...

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American Laziness from The Boss

Do you feel this way about your summer internship?

Jim is Dwight! Dwight is Jim!

Just in case you're deprived from only The Office re-runs, check out this great set of clips where Jim and Dwight imitate each other. If you don't know The Office, then it's your loss!

Not Just Clinton Stealing Intern's Heart, Obama Gets Involved!

You thought your relationship was perfect, huh? Sorry, Rachel, this guy's gotta support his man! Surprisingly, Rachel wasn't upset that she turned her boyfriend gay, but only that she was left for a political superhero...obviously in this relationship politics was better than sex!

Best Beer Pong Player Ever!

Priceless does not begin to describe this move from Dad on the Beer Pong Table!

How to Deal with Summer Woes: Group Therapy

This is one of many ridiculous videos created by Neely Comics. It's unclear why they think they way they do, but we love 'em! Most of them are too racy to show here, but you can check the rest out at Super Deluxe Dot Com!

Summer Job Search Getting You Down?





These are some great tips to help you deal with finding a job in the difficult Job Market out there!

Man vs. Elevator



There are no words that describe this video and incident. Except to say that they are hilarious and embarassing.



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