editor's blog

It appears that after spending 2 years at the top of home improvement retail, Home Depot is on the hunt for a new growth market to drive shareholder returns. And, there’s not much better returns than in illicit drugs. This, after customers found drugs hidden inside items they bought at different Home Depot stores. One lucky customer bought a bathroom vanity with 3 kilograms of cocaine and 40 pounds of marijuana inside, valued at a quarter of a million dollars.

Yes, this is true… civil servants in Newcastle, England were caught on closed circuit television leaping naked from filing cabinets, taking drugs while on the job, having sex in office bathrooms, running break-dancing competitions, fighting, and vomiting into cups & leaving them for others to find as practical jokes.

Think life’s better when you’re young? Think again. Apparently people of all ages believe that we’re happiest than we’re young. Chalk it up to youthful ignorance or the gradually receding memories of the old - believe it or not, it’s not true. In fact, research has shown that people are happiest when they’re older... and are reasonably happy when they’re young.

From across the pond… after only 2 days of the World Cup, work absentee rates in Britain had already increased by 19%.

A recent study of IT professionals in Italy revealed that optimistic workers scored better on their performance reviews than pessimistic personnel. So, being a happy worker isn’t just fun and good for your health, it’s good for your pocketbook too!

According to a recent Canadian article, techy types are prone to a number of maladies, including "insomnia and altered sleep patterns, headaches, back pain, and poor attention span".