Thursday, February 28

Suddenly Lost Your CEO Job? Woot's Hiring

by Jason Toon
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So your company was hemorrhaging money and the Board of Directors decided you weren't the man for the job anymore. Tough break. But look at it as an opportunity: an opportunity to work for Woot!

Right now, the Woot jobs page lists openings for everything from Senior Vendor Managers to Software Developers, from Director of Inventory Planning to Member Services Representative. You'll want to build your typing chops back up before you apply for that last one. You probably haven't done much typing lately, and 70 WPM is not negotiable.

We're sure you'll land on your feet, and maybe those feet will be under a desk here at Woot. One word of advice, though: during the interview, you might not want to make the claim that you "helped invent daily deals." We won't fall for that one.

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Monday, February 25

The Horsemeat Report for Monday, Feb. 25

by Team Chuckle!

Today's list of things that have been discovered to contain some percentage of horsemeat.

IKEA meatballs
  • IKEA meatballs
  • Joe Biden
  • Identity Thief
  • Woot-opoly
  • Unfunded credit derivatives
  • Memory Foam
  • Van Halen (Sammy Hagar version)
  • Illicit buttock implants in the Tampa, Florida area
  • Thomas Aquinas's conception of eternal law
  • The Toyota Prius
  • The Duane Reade at the corner of 6th Ave. and 23rd St.
  • Horses

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Wednesday, August 15

SHOCKING Little-Known Facts About America's TOP Universities!

by Jason Toon

  • In 1991, the Linguistics and Philosophy Department at M.I.T. was suspended for three years for NCAA recruiting violations.
  • Memorial Stadium at the University of Nebraska has more toilets than Guatemala.
  • Since 1872, every commencement address at Vanderbilt University has ended with the phrase "in my pants."
  • Gonzaga University was named for Bartholomew of Gonzaga, patron saint of soffit and fascia.
  • "Princeton University" was a hoax created by Woodrow Wilson to pad out his resume. When he feared that the press would uncover the secret, he hastily assembled an actual university.
  • At Johns Hopkins University, every January 31st is officially "Baby Talk Day".
  • In 1969, two University of Missouri students were arrested for streaking through the men's showers.
  • Columbia University was created as a front for laundering counterfeit-handbag profits.
  • After a tough loss in the 1985 Big Ten championship tournament, Indiana coach Bobby Knight ate most of two tires off of the Purdue team bus. 
  • Incoming freshmen at Arizona State University are required to take a course in safe vomiting.

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