Dangerous Jobs; High Paying Jobs

Next time you bite into a fish sandwich, dip your lobster, or rave about a tuna melt, stop for a minute and say thank you to the people who bring you these tasty treats, the fisherpeople.

Fishing as been rated the most dangerous occupation by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. If you seek danger in your life, and you're averse to oceanic employment, you can try logging, flying, construction, driver, or become a police officer.

Want to minimize your risks, but make a nice stack of dead presidents? You'll be surprised by these occupations that pay 100 K or more.

After you make the big bucks, you may want to splurge on a nice 100 K pack of smokes. Smokes not your deal? How about a new 100 K car?

How to Lie Without Being Caught and How to Catch People Lying

I guess you could call this a "both sides of the coin" post.

While I'm not one to advocate lying, a thought occurred to me. Perhaps, those who toil inside the Beltway should bone up on their lying skills. While lying has always been a fact of Washington politics, the brazen lying by today's politicians astounds me. With lying, you get corruption. With corruption, you get a higher tax bill and a bigger deficit. If you want to become a superior liar and beat a lie detector, here's how.

On the coin's other side, you should know how to catch people lying. You can observe facial expressions, eye movement, and sweating to ferret out untruths. Of course, you can yell "Liar, liar, pants on fire" and watch how a person reacts. I wonder what Tony Snow would say if Helen Thomas used that phrase?

Top 10 Reasons Why People Quit Their Jobs

We've all quit jobs.

From jerk bosses to pursuit of other interests, we've had various reasons why we decided to join the ranks of the unemployed. What are the top 10 reasons people quit jobs? Author Gregory Smith
finds a common thread amongst the reasons: management. In my own experience, when you find unhappy employees because of poor management, you'll find unhappy customers, too.