Vanity of Vanities

Humans hate boredom. Maybe one of the reasons is that we are made to be active, to do something and to achieve our potential as a person. No wonder that lately there are numerous recreations that we can find on the web that keeps other people busy on their daily living. Somehow these became fads and internet sensations that people are crazy about. Check this out. Planking Planking mimics the wooden planks rigidity through lying down. It is a creative activity that consists of lying your face down in an unusual location. The hands must touch the sides of the body and having a photograph of the participant taken and posted on the internet is an essential part of this pastime. On May 29 2011, Max Key, son of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, uploaded a photograph to Facebook of himself planking on a lounge suite, his father standing behind him. After the photograph was reproduced on the front page of the New Zealand Herald two days later, the Prime Minister's office init...

A recent study found that people who wear visible designer logos are perceived to be more capable and valuable than those who wear middle-of-the-road duds. A new piece of research confirms what many, not least in the marketing departments of fashion houses, will long have suspected, that it is not the design itself that counts, but the label . Researchers at Tilburg University in the Netherlands showed subjects two videos of the same guy wearing a polo shirt on a job interview. In one clip, the shirt had a designer logo and in the other, his shirt had no logo. The subjects rated the man with the luxury shirt "more suitable for the job". And they suggested a salary that was nine percent higher than the salary they recommend for the dude without the logo. Come to think of it, you need to have wardrobes with labels of the famous clothing designers just to have the perfect job for you. That means you must budget your money more on your clothes and even for the digitizi...