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...goes without saying that Stephen Colbert owes Baron Cohen a debt too large to repay, but by comparison, Colbert plays it safe. His guests always know that Colbert's right-wing blowhard character is a put-on, and they happily play along. When Brüno tries to start a cuddle party with Texas Representative Ron Paul - "Has anyone ever told you, you look like Enrique Iglesias?" - the flustered former presidential candidate is definitely not in on the joke. As Paul makes his panicky escape down a hallway, he clues in one of his aides: "This guy is a queer...
...other families, the cuts are less drastic, but they serve as a daily reminder of the new financial stress families face after the pink slip arrives. Family vacations are put on hold, kids' summer camps and sports programs are eliminated, air-conditioning is used less, movies and even cable are cut or reduced, new clothes and haircuts are postponed and family dinners at restaurants are increasingly reserved for special occasions. To be sure, many of these cuts affect both the husband and wife, but women - even those who work outside the home - still take on more household responsibilities, including cooking...
...Facebook. That's because when people are on the popular social network, they aren't using Google Search. Even worse, instead of asking Google Search where they should eat tonight, they're asking their Facebook friends. And the more of their personal stuff (pictures, videos and so on) they put behind Facebook's closed doors, the worse it is for Google, which also owns YouTube. That's why Google has attempted (so far, with limited success) to get into the social-network business.(See the 50 best websites...
...provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than try to reject and fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can also make things worse. Mindfulness and meditation techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking...
...defaulted on a mortgage, and if they knew anyone who had defaulted on a mortgage even if he or she could afford to make the monthly payment. By taking the ratio of the two answers, the economists calculated that more than a quarter of defaults are, as they put it, "strategic." (Read "Home Sales Perk Up, but Expensive Houses Languish...