I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again – be careful what you post on Facebook and other social networking sites, because you never know who’s going to look at your profile. Now that the site has changed their privacy settings, it’s even easier for people to peek at your “private” photos and information. One Canadian woman recently learned this the very hard way. Nathalie Blanchard, who was on paid leave from her job for depression, lost her government benefits because the agent in charge of her case saw Facebook photos of Nathalie on vacation and partying. When her checks stopped coming, Nathalie called her insurance agent and found out why she’d lost her coverage.
For the record, Nathalie says that going on vacation was part of her treatment – after all, a nice sunny holiday can do wonders for depression, right?
Les Moonves – head of CBS and husband of Big Brother host Julie Chen – announced today that CBS was cancelling As The World Turns, the network’s last remaining soap opera, just months after industry stalwart Guiding Light went off the air for good. Besides fans of the show, Moonves managed to tick off one very important person – CNBC’s David Faber, who was interviewing him when he dropped the cancellation news. Why might Faber be upset? Probably because his mother-in-law, Marie Masters (pictured), plays a recurring role on the show. HARSH.
The first time I had to write a professional work email and sign my boss’ name to it instead of my own, I was totally flummoxed. There was this particular art to that “corporatespeak” voice, and I couldn’t quite get it right. For those of you in similar situations, here are a couple of useful tips:
It’s certainly an odd movie to claim taught me something about the workplace, but Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, the great ’90s movie starring 
Last year, internet “celebrity” Julia Allison 
