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• Muslim In Red Dress Controversy Responds

  Last week, we brought you the story of Fata Lemes, a Bosnian woman living in England who is suing her former employer (a bar) for forcing her to wear a "revealing" outfit.  As we suspsected, the sensationalized Telegraph exclusive story about Lemes was, of course, sensationalized... and that Lemes would respond with the real story...   Read More... Posted Dec 22 2008, 03:18 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: religion, employment, jobs, england, bars, Muslim, sexual harassment, conservative, religious, fata lemes, bosnia, update, working, dress

• Cops Stripped Of Duties After Wild Hooker Party

  Imagine you're a cop in Australia. How is it possible you're able to carry out your duties with the high-quality gene pool there? Who could blame the cops in the country's Northern Territory for growing restless while on patrol and stopping off at the Hooker Ball for a grope and grind? Read More... Posted Dec 15 2008, 01:53 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: lesbian, stripper, panties, sex toys, police, costume, cops, parties, employment, jobs, penis, nsfw, lingerie, darwin awards, australia, penis balloons, penises, Costume Gala, sexy photos, lap dances, sexy people, asexual, hooker, charles darwin

• Ad Agency Sex Scandal Claims One Victim: The Cameraman

  A screenshot from the already-infamous camera phone sex tape of a guy's co-workers getting it on, with the annoying Gawker addition of a turkey to cover the "naughty bits." If you haven't seen it yet, you haven't been missing anything (the time you spent glancing at the above photo is more than enough)... although the story has gotten a lot more interesting in light of what happened to the guy who filmed some of sexcapades and spread the clip around via e-mail. Read More... Posted Dec 01 2008, 04:55 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: gawker, mad men, advertisements, employment, jobs, sex tapes, camera phones, sex scandal, ad campaigns

• While You Were Sleeping: The MySpace Suicide Trial Verdict

  This guy wants to be on America's Got Talent... for playing music with his telephones. Is Emily the Strange a ripoff of Nate the Great or is this, whether it's coincidence or deliberate theft, no big deal? Robert Downey, Jr. had a very close call on the set of Sherlock Holmes... Read More... Posted Dec 01 2008, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: movies, books, employment, booze, jobs, drinking, fights, money, ripoffs, nirvana, sherlock holmes, robert downey jr, united nations, ambassador, america's got talent

• Video of the Day: Brickhead

  Watch this guy, who is clearly more talented than anyone appearing on this week's Top 40 list or on any "reality" competition show, balance a brick shitload of bricks on his head. We're talking almost two dozen bricks, it seems, by the time he takes off speedwalking... along a gangplank. You'll just have to see for yourself, after the jump. Read More... Posted Nov 28 2008, 01:45 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: video of the day, employment, jobs, weird, work out, foreign

• While You Were Sleeping: Leftover Edition

  More like: While You Were Eating... Britney Spears' diet consists mainly of "Taco Bell and turkey jerky washed down with Red Bull." Now that's a Thanksgiving dinner we can get behind! The 2009 Pretty in Mink calendar features supposed conservatives pretending to be glamorous.  Since InTouch is a waste of hopefully recyclable paper, we can't be sure if this Angelina Jolie news is true... Read More... Posted Nov 28 2008, 01:14 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: tina fey, britney spears, Barack Obama, brad pitt, jobs, new jersey, angelina joile, Karl Rove, pregnacy, childhood, conservative, police are idiots

• Burger King Wants You To Have $100... No, Seriously, Take The Money...

  Burger King is deliberately dropping wallets full of cash all over the country and, unlike the wicked New York City Police Department, they aren't arresting people who are kind enough to pick them up... Read More... Posted Nov 20 2008, 12:50 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: thievery, jobs, florida, money, Chicago, arizona, NYPD, economic stimulus, fast food, burger king, economy

• Lou Reed's Classic Example Of How To Give An Interview

  With international leaders meeting today to discuss the growing world economic crisis, employees are spending more and more of their workday online, job hunting. Thankfully, Lou Reed is here to help with your next interview. Now, in honor of the release of his brilliant new record, the master teaches you how to relax and to not appear too eager when facing down those overbearing interviewers... Read More... Posted Nov 14 2008, 12:26 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: video, drugs, david bowie, jobs, youtube, berlin, funny, brooklyn, economic stimulus, lou reed, economy, iggy pop, interview, job listings, online, velvet underground

• Are You Smarter Than an Almost 12-Year-Old?

  If so, then perhaps you should apply to be Nerve.com's new editor-in-chief. If somebody better doesn't come along, this girl could be my new boss... Read More... Posted Nov 11 2008, 04:17 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: jobs, children, work, nerve.com, little kids

• Sex Shop Etiquette... From A $9-An-Hour Sex Shop Employee

  We've always wondered what it must be like to work in a porn or sex toy store. Does it mean you get so desensitized to sex that it doesn't interest you anymore? We wouldn't blame this gal for going celibate after what she's seen... and, more importantly, been forced to touch... Read More... Posted Oct 20 2008, 12:58 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: sex toys, employment, craigslist, toys, sex, jobs, sex shop, north carolina, raleigh

• Today in Jobs You Probably Don't Want Right Now: Senior Publicist for Dow Jones

  Dow Jones (which is down 202 points today) is seeking a senior publicist. Number-one requirement they didn't want to post? You must be non-suicidal.  If you can handle that, you might just score yourself a job. Description after the jump. Read More... Posted Oct 14 2008, 04:11 PM by Emily Farris with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: jobs, depression, recession, bailout, jobs at dow jones, great depression, media bistro, stock market crash, stock market, dow jones, job listings

• Principal Fired For Convincing Student To Run Away With Him (Oh, And He's Charged With Rape, Too)

  A principal in Snohomish County, Washington (that can't be a real name) has allegedly been fired for convincing a 14-year-old girl to run away from home. With him? Probably, since he's also charged with rape... But there's a kicker... Read More... Posted Aug 01 2008, 03:15 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: high school, school, jobs, sexual assault, teacher student sex, teenage girls, teacher sex, rape, principals

• While You Were Sleeping: The Tim Gunn Lawsuit

  The Hiltons are far from thrilled to see the new McCain ad, which compares Obama unfavorably to Paris (huh?) They're right to be offended-- they maxed out to the Republican candidate.  A man with a body in his freezer was arrested while preaching in Alabama. Before you read further, make a prediction: who gave the #1 Worst Performance by a Model Turned Actress? Read More... Posted Jul 31 2008, 08:43 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: religion, politics, paris hilton, halle berry, lawsuits, Tyra Banks, jobs, project runway, model, cameron diaz, aids, john McCain, Republican, Broadway, children, tim gunn, arrest, actresses, alabama, anne hathaway, debra messing, black

• See? We DID Send That Check... Jerk

  Okay, we actually didn't send that check, but if we did, and you never got it, it could be because more than 100,000 pieces of undelivered mail were found in the home of a Postal Service employee. Read More... Posted May 14 2008, 01:34 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: jobs, postage, money, ellen degeneres, theft, letters, lazy, mail, postal service

• 10 Reasons the Recession Will Rock Your Love Life

  Do recession woes have you down? Are you worried about losing your job and/or your yipster lifestyle? As terrifying as doing your own laundry and switching from Americanos to drip coffee may seem, the recession could do wonders for your love life. And as we learn from Caitlin MacRae, economist, sexologist and Nerve intern, life as a normal person affected by the recession is a lot like life as a blogger. Read More... Posted Mar 05 2008, 03:24 PM by Emily Farris with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: top 10 lists, jobs, wine, coffee, sex life, yippes, love life, recession, tiny apartments, laundry

• Man Has Sex With Vacuum Cleaner

  The only thing worse than being desperate enough to do it with an inanimate (and probably uncomfortable) object is getting caught kneeling naked on the floor of your work restroom and getting busted doing it with an inanimate object... Read More... Posted Mar 03 2008, 04:00 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: work sucks, sex, jobs, desperate, men, goats, Poland, vacuum cleaner

• "Teenage Pregnancy Implementation Manager" Position Probably Not What We First Thought

  Any Mancunians out there looking for a fun and challenging fulltime gig impregnating teens? Well, if we're reading this job description correctly, we've got just the thing. Read More... Posted Feb 25 2008, 02:00 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: teen pregnancy, jobs, england, manchester

• Monday Morning Surprise, In Which We Open Up Our Salon Newsletter and Find Scanner Sarah's Boobs

  We saw boobs come across our inbox and immediately knew we had to write about this article at the top of today's Salon Newsletter. Then we looked at the byline: Scanner Salon Sarah. Now, we've never actually met Salon Sarah ("we" being Scanner Emily — apparently she and Scanner Bryan go way back) or her boobs, and we can't say we feel her pain (having been blessed or cursed with the opposite problem) but we really liked the article and we're glad she finally found some bras that fit. Now if she can just tell us where to find jeans that stay up when we sit down, we'll be all set.  Posted Dec 10 2007, 11:34 AM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: boobs, scanner bryan, sarah hepola, salon, jobs, scanner emily