Shadow Of My Life

According to a survey by an office supply company called Banner Business Services, two thirds of us have stolen office supplies at work. And it costs companies $3.2 billion a year. Here are the office supplies people steal most often:    

#1.) Post-It notes
#2.) Tape
#3.) Scissors
#4.) Toilet paper
#5.) Copier paper
#6.) USB memory sticks
#7.) Notepads
#8.) Pens
#9.) Staplers
#10.) Highlighters 

(Business Cornwall)

Apparently sleepwalking is way more common than we all thought. So maybe now you can finally explain why your food keeps disappearing out of the fridge. According to a new nationwide study, 29.2% of people have had at least one sleepwalking episode in their lives. That's almost one-third of us sleepwalking.

About 3.6% of Americans sleepwalked last year. That's about eight million people. 1% sleepwalk more than twice a month. People who take sleeping medications like Ambien are 250% more likely to sleepwalk more than twice a month compared to people who don't. 

Back in 1992, there was an episode of "The Simpsons" where Homer sued a seafood restaurant after they ran out of fish during an all-you-can-eat special. Twenty years later, that just came true in real life.  On Friday night, a 53-year-old man in Mequon, Wisconsin went to a restaurant that was promising an all-you-can-eat fish fry.

The man "only" ate TWELVE pieces of fish before the restaurant told him they'd run out and wouldn't substitute any other fish. He protested and refused to pay his bill . . . so finally, they gave him eight more pieces. He ate them and paid. But two days later, he showed up in front of the restaurant with a picjet sign, protesting their lies about all-you-can-eat fish. They ended up calling the cops becuse he wouldn't leave, and was arrested for disorderly conduct. 

A survey by Intel found that nine out of 10 people think their friends overshare on Facebook, and it's the biggest pet peeve people have about the site. One in four people post information about themselves every day, and half of us feel overwhelmed by all the information everyone else posts. Here are the three most common ways people overshare:

#1.) Constantly complaining about their lives: 59% of people say their friends do that. 

#2.) Posting inappropriate or explicit photos: 55%.

#3.) Sharing information that should be kept private: 53%. 

This is a great little gimmick for Mother's Day, to remind you just how much you owe the woman who sacrificed everything to bring you into the world. It's from a fake organization called the American Coalition for Labor Reparations. They have a website that calculates how much money you owe your mother for giving birth to you. It assigns monetary values to everything from total hours of labor and your birth weight, to how many drinks she missed when she was carrying you. When you're done, you can email the results of the form to your mom.

Of course, you don't have to pay her what the form says, but it would be a nice gesture. Also, if you are planning to call her on Mother's Day, they give you an 80% deduction on what you owe. 

Check out the form at ACFLR.org . . . again, that stands for American Coalition for Labor Reparations. 

(Adweek)

Whenever you have anything stolen, Craigslist has to be the first place you look for it. Today's idiot criminals definitely prefer it to pawn shops. Danny Lesh of Washington D.C. did that when his bike was stolen and managed to outsmart the idiot who stole it. 

Last weekend, Danny's $600 bike was stolen. He immediately went on Craigslist, and yep, the thief had posted it on there for $100. Danny knew it was his because of a unique sticker on the frame. Danny called the cops, but of course they said they wouldn't be able to respond right away, so Danny decided to handle it vigilante style. He arranged to meet with the "seller," then when the guy showed up, he asked for a test ride. The guy said okay, Danny got on the bike and just kept going. 

He says, "This guy finally started calling me, and left a message saying he was going to call the police." Danny hopes he does because that's probably the only way the thief will get arrested.  

Researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway have developed a way to tell whether you're becoming addicted to Facebook. Check it out . . . 

Women, introverts, and people who are disorganized are more likely to develop a problem. The researchers also came up with six questions that will help determine whether you're addicted.Using a scale of one to five, rate how closely each question relates to you. If you give yourself a four or a five on at least four of the questions, you might be an addict. 

#1.) Do you spend a lot of time thinking about Facebook, or planning how you'll use it?
#2.) Do you feel an urge to use Facebook more and more?
#3.) Do you use Facebook to forget about personal problems?
#4.) Have you tried unsuccessfully to quit or cut down?
#5.) Do you become restless or troubled if you're prohibited from using Facebook?#6.) Has using Facebook had a negative impact on your job or studies? 

(MedicalXpress)