Brilliant or Baffling: Obama Offers to Look Over an Unemployed Engineer's Résumé


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Obama Offers to Look at Engineer's Résumé

President Obama recently hosted a Google+ Hangout, in which several viewers got to directly ask the head of state questions in a virtual forum. Jennifer Wedel, who was against some of Obama's job policies, cited her husband as an casualty — he hasn't been able to find a steady job for three years and has trouble finding work as a semiconductor engineer. The president offered to take a look at Read more

Need an Anonymous Outlet to Vent About Work?


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Career Forum Jan. 30, 2012

Boss being difficult? Upset about being underpaid? I know you need a place to vent — all of us do. What better place to spill your work or money frustrations than Savvy Confessions, a community group that will keep your identity anonymous. So far we've had someone ask group members about whether they should list their crazy ex-supervisor as a reference and about the unfriendly new girl at the Read more

Alec Baldwin Talks His Words With Friends Dustup and Politics in the Press Room


Updated 01/29/12 8:59 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Alec Baldwin on 2012 Election and Words With Friends at SAG

Alec Baldwin made an appearance backstage in the press room at tonight's SAG Awards just after snagging the honor for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series. True to form, the 30 Rock star wasn't shy about discussing his current political views, and he also made light of his recent in-flight Words With Friends flap. Here are the highlights: On his opinion of the 2012 primary: Read more

Where Are All the Single Geeks? 5 Places You Might Find Them


Updated 01/29/12 8:38 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 2 comments

Where to Find Geeky Guys to Date

In my social circle, I hear the same question often: "Where are all the single geek boys?" If you're a single gal, you may be asking yourself the same, so I'm taking a stab at playing matchmaker. Below, you'll find five possible places to uncover scores of single geeks, hopefully bringing your dating search to an end. By the way, you can still leave your other tech-related questions on our Read more

All Your Questions About Breakups Answered


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Breakup Advice

If you're dealing with a breakup-related predicament, chances are another woman has been there before. Readers looking for advice turn to our anonymous Group Therapy forum to pose their questions for other women to answer. If you'd like tips on how to make girlfriends after the end of a longterm relationship, need to figure out if you should leave your boyfriend if he's not ready for marriage, Read more

Shop It Out: Covetable Shoes From The Hunger Games


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The Hunger Games Costume Pieces

Lucky magazine is one of our favorite sources for great shopping tips. We're thrilled to share this fabulous story on The Hunger Games costumes from our friends at Lucky! When I first read The Hunger Games trilogy, I preferred to compare myself to story's brave heroine, Katniss Everdeen. But as much as I admire the resourceful tribute of District 12, I have way more in common with the image Read more

Udacity and 14 Other Free Sites For Online Learning


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Free Online Classes From Stanford Professor

After seeing the success of a personal experiment offering a free Stanford University-certified artificial intelligence course (23,000 people completed the class!), Sebastian Thrun left his prestigious professor position to dedicate himself to teaching on a much larger scale. His new program, Udacity will offer free university-level computer science classes to anyone interested in advancing their Read more

Hairy Situation: Clean-Cut Men With Full Beards


Updated 01/11/12 10:49 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Hot Guys With Beards

Justin Timberlake took the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas today, perhaps an unlikely forum for the pop star. But it was Justin's appearance that made us do a double take. JT, who moonlights as a MySpace investor, was sporting a low-tech accessory: a full beard. From Justin's *NSYNC days to his acting gigs, we're used to seeing him with nothing more than the occasional scruff. And Read more

The 30 Juiciest Reader Dilemmas of 2011


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Love and Sex Questions of 2011

Every day our readers confess their darkest secrets and ask their most intimate and pressing questions in our anonymous forum Group Therapy. Then our diverse community members are able to help by offering their thoughts and advice. We've gathered up some of the most shocking, unexpected, and off-the-wall Group Therapy dilemmas of the year for you to continue to help a member out — or maybe even Read more

Your Burning Money and Career Questions Answered This Year


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Career and Money Questions

We heard your money and work woes throughout the year in our Ask Savvy community group, while those who wanted to stay anonymous vented in the Savvy Confessions forum. I and other savvy readers rallied to offer advice to those who are desperately seeking it, and a lot of the answers you provided are definitely worthy of a reread. Click through to find out what they are. Read more