NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts from the past week:

Are You Addicted to Stress? The Experts Weigh In

lifehack: "Ever since the 1980s, there has been an increasing amount of media coverage on stress-related topics. For decades, scientists, researchers, and doctors have been investigating how the human body responds to stress, and whether it is possible for some people to become addicted to stress.
While there are no hard figures to reveal how many Americans may be suffering from stress addiction, experts do agree that people suffering from this problem face varying degrees of danger to their health.
Are you addicted to stress? And if so, does that mean you will be facing serious health problems down the road? Or, will you be one of the few people who benefits from stress addiction?

Posted by David at 2/21/2011 01:26:00 PM <-- Comments Here

The Professor Has Left the Building. Thank You, and Goodnight.

Inside Higher Ed: "It captures how we all feel about telemarketers calling us at home. Now if only I could figure out a way to get this message across to my students. No, they haven’t called me at home (probably because I haven’t made my number public) but they email me – constantly. They email me at midnight, 3 am, 6 am, while I’m on vacation, and while we’re on semester break.

Posted by David at 2/21/2011 12:04:00 AM <-- Comments Here

Cheat Sheet: 10 Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Word

gizmodo: "Microsoft Word. The name's practically synonymous with 'productivity app.' If you're reading this article at work you've probably got a Word doc open right now, and you might think you've got a good handle on Microsoft's word processor. We'll bet you don't know as much as you think you do. Don't believe us? Read on for 10 quick tips and tricks for Microsoft Word.

Posted by David at 2/21/2011 01:26:00 PM <-- Comments Here

Don't Know Much About 401K's

Jezebel: "Living in a capitalist economy means that one's life path is largely dictated by getting money, spending money, and saving money. Most people are plenty good at spending money, and some people are pretty great at getting money, but few excel at saving money, mostly because saving money is boring, not fun, and not simple, but oh so necessary.

Posted by David at 2/21/2011 01:28:00 PM<-- Comments Here

10 Tips for Saving Money as a Freelancer

FreelanceFolder: "Now that I’ve been freelancing for well over a year, I’ve dealt with my fair share of expenses, taxes and other terrible money sucking things we have to deal with as the self-employed. There are several ways to manage these of course, and ways to save money doing so.
Unfortunately, just because we stay at home it doesn’t mean that we save more money than someone who works outside of the home. Yes, we have to pay for less gas, we don’t have to pay to eat out, nor do we have as many car expenses. But if you’re not careful, you can actually spend a lot more than someone who does drive 30 minutes away to work.
Here are ten of the ways I’ve found to save money for everything we deal with as business owners.

Posted by David at 2/21/2011 01:25:00 PM <-- Comments Here

Troubled Spider-Man musical hires new writer

thestar.com: "The producers of the embattled Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark have hired HBO writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to rewrite the book, according to entertainment website Deadline New York.

Posted by Dale at 2/20/2011 11:50:00 PM <-- Comments Here