March Madness Spreads to the Office

College basketball's Selection Sunday spills over into Madness Monday at the office today. With the brackets set for the NCAA men's basketball tournament that officially begins Tuesday, the office bookie will spend the better part of this morning perfecting the prize payouts and printing out pages for all his co-workers to fill in. Is this legal? Moral? Ethical? And how can we get in?

For anyone remotely interested in sports -- or remotely interested in gambling or remotely interested in not doing work on a Monday morning -- March Madness provides a unifying excuse to procrastinate on the day after daylight savings time was enacted. It's time to strut your basketball knowledge. Or, to pick your favorite school based on location, name, color or mascot -- and probably give yourself a better shot at winning the pool than the Dick Vitale wannabes in the office. Whether the office pool costs workers $1 or $100, it is a great uniting force in an office filled with politics and competition -- if only for a few weeks. For that brief period, the custodian, the intern and the CEO can all compete on the same level. Aside from the chance at camaraderie, though, it's safe to say that between pre-tournament speculations, morning-after game analysis, surfing the internet for research, and even watching Thursday and Friday's games live on the Web, the NCAA Tournament will surely cut into many companies' productivity this week. We'd place a small wager on that. [Baltimore Sun] [ABC News]

The Taxman Cometh

While life's two certainties may be death and taxes, quarterlife's two certainties are debt and taxes.

This time of year, it's good to focus on both.

Trouble is, that tax return you were banking on to wipe out your debt might not be the windfall you wished for. Why? Well, if you're a recent grad in any field aside from pharmaceuticals, you're most likely in one of the lowest tax brackets north of the poverty line.

And if that's the case, you ain't getting much back from Uncle Sam. That's because a smaller percentage of your income was taken out of your check than that of your pharmacist pal. But your paycheck seemed miniscule, you say? Easy answer: One, you ain't making that much to start (see above), and two, the rest of your pre-tax income was pillaged by other scoundrels. Namely, your company-provided health and dental benefits (did they not remind you that 15 percent of the cost would come out of your monthly income?), social security (good luck attempting to collect that in 39 years), Medicare (good luck attempting to collect that in 39 years), and that company pension plan (let's hope the Enron accountants don't have their paws on yours).

So you're left with small paychecks that barely give you enough cash to buy no-frills-version Rice Chex, let alone the milk to wash it down. And now you're sitting in the chain-store version of an accounting office with some semi-retired 74-year-old former bank teller giving you an unabridged lesson in Savings 101. But you're hardly contributing to your 401k, you're paying off the credit card minimums on debt you've accrued since day one of freshman year (note: buying kegs and reserving keg taps on a credit card is not the best move), and you've got no Scrooge McDuck inheritance to fall back on.

Your one shot at redemption -- interest from college loans -- yields no fruit for you, however, since your parents graciously told you they'd take care of the payments while your career was getting off the ground.

Meanwhile, Granny McCountant crunches the numbers on her abacus and reveals that you're the big winner -- you don't owe Uncle Sam. In fact, you'll be getting two hefty checks -- one from the feds, the other from the state. The grand totals: $18.67 and $1.38, respectively. Not even enough to cover the minimum payment on your credit card.

Perhaps it's time to start looking for some income elsewhere. No, not the double-your-return scratch-off game from the accountant. It's time to get a better job.

Show Me the Money

It's no secret that workers would love to know what their colleagues earn. Who's making more? Who's making less? How's her salary higher than mine when I've been here longer? Such questions boggle the minds of corporate workers. Others are more consumed by their market worth. Am I making enough money for the work I'm doing? What do workers in comparable positions at other companies earn? Thanks to PayScale, workers needn't spend hours gossiping around the watercooler to answer some of these questions. A simple visit to PayScale.com and some mysteries might be easily resolved.

Launched in 2000 by Joe Giordano amid the envious days of inflated salaries and options of the Internet bubble, "PayScale is used by tens of thousands of job seekers, employees, and hiring managers every day." PayScale is "highly interactive: The site collects real-time pay data directly from workers and spits out an analysis showing what an occupation is worth -- organized by a given city, industry, or company -- with the speed of an online stock quote. So far PayScale has collected the salaries of 5.5 million American workers." Are you one of them? [Business 2.0] [PayScale]

We've Got Big Balls

The newest trend in office seating is… giant balls? That's right, at companies from Google to BMW, professionals are abandoning their $2,000 leather thrones for posture-enhancing, bright-colored exercise balls. The irony is, it's often the Zen-seeking higher ups who choose the big balls (perhaps attempting to make up for shortcomings elsewhere), looking more and more childlike while sitting on a Romper Room-esque bright blue ball instead of a commandeering CEO chair. Yet while they sit atop their plastic playroom pedestals, they still treat employees like children -- children in safer seats.

The risks of having an exercise ball as a workstation accoutrement are vast. Workers must stay on their toes all day. Some experts suggest a total lack of back support. Exercise balls are easily stolen. And at any point, a violent game of dodgeball might break out.

We prefer the old school office arrangement of workstation seating reflecting the hierarchical status of employees, wherein the top brass get the giant Darth Vader pod, those just below get am souped up Dr. Evil robotic chair, other big wigs get the stuffy English leather highbacks, mid-level managers get computer chairs with arms and wheels, those just below get random task chairs, and the drones get folding chairs. [CareerJournal]

Jumping to Entrepreneurial Conclusions

Budding entrepreneurs walk a fine line. They aim to be the next Tom Anderson (everybody's first MySpace pal), but they often end up being Tom Smykowski (inventor of the Jump to Conclusions mat in Office Space). Unfortunately, there's no specific formula for entrepreneurs to jump to conclusions about whether their idea is going to be the next YouTube. But, thanks to Pamela Slim, there are some tell-tale signs that a business idea might be jumping in the right direction. [Escape from Cubicle Nation]

The Big 29: The Oscar Goes To...

This week's most intriguing people under 30:

1. Jennifer Hudson (25), actress/singer
2. Mark Zuckerberg (22), Facebook founder
3. Beyonce Knowles (25), musician/actress
4. Danica Patrick (24), Indy Racing driver
5. Roger Federer (25), tennis player
6. Kevin Rose (27), Digg, Revision3 founder
7. America Ferrera (22), actress
8. Shaun White (20), snowboarder/skateboarder
9. Ludacris (29), musician/actor
10. Steve Chen and Chad Hurley (28, 29), YouTube founders
11. Maria Sharapova (19), tennis player
12. Jake Gyllenhaal (26), actor
13. Scarlett Johansson (22), actress
14. Chris Daughtry (27), musician
15. Maggie Gyllenhaal (29), actress
16. Jason Ryan Dorsey (28), author
17. Justin Timberlake (25), musician/actor
18. B.J. Novak (27), writer/producer/actor
19. Emily Blunt (23), actress
20. Ryan Gosling (26), actor
21. Sam Altman (21), loopt founder
22. Sidney Crosby (19), NHL center
23. Serena Williams (25), tennis player
24. Luke Skurman (26), College Prowler founder and CEO
25. Carrie Underwood (23), musician
26. Gilbert Arenas (25), NBA guard
27. Evangeline Lilly (27), actress
28. T.I. (26), musician/actor
29. Kal Penn (29), actor

Newbies: Bestselling author, loopt founder, surprise hoopster
Out: Injured baller, prodigy golfer, Trump's daughter

Snow Day!

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night keeps postal workers from delivering the mail. Same goes for corporate workers. Rare is the snow day in the working world. Whereas the night before a major snowstorm kept anxious kids up late with pajamas inside out in hopes of waking to hear the radio or see the news crawl deliver the best news ever -- that school is closed -- the threat of snow keeps commuting workers awake anticipating major headaches. Bottom line is, school districts can make up days at the end of the school year; businesses cannot. So they remain open during a snow or ice storm. Often with harsher implications than those facing schoolchildren. Kids often have a mildly short, though potentially treacherous, walk to school or a bus ride with some Chris Farley-esque driver. Usually within the same town. But workers often travel great distances for their daily toil. And on snow days, they might be traveling from areas that received greater snowfall totals, or that are still being socked by bad weather while their offices are out of the storm's eye. They brave the hazardous road conditions. They brave long waits at bus and train stops while public transportation catches up on salting roadways and defrosting railroad tracks. All to make the company a few more dollars. And, after all the delays, when they finally arrive at the office just before 11 a.m., they find the big boss, the immediate boss, and half their co-workers are all out -- home with their kids or cashing in a sick day in exchange for safety. The only ones at the office -- offspring-less twentysomethings and thirtysomethings in constant competition with each other and in constant fear of job security. Welcome to Snow Day Survivor. Be sure to bring extra socks.

The Office: Cocktails

Michael and Jan go public with their relationship during a party at their CFO's home. At the party, Jim meets Karen's ex. Meanwhile, the rest of the office decides to go to happy hour for drinks. [NBC, Season 3, Episode 3018, 2/22/07]

Best lines:

Michael: And now, Michael the Magic, will attempt to escape from extreme bondage.
Michael: C'mon guys, early worm gets the worm.
Jim: Another worm? Like, are they friends?

Michael: Tonight is so special because my boss' boss' boss, the CFO, not his initials, common mistake, is having a little shindig for all the managers in the company, and Jan and I are going as a couple, for the first time. So it's kind of our coming out party, really. And that is why tonight is so special.

Jim: Why don't I wanna go … didn't expect to need a reason. So let me think here … I don't know any of these people. It's an obligation. I don't like talking paper in my free time … or in my work time. And … did I use the word pointless?

Jan: Let's just blow this party off.
Michael: That's what she said!

Jan: OK, let's just go to a motel and, like, rip into each other like we did on that black sand beach in Jamaica.

Dwight: You're dressed exactly like the servants.

Pam: Kevin, you and Stacey set a date yet?
Kevin: Yeah.
Kelly: Omigod, when is it?
Kevin: It's complicated. I would appreciate some space on this.

Dwight: Oh you know that line on the top of the shrimp? That's feces.

Jan: It releases the company in the event that our relationship in your opinion or in reality interferes with work. You get a copy, I get a copy, and a third copy goes to HR.
Michael: Awesome. I'm going to frame mine. I could frame yours, too.
Jan: You realize this is a legal document that says you can't sue the company?
Michael: Over our love.
Jan: I never told you that I love you.
Michael: You don't have to, Jan. This contract says it all.

Dwight: Do you ever watch Battlestar Galactica?
Party guest: No.
Dwight: No? Then you're an idiot.

Karen: Yeah, I'm the only one left. Everybody else was either fired or quit. And there's one in anger management.

David: This was a gift from Lee Iacocca. Twenty-year old single malt Scotch.
Michael: Here's to Mr. Iacocca, and his failed experiment, the DeLorean.

Creed: I run a small fake ID company from my car with a laminating machine that I swiped from the sheriff's station.

Michael: Why are we going in the bathroom? I thought this is where you liked your privacy.

Michael: Our first fight. If this is about what happened in the bathroom, there was no place to cuddle.

Michael: I want the house, Jan. I want the picket fence, I want the ketchup fights, and the tickling, and the giggling.

Roy: I'm gonna kill Jim Halpert.

Read This Book: My Reality Check Bounced!

No, this isn't a book about Richard Hatch not claiming his earning off CBS's Survivor. Author Jason Ryan Dorsey's follow-up to his last work, Graduate to Your Perfect Job, provides advice for twentysomethings trying to jumpstart their careers. Peppered with real-life stories and motivating advice, Dorsey's latest book is a must read while on that hour-long train ride to work.

Quarterlife Crisis co-author Abby (Wilner) Miller says, "Dorsey offers irresistible inspiration for quarterlifers in crisis. His step-by-step strategies will get you moving in the right direction." My Reality Check Bounced! "reveals exactly how to break free of your real-world rut to find your authentic, meaningful path," says Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul. And, Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson says of Dorsey, "I've seen him help people our age make life-changing decisions for the better. He is a real inspiration for our generation."

Three ringing endorsements, plus another one from HATCH. So what are you waiting for? Go cash in on this book. [My Reality Check Bounced!]

Rolling Rock's 'Man-Thong' at Work

Rolling Rock Vice President of Marketing Ron Stablehorn sent a personal note and gift to the HATCH office the other day. We knew it was the shameless whoring of Rolling Rock's shock product the "man-thong," but we could not help but be intrigued. And we could not help but share this story (Yes, Ron, you win.)

"Thongs in the workplace is fast becoming a trend for men in the United States," writes Stablehorn. Considering the metrosexualilty sweeping corporate professionals' grooming habits, why shouldn't men wear thongs, too? After all, it can help hide that pathetic boxer-brief seam. Unfortunately, it can also reveal a bit too much information. But, continues Stablehorn, "We at Rolling Rock want to help bring working men like you a sense of the freedom we can enjoy while toiling away that the office."

The man-thong delivery was followed a couple days later by a case of Rolling Rock beer -- which we were extremely grateful for. But the combination of that much beer and a bright green man-thong in the office just screamed out for a harassment compliance officer. So we saved the beer for an off-site event, but wearing the man-thong is making blog-writing go so much smoother. [Rolling Rock]

The Big 29: Beyonce Illustrated

This week's most intriguing people under 30:

1. Beyonce Knowles (25), musician/actress
2. Mark Zuckerberg (22), Facebook founder
3. Danica Patrick (24), Indy Racing driver
4. America Ferrera (22), actress
5. Roger Federer (25), tennis player
6. Shaun White (20), snowboarder/skateboarder
7. Steve Chen and Chad Hurley (28, 29), YouTube founders
8. Ludacris (29), musician/actor
9. Maria Sharapova (19), tennis player
10. Jennifer Hudson (25), actress/singer
11. Scarlett Johansson (22), actress
12. Emily Blunt (23), actress
13. Dwyane Wade (25), NBA guard
14. Jake Gyllenhaal (26), actor
15. Chris Daughtry (27), musician
16. Maggie Gyllenhaal (29), actress
17. Kevin Rose (27), Digg founder
18. Justin Timberlake (25), musician/actor
19. B.J. Novak (27), writer/producer/actor
20. Ryan Gosling (26), actor
21. Sidney Crosby (19), NHL center
22. Serena Williams (25), tennis player
23. Kal Penn (29), actor
24. Luke Skurman (26), College Prowler founder and CEO
25. Carrie Underwood (23), musician
26. Michelle Wie (17), golfer
27. Evangeline Lilly (27), actress
28. Ivanka Trump (25), business executive
29. T.I. (26), musician/actor

Newbies: NBA nice guy, Idol rocker
Out: King James, hip shaker

Top Cities for Jobs

Think you need to live in New York, San Fran or LA to get on the ideal career path? Think again. Forbes' list of the "Best U.S. Cities For Jobs" has mighty NYC way down at No. 75. "Usually, 22-year-olds flock to cosmopolitan cities like New York and San Francisco, assuming that's where they'll find the most opportunities for work (and, let's be honest, a social life)," writes Hannah Clark. "But they might be heading in the wrong direction."

Forbes' scientific approach to creating the list included weighing five data points equally: job growth, income growth, unemployment rate, median household income and cost of living. Then they measured those stats in the top 100 U.S. metropolitan areas from 2003 to 2006. Enough with the scientific stuff. Who tops the list?

In order, the top 10 are: Raleigh-Cary, NC; Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ; Jacksonville, FL; Orlando-Kissimmee, FL; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Salt Lake City, UT; Honolulu, HI; Las Vegas-Paradise, NV; Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL; and Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC.

Also in the top 25 are Little Rock, Omaha Albuquerque, Oklahoma City and three more areas in Florida. Scenic Camden, New Jersey, comes in at No. 26.

So where are all the big cities? Chicago is No. 82. Boston is No. 83. San Francisco is No. 86. And LA is No. 88. Not surprisingly, Detroit is No. 100 out of 100. So, where do you live and work? [Forbes]

The Office: Business School

Ryan invites Michael to be a guest speaker at his business school. Meanwhile, Dwight battles a bat that gets loose in the office while Pam invites co-workers to her first art show. [NBC, Season 3, Episode 3017, 2/15/07]

Best lines:

Ryan: If you bring your boss to class, it automatically bumps you up a full letter grade. So... I'd be stupid not to do it, right?

Michael: A boss is like a teacher. And I am like the cool teacher. Like Mr. Handell. Mr. Handell would hang out with us. And he would tell us awesome jokes. And he actually hooked up with one of the students. Um, and then like 12 other kids came forward. It was in all the papers. Really ruined eighth grade for us.

Michael: What's the most inspiring thing I ever said to you?
Dwight: "Don't be an idiot." Changed my life.

Jim: Pam's with Roy. I'm with Karen. And Brangelina is with Frangelina. Moving on.

Michael: Campus. Brings back so many memories. That I would have made.

Pam: Dwight, what are you doing?
Dwight: Solving a mystery, if that's quite all right with you.

Toby: The simple solution would be to open a window. If we had windows that could open.

Michael: You cannot learn from books. Replace these pages with life lessons. And then you will have a book that is worth its weight in gold. I know these are expensive. But the lesson is priceless.

Michael: There are four kinds of business. Tourism. Food service. Railroads. And sales. And hospitals/manufacturing. And air travel.

Michael: You need something to sell. Now this could be anything. It could be a thingamajig. Or a whosi-whatsi. Or a "Whatchamacallit." Now, you need to sell those in order to have a "PayDay." And, if you sell enough of them, you will make a "100 Grand." Satisfied?

Michael: We can't overestimate the value of computers. Yes, they are great for playing games and forwarding funny emails. But real business is done on paper, OK?

Kevin: I... am a hero.

Michael: Yeah sure, you know business. Sitting up here in your ivory tower. And your ebony tower.

Michael: You know what else is facing five Goliaths? America... Al-Qaeda. Global warming. Sex predators. Mercury poisoning. So do we just give up?

Michael: Ryan has never made a sale. And he started a fire trying to make a cheesy pita. And everybody thinks he's a tease. Well you know what? He doesn't know anything, and neither do you. So suck on that!

Ryan: It wasn't personal.
Michael: Business is always personal. It's the most personal thing in the world.

Michael: A good manager doesn't fire people. He hires people and inspires people. People, Ryan. And people will never go out of business.

Pam: Do you have something in your pocket?
Michael: A Chunky. Do you want half?

Flowers in the Office

We're trying to figure out what's worse: being painfully embarrassed at work upon receiving dozens of flowers, Valentine's Day balloons and a singing telegram or not receiving any deliveries from a significant other. Valentine's Day is not just a day to show a loved one true affection, it's a day to show his or her co-workers up by sending the most elaborate bouquet, the most helium-filled balloon, or the most squeezable bear. Unfortunately, the blizzards and ice storms across a great deal of the country yesterday left many well-intentioned souls scrambling to find the status of their flower deliveries. And the weather also left many would-be recipients of these gifts explaining to their office mates that their loved one did indeed go out of his or her way to send a thoughtful array of roses and chocolates, only to be jilted by Cupid's frozen, broken-down delivery truck. Whether those colleagues believe the weather is truly to blame or it's the fault of the significant other's frozen heart shouldn't matter -- at least, not when that brilliant batch of blossoms arrives a day late... and maybe a little wilted.

The Big 29: In the Driver's Seat

This week's most intriguing people under 30:

1. Danica Patrick (24), Indy Racing driver
2. Beyonce Knowles (25), musician/actress
3. America Ferrera (22), actress
4. Mark Zuckerberg (22), Facebook founder
5. Roger Federer (25), tennis player
6. Shaun White (20), snowboarder/skateboarder
7. Steve Chen and Chad Hurley (28, 29), YouTube founders
8. Ludacris (29), musician/actor
9. Maria Sharapova (19), tennis player
10. Jennifer Hudson (25), actress/singer
11. Scarlett Johansson (22), actress
12. Emily Blunt (23), actress
13. Carrie Underwood (23), musician
14. LeBron James (22), NBA forward
15. Serena Williams (25), tennis player
16. Maggie Gyllenhaal (29), actress
17. Kevin Rose (27), Digg founder
18. Justin Timberlake (25), musician/actor
19. B.J. Novak (27), writer/producer/actor
20. Ryan Gosling (26), actor
21. Sidney Crosby (19), NHL center
22. Shakira (29), musician
23. Kal Penn (29), actor
24. Luke Skurman (26), College Prowler founder and CEO
25. Jake Gyllenhaal (26), actor
26. Michelle Wie (17), golfer
27. Evangeline Lilly (27), actress
28. Ivanka Trump (25), business executive
29. T.I. (26), musician/actor

Newbies: Country Idol, College Prowler exec, Grammy-winning rapper
Out: Colt defender, Army brat, Spidey's girl

Jobster, Facebook Announce Partnership

Milk and cereal. Peanut butter and jelly. Jobster and Facebook? The two sites announced a partnership that would make Jobster the "exclusive job search partner" of Facebook. Plans are in the works to "launch a career center" on social-networking site Facebook this spring.

College students hoping to make it in the real world can only hope that Jobster provides some elaborate advice on creating a social-networking profile that's jobseeker friendly. Too many seemingly bright college students, grads and twentysomethings are losing out on internships and entry-level jobs on account of their profiles' risqué information available to the public. But then again, thanks to this foolish behavior, Facebook, MySpace and other social-networking sites conveniently narrow down job candidate pools for employers bombarded with countless resumes. An Ivy Leaguer with an MBA and photos of he and his friends doing kegstands on his Facebook page will have to get in line behind the squeaky clean community college grad. Survival of the fittest, brightest or the ones who choose not to share their social lives or tanlines online? [CNET News] [Facebook] [Jobster]

The Office: Phyllis' Wedding

Phyllis regrets giving Michael an important job at her wedding after several embarrassing moments. Pam has flashbacks of her own wedding planning when she sees Phyllis' decorations. Meanwhile, Dwight is determined to catch wedding crashers. [NBC, Season 3, Episode 3016, 2/8/07]

Best lines:

Michael: Phyllis is getting married, and I am in the wedding party. She's asked me to push her father's wheelchair down the aisle. So basically, I am co-giving away the bride. Since I pay her salary, it is like, I am paying for the wedding. Which I'm happy to do. It's a big day for Phyllis. But it's an even bigger day for me. Employer of the Bride.

Dwight: You look as beautiful as the Queen of England.

Michael: Phyllis, did you break wind?

Dwight: Why are all these people here? There's too many people on this earth. We need a new plague.

Dwight: I saw Wedding Crashers accidentally. I bought a ticket for Grizzly Man and went into the wrong theater. After an hour, I figured I was in the wrong theater, but I kept waiting. That's the thing about bear attacks. They come when you least expect it.

Kevin: No, this is not our first wedding. This is the third wedding that Scrantonicity has played. We also played our bassist's wedding, and our guitarist's wedding.

Michael: My name is Michael Scott. Webster's Dictionary defines wedding as "the fusing of two metals with a hot torch." Well you know something? I think you guys are two metals … gold metals. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Michael Scott, Phyllis' boss. To quote from The Princess Bride, mawwiage!

Michael: Phyllis and Bob, their celebrity couple name would be … Phylob.

Dwight: You're a real-life wedding crasher, and I must bounce you.

Michael: They say that your wedding day goes by in such a flash, that you're lucky if you even get a piece of your own cake. I say, that's crazy. I say, let them eat cake. Margaret Thatcher said that. About marriage. Smart broad.

Employing Proper Body Language

Most offices come standard with that one employee who makes everyone else look great. The bully. The loudmouth. The prankster. The slacker. The gossip queen. The one with no inner monologue. These are all professional folks clearly partaking in bad practices. But beyond these obvious soon-to-be casualties of downsizing, there are many more employees -- maybe even you -- who are doing subtle things to make themselves look bad. Or worse, to make others look bad. But if you're not bullying, screaming, pranking, slacking or gossiping, what could you be doing wrong? While you may be careful about keeping your verbal language PG-rated and in check, you might not be minding your body language. Everything from shrugs to eye movements to sitting positions at the desk or in a meeting could be saying even more than any comment or email message. Check the bodies of these articles for some clues about body language and how to improve upon in it the office or on an interview. [BusinessWeek] [CareerJournal] [Monster]

The Big 29: Bootylicious

This week's most intriguing people under 30:

1. Beyonce Knowles (25), musician/actress
2. America Ferrera (22), actress
3. Danica Patrick (24), Indy Racing driver
4. Steve Chen and Chad Hurley (28, 29), YouTube founders
5. Roger Federer (25), tennis player
6. Shaun White (20), snowboarder/skateboarder
7. Scarlett Johansson (22), actress
8. Maria Sharapova (19), tennis player
9. Mark Zuckerberg (22), Facebook founder
10. Jennifer Hudson (25), actress/singer
11. Ludacris (29), musician/actor
12. Emily Blunt (23), actress
13. Ryan Gosling (26), actor
14. LeBron James (22), NBA forward
15. Shakira (29), musician
16. Serena Williams (25), tennis player
17. Kevin Rose (27), Digg founder
18. Justin Timberlake (25), musician/actor
19. B.J. Novak (27), writer/producer/actor
20. Maggie Gyllenhaal (29), actress
21. Sidney Crosby (19), NHL center
22. Bob Sanders (25), NFL cornerback
23. Kal Penn (29), actor
24. Ehren Watada (28), U.S. Army First Lieutenant
25. Jake Gyllenhaal (26), actor
26. Michelle Wie (17), golfer
27. Kirsten Dunst (24), actress
28. Ivanka Trump (25), business executive
29. Evangeline Lilly (27), actress

Newbies: Super defender, Army brat
Out: Bears tough guy, country idol

Super Bowl Monday: National Hangover Day

Let the Super Bowl hangover begin. After an afternoon and evening when Americans consume more pizza, wings, nachos, guacamole, chips and beer than almost any other day of the year, it's no surprise that some will be a little too sick to head into work. After an evening of screaming at the TV, booing the Bears' Rex Grossman and laughing at one or two good Super Bowl commercials, it's no surprise that some will be a little too sick to head into work. And for those Indianapolis Colts fans who continue to celebrate the team's first Super Bowl victory as the Indianapolis Colts, it's no surprise that some will be a little too sick to head into work. With Super Bowl Sunday rivaling New Year's Eve as one of the country's biggest celebrations, it seems only fair that the day after the Super Bowl be made into a national holiday. After all, we get New Year's Day off to rehydrate, watch football bowl games and count down the return to work. So why not get the same treatment on National Hangover Day? Companies should consider the lack of productivity on Super Bowl Monday. Less employees show up for work. Many of those who do will loiter by the water cooler talking about fumbles, field goals and Mapasaurus. Or how they were this close to winning that $1,000 Super Bowl box pool, if only Indy had made that extra point in the first quarter. And the occasional employee may just show his distaste for the outcome of the game, for Prince's shadow phallic halftime show, for the terrible ad spots and for coming into work after a night of boozing by spending his morning curled up next to a toilet in the office restroom. By making the day after the Super Bowl a national holiday, none of this unsightly office behavior would occur. At least, not until Tuesday.