*Editors' Note - this content originally appear on our highly successful weekly email newsletter, where we have a regular segment called "Historical Photo of a Photo of the Week." Click here to subscribe for more exclusive hippo content. Yep, that's right. Someone finally had the balls to go after Shark Week, better known as an overhyped … Continue reading Welcome to Hippo Week
Long self indulgent post alert. TLDR: The blog is two years old today. We're celebrating the best and worst articles from the past 2 years. And we're giving away a Crock-Pot to an email newsletter subscriber. Yes actually. Email workretiredie@gmail.com by Friday at 11 am for a chance to win. Scroll past the heartfelt thanks … Continue reading Work Retire Die Turns 2 Years Old
*Editor’s Note – Our favorite guest blogger and Spotify account admin Jag Mehoff is back to recap the 2019 Song of the Summer bracket. This year, we left the voting up to the loyal WRDies and they responded - over 10,000 votes were recorded on Instagram Stories polls and over 3 people followed us on Spotify. … Continue reading Song of the Summer Winner!!!
August is winding down and it's time to reflect on Summer 2019. It's been a good to great summer for your humble Content King. I travelled a bit, saw some friends and family and drank a few hundred beers. I got slightly tanner, a new apartment and promoted at work. I posted a series of … Continue reading Summer Fridays: Best Summers Ever
Editor's Note: Today we're taking a break from Summer Friday content and are blessed with a guest blog from Lane Fox, esteemed author of insightful and poignant blogs such as Power Ranking of WNBA Mascots. He covers the question that's on everyone's mind at least once a day - what happened to those white, one-hit … Continue reading Mid 2010s Frat Rappers – Where are They Now?
Editor's Note: Every Friday afternoon from now until Labor Day, we will be dropping a new summer themed blog to close out your work day and take you into the weekend. 14 weeks, 14 topics, 14 chances for you to have something interesting to talk about at a pregame. If you're new, go check out … Continue reading Summer Fridays: Declaration of Independence Facts
The absolutely essential categories for all summer related movies, award winners and shoutout a few honorable mentions. As always, all decisions are correct and final.
*Editor's Note: Folks we've unearthed something truly incredible. Our team of forensic scientists and archaeologists have uncovered an artifact that will change history forever. If anyone has the Pope's email, please forward this to him. He needs to see it.* Dear Corinthians, This will be my final letter. I’ve now sent over a dozen letters … Continue reading Paul’s Final Letter to the Corinthians
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today we have a special guest column from returning blogger Jag Mehoff. (Check out his debut blog about day drinking here.) He was a fan of the Jags both before and after it was cool. He begged to have his pseudonym changed, but if you think I'm passing off the chance to force a masturbation … Continue reading Power Ranking the Best Days of Elementary School *GUEST COLUMN*
They say history is written by the victor. In no case is this clearer than the glorification of Ben Franklin, a fraud, philanderer and ne'er-do-well who somehow became an American hero and got his fat face plastered on the $100 bill. What's wrong with ol' Ben, a Founding Father, scientist, inventor, statesman, and author? Isn't … Continue reading Ben Franklin, Renowned Inventor of…Syphilis?