A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

NICE WORK, IF YOU CAN GET IT #2: Finding jobs that require thought to be a bit too intense? How about getting paid to stand in line, as the WaPo's Libby Copeland reports:

Waiting 10, 20, 30 hours outside the House or the Senate, holding a place in line so some well-pressed lobbyist can sit upfront at a congressional hearing and bat eyes at all the right people -- this is democracy, or something like it. More importantly, it's a job.

And they said that kids weren't interested in government work anymore.