Oh, I am feeling punny today. Like the proverbial dark horse, the job of actuary has emerged as the winner in the great quest to discover the best and worst jobs to have in 2010. Decent salary, little stress, physically undemanding, and relative job security were all factors that made the unassuming job title the one to have in the coming year, according to a recent study by Comcast.com. For all my beloved techies everywhere, fear not, computer programmer ranked #2 in the study!

In honour of all esteemed actuaries everywhere, let me tell you about a cool website that I found called Book of Odds. Want to know your odds of falling off your New Year's resolution wagon before the year is up? 1 in 1.15 actually. How about the odds of an adult in the U.S. being a smoker? 1 in 4.81. If the cigarettes don't get you, an alligator might if you are the 1 in 104,600 people whose accidental death will be the result of being bitten or struck by said reptile. On that depressing note...Check out the site to discover whatever odds strike your fancy.

Where there is a best, there must also be a worst, and in this case, it's the job of roustabout that takes home Comcast.com's career boobie prize. Despite having the very best title possible (come on, wouldn't you love to tell people that you are a 'roustabout'?) this oil rig job does indeed sound a bit like a day in hell. 12 hour shifts that begin at the crack of dawn, extreme weather, potential for kidnapping (yikes!), and backbreaking, physically dangerous work that pays about 31, 000.00 a year.

Feeling better about your job now?