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A Heady Facebook Question

A new study by the University College of London found a link between the size of your brain and the number of friends you have

Movie Monday: Paranormal Activity 3

For weeks, the box office has felt fairly … dispirited. Oh, sure, we’ve dutifully reported the weekly winners in this space every Monday, but let’s

Of Sex and Singing, Part 2

Yesterday I posted on a spat of sorts between Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe over how American Idol and The

Of Sex and Singing, Part 1

A little over a month ago, two high-profile folks in the music industry got into an interesting argument about the place of homosexuality in our

Turning Off the Television

Turn off the TV. That’s the blunt message from the American Academy of Pediatrics to parents of children under the age of 2. And even

Movie Monday: Real Steel Still Real Deal

Hollywood may get weak in the knees over 1980s remakes, but the movie-going public thinks they’re just plain weak. Or at least that’s my interpretation

Cutting Loose, Then and Now

It’s easy to get all misty-eyed about the past. After all, we don’t call them the “good ol’ days” for nothing. But memory is a

Music-Fueled Identity Crisis

Beckah Shae is “fed up, upset, angry and frustrated.” What did it take to get the Christian singer/songwriter so peeved? The current state of pop

From Newborn to Nintendo

Do you worry about the wicked impact of video games on the youth of today? Do you fear that button-mashing play is growing in popularity

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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