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Really? This Is Awesome?
I first heard about AwesomenessReminders.com about a month ago and assumed it would garner 10 followers. Then it would land on obscure marketing websites, listed
Underground Entertainment
For nearly two months now, 33 Chilean miners have been living a half-mile underground, waiting for rescue. Experts say these miners will see the sun
Movie Monday: Money Never Sleeps
Money really doesn’t sleep. Sometimes at 2 a.m., I think I hear the sound of laughter and music from my billfold, as my tiny collection
There’s a Worm in my Tweet!
Twitter was infected this week by a virus that flooded user’s accounts with odd messages and prompted un-clicked pop-ups—some of which contained malicious code that
Circumstantial Evidence
I don’t think jury duty would’ve ever made my bucket list. But if it did, for some reason, I can cross it off now. I
Just Like Lindsay
On the way home from work last night, I found myself thinking about the latest self-inflicted travails of actress Lindsay Lohan. Now, even if you
Guilty Is Good?
The MTV Video Awards aired recently. I didn’t watch them, but author and youth culture expert Walt Mueller did, and in his summarizing thoughts on
Movie Monday: The Town and Easy A
After a couple of zombie-like weekends at the box office, a trio of new movies brought some life back to the cineplex. Ben Affleck’s crime
Making Tables
We can’t all be at our best all the time. I wish we could. But sometimes, we drag a little, let our focus sag a
KFC, We Hardly Know Ye
Who knew thoughts of fried chicken could actually make someone sad? But it did this week when I read a USA Today article that claimed
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