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Doctors and Secretaries and Moms, Oh, My!
Last month on a flight to the West Coast I sat next to a young woman who’d just gotten her Ph.D. in sociology. She was
Blinded by the ‘Twilight’
Leave it to a vampire to drain us of our discretionary income. Recession? Pish. The Twilight Saga: New Moon powered to a staggering $140.7 million
Forget About Fangs, ‘Twilight 2’ Is All About the Abs
The line snaked around the lobby, out the door and around the corner of the theater. Music blared from competing radio stations booths. There were
An Unfriend-ly Trend
The New Oxford American Dictionary, North America’s last word on words, recently named unfriend as its word of the year. It means, in dictionary parlance,
Story Time … Online
Before my 3-year-old son, Henry, clambers into bed most nights, we almost always read a story (or two, or maybe three, depending on how determined
From ‘Fireproof’ to Fatherhood
Dads are important. And there are right and wrong ways to be one. That message was communicated loud and clear over the weekend by two
To Meep or Not To Meep
Just call them the Meep Generation. A bunch of kids from Danvers (Mass.) High School nearly hopped into (ahem) a beaker full of hot water
The Sky Is Falling! Again!
Disaster. No, I’m not talking about my hair. I’m talking about movies, people. The film industry has been on a disaster kick lately, and in
Lying Liars’ Lies, Part Deux
I know we talked a little about lies in a recent blog, but here’s another little tidbit from a different angle. A new study from
A Good Story Well Told’
It’s November now, and here at Plugged In that means we’re on the cusp of Oscar season. Films with Academy Awards aspirations are starting to
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