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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
Search Engine Censorship
Let’s face it, you can find just about anything on the Internet. And that’s not always such a good thing. In fact, National Public Radio
Guilt and Forgiveness at the VMAs … or Not
If there was a pop-culture-specific dictionary, and you looked up the word infamous, the entry would say, “See MTV Video Music Awards.” For a couple
Movie Monday: Resident Evil: Afterlife
All was deathly quiet at the cineplex. Wind whistled through the box office. Tumbleweeds slowly trundled through the concession stand, branches sweeping up long-forgotten puddles
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