Did You Hear About the ‘Scandal’ in Church?
When you go to your Sunday service and plop down in the pew, do you think about Scandal? No, not the choir director’s new chest hair-exposing shirt. I’m talking about the TV show. If the ABC drama Scandal is being discussed in your church sanctuary, then you may be in one of the congregations that […]
Who Do You Trust?
Maybe you’ve heard by now that the Reader’s Digest has put out its list of the 100 most trusted people in America. Yes, there still is such a thing as a Reader’s Digest. Trust me. Anyhoo, what you may not have done is actually looked closely at that list. I think there is an interesting […]
A Movie Made From Matter’s Most Miniscule
If you’re like everybody else in the world, you’ve probably seen all types of movies—from good movies to not-so-good movies to bad movies to Adam Sandler movies. But chances are you haven’t seen an atom movie. Check it out. [View:http://youtu.be/oSCX78-8-q0] OK, it looks like some kind of throwback thing from the early days of Pong […]
TV We Hardly Knew Ye
TV networks better be perking up their ears, ’cause baby it looks like the times they are a-changing. And right quick, too. For a while now, the big TV studios have been fretting about declining viewership. Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne and his team published a shocking set of numbers earlier this year, pointing out […]
Therapy for Your iPad Tyke
There was a time when parents waited eagerly to hear what their baby’s first word might be. Was that an oddly muffled belch, or did she just say “daderooo?” I remember the day when my son first blatted out the word “ball” and I was suddenly having daydreams of a boy with an NBA career […]
An Ad That’s More Than Just Skin Deep
Ah, commercials. They’re interesting things, aren’t they? In this media-saturated world, ads are a constant part of our lives. We see them glowing prettily at us from our TVs and computers. Or popping up on our tablets and movie screens. And whether it’s a sunny detergent spot showing us just how colorful a shirt can […]
Reunited. Thanks, Internet!
What would you do if you found out you had an identical twin sibling on the other side of the world that you never knew about? Freak out? Welcome the news with open arms? Get together with your surprise sib and play some wacky tricks on your friends? Well, twentysomethings Anaïs and Samantha have probably […]
A Bit of Juggling Media
We at Plugged In often mull over the effects that some new media release might have on our families. And all too often we’ll have to, out of necessity, land on the many negatives we see creeping up on us. You know, the language in films is trending raunchier or the games bloodier or the Internet […]
Searching and Learning With Lightside Games
Back when I was a kid, I would generally greet my mother’s announcements of a pending dentist or doctor’s visit with about as much enthusiasm as her orders to go clean up after my dog Rusty. If it was a good day, though, those doc visits might just hold out one little island of relief […]
You Like What?!
At some point or another, we’ve all pondered what we reveal about ourselves online. I’m sure that some have even consciously curbed some of our online comments just because, well, it would be a little uncomfortable if a girlfriend/mom/buddy/wife/sister/boss/etc. happened upon a poorly thought-out late-night post written in a moment of stupidity. But guess what? […]