A Game Economy
If you’re the type to worry about an American economy that continues to hobble along like an octogenarian centipede and chew your nails over that looming fiscal cliff that we keep hearing about, well, I have two words to calm your nerves … at least for a moment or two. Video games. Enough said. Yep, […]
The Skinny on Horror
So you’ve tossed your diet overboard like a rusty anchor, huh? I understand. Cutting back on favorite foods and snacks can be doggone tough. (Unless you’ve broken your jaw and had your mouth wired shut. But no such luck for me.) And then there’s the exercise route. Arrgh! Who wouldn’t get tired of that? All […]
Elmo Says It’s OK
Sesame Street’s little, giggly Elmo may just seem like a furry friend of the letters A and Q to you. But to me, he’s the tops. We have all, of course, been watching the impact that Frankenstorm Sandy had on the Atlantic coast—following its stories of devastation, from flooded subway systems to uprooted landscapes to […]
A Brave New Password
Ah, passwords. They’re our protectors. Our safety blankets. They’re good and we love them. Sorta. As we all know, nearly everything we do nowadays—from playing games to checking our office desktops to downloading cellphone apps to paying bills to tweeting our Twitter peeps—is a big pile of constantly flowing data that’s buzzing around in this […]
What Some Teens Don’t Want You to See
It may not rot your teeth or send you out on secret late-night trips to purchase baggies full of some illegal substance, but porn addiction is a train wreck waiting to happen. And it looks like it’s a bigger problem for kids than we may want to admit. I recently stumbled on an ABC Nightline […]
Mommy, Mommy, I Want to Be That Dolly!
There’s a new trend hitting the web that, I’ve got to say, feels really … disturbing. It’s this whole thing with young girls transforming themselves into living dolls or anime cartoons. I know, I know, this isn’t really anything new. We’ve had Lady Gaga and women striving to achieve Barbie-like perfection through plastic surgery for […]
A Moment of Silents
Last week, I tossed out a little gripe about 3-D. This week I’m on to silent films. Don’t worry, there will be no rent clothes or gritted teeth over ancient cinema, I promise. See? I’m smiling. This past weekend, I took a trip to Denver to partake of our local Silent Film Festival. It was […]
Occupy 3-D
In this season of political grumbles and social gripes, I’m taking a well-needed and long-in-the-coming stand. I’m am officially raising a protest against … 3-D movies and all the headachey eyestrain they stand for! I’ve got my signs ready, I’ve packed a lunch and I’m ready to set up a tent city. Let’s go! You […]
Bringing Out the Troll in Us
I think it’s time we admit it: The Internet makes it easier for us to be nasty. Now, don’t get all riled up. I’m not hating on the Internet. And I’m not saying that it creates haters. Nope. I’m simply saying that with all its “likes”, “friends,” “followers” and “favorites,” the Internet can still be […]
The Gullible Among Us
P.T. Barnum once said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” According to a study published recently in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience, however, it turns out that he was being conservative. In fact, in the U.S. alone, there’s a sucker born just about every 8 seconds. And in case you didn’t catch it, that covers […]