Stuck on Shingling

Insecurities… Like Springsteen tickets, it seems everybody has them. Cell phone communication has helped the insecure feel more secure in their insecurity. The ability to call friends during alone time (See: walking home, on the bus, or #2 sans reading material) makes singles feel as comforted as we did when …

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New Year, New Column

January can be a thoroughly depressing month. In fact, it’s ranked #10 on my list of favorite months: July (prime summer month, 4th of July weekend, SundressFest VI) June (almost-prime summer month) October (Hunt, football, foliage, Halloween) August (end-of-summer panic is its only blemish) December (holiday time, lots of days …

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Indiscriminate Deliberations: Holiday Edition

Maybe I’m just getting a little long in the tooth, but even when I was 24, I never could be part of that group that waits on lines 20-40 people deep at a place like McSwiggans or The Shannon (as I witnessed last Saturday night/Sunday morning) at 1:30 in the …

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Sleeping with the (Electronic) Enemy

Just how technology-addicted is our society? An amazing 87% of professionals bring their PDA into the bedroom and, in a potentially related finding, more than one-third of folks surveyed (35%) say if forced to choose, they’d pick their PDA over their spouse! The vast majority of people (84%) also say …

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