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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …