New Study: Telling Teens Not To Text While Driving Doesn’t Really Help


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I will preface this post about the widespread problem of teens texting while driving by saying that I’m of the current Get Off My Lawn generation. Back in my day, we didn’t have “cell phones” and we couldn’t send “text messages” while driving to our “friends”. Of course, I went to high school in the [...]

Tech Writer Paul Miller Lives Without The Internet For One Year, Does It Wrong


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Listen: I love the Internet. Not only does it pay my bills (in real life I’m a social media guy at a big international biotech company AND I make a few bucks off of blog-writing), it provides me with necessary information at a glance, has been a great way to meet new friends and reconnect [...]

NBA Center Jason Collins Becomes The First Active NBA Player To Come Out Of The Closet


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“I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” With these words, Washington Wizards center Jason Collins becomes a trailblazer, and not the kind that plays in Portland. In a forthcoming Sports Illustrated article, Collins (writing with senior SI reporter Franz Lidz) reveals a secret that he’s kept for far too long. “Imagine you’re [...]

Can Zach Braff Borrow Ten Bucks From You? He’d Like To Make A Movie


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Zach Braff would like to borrow $10 from you. Well, not “borrow”.  More like “have you give him, over at his Kickstarter page“. The writer/director and star of the Shins’ feature-length music video Garden State wants to make another movie. And he needs $10. From about 200,000 of you. Wait! Come back! You haven’t even [...]

NBC Is Pulling Hannibal’s Next Scheduled Episode, But You Should Still Watch It


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Thursday nights on NBC have traditionally been all about the wacky, light-hearted fun. Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends, Community, The Office, Parks and Recreation – all shows that have aired on Thursday nights. But a few weeks ago, NBC – floundering in the race for Network Ratings Supremacy – did something that flew in the face of [...]