Tag: texting
The Seven Deadly Texts
I just read an article from a relationship expert on Match.com that highlighted the seven texts that scare men off. They were: 1) I can’t stop thinking about you 2) We need to talk […]
Driverless Cars: Friend or Foe
Google has paved the way for driverless cars with its artificial intelligence software system that they have successfully used on a few modified Toyotas. While Google is not in the car-selling business (yet), the idea […]
Sex and Driving: the Ultimate Distraction?
A Florida woman was charged with armed robbery after she pulled a gun on a man who was engaged in sex with her while he was driving his car. I’m not being prudish here, but […]
Text and The City
I heart New York, but face it, the city that never sleeps has its hazards and they’re constantly changing. A decade ago, pedestrian casualties involved cabs and run-ins with their drivers. This week, my New […]
Are Textiles The New Texting?
This week I passed a distracted driver and had to do a second take. She wasn’t yelling at her kids or texting— she was knitting. Well actually, she was unraveling a skein of yarn as […]
There is No “IQ” in Text Message
I have been worried about the world for a long time—not in a “Mayan Calendar Explosion kind of way” but in a “Have we all swallowed stupid pills?” kind of way. I thought we hit rock […]
Hang Up and Drive
My husband was behind the wheel of my Escape as we drove down I-95 to Delaware. On the highway, we got behind a car that had a bumper sticker with big, red letters that said, […]
Rant is the New Rage: Text Obsessed Generation
Texting – it is the plague of the twenty first century; a virus that debilitates language. It has infected our society so much that we are losing our ability to write without using at least a half […]
Rant is the New Rage: Cell Phone Etiquette in Public Places
“I didn’t know Tiffany had herpes! She must be so embarrassed!” No, you should be embarrassed for letting the entire bus know that your best friend has a social disease. I bet she’s thrilled that […]