Coming soon to a desktop near you, or make that your office, bedroom, classroom.....your personal computer will be programmed to work with you, behave the way you do, talk with you, be your peer...your companion?! I must have been living under a rock! I'm seeing this for the first time and it's old news! In perusing the Chicago Flame , the independent newspaper of the University of Illinois , I read that Associate Professor of Computer Science , Barbara Di Eugenio , receiv...

THIS IS SO TRUE! How do I know....because it happened to me once...seriously....I couldn't wait to get home to have a bath....yuck! _________-- When you have to visit a public bathroom, you usually find a line of women, so you smile politely and take your place. Once it's your turn, you check for feet under the stall doors. Every stall is occupied. Finally, a door opens and you dash in, nearly knocking down the woman leaving the stall. You get in to find the door won'...

THIS IS SO TRUE! How do I know....because it happened to me once...seriously....I couldn't wait to get home to have a bath....yuck! _________-- When you have to visit a public bathroom, you usually find a line of women, so you smile politely and take your place. Once it's your turn, you check for feet under the stall doors. Every stall is occupied. Finally, a door opens and you dash in, nearly knocking down the woman leaving the stall. You get in to find the door won'...

Computer-keyboard slang by teens is now being used offline. It was the funniest thing when my daughter told me the incident of a classmate of hers who did an essay and used nothing but computer slang words in the essay! They had a good laugh, I laughed but then I said to myself, “but why?” I told her that you see how important it is spelling and knowing the right words; vocabulary IS important! That was some time last year. This year, I’ve been hearing about it on the various ...

Lake Superior State University have published their banished words for 2007 . i anything – but i think the iDog and iCat are so cute! Truthiness – banned so soon?! We’re pregnant – yeah, like it was only me who carried and delibered them! Chipotle – Chipotle - who – what? Yeah, there’s been a lot of these places popping up Gitmo – whew, for a moment there I thought they said gizmo! Combined celebrity names – Yeah on this one! ...

Did you know that there is a Word of the Year chosen every year? I knew that, as did some of you I'm sure! However, what I didn’t know was there is more than one Word of the Year ; it just depends on which dictionary or organization source you use! Miriam-Webster’s Dictionary, the New Oxford Dictionary, American Dialect Society, Webster’s New World College Dictionary ; are some of the sources that choose the word of the year. The word of the year for 2006 is Plutoed (...

I’ve been hearing this terminology for a while now, Going Green . It’s actually a pretty smart analogy used to link to the environment and being healthy. Because it’s the first thing people will think about when they hear the terminology right? Going green, trees, grass, organic! I don’t know about you, but it says those things to me! What is Going Green really, what does it mean? Going green is what you do in an effort to save our planet. It’s not just recycling anymore...

I opened my email to see a message from a famous ‘Hollywood’ person. Who you might wonder, well you already know from my title of course, yes, Kevin Bacon! Apparently Kevin (and AOL/AIM) has started a new organization and a Website where he’s linked his infamous Six Degrees of Separation game, story, the play, to a charity. You join the charity, create your own webpage, raise money, he matches! Yep, you’ll get the chance to be famous too, maybe! But it’s all for a good cause. I’m ...

I've been watching American Idol auditions since last week and man I'm telling you, it's a riot! I know Jamie Burnside Link blogs about the show every season. Not to steal your thunder Jamie, but there's one thing I notice this season that I had to blog about. Yes, the judges Simon, Paula and Randy have found some good singers who seem promising. But the one thing that's more pervasive than ever this season is the begging! They beg, they plead, they ask to sing one more song, to b...

Strictly for laughs! [from an email] Have you ever wondered why Bra's are lettered in sizes A, B, C, D, DD, F, G, H and how the letters are actually used to define the sizes? _______________ Mammograms Many women are afraid of their first mammogram, but there is no need to worry. By taking a few minutes each day for a week preceding the exam and doing the following exercises, you will b...

Strictly for laughs! [from an email] Have you ever wondered why Bra's are lettered in sizes A, B, C, D, DD, F, G, H and how the letters are actually used to define the sizes? _______________ Mammograms Many women are afraid of their first mammogram, but there is no need to worry. By taking a few minutes each day for a week preceding the exam and doing the following exercises, you will b...

I'm having trouble and I can't take it anymore! I'm not able to post my questions on that blog where you post your site troubles....where is it anyway? Can't find it. And it's not because I'm not looking, I keep getting kicked off, and all sort of things that keeps happening. I'm at least happy that I can still post an article. I know, I know it's going to be worked on.....patience is mine I say! Now for today's dilemma. I wanted to add a link to my Wellness-Serenity site and ca...

Binge computing.....that's when you sit in front of your computer for hours on end, without moving, without physical activities. Who amongst us can say they are not guilty of this? I can honestly say that I have done it, time and again. Just sit there at my desk, at work or home, my eyes glued to the computer screen. That is not good at all. At home my hubby would get on my case, or the kids, cause they do it too, telling us how bad just sitting in one position for more than three hours ...

I guess in a case such as this, breaking up is hard to do. It’s been reported on MSN Money that many couples instead of divorcing and living separate lives have chosen to stay together, not for the kids sake really but because it’s better for their financial status. Sometimes because of the health benefits from the health insurance, and especially because it would cost a lot less to run one household instead of two. Some couples are also not too keen on what happens when people g...