Archive for March, 2008
Put the needle on the record
Monday, March 24th, 2008Explicit references to drug or alcohol use are mentioned about 35 times for every hour of music you listen to — if you’re listening to popular secular songs (as determined by Billboard magazine). This news, from a report in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has some researchers worried that teenagers who listen to […]
Stories to watch
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Shack Daddy: College housing experiments gone awry?
“Gender-neutral housing” is a nice (and I guess politically correct) way of describing living arrangements at some of America’s universities. Plus, say some administrators, it can also shield institutions of higher learning from getting sued.
Pays to be nice
A new study suggests that nice guys do finish first.
Where are you […]
Heaps, hot rods and death
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Boyd Coddington, a legendary hot rod builder and subject of the cable program American Hot Rod, died recently. The car builder who wore bright Hawaiian shirts and a baseball cap was a leader in the car customization industry.
I had never heard of Coddington until I saw an episode of American Hot Rod a few years […]
Airport Blocks Porn
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Denver International Airport offers free Wi-Fi to travelers, but there’s a catch. Airport officials have blocked Internet sites it deems provocative, according to an Associated Press report.
Officials say they have blocked the sites so they don’t have to deal with “angry parent whose children might see pornography.”
According to the article some critics are accusing the […]