Before there was texting, we lived in a world filled with proper grammar and safety in public transportation. Now, in 2009, the Wall Street Journal - of all places - is giving us a primer on the correct terminology to use while texting. Well, the advice on investing gig didn't end well, did it? The article suggests the increasing prominence of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook has made texting ubiqutous. Kids use abbreviations to talk in a code parents don't get. Parents are learning terms kids use in order to keep tabs on kids. Texting shorthand is also seeping into work communication more and more. The Journal refers to sites like NetLingo.com that define terms like HBASTD (Hitting Bottom And Starting To Dig) for texters. Merriam-Webster Dictionary is now defining a term like OMG.
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The Joint Committee on Transportation has approved a bill that bans the use of using a handheld gadget while driving, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives will vote on the bill next, the Globe reports.
A Mighty Heart will screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre tonight, Wednesday, June 13, at 7:30. The sneak preview is free and first-come, first-serve. In A Mighty Heart, Angelina Jolie takes on the meaty role of Marianne Pearl, whose husband, Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and killed by terrorists while working for the Wall Street Journal in Pakistan. Not only did Marianne Pearl have to cope with the loss of her husband, but she also had...
Soon, our Eastern friends will find themselves as addicted to donuts and coffee as we are if Dunkin' Donuts has its way. Yesterday, Dunkin' Donuts put out a press release to declare the company has opened a store in Taipei, Taiwan.
Boston intellectuals are once again duking it out on the international stage, this time in the Wall Street Journal and the London Review of Books. Professor Ruth Wisse, Harvard Professor of Yiddish and comparative literature, has a piece in today's Journal (online version requires subscription) in which she assails Professors Stephen Walt, of Harvard's Kennedy School, and John Mearsheimer (of U. Chicago) for their article in the British publication, which suggests that U.S. foreign policy decision makers are in the thrall of a small group of moneyed, pro-Israel lobbyists, and that support for Israel is not in the United States' best interest. (Walt and Mearsheimer's longer working paper, on which the LRB piece is based, can be seen here.)
Bostonist recalls as a child asking its parents on either Mother's or Father's Day each year: "Why isn't there a kid's day?" Of course, Mom and Dad were quick on their feet and answered "Every day is kid's day." Now looking back on that comment, every day is indeed kid's day. Well, tomorrow is "Take Your Daughter or Son to Work Day," where all parents are welcome to bring in their lovely children and show them how much fun work can be. Dry erase boards, post-its, and going out to lunch? Sounds like fun!