For the record: you don't look cool with a Bluetooth headset in your ear. Contrary to popular belief, it just makes you look more obsessed with your constant need to be "connected" all the time. Guess what? You don't have to be connected all the time; it's simply something you like. Think back, many couples of years . . . long long ago, in the before times, you didn't have that leash attaching you to everyone. It was a simpler time, when men were allowed to do as they wished and not...

I almost died three times yesterday in a fifteen minute period. Seriously, my life flashed before my eyes thrice, as I saw my short 23 years coming to an end. (It wasn't that interesting and not nearly long enough, but that's a discussion for another article.) I saw cars running amok across four lanes, cutting off, clipping bumpers, and just generally driving like asswipes. Why? Cell phones. The roads were very, very nice; conditions were awesome; the sun was shining, the birds ...