Ashton vs. CNN: The Twitter Battle

Don’t you just love media hype? New media hype? The current battle between Ashton Kutcher and CNN has people a-Twitter. Who will be the first to get 1 million followers? Easy vote? Not necessarily. I’ve done some celebrity sampling on Twitter and just so you don’t have to, here’s some: RealHughJackmanJust landed in Berlin. Anxious to review your messages. sorry for the lack of correspondence these past few...

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His Lethal Weapon: Mel’s Marriage Buyout

It’s amazing to me how much money men will pay for new nooky. In Mel Gibson’s case, it could be close to a record half a billion dollars to extricate himself from a long marriage to Robyn Gibson, one that spawned nearly countless numbers of kids. You gotta give her credit….Braveheart’s wife has kept a very low profile, apparently content to leave the spotlight to Mad Max Mel, who’s been a lightning rod...

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Your Tzitzit is Tangled Up in my Seatbelt

That was a wild ride. I think it may have been the first time I’ve ever interacted with a Chasidic Jew. The poor guy was trapped in a middle seat next to me on a crowded cross-country flight on American Airlines. He was in his early 20s, a self-proclaimed computer geek with an expensive laptop. Said he was a cancer survivor. He was writing a book about it, and wanted my advice on how to overcome writer’s block. (“Go...

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Social Sex: The Survey

We’re in a new era of communications, and as that old saw goes, sex always leads the way for new technologies.  Just got this survey from a “friend” whose client is, you guessed it, involved in the sex trade, but in a legit way. (Their product is sold in drugstores. ) Now, I dare you to answer these questions: .) When it comes to social networking technology, please indicate which of the following you have used to...

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Facebook Foibles and Twitter Twits

Someone needs to write a Face-etiquette-book. Since joining up–admittedly behind the curve–a couple months ago, I’ve been deluged with friend requests from folks who exclusing those who are actual friends, former classmates and colleages, fit into these categores: People I Don’t Know (stalkers?), People I Don’t Like–including Exes I Never Want to Speak With Again–People’s Assistants and...

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