What is SEXTING? It is a coined word for sending text messages with sexual content, be it text or images, that will soon be showing up in the dictionary. Sexting is a sign of the technology affecting our society, for good or bad. Without being judgmental, technology affects all of our daily lives. Sexting is just one more example of how technology permeates our awareness.

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China Global reported that a young Chinese couple sold their 6 day old son for $366. Then they used the money to buy a new cell phone. If that wasn’t bad enough, the father then tried to re-sell the boy for four times the original price. Read the rest of this entry »

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On my way home from work today, I opted to switch from music to NPR (National Public Radio). I do this from time to time to check up on news, and to see if there is an interesting topic being discussed. Today’s topic was about traffic. I paid particular attention to the portion about talking on a cell phone while driving. Read the rest of this entry »

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This afternoon, I went to the ARCO station around the corner from my house to fill up my tank. As I was filling up I noticed the man next to me talking on his cell phone while he pumped gas. I’ve heard that you’re not supposed to talk on a cell phone at a gas station so this made me pretty nervous. I was worried the whole gas station would go up in flames or something, but nothing happened. Read the rest of this entry »