Rant

It used to be that putting a person's phone number into your speed dial was a compliment.  Now, I mostly put people's numbers into my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.  Consequently, when someone asks for my number, I no longer know how to take it.

Rant

It's time someone had the balls to say it publicly: the only people who think that teenage boys should go to prison for possessing nude pics of their teenage girlfriends are the fathers of the girls stupid enough to take the photos in the first place.  Yes, sexting is a serious problem, but in comparison with the drug use and teen pregnancy that has plagued recent generations, it's a fairly benevolent form of teen stupidity. Appropriately mild punishments need to be legislated, and the news media needs to move on to new scandals.

Rant

I love the fact that my generation has no inhibitions about wearing costumes in public.  I love going to a comic shop on new comic day or to movie theater on opening night and seeing people my age standing in line in costumes.  As hard as I try, I can't imagine my father or one of my grandfathers wearing wizard robes at my age, and I think that may be their loss.  Of course, there a lot fewer photos in the family album that send them into a full-body blush.