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• They Say: Text Messaging Can Fight Childhood Obesity

  So they have a permanent squint from staring at that little screen and they speak in text-message-ese (or is that only in corny wireless commercials?). Texting can be good for your kids. According to a study in this month's issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, obese kids get the same benefits from texting that they would from traditional food diaries. Read More... Posted Nov 12 2008, 03:49 PM by JeanneSager with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: obesity, fat kids, cell phones, childhood obesity, texting, Jeanne Sager, they say, text messaging

• TLK2UL8R POS (Um, what?)

  In case you weren't sure, text messaging has caught on big with the teen/tween set. The New York Times says that this is a way for them to talk without their parents knowing what they're talking about. Gee, I had to actually go outside if I didn't want mom to know what I was up to. Between texting and not walking five miles to school, up hill, both ways, these kids today have it way too easy. Translation of the title of this post is after the jump. Read More... Posted Mar 10 2008, 11:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: teenagers, cell phones, tweens, texting, sms, text messages

• Competitive Texting is Not For You

  Because I don't care how old you are, you are too old. Over the hill. Past your prime. Can't compete. Obsolete. Shall I go on? That's right, in the world of competitive texting (like you knew there was such a thing?), if you're over the age of about 15, you're out. Your thumbs cannot possibly keep up. The wires between your brain, your impossibly tiny keyboard, your eyes, and your thumbs is hopelessly corroded by the oxidation of time, my friend. So don't even try. Read More... Posted Nov 28 2007, 04:38 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: kids, national texting championships, getting old, texting