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As much good as social media can do, there are certain things that it doesn't do well. One of those...

I recently read a strange column complaining about gender stereotyping. As an example, the columnist writes about selections of toys available for sale for boys versus girls, complaining that the girls' toy section is dominated by Barbie toys while the boys' section is dominated by Star Wars action figures.

"The media is biased and here's the proof." When I see a line like that, I know what almost always follows is a link from a so-called media watchdog group that lies in wait ready to pounce on anything it sees that might appear to be biased.

I dropped by my cell phone company the other day to find out how much money a new limited data plan might save me. What I found out reveals a flaw in their forced switch to limited data plans.

My Saturday afternoon took an odd turn because of a Christian women's conference. As a friend and I had coffee across from the conference site, we realized that a big problem was unfolding before our very eyes.

I was reading an interesting op/ed written by a gay employee of Chick-Fil-A that brought up some interesting points about... Wait. What? A gay employee at Chick-Fil-A? How is this even possible?

When a breaking story like Friday's theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, happens, a seemingly endless string of questions appears. It occurred to me why that is.

June 18th, 2007 was a terrible day. Five years later, the aftermath of that day, on which nine of Charleston's firefighters died battling a furniture store fire, still lingers like it just happened a few months ago.

Apple's iPhone has an interesting rule about apps: when you launch one, it has just :20 to start up and be ready. If it can't do that in those twenty seconds, iOS just kills the app. In human terms, twenty seconds can define everything.

One of the members of a church group, "John," recently wore a name tag that mentioned his wife and read, "Sally's Husband." John was joking, of course, but it strikes me that so many of us walk around labeling ourselves one thing or another rather than claiming our own identity.

Is it "careless"&nbsp to use the term "grammar nazi" to refer to overzealous grammarians? One reader seems to think so and let me know about it.

The prevailing mood for what seems to be far too many bloggers these days is that grammar just isn't worth the effort. You can imagine how well this goes over with me, but I'm going to tell you anyway.

You've probably seen the graphic that's floating around Facebook in the Trayvon Martin shooting. It's a convincing argument...until you consider the argument is about as biased as they accuse the media of being.

Over the weekend, while this blog was in some kind of digital limbo, entertainer Whitney Houston was laid to rest. I was saddened, though not at all surprised, by the negativity coverage of her funeral brought out in people.

My mom forwarded me an email this morning about an unnamed group of people organizing a mass prayer at 9:00pm...

Now that we've made it to the last day of 2011, it's time to take a quick trip down memory...