Facebook or Face Time?

Retreating behind a digital veil started long before the Internet existed, with the advent of answering machines enabling them to convey information without forcing them to interact.
Facebook provides a constant flow of primarily useless information via short updates from everyone a user knows: a distant cousin is glad he skipped the cheeseburger chowder; a colleague has a new book on sale; a close friend is engaged or newly single; it seems silly and impersonal.
Yet for many users, Facebook somehow remains distinctly personal.
TIME article HERE

THE PUNCHLINE

“If romance can’t last between a 28-year-old model and an 82-year-old man who wears a bathrobe to the office, why should the rest of us even bother trying?”
— Time magazine, on the breakup of Holly Madison and Hugh Hefner.

Boxing Day 2008

Boxing Day began in England, in the middle of the nineteenth century, under Queen Victoria. Boxing Day, also known as St. Stephen’s Day, was a way for the upper class to give gifts of cash, or other goods, to those of the lower classes.
Boxing Day is celebrated in Australia, Britain, New Zealand, and Canada.
TIME article HERE

TIME : Person of the Year 2008

With his improbable run for the white house, his exemplary performance during one of the most contentious campaigns in history, to his stunning victory…did anyone have a doubt that Barack Obama would be selected TIME magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’?
more HERE
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