Skype and Facebook do not mitigate the absence of a loved one, and it was stupid of Roger Angell to assert otherwise

I am going to criticize the maudlin sensibility and shortsightedness of this The New Yorker piece tomorrow, but for now, I ‘d like to take issue with Roger Angell’s lament…

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Six months later, the New York Times finds a whole need breed of douchebags to quote about wrist watches

Six months ago, the New York Times published a piece about the unexpected ascension of wrist watches in certain segments of the cell phone generation. Somehow they found men willing…

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