Cidu Bill on Jul 22nd 2011
The Philadelphia PD has a new plan to “warn” anybody they see texting while walking. Only a warning. No plans down the road for this cash-starved city to give actual tickets. If you believe that, I think the Ben Franklin Bridge is for sale.
There’s a poll seeking your thoughts on the matter, but it’s not here: I’m putting together a new site for Crime, Justice & America magazine (again???) and the poll is part of the site’s test drive. Honestly, it’s still in the beta-beta stage, but the poll is working, so you’re all invited to stop by and vote. Or comment. Or whatever.
CJA Poll
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Cidu Bill on Nov 9th 2010
“Teens who text 120 times a day or more — and there seems to be a lot of them — are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don’t send as many messages, according to provocative new research.” -Associated Press article
Filed in Bill Bickel, alcohol, drugs, sex, texting | 65 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 19th 2010
Ever notice how just about every comic strip and television show containing teenagers works in at least one storyline about the kid running up a monstrous text messaging bill? Is there a single American family with teenagers and cell phones that doesn’t take the unlimited texting option (which every wireless company offers)?
Are the writers so divorced from reality that they aren’t aware of this? Or is this like the “look at all the snow; so much for global warming, ha ha ha” gag where they just assume their audience is ignorant?
(Just for the record, without unlimited texting, my 16-year-old son’s average monthly bill would be about $350)
Filed in Bill Bickel, cell phones, comics, comics strips, humor, television, texting | 45 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Oct 12th 2009
You know… I don’t care what anybody says, October 12 is always Columbus Day.
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Filed in Bill Bickel, Dave Blazek, Leigh Rubin, Loose Parts, NASA, Rina Piccolo, Rubes, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Tina's Groove, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, moon, synchronicity, texting | 12 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Oct 2nd 2009
What do you say… acceptable for a newspaper comics page? Has the acronym transcended what it originally stood for?
Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Dave Whamond, Reality Check, comic strips, comics, humor, texting | 30 responses so far
