TiVo Guilt, do you have it?

TiVo Guilt, do you have it?

Lifestyle
Blazing across the internet the past day or so are articles/blogs in response to a CNN article asking, 'Are you afflicted with 'Tivo Guilt'? Now, I have no problem with this question, in fact it might be valid, however what they define as TiVo guilt, which we will now refer to as DVR guilt because thats what I call it and TiVo isn't anything more than a brand, isn't what I would define as guilt. The article says that DVR guilt comes from providing users with more than they can watch, and is "turning a joy into drudgery." Apparently its the age old problem of biting off more than you can chew. With the option to now record shows, sometimes two in the same time slot people are recording shows…
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Underage Drinking

Underage Drinking

Mis-Adventures
So yesterday on my daily scroll of CNN I came across an article about some colleges and universities that hope to change the legal drinking age to 18 from 21. I think this is a bad, bad, bad idea. So I spoke to some of my friends and got their opinions on it-surprisingly many of them supported the idea, for a number of reasons. Many of them said that sure, since people sneak and do it or because if you can vote you can drink. If you can enlist you can drink. The universities that support this idea feel that by lowering the drinking age they will reduce instances of binge drinking. I have a counter argument for each of those proposed reasons for supporting the reduction in the drinking…
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