cell phones

I know you won't have any interest in what follows, which is just for me. I feel bad, though, so I thought you might enjoy this Roz Chast cartoon from the same issue of The New Yorker referenced below. (Click to enlarge.) Oh, and also the Dan Roe one below.by KenI know there are important things happening in the world which demand comment from me, but they'll just have to wait another day (or possibly more).

As myself and others have been telling you for years, your cellphone really is giving you cancer. That’s the conclusion from a new mega study that backs up the reality that cellphone radiation is contributing to the development of brain tumors.

Patti LuPone as Irene in Douglas Carter Beane's Shows for DaysOn her way to her matinee performance Wednesday, Patti called in to talk to WNYC guest host Jami Floyd (and the station's former business and economics editor, now entertainment editor, Charlie Herman

"What smartphones allow us to do is get rid of boredom in a very direct way because we can play games, phone people, we can check the Internet.

"What smartphones allow us to do is get rid of boredom in a very direct way because we can play games, phone people, we can check the Internet.

NYT caption: "The wreckage of a Cessna 150 near Watkins, Colo., on May 31. Federal regulators have concluded the pilot was most likely taking photographs."by KenYou don't want to get me started again on selfies.

"You are annoying your boss and colleagues any time you take your phone out during meetings." (In case this never occurred to you!)by KenSometimes questions that seem too obvious to be worth asking can produce answers that are surprisingly interesting.

Tuesday is primary day in Illinois and the contest we're concentrating on is the swing district stretching from Champaign to the St. Louis suburbs, IL-13, currently held by weak Republican backbencher Rodney Davis. The Dick Durbin Machine and hapless DCCC chairman Steve Israel picked some mystery meat "moderate," Ann Callis, who refuses to tell anyone where she stands on any issues if, indeed, she stands anywhere on any issues.

"Why would I treat myself any different?" says Judge Clarke. "That would make me a hypocrite."by KenHere's a touching little story I wanted to make sure you saw. There's one detail in the HuffPost Tech account, one that happened to bother me, which isn't quite right, as you'll see by referring to Judge Clarke's actual courtroom sign, reproduced above.

Not Too Smart: New rabbi-approved ‘kosher’ phones are being marketed to ultra-Orthodox Israelis. They are like their high-tech treyf cousins, but disabled to avoid the internet or even phone calls. (Forward caption)"[H]ow does a smart phone cross from treyf to kosher? It has to be de-smarted.