"no-phone-zone-day" Articles & Blogs:
Oprah Winfrey, DOT, NHTSA, and Others Endorse National "No Phone Zone Day" Friday, April 30
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"A call or text isn't worth taking a life," says entertainer Oprah Winfrey. "We must not allow more mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, sisters and brothers to die before we take action against distracted driving. Let's put a stop to it now, by join...[Read on] |
Smart Phone Apps Women Really Need
| What multi-tasker isn't addicted to their phone? Now you can make calls, send emails, check into Facebook and Foursquare, take pictures, tag a song on the radio with Shazam, read the newspaper, and find a great recipe for dinner or make reservations to e...[Read on] |
iPhone Software Update Will Address Creepy Location-Tracking Mechanism
| Last week we were concerned about the creepy way our iPhone was tracking and storing our locations. Would the iPhone reveal to a friend, perhaps via a rogue text message, that we were not “on the way” to the restaurant across town at eight p.m., but i...[Read on] |
Ask Patty Goes Mobile with Mobile Tattletale!
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Ask Patty is always watchful for the hottest things that you, our readers, are going to be crazy about, and now we've partnered with our first mobile app. This smartphone app doesn't help you decide where to eat, or connect you to all your social media...[Read on] |
Are West Coast Tweeters Happier Than Their East Coast Counterparts?
| A new scientific survey of Twitter suggests that West Coasters are generally happier than their East Coast compatriots. Additionally, United States users are happiest on Sunday mornings, and most despondent Thursday evenings. (We’d respectfully disagree...[Read on] |
How I decided to run a marathon
| One woman described her foray into running, originally to help her lose weight. Over 100 pounds lighter, she’s now hooked, preparing for a half marathon, then a marathon with a goal of running an ultra event.
Another woman had loved running but was for...[Read on] |
Potentially life-saving personal safety app designed by a mom for her kids
| Silent Bodyguard iPhone App Sends SOS and GPS Location Without Alerting Onlookers or an Attacker...[Read on] |
Phones, Text, and Music: Distractions For Teen Drivers
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While drinking and driving is a dangerous behavior unto itself, many teens are introducing other distractions into the mix when they are behind the wheel. More than one-in-three teens say they often change songs on their MP3 players, speed or text; while...[Read on] |
9 reasons to start boxing after 40
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Street cred
Think about the difference between saying, “Yeah, I play a little basketball,” versus “The stitches don’t bother me. I have another fight next month; you should come.” C’mon, it’s just cool. And when was the last time you had le...[Read on] |
How cell phone companies can save women’s professional sports
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So I’ve been brainstorming for the past 24 hours about ways women’s professional sports can generate popularity (see yesterday’s posts for details about my call with @WNBA).
One of my ideas (which came out of that brainstorm) is that cell phone com...[Read on] |
Alice in Wonderland – First $200 Million Movie of 2010
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So the first big hit of 2010 is a movie about a girl. Uh oh. Remember yesterday’s post about Degenderizing Disney? Funny thing is Alice in Wonderland over the last two weeks has made $221 million in the US and $221 million overseas is a Disney mov...[Read on] |
The Exploding Girl
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I’ve been watching Zoe Kazan since I saw her on stage in The Seagull where she and Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan acted circles around veteran actors Kristen Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard. Last year was a breakthrough year for her onscreen playing da...[Read on] |
E-Readers: Which One to Chose?
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E-readers have been gaining a lot of ground lately and I know they have a lot of benefits: lower cost, eco friendly (less trees), compact, and with wireless downloads possible, the Internet is at your fingertips! There’s no longer a need to feel embarra...[Read on] |
An Interview With Randee Heller, Mad Men’s Mrs. Blankenship
| Randee Heller as Don Draper’s indiscreet (and now dead) secretary, Mrs. Blankenship. Photograph by Mike Yarish/AMC. The break-out performance of the current TV season has been Randee Heller’s as Mrs. Blankenship, Don Draper’s atypically mature secre...[Read on] |
Ultimate Frisbee takes off for women
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In the last 10 years, Ultimate Frisbee has become one of the world’s fastest-growing sports. It is played in more than 42 countries. Ultimate’s success at the college level, attracting traditional athletes from other sports like soccer and football to...[Read on] |
Looking for a quiet, safe, and smoother ride for your family?
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Goodyear has just launched its Assurance ComforTred Touring all-new tire available at Goodyear-owned and independent retail outlets throughout North America and AskPatty.com Certified Female Friendly® Goodyear retail tire locations. In addition to the ...[Read on] |
Vanity Fair’s August Issue Now Available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
| Starting today, Vanity Fair’s August issue is available in the iTunes App Store for users of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. You’ll get every article, every photo, every page, from our cover story on Angelina Jolie to Maureen Dowd’s Saudi Arabia t...[Read on] |
For $4.99 You Can Stop Your Teen from Texting and Driving
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Moms: How much is your child's safety worth to you? You probably can't put a number on it. Texting while driving is a serious problem - the statistics are mind-boggling. As of 2010, as many as a whopping 30% of accidents were caused by someone us...[Read on] |
Women Everywhere Read This: Top Auto Accident Statistics
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According to Online Lawyer Source, vehicular accidents pose a serious threat to the public and auto accident statistics are the leading cause of death for people under the age of 34. Leading cause? This is something serious to consider. For all the moms ...[Read on] |
The One Sarah Palin E-mail We Cannot Stop Thinking About
| Excerpted from Sarah Palin's e-mail.There was something for everyone in the Sarah Palin e-mail dump that took place over the weekend. Fans would have loved that she arranged to read to local kindergartners when her plane was grounded in upstate Alaska. Fo...[Read on] |
Every Wall Glares Like a Glass Ceiling: Mad Men Season 4, Episode 4
| At lunch Sunday afternoon at Becco with Elvis Mitchell and Kim Benabib, the conversation turned to Mad Men, as conversations tend to do these days. Regarding Don Draper’s California interludes, when Don visits the widow of the real Don Draper (whose ide...[Read on] |
Revenge of the Ghetto Hockey Mom
| I have been hearing so much from governor Sarah Palin ever since her visit to New York City a few days ago. I am sure that by now you’ve heard the jokes that talk shot host David Letterman made about her daughter. It wasn’t nearly Letterman’s best m...[Read on] |
The End of An Era – It Takes A Team, Rest in Peace
| It is with sadness that I am passing on the news that the Women’s Sports Foundation has eliminated its initiative, It Takes A Team, effective at the end of January when my contract as director of ITAT expires. I’ve directed It Takes A Team for five ye...[Read on] |
Book Review: No One Lives Twice
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Author: Julie Moffett
Pages: N/A (e-book)
Series: Lexi Carmichael Mystery #1
Date Started: 9/20/10
Date Finished: 10/8/10
Simple Summary: Lexi is a NSA computer geek plunged into the world of spies and corruption after she receives documents from her frie...[Read on] |
Valerie Plame on Fair Game: I Am Really Good with an AK-47
| If Tuesday’s election didn’t sate your thirst for back-stabbing politics and blatant public deceit, then the cineplex has just the thing for you this weekend: Fair Game. With the gritty, hyperkinetic sensibility that he demonstrated in The Bourne Iden...[Read on] |
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