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Opening the Hips in Yoga: The Frog, Fire Log and Swan

Tara Fass | Posted 03.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Yoga, Fifty, Healthy Living, Modern Life, Aging Gracefully, Anti-Aging, Personal Health, Yoga Poses, Stretching, Healthy Living News
Tara Fass

Soreness in the hips is another occupational hazard, a byproduct of sitting for many hours at a time and living in a city with significant traffic-laced drive times.

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A Frustrating Fact of Telephone Life

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 12.03.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Modern Life, Cell Phones, Technology, Humor, Wired, Comedy News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Who was on the phone? I don't know. They hung up. They didn't say anything? No, they just hung up. That's weird. Who do you think it was?

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My Resistance to Online Dating Is Probably Futile

Ilana Ross | Posted 09.13.2011 | Home
Read More: Online Dating, Online Dating Sites, Millenials, match.com, Romance, Dating, Modern Life, Google Public Profile, Dating and Relationships, Online Love, Home News
Ilana Ross

I don't know how to explain my unwillingness to search for love on the Internet. But something about it touches a nerve -- the nerve that is resistant to giving up spontaneity to calculation.

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Trying for One Little Thought of My Very Own (VIDEO)

Marc Porter Zasada | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Chaos, Los Angeles, Modern Living, Media, Modern Life, L.A., Los Angeles News
Marc Porter Zasada

In my first-ever video blog, I spend an entire day in L.A. trying to have "just one little thought" of my very own. It doesn't prove to be easy.

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Allure of the Hive: Experts on Connectivity, Social Networking and Social Change

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Lake Tahoe, Upper East Side, Linkedin, Sunlight Foundation, Nicole Ellison, Thought Leaders, MOUSE.Org, Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination, Global Citizens, Sean Parker, Individual Empowerment, Howard Dean, Simon & Schuster, Modern Life, Social Network, Maine, Bowdoin College, Twitter Age, Americans, Plaxo, Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Brainstorm Brand, Techonomy Conference, Telecommunication, Entrepreneur, Personal Democracy Forum, Politics, Twitter, Information Studies and Media, Social Life, Skype, Connectivity, Mint, Facebook, Fortune, Dr. Dhiraj Murthy, New York City, Aspen, The Benefits of Facebook Friends, Facebook Causes, Andrew Rasiej, Michigan State University, Napster, Internet, The Facebook Effect, Spacex, Relationships, Quantcast, David Kirkpatrick, Connecting Goodness, Danah Boyd, Techonomy, New York News
Jim Luce

A distinguished panel of experts gathered Saturday at the Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination for a standing room-only r...

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Life Is a Luxury Crisis

John Vorhaus | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Philosophy, Modern Life, Eyjafjallajokull-Volcano, Luxury Crisis, World News
John Vorhaus

It's bad news that people got stuck in airports, but we're losing sight of something. If you're stuck in an airport, it means you're privileged -- and wealthy -- enough to be flying in the first place.

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Welcome to the United States of Dystopia

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Pensions, Jobs, AMERICA's FUTURE, Modern Life, Unemployment, Health Care, Corporate America, Politics News
Andrew Reinbach

There's firewood stacked under the whole idea of America -- a place where you're judged by what you can do, not by who your grandparents were. And the worst part is, this has nothing to do with left/right politics.

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The Cooperstown Shooting: Move On, Folks -- Nothing to See Here

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Cooperstown, Teen, Politics, Modern Life, School Shooting, Cooperstown Shooting, Teenagers, New York News
Andrew Reinbach

That is mainly a case of people looking for easy answers. What we have here amounts to a tale of teenaged angst, writ large.

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Facebook: You Can Run, But You Can't Hide

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Modern Life, Facebook, Ex-Girlfriend, Creep-From-College, Privacy, Ex-Boyfriend, Myspace, Healthy Living News
Lesley M. M. Blume

The question becomes: sometimes isn't it better just to let sleeping dogs lie?

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