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Netflix - the new drink of choice?
I’m a technology holdout. I was determined to never text. I didn’t want to link in to anything, or have my face booked, or twitter totter all day. But I’ve learned that without it, you don’t see, hear or know anything, and so it’s not possible to hold out on social media – unless you want to end up in a bet that Jay Leno still hosts “The Tonight Show.”
"House of Cards" puts us on shaky ground ...
I broke down. I got Netflix. All the hype and binge-watching by friends got the best of me and I have to see what all the flix fuss is about.
I like Kevin Spacey and White House dramas, so I watch the first episode of “House of Cards.” And then I watch the second one. Just because I can ...
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Here they come. Barreling through the front door, fresh off the school bus. One backpack gets flung at a living room chair. The other gets slung to the sofa. Shoes drop like bread crumbs from the front hall to the back den, where bags of chips are ripped open, crumbs falling to the floor.
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These columns initially appeared in the "Carolina Living" section of The Charlotte Observer and are reprinted here with The Observer's permission.