Dear Abby Advice on Secrets and Military Dreams
An anonymous Michigan reader asks if her husband’s secrecy with his mother harms their marriage. Abby says the husband should set boundaries, and the mother acts childishly, urging careful battle selection. A separate letter from Cleveland Mom seeks help after teenage twins show military interest. Abby urges veterans hospital visits to reveal the harsher side of military life.
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Abby
Michigan
Cleveland
Veterans Hospital
Don't wait out a bad marriage says Dear Amy
A 28 year old working mother of two seeks guidance on ending a seven year marriage she regrets reconciling after a separation. She describes ongoing unhappiness, a nonproductive husband, and parental pressure to wait it out. Amy advises counseling and cutting outings to focus on self care and legal options.
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Amy
Fred
Nub
Mash-up dream links Nintendo DS with Roomba cleaning
LA programmer Kris Hughes envisions a future where wireless game systems control Roomba cleaning. Hackers have long repurposed Roombas for remote cameras music streaming and even Frogger style tests. MIT research underpins iRobot's Roomba line with Pack Bots used for mine sweeping and bomb defusal. Sales last year reached 723000 units.
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Hughes
Los Angeles
Phillip Torrone
Make
Ted Kurt
Torrone
Roomba
iRobot
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Web slang and logo styles reshape Internet language
The piece notes how Web 2.0 culture favors lowercase URLs and invented spellings like mobtr and skrbl, with many sites creating unique words and whimsical logos. It cites Language Log and the Global Language Monitor tracking these linguistic trends.
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Digg.com
Skrbl
Gotuit Media
DeLicio.us
Tkbis
Joost
Flikzor
Abazab
Zoodango
Amundo
Deligio
Woomp
Yahoo.com
Linksolo.com
Itre
Cis
University of Pennsylvania Phonetician
Mark Liberman
Geoffrey Pullum
University of California, Santa Cruz
Ww Languagemonitor.com
Waterproof iPod Case Spins in Pools as Portable Boombox
Auantic Inc introduces the EGO Waterproof Sound Case for iPod a floating dry exterior unit that plays music or video in pools or showers while the iPod remains dry. It covers iPod features with a built in click wheel and control ports while running about 30 hours on four AA cells and auto shuts down when unused.
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Auantic Inc
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