Jump roping has been typically viewed as a “girly activity” for elementary school kids. Recently, however, the jump rope has become a popular tool for fitness, as fitness experts everywhere have acknowledged that the act of jumping itself is the perfect way to burn off the fat.

Men’s Fitness magazine featured an article entitled, “Jump rope like a girl—and melt fat like a mother: skipping rope is the cheapest fat-burning workout around—and the best”. Let’s ignore this sexist viewpoint. …

Oh man, CNN.com is so behind the ball.

I’ve been doing this for years!

It just comes with today’s technology territory — you give me an option to stalk someone without feeling guilty about it, and I’m gonna knock myself out. Online dating is no longer reserved for computer nerds and the occasional psycho, we’re all diving in! The more normal people that get on the online dating train, the more we’re going to try and hedge our bets before …

I’m a bit of a Myspace whore. I know, the Facebook works so much better, and has much better features, but there’s just something about Myspace that I can’t get enough of.

I fill out too many surveys, I hunt down ex-boyfriends, I search for people who were in my 2nd grade class that I haven’t spoken to in 10 years. It’s the best waste of my time ever. I’m also a huge music fan—I love to find new artists …

Internet words have become part of my everyday lingo. If I’m not sure who that new girl my ex is dating is…I simply “facebook” her. If I need to look up a statistic for a research paper…I just “google” it. And the most recent addition…If I’m confused about what exactly something is? I “wikipedia” it.

Wikipedia.com has become my recent mode for procrastination. Looking up random facts or words to see what comes up is almost as entertaining as facebook. …

Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.

As if college life wasn’t hard enough, your late-nite boozing binges, questionable hook-ups and prof pranks are soon to become public record at New York University. According to gawker.com, a new trashy gossip site focused on the lifestyles of NYU students and faculty is in the works at TheU.com.

“Some of their post ideas were the 100 hottest NYU students (“but in an edgy, sarcastic way!”), who’s the biggest Adderall user on campus, …

I was never sure if Alanis had a good sense of humor or not. I mean, she dated Ryan Reynolds, who’s been known to be funny—as well as sport bad facial hair in stupid remakes of old horror movies—but most of her albums are kinda…serious.

But now. It’s all so very clear. Girl knows how to laugh at herself, awful lyrics, and pop culture.…

You know we’ve entered a whole new kind of generation when there’s an emerging medical problem resulting in the advancement of our gizmos and gadgets.

ivillage.com reports the case of “Blackberry Thumb” – a condition in which the tendons in our thumbs are strained by the overuse of PDA’s. While some doctors say they’ve treated Blackberry Thumb, others say it’s bogus. The APTA, or the American Physical Therapy Association, even offers tips on how to “properly” use a PDA. …