Archive: June 28, 2009 - July 4, 2009
BritNews RoundUp: Holiday Weekend Edition
As you head outside on this holiday weekend don't forget to apply sunblock. If only the Scottish would remember that. According to a recent survey the Scottish have the unhealthiest tanning habits in the United Kingdom and develop skin cancer...
By John Kelly | July 3, 2009; 10:27 AM ET | Comments (0)
BritNews RoundUp: Holiday Weekend Edition
As you head outside on this holiday weekend don't forget to apply sunblock. If only the Scottish would remember that. According to a recent survey the Scottish have the unhealthiest tanning habits in the United Kingdom and develop skin cancer...
By John Kelly | July 3, 2009; 10:27 AM ET | Comments (0)
More Common Sense From the Midwest
My contact at NATO (the National Association of Theatre Owners, not the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) sent me another example of a movie theater trying to stop texting before it even starts. The Pickwick Theatre in Syracuse, Indiana, created this...
By John Kelly | July 2, 2009; 9:02 AM ET | Comments (1)
Expanding Radical Civility: What About Concerts?
So far during the brief life of the Radical Civility movement, I have been focused on one thing: texting during movies. My aim has been to start modestly. But pondering inappropriate behavior in one setting inevitably raises questions of inappropriate...
By John Kelly | July 1, 2009; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (7)
Toying Around With Washington
I'm a sucker for tilt-shift photograpy. That's where you get oddly captivating photos by using special lenses to make big things look small and toylike. Lacking as I do an airplane to take aerial photos, a special lens and any...
By John Kelly | June 30, 2009; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Radical Civility Works! A Report From the Front
Can the simple act of asking someone to put away her cell phone in a movie theater actually work? Yes, if the experience that a reader named Ann had is any indication. Ann sent me this e-mail: I just...
By John Kelly | June 29, 2009; 8:00 AM ET | Comments (4)
