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Teens prefer texting over phone calls, e-mail

Year after year, study after study, teens are proving to be texting at an increasing rate. In a new survey by the Pew Internet Research Center, U.S. teenagers are talking on landlines and cell phone less, using more smartphones, and are averaging 60 texts a day--up from 50 in 2009.

"Teens are fervent communicators," senior research specialist at Pew Amanda Lenhart writes in the study. "Straddling childhood and adulthood, they communicate frequently with a variety of important people in their lives: friends and peers, parents, teachers, coaches, bosses, and a myriad of other adults and institutions.&… Read more

Smokin' indoors (mostly)

If you need a constant supply of smoked food nearby (and really, who doesn't?) the SmokinTex Model 1100 Pro Series Smoker might be just the thing you never knew you were looking for.

About the size of a small refrigerator, the smoker fits just about anywhere. It weighs less than 50 pounds, so with the optional set of wheels you can easily move the smoker exactly where you want. Which is something you are going to want to do. It is a smoker, after all. For the first two hours of the smoking process, "you will want the … Read more

Clear viewing for the fan favorite seven-layer dip

Each season, 32 football teams battle it out in hopes of reaching the Super Bowl. This year the Arizona Cardinals (do they have cardinals in Arizona?) are one of the teams in the big game. Besides the teams battling it out on the field, there is a second, more delicious battle, vying for your attention on game day: the food spread. When I think of the Southwest, I think of spicy food, and considering that Arizona is home to a good deal of Mexican-inspired food, it only makes sense to include it in your game day festivities. When it comes … Read more