When I was in junior high (Boston circa 1987-88) it was cool to roll up your pants like in the photo below. Actually, this was so cool that if you didn’t wear your pants like this you were most likely subject to ridicule by the other kids.

There was no real benefit to wearing your pants [...]

I first recognized the importance of texting when I realized it was the only way I could reach my teenage son. I discovered through a lot of trial and error that he couldn’t be bothered answering his cell phone, but that a text message would bring a rapid-fire response. I was also dismayed (I mean, enlightened) when his older [...]