-- Smart phones, tablets, Twitter, Internet, how can we stay focused?

The generation that has been tethered to devices serves as a cautionary example to the next generation, which may decide this is not a satisfying way to live. A couple years ago, after a fire in my house, I had a couple students coming to help me. One of them was Gen X and one was a Millennial. If the Gen Xer’s phone rang or if she got a text, she would say “I’m going to take this, I’ll be back in a minute.” With the Millennial, she would just text back “L8r.” When I talked to the Millennial about it, she said, “When I’m with someone, I want to be with that person.” I am reminded of this new thing they’re doing in Silicon Valley where everyone sticks their phone in the middle of the table, and whoever grabs their phone first has to treat to the meal.

-- You're underestimating your fast food.

"Teens underestimated the calories in fast-food meals by 34%; parents of school-age children by 23%; adults by 20%."

Additionally, "One-fourth of participants underestimated the calories in their meals by at least 500 calories."

-- Uh oh, X-Men (Fox) and Avengers (Disney) are battling over who's going to cast a character in an upcoming movie. 

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" director Bryan Singer announced on Thursday that Evan Peters will play Quicksilver in the upcoming "X-Men" sequel that Twentieth Century Fox will release next July. That's great news for Quicksilver fans, because it means the mutant could appear in twoblockbuster franchises between 2014 and 2015. "Marvel's The Avengers" director Joss Whedon already teased that Quicksilver and his twin sister Scarlet Witch may factor in the "Avengers" sequel that Disney will release in 2015.

-- 20 years after the final Saved By The Bell. 

-- Wow, this is very close to an EF5 tornado.

-- Charles Ramsey is getting free burgers for life. 

Apparently, creating a special hamburger to honor Charles Ramsey was just the beginning.

Now, the hero in the rescue of four kidnap victims held captive on Cleveland's West Side for roughly 10 years will enjoy free burgers for life.

-- I try not to be incessant with my sports passions on here, but Lebron James' game winning layup last night deserves to be seen by a wider audience than just sports fans - not that it was acrobatically spectacular, but because he continues to assert himself as one of the very best NBA players ever.

-- If you like conspiraacy theories - I do, they're fodder for my imagination - then killing a suspect with Boston bombing ties has to have you raising an eye brow, no?

Ibragim Todashev, 27, of Kissimmee, Fla., was killed in a condominium in Orlando, near Universal Studios, after he attacked and wounded an FBI agent with a knife or other sharp object, one official said.

-- Staggering and heartbreaking pics from from the wreckage in OK. 

-- Hey! More sports. Kevin Durant continues to shed his 6'10" guy next door image with a full back tattoo. With a typo. Oy. 

Some were struck by the torso-covering tats, which they viewed as a departure from the clean-cut, broad-appeal persona he'd cultivated; this seemed like a silly, outmoded way of looking at things. Others were simply surprised because they'd assumed Durant was tattoo-free because they'd never seen any; this is also a bit silly, but at least not quite so judgmental.

Whatever your reaction to the artistic revelation, it confirmed that — like many of his peers, both within the NBA and outside it — Durant digs ink, setting the stage for new and interesting decorations to come. 

-- The deer blasting into the bus, now with sound!

-- Very salient points about the lunacy of being a sports fan (I am not one, I'm far too objective to be defined as a fan) with fans having bought wedding registry gifts for RG3 and his fiance. 

If this all sounds unreasonable, you just don't understand sports. Instead of buying another t-shirt, car magnet, or team-licensed puffy jacket, these fans are passing their love directly on to the player and cutting out the middleman. It's silly, yes, but it's also sort of beautiful—just like a wedding.

Yes, he should nearly all of the gifts to charitable causes. 

-- Ollie's is open. I am addicted to purchasing my oils at Bumble, but I do recall getting a great deal on olive oil at Ollie's one time when I lived back in Allentown, Pa. 

-- The Hangover baby - Carlos - is not a baby anymore. The use of "Baby Carlos" in the first "Hangover" was controversial; at one point, the film's lead characters (played by Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms) leave him alone in the back of a car with the window slightly cracked. There was also the scene where Alan pantomimed masturbating the child.

-- To compete with the PS4, here comes XBox One around the holidays as well. 

Like the PS4, the One does not have backwards compatibility. This is for two reasons - one being the switch from HD-DVD to Blu-ray discs and the other being the change from PowerPC to x86 architecture. Microsoft has not mentioned if it will allow for emulation of older software but I would not be surprised if some older games will not be available for download, assuming you are willing to re-buy them. From a gamer perspective, the only reason to choose one system over the other will be the difference in exclusive titles, which we will have to wait for E3 to learn about. 

-- It was close to midnight last night, so forgive for me getting suckered into 'THE BEST VINE EVER.' If not, it's certainly entertaining for what it is. 

-- Can penguins fly? 

There are several long-standing theories about why birds cannot fly.

One idea is that some species became flightless because of a lack of predators on the ground.

"The other idea is a 'biomechanical hypothesis'," explained Prof Speakman.

-- If you wanna feel old and stupid, don't read this. I warned you.