January 5, 2016

You can make a New Year’s resolution to protect your health and get a flu shot. Experts say flu activity usually peaks in January or February and a vaccination now will protect you as the flu season ramps up. Anyone over the age of 6 months is encouraged to get a flu shot. Source Link
 
The old joke is about walking and chewing gum at the same time, but walking and texting can be dangerous too. “Digital deadwalking” is when a pedestrian focuses on a smartphone screen and can step into traffic or run into something. A survey found that 40-percent of people had witnessed distracted walking and 25-percent say they’ve done it themselves. Source Link
 
There isn’t a “secret sauce” to “walking back” the kind of trite phrases that might “break the Internet.” All you need to do is heed the warnings in Lake Superior State University’s annual list of misused words that should be banned. Also on the overused words list were “problematic,” “stakeholder” and “vape.” Source Link