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...molecules in greasy snacks and lip glosses stretch and break the bubble walls, taking the fizz out of the entire experience. And while you may get no kick from knowing that champagne bubbles are caused by dirt in your flute, it's great trivia for pepping up dull party chitchat. Just don't tell your host...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine | 1/3/2005 | See Source »

...molecules in greasy snacks and lip glosses stretch and break the bubble walls, taking the fizz out of the entire experience. And while you may get no kick from knowing that champagne bubbles are caused by dirt in your flute, it's great trivia for pepping up dull party chitchat. Just don't tell your host...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Want To Burst Your Bubble, But ... | 1/2/2005 | See Source »

...Friday and a mix of other assignments to be turned in at the end of each month. I quickly began to ponder one tough math problem: If we get home from work at 6 p.m., and we set aside time for piano practice, dinner, bath, a dollop of casual chitchat and all that homework, how do we get our daughter to bed by 8 p.m. for a good night's sleep? Answer: It can't be done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: School Daze | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...idea of sexy is clutching me so close I can count his stubble while he eyeballs the woman in the short skirt behind me. We'd all be better off learning how to make salsa. My final score: eight cards. A few are handed over after some animated chitchat, some are drive-bys from men too shy to talk. One guy says he loves my beautiful blue eyes. Thanks; my eyes are brown. But any sense of victory comes with a hint of disappointment. It has been too easy. Turns out all the things I thought I hated about dating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief Encounters | 2/2/2003 | See Source »

...that there are no further productivity gains to immediate communication that haven't already been realized by e-mail," he says. At the same time, he adds, IM provides an even greater temptation than e-mail does to "set aside real work" and engage in office gossip or chitchat with friends. Instant messaging, he says, offers "a vast potential for time waste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Swarm of Little Notes | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

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