a warning for me, for you.

say no to drinking texting and driving???

(drinking and driving is still off-limits, but listen to this…)

i was just watching yesterday’s oprah and here’s what i learned:

i really don’t want this blog to be a platform for my opinions

about what you and yours do in your daily lives, but really… 8x more likely.

i will not text while driving ever again 

(i’m not a big texter at this point, so this shouldn’t be too hard)

i will do my very best to limit my phone conversations in a car

(and at this point, i confess, i am on the phone in the car all the time).

these aren’t some random studies… “they” (the infamous “they) have done actual studies proving that your brain is not seeing as much periphery when you are even talking on the phone as when you are off the phone entirely.

so, in the words of the lovely ellen degeneres,

Now we have hands-free phones, so you can focus on the thing you’re really supposed to be doing … chances are, if you need both of your hands to do something, your brain should be in on it too (here & now).