
A friend of mine at the University of North Carolina happily describes herself as “a committed online stalker.” “I crave information,” she explains. “And sometimes that’s not a good thing.” Ah, technology - creating new armchair detectives with every Google or Facebook search.
You’ve probably noticed the growing range and influence of Web-based methods for gathering information on your crushes. Or your exes. Or their exes. From the moment you first meet a ‘possibility’ (be it a date, future significant other or someone you just want to see naked), you inevitably type their name into Facebook, where you can find out literally everything about him or her ‘ what team he bats for, whether she wants ‘random play,’ whether she still speaks to her exes, his binge-drink of choice and what classes you’ll have to pretend to be in to talk to her. Read More »

Back in Ye Olde Tinseltown days, most top-earning stars were 
I’ll admit it—I’m a voyeur. Not the stand in your bushes, peer in your window type, but the naturally curious type. I position myself awkwardly in coffee-shop couches to “overhear� and interesting conversation. I read magazines over strangers’ shoulders on the 






































































