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Bosses are banning personal cellphones during meetings, because they know you’d rather check Facebook than pay attention to their PowerPoints. (Source: Wall Street Journal)

New owners are taking over an iconic California institution: Thrifty Ice Cream. They’d better not screw this up. (Source: Los Angeles Times)

Boomers are eschewing burials and funerals for cremation and “celebrations of life.” Party at the dead guy’s house! (Source: CBC)

Changing tastes in cars have already begun to kill off the sedan. Now, performance is becoming irrelevant. Gearheads, your days are numbered. (Source: New York Times)

A guy in England says he profits by complaining about everything, especially mayo on sandwiches. Okay, see, he’s onto something with that last part. (Source: BBC)

Another brawl over cell phone use in a movie theater? Get used to it. (Source: The State, Columbia, SC)

Keyless car ignition systems have a nasty tendency to kill people when they accidentally leave the car running in their closed garages. There’s an easy, cheap fix, but car makers and the government are resisting. (Source: The New York Times)

Every year, the same question: Should smoking be banned on the beach? (Source: Jersey Journal)

A report indicates that life in some nursing homes and senior living facilities is like high school: Bullying, cliques, you know, the bad part. (Source: AP via KOIN-TV/Portland)

A Little League has had to cancel games due to an umpire shortage. I’m surprised anyone would even think of umpiring these days. (Source: WFTS-TV/Tampa)