The StarPhoenix - Life

• Chelsea Clinton wedding thrills tiny NY town
  RHINEBECK, New York (AFP) – Wedding bells aren't ringing yet, but the cash tills are, as the countdown begins in tiny Rhinebeck to Chelsea Clinton's celebrity wedding on July 31.
  
  
• Young Canadians more likely to go away for summer
  For his vacation this year, Mark Sears-Gamache is leaving Canada — just like the majority of Canadians aged 18-34, according to the results of a poll released on July 30.
  
  
• Disappearance of comparatives in speech a growing problem
  I'm feeling more grumpy lately, now that the comparative is fading away as a part of speech.
  
  
• Personality takes shape at an early age
  Time machine notwithstanding, report card comments may be the best way to preview who your child will be as an adult.
  
  
• How well do you know cocktail culture of Mad Men era?
  The award-winning TV show set in the Madison Avenue advertising world of the early 1960s has done more than any other show for the renewed popularity of spirits and classic drinks.
  
  
• Today's youth want modest lifestyle: study
  They've got lucrative technological tools at their fingertips, but today's youth appear to crave a more modest existence, according to results of a new Canadian survey.
  
  
• Daydreams can take you away — literally
  Daydreaming, by nature, takes you to another time and place. Incredibly, a new study finds that the distance your thoughts travel to get there significantly affects how hard it is to snap back to reality.
  
  
• Social networking has given birth to a genre of portraits
  The camera doesn't love me. It doesn't quite loathe me, either. Occasionally, it warms up to my crooked nose and zigzag smile. But based on the law of averages, I can safely predict that I'd rather see most shots taken of me disappear into the vast digital universe where they came from.
  
  
• Styles that repel the opposite sex
  Most of us are guilty of fashion no-nos. But certain style choices irk the opposite sex. If you ask enough people, you'll see that men come up with the same complaints about women. And vice versa.
  
  
• Dog's Anglican communion leaves tongues wagging
  An Anglican priest has apologized for offering communion to a dog, but the act has repercussions for a Church already divided by liberalization measures.