New York, Jan 12 : When California man Greg Hardesty went through his daughter Reina's cellphone statement, he almost laughed out hysterically.
His 13-year-old daughter's statement showed that she had sent an astonishing 14,528 text messages in one month, and the online AT&T statement ran 440 pages.
"First, I laughed. I thought, `That''s insane, that''s impossible'," the New York Post quoted the 45-year-old dad as saying.
"And I immediately whipped out the calculator to see if it was humanly possible," he said.
Upon checking he discovered that 484 text messages had been sent per day, which came out to be one every two minutes of every waking hour.
New York, Jan 12 : Girl Next-Door star and Hugh Hefner's ex Bridget Marquardt recently moved out of his Playboy mansion.
"I was actually thinking about it for awhile," the New York Daily News quotes Marquardt, as telling US Weekly.
"Hef and I have a really special relationship, This all has nothing to do with my feelings for Hef. I care about him very much. It''s just a good time for me to become my own person," she added.
Although Marquardt's decision to leave the Playboy mansion was solely hers, she revealed that she is going to be homeless post the move.
"I''m going to be homeless, I''m a gypsy," Marquardt said.
New York, Jan 11 : While the whole world is under the spell of technological advancement, Drew Barrymore insists that a thing as simple as text messaging freaks her out.
In an interview to Ladies'' Home Journal, the Charlie's Angel's star admits that even texting makes her crazy.
"I''m at the bottom rung of technology - even text messaging freaks me out," the New York Post quoted her as saying.
Despite two failed marriages, Barrymore says she still believes in love.