New Year's Eve
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Lists!
The year-end list is an odd phenomenon. In the past, they were one-offs newspapers ran to fill space during the holiday doldrums. Because the Internet is basically an excuse to...
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America
You're probably busy getting ready for the festivities tonight, but please, take the time to watch the above video. It's a demonstration of Pizza Prints, which are meltable graphic decals...
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Lists
After midnight tonight, as you are finishing your seventh screwdriver and fishing your phone out of the toilet, you are expected to make a promise to yourself, a resolution. These...
Television
The War at Home
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Merry Christmas!
If you're anything like us, you are currently in a post-Christmas morning hangover (and if you're really like us, you're experiencing an actual hangover as well). The living room is...
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Christmas
In caveman days, if you wanted to give someone something, it usually meant you had to go outside. Back then, being outdoors had about a 10% survival rate, so giving...
Occupy Wall Street
Accidents
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Crime
via NYPDSurveillance footageEarly this morning, a man walked into the Transit District 32 building in Brooklyn reeking of gasoline and allegedly implicated himself in yesterday's horrific murder of Doris Gillespie....
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Blogger Story Thing
Tommy ponders his butter-less ChristmasIf you are like most Americans, you are blissfully unaware of the Norwegian butter crisis. To help you catch up, here is a comprehensive recap and...
Early Links
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Rosie Gray
via @_rosiegrayOccupy Wall Street demonstrators are currently gathered in Duarte Square, protesting Trinity Episcopal Church's refusal to let them use the land as a campsite. Our own Rosie Gray, Nick...
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Drugs
Remember when your parents used to constantly bug you to go outside? They may have been acting like nothing more than common pushers. According to ScienceNow, researchers in Italy...
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Advertising
The above image (via Reddit) is an excerpt from a Durex condom print ad from India. In it, a woman coyly chews on her nails with the thought, "hmm...did he?...
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Politics
Last night, Ron Paul was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno promoting his new romantic comedy Unfair Trade, in which he plays a Libertarian Congressman who won't settle for...
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Politics
Newt's America.Earlier, we wrote about last night's GOP debate in Des Moines and Mitt Romney's proposed $10,000 bet with Rick Perry over claims that Romney's book was edited to change...
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Science Is Awesome
via WikipediaA theoretical Higgs boson event or Laser FloydOn Tuesday, scientists at Cern will reveal the latest results of their search for the elusive Higgs boson particle. Some are expecting...
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Lost and Found
New mattress technology, not inspired by ancient mattress.Archaeologists in South Africa have discovered what they believe is the world's oldest mattress, and they didn't even find it on Craigslist. National...
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$$$
Last night, the remaining Republican presidential candidates met at Drake University in Des Moines for a debate that lasted almost two hours. What they said doesn't matter, however, as the...
Early Links
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The Moon
People in the Western part of the country were treated to a total lunar eclipse this morning. Luckily you don't have to be a resident of California or an early...
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Ouch!
22-year-old Jacob Sanford was shot in the lower back by an off duty police officer yesterday during a struggle at a subway station in Harlem. The New York Post reports...