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Monday October 20, 2025. 02:21 PM
I hope you're ready for an unforgettable luncheon, because the Steamed Hams meme is somehow still going after years of parody, reinvention, reanimation, and more. You may remember the excellent reimagining of Steamed Hams as a Soviet-banned cartoon from the 60s, which I...
Sotheby's upcoming 'Film Memorabilia' auction includes some killer pop culture items. A production used Iron Man helmet worn by Robert Downey, Jr., sunglasses worn by Bruce Lee, and a flamethrower prop from Aliens. A Darth Vader lightsaber hilt is available, but since it's...
Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain writer/director David Cage might be a creep who obsesses over his actresses to an uncomfortable degree, but at least he also can't write an emotionally engaging story to save his life. Detroit in particular jumps the cyber-shark in the...
After Columbo Day last week, I refreshed my childhood memory of the investigator's exploits in late 20th-century Los Angeles, where he caught the city's most cunning and confident murderers. Lieutenant Columbo, performed by the late Peter Falk, codified the 'howcatchem'...
The gigantic hardcover 'gallery edition' of the early issues of Wendy and Richard Pini's ElfQuest is one of my favorite books, and now it's getting a companion volume: the ElfQuest: Hidden Years Gallery Edition. Hidden Years featured astonishing watercolor artwork by Wendy...
A thick layer of foam has formed on the river Thet in Thetford, Norfolk, England, and authorities felt it necessary to tell everyone not to play with or consume it. The Environment Agency reports that the foam's source 'has been detected and any further discharge has been...
Retrospecs turns photos and artwork into pixel art, and not just by crudely resizing them. It provides filters for a variety of classic systems, with accurate pixel aspect ratios, pallettes and character sets (for textmode art)—and tutorials on importing the images into...
Sunday October 19, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Get a 1-year Sam's Club membership (with auto-renew) for just $15 (MSRP $50)—includes fuel savings, bulk buys, exclusive perks, and a bonus household card. Imagine walking into a store where the carts are oversized, the snacks abound, and the savings feel almost...
TL;DR: Lock a lifetime subscription to Pok Pok for $59.99 and take $12 off to get it for $47.99 at checkout with coupon code PLAY until November 2! If you want screen time that doesn't wind kids up like a wind-up toy, Pok Pok goes the other way. — Read the rest The post...
Saturday October 18, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Upgrade your computer's sound without breaking the bank. This Lenovo M0520 Wired Desktop Speaker Set is on sale for $16.99 (reg. $25.99). Tired of the crackling sound of your computer's existing speakers? Or turning the volume up to 100% and it still sounds like it's...
The U.S. government is shut down, but Kristi Noem is on a taxpayer-funded shopping spree. The former South Dakota governor, who impressed Trump with her stupefying cruelty by killing a puppy because she hated it, just spent $172 million on two private jets for herself. —...
As reported in Christopher Hale (a political operative and writer who ran Catholic outreach for President Obama's 2012 campaign), Pope Leo XIV is weeks away from approving statutes that would vaporize Opus Dei as a unified organization. The group that gave us both Da Vinci...
This mini trinket library is the most wonderful thing I've seen all week. The concept behind the mini trinket library is similar to that of the little free library boxes, where you take a book and leave a book. The difference is that the trinket library is for exchanging...
A defunct gas storage tank has been cosplaying as a jack-o'-lantern for 72 years. Smilin' Jack—yes, they named it—sits at an old Phillips 66 refinery in Wilmington, California, where it spends eleven months being a completely unremarkable spherical container and one...
I recently came across the Weird Eggs Subreddit, and I'm equally fascinated and repulsed. If you are easily grossed out, turn back now. You have been warned. On r/WeirdEggs, you'll learn things about all the bizarre egg mutations people find inside their cartons, and eggs so ...
TL;DR: Learn 25 languages for life with Rosetta Stone's $148.99 (MSRP $399) lifetime access deal—use code LANGO through November 2. If you've ever muttered, 'I should really learn another language' while scrolling through Netflix's subtitles, pay attention to this offer....
Grifter-in-Chief Donald Trump has stepped in to have convicted fraud George Santos's sentence commuted. Convicted felon and real estate fraud Donald Trump announced via his diminutive social media network that he has commuted the prison sentence of former Congressman George ...
'Let's get us a trash-a-can,' said this not smarter than the average bear. Bears are pretty good at getting into trash cans, cars, or anything else they can smell something that seems attractive to eat. I've had to rely on four or five bungee cords just to keep raccoons out ...
At a White House meeting, Trump's bizarre 'train to Hawai'i' remark drew new scrutiny over his mental fitness and grip on facts. 'She wanted a tunnel from the mainland to Hawaii,' said Trump. 'Then she said, 'Well, we can't do that, so we're gonna build a railroad to...
Friday October 17, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Whether you're a gamer, reader, streamer, or just need something more convenient while you're on the go, this tablet can do it all. Get the onn. 11' Tablet Pro, now only $74.99 (MSRP $159). You never hear about tablets because they do exactly what they say. — Read the...
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