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Presidential hopeful and would-be Christ figure Ted Cruz recently did an interview with The New York Times, and it’s an absolute must-read. Rather than delve deeply into policy, interviewer Ana Marie Cox presses the senator about who he is under that “wacko bird” exterior. As a youth, he was an unpopular nerd. He loved and still loves Spider-Man and…
Forget daily handfuls of almonds and blueberries — the key to a long life is a healthy dose of the Champagne of Beers. According to The Record, a 110-year-old New Jersey woman named Agnes Fenton, who celebrated her birthday last Saturday, chalks her long life up to the wonders of the Miller High Life. Fenton…
What if that Human League song were only ‘you were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar’? File under “so dumb it’s genius.” You Tuber svantana has reduced the lyrical content of Human League’s 1981 hit “Don’t You Want Me” to the catchiest and, perhaps, most thematically important line: “You were working as a…
As soon as this photo hit Twitter, things were only going to go one way. Image: KGC-42/STAR MAX/IPx/Associated Press By Sam Haysom2015-07-30 12:11:07 UTC LONDON – There’s a new royal meme in town, people, and this one looks like a keeper. After Prince Charles was photographed on Wednesday cringing away from a Bald Eagle during…
13 Small Things That Will Make A Man Love You Forever And Ever Men are a mystery, like who built the pyramids? No one knows. What would happen if you got your man flowers or wrote him a love letter? No one knows. So don’t do it (but men, if you’re reading this, please buy…
Sonic the Hedgehog’s current animated series, Sonic Boom, ventured into bizarre territory for about three seconds during an episode that aired in the U.S. this week. A brief live-action moment in the otherwise computer-animated cartoon is either a just a pretty good gag… or a shocking reveal about the strange nature of the Cartoon Network show….
▶ DayMan V NightMan: Dawn of Troll Toll – YouTube.
Sometimes things in pop culture align perfectly. Whether it’s synching up Pink Floyd’s “Echoes” with the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or a bunch of anime clips cut to “The Becoming” by Nine Inch Nails, a combination of seemingly disparate elements can come together and perfectly distill both to reveals their true essence. Such…
YouTubeThis innovative couple in the Outer Banks made their own shark cages so they could swim in the ocean.There have been an unusual number of shark attacks this year, particularly in North Carolina, where more than half a dozen have already been reported this summer. In one particularly bad case, two teenagers lost limbs. That…