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Real World "Weeds"

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It’s the classic case of art imitating life imitating art: more and more marijuana is being grown in the suburbs a la the Showtime show “Weeds.” It seems that this trend will only continue as the years go on which means that soon you might get a contact high just taking your dog for a […]

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I Want To Pinch

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I’m going out to eat at Pinch in NYC tomorrow and the name got me laughing as I remembered a humorous series of Honda Element ads. They starred Gil the Crab who wanted to pinch everything in sight – who doesn’t – and if you know what I’m talking about you are probably laughing already. […]

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Lying Robot Scum

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I regret to inform you that tricky robots have been built as the Technology Review, which is published by MIT, has reported this very unfortunate bit of news. Here is one sort of scary though at the same time pretty cool quote: Keller (lead scientist guy) and his team did not expect this level of […]

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Beer Launching Fridge

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This is what smart kids do at a good school – use their knowledge to better themselves and the rest of humanity in the process. Those of use who went to a state school would have loaded it with the Beast, not a primo brew like Miller Light. Enjoy. The Hole – video powered by […]

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Captain America: Dead

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First Superman, then Batman. Now Captain America. He’s dead. Marvel killed him. Can’t wait for him to come back… Read more after the jump. Via Gary Captain America has undertaken his last mission — at least for now. by the AP The venerable superhero is killed in the issue of his namesake comic that hit […]

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SMS Security

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I found today a new blog to read. It’s titled Red Tape, it can be found on MSNBC’s site and its purpose is to unmask government bureaucracy, corporate sneakiness and outright scam artists. A lofty goal from a site owned by General Electric but anyway… A post today talks about whether or not the SMS […]

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News of the Day

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Note to self: when driving around with tons of illegal drugs in the car – drive carefully! Check out the news article below from the good people at the AP (the reporters group, not the supermarket chain which utilizes an ampersand). In one word, it’s ridiculous! Car with pot in trunk hits state trooper: 54-year-old […]

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Keeping Track of Your Bands Is Tough To Do

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Or at least it used to be. That problem will hopefully be a relic of the past now that there is Tour Filter. I for one am one of those people who gets tunnel vision from time to time and with all of my various responsibilities (job, school, etc) tunes out a lot of the […]