NEWS
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Zen Float Tank: Float Your Troubles Away
It seems like more and more often these days I feel like locking myself in some kind of suspended animation chamber. Unfortunately I don’t think that type of Farmerian stoning technology exists quite yet, but the Zen Float Tank looks like the next best meditational thing. The Zen Float Tank is billed as the “only affordable home […]
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National Doughnut Day Means Free Donuts at Krispy Kreme
It creeps (kreeps?) up on me every day: June 1st is National Doughnut Day in the United States. Fortunately, it’s still a free country, and that means you are free to observe that precious day however you choose. This year, one of those choices is once again a free doughnut at Krispy Kreme. Here’s KK’s Big […]
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“Deadpool 2 Thanks You” with Help from the ‘Golden Girls’ (Video)
We seem to have entered a strange era in which audiences are “thanked” by filmmakers for making their movies financially successful. I’m not sure when this trend started, but at least Deadpool 2‘s contribution to the genre is fairly entertaining: Introducing “Deadpool 2 Thanks You.” “Deadpool 2 Thanks You” is one of those funny internet videos to be […]
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Chuck E. Cheese’s Rolls Out Nationwide Pizza Delivery
I hope this is a safe place for me to admit that I was way more of a Discovery Zone kid than a Chuck E. Cheese’s kid, and in point of fact I think I only visited one of Chuck’s pizza parlors once as a child. So it comes as a pretty big surprise that the […]
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Hiuni: “A Smart, Connected GoTo Telescope”
Stargazing is great but it leaves a little to be desired as a social, group activity. There’s a new kind of telescope now raising funds on Kickstarter that’s seeking to change that: Hiuni, which is a new smart telescope that’s engineered to give groups of people a simultaneous stargazing experience. Hiuni is a computerized telescope that’s […]
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‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ New Title, New Trailer (Video)
I’ve always been mildly surprised and disbelieving that they were actually calling the sequel to 2015’s Sicario Sicario 2: Soldado — and now, it seems, they aren’t anymore. There’s a new trailer for the film out now, and with it a new, much smoother title: Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Here’s the official synopsis: “Assassin. Soldier. Protector. Benicio Del […]
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‘This is Trojan 50′ Box Set Coming from Trojan Records
Everyone owns at least one album of Jamaican music, and unless you’ve passed beyond that level there’s a good chance it’s Legend by Bob Marley. But there’s a whole exciting world out there, and UK imprint Trojan Records is one of the best companies to introducing listeners to that world. Now, the label is celebrating 50 years […]
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Colonel Sanders Floatie from KFC
Summer and fried chicken, they go together like … well, they go together better than Colonel Sanders and pool accessories, I know that. But that hasn’t stopped the folks at KFC from coming up with an official Colonel Sanders Floatie that will make you feel like you’re floating in the pool on top of the […]
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Official Dick Tracy Watch with Working Two-Way Communicator (Video)
Perhaps you read about the Level III Pac-Man watch earlier today and decided it was out of your price range. But if your heart is set on a watch commemorating the exploits of another yellow adventurer, good news: There’s an official Dick Tracy watch with a working two-way communicator “radio” (actually a Bluetooth speaker that syncs […]
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‘Papillon’ Remake Gets Trailer (Video)
It doesn’t get talked about as much as other 70s classics, but 1973’s Papillon starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman is still pretty good. That’s pretty much the only qualification to get a new version these days, and so a trailer for a remake staring Charlie Hunnam in the McQueen role (no comment) and Rami Malek in the […]
