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We don’t “heart” the “I Heart NY” shirt because, well, it’s just too popular. Wearing that shirt is like saying you love something that we all love, like air, it’s pointless. Still, whoever came up with the “I Heart ____” tee shirt template must be rolling in dough these days. Or maybe he or she [...]

As children, we were often encouraged to play with our food, as doing so was seen as a way to promote creative thinking and unconventional use of materials and objects. There were french fry cabins, eggplant sunsets and, of course, the meatloaf locomotive, which we affectionately christened the “meatlocomotive.” The latter would fit nicely into [...]

Today is National Lasagna Day, and in order to expand our readership’s appreciation of that sacred Italian dish, we’ve gone looking for some odd and unusual recipes. Did you know that lasagna is named for the Greek word “lasanon,” meaning “trivet or stand for a pot,” and that the word originally designated the dish lasagna [...]

Everyone loves bacon! These ten bacon products are created with a dedication to the pure awesomeness that is cured, smoked pork fat.
Go To List: http://inventorspot.com/articles/bacon_bacon_everywhere_top_10_nonbacon_bacon_gifts_19360

As firm proponents of knowing what’s in your plate, we’re mildly terrified by the over-produced edible science projects covered in mental_floss’s listicle of 6 Snacks Prepared in the Lab. On the other hand, we could probably get used to most of these products. After all, caffeinated beer is old news – although we would never [...]

So apparently there was a big scare over contaminated peanut butter in the U.S. recently, but we just kept on eating our regular two jars per week and we felt fine. No, we’re not in the pockets of the peanut and peanut butter lobbies (if you must know, our flashy new peanut-powered car was something [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers won a football game yesterday.
Michael Phelps admits to holding the smoking bong.
The aliens of Hulu stake claims on viewers’ mushy brains.
In case you missed the other Super Bowl ads.
Obama says most of our troops will be out of Iraq within the year.
Facebook cashes in on user data.
Google to map the ocean floor.
Will Apple make [...]

Women’s fashion – as we’re reminded whenever we go through the mens’ section of a store in 10 minutes and our shopping partner hasn’t made it through the women’s socks yet – features virtually infinite variety and possibilities for creativity and innovation.
It’s almost inevitable, then, that people sometimes design silly, strange, ugly or unethical clothes [...]

Avid commercial commentators that we are, we always find ourselves being surprised by some new development or old obscurity in the advertising world. Today’s revelation comes from 2Spare’s listicle of unpleasant, politically incorrect and offensive print ads and posters from the days of yore. Check out our five favorites below (and some worthy additions), then [...]

With companies cutting back on full-time employees and office space, freelancer numbers sky-rocketing and home offices becoming extra bedrooms to be sublet, work will only become more mobile in 2009. That’s why we’ve devoted the year’s first edition of our weekly finance listicle, Big Money Mondays, to finding the best and most personalized item every [...]