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Last week a very strange story about our favorite Ghostbuster came to our attention, and it seemed so bizarre that we didn’t quite know what to make of the Page Six reveal that Bill Murray had been showing up to random hipster parties in New York City in the last few months.
Thinking back on it [...]

As temperatures and personal budgets continue to drop, going out for dinner and drinks this winter looks to be becoming a very “sometimes” activity. As the nesting experts at Apartment Therapy always tell us though, we can do the same thing at home, better and for less. Before the winter doldrums kick in, let’s take [...]

The manly men over at Asylum inform concerned readers and trashy food-eaters of some especially dangerous foods in this list of 15 Delicacies That Might Kill You. Strikingly, the list goes against the entrenched tradition of proving masculine superiority by vacuuming the most disgusting foods as though they were little more than baby carrots. Arnold Schwarzenegger [...]

For no apparent reason (save the novelty value of randomness), foodie magazine Gourmet recapped its own history today with a list of favorite cookie recipes for each of its 67 years in print. Be warned, each recipe is accompanied by one of Gourmet’s mouthwatering close-up cookie shots that will have you at your baking stations [...]

A delightfully multidisciplinary article in yesterday’s New York Times looks at the milk-based cocktail the White Russian through the lens of its re-popularization by fans of the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski. Part film article, part cocktail profile, part sociological investigation, Steven Kurutz covers the drink’s movements in and out of fashion, wetting readers’ [...]

As ads increasingly colonize every available space (Thirsty? Grab a Coke!), USAToday reports on the latest annexed blank surface: high school tests. Oh, the children! Public places like malls, streets, and buildings are one thing, but think of the children!
With creative space-invasion in mind, BusinessWeek brings us this slideshow list of 13 creatively placed [...]

Onesie here, freelance mascot and sports writer, with the first installment of Listicles’ weekly sports column, Sporty Saturdays. Normally I’ll give my thoughts on a Top 10 highlight reel covering one or more professional sports.
However, this weekend being the feast of Thanksgiving – a typically American holiday that, for many, is little more than a [...]

The authors of a study in the Journal of Law and Economics finally found that TV snack ads make kids want to eat more snacks than they should, thereby proving once again the effectiveness of late capitalism. Though a complete ban of candy commercials is unlikely, hopes are that fewer ads targeting children would significantly [...]