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As one of the last weekend mornings before Halloween officially hits next weekend, this seems like the best time to foreshadow what so many around the world will be doing next Sunday morning after their costumed revelry–since, were we to do this next week, you might not find it so funny. The folks at Holytaco [...]

Though we fastidiously maintain that it’s much, much too early to be doing anything Halloween-related, we’re also suckers for robots. And so, one of our most long-standing sci-fi weaknesses has won out over one of our seasonal qualms, and here we are posting a Halloween listicle more than two weeks before the day. But seriously, [...]

Today, for some unfathomable reason, is the day when going down to the woods is sure to give you a big surprise. We’re told there’s lots of wonderful things to eat (humans, presumably) and wonderful games to play. Beneath the trees, where nobody sees, they play hide and seek as long as they please, because [...]

Sure, we could have posted this at the beginning of the long weekend as a preventive warning to would-be pyros, but then we would be hurting the chances of future fireworks disaster videos emerging. If you still have enough digits to click a mouse, or enough eyes to watch YouTube videos, we suggest taking a [...]

Given that it’s July 4th (a celebration of all things American, like drinking outdoors and playing sports), we expect the number of emergency room visits by people who’ve been hit in the face by balls (sports balls, you dirty readers!) will spike this weekend. So that you know what to expect when you backyard dodgeball [...]

It’s July 4th weekend, and you know what that means: shopping! After all, there’s nothing more patriotic these days than spending all your green to keep the stars and stripes afloat, and so we suggest that in preparation for your weekend barbecuing, hanging at the beach, losing your memory at the kegger, or celebrating however [...]

Christmas is in exactly 6 months (which, incidentally, means that last Christmas was 6 months ago), and we hope Santa is taking advantage of these warm summer months to get in some sun. Looking back over his vacation albums (which, mysteriously, we have full access to), we’ve rounded up pictures of 15 Summering Santas.
Santa in [...]

Today is National Pink Day, which might seem like a huge waste of a national holiday to you (and no, it has nothing to do with breast cancer), but let’s face it: we all need at least one day to get all the pent-up pinkaliciousness out of our systems. That said, even on pink day [...]

We forgot to mention it, but June 20 was Bald Eagle Day, which is really just a pre-drinking party for Independence Day, a not-so-dry dry run. Sadly, it isn’t a big enough national event to merit its own parade, yet. In hopes of spurring the tradition, though, we’ve rounded up some of the eagles we’d [...]

‘Tis the season to be grilling, and the biggest grill-fest of them all (July 4) is just a couple weeks away, so it’s not too soon to start thinking about supplies and equipment for that delicious day.
And though it’s still too early to shop for the stuff you’ll be grilling (whether veggie or meat), you [...]