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We’ve been wearing a big smile since yesterday afternoon, when someone tipped us to the news that GM will either look to sell or discontinue their Hummer brand. Funnily enough, when we brainstormed some months ago possible positive outcomes of the New Depression, this was one of the events we predicted: the demise of pointlessly [...]

As we follow the various newsbits about soon-to-be-impeached Illinois Governor Ron Blagojevich, we’re slowly realizing that miniature voice-recorders and other spy gear – presumed extinct after Watergate – is still helping us catch crooked politicians. And with ever-smaller designs being released, keeping an eye or ear on your local representative, boss, spouse or pet is [...]

We remember, one holiday season when we were about 9 years old, we got the awesomest Ninja Turtle action figure from our grandmother. It wasn’t so much awesome because our granmother had finally found an appropriate, non-knitted gift – in truth, the Leonardo with super chopping action figure was our request, made to our father [...]

We here at Listicles are finally planning our New Year’s Eve party (a little late, we know, we know). Aside from obsessively fine-tuning the booze and guest lists, we’ve blown the majority of our budget on silly party gifts. With that in mind, we won’t be able to invite all of you, dear readers, because [...]

With Thanksgiving upon us, the real news is that the holidays are just around the corner (notice, window-shoppers, the brown and orange arrangements being displaced by gaudy red and green displays). This holiday season, rather than disappointing a younger sibling, cousin, niece/nephew, child, etc. with the wrong action figure, achieve gift-giving immunity through obscurity. To [...]