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Banana Splits are back!

Posted 2 weeks 3 days ago by Lynn Truong

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The wildly popular costumed rock band of the 60s is back! Made up of Fleegle, Drooper, Bingo, and Snorky, this hilarious group can be seen starting Tuesday, September 2 on the Cartoon Network in new comedy shorts and music videos.

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Al Franken is a Geography God

Posted 3 weeks 4 days ago by Will Chen

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Al Franken can draw an almost perfect map of the United States freehand from memory while answering questions about health care and cracking jokes about the Red States. How impressive is that?

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Conan O'Brien's Commencement Speech to the Havard Class of 2000

Posted 8 weeks 1 day ago by Will Chen

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Conan O'Brien's address to Harvard's Class of 2000 is one of the best graduation speeches I've ever heard.

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Bill's fitting goodbye to Microsoft

Posted 9 weeks 18 hours ago by Will Chen

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Bill Gates is leaving Microsoft today to focus on his philanthropic organization. I wanted to stop by Microsoft.com to see if they did anything special to commemorate this momentous occasion. What I found was a fitting tribute to Bill's legacy.

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Your shower curtain is poisoning you

Posted 11 weeks 1 day ago by Will Chen

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The new shower curtain smell may be hazardous to your health, warns a new study from the Center for Health Environment and Justice (CHEJ).

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Easy way to reset your sleep cycle: Stop eating

Posted 13 weeks 6 days ago by Will Chen

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Not eating for 16 hours can help people quickly reset their sleep-wake cycle, according to a study from the Harvard Medical School. This discovery can help people cope with jet lag or adjust to working late shifts.

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Peeps for Obama

Posted 22 weeks 5 days ago by Will Chen

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Here are some wonderful peeps photos from Obama supporter Victoria Bernal.

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A third of high school students do not know Bill of Rights guarantee freedom of speech and religion

Posted 25 weeks 4 days ago by Will Chen

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A recent survey of 1,200 17-year-old high-school students found that a third do not know that the Bill of Rights guarantees the freedom of speech and religion.

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Don't turn my Google Docs into a Hello Kitty store!

Posted 28 weeks 1 day ago by Will Chen

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I am a big fan of Google's holiday logos. But when they dress up Google Docs like a Hello Kitty store that's where I draw the line.

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There are no conflict free diamonds

Posted 29 weeks 19 hours ago by Lynn Truong

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The fantasy that revolves around the diamond is a scam, an idea concocted by an advertising agency. And that in itself isn't so bad. Many companies brand themselves as fantasy (buy Nike shoes because they will make you a sports superstar). What makes the diamond campaign the worse of the bunch is the harm they've done, and continue to do, to make a ton of money in the name of love.

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When Binge Eating Becomes a Disorder

Posted 31 weeks 2 days ago by Natalie Barnes

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Sometimes a little junk food can be as simple as enjoying treats. But there are some people who overdo it on an ongoing basis and have no control over it, that is when you have to consider Binge Eating Disorder.

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What would Martin Luther King say about the war in Iraq?

Posted 31 weeks 4 days ago by Will Chen

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This excerpt from one of King's best anti-war speeches is a fierce condemnation of the kind of war we're waging in Iraq.

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RIAA website hacked with XKCD

Posted 31 weeks 6 days ago by Will Chen

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Here's the "hacked" page, and here's a screenshot when that RIAA page gets taken down. OK, it's more of a case sloppy coding than an actual hack. But the XCKD commentary was pitch perfect.

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DIY covert spy sunglasses for $40

Posted 33 weeks 2 days ago by Will Chen

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I always get excited when Kipkay sends me an email. This morning, he told me about this great way to make a $40 spy sunglasses.

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Best wheelbarrow race video you'll see, pretty much in your entire life

Posted 36 weeks 5 days ago by Will Chen

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Keep an eye out for something awesome right around 0:13.

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Our soldiers and Iraqi children: the good, the bad and the asinine

Posted 37 weeks 3 days ago by Will Chen

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Our soldiers in Iraq.

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Darwin Award: Parenting Edition

Posted 37 weeks 6 days ago by Will Chen

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Looking for Father of the Year? Look no further.

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