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Best Halloween costume ideas for 2012

Mitt Romney mask
Halloween is just a couple of weeks away, and even though there’s a strong temptation to save costume planning until minutes before your Halloween party, there’s an even stronger drive to come up with a really awesome costume so that you can compete with the Halloween crowd and possibly snag yourself a sexy werewolf, or, more likely, a Mitt Romney lookalike who is breaking Mormon character by getting wasted…
 
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10 Awesome Breakup Songs

When I go through a breakup, I tend to alternate between wanting to listen to depressing-ass tear-jerker songs and inspiring singlehood anthems. Since you never know where the rollercoaster of relationship withdrawal will take you, I’ve included five of each, with links to YouTube videos…
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It’s time for a Kelsey Grammer meme

If you’ve seen the recent print ads for Kelsey Grammer’s new show, Boss, you know that their overly serious nature is just begging for a comedic reappropriation. You’re welcome.

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Bartenders know how to handle a pandemic

…with drinking humor. Seriously, this swine flu stuff is a bunch of garbage, and I can’t believe the news is devoting so much time to it. I suppose I’ll be eating my words (in antiviral form) if it comes back with a vengeance come winter like some experts warn, but I’ll take my chances. Courtesy [...]

Celebrity Douchebaggery

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Finally we know — 33 percent of people are assholes

…or at least 33 percent of CNN readers who voted in today’s poll.

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Kevin Costner’s oil spill cleanup machine better not be…

…based on the same water filtration technology he used in Waterworld. Because, gross.

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Best Movie Haircuts

Have you ever seen a movie and walked away thinking, wow, I want that haircut? Yeah, me too. Movies are full of all sorts of good haircuts, and these are only a few of my favorites. 1. Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction 2. Audrey Tautou in Amélie 3. Shelley Duvall in The Shining 4. Nutsa [...]

Music

The Brooklyn Infringement Festival

Last night the hipsterati of East Williamsburg came out in droves for the Brooklyn Infringement Festival, a showcase of up-and-coming bands at Don Pedro…

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The Brooklyn Infringement Festival

Last night the hipsterati of East Williamsburg came out in droves for the Brooklyn Infringement Festival, a showcase of up-and-coming bands at Don Pedro…

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What kind of alien dessert is McDonald’s serving in China?

I understand that people have different tastes in different places, and some of the menu items at foreign McDonald’s restaurants sound downright tasty, but it’s quite another matter when they make something that doesn’t even resemble Earth food. Between the bubbling fried outer crust to the purple/gray goo oozing out we have no idea what this [...]

The Liz and Laura Chronicles

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Another Weather Story – A Picture Book by Laura

I made another one of those arty collage books…hope you like it! This is an unofficial followup to my previous piece, “Rain, Snow, Hail, Sleet,” in case you didn’t read that one yet. Click on each image to zoom in.

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Jersey Shore returns for season 2!

We here at Liz and Laura would like to offer a hearty welcome back to MTV’s Jersey Shore! Not only does it teach us all the importance of wearing proper undergarments on the dance floor…
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