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05.15.07 by Widge @ 2:41 am  Coming soon to direct-to-DVD release: a sequel to White Noise. This time around, it's not EVP, electronic voice phenomenon, that the dead are using to contact us--it's our breakfast. "Hello World." Once a standard default post for a Wordpress installation, it's now...a clarion call of doom. Or...maybe not. Michael Keaton needs work and I want to help the man out, that's all I know. Regardless, the maniacs at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have created a device to toast words and pictures on your...well, your toast. It's only a matter of time before you can get free toast for life if every single slice comes with an advert on it. You know it's coming. Categorized as: Food
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05.11.07 by Widge @ 1:34 am  Headsup, folks. Just received this word: Ice cream aficionados can get their ice cream fix for free on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, thanks to Haagen-Dazs ice cream's first New Flavor Day free cone event. Samples of new flavors of the world's finest, most indulgent ice cream -- Haagen-Dazs Cinnamon Dulce de Leche and Haagen-Dazs Sticky Toffee Pudding -- will be served at any participating Haagen-Dazs shop from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Now I don't know how much a "sample" is considered to be. Later in the press release they refer to "free cones," so YMMV. However, I will tell you from personal experience that Sticky Toffee Pudding ice cream is pret-ty damn good. So if you've got a location nearby, take advantage. Image: Junk Food News. Categorized as: Food and Headsup
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05.05.07 by Widge @ 1:58 am  I must concur: this is a great idea. The West Virginia Surf Report is taking the pics of fast food items as they appear in advertising and putting them side by side with what they look like when actually purchased. No doubt the fast food PR flaks are preparing to tell us that exposure to our grubby little hands makes the sandwiches look like they've been deflated. I mean...Jesus, look at that Arby's Beef n Cheddar there. It looks like it's going to either come lumbering after your children or try to attack Steve McQueen in the basement of a diner, one of the two. Categorized as: Food
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04.24.07 by Widge @ 8:00 pm  Okay, make no mistake: around here, we dig Threadless muchly. We buy way too much stuff from them, honestly. There are, however, people who dig Threadless even more than we do. They're writing songs about shirts and stuff like that. But now it's gone to a whole new level. There's a contest for making cakes based on Threadless shirt art. As an example, we've chosen the entry that basically brings a classic George Carlin joke to life. Categorized as: Food
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04.15.07 by Widge @ 10:09 pm  Well, Neatorama showed us Nostalgic Candy's website, which purports to sell scads of candy that we all enjoyed when we were, you know, sitting around watching Saturday morning cartoons and such. And this got me thinking...which is always a scary proposition. You know what I miss? Marathon Bars. And I'm not talking about what was sold in the UK and eventually renamed Snickers, I'm talking about these. And no, I don't remember the commercials (and, sadly, nobody seems to have posted one online anywhere where I could find it), but I do remember those were some damn fine candy bars. Looks like I'm going to have to check out these soon. Just to see if it comes close. Categorized as: Food
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