POST-APOCALYPTIC STYLE: LAST-MINUTE HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS

You only have days to go before the company Halloween party. It's too late to order a costume online. And if you don't pull off a killer look in front of the boss, you're screwed. What. Do. You. Do? Yes, the countdown to Hallow's Eve zero hour has begun. Fortunately, from The Hunger Games and The Walking Dead to NBC's Revolution, the recent popularity of survivalist situations in pop culture pretty much ensures that post-apocalyptic costumes will be all the rage at the employee Halloween...

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THIS IS A THING: THE HUNGER GAMES HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

Merchandising is best when milked. Yes, post-apocalyptic costumes are all the rage this Halloween, thanks in part to big ticket pop-culture properties like the Hunger Games Franchise. After raking in massive book and ticket sales, it was inevitable that the Halloween costumes would follow. And, oh boy, they have. Let's explore, shall we? First, there's The Hunger Games District 12 Training Shirt. Sure, I'll buy that. Then there's the Hunger Games Mockingjay Pin. Ok. Makes sense. And...

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BREAKING: GOVERNMENT KILLS HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE AUCTION

In the waning months of Summer, 2012, the United States General Services Administration placed the Penfield Reef Lighthouse up for auction. Just a few scant months later, mere days before Halloween, they abruptly cancelled it. But why?  Probably because it's haunted. Guarding Penfield Reef on the south side of the Black Rock Harbor entrance to Long Island Sound since 1874, rumor and Wikipedia have it that the station is a potent host to a plethora of paranormal abnormalities. (So you'll...

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GRATUITOUS FANDOM: BEST DETROIT TIGERS SONG EVER

Filed under: Stuck in my damn head and I like it. There are Detroit Tigers ballads, and there Detroit Tigers ballads. This track by former-Detroiter-rocker-and-bon-vivant-playboy Kelley Stoltz, in which he actually name-checks the entire '84 Tigers individually, beats the hell out of anything you'll hear on TBS. #VerlandersPitching #NotWatchingTheDebate ...

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THIS IS A THING: FINE PRINT EDITION

Filed under: Duh. ...

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DISCOVERIES: JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK SPECIAL EDITION

Take a stroll through the executive parking lot. What do you see? Mercedes? Bavaria's finest? A Lexus or three? With nary an American badge in view, all I see is a travesty. Fortunately, Jeep® has seen fit to oblige the domestic 1% (especially us down-and-dirty, hoity-toity types) with a true American contender: the Grand Cherokee Trailhawk(TM) special edition. By their own words, it's "the most awe-inspiring, most extraordinarily capable Grand Cherokee ever conceived." Tall words,...

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