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- Life-Altering Fruit Juicer of the Day
- Follow Up of the Day: Nestle Girl Scout Candy Bars
- Toy Chain Boycott of the Day
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- On-Air Blooper of the Day
- Polar Bear Cam of the Day
- RIP: Davy Jones, at 66
- Lunchtime Links
- How About That of the Day
| Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:33 PM PST From The Archives: In memory of the late Davy Jones, Criterion Collection has uploaded this winsome scene from his Monkees audition tape. Tagged: davy jones, From The Archives, In Memoriam, RIP, the monkees         |
| Life-Altering Fruit Juicer of the Day Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:09 PM PST
Takara Tomy’s Gurefuru Chuchu turns any citrus fruit into a self-contained drink by puncturing a hole in their skin and then churning up their insides. It’s morbidly delicious! Watch the incredibly Japanese promo spot above, then pick one up here. [geekologie.] Tagged: Crazyass Japanese Thing, Gurefuru Chuchu, Life-Altering Fruit Juicer, Takara Tomy         |
| Follow Up of the Day: Nestle Girl Scout Candy Bars Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:40 PM PST
Follow Up of the Day: Confirmed: Nestle has officially teamed up with the Girl Scouts of America to produce a line of candy bars combining the famous flavors of both entities. “We are thrilled with the positive response to the Nestle Crunch Girl Scout Candy Bar,” said Girl Scouts rep Joshua Ackley. “The product photo is a retail sales sample and not available for sale at this time. Look forward to some very exciting news in June.” No word at this time on which additional flavors will be part of the line, but you should probably start making room in your belly right about now. [dailymail / photo: gothamist.] Tagged: candy bar, Follow Up, girl scouts, nestle         |
| Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:28 PM PST
One Million Moms, the conservative group which previously targeted JCPenney for hiring Ellen as their new spokesperson and Clorox for its “sexual” Liquid-Plumr ad, has extended its not-quite-one-million talons in the direction of Toys R Us, calling for a boycott of the chain over its stocking of an Archie comic featuring the same-sex marriage of character Kevin Keller. The American Family Association-affiliated organization published the following statement on their website:
Archie Comics CEO John Goldwater quickly issued a retort, saying, in part:
Toys R Us has yet to comment. [towleroad.] Tagged: Archie Comics, Kevin Keller, LGBT rights, Life with Archie, One Million Moms, same-sex marriage, toys r us         |
| Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST Movie Trailer of the Day: The first official teaser trailer for Neighborhood Watch — Lonely Islander Akiva Schaffer’s Attack the Block-ish sci-fi comedy about a neighborhood watch group that accidentally stumbles upon an alien plot. Starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and, making his mainstream film debut, the IT Crowd‘s Richard Ayoade. In theaters July 27th. [bleedingcool.] Tagged: Akiva Schaffer, Movie Trailer, Neighborhood Watch         |
| Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:19 AM PST JET 24 sports reporter Craig Smylie screws up and wants to do another take. That wouldn’t be as much of a problem if his segment were being pre-recorded and not, you know, airing live. [reddit.] Tagged: Craig Smylie, On-Air Blooper, we'll do it live         |
| Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:49 AM PST
What’s that? You were planning on “getting stuff done” today? Ha ha, yeah right. Quit messing around and start streaming this live feed of Siku the Danish polar bear cub being adorable. Not watching makes baby Siku cry. Is that what you want? To make a polar bear cub cry? You are a monster. [polarbearcam.] Tagged: Polar Bear Cam, Siku         |
| Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:20 AM PST
Davy Jones, founding member of the popular 60′s rock group The Monkees, passed away this morning of a heart attack in a hospital near his Florida home. He was 66. Jones, the only musician signed to a studio deal before auditioning for Bob Rafelson’s and Bert Schneider’s made-for-TV music group The Monkees, was the lead vocalist on many of the band’s most memorable songs, including “Daydream Believer” and “I Wanna Be Free.” After the Monkees’ disbanded in 1971, Jones continued to perform as a solo artist, and also made several appearances on TV shows, most often as himself. Jones reunited last year with fellow band members Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork for a three-month tour of Europe and North American entitled An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour. He is survived by his wife Jessica, and four daughters from previous marriages. [tmz.] Tagged: davy jones, RIP, the monkees         |
| Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST
Lunchtime Links:
[photo: reddit.] Tagged: leap day, Lunchtime Links         |
| Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:37 AM PST
La Bougie du Sapeur (Sapper’s Candle) — named after a French comic-book character born on Leap Day — is a satirical newspaper founded in 1980 which is published only once every four years, on February 29th. Jean d’Indy, editor of the quadrennial newspaper, says he and his writers gather at a restaurant ahead of Leap Day, and down a bottle of bubbly before getting down to brass tacks. “We try not to be naughty; we just try to be funny,” d’Indy says. “But we are not funny. Life is funny. So, it’s the way of seeing life which is funny.” Whatever that means. The paper sells for $5 a copy, and all proceeds go to benefit charities. With a circulation of 150,000, La Bougie du Sapeur easily outsells all other French papers published today. D’Indy says at one point he considered offering subscriptions, but dropped the idea when he realized it would too difficult to track down subscribers every four years. [npr.] Tagged: How About That, La Bougie du Sapeur         |
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