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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    6:25 am Tue, Feb 7, 2023
    "Breaking Bad" bad boys pushing blue product for Super Bowl ad

    Say their names: Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul have reprised their Breaking Bad roles as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman for a PopCorners Super Bowl commercial. And they're not the… Read the rest of the article: "Breaking Bad" bad boys pushing blue product for Super Bowl ad

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    5:58 am Tue, Feb 7, 2023
    This fancy New Orleans public library was once a private mansion

    There are public libraries and then there's the Milton H. Latter Memorial Library in New Orleans. This converted Italianate–beaux arts estate is set among other mansions, private ones, on the… Read the rest of the article: This fancy New Orleans public library was once a private mansion

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    10:45 am Mon, Feb 6, 2023
    Download a lost cat sign that isn't really a lost cat sign

    If you're like me, you hate coming across a lost pet flyer because it means someone's fur-baby has gone missing. Although deceptive, I would much rather find this fake lost… Read the rest of the article: Download a lost cat sign that isn't really a lost cat sign

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    10:41 am Mon, Feb 6, 2023
    'Poker Face' as a circa 1940s Western swing tune

    Aww, Lady Gaga sounds great set to the fiddle and steel guitar. This isn't ruined at all. Nice try, There I Ruined It's Dustin Ballard. (Neatorama)

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    10:34 am Mon, Feb 6, 2023
    Little Debbie was a real girl, this is her story

    In a world where Betty Crocker, Lynne White, and other fabricated corporate faces exist, it's nice to hear that the freckled girl behind some seriously delicious snack cakes was based… Read the rest of the article: Little Debbie was a real girl, this is her story

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    8:31 am Sat, Feb 4, 2023
    Queer icons 'Frog and Toad' headed to Apple TV+ this spring

    A new animated series starring beloved kidlit characters "Frog and Toad" is headed to Apple TV+, premiering Friday, April 28. Them is reporting that "gay Twitter" is lauding the adaptation… Read the rest of the article: Queer icons 'Frog and Toad' headed to Apple TV+ this spring

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    8:25 am Sat, Feb 4, 2023
    New Orleans property may or may not be haunted

    Depending on which side of the street you're facing one French Quarter property is either haunted, or it's not. I walked by the "chic condo" at 726 Barracks Street in… Read the rest of the article: New Orleans property may or may not be haunted

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    8:24 am Sat, Feb 4, 2023
    That time Michael Jackson did the robot with Cher (1975)

    Back in 1975, Cher had an eponymous TV music-variety show. It only lasted one season but in its short time it had some big stars as guests, including the Jackson… Read the rest of the article: That time Michael Jackson did the robot with Cher (1975)

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    8:11 am Sat, Feb 4, 2023
    News station reports on horror-themed 'Chucky Cheese' arcade as if it were real Chucky Cheese horror-themed center

    There's a Chuck E. Cheese family entertainment center for horror fans? Well, not really. Last November, Mixed-reality Artist Siriu$, also known as Cabel Adams, created virtual art for a "Chucky… Read the rest of the article: News station reports on horror-themed 'Chucky Cheese' arcade as if it were real

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    8:30 am Thu, Feb 2, 2023
    "30 Hour Parking" sign spotted in California city

    My friend Sandi Ball noticed a parking sign with a funny typo. The sign, located on Alameda Avenue between Park and Oak Streets in Alameda, California, accidentally offers a whopping… Read the rest of the article: "30 Hour Parking" sign spotted in California city

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    8:11 am Thu, Feb 2, 2023
    Last Boeing 747 ever made leaves Easter egg in its flight path

    It's the end of an era for Boeing's 747 program. After 54 years, the last Boeing 747 in production has been delivered to Ohio to live out the rest of its… Read the rest of the article: Last Boeing 747 ever made leaves Easter egg in its flight path

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    7:59 am Thu, Feb 2, 2023
    This New Orleans cat knows exactly how good they have it

    Walking through the quirky Marigny neighborhood in New Orleans, I came across a black cat lounging in its custom painted abode in peach and turquoise, which perfectly complemented its owner's… Read the rest of the article: This New Orleans cat knows exactly how good they have it

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    7:49 am Thu, Feb 2, 2023
    Why New Orleans has a cable car from San Francisco in its streetcar barn

    Imagine my surprise, as a visitor from California, spotting a red San Francisco cable car in a barn full of green New Orleans streetcars. I had to know its story.… Read the rest of the article: Why New Orleans has a cable car from San Francisco in its streetcar barn

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    5:27 pm Sat, Jan 28, 2023
    'Karen' would like to see the Mardi Gras manager

    I don't know the story here but this 'Karen' Mardi Gras prop made me laugh. I'm in New Orleans for the Krewe of Chewbacchus parade and got in some sight-seeing,… Read the rest of the article: 'Karen' would like to see the Mardi Gras manager

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    6:43 am Fri, Jan 27, 2023
    Unpacking why 'pudding' means both dessert and sausage

    Sweet or savory? YouTuber Adam Ragusea digs into the etymology of "pudding" to get an understanding of why it has come to mean both a dessert and, in some places,… Read the rest of the article: Unpacking why 'pudding' means both dessert and sausage

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    6:42 am Fri, Jan 27, 2023
    'Everything Everywhere All at Once' headed back to the big screen this weekend

    After scoring 11 Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Director, Everything Everywhere All at Once is headed back to the big screen. The multiverse-hopping dramedy will run in 1400… Read the rest of the article: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' headed back to the big screen this weekend

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    1:45 am Fri, Jan 27, 2023
    'Slinky Josh' on the art of slinking a Slinky

    "Slinky Josh" Jacobs has turned a childhood toy, the Slinky, into a visually stunning art form. The practice of "Slinky manipulation" began around 2010. It was eight years ago that… Read the rest of the article: 'Slinky Josh' on the art of slinking a Slinky

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    7:39 am Thu, Jan 26, 2023
    People are selling water on eBay from the recently shuttered Splash Mountain ride

    Splash Mountain at Disney World in Florida, the log-flume ride inspired by the racist 1960s film Song of the South, closed earlier this week. Fans flocked to the park to… Read the rest of the article: People are selling water on eBay from the recently shuttered Splash Mountain ride

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    7:38 am Thu, Jan 26, 2023
    A conveyor-belt contraption that messily applies deodorant, washes hair, and puts on lotion

    Self care can be such a drag, amirite? Enter kinetic artist Joseph who has made a conveyor-belt machine that handles some of those rote self-care tasks like putting on deodorant,… Read the rest of the article: A conveyor-belt contraption that messily applies deodorant, washes hair, and puts on lotion

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  • Rusty Blazenhoff
    4:59 am Thu, Jan 26, 2023
    Guy who bought 'Goonies' house in Oregon now says he wants to open it to fans, not live in it

    The Astoria, Oregon house that was featured in the 1985 film, The Goonies, was recently purchased and it was originally reported that the new owner, who has now been identified… Read the rest of the article: Guy who bought 'Goonies' house in Oregon now says he wants to open it to fans, not live in it

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