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- C&EN Onion
- It's like The Onion, except for the world of collegiate chemistry and engineering departments.
(Submitted by Kate Cornish.)
- Cathy CK
- It's the old Cathy comic strip, except the dialogue is replaced with Louis CK bits.
(Submitted by Kelvin Hatle.)
- Ancillary Justice / Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
- "[The books are] a challenging, witty, thoughtful, interesting, marvelously written far-future sci-fi series about love, loss, revenge, redemption, humanity, artificial intelligence, and the problems that arise when an empire of thousands of years is run by a mob of mind-linked clones."
(Submitted by Karel Kerezman.)
- The books of Patrick Rothfuss
- The man, the beard, the legend.
(Submitted by Molly Glover.)
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- "If you like ancient Greek culture... if you like murder, if you like mysteries... you will love this book."
(Submitted by Molly Glover.)
- Cetius' Replay Machine
- A device that allows you to replay scenes from your personal experiences that you want to change and experience that alternative reality up to your present age, complete with save points so you can branch from other "what should I do" moments.
(Submitted by Cetius Scotchbringer.)
- Neutrogena Healthy Skin Rejuvenator
- Neutrogena accidentally made the best vibrator ever. AND it does really amazing things for your skin!
(Submitted by Sharon Stiteler.)
- Arugula
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"I'd had arugula many times before, but then it looked deep into my eyes, and I knew it was the one." Suggestions: add it to pizza or sandwiches.
(Submitted by Eric Knight.)
- Fig Newtons
- A delicious snack that originated in 1891 in Newton, Massachusetts.
(Submitted by Kelvin Hatle.)
- Old Fashioned Donuts
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Specifically, old fashioned donuts from the Cub Foods grocery store in Midway, St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Submitted by Eric Knight.)
- Putting Nutella on Original flavor Bugles
- Seriously. It works.
(Submitted by Tonya Wershow and Melissa Kaercher.)
- Spicy Mayo
- "It's equal parts Sriracha and regular mayo." (The link includes more recipes, but Barb's is the simplest.)
(Submitted by Barb Lind.)
- Marvel Heroes 2015
- An ARPG designed by the guy who brought us Diablo and Diablo 2. "It is nerdy, nerdy, nerdy as hell."
(Submitted by C. Robert Cargill.)
- Neko Atsume
- It's a Japanese app where you collect cats. No, really, that's it, except for the part that it is more addictive than black tar heroin.
(Submitted by Molly Glover.)
- Comics Explained
- "This YouTube channel makes digest videos about events and characters in the greater Marvel Universe."
(Submitted by Steffen Moeller.)
- Into It
- "In each episode Elle talks with a guest about a particular topic that means a lot to them. It's kind if like Joseph Scrimshaw's Obsessed podcast, but much more self-analytical and nerdy."
(Submitted by Steffen Moeller.)
- Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men
- "The hosts, the eponymous Rachel and Miles, discuss and digest the weird things that have happened over the past 50-ish years of the X-Men comic books."
(Submitted by Steffen Moeller.)
- The Hidden Brain podcast
- An excellent new podcast about how your brain's less-noticeable patterns impact your real life.
(Submitted by Pat Wick.)
- Horrible Histories
- Delightfully funny, warped, and musical BBC show about history.
(Submitted by Christopher Jones.)
- Samurai Seven
- An excellent anime adaptation of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.
(Submitted by Noel Thingvall.)
- Slings and Arrows
- Canadian TV show for theater nerds!
(Submitted by Windy Bowlsby.)
- Stargate SG-1
- "You need to watch the shit out of Stargate."
(Submitted by Courtney Azar.)
- Tequila and Bonetti
- Just your usual 1990s television comedy-drama series about a cop and his talking dog.
(Submitted by Linkara.)
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
- "The wookiee sitcom is bizarre, the film leads uncomfortable, and Harvey Korman makes me sad, but Art Carney and especially Bea Arthur really brought it in their roles, and slipped in a lot of the suffering everyday folk experienced under the oppressive thumb of the Empire."
(Submitted by Noel Thingvall.)
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