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Gingerbread Chewbacca

Using a recipe from The Post Punk Kitchen, Craftster member kala made this gingerbread version of Chewbacca. 

 

Croatia holds gay marriage referendum on Sunday

"In the name of love" Photo by Goran Mehkek 

Croatia will have a referendum on Sunday to vote on anti-gay marriage. The ruling parties have called publicly to vote against it, opposing the conservative group In The Name of Family (U ime obitelji) that wants to impose a definition in the Constitution that marriage is a union between a man and a woman.

 

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Unbelievable Photos of the Most Challenging Structural Relocations Ever

And you thought your last move was difficult. The process of moving a large building, from a mansion to a railway station, from one location to another is a major engineering challenge.
 Here are some eye-popping photos of massive structures in transit.

 

Up, up and away.

The 87th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City is lifting balloons and spirits on Thursday.
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Sherpa Adventure Gear Tashi Hat

"My first ski day this year was epic. A friend and I went to Wolf Creek in southern Colorado and the snow was thigh-deep in places, which is crazy for the middle of November. The only downside was that it was also really cold; so cold that any exposed hair froze almost immediately. To keep my brain from icing up, I wore my Tashi hat from Sherpa Adventure Gear ($20), which is the warmest piece of headgear I've ever owned. The hats are knitted in Nepal and have an ultra-thick wool on the outside and a comfy Polarfleece lining on the inside. I admit the earflaps and tassels are slightly dorky looking, but I'll choose warmth over style any day." -- Jakob Schiller

Things We Love This Month 

Life on the Coffee Disposal Squad

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It was funny

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2013's biggest movie flops

WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, has been named the year's biggest movie disappointments by experts at financial magazine Forbes.
 Full list of Forbes' top 10 box office turkeys of 2013 

 

Beware the Wrath of the Turkey God

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Snow... So beautiful, so peaceful...

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Turtles are extremely upset about not being included in the traditional Thanksgiving.

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The difference between cat ladies and most people

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Santa swapped his sleigh

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Washable Keyboard

 The keyboard that loves a wash. Designed to look and function like new - even over time. From a light dusting to a soak, this washable keyboard with drainage holes is easy to clean and easy to dry. Laser printing and a UV coating ensures this keyboard can take a washing as well as a pounding. The durable keys, robust tilt legs and increased resistance to surface scratches makes the Washable Keyboard one of the toughest on the market.

 

Cavers explore 1,200 foot deep sinkhole in Mexico

El Sótano de las Golondrinas, (the Cave of Swallows), in Mexico, is the largest known cave shaft in the world. A 200 foot wide hole in the forest floor drops straight down 1,220 feet to the cave floor below.

The natural wonder attracts thousands of cavers from around the planet every year.
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Croatian rock star Gibonni is letting fans eat his music.

The album "20th Century Man", recorded in London's legendary Abbey Road and Sphere studios and produced by Briton Andy Right, has now been released as chocolate made single.
And it really plays on a gramophone! 

 

Guaranteed Cure For The McGrumpersons

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The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath

One afternoon in October 2005, neuroscientist James Fallon was looking at brain scans of serial killers. As part of a research project at UC Irvine, he was sifting through thousands of PET scans to find anatomical patterns in the brain that correlated with psychopathic tendencies in the real world.
 “I was looking at many scans, scans of murderers mixed in with schizophrenics, depressives and other, normal brains,” he says. “Out of serendipity, I was also doing a study on Alzheimer’s and as part of that, had brain scans from me and everyone in my family right on my desk.”
 “I got to the bottom of the stack, and saw this scan that was obviously pathological,” he says, noting that it showed low activity in certain areas of the frontal and temporal lobes linked to empathy, morality and self-control. Knowing that it belonged to a member of his family, Fallon checked his lab’s PET machine for an error (it was working perfectly fine) and then decided he simply had to break the blinding that prevented him from knowing whose brain was pictured. When he looked up the code, he was greeted by an unsettling revelation: the psychopathic brain pictured in the scan was his own.

 

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Cat ? I See No Cat.

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The 15 Most Influential Animals That Ever Lived

Bucephalus 

 Without his trusted horse Bucephalus, Alexander the Great may have just been Alexander the Mediocre. Though his backstory has a bit of a mythical air to it, Bucephalus was indeed a real horse, and perhaps one of the world’s most famous. As legend has it, the hulking black horse was afraid of his own shadow, and, understanding this, Alexander always made sure to turn the creature’s head toward the sun. This special bond between man and beast meant that when it came time for battle, they were an unstoppable duo. Historians disagree about how he died — either battle wounds or old age — but when he did, Alexander founded a city in his honor and called it Bucephala.

 From a horse that conquered the world to a dog that helped a man win the White House, a look at the creatures that most shaped human history.