• May
  • 15

Middle class relaxing with marijuana

A variety of middle-class people are making a conscious but careful choice to use marijuana to enhance their leisure activities.

?The Canadian government has never provided a valid reason for the criminalization of marijuana,' said Osborne. ?This study indicates that people who use marijuana are no more a criminal threat to society than are alcohol and cigarette users….

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  • May
  • 09

Quick and Geeky Last Minute Mothers Day Gifts

Leverage your l33t knowledge for easy, cheap, technology-based gifts for the woman who is responsible for your existence on this planet.

Unless its already in the mail (in which case you wouldnt be reading this) theres no way your mom will be getting her mothers day card on time. No worries. A customized eCard gives you the freedom to say what you want, with the…

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  • May
  • 06

Acupuncture is not just for people. It’s also for cities

Adam Kuby has stuck a 23-foot needle into the ground down by the Willamette River and hopes to plant more, choosing locations where he figures the city’s “chi,” or vital energy, needs some help. An artist who arrived from New York four years ago, Kuby says the acupuncture project is an attempt to get people to see the city in a holistic way.

Teetotaling lumberman Simon Benson, hoping his workers would show up reasonably sober, gave the city the ubiquitous “Benson Bubbler” brass drinking fountains a century or so back, promoting pure water. Portland's beer consumption…

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  • May
  • 05

Has Starbuck lost it? A ‘Battlestar Galactica’ review

Hats off to Katee Sackhoff for ratcheting up Starbuck’s level of paranoia in the creepy, suspenseful ‘Road Less Traveled’ episode. While she had her Capt. Queeg moment, Chief Tyrol shaved his head and nearly choked Baltar. Things are starting to get truly frakked up among members of the “Battlestar” fleet, that’s for sur

As Sepinwall has noted elsewhere, the scenes set on the Demetrius have been directed so well that you can practically feel the sweat and smells and claustrophobia of the cramped ship. The directors and writers have expertly helped set the stage…

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  • Apr
  • 29

The Best Multivitamin for You—and 11 to Steer Clear of

You've been told for years that popping a multivitamin every day might help you live longer. But the daily multi habit has been getting a bit of bad press lately.

Your best bet: Avoid the vitamins singled out by ConsumerLab.com, and stick with mainstream names such as Centrum Silver and One-A-Day Women's, which were found to be free of impurities and accurately labeled. Also, check vitamin…

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  • Apr
  • 28

Stephane Ortelli Walks Away From Spectacular Crash At Monza

Stephane Ortelli was lucky to walk away, or perhaps we should say “limp away,” from this horrific crash in Le Mans series racing at Monza today.

newVideoPlayer(”OrtelliCrash_Jalopnik.flv”, 463, 387,”"); Stephane Ortelli was lucky to walk away, or perhaps we should say “limp away,” from this horrific crash in Le Mans series racing at Monza today. The…

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  • Apr
  • 28

Why Things Cost $19.95: Scientific American

This article explains the psychological “rules” of bartering.

One of Alfred Hitchcock’s most enduring bits of cinematic comedy is the auction scene in the espionage thriller North by Northwest. Cary Grant plays Roger Thornhill, a businessman who has been mistaken for a CIA agent by the ruthless…

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  • Apr
  • 27

How to Accept a Gift That Sucks Without Choking for Words

Your special day’s going just the way you want, and expectedly, there’s a gift in your hand. You open it. You hate it! Here’s how you deal with it.

If youve unwrapped the gift and they want you to try it on or use it, especially when youre supposed to go out, you could just smile giddily, smack your mate on the palm, and say something like Are you mad? This is so special, I…

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  • Apr
  • 26

Hi-5: The Hottest Celebrity Smokers

Smoking is gross and uncool and expensive and dirty? until you actually light one up. THEN it’s awesome and sexy. Five celebs pull off the “cancer stick”-look better than all others.

–> There are 22 comments so far: mrjomorisin 04/25/2008 09:04 Let's not forget how hot Keith Richards looks from smoking jibson 04/25/2008 09:09 i've got something small and white they can 'smoke.' Lukas 04/25/2008…

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  • Apr
  • 26

The 10 Ugliest Faces in Hollywood

Hollywood is a cruel place that traffics on the looks of big stars. Well, ugly stars out there… we salute you. Here are the 10 Ugliest Faces In Hollywood

Paul Giamatti has the face only a (dead) mother could love. He's an amazing actor and is Hollywood's go-to guy for their "every man" roles. Which is funny because he's far uglier than most…

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