Killjoy Pediatricians Confirm That Trampolines Are Still Dangerous
Is it really shocking anymore when the hand-wringing medical powers-that-be expound on the dangers of trampolines? "Kids playing on trampolines can hit their heads!" "They can break their bones!" "They can get tangled up in that stupid netting like butterflies and flail wildly in the noonday sun until you, responsible…
Boo, The Internet's Most Adorable Dog, Is Now An Adorable Stuffed Animal
Move over, Elmo. There's a new highly-coveted toy in town. What's that? You already did your holiday shopping this year? Tough shit. Gund has just announced a plush version of America's cutest dog. Kids — or, let's be real here, any adult with a soul — are going to go nuts over this thing. In fact, I'm announcing it…
Send Us Your Scariest Ghost Stories
Friends, Halloween is almost upon us. Which means candy corn, slutty beer mug costumes, and: ghost stories. And we want to hear yours.
Famously Adorable Dog Appears On Morning Television, Nation Rejoices
Earlier today during Good Morning America's hey-it's-friday-who-cares-about-the-news segment, a news anchor walked around the streets of New York with notable pomeranian Boo in tow, to find out if people would recognize the celebrity pup. Not surprisingly, everyone recognized him, and reacted reasonably by stopping…
Happy Hump Day!
[Image via Boo's Facebook page.]
Getting To Know Boo, Getting To Know All About Boo
Boo is a dog with his own Facebook page (and 150,000 friends). He doesn't do anything special, really, he's just mind-blowingly adorable. These videos represent "The Best of Boo." Get to know Boo!
It's Official: Jersey Shore Is This Year's Most Popular Costume
Retailers report that Jersey Shore costumes are 2010's top sellers, confirming our suspicion that most people are lazy and totally uncreative. Show them what a real costume looks like by sending us shots of your least-sexy Halloween getups!
If Celebrities Indulged Trick-Or-Treaters
On Halloween celebrities are even worse than that neighbor who gives out pennies. Michelle Obama hands out vegetables, Jay Leno asks for his candy back, and finding chocolate in Christopher Nolan's candy bowl requires digging past a SweeTarts level.
Target Ad Bashes Homemade Halloween Costumes
Why trick of treat in the creative costume your mom spent hours slaving over when you could wear a plastic outfit from Target and look the same as all the other Iron Mans?
Sexy Halloween Costumes Get Even More Horrifying
Looking for a costume that's inappropriately sexy and offensive? Try Yandy.com's barely-there "Indian Princess" ensemble, the "Sexy Straight Jacket," which mocks the mentally ill, or the "Chinese Take Out" outfit for, "the one-two punch of exoticization and consumption." [Via TBD]
Onion Confirms What We Always Suspected About Backyard Camping
In the Onion, "Kathleen Sebelius" explains that 74% of camping kids fall victim to killer ghosts, wolves, or "Old Man Greenly, who lost his hand in a gruesome mill accident and now seeks his bloody revenge." [The Onion]
HawthoRNe Is Dead On Arrival
Since Jada Pinkett Smith's Hawthorne is one of only two dramas since 1974 with an African-American woman in the starring role*, I felt obligated to check it out last night. I can't say I enjoyed it.

