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In case you missed it like I did, here’s the 75th annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York City!

Ashley Tisdale, Al Roker, and Nick Lachey co-host this year’s Christmas tree lighting.
The video above doesn’t really show the “instant” lighting for some reason (NBC might have just [...]

Mario and Luigi campaign shirt for the 2008 election, starting at $14.99!
If you’re going to root for anybody this upcoming year, it might as well be two famous video game cartoon plumbers!
Here’s some interesting things I picked up while reading the Mario entry over at Wikipedia:

Mario’s full name is Mario Mario. Yep, Mario is his [...]

I didn’t know this, but apparently the New York City yellow taxi cab is celebrating 100 years of service this year.
The NY Daily News has a slideshow of some great photos of taxis (and their occupants) from the past 100 years.
Started in 1907 by businessman Harry Allen after being overcharged for a trip across New [...]

I rented Who Framed Roger Rabbit yesterday and I just finished watching it. It’s been a very long time since I saw the movie from beginning to end without any stops. I really liked the movie when I was much younger and after watching again just now I’m glad that I can still say the [...]

Just got this bad-quality image in the mail…
In NYC today (Thursday, November 29th) at the 8th Avenue Crumpler store, you can start off the holiday shopping season by getting 20% off all bags.
And if you buy a bag today, you can get a free photo with Santa, who obviously has dropped everything he’s doing up [...]

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Check out these re-created scenes of 1980’s New York…in Vancouver, Canada. Very cool!
These are great ads for Head & Shoulders dandruff shampoo.
No way! Alife and Krink have collaborated together on some new clothes.
Dr. Robert Cade, the inventor of [...]

These PUMA Basket CC sneakers are heat sensitive! For $78.95, you can protect your feet from fire and hot lava!!! How amazing! You can even touch them and make them glow with color!

These same color-changing materials can also be found on the PUMA Liga CC and the PUMA Lab II CC. It’s funny that I [...]

Maybe you’re a plumber and you love PVC pipes. Or maybe you just long for the old days of playing Pipe Dream (or similar games).
Or maybe you just want to have some fun while you sip away at your desk. Well, now you can! With the DIY Drinking Straw kit, you can build a short [...]

If Taco Town were a pizza joint, this is how the food from it would be like. [via]

Banksy, one of my favorite graffiti artists is coming to New York City at the Vanina Holasek Gallery.
The Vanina Holasek Gallery is located at 502 West 27th Street. The opening will be on December 2nd @ 1PM and the show will go on until December 29th. I wish I could be home to go check [...]