Ah, Candy Land. Does a more benign board game exist? With the steep slopes of the Gumdrop Mountains, the sweet stalks of the Peppermint Stick Forest, and the sticky shores by the Ice Cream Floats, Candy Land has been My First Board Game for a lot of kids and also one of the easiest board games ever. Seriously, several babysitting sessions ended with me texting my friends through an entire game of Candy Land while some kindergarteners yelled at me for ignoring them. Where is the strategy? Where is the critical thought?! This game is for babies! But I digress. Candy Land has been an essential little piece of Americana since its inception in 1945 and kids (and their babysitters) play it on the regular.

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Thanks to a talented ungraduate artist named Alexandria Law, you can check out these little girls in superhero outfits come to (comic book-style) life on the page.

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GET IN MY LIFE.

Hey y'all! This is a capybara chilling on a couch. If you didn't already know, a capybara is basically a giant hamster. In about 2 minutes you will really, REALLY want one.

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Just some advice...

Some capybaras like to swim....

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... so you'll definitely need some good pool toys.

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Noki'o is the first dog in the world to receive 4 prosthetic limbs.

The beginning of Naki'o's story is a pretty sad one. He lost his paws and the tip of his tail to frostbite when he was a puppy.

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He was abandoned in a foreclosed home in Nebraska and was found frozen into a puddle of ice water.

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He lost his paws, but they healed into stumps and thanks to veterinarian assistant Christie Pace of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a fundraiser was started to get him a brand new set of paws.

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Which most importantly, would allow him to run and play with other dogs again.

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Wil Wheaton gives a message to an convention attendee's daughter on why it is awesome to be a nerd. Who's cutting all these onions?

Calgary Comic Expo, April 27th 2013, Wil Wheaton gives a message to an attendee's daughter on why it is awesome to be a nerd.

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By Seanbaby  Published: May 01st, 2013  Most superheroes are as intelligent as they are powerful. Tony Stark invented a way to fly in an iron suit, Peter Parker invented a way to shoot webs, and Batman invented a way to make half-nude child endangerment awesome. Even the Incredible Hulk, w

Parenting: you're doing it right. Redditor crujones43 wanted to do something different for his son's 11th birthday, so he created this treasure hunt.

I just dumped a bunch of change into a dollar store box I painted silver. I also added in a $20 and a $5.

The Clue

Just a PVC pipe painted silver with a map inside.

The hiding spot

The Setup

He told his son that he dropped a loonie (Canadian dollar coin) down the heat vent and couldn't reach it.

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Photographer/sculptor Nina Levy draws on napkins she packs in her sons’ lunches every day.

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By Soren Bowie  Published: April 30th, 2013  Not long ago, I accused you, perhaps hastily, of ruining the entire Internet. I blamed you for absent-mindedly destroying the most valuable advancement in interpersonal connection since the advent of language just by being your miserable, wretched, g

Virgin Galactic, the space-tourism business launched by ruddy cartoon businessman Richard Branson, pulled off its first successful rocket-powered flight yesterday, bringing the world one step closer to a future in which rich people can go to space, for a little while.

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She uses the term “tweeple” in an endearing way and loves her french wife more than life itself.

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Welcome to the Feedbag, where all the dumb questions about food, drink, cooking, eating, and accidental finger removal you've been embarrassed to ask can finally receive the berating they goddamn deserve. Also: answers. Send all your even-vaguely-food-related questions to albertburneko@gmail.com. All of them.

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By Cyriaque Lamar  Published: April 24th, 2013  Many pro wrestlers nowadays craft their ring personalities using some mixture of barbarian aggression and homicidal machismo. But back in the 1980s, Memphis wrestlers Stan Lane and Steve Keirn found success as a tag team known as the Fabulous Ones, w

Last night Charlotte-based product designer Adam Howell went to dinner at the Olive Garden, because that’s what one does for dinner on Sunday nights in Charlotte, I guess. While there, he witnessed a couple at a table near him making the case for never entering into a relationship ever, with the guy half of the couple at one point constructing a menu fort so his eyes wouldn’t have to be poisoned by the sight of the woman sitting across the table from him. We’ve all been there, no?

Howell tweeted, “A grown ass man is mad at his girlfriend at Olive Garden & has made a menu fort.” He then provided some additional play-by-play.

Fortunately for the hopeless romantics out there, there was a bit of a happy ending…

Also, I’m pretty sure that was Vinny from Jersey Shore hiding behind those menus.

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Cameron Lyle is a senior at the University of New Hampshire and a member of the track and field team, focusing primarily on the shot put. In his sophomore year, the team encouraged players to join the bone marrow registry and Lyle signed up and got his mouth swabbed.

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The Nest thermostat is a thermostat you can control remotely with your phone, learns your climate preferences and when you’re home over time. It allows you to essentially keep your house the right temperature, all the time, and save some money by not heating or cooling your house when you’re not home. And now it’s going to save you a lot more money.

How? By using data from your power company to use less juice when it costs the most:

The new system links the device to a collective, cloud-based knowledge of utility companies. If you’re with an Energy Services-aware power company, the thermostat will learn of upcoming peak energy periods—where power is in high demand and prices rocket as a result—which are sometimes known as rush hours. With that data, it will fine tune your heating, using less energy while it’s expensive.

You might be wondering what the power company gets out of people giving them less money, and the answer is actually it saves them money during peak times: There’s less strain on their equipment. For example, if everybody had a Nest installed, it’d help with the inevitable brown-outs that strike every time the temperature gets above 95 degrees in some places.

In the long term, of course, this also helps the environment: Less power used means less crap dumped into the air. But mostly we’re interested in this whole “saving lots more money” thing.

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Sometimes you just need a hug, and these guys know when to give it.

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Whoa.

The good people of Reddit realized that if you have to describe movies in as few words as possible, their plots sound very similar. Here are some of the movies they came up with plus a few extra.

A man goes on a long journey to deliver a package.

A cowboy must deal with an unwelcome alien.

The hero's life is tested when his/her alternate personality gets a little too overwhelming.

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Today on Married To The Sea: self awareness

By Steve Shapiro  Published: April 18th, 2013  Throughout history, many political observers have characterized America as a "melting pot" of ideas. Similarly, almost no commentators have compared the U.S. of A. to "a shambolic quilt-work Frankenstein, too crazy to live, yet too ugly to die." But

Listen up, future homeowners: unless you want to sound like a politically-incorrect asshole during your next appearance on House Hunters (more of an asshole than you sound when you walk into the kitchen of a shitball house and gasp, “Ooooooo, granite counters!!!!” like a total rube), you’ll want to stop using the phrase “master bedroom.” That’s because, according to a survey of 10 major builders in the Washington D.C. area, the word “master,” when it immediately precedes the word “bedroom” is loaded with racist and gender-biased connotations, and should therefore only be used as a word herald in the phrases “Master Blaster,” “Master P,” or “Master Shake.”

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And this is why dogs are the best kind of friends.

This patient pup that will play doctor to amuse this little girl.

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These heroes that will save the world with Superman at their side.

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This dog that will serve as a canvas for this up-and-coming artist.

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This dog that will embrace the cone of shame to have secret meetings with the tiny human.

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I want to go to there.

Okay, so hold on to your hats here, but there's a place in the Caribbean full of swimming pigs.

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According to The Daily Mail, Pig Island, or Big Major Cay, is an area in the Caribbean full of feral pigs that love to swim.

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Oh my good heavens.

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Just north of Staniel Cay in the Outer Exumas is Big Major Cay. On this small, uninhabited island, there's a group of feral pigs. The pigs are regularly fed by those who go out to visit them, which is often those staying at Fowl Cay Resort, where boats are available and all the regulars direct visitors to the pigs because they never cease to amaze.

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Just when you thought Jon Hamm couldn’t possibly be more appealing to the ladies — what with the devilish good looks and elephantine dong and all — the Mad Men star goes and makes an appearance with Elmo on Sesame Street sporting arguably the most perfect beard a man has ever sported. F*ck you, Jon Hamm. F*ck you with, well, a giant Jon Hamm-esque dick.

Also, is the person doing the Elmo voice the disgraced Kevin Clash, or his replacement? I can’t tell. At times I thought it was Clash. At others I thought it was not. If any of you have any insight into this, feel free to share in the comments.

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Hunter S. Thompson and Bill Murray.

The Emmy Award-winning intro is even cooler than you thought.

You know that astrolabe that surrounds the Westerosi sun?

Pictured: that astrolabe that surrounds the Westerosi sun.

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Those rotating bands depict major events from the history of the Seven Kingdoms

An early artist's conception of the astrolabe.

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First, the Targaryen dragon attacks some cities and towns.

House Targaryen conquered Westeros three hundred years before the first episode of Game of Thrones takes place. The dragons they brought with them from their ancient homeland helped Aegon the Conqueror forge the Iron Throne from the swords of the lords they conquered. For three centuries, those dragons kept the Seven Kingdoms under Targaryen rule -- and then the dragons died out.

The Stark wolf, Lannister lion, and Baratheon stag then defeat the Targaryen dragon together during Robert's Rebellion.

Two decades before the first episode takes place, a Targaryen prince kidnaps Lyanna Stark, the fiancée of Robert Baratheon and sister of Eddard Stark. After Eddard's father and brother are murdered by the Mad King Aerys while petitioning for her release, the Starks and the Baratheons rise up in rebellion against the Iron Throne. House Lannister joins the rebels late in the war, sacking King's Landing and killing the last Targaryen king and his family.

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Today on Married To The Sea: bird urinal

One of the favorite jokes of the shameful inner bro I keep locked away is “Updog.” I won’t deny it. Maybe it’s the hazy late night memories of the gag’s payoff making me giggle uncontrollably that triggers my subconscious, but whatever it is it never fails to slay me in its simple glorious/hilarious stupidity.

So when one one Redditor in r/GameOfThrones dug up (or created?) a bunch of multipane variations of different Game of Thrones characters falling for the gag you can bet your life I’m going to share them. It’s Thursday. The Masters is about to come on. Lucky Yates is here. It just makes sense. The rest below. Enjoy.

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Oh hey one last thing before we call it a day: you know that comedian guy we kinda like around here, Louis C.K.? Well, he’s got a new stand-up comedy special called Oh My God airing Saturday night at 10 p.m. on HBO. It will then air again on HBO on April 13 (3:30 a.m.), April 17 (midnight), April 19 (1:00 a.m.), April 23 (10:00 p.m., 2:50 a.m.), April 25 (12:30 a.m.) and April 28 (3:10 a.m.). Additionally, it’ll air on HBO2 on April 15 (10:00 p.m.), April 18 (1:00 a.m.), April 21 (12:35 a.m.) and April 30 (3:15 a.m.). Set your DVRs!

Now here’s a promo trailer thingie to get you stoked…

(Pic via: Kevin Mazur/HBO)

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Rutgers gave athletic director Tim Pernetti the boot on Friday after Mike "50 Hot Ones Comin' At Ya!" Rice was shitcanned for turning basketball practice into his own dodgeball refresher course. But because the only thing he did that was truly anathema to the big-time sports hivemind was to get caught, Rice remains employable.

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