The Hug-E-Gram. It comes with “1 Dozen Lasting Roses.” They are made of wood. Check out this amazing testimonial: (So, a wife with breast cancer but, we can assume, two functioning arms decides to cheer up her laid-off husband by spending twenty bucks that could be spent on hospital bills or food on robot arms […]
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Have a Nerdtastic Valentine’s Day
G.I. Joe Valentines from Comics Alliance… Han Solo Valentine from io9… Even MORE nerd-tarded V-day cards after the jump! Via. Via. Via. Via. Not a valentine in the strictest sense… but why not? Via.
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I’m Kind of Awesome… But it’s No Big Thing.
So anyway, while the idiots around here were making really boring puppy videos on Friday, I was in Argentina saving someone’s life in a truly spectacularly awesome fashion. It’s no big thing though, and I didn’t think it was worth mentioning here. HOWEVER, unbeknownst to me there was video of the spectacularly awesome rescue, and […]
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Mercury Free Valentines EXTENDED! (Slightly.)
Okay, so due to overwhelming nagging, we’ve decided to slightly extend the deadline for FREE Mercury Valentine submissions. Now you have until TOMORROW (FRIDAY, FEB 5) AT NOON to write a deliciously romantic, sensuous, or just plain weird valentine to the shmoopy-woopy of your choice! (Trust me, people—these valentines work like a charm in the […]
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Get Yer Free Mercury Valentine!
Do you wanna be a lovebird or a stinkbird? Assuming the answer is the former rather than the latter, you need to sharpen up your words of woo, and submit your FREE Mercury Valentine! That’s right—the Mercury will print your Valentine to your special someone (or somethings) for absolutely FREE in our annual Readers Valentine […]
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Submit Your Free Mercury Valentine Today!
Pictured above: ROMANCE. Attn. loyal denizens of Blogtown! C’mon. Let’s be honest. While the deadline for submitting your valentine to be published in the Mercury‘s super-popular Valentine’s Day issue is technically February 4, I think we both know that you like to procrastinate. But procrastination leads to forgetting… and forgetting to put a valentine in […]
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A Gift from Me, Philip Michael Thomas, to You.
Oh, hello there. It’s me, Philip Michael Thomas. I sincerely hope you had an amazing 2009, and I also hope you’ll have an even more amazing 2010. In the spirit of the season, please accept—as my gift to you, and completely free of charge—the music video for my 1985 chart-topper “Just the Way I Planned […]
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Happy New Year, Blogtownies!
From all of us here at the Mercury, tonight we raise our glasses in a toast to YOU, our awesome readership! While producing a paper weekly (and a blog daily) has not been without its challenges, we’re always humbled and thankful for your continued support, and as such, we sincerely wish you good health and […]
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This One’s For You, Glee-Tards!
The problem with Glee is that nothing that awesomely glee-tarded ever happens in real life… OR DOES IT? Check out this performance of Lady GaGa’s “Poker Face” as presented by the University of California Berkeley’s A Capella choir, Noteworthy. Your smile may be stuck on for the rest of the day.
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“Hi, ur hot” = Bad, “What’s up, zombie vegetarian” = Good
So I’ve been thinking about online dating lately (for my specific thoughts on the matter, go here), and one of my friends tipped me off to an interesting article about what you should and shouldn’t write in a first message to a potential ugly-bumper, according to statistics from the OKCupid blog. Using slang like ur […]
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Blogtown Somehow Overlooked…
Okay, I stole this from Slog, and it’s a couple days old. But in case you missed it, here’s a YouTube that will make you temporarily optimistic about the future of humanity. (And then you will watch this video, and all hope will evaporate.) I want his T-shirt.