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Boo!

Look at me! Did that scare you? ;-)  Because it's pretty freaky, if I may say so myself. As much as I would like to take credit for this zombie effect, I didn't have to do any work to achieve the ghoulish look (unless you call clicking on some buttons "work"). So no, there will be no makeup tutorial. :-P What I can tell you is that you can easily do the same for yourself, or any other person's portrait. All you need is a Google+ account...

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Two Fascinating, Potentially NSFW Charts

I'm not sure exactly why I find these charts — depicting the various subjects and categories that turn people on and how they differ between men and women — so interesting. Well, duh it's related to sex so it's naturally intriguing. But I think for me, the science and research behind human attraction has always been captivating because the driving forces behind what makes one person attractive to another can vary so greatly. Granted, these charts are not necessarily about attraction. But what turns someone on can't be too far from their preferences in pornography, no? Here is a ranking of Pornhub's most-viewed categories: And the most-searched terms: Is it just me, or is the fact that "teen" takes the top spot for men in both charts sorta disturbing? Head on over...

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Thoroughly Depressing Comics About Our Relationship to Facebook

FACEBOOK TO BEGIN CHARGING USERS $2.99/MO STARTING NOVEMBER 1ST, the headline read.

A friend — who is very active on Facebook with over 1,000 friends and numerous subscribers — had shared the article to her timeline. The response was swift and immediate.

Grief. Denial. Rage. Threats to move to other social networks.

Only then did an astute commenter point out that the article was a hoax; there was no need to panic.

I couldn’t help but be reminded of this incident when I came across these clever and powerful comics yesterday.

The truth hurts, doesn’t it?  😉 

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Classic Horror Movies Get the “Goosebumps” Treatment

If It Were Stine is a Tumblr blog dedicated to reimagining classic horror movies, television shows, and video games as R.L. Stine’s popular children’s book series, Goosebumps.

Despite having been a junkie for the teen horror genre in my formative years, I wasn’t a big fan of R.L. Stine or the Goosebumps books. I thought they were predictable, contrived, and quite honestly, not that scary. (I was a bigger fan of the less-popular Christopher Pike.) However, I can’t help but admit that designer Theodore Holmstead-Scott and writer Jude Deluca have done a fantastic job of translating these on-screen horror classics to Goosebump-worthy book covers.

Here are my favorites. Be sure to read the back-cover synopses for the full experience!

The Shining:
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Poltergeist:
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