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Miniature versions of things will always have a place in our heart. It doesn't matter if it's Estes Rockets or Revell cars or Micro Machines or even Lego, we've been playing with miniature models for as long as we can remember. Alan Wolfson has turned what we thought was only…

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To A Tee: Random Objects

Like most Internet-minded folk, we're big fans of great typography. Browsing and sharing quotes is also rather entertaining, especially when it comes to social media. Share a fancy quote on Facebook and you immediately sound like a full-blown intellect, right? Bring the two together and you get the inspiration behind…

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GIVEAWAY: Nooka Strip Belts

The belt is as necessary as it is antiquated. You can't very well not hold your pants up, so you're stuck with a bit of a conundrum. Either you go with the standard prong and hole closure and deal with a fit that's only concerned with how big you are…

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F in Exams

As a kid sometimes you hoped for a Scantron test because, while you might get the majority of questions wrong by simply blackening out every “C” on the sheet, at least you wouldn’t embarrass yourself with some asinine answers.  While we’re glad our terrible answers are buried in an attic…

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As All Murray Print

You know you’ve achieved another level of greatness when your own peers stand, applaud and basically bow at your very presence.  That’s kind of the case with Bill Murray, for proof of this just check the re-airing of the first annual Comedy Awards where the ovation for Dr. Venkman almost…

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