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Five letters. Begins with a “V.” Means a Yiddish bedbug. Crossword.

The following is reprinted from The Best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. In the 1920s, a…

The crossword puzzle turns 100 this week -- here's how it rose to popularity

This week I rewatched two more episodes of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. This time we travel to No Man’s Land and Jalisco. Saddle up and prepare to ride with the Chin That Won The West. Spoilers ahead.

Episode 4 is “No Man’s Land” which was actually the third one aired. I’ll let Bruce Campbell introduce it.

Soft, modal underwear isn’t just for boxer briefs, so one of our readers’ favorite brands, Tommy John, is launching women’s.

Earlier this week we asked you to unzip and talk about your picks for best men’s premium underwear. …

The women’s collection features two of the tentpole Tommy John fabrics, Air and Second Skin,...

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What was Christmas like twenty-five years ago? In the pages of the Frederick's of Hollywood catalog, it was hot. The lingerie retailer has been in business since 1947, but filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. But let's remember happier times, shall we? We got our hands on a catalog from 1990, when the hair and the smiles were big—and the satin was shiny.
The cover promises great things.

Get...

NBC 1983. Steven Bochco. 8 episodes.

Created by Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis. With Michael Nouri, Pat Corley, Perry Lang, Michele…

Intro.

You can and should shower your mom in gifts this Mother’s Day, but you don’t need to overspend to do it. We’ll be updating this post with our favorite gift-friendly deals from now until the big day, so keep checking back until you find that perfect something for your mom.

Mother’s Day is less than two weeks away, and if you haven’t already ordered flowers, you can save 25% on any $39+ order...

Hired as Lady Seitenshi’s bodygaurd after defeating the Stage Five Gastrea and becoming the hero of Tokyo Area, Rentaro Satomi confronts a dangerous sniper set on taking the Seitenshi’s life.

Although they’ve been heralded the saviours of Tokyo Area, life at the Tendo Security Company has been business as usual, with Rentaro Satomi, his initiator Enju Aihara and their boss Kisara Tendo...

If coworkers have been stealing your food out of the office fridge, or you just want to keep a couple drinks cold at the beach, this flexible lunch box is basically made out of ice packs . Just freeze it overnight, and it’ll keep your food and drinks chilled for up to 10 hours.

I played this game so much back in the day. So much nostalgia racing around Monaco as “Driver Williams”.

Not surprisingly, no such test done on the F355. Surprisingly, I did find a pic of a real-life crash that ended similarly.

I have no doubt that the car would crash poorly when compared to mainstream cars in an identical test.........as with any exotic sports car, I suppose.

Project Pat: 5 points (4-0 overall, 1-0 Game of the Week)

#5 Oklahoma +7.5 vs. #2 THE Ohio State. Last years matchup was fought and won in the trenches. Oklahoma is without star RBs Perine and Mixon (NFL) but still has Heisman hopeful Baker Mayfield. However, OSU will squeak away with a W through play from QB J.T. Barrett and RB Dobbins.

#3 Clemson -5.5 vs. #13 Auburn. Dabo will lead his boys...

I’ll never understand how, in 2017, Microsoft still ships Xbox One controllers without built-in rechargeable batteries, but at least there’s an easy fix . Get two battery packs and a charging cradle for $17 today with promo code 7TZW34B5. You don’t have to use the cradle if you don’t want to; any microUSB cable will do the job.

The Unbelievable Gwenpool was an odd book when it was first announced and it continued to be an odd book when it came out. The initial inspiration for the book was a variant cover for Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars #2, which depicted a female Deadpool wearing a hot pink and white costume lounging in a pool.

This image then took off with fans and cosplayers, gaining enough popularity that...

It appears that Don Jr., a taxidermied subway rat life brought back to life by a witch’s curse, is searching for a book deal. The New York Post reports that, according to publishing insiders, “Trump Jr. is shopping a tome, and is being repped by top agent David Vigliano’s literary firm, AGI Vigliano.”

“It’s unclear what the book would cover,” the Post continues, which makes sense because I...

Title: “Superman: The Animated Series – Main Title” | Composer: Shirley Walker | Show: Superman: The Animated Series

Well, I can’t let Batman get all the attention.

Here is my last OP/ED a Day:

Title: “Batman” | Composer: Danny Elfman | Show: Batman: The Animated Series

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Our readers have bought thousands of Yi’s home security cameras, but today, you can save $12 on the new 1080p model .

Yi now offers an online cloud DVR service that will store seven days of motion detection footage for free, 15 days worth of motion detection footage for $100/year for five cameras, or $100/year per camera to store 15 days worth of all the footage the camera shoots, whether it...

As scientists battle bitter backlash over a plan to release genetically modified, Zika-killing mosquitoes in the Florida Keys, just 1,700 miles north a similar plan has caused much less of a fuss. On Martha's Vineyard and in Nantucket, Kevin Esvelt, an evolutionary biologist at MIT, has proposed fighting Lyme disease using genetically engineered mice.

In the woody, coastal corridors of New...