A great year for dudes in untucked shirts and jeans.
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“To borrow a millennial phrase, we’re on cleek,” said Taco Bell’s incoming CEO. “Not everybody know’s what I’m talking about right now. That means you’re on point.”
A new Twitter account, @BrandsSayingBae, delighted the Internet this week, calling out chains from IHOP to Taco Bell for imitating teen vernacular on social media as part of their earnest pursuit for consumer engagement — a holy grail sought through "baes" and "on fleeks."
The screenshots are entertaining, poking fun at Jimmy John's for replies like "whatcha waitin for bae," or Applebee's for tweeting "#WontonTacos on fleek." The account's bio reads, sarcastically: "It's cool when a corporation tweets like a teenager. It makes me want to buy the corporation's products."
@BrandsSayingBae's current location, according to its bio: Hell.
In a difficult year, these were the cats that inspired us; these were the cats that urged us on. These were the cats that changed our lives.
Whatever you turned down for in this trying year – whether it was grace, forgiveness, the tender caress of a loved one, or because there was nothing good on Netflix – these kittens were right there with you, bobbing their majestic heads in time with the rhythm of your dreams.
"Mr. Purrbachev, CLIMB DOWN THIS WALL!"
- Timely Ronald Reagan reference about this cat
So many critics have pointed out that 2014 was a precarious hammock of a year that it hardly bears repeating, but those happy few who survived the year's ravages by calling upon the fluffy white cat that is perseverence will see the wisdom in this beautiful video.
“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”
- John Keats, in one of his many letters to this cat
New York, I love you, but you’re bringing me down. This post is going to be a bummer unless you really like luxury condos and frozen yogurt.
One of the world's great graffiti meccas was demolished and will be replaced with two apartment towers.
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Name a famous musician, and the odds are very good that they performed at this massive Midtown venue at some point. The building has been demolished, and will be used for a 50-story mixed-use development.
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Kim's was once a thriving chain that catered to the discerning tastes of New York's coolest music nerds and film junkies, but its final outpost closed this summer. It didn't go under because business was bad, but rather that the rent was raised by the landlord.
Eden, Janine, and Jim / Via Flickr: edenpictures
This massive art supply store was shut down in the spring, and the owner of the building is looking to turn it into luxury condos.
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Warning: This post will make you feel emotions.
A man carries a baby who survived an airstrike allegedly conducted by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus.
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A golfer hits a tee shot as African migrants sit atop a border fence during an attempt to cross into Spanish territories between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave of Melilla.
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A woman crawls toward the body of her sister as Ebola burial team members take her sister, Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation in Monrovia, Liberia. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members.
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The Rev. Linda Hunsaker presides over the wedding of Vivian Boyack and Alice Dubes, in Davenport, Iowa. More than seven decades after beginning their relationship, Boyack, 91, and Dubes, 90, were finally able to get married.
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By people with kids for people with kids.
Who it's for: Parents or parents-to-be looking for recipes, crafts, and parenting hacks — or even just a laugh about what it's like to raise another human.
What you'll get: Brilliant tips that will make every day easier, from the earliest days of pregnancy to the very end of the school year. DIY projects and recipes your kids will love. Special ways to spend time together. Inspired activities to keep them busy. Real talk about what being a parent is really like, hilarious proof that it's OK not to have all the answers, and much more!
When you'll get it: Tuesday and Saturday.
Let us be your DJ tonight.
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1. Tinashe and Schoolboy Q's murky "2 On."
2. Teen star Becky G gets a mature, mid-tempo makeover on "Can't Stop Dancing."
3. Gwen Stefani's reggae-tinged comeback single "Baby Don't Lie."
4. The rave-ready "Bad (ft. Vassy)" from EDM superstars David Guetta and Showtek.
5. Avicii's soaring, anthemic "The Nights."
6. The Chainsmokers skittering remix of Tove Lo's "Habits (Stay High)."
7. Tampa-based rapper Dominique Young Unique's clattering, claustrophobic "Throw It Down"
8. DJ Snake and Lil Jon's massive club-banger "Turn Down For What."
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The man knows how to pose.
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WireImage / Jun Sato
WireImage / Jun Sato
WireImage / Jun Sato
“Leaving the audience with a feeling that somehow there could have been a sexual relationship between duPont and I is a sickening and insulting lie.”
Here’s to less giant ol’ douchers in 2015.
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What happens on a nudist beach stays on a nudist beach. WARNING: Images of nudist butts ahoy.
Coastline view at Maslin Beach, South Australia.
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The above bare bums were photographed at the beach in question, but willingly and NOT by the surreptitious snapper.
Nudists then confronted the man, who packed up his things and walked further down the beach, only to position his cooler towards another naked couple.
What a fun holiday!
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If you’re a college football fan, you’ll definitely want to watch this shockingly honest documentary.
So you can skip that whole irrational crying, ice cream bingeing, writhing in pain thing this month.
More people on holiday, fewer people paying attention. It’s a perfect recipe for a corporate disclosure to fly beneath the radar.
The California-based legal publisher is also big shareholder in many US banks, thanks to the leadership of its chairman and Berkshire Hathaway number two Charlie Munger. On Monday it said that one of its quarterly earnings statements "should no longer be relied on."
The problem is an expected change in how some deferred revenue will be taxed. The company said it reached this decision on December 29 — Monday — after discussing it with its new auditor, BDO.
Daily Journal had removed its prior auditor, "Big Four" member EY, in June after a dispute over its internal controls. Daily Journal also said it had notified the NASDAQ on Tuesday that it won't be able to file a timely annual report, which violates the exchange's listing rules. The company also disclosed that it "it will not provide preliminary, unaudited results for fiscal 2014 until it has more certainty regarding BDO's position on the income tax accounting."
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Let’s recap.
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The universe is an amazing place.
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What better way to predict the new year than with the cutest ever animals?
Emoji Connect Four just changed everything!
“I got incredibly drunk at a friend’s house, went to my ex’s apartment, and found him in the shower with a co-worker.”
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"When I was 22, my friends and I were in this super cheesy club in St. Louis. I excused myself just past midnight to use the restroom. Before I started my hover-squat, I placed my phone on the back of the toilet. Afterward, when I went to grab for my phone, I slipped in something wet and came crashing down, head-butting the toilet and breaking my nose. The matronly bathroom attendant wouldn't let me leave until the bleeding stopped, and to make matters worse, my friends assumed I went home with someone else and left me there! Stranded on the landing with a broken schnozz!"
"I was 13 and I was sitting between my two dogs. My dogs had been fighting since Christmas because they both wanted the other's bone. The second I decided to sit up, one dog made a move to steal a bone and I ended up getting bit in the face. I sat in the backseat of my dad's car with a towel to stop the bleeding while we drove around trying to find a clinic that was open. I celebrated the new year in the ER getting stitches."
