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Link Tank: KFC’s New Gaming Console Has Built-In Chicken Warmer

KFC has entered the console war with KFConsole, which includes a built-in chicken warmer. Yes, you read that right. “Peanut butter and jelly. Batman and Robin. Rock and roll. Fried chicken and video games. Some things just go together—like KFC Gaming and Cooler Master, which teamed up to create a game console with a built-in roaster.” Read more at PCMag. From National Hangover Day to Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, here are some offbeat holidays to celebrate in the first month of the new year. “Though the official end-of-year ‘holiday season’ may be over, January is chock-full of very fun, very…
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Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive is Built on the Shoulders of Giants

This post is sponsored by When Brandon Sanderson wrote The Way of Kings, the first book in The Stormlight Archive series, he was ready to give up on publishing. Throwing away any ideas of what the market wanted, he decided to write something instead for himself. Now, 18 years later, Rhythm of War, the fourth book of The Stormlight Archive, marks Sanderson’s 25th novel (in addition to assorted novellas, short stories, and graphic novels), and something over seven million words of published fiction. He is, of course, not the only person who has enjoyed the epic fantasy saga. That success…
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The House That Jack Built

Boundary-pushing cinematic visionary Lars von Trier returns with one of his most daring, masterfully provocative works yet. In five audacious episodes, failed architect and arch-sociopath Jack (Matt Dillon) recounts the elaborately orchestrated murders?each, as he views them, a towering work of art?that define his ?career? as a serial killer. Mixing pitch black humor, transcendent surrealism, and renegade musings on everything from history to architecture to cinema, von Trier fashions a radical, blazingly personal inquiry into violence, art, and the twin acts of creation and destruction. [IFC Films]Rated: RRelease Date: Dec 14, 2018
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