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The Book of Awesome- a MUST read.

The economy sucks. I put $30 in my gas tank to fill it halfway. Graduation is near. Real life is continually tapping me on the shoulder and getting ready to slap me across the face. I just turned twenty-two. The next milestone is thirty... soon I'll be fifty and scheduling my first...

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Ask Sumo: Mean Girls, Not Just for Lindsay Lohan

Dear Sumo Skinny, My friend just randomly stopped talking to me.  I don’t know what I did or why she’s angry, but she won’t answer my texts and I don’t want to keep bothering her.  I don’t miss her as a friend—we were on the rocks anyways—but I want to know what I did to prevent the same...

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Cool Science Tricks for Frat Parties (and Picking Up the Opposite Sex)

Sometimes, after the wild frat parties have died down and its just me and a few of my fellow bros hanging around, the kegs emptied and the scores of attractive women ushered out of the place, I just want to do science.  Yeah, I said it.  Science can be cool, and, yeah, even sexy!  I...

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The Ghost of Osama bin Laden on Twitter

The day after Osama bin Laden was pronounced dead, most people are celebrating this glorious victory for America. There are those, however, who believe that we shouldn't be celebrating the death of any person. To those Debbie Downers, I say, screw that! This is an amazing moment in history, not...

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Textalyzer for Drunk Texting

Texting while drunk should really be a crime. Probably listed under the assault category.  Protect yourself from sending those nasty ass texts with Textalyzer.  The app allows you to add people to your "Forbidden List" which you will not be allowed to text without passing a series of...

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The British are Coming! (and fist-pumping)

Usually its America that’s ripping off British television sensations (see: Skins; The Office) but this time around the Brits are taking a page out of the American handbook. Unfortunately, they chose the page with Jersey Shore on it. Yup, next month, MTV UK will air “Geordie Shore,” their answer to...

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"Slide those sliders down, son!" Competitive eating True Story-- part 2

 The three of us sat down, looking at the foreboding plate of sliders that was placed before us.  Our new ally, Dillon, looked at us for a moment.  Sizing up his team, he glanced back down.  The countdown began, and before we knew it our hands were full of hamburgers and buns....

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Why Disney's Prom is the Devil

-DISCLAIMER: The movie I'm about to review hasn't come out yet, so I haven't actually seen it. But, we pretty much know it's going to be terrible, let's be real.- Ok, I can't take it any longer. I have to express my feelings about the new movie coming out on Friday called simply, "Prom". Here's the...

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The Celeb Skinny- More "Teen Mom" Fails

It seems nothing can go right for the ladies of MTV’s series, “Teen Mom”. That doesn’t even compare to what Leah Messer has been through over the past year. The 19-year-old was on the second season of the show, chronicling her pregnancy with on-and-off-again boyfriend, Corey Simms. After being...

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The University of Facebook

Facebook is changing everything, including if you get into the college of your dreams. Same goes for that dream job. So is Facebook going to stop you from getting that coveted position or into that perfect school? Courtesy of: Schools.com

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