Comic Con International is the biggest pop culture event of the year, with major entertainment companies, artists, designers and rabid fans descending on the San Diego Convention Center by the tens of thousands for a weekend full of premieres, debuts, unveilings, surprise appearances and enough geeky treats to satisfy fanboys and fangirls for another year. But what about those artists who choose to create and produce their own independent vision, the little guys who have yet to be swallowed up by the big fish in the sea of media giants? They’re still making a strong impact on the landscape of the convention floor, proving that the spirit of independence is alive and well at Comic Con.

Blake Armstrong

Blake Armstrong has an extremely diverse entertainment industry background, but nothing has ever made him feel as passionate as creating his own illustrated fantasy series. The result is The Jester’s Curse, a dark and spaced out saga influenced by the music of In Flames and soon to be co-published by Heavy Metal magazine. Blake spent six months creating his moody series, in hopes that it would lead to being published and available to fans, but when he got the attention of Heavy Metal magazine, his indie success story was complete.

Erik Arreaga

San Diego native Erik Arreaga grew up when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the big, bad heroes of Image Comics ruled the comic store shelves. Back then, he dreamed of one day attending Comic Con as a professional artist. Now in his seventeenth year selling prints and original art at SDCC, it’s safe to say Erik has made his artistic dreams come true on the Con floor. This year his Zombie Last Supper prints turned heads, and lots of his original Ninja Turtles artwork were up for sale too.

Robert A. Kraus

The works of RAK are a familiar sight to Comic Con attendees, and Robert sells mini prints of his works complete with card sleeve for a dollar so his booth is very popular with kids and comic art fans alike. He’s been sharing his heroic visions of pop culture characters with Comic Con attendees for the last eight years, and if his name sounds familiar then you may be remember him as the creator of the character Chakan the Forever Man, who appeared in his own comic book series and video games in the 1990s.

CME

The graphic novels released by Creative Mind Energy are truly a family affair, created by Damian Wassel Sr., his sons Damian Jr. and Adrian and illustrated by nephew Nathan C. Gooden. It all started with a story that Damian Sr. used to tell the boys before bed about Professor Wallaby. The kids loved the story so much that when his nephew Nathan started drawing the group decided to illustrate Damian Sr.’s beloved vision. Their newest comic series The Gifted and Deadeye were met with much acclaim and success at SDCC, and the illustrated story of Professor Wallaby is now available in a handsome slipcased edition.

13 Flames

Ira Hunter, Lawrence Denvir and Robin Thompson came to Comic Con in 1999 with nothing but a backpack full of handmade Champions of Hell comics and a dream, and the next year they got a table and brought their decidedly dark comic book series to the Con floor. Now they’ve released a full color compilation of their Zombie Jesus comic with a cover by Tony Moore of Walking Dead fame, and they’re about to team up with horror icon George A. Romero for their next title. 13 Flames continues to push the boundaries of horror comics and fantastic satire with their heavy metal inspired comic book creations.

Bill Robinson and Ian Samuels

Illustrated children’s books and animation collide in the works of Bill Robinson and Ian Samuels (not pictured). Bill has a background in character design for animation, and Ian has worked for the Jim Henson Company, so it’s no wonder the characters in their newest book Gwendolyn and the Underworld are so darn appealing. They also created the doggone adorable book M is for Mutt, which is sure to make both kids and adults bark with joy.

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The artwork of Wattana Khommarath is colorful, textural and full of character, which is no surprise considering that Wattana teaches animation to students at the Art Institute of San Diego. His booth partner Tou Vue creates fine art pieces for the geek world, featuring icons like Wolverine and Spider-Man rendered in a painterly style. Both Wattana and Tou are talented artists, and the chance to own one of their original handmade works makes their booth quite popular with art lovers and animation fans alike.

October Toys

Husband and wife team George and Ayleen Gaspar have turned their love of toys, designer and otherwise, into innovative company October Toys, and many credit their newest line of M.U.S.C.L.E.-inspired figures, Outrageous Mini Figure Guys (O.M.F.G.), as almost singlehandedly bringing the mini figure craze back to life. George and Ayleen also host a weekly internet show called Toy Break, where they extol their love of toys and review all the latest colorful plastic bits. At SDCC 2013, George hosted the first ever Toy Break panel with special guests Scott Tolleson, H. Eric Mayse from the Four Horsemen and Jay Garcia of MANA studios.

Spymonkey Creations Inc.

Indie toymakers Brian T. Stevenson and Jeremy Sung of Spymonkey Creations Inc. achieved the impossible in order to debut their Weaponeers of Monkaa toy line at Comic Con 2013; they sculpted, cast, fabricated and packaged an entire array of figures in a mere five months, a feat that typically takes large toy companies a year and a half to produce. They have both worked in the entertainment industry, doing everything from voiceovers to post production work, but the 80s kid inside them won out, and the world is a much more fun place because of it.

Chamanvision and Kenny Keil

Gustavo Vaca is a man with a bold vision, and his company, Chamanvision, is a reflection of his desire to bring art and music together in rhythmic tones and bold expressions. He and his wife, Alma Villegas, have worked with like-minded artists from around the world to create everything from album covers, t shirts and books to street art. This year they teamed up with artist Kenny Keil, who has worked for MAD Magazine and created the retro styled series Tales to Suffice, to create a hip hop infused comic series called Rhyme Travelers, which is sure to appeal to fans of graffiti, hip hop and comic book fans in general.

Alex Pardee

Alex Pardee has come a long way from his days as an unknown artist set up in Comic Con’s Artists Alley selling ashcan sketchbooks, homemade comics and t shirts. These days Alex is a swiftly rising star of the indie art scene, and his beloved Bunnywith series celebrated its tenth year with the 2013 SDCC exclusive Bunny With Slave Girl Fetish, a Jabba the Hutt shaped figure sporting a cute little bunny face and ears. Pardee’s psychedelic madness has been used on album covers, advertisements, and in 2010 he briefly had an incredibly strange online series on the WB network called Chadam.

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If you think there’s no place for the little guy at Comic Con think again, these artists prove that a fresh perspective and an independent vision still command respect at the world’s largest pop culture convention. Who’s your favorite independent artist of the bunch? For those of you who attended Comic Con, do you know of any indie artists I should have included? If so, tell us more in the comments below.

Yes, Wolverine can fight in wedges, like these made by CharleneRenegade. If you dispute that, you're welcome to argue the point with him yourself.

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As one of those people who has a serious addiction to Tard, aka Grumpy Cat, I'm determined to not only buy, but to consume the new Grumpy Cat coffee drinks. The thing is, I hate coffee, so I will be miserable the whole time I drink it. You know what Tard would say about that? "Good."

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How long could you survive in the wild with what you're wearing now? If you have these sneakers by the design collective Sibling, you may have a better chance against the elements. They contain a fully-functional tent. At the link, you can see more photos showing how it unfolds.

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Getting peanut butter out of a jar is no problem -until the jar is half-empty. Then, getting the rest out often involves getting your whole hand in the jar. But a new design called Jar With A Twist from a group of mechanical engineering students at North Carolina State University can change all that! It works somewhat like a push-up ice cream treat, in that the bottom gets pushed up as the product is used. It's also like a deodorant stick in that it twists its way to the top. But everything about the design is food-safe, and since the food is exposed to less air over time, it will stay fresher! The Jar With A Twist could be used for many viscous products like peanut butter, jelly, jam, frosting, cheese dip, salsa, and marshmallow cream. The group is working to market the idea to condiment companies. Link -via Fast Co Design

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The 350-pound bear strolled into a bar in Estes Park, Colorado. He sniffed around, then left. None of the humans took any notice:

The bruin, estimated at about 350 pounds and about 6 feet tall when standing on its hind legs, entered a back door of Lonigans Saloon Nightclub and Grill about 9:15 p.m. July 18 and nosed around for a time before exiting the way he came in, the Estes Park Trail-Gazette reported earlier this week.

The bear's visit would have gone unreported if not for a man walking by outside who saw it and security camera footage that captured it for posterity.

I don't blame him a bit for leaving. If you can't even welcome your customers, then they won't stay customers for long.

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In the 1950s, theater owners and movie promoters reacted to the popularity of TV by offering stranger and stranger gimmicks in theaters, like interactive "experiences." The master of such gimmickry was film producer and director William Castle, who understood the value of publicity.   

Many of Castle’s gags were integrated directly into the movie, bringing stories to life by letting the audience interact with the action onscreen. For his 1961 film, “Homicidal,” Castle inserted a “fright break” just before the film’s climax, displaying a ticking stop-watch while giving viewers a chance to leave the theater if they were too afraid. Theaters set up a “Coward’s Corner” in the lobby, with a yellow line leading fearful patrons to the booth where they’d sign a certificate stating “I am a bona-fide coward” before getting their money back.

Audiences couldn’t wait to see what Castle would come up with next. For the film “Thirteen Ghosts,” black-and-white scenes were superimposed with blue- and red-tinted footage, allowing viewers to make the “ghosts” visible or invisible using a pair of “Illusion-O” glasses filled with colored cellophane. For “Mr. Sardonicus,” Castle created a “Punishment Poll,” whereby audience members could vote for the villain to receive extra punishment or mercy. While many skeptics think there weren’t actually two endings, Terry says an alternate version was definitely made, though it wasn’t ever screened.

By the time Castle produced his last film, 1967's Rosemary's Baby, others had learned from his promotional stunts. They continue up to the 21st-century revival of 3D movies. Read about Castle and others who tried every angle to make going to the theater a one-of-a-kind experience at Collectors Weekly. Link    

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Just think of these as "deterrents" / Photo: Uluc Ceylani/Shutterstock

Some men buy expensive car as a "hey, I'm rich" signal to potential mates, but how about women? A new study from the University of Minnesota show that women also use expensive designer goods like Louis Vuitton handbags, Jimmy Choo shoes and Prada sunglasses for mating purposes. Just not what you'd expect:

“Whereas men use conspicuous products to attract mates, women use conspicuous products to deter female rivals,” conclude the study’s co-authors, Valadas Griskevicius, an associate professor of marketing at the Carlson School of Management, and PhD student Yajin Wang.

Of course, previous studies have found other reasons women purchase luxury products: to boost their self-esteem, for example, or to express their identity. But, as the findings of this new study suggest, such products may also play an important “signaling” role in relationships.

“In past research we have found that when men are showing off these luxury products, the audience is often other women,” said Griskevicius in a phone interview with MinnPost. “When men have a flashy car, they want women to see this flashy car and to realize how expensive it is. But for women, they’re showing off these expensive products to other women.”

Susan Perry of MinnPost has the story: Link

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This ad for a tampon delivery service features a 12-year-old who was the first at her summer camp to get her first period. The whole thing is quite funny and will no doubt benefit the company, but the most unrealistic parts are 1. summer camp that lasts more than five days, and 2. young girls who have regular cycles. Oh, and if you're squeamish, be warned that this contains girl talk. Link -via Daily of the Day  

"Hold me closer, Tony Danza"

Wait, that's not how Elton John's Tiny Dancer goes? If you often "mishear" song lyrics, you're in good company. Music streaming service Spotify has compiled a list of the Top 10 Misquoted Song Lyrics:

1. Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Blinded By the Light (52%)
WRONG: "Blinded by the light ... wrapped up like a (pejorative word) when you're rollin' in the night"
RIGHT: "Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night"

2. Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze (19%)
WRONG: "Scuse me, while I kiss this guy"
RIGHT: "Scuse me, while I kiss the sky"

3. The Clash, Rock the Casbah (14%)
WRONG: "Rock the cat box"
RIGHT: "Rock the Casbah"

4. Elton John, Tiny Dancer (13%)
WRONG: "Hold me closer Tony Danza"
RIGHT: "Hold me closer tiny dancer"

5. Credence Clearwater Revival, Bad Moon Rising (12%)
WRONG: "There's a bathroom on the right"
RIGHT: "There's a bad moon on the rise"

6. Guns N' Roses, Paradise City (10%)
WRONG: "Take me down to a very nice city"
RIGHT: "Take me down to the paradise city"

7. Van Halen, Panama (9%)
WRONG: "Animal!"
RIGHT: "Panama!"

8. Far East Movement, Like a G6 (8%)
WRONG: "Like a cheese stick"
RIGHT: "Like a G6"

9. TLC, Waterfalls (7%)
WRONG: "Don't go Jason waterfalls"
RIGHT: "Don't go chasing waterfalls"

10. Macy Gray, I Try (4%)
WRONG: "I blow bubbles when you are not here"
RIGHT: "My world crumbles when you are not near"

Link (Image: Tony Danza in Who's the Boss - via IMDB).

Like that? Mashable has extended that list to 34 songs, for example:

• The Rolling Stones, "Beast of Burden:" "I'll never leave your pizza burning" instead of"I'll never be your beast of burden"

• John Mayer, "Your Body Is a Wonderland:" "And if you want love, we'll make it / Swim in a deep sea of bacon" instead of "... Swim in a deep sea of blankets"

• Taylor Swift, "22:" "You look like Batman" instead of "You look like bad news"

• Wilson Phillips, "Reckless:" "Talking 'bout the washer and breakfast" instead of "Wanna be impulsive, reckless"

• The Beatles, "Something:" "Something's in the way, she moves" instead of "Something in the way she moves" (A subtle but silly change.)

• Ke$ha, "Your Love Is My Drug:" "Get out, get out, get out, it's my truck" instead of"Your love, your love, your love is my drug"

... or just sing along:

Those old sayings we used to live by have been updated for the hi-tech world we live in, one by cousin Nab, and the rest by Doghouse Diaries. Link -via Tastefully Offensive

This cake is great for house unification because you can't have a slice that represents just Slytherin or Hufflepuff. You can learn how to put together your own Hogwarts cake over at Bakingdom.

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In 1784, someone stumbled upon the idea of exhibiting a "Learned Pig," which could do math equations, spell, and later on even read minds. Many pigs were eventually exhibited like this, and they were either billed as a "Learned Pig" or under the name "Toby." Robyn Pennacchia was intrigued to learn about them, and bought a reprint of an 1805 promotional book about one of these pigs.  

Toby supposedly dictated this “autobiography” to Nicholas Hoare, his manager. While he was born of an “illicit amour” between his father and mother (who supposedly ate a volume of the classics during her pregnancy, which is possibly the genesis of his genius), he was immediately spirited away upon his birth by Hoare, who taught him to read by the time he was a mere four months old. Toby reminds us that many children do not achieve this by their fourth birthday, and should be appropriately shamed for it. His name, we discover, was derived from Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” speech.

Having had no other companions, Toby dedicated every waking hour to his studies, and imagines that if other tutors were as dedicated as Hoare was to his education, that “we should not have so many blockheads in the world as we see every day; and truly, they are a very numerous race.”

Read more about the intelligent pig craze at Death and Taxes. Link

Best Western. Forrest City, Arkansas, USA (2008)

Comedian David Bussell has stayed in a lot of hotels over the years, and decided that he should leave a bit of something ... in form of a hidden message behind mirrors, paintings, and other obscure places in the room. Next time you stay in a hotel, try to see if a fellow traveler has left you something. Behold, Hotel Graffiti - via Metafilter

Peuto San Jose. Costa Verde, Guatemala (2010)

Royal Bath Hotel. Bournemouth, England, UK (2009)

Model A Inn. Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada (2009)

Premier Inn. Manchester, England, UK (2010)

Crescent House. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (2010)

The Cathedral Gate Hotel. Canterbury, England, UK (2008)

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Dancing to Aretha Franklin is one of the joys of life, but it only befuddles this well-fed raccoon. When you think he might join in, it's more like "Please stop that. You're scaring me." -via Metafilter

This is the same guy who brought us Raccoon Repellent.

After you marry that millionaire (whom you got from "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" TV Show), it's entirely logical to start your family with yet another quiz show. Enter this TV game show from Pakistan, where you can ... that's right, win a baby:

TV host Aamir Liaquat Hussain presented baby girls to two unsuspecting couples during his show, which is broadcast live for seven hours a day during the month of Ramadan. "I was really shocked at first. I couldn't believe we were being given this baby girl," said Suriya Bilqees, now a mother of a two-week old. "I was extremely happy."

Another baby, a boy, is due to be given to another couple at some point in the coming days. [...]

"At Christmas there's Santa Claus to give everyone gifts, it's important for Christians. For us Ramadan is a really special time so it's really important to make people happy and reward them," said Hussain.

His show -- Aman Ramazan -- has been dubbed Pakistan's version of The Price Is Right, with members of the 500-strong audience receiving prizes in exchange for answering questions on the Quran.

The giveaway bonanza includes motorbikes, microwave ovens, washing machines and fridges. He also cooks while men sing Islamic hymns and discusses religion with children in a garden full of rabbits, snakes and goats.

The baby, if you must know, has been abandoned by its birth parents and the "winners" have been fully vetted in an adoption process. They just didn't know that they were going to "win" the baby in a game show.

Read the full story and video clip over at this post by Saima Mohsin and Katie Hunt at CNN: Link - Thanks Tiffany!

POLL: Is it wrong to give away a baby as a prize, even if it means giving that baby (who was abandoned to die) a chance at a good life?

• Yes - It's wrong
• No - It's fine
• I don't know! Just show me the answer!

The following is a Whodunit by Hy Conrad featuring Sherman Oliver Holmes, a mysterious crime solver and great-great-grandson of Sherlock Holmes. Can you solve the crime?

(Image credit: Flickr user TheeErin)

"My regrets, Wilson. I have no idea who killed him."

"What?" Sergeant Wilson thought he would never hear Sherman Holmes say those words. He wasn't too happy about it, either. "Okay, okay, calm down." Wilson sounded close to panic himself. "Mr. Boren, maybe you should review the facts."

Sherman and the sergeant were in the downtown offices of Boren Technologies, a designer of handheld computers. Arvin Boren sat at his desk, eyeing the professional detective and the eccentric amateur. "Someone's been stealing our designs. My vice president, Don Silver, and I kept the problem secret. And we narrowed the suspects down to three." He pointed out the window of his private office to where a skinny kid in shirtsleeves was stuffing yellow envelopes into a mail slot.

"That's Wally Bell, an intern from City College. He does a lot of our copying and binding, so he has access to our priority documents. The heavyset guy sitting outside my office, that's Solly Booke, my assistant. He's sending his son to private school. I don't know where he gets the money.

"The third possibility is Inez Kendal." A young woman in a tasteful, expensive suit was tacking a newspaper article to a bulletin board right next to the elevators. "Inez is director of public relations. She has the most contact with our competitors."

Sherman nodded. "Was it Mr. Silver's idea to try to trap the traitor?"

"I'm afraid so," Boren sighed. "We're developing a new version of our Wrist 2002. Don left the plans lying conspicuously on his desk. The thief never took originals, only copies. Don planned to hide in the copy room and catch the guy. Only the guy must have caught him."

Sergeant Wilson took over the narrative. "Silver was killed in the copy room by a blow to the head. Mr. Boren and an associate found the body almost immediately. All three suspects were immediately sequestered and their possessions searched. We haven't been able to locate the plans."

Sherman took the sergeant across to the window but didn't lower his voice. "The thief couldn't afford to be caught with them. My guess is the plans got thrown down that mail slot. It's the only place they could be."

Five minutes later, Sergeant Wilson persuaded a maintenance man to open the ground-floor mail chute. There the plans were, nestled right on top of a layer of yellow envelopes. "Just as I thought," Sherman said, turning to Wilson. "Now I know the killer."

WHO KILLED DON SILVER?

HOW DID SHERMAN KNOW?

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The whodunit above was provided by American mystery fiction author Hy Conrad.

In addition to his work in mystery and crime puzzles, Hy was also one of the original writers for the groundbreaking TV series Monk.

Currently, Hy is working on mystery novel series "Abel Adventures" as well as the Monk series of novels, starting with Mr. Monk Helps Himself (published by Penguin, order from Amazon here)

Check out Hy's official website and Facebook page - and stay tuned for more whodunits puzzlers on Neatorama from the master of whodunit mysteries himself!

My Tennis Family Car Stickers

Are you looking for the perfect gift for your favorite tennis lover? Get them the My Tennis Family Car Stickers from the NeatoShop. With the My Tennis Family Car Stickers they can proudly proclaim their love of family and their favorite sport. This fantastic sticker set includes 8 easy to apply stickers shaped like tennis equipment. 

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Car Stickers. 

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If you read old science fiction tales about Martian invasions and trips to the moon, you may think that you're reading obsolete works. But Frank Herbert, the late author of the Dune series, wrote that the genre reaches into something fundamentally timeless:

Science fiction, because it ventures into no man's lands, tends to meet some of the requirements posed by Jung in his explorations of archetypes, myth structures and self-understanding. It may be that the primary attraction of science fiction is that it helps us understand what it means to be human.

Which science fiction authors currently writing today do you think will still be widely read 100 years from now?

Ruby turned six years old and had a-themed birthday party, with all the trimmings, from Yoda Soda to Pin the Buns on Leia. See many of the pun-tastic party foods and favors at Imgur. Link  -via Geeks Are Sexy

Mad food scientist Becky McKay is your go-to person for insane food combinations, such as pizza roll-stuffed cupcakes and corndog-stuffed brownies. If there's a food product, she can stuff inside another one.

Most recently, she's taken up the cronut craze by baking little sugar donuts inside freshly baked cronuts. You can find her recipe at the link.

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When you watch The Ring, you're probably thinking, "gee, I'd love to try some of the water from that well." Well, you're in luck! Japanese burger chain Lotteria has introduced a new milkshake that they claim is flavored after the classic horror flick.

So what does it taste like? Oddly enough, blue lemonade with chocolate hair swirls on the top.

Link Via Foodbeast

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This clever ad for French automaker Renault lets you know that its service facilities are open all summer. Body work is pretty easy. Just slap on more sand.

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Cleaning up the messes we make out of Mother Nature is a delicate business, lest we make things worse with the solution. Ships stop at many islands around the world, inadvertently introducing rats that ate native species, particularly their eggs. South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic is one such habitat. Once the premiere breeding ground of seabirds, South Georgia became overrun by rats, and the number of birds there dropped like a stone, to 1% of the former population. Many schemes have been tried (remember operation cat drop?), but conservationists may be making headway with new techniques.

The projects try their best not to hurt the species they're supposed to protect.

For one, the rat poison, brodifacoum, is not water soluble, so it can't leach into the groundwater or poison waterways.

Some seabird scavengers could eat stricken rats and become ill, though the rat carcasses are hard to find: The poison makes the rats photophobic, or shy of light, so the rodents usually retreat to their burrows before dying.

It's possible that a few duck or other birds may ingest the poisonous pellets, but since rats eat thousands and possibly millions of chicks a year overall, poison is still the better strategy, experts say.

South Georgia Island is not the only island undergoing rat eradication projects. Read about several of them at NatGeo News. Link

It's time for another Questions In Need of Answers. Rather than Google for these answers, we put them to the neatoramanaut community. Because you guys are way smarter than Google's algorithms...

1. Our family recently inherited an Xbox. Much rejoicing! Problem is: Playing Xbox with a human 1/7th your age and 1/3 your size is hard. It's hard to find games we both like, we can both play, and it's especially hard to find kinect games that work for two people of such drastically different heights/sizes. Soooo, my question is: What are some games we should try that adult and 6-year-old could possibly play together, using kinect or controllers? 

2. I'm tired of bad frozen pizza, which seems to be all we ever come home with. In your opinion(s), what's the best frozen pizza out there? Help!

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It's been a while since we checked in with the internet's favorite happy kitty, so let's see how Maru's doing. Let's see some tail twitching, good. A little attack on the rug, very nice. A failed attempt at jumping and some water exposure...looks great. Yup, he's still up to his usual adorable tricks.

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Four years after buying the sea rock it lived in, redditor GCS_3 discovered that he had a bobbit worm in his saltwater aquarium. That explained why some of his fish had mysteriously disappeared. In the wild, bobbit worms can grew to almost ten feet in length, although the average is about a yard long. This one was measured at eight inches, after it was "euthanized." The consensus is that it should have been nuked from orbit. See more pictures of this scary worm at imgur. Link

That's a shame, because this stroller would not doubt sell well for drivers who take road performance seriously.

This stroller was made for a very funny Skoda car commercial, which you can find below.

Link -via Technabob

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Note to Self (sold individually)

Are you headed back to school? Keep yourself organized with the Note to Self mini notebook from the NeatoShop. This handy dandy notepad makes everyday list-making and note-taking feel fun and special.  Each pocket-sized notepad includes 50 sheets for your note writing pleasure. 

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Stationery items. 

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