Predictably the best episodes of any given season, The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror” episodes are finally available for purchase in their own right on iTunes! Sweeet!!

The first installment is the “Treehouse of Horror: Collection 1” containing the following episodes:

• “Treehouse of Horror 1” – Bad Dream House, Hungry Are the Damned, and The Raven.

• “Treehouse of Horror IV” – The Devil and Homer Simpson, Terror at 5 and a Half Feet, and Bart Simpson’s Dracula.

• “Treehouse of Horror VII” – The Thing and I, The Genesis Tub, and Citizen Kang.

• “Treehouse of Horror X” – I Know What You Diddily-Iddly-Did, Desperately Xeeking Xena, and Life’s a Glitch Then You Die.

• “Treehouse of Horror XIII” – Send in the Clones, The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms, and The Island of Dr. Hibbert.

• “Treehouse of Horror XVI” – Bartificial Intelligence, Survival of the Fat Test, and I’ve Grown a Costume on Your Face.

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Billed as “the greatest Hanukkah gift of all time” — and I’m not necessarily disagreeing — the Spinagogue reinvents the Jewish game of dreidel in a modern way, that people of all faiths can appreciate. In fact, who doesn’t like spinning a dreidel, particularly when you get to spin it on the moon or on a skeeball lane?

Schmaltz & Latke Bonus Round: Buy your tickets for Major League Dreidel 2009, to be held on December 12 at New York’s Knitting Factory, and check out scenes from MLD 2008:

To pre-order your Spinagogue for Hannukah 2009, visit ModernTribe.com, and for more information about Major League Dreidel, hit up League Knishioner, Eric Harris Pavony.

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Part 1 of Blogadilla’s Medica Obscura

TEFLON FLU – influenza-like symptoms resulting from exposure to the noxious fumes and byproducts of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE): commercially known as “Teflon.” Symptoms include malaise, fever, chills, nausea, aches, cough and other respiratory maladies. By 392ºF Teflon-coated cookware can emit fluorocarbon gases, by 550ºF the Teflon will begin to deteriorate and powderize, and by 680ºF it will generate toxic fumes. In a 20/20 news demonstration, frying bacon in a Teflon pan reached 500ºF. These fumes are known to be lethal to birds.

One of the noxious byproducts of Teflon degradation is perfluoroocatnoate (PFOA), sometimes known as “C8.” PFOA is a known carcinogen – associated with liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancers. It has been associated with infertility and it has toxic effects on the liver, immune system, and can effect thyroid hormone levels. Here is the scary part – PFOA has been found in the blood serum of most Americans. Aside from Teflon cookware, PFOA has been found in microwave popcorn bags. In an exposé by 20/20, a DuPont representative admitted awareness of “teflon flu” . . . and so they have provided this detailed vague and helpful useless page on their website.

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Perhaps the only thing better than bacon and chocolate is bacon and beer. Brooklyn Brewery has crafted a beer infused with Benton’s Country Smokehouse bacon called Reinschweinsgebot. Unfortunately, it isn’t available to everyone – cases of Reinschweinsgebot are limited, and currently it is only available at special events (including a $350 pairing dinner at Per Se in New York City this Friday evening).

(via Grub Street, via Emily; image via bacon-beer)

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Who needs a ShamWow?

(via Jenna)

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Find yourself in a bind? Achin’ for bacon but away from your butcher? Bust out Tactical Bacon– 54 strips of ready to eat bacon, in a can.

As Neatorama points out, it’s got a ten-year shelf life, which makes it great for any underground apocalypse shelter. Important to note: when you open Tactical Bacon, you’ll have to eat all 54 pieces or else refrigerate them. Good thing we really love bacon!

(via Colin; via Neatorama; via Gizmodo)

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Our 5 year prediction for the new Nissan Cube.

 

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