December 2010
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Marvel vs. DC
You need to send an operative into an enemy’s facility for a recon/espionage mission. Would you send in Ant-Man or The Atom?
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Fun With Abbreviations
In the NHL, the Atlantic Division is abbreviated ATL The Atlanta Thrashers’ team abbreviation is also ATL But the Thrashers play in the SouthEast Division So you may be playing for ATL but you won’t be playing in the ATL
Dec 27th
Merry Christmas from Buckeyenerd!
Dec 26th
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Ohio State Tradition for Sale
Today I am ashamed to be a Buckeye. I am ashamed to say that five of my fellow students and members of the football team gained inappropriate benefits and will be suspended the first five games of the 2011 season. But you would get bored just listening to a rant so let’s make this interactive. What do you think upsets me the most about this controversy? Is it that the accused traded...
Dec 24th
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Hockey Waffles
There is a tradition in the NHL that if a player scores three goals in one game (a hat trick) the fans throw their caps on the ice in celebration. Other teams have similar ice throwing traditions (e.g. the Detroit Red Wings fascination with octupi). However, on Monday night one fanatic in Toronto tried something a little different at a Maple Leafs game. Joseph Robb was arrested, charged with...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Road Trip Recipe
There are a few staples of your standard college movie. There is the convoluted love triangle. Excessive and unrealistic partying is popular. The most reflective of real life however, is the road trip. Pop culture has popularized the road trip as a test of will, fortitude, and bladder and made it out to be a sort of rite of passage for the collegiate set. Most road trips that grace the silver...
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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The Force is British?
In the 2001 census for England and Wales, approximately 390,000 citizens listed their religion as ‘Jedi.’ The office in charge of this poll did not recognize the religion as official and listed those respondents along with ‘atheists.’
Dec 15th
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For the Aquatic Nerd in all of us.  →
Dec 15th
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Fun TV Fact
TV star Chevy Chase has been on more episodes of Community than Saturday Night Live.
Dec 14th
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Unlikely Likelihood
There have been 18 perfect games in Major League Baseball since 1901. Over 600 people have climbed Mt. Everest. Which would you rather do?
Dec 14th
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WatchWatch
thedailywhat: Video Game Trailer of the Day: A year to the day before it was officially announced at the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, the first official trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum sequel Batman: Arkham City, in which the Dark Knight bats heads (UCWIDT?) with supervillain Hugo Strange, premiered at the 2010 VGAs, and is now available above for your salivating pleasure. [gametrailers.] ...
Dec 12th
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Dec 8th
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With great seats comes great responsibility
If you are going to The Q tonight to see LeBron James’ return to Cleveland, I envy you. Not because you shelled out triple digit money (and possibly a bodily organ) for a ticket, but because you have something I desire – a platform. The story needs no emphasis: Heat vs. Cavs; Lebron James vs. Cleveland; the high road vs. hate. The entire country will be watching tonight’s game because they have...
Dec 2nd