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A look at people's Facebook comments after they believe an Onion article. My hope for humanity's redemption remains extremely low.

Guy visits every country on Earth, which is impressive enough, but also does it sans airplane travel!

Sure the parentheses in these songs probably don't make much sense, and don't have a lot of meaning, but try to get a point in Music Trivia with my friends without mentioning them and you'll be sorry!

No one can say they are the best at living off the grid until they get more remote than this family.

Wait, what? There are going to be standalone character movies within the next set of Star Wars movies? And the first one will be about Yoda? I'll give them this...Good or bad, Disney is definitely taking control of the Star Wars universe.

So there's a new show coming out called The Cult. And it's about people who start watching a new show called The Cult. But then weird things start happening in real life (the fake real life outside the fictional show The Cult, which is what the real television show is about). I'm so watching this.

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Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945

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I think it's pretty obvious I need one of these, so I can digitize my entire life.

Trailer for Inside Llewyn Davis, the new movie from The Coen Brothers. Warning, you will be depressed for the rest of the day after watching this.



By now, if you're a Star Wars fan, you know that JJ Abrams will be directing the next movie. Should we be excited or terrified?

Sure snow and ice can be considered a nuisance when you have to drive in it, but you can also use it to make crazy art.

Thinking about living off the grid? Maybe you could buy one of these houses.

Even science fiction movies can be too out there. Here are 10 examples.

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Prince has a new single! Screwdriver:

Getting Off the Grid

What's living off the grid, you ask?

For most Americans, tap water, electricity and heating are not only staples of modern convenience -- they're absolute necessities. A small but growing number of Americans, however, have ditched the comfort and convenience of their utilities and chosen instead to live off the grid -- unconnected to gas, water, phone and power networks, and, in some cases, making their life from whatever they can grow or hunt on the land. In 2009, British journalist and documentary filmmaker Nick Rosen traveled around the United States visiting these unplugged Americans to find out what it means to live an off-the-grid life.

I'll be honest - the thought of leaving the wired in lifestyle has a romantic appeal to me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not stupid enough to believe I could ever do it, but a part of me envies the people who are giving it a go.

If you're interested in at least learning more about living off the grid, buy Nick Rosen's book, "Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America."