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What to do with that leftover pumpkin? Check out this
recipe from
NY Times
know-it-all Marc Bittman's new cookbook.
And yes, Halloween is over. But in case you want to start planning for next year, look to this sizzling, larger-than-life
.
Feel this town just isn't big enough for the two of you? Then put a bid in for
, which is now up for sale on
eBay
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for $2.5 million. Just think, you can proclaim yourself mayor.
The Eagles are looking exclusively to
Wal-Mart
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to sell their
Long Road Out of Eden
. "We had doubts," member Don Henley says. "I've never been a fan of big-box retailers ...
but there's not a big corporation in this country that has clean hands, and certainly the major labels don't ... We got flak for it, but everyone's screaming for a new paradigm, so we found one."
For digital distribution, the group's also going with
Amazon
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over
Apple's
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iTunes. Amazon may qualify as a new paradigm, but that seems a stretch for Wal-Mart.
The perennially popular British group Radiohead, who instituted a
for their latest album
In Rainbows
, may have a more innovative take on distribution, however -- and you can get it for free.
Maybe the both these bands should be selling something other than their music: a lock of
is set to be auctioned by Gorringes in December, at an estimated price of $4,000 to $6,000.
How can you possibly live without it? This
from Sveid is crafted out of gold and titanium and will set you back about $71,000. But will you have enough money left over for anything other than box wine?
What's your
? According to beststuff.com, drawing on car windows through the condensation is the top pick, closely followed by playing with Legos. Apparently, this was one bunch of antisocial children -- check out how many people ranked minifigs on the list. (Clearly, they haven't seen these
variations.)
