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New diet tip: get drunk, not fat

Drink This, Not That
Drink This, Not That

David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding, and the rest of the gang at Men’s Health have a great concept that Web Watch wholeheartedly agrees with — if you want to lose weight the easy way, just change what you eat through simple meal replacements.

Like the photo above, you can still have your giant-sized coffee beverage, but the Starbucks version will save you 200 calories and 30 grams of fat.

But let’s face it – their book is full of practical advice when what we really want are the details surrounding the unpublished information on the drinks we really enjoy: beer and liquor.

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10 Things Movies shopping Websites

Want your own personal Hangover? Zach Galifianakis costs $75,000; Ken Jeong $30k

Zach Galifianakis - Hangover poster
Zach Galifianakis, Hangover poster

A lot of people have visited Web Watch looking for information on HOW TO HIRE THE DAN BAND, as seen in the first HANGOVER film.

But that was so two years ago.

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sports Travel Websites

You May Die: The Death Race 24-hour challenge

Death Race 2000
Death Race 2000

Do you have what it takes to survive the Ultimate Racing Challenge?

Sure, you could probably try one of Mark Burnett’s events, whether it be SURVIVOR, the ECO-CHALLENGE, or EXPEDITION IMPOSSIBLE – but those have nothing, and we mean nothing, on the DEATH RACE CHALLENGEthat their website is at the URL YOU MAY DIE should tell you something.

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Book Movies TV Websites

“A Man Goes on a Journey” is every possible plotline known to man

36 Dramatic Situations - Georges Polti
36 Dramatic Situations – Georges Polti

Did you know that every story ever written can be put into one of many overall plot categories?

It’s been said that Shakespeare’s works cover the definitive list of seven plots:

  • Tragedy
  • Comedy
  • Overcoming the monster
  • Voyage and Return
  • Quest
  • Rags to Riches
  • Rebirth

Others, like Georges Polti, have said that there were 36 different dramatic situations, such as:

  • Deliverance
  • Crime
  • Disaster
  • Adultery
  • Obstacles to Love
  • Crimes of Love
  • etc
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Funny Websites

Embarassing Parenting: Wave at the Bus

 Fisher Price Little People Lil' Movers School Bus

Fisher Price Little People Lil’ Movers School Bus

Not everybody’s parents are as cool as Dale Price.

Even if his son, Rain, may have been slightly embarassed about his father’s occasional antics today – what Dale has done for the past year is something that will definitely make for some awesome family stories 10 or 20 years from now.

And Dale didn’t really do anything too complicated.

All he did was the same thing any other modern-day parent does – they send their children off to school on the schoolbus every day.  Of course, Rain is also a teenager, with all the typical teenage angst.  So Dale thought he’d try something a little different this past school year.

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News Websites

Pierced or tattooed? The Church of Body Modification wants you!

Modify - uncensored edition
Modify

If you have a body piercing (ears, belly button, nose, lip, elsewhere), a decorative tattoo or scar — yes, scars can be decorative — or have had some type of non-medical-related surgery purposefully intended to change the way your body looks away from what it considered a traditional appearance, then you’ve participated in body modification.

There are all sorts of body mod websites out there, some of which – like BME.COM – we’ve talked about previously on Web Watch. 

Here’s a new one for you:  where do you turn when body modifications are a religious experience?

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What’s your Doggelganger? Find out using the human-to-canine pairing software

Adopt a Dog
Adopt a Dog

You know you want one.  Everybody does.

And you know the best way to get a dog is to adopt an unwanted or abandoned puppy from an animal shelter rather than to go to a breeder and pay more money than necessary.  Of course, if purebreds are your thing – then go for it, but if you listen to Bob Barker’s (and now Drew Carey’s) spiel at the end of every episode of THE PRICE IS RIGHT, you know that going to a shelter will give you the warm fuzzies – both literally and figuratively.

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food Travel Websites

The Great American Wiknic – the Picnic Anyone can Edit

Eco Wine & Cheese Picnic Cooler
Eco Wine & Cheese Cooler

Who doesn’t like picnics at this time of year?

Especially given an opportunity to meetup with strangers that all share a common goal of editing and improving WIKIPEDIA.