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Tricks or Treats: A Blind Taste Test of Obscure Asian Candy

June 13, 2013

We do a blind taste test of some of the strangest candy your Asian grocery store has to offer. This ain't your mother's Pocky.

Modcloth Dress or Pocky Flavor? A Quiz So Cute It Hurts

By Kate Gavino

May 03, 2013

The names of Pocky flavors and Modcloth dresses are virtually interchangeable. Don't believe us? Take this quiz, and see for yourself.

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Eat Prey Drug: Summerland

Escaping a catastrophic blizzard to take peyote in the Arizona desert, Paul Kwiatkowski concludes his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness.

The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft

M. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.

The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still

Get a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.