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Apple Cracking Weed Jokes At The World Wide Developer Conference

Brendan Bures
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Apple Cracking Weed Jokes At The World Wide Developer Conference

Apple announced a slew of new products and features at their World Wide Developer Conference this week. One of those included a massive update to MacOS. As usual, Apple named this software update and this patch earned the moniker “High Sierra.”

You may be thinking that name allows for some ripe weed jokes, if you were such a person inclined to make those type of one-liners. It turns out Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, is that kind of guy.

When announcing the new software, Federighi joked the name is “fully baked.” And because he couldn’t resist, Federighi also said Safari on High Sierra “smokes the competition,” as Mashable reported.

Federighi understands Apple’s WWDC can be a dull tech conference. Nerds talking nerdy and such. So Federighi has delivered some on-point dad humor since he began presenting Apple events in 2013.

Last year as he introduced Apple’s new Metal processing system, he threw up devil horn rock fingers and smirked. In 2015 he sneakily rickrolled the audience.

And in 2014 he made another weed joke involving macOS. He teased that Apple had considered naming the new software “OS X Weed” before settling on OS X Yosemite.

With all the dad jokes we can’t help but wonder if Federighi gets “High Sierra” himself.

This Billboard Proves That Everyone At McDonald’s Is High

Al Olson
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This Billboard Proves That Everyone At McDonald’s Is High

In a nod, perhaps, to the “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle” crowd, a McDonald’s franchisee in New Mexico placed a billboard near the Colorado border that is garnering a lot of attention from passing motorists — and social media.

The roadside advertisement near Raton has gone viral. The McDonald’s in town decided to have a little fun with the billboard, showing a photo of a green chile breakfast burrito with the tongue-in-cheek message: “Usually when you roll something this good, it’s illegal.”

The sale of recreational cannabis remains illegal in New Mexico, but Raton (Spanish for “small rat”) is only 10 miles from the Colorado border.

The use of billboard as a medium to sell marijuana is frowned upon in many jurisdictions. In the state of Washington, for example, bans cannabis retailers from erecting billboards that could be perceived as attracting minors or images “likely to be appealing to youth.” But there are no laws anywhere to restrict junk food ads on billboards.

This is not the first time that mainstream brands have attempted to attract the cannabis enthusiast.

Ben & Jerry’s, the Vermont ice cream brand has released various names of flavors with a wink: “Half Baked” and “Phish Food” and “Dave Matthews Band Magic Brownies” are just a few of the ice creams created by the company.

Each year on April 20 — the unofficial 4/20 holiday for cannabis lovers around the world — many brands have tried to get hip on social media to grab attention from the marijuana consumers.

Companies from Denny’s to Chipotle to Taco Bell have used marketing and advertising dollars to carefully reach this demographic. McDonald’s, the world’s largest chain restaurant, has joined the crowd. At least this franchisee in Raton.

It’s a sign of the times.

 

9 Super-Strange Coffee Drinks That Are Just Confusing

Amy Hansen
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9 Super-Strange Coffee Drinks That Are Just Confusing

Count yourself as a fan of coffee drinks? Well, Carrot lattes are now a thing. No, not carrot flavored coffee — coffee actually served in a carrot. Seems lattes served inside avocados have opened Pandora’s Box, er, compost bin.

A coffee shop in Sydney, Australia has taken the food scraps idea one step further by serving coffee drinks inside everyone’s favorite rabbit food. Locals Corner posted a photo on their Facebook page Saturday. The cafe owner admits carrots don’t hold liquid very well, but says they’re going to keep inventing new foodware, all in the name of fun.

The idea is an interesting one, and proof we haven’t reached peak latte ridiculousness. Here are 9 times baristas said, “eff this” and did whatever the hell they wanted to with coffee.

1. Avocado Lattes

As mentioned above, this new trend seems to have been the mastermind behind the next level latte fad. Serving lattes out of avocado skins is definitely one way to make a zero waste product. They’re pretty, but how the hell are you supposed to drink these things?

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2. Cacao Pod Lattes

Drinking lattes out of cacao pods, because why not?

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3. Orange Lattes

You know, a mocha served inside an orange would actually make pretty good sense.

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4. Ice Cream Cone Lattes

Serving lattes in ice cream cones makes slightly more sense than fruit peels and cacao pods.

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5. Unicorn Lattes

Blue spirulina is the new “green drink.” Mixed with coconut milk, dates and soaked cashews, this non-caffeinated latte out of Brooklyn is the current siren song for adults who think they’re 8-years old.

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6. Goth Lattes

Charcoal gives new meaning to the phrase, “I’ll take my coffee black.”

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7. Overflowing Cups

Over-filling coffee cups with hot milk is now an art form.

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8. Intricate Cream Art

It’s just too pretty to drink. And also, time consuming.

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9. Healthy Lattes

Why are we healthifying our caffeine all of the sudden? Beet root, matcha and turmeric belong in juice bars, not coffee shops.

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What Wonder Woman’s Success Means For Superhero Movies

Brendan Bures
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What Wonder Woman’s Success Means For Superhero Movies

Wonder Woman has all the appearances of a game changer. In its opening weekend Wonder Woman scored $103.1 million at the box office. That figure breaks a significant box office record, as director Patty Jenkins became the first woman to surpass a $100 million domestic total in an opening weekend. It is the biggest opening for a woman director ever.

While Hollywood has trended toward woman directors this summer more than in past years has slightly reversed course this summer—including Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, this summer also features Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s Megan Leavey, and Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled—this historic box office success will place an pressure on Hollywood studios to recognize and hire female directors to lead their high-profile tentpole projects.

Not only did Wonder Woman achieve $103.1 million domestic figure, it pulled in $223 million total at the global box office. While DC and Warner Bros. found financial success with properties like Batman v. Superman and Suicide Squad, the Jenkins-led project showcases that DC can deliver both financially and with audiences and critics alike. Wonder Woman currently sits at a 93% with both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

“This movie resonated globally,” Warner Bros. domestic distribution boss Jeff Goldstein told Deadline. “Wonder Woman is a woman for our time, and her message and the tone that Patty Jenkins set forth connects with now.

It is just the 15th superhero film to surpass the $100 million opening box office mark. Wonder Woman’s domestic figures best the first two Iron Man movies and both Thor entries.

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This should shift Hollywood’s focus from repeating the same generic superhero film formula. Logan and Guardians of the Galaxy, from Fox and Marvel respectively, were deviations from the typical fare expected of the genre. Logan in particular displayed a complexity and respect toward audiences not given as frequently as it should be through these movies.

Wonder Woman is somehow the first standalone movie of the most popular female superhero ever. Domestically audiences skewed 52 percent female, another departure as average superhero movie audiences generally see a 60 percent male audience, as The Hollywood Reporter noted.

The audiences and the critical community has spoken, in other words. Now it’s Hollywood’s turn to listen.

This Cannabis Cold Brew Coffee Has The Perfect Amount Of Chill

Danielle Guercio
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This Cannabis Cold Brew Coffee Has The Perfect Amount Of Chill

Cold brew coffee is just an extra strong and tasty version of iced coffee. Its pretty brilliant, because who has time to make hot coffee and then put ice in it? Not super delicious. If you are an on-the-go person, cold brew is a habit that creeps up on your bank account, not unlike that afternoon spliff.

Knock out both your nootropic caffeine fix and your productivity power smoke sesh with a combined and easy to grab beverage. Keeping cold brew on hand is a life changing habit for coffee lovers, and if you loathe paying 5 bucks and then contributing to landfill waste with straws and travel cups, it can be a downer instead of an upper. I would wager the same humans that are concerned with reducing waste also like to reduce combustion use when it comes to cannabis.

Enter Cannabis Cold Brew. The best of both worlds, premade, and ready to rock. After making this, you have an entire week’s worth of generous and energy generating bean juice. Coffee and weed already go so great together, why not marry them for good?

Cannabis Cold Brew

Danielle Guercio 2017
Makes 12 servings, 9mg THC per serving

  • 10 oz Caribbean Espresso Coffee such as Cafe Bustelo
  • ½ cup cannabis glycerin tincture*
  • 2 L cold water
  • Optional sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • Coffee filters
  • Jug for storage
Photos by Danielle Guercio

In two pitchers or a large pot, shake out the contents of a foil bag of espresso coffee. Strong, tropical brands are recommended, as their roast and super fine ground size gives the most surface area for water to suck out all of those yummy coffee oils. Top with the water and give a good stir to make sure all of the grounds are saturated.

Photos by Danielle Guercio

Place on a counter overnight covered with plastic or a tea towel. When it’s been 12-15 hours, you can strain. You can strain as early as 8 hours or as late as 24, but going over will start to leach out bitter flavors, just like over-steeped tea.

Straining with a full size colander, paper towel, and coffee filter is the best way to get it out as quickly as possible. You don’t have to press it too much, just enough to get out the excess liquid.

Add cannabis glycerin tincture and up to ¼ cup of another sweetener if desired. Stir until dissolved. Funnel into a storage bottle and refrigerate. Keeps up to 1 week in the fridge.

Photos by Danielle Guercio

*Cannabis Glycerin Tincture

In an oven safe container double sealed with foil, decarboxylate 3.5 grams finely ground cannabis at 225 degrees Fahrenheit. Put cannabis in a mason jar or vacuum sealed bag, pour over 2 oz vegetable glycerin and seal tightly.

Place in a water bath at just under boiling for 1 hour. Strain and keep contents in a sterilized container. Stores indefinitely in freezer.

This recipe is beyond simple, you just need a little time and cleanup. Instead of making coffee with hot water, you’re infusing the water with unheated coffee. This results in a much stronger tasting final product that is much friendlier with ice, condensation, and additives that make iced coffee so refreshing and yummy.

Gossip: Katie Holmes Enrolls At Harvard Business School; Vivica A. Fox Sued By Former Business Partner

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Gossip: Katie Holmes Enrolls At Harvard Business School; Vivica A. Fox Sued By Former Business Partner

Katie Holmes is hitting the books.

The actress and mother of one has enrolled in Harvard’s Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports program, according to a recent Instagram post.

Holmes, 38, is attending classes under her company’s name, Noelle Productions Inc., which is taken from her middle name.

The course, according to the school’s website, promises to teach students how to launch and manage creative products and portfolios, manage talent and develop other important strategies.

This year’s class also iThe latest celeb gossip from our friends over at NG: Katie Holmes enrolls at Harvard Business School; Vivica A. Fox sued by former business partner.ncludes C.J. McCollum, Rashean Mathis, Jamie Heaslip and Gerard Piqué, who is married to pop star Shakira.

[From Page Six]

Vivica A. Fox Sued By Former Business Partner For Allegedly Stealing ‘Black Magic’ Strippers

Vivica A. Fox is being accused by her former business partner of poaching several dancers from his ‘Black Magic’ all-male revue — and now he’s suing.

via TMZ:

Jean-Claude LaMarre says his partnership with Vivica went south when she went on “The Breakfast Club” and said the “Black Magic” guys don’t strip for gay men. The LGBTQ community blasted her, and LaMarre says Vivica got pissed at him when he distanced himself from her … during a “TMZ Live” appearance.

According to docs, Vivica started plotting to start her own male revue — recruiting 4 “Black Magic” dancers — and bad mouthing LaMarre to sway them to join her team.

In the suit, LaMarre says Vivica actively tried to torpedo promotions for his show by calling it a “fake,” and telling her fans to avoid “Black Magic” like the plague.

We’ve reached out to Vivica’s reps, no word back yet. If this one goes to trial … we smell a hung jury.

Is there really a ‘Black Magic’ without Vivica Fox? Apparently her former partner is still using Vivica’s name to promote his venture without her consent.

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7 Oreo Hacks That Every Lazy Person Needs In Their Life

Amy Hansen
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7 Oreo Hacks That Every Lazy Person Needs In Their Life

Milk’s favorite cookie has a new flavor: Jelly Donut. Oreo, the chameleon of junk food, has once again changed flavors, which the public voted for in 2016. Jelly Donut is actually the runner-up to Cookies & Cream (both beat out third place Caramel Apple). The newest novelty cookie is  a raspberry cream-filled Golden Oreo with a custard outer ring. Perhaps similar to sticking the center of a Berry Burst Oreo into the middle of a Golden Oreo? Walmart will be selling the Jelly Donut Oreo as a limited-edition flavor.

Oreos, no matter what flavor they wrap themselves in, will always be a mainstay in the cookie aisle, ironically for their flavor consistency and dependability; they’ll always taste like childhood. And, because their simplicity is so addicting, they rarely make it home from the grocery store in one piece. Here are 7 things to quickly make with the cookies that are as easy as ripping open a brand new bag.

1. Oreo Brownie

To make an Oreo brownie, simply place 5 Oreos in a food processor and pulverize. Place crumbs in a dish and add 1 tsp. sugar, about 1/8 tsp of baking powder, 1/4 c. milk and microwave on high for one minute. Top with ice cream, whipped cream, sprinkles, whatever. Delicious! Here’s another recipe:

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2. Cookie Bowls

All you need is a 1 (14.3-oz) package of Oreos,  1 egg, and 2 Tbsp melted butter. Refinery29 has a handy tutorial you can watch while eating the second package of Oreos you bought “for emergencies.”

3. PB&J Cookie Sandwich

Remove the bottom chocolate cookie from a Berry Creme Oreo, and the top cookie from a PB Creme Oreo and smoosh them together, creating a Peanut Butter & Jelly hybrid. Or, slather real peanut butter inside a Berry Creme Oreo. Also works well with a Strawberry Shortcake Oreo. Or, you know, a plain Oreo.

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4. Lemon Meringue Pie

Spread marshmallow fluff on the insides of a lemon flavored Oreo (Lemon or Lemon Twist).

5. Cinnamon Buns

Make your own Cinnamon Bun Oreos by twisting a Golden Oreo in half and sprinkling cinnamon on the filling. Or there’s this dab move.

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6. Oreo S’mores

Place a roasted marshmallow atop the Oreo filling that’s already in there and you just created magic.

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7. Oreo “Nice Cream”

Add some frozen bananas and some Oreos to a food processor and blend until it reaches soft-serve consistency. You just made the world’s easiest non-dairy ice cream. To  make a milkshake, just add your favorite plant-based milk.

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5 Bizarre Pets People Walked On Leashes

Maria Loreto
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5 Bizarre Pets People Walked On Leashes

Nowadays pets can be all kinds of animals. People love and care for their snakes, iguanas, dogs, mice, hedgehogs and countless other species. These strange little animals are normally kept within the safety of their homes, because they’re not the best partners to take out for a walk around the block.

Although we may think that eccentric pets are a recent or millennial thing, we’d be wrong. History proves that weird pets have existed for a really long time and that people want to walk them and bond with them, no matter what their neighbors think.  

Here are 5 of the strangest pets that have ever been walked on a leash: 

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A Lobster

History says that this strange trend began a really long time ago, with the french poet Gerard de Nerval. During the mid-nineteenth century, he took up the habit of walking around his pet lobster through the streets of Paris. He led his beloved lobster with a leash made out of blue ribbon and when asked, he’d say that he enjoyed walking lobsters because they were peaceful creatures who knew the secrets of the ocean. Cool right?

Of course, a lot of people don’t believe this story because lobsters can’t live outside of water for long periods of time and they also have a lot of trouble moving in land, due to their claws and all. It’s still a cool story though.

Invisible Dogs

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The hit novelty item of 1972 was the “invisible dog on a leash”, which was basically a rigid leash attached to a dog harness, that looked like you were really walking an invisible tiny dog. Why, you ask? No clue. The invention was developed by S. David Walker and he sold around 300,000 of these. People will really buy and use anything if it’s trendy.

Pet Rocks

Pet rocks were created by Gary Dahl and introduced during 1975. The reason people were appealed to them was the fact that, unlike living pets, these rocks demanded minimal care and attention. Still, they came with a manual that said that the rocks could be taught to sit, stay and heel, and then they also started selling rock leashes, just in case you wanted your rock to exercise a little.

Roosters

Unlike the previous two, at least this is a living animal. During 1975 (the 70’s were a popular time for strange pets) residents of Ann Arbour, Michigan complained that their neighbor, Bill Strauch, had decided to walk his pet rooster, Rojo, every morning at 6:30 am. Rojo, being a rooster, crowed and woke the whole neighborhood up.

Cabbages

Chinese artist Han Bing has made a career out of walking strange items. One of his strangest ones was the cabbage on a leash that he walked at Tiananmen Square on 2000, part of his “Walking The Cabbage Project“, which launched his career. Since then, he’s walked iPhones, bricks and coal briquettes. 

 

Gossip: Taylor Swift Househunting In London ‘To Be Closer To Joe Alwyn’; Did Mehgan James Plant Fake Rob Kardashian Dating Story?

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Gossip: Taylor Swift Househunting In London ‘To Be Closer To Joe Alwyn’; Did Mehgan James Plant Fake Rob Kardashian Dating Story?

Taylor Swift has been house hunting in Chelsea as she looks to move to the UK to be closer to new Brit boyfriend Joe Alwyn. The properties she viewed late last month would make her a neighbor of the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister Pippa Middleton plus several members of toff E4 reality show Made In Chelsea.

A source told how Taylor, 27, was so smitten with the handsome actor, 26, that she’d been spending all her free time this side of the Atlantic and now wanted a permanent base. Properties in an exclusive street in the west London district that she viewed were on sale for as much as £17 million recently.

A source said: “Taylor and Joe are really serious and this is the latest sign that she has really fallen hard for him. She’s been very discreetly viewing properties after stumping up a fortune on north London rentals recently. Some of the places have been a stone’s throw away from where Pippa Middleton lives. The thought of Taylor Swift’s local pub being the same place where the Made In Chelsea cast socialise could make for some interesting scenes.”

Taylor and Joe’s secret relationship was uncovered by The Sun in May, revealing at that point it was already growing serious after they had managed to keep the romance under wraps for months.
[From The Sun]

‘Bad Girl’s Club’ Star Mehgan James Allegedly Planted Fake Rob Kardashian Dating Story for Media Attention

As we suspected, stories about Rob Kardashian dating Bad Girl’s Club star Mehgan James were allegedly fabricated.

Not only were they fabricated, but TMZ reports they were fabricated and planted in the media by Mehgan herself! At the time of the rumor, Rob came straight out and said he didn’t know Mehgan. As we pointed out, Mehgan never offered an outright denial — so we figured she was enjoying the media attention a little TOO much.

via TMZ:

Our sources say Mehgan’s “team” contacted a bunch of media outlets planting the story. We’re told her goal was SOP … spread her name, grow her following.

Mehgan’s at 806k Instagram followers — doubling in a week — so sadly, mission accomplished.

Mehgan took to Instagram to deny reports she planted the story with a rather lengthy explanation.

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Will This Company Be The First Billion-Dollar Marijuana Stock?

Mike Adams
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Will This Company Be The First Billion-Dollar Marijuana Stock?

Some of the latest market analysis from Wall Street’s own Cowen and Co. indicates that legal cannabis sales could reach $50 billion within the next decade, and that is a big deal for marijuana stock. In fact, the investment firm recently sent a letter to those investors with money riding on the multi-billion dollar alcohol industry, advising them to expect to take hits for the next ten years due to legal marijuana.

Marijuana is more popular today than ever before. Even fast-food giant McDonald’s is now dabbling in the toker trend with a new billboard advertising their green chile breakfast burrito, which suggests that “Usually, when you roll something this good, it’s illegal.”

This level of subliminal support for marijuana legalization is happening at an increasingly rapid pace throughout the United States, mostly because public opinion shows that more than 60 percent of the population would like to see cannabis taxed and regulated by the federal government in the same way it does for alcohol and tobacco.

“We believe alcohol could be under pressure for the next decade, based on our data analysis covering 80 years of alcohol and 35 years of cannabis incidence in the US. Since 1980, we have seen 3 distinct substitution cycles between alcohol and cannabis; we are entering another cycle,” wrote Cowen analyst Vivien Azer.

But when it comes to which marijuana stock is most likely to become the first to reach the $1 billion mark, it is the medical marijuana sector that is expected to have the best chance. A recent piece from the Motley Fool suggests that GW Pharmaceuticals, Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Canopy Growth Corp, Aphria, and Aurora Cannabis are all solid bets for the title of first marijuana stock to rake in the first billion.

It should come as no surprise that Motley Fool’s Sean Williams predicts GW Pharmaceuticals will be the first to achieve this. After all, the company is on the verge of securing FDA approval for its cannabis-based drug Epidiolex, which has proven effective as a treatment for epilepsy in a series of clinical trials. Once this medicine comes to market — and it will – parents of children with epilepsy will have a way to control seizure frequency without breaking federal law or spending thousands of dollars every month out of pocket. It is likely that Epidiolex will be covered under most health insurance programs – a situation that could render expensive state cannabis oil programs obsolete.

“If my arm were twisted, I’m going to stick with GW Pharmaceuticals, given the success of Epidiolex in late-stage studies,” wrote Williams. “Just the two rare indications alone, assuming approval and a successful launch, could easily get the company more than halfway to $1 billion in sales within three years after launch.”

GW Pharmaceuticals filed for FDA approval last month after its latest research confirmed that Epidiolex is effective in the treatment of epilepsy.

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