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Watch: 23 Adorable Baby Pandas Make Sleepy, Confused Debut At China Zoo

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Watch: 23 Adorable Baby Pandas Make Sleepy, Confused Debut At China Zoo

On Thursday, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding debuted 23 baby pandas to the public. The tiny cubs were all sprawled out on what looked like a huge green mattress, which was fitting because they all seemed so so sleepy.

“I thought they were toys because they were lying there motionless,” one visitor told CCTV. “Then I realized they were cute baby pandas.”

One lucky American was there and spoke with CCTV. “I never imagined there would be so many baby pandas in one place,” he said.

The pandas mostly just lied there looking very confused and tired, occasionally moving only to readjust their little heads and arms, except for one brave explorer. He tried to make a run for it, but, as baby pandas are wont to do, ended up falling on his face.

Penis-Biting Spiders, Woman-Stabbing Dogs, & iPhone-Busting Frenchmen: The Week in Hot Messes

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Penis-Biting Spiders, Woman-Stabbing Dogs, & iPhone-Busting Frenchmen: The Week in Hot Messes

Usually, the United States of America is a hot bed of  Hot Messes, with a disproportionate amount of those taking place in the Sunshine State. But not this week, when half of our stories took us around the world, with bizarre crime and unfortunate animal attacks occurring in France, England, and Australia. But don’t worry, Trump-supporters; even with the international competition, America remained great this week with three strange stories of its own.

We started the week in Hudson, Colorado, where Celinda Haynes found herself as the victim of an unusual crime: She was stabbed by her dog, Mia, who had grabbed a large pairing knife from Haynes’s kitchen counter with her mouth. But everything turned out okay: Haynes was treated at a local hospital and released, and local police said they weren’t “charging Mia with anything because she’s a dog.”

Next, we explored the comedic stylings of Sunday Night Sex Talks, a Los Angeles-based comedy show created for women who want to talk about their dirtiest one-night flings and other hot messes of modern dating. “It started as a gathering that I would do with my best girl friends in college,” creator Jessie Rosen told Page Six. “We would recap all the crazy things that had happened Friday and Saturday night.” As for the juicy details of the shows, you’ll likely never hear them unless you attend yourself; everyone in the audience signs a “Vow of Silence” before the show.

Then we moved onto the heroic feats of a pilot named Mark Penell, who was flying his single-engine plane over central New York when its goddamn propellor flew off. Somehow, Penell managed to remain calm and land the plane like nothing happened. Penell, we salute you.

There was also the tale of Washington D.C. bartender Tripp Diaz, who had an eventful week after C-SPAN accidentally posted her phone-number during the presidential debate and encouraged viewers to text their thoughts about the contest. By Tuesday morning, she’d reportedly received more than 12,000 texts and 300 phone calls. Luckily for her, Verizon told her she’s unlikely to face any additional charges since she’d opted for the unlimited text plan.

The most horrible story of the week took place in Australia, where a construction worker named Jordan was bit on his penis by a venomous spider while sitting on a portable toilet. If this sounds familiar, it’s because last April the BBC reported that an Australian construction worker was bitten on the penis by a venomous spider while sitting on a portable toilet. As (terrible) luck would have it, it was the same man. “I’m the most unlucky guy in the country at the moment,” he told the BBC. “I was sitting on the toilet doing my business and just felt the sting that I felt the first time. I was like ‘I can’t believe it’s happened again.’ I looked down, and I’ve seen a few little legs come from around the rim.”

Meanwhile, a French man who’d apparently had one too many bad experiences with customer service went apeshit in a Dijon Apple store, smashing several iPhones before launching into an inspired speech about…I’m not really sure because I don’t speak French. But he did sound very passionate.

And lastly, there’s the bizarre, sad case of 63-year-old David Hardy, who was charged with assault after punching a 5-day-old baby in the face last month in an Manchester, England supermarket. Hardy has admitted to punching the baby, but he claims he didn’t do so deliberately. “[H]e thought it was a doll,” his attorney said. No explanation was offered for why he thought it was okay to punch a toy doll in the face. 

 

The Adventures of Walter & Tiffany: Green Man Cannabis

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The Adventures of Walter & Tiffany: Green Man Cannabis

Denver in autumn is magical. The air in the Mile High city has a bite to it and there is a palpable vibe that there is a change in the season.

Photo courtesy of Green Man Cannabis
Photo courtesy of Green Man Cannabis

After parking our RV in a spectacular park a few miles outside of the the city, we made our way into town for some Mexican food. After devouring our meal (Tiffany had a tasty chimichanga and I opted for the authentic tacos carnitas), we found ourselves in a fun conversation with Arthur, an affable gent sitting at the table next to us.

Arthur told us he was on his dinner break from his budtending gig at Green Man Cannabis, a marijuana retail store within walking distance to the taqueria. Well, we just couldn’t resist.

As we walked to the GMC, Arthur told us how marijuana has helped him improve his quality of life — “I traded in my bottle of whiskey for a bottle of weed and poured myself into my new job,” he said with a smile.

Arthur recommended an amazing chocolate and burnt caramel truffle, a perfect dessert after our Mexican meal! We also purchased a cartridge for Tiffany’s vape pen for later in the evening.

Arthur’s kind smile and vast knowledge of cannabis helped us achieve that world-famous Rocky Mountain high!

Visit Green Man Cannabis

Downtown Denver
1355 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
(720) 842-4842

South Denver
7289 E Hampden Ave.
Denver, CO 80224
(720) 382-5950

Hours: 10 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. daily.

 

Fresh Playlist: This Week Solange Graces, Metallica Melts Our Faces

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Fresh Playlist: This Week Solange Graces, Metallica Melts Our Faces

With new music flying like warp-speed through the various channels of the Internet, it can be hard to keep up. But worry not! Each week The Fresh Toast will deliver the most-discussed and exciting songs that have recently dropped. Landed. Crashed. And also: soared. Enjoy.

Solange ft. Lil Wayne—“Mad”

“Where’d your love go?” Solange asks, and goodness if there’s not multiplicities in that question. There’s so many possible you’s. “But I’m not really allowed to be mad,” she sings in the song’s outro, after she, along with a dexterous, throwback Lil Wayne (!!), list the many, many reasons they should be.

But this song sounds so far from angry thanks to its gorgeous production: Plinking piano chords, a slow-motion walking bass (it’s got so much stank, man!), and drums that bless with that bounce. Solange slips in and out of this falsetto and it’s so, so divine. You really believe she has wings. I mean, how else did she pull out that verse from Wayne? He hasn’t spit this confident, this graceful, this—yeah—poetic in years.

Overall, Solange’s album vibrates like spring’s first sunrise after a brutally cruel winter. In a year like 2016, it’s not hard imagining why a black woman might feel that way. But her records don’t divide, they heal; they’re like a family quilt you snuggle yourself in during those darkest of nights. Though it’s her struggle laid bare, she invites everyone in. Still so much to unpack, so much worth visiting again and again.

The Weeknd—“False Alarm”

https://play.spotify.com/track/0PMi7Te16djd77FNZNHEjS

Hm. Hmmmm. Hmmmmmmmm. I’ll be honest: I’m still undecided about this new Weeknd single. It’s certainly one of The Weeknd’s more polarizing songs (which is saying something!). It mostly revolves around that hook: him scream-singing “false alarm!” amidst percussive cacophony. Sensory overload, it is. Not bad, but he seems lacking that Prince gusto to pull off that yell.

Also, an odd choice to drop singles in back-to-back weeks for an album still two months away. This internet era we’re in really isn’t conducive to any expectations whatsoever. Maybe his team thought it best to debut this song ahead of his SNL performance this weekend? I liked “Starboy,” but I just don’t know how I feel about “False Alarm.” Maybe that’s saying more than I intend to.

$ilk Money ft. Andre Benjamin—“Decemba”

Okay is Andre 3000 dropping something or what? Following consecutive years where Dre would descend from the heavens to bless us with one fresh verse a year, he’s been popping up a lot lately. He’s on the Frank Ocean album, Travis Scott’s record, and will make two appearances on Cudi’s upcoming project. Add in those Gucci-fueled OutKast rumors and now delivering these bars that give off that Aquemini-era feeling. Idk idk idk. I don’t want to set up any of us for disappointment. But Andre’s making it real hard not to believe something’s coming.

Metallica—“Moth Into Flame”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBHSvxG-F_k

What is the proper response following that performance? Is anyone allowed to play anything again? Should Metallica have just destroyed their instruments, because seriously what’s left after that? Also, man, James Hetfield really hates fame and celebrity if your brain somehow processed his message there (it required two listenings personally). Straight fire, that was. And no, we aren’t adjusting our score for olds.

Gucci Mane ft. Rick Ross—“Money Machine”

Here’s what you need to know about this music video: Servers carry around silver platters of stacks and the candelabra is stuffed with dollar bills instead of candles. I love Gucci Mane so much.

Major Lazer & Showtek—“Believer”

The last Major Lazer record we heard was the Justin Bieber-assisted “Cold Water.” It was a track crafted for radio, and has climbed the charts accordingly. But this new record has no interest in any of that. Instead it’s a classic EDM banger that will rock festivals and various sets this year. You know what they say: Get you a DJ who can do both.

 

Cannabinoid-Infused Beer Likely Available By 2017

Amy Hansen
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Cannabinoid-Infused Beer Likely Available By 2017

A father and son duo out of Colorado has been given the green light to sell their cannabinoid-infused beer nationally—perhaps as soon as next year.

Thomas Hembree and his son, Mason, plan to start canning their General Washington’s Secret Stash IPA, which contains no THC, in November. They’ve already been brewing a line of canna-beers at their brewery Dad’s and Dude’s Breweria in Aurora.

As Mason tells Men’s Health:

Cannabinoids are a miracle compound, and I thought it would be a responsible choice to put them into beer. They are an antioxidant and neuro-protectant that have a lot of health benefits.

We had to find the perfect time in the brewing process to add the CBD to the beer. If you add it too early it denatures when we refine the beer because the compound attaches to the brewing yeast.

Here’s Mason, and his adorable anti-alcohol, anti-weed mom, talking to 9NEWS:

 

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Your Ghoulish Guide To 31 October Days Of Streaming Horror Films

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Your Ghoulish Guide To 31 October Days Of Streaming Horror Films

Ah, October is suddenly, spookily here. The leaves are changing color. There’s a chill in the air. A breeze scrapes a branch across our window. The lamp flickers and… What the hell was that noise?

It’s the most wonderful time of the year to cut the lights and get cozy for a scary movie. Let our streaming picks be your spirit guide: Odd dates are Netflix; evens are Amazon Prime. Blood-curdling chills are every day of the month!

Oct. 1

Let’s ease into it with a Saturday matinee buddy horror-comedy.

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil: Good ol’ boys get way misunderstood when pesky kids crash their cabin.

Oct. 2

Tusk: A podcast host gets in over his head. Walrus weirdness.

Oct. 3

Event Horizon: Don’t go after missing spaceships on rescue missions years after everyone is presumed dead. Just don’t.

Oct. 4

The Wishmaster: An evil genie escapes from an ancient statue, and makes a mess of everything.

Oct. 5

The Host: A toxic-mutated monster kidnaps a snack bar owner’s daughter.

Oct. 6

Spirit Camp: This is “Friday the 13th meets Bring It On,” says the movie’s description. We’re in.

Oct. 7

The Shrine: Stay away from ancient statues.

Oct. 8

A week in, let’s take a break from the gore to get classic.

Plan 9 From Outer Space: A cult film considered one of the worst, if not THE worst, movie ever made. Not “scary” but scarily bad.

Oct. 9

Zombeavers: Undead woodland creatures and a lot of campiness.

Oct. 10

The Voices: Ryan Reynolds and evil talking pets. Adorable horror ensues?

Oct. 11

Alright, you’ve had your break. Let’s get back at it with the watch-through-your-fingers horror.

Hush: A deaf writer lives alone in the woods, miles from the nearest neighbor. Until that neighbor gets axed and shit gets real.

Oct. 12

After Dark: Why are these kids always going to the woods for spring break? Stop that!

Oct. 13

Darkroom: When you’re fresh out of rehab, of course taking a job in a mansion home to evil siblings is the logical next step.

(Bonus) 13 Assassins: It’s not Friday, but it is the 13th, and this is about badass samurai warriors so it gets a pass for not being “horror.”

Oct. 14

Don’t Look Now: A trip to Venice for a grieving couple turns out to be anything but romantic.

Oct. 15

Stung: If you have a fear of bees, you’ll want to keep the lights on and the remote handy.

Oct. 16

Avarice: An obnoxious kid unleashes the evil hiding in his attic. God dammit.

Oct. 17

Bound To Vengeance: If you love to root for the good guys, this thriller about a woman escaping from a predator’s basement is your jam.

Oct. 18

The Unbroken: Creepy little boys appearing in mirrors? Major “nope.”

Oct. 19

Holidays: Eight short, festive and horror-filled scaries to keep your Wednesday curfew. 

Oct. 20

Lake Fear: Your reminder to start hydrating now for Halloween!

Oct. 21

The Exorcist: You gotta watch this classic at least once this season.

Oct. 22

The Clinger: If you’re frantically looking for a Halloween-party date, this’ll make you consider going solo.

Oct. 23

The Houses October Built: Friends building a haunted house get more than they asked for.

Oct. 24

The Occupant: Sometimes rent-controlled Manhattan apartments come with baggage. Like evil, murderous spirits.

Oct. 25

Deathgasm: Plenty of last-minute costume ideas to be had, here.

Oct. 26

Haunted Shore: A small town, a shipwreck, a mysterious woman named Veronica and disappearing young men. Nothing can go wrong for the protagonist here.

Oct. 27

The Babadook: Yes you’ve heard a lot about this one, and yes it is worth your viewing. With the lights on, maybe.

Oct. 28

The Gremlins: Take it way back to 80s Halloween memories with this nostalgia bomb.

Oct. 29

Hellions: Get in the trick-or-treat mood with packs of evil children roaming the neighborhood.

Oct. 30

Hellraiser: True 80s cult classic gore and horror.

Oct. 31

Children of the Corn: Are those kids knocking on your door to be trusted? No. Nope. Never.

Meet The 31-Pound Cat Who Guards A New Hampshire Hotel

Taylor Berman
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Meet The 31-Pound Cat Who Guards A New Hampshire Hotel

New Hampshire is known for a lot of things: granite, Bernie Sanders, living free or dying. Now the state has a new claim to fame: Logan, the 31-pound cat who keeps watch over the Best Western Silver Fox Inn in Waterville Valley.

Susan and Tor Brunvand, who own the inn, adopted Logan six years ago from a local animal shelter. He was a normal-sized cat at first, the Brunvands told the Associated Press, but he kept eating and growing larger. They had him tested at a local vet to make sure nothing was seriously wrong, but he was, aside from his extreme obesity, a healthy cat. The Brunvands also have two other normal-sized cats, so it’s not like they were over-feeding him or don’t know how to raise animals with healthy BMIs.

“He has a bad metabolism,” Susan Brunvand explained. “Once he did not eat for a month after a fight with a feral cat, but he just lost a pound even though he did not eat.”

Logan gained international fame last week when a guest at the inn posted a video of Logan sauntering through the parking lot and trying, unsuccessfully, to roll his massive body over. The video went viral, and has since been viewed over 30 million times. Not that Logan is too worried about being a cat celebrity or his enormous weight.

“He is one of the happiest, easiest cats I’ve ever had,” Brunvand said. “He doesn’t think he’s fat.”

Genius Barfight: Watch Angry French Man Destroy Apple Store

Brendan Bures
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Genius Barfight: Watch Angry French Man Destroy Apple Store

You would be forgiven for mistaking this French man as the villain in a B-class action thriller. Without warning, he ambles into the Apple Store in Dijon, France, carrying his choice of weapon: a small metal ball. In true villainous fashion, it’s a ball from the French game pétanque, perverting a device of joy into one of destruction. With that weapon, he destroys multiple Apple devices, inciting chaos.

But turns out dude just wanted revenge against some alleged poor customer service! According to The Next Web, this disgruntled man was “heard talking about ‘his consumer’s right’ and citing that he’s unhappy with how Apple handles his support case.”

A security team took him into police custody, reports Le Journal.

I mean, we live in a capitalistic consumer society; chances are you’ve run against the bureaucratic madness of calling service providers who demand you call like 5,000 departments until you reach the one person who begrudgingly helps you out. I’ve literally just paid late fees to avoid this soul-crushing nightmare. Or, perhaps, in that eff-your-politeness tone they state, “There’s nothing more we can do for you at this time.”

Anyways, all I’m suggesting, is that maybe this guy isn’t such a villain. Maybe he’s poor, bruised man battered by an unjust system…

Though, come on, plot your vengeance a little better, dude. Watch how many times he adjusts his backpack, flopping around because he’s wearing just one strap. Now is not the time to be hip! You’re smashing iPhones and Macbooks with a steel ball! You’re already doing the cool thing! Plus you’re wearing sunglasses inside! And just one earbud plugged in! Too many cool signifiers! Don’t be extra, bro!

Also, while you’re ranting about the system, we totally see you missing that Hulk Smash at the :50 mark. It’s all good, though. Just tweet through it, fam.

There’s a ton of tiny delights throughout this video—like the way our French hero/villain standing petulantly like a child, trying to sneak back into the store—so be sure to watch multiple times. Remember him the next time you’re in the middle of a 40-minute hold waiting to speak with a customer service rep.  He did this for all of us.

Posted By: Brendan Bures

Old Man Who Punched Baby In The Face: I Thought The Baby Was A Toy Doll

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Old Man Who Punched Baby In The Face: I Thought The Baby Was A Toy Doll

Earlier this month, a 63-year-old man punched a five-day-old baby in a Tesco supermarket in Manchester, England. David Hardy, who was arrested and charged with common assault, admitted in court yesterday to hitting the infant but claims it was simply a case of mistaken identity: He thought the baby was a toy doll.

“This is an extremely unusual case,” Hardy’s defense attorney Chris Fallows said. “This defendant effectively a family man who has young children in the family and does not behave in a way that is suggested to this allegation. The crown suggest Mr. Hardy deliberately punched a five-day-old baby to the face in a carry cot in a shopping trolley. The defendant says he believed – and this belief was prior to the incident – that he thought it was a doll.”

“It is conceded by the defendant that what occurred was unusual, bizarre and he acted rather foolishly, he added. “The prosecution suggest that this was intentional.”

The Daily Mail reports the bizarre attack happened on September 5, the first time Amy Duckers had taken her newborn baby out in public. She was reportedly talking with a neighbor she ran into at the store when Hardy punched her daughter, Elsie Temple.

Elsie “was left extremely upset,” as the Daily Mail put it, and taken to a local hospital, where she was monitored for nine hours for any possible head injuries.

‘Words cannot describe how I feel right now, and still can’t get my head around what has happened in front of me and my poor Libby,” Duckers wrote in a Facebook post shortly after the attack. ‘No one can get their head around why this was done, other than he’s very sick, twisted, vile, not well man, and his excuse was he thought she was a doll.”

Hardy will face trial next month.

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These Are My Broke Goals

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These Are My Broke Goals

Growing up, we never had much money. I was raised by a single mother who did everything she could. We had a roof over our head and food on the table, but the luxuries in life were often out of reach.

Occasionally my mother would save up some money and we would buy a used car or get cable. I would think: Wow this is what having more money does? This is awesome! Especially the cable.

Today I work as a writer. And like most writers, I’m broke. On the plus side, writers are also the most passionate and generous lovers to ever walk this planet. But since the good Lord apparently chose to make me good at sex instead of good at money, I’ve had to keep my other dreams as just that: dreams. Among my most persistent dreams is the one where I actually have some scratch. Not, like, buckets of the stuff—just enough to change my life slightly. I call these: My Broke Goals.

Having Verizon Wireless

GIF via Giphy
GIF via Giphy

This has long been a dream of mine since I walked into a Verizon Wireless store years ago, and was asked for my social security number to run a credit check. Credit check?! I’m trying to buy a phone, not secure a loan to buy an oil field in Nigeria. If I need good credit just to play Candy Crush, then I’m out of luck. Just because I’ve defaulted on every loan I’ve ever taken out — that means I should be denied the basic human right to have an iPhone? What has this world come to?

Ordering something other than a special at a restaurant

Photo via Pexels
Photo via Pexels

Just once I would like to go to a restaurant and have money be no option. I don’t like the fact that I have to look at the specials — but that’s just my reality. I dream of the day where I could get what I want, not what I can afford. I dream of a day where I can gladly say: “Yes, I’ll have an appetizer.”

The soft-drink-pace struggle is real.

What appetizers would I have? Anything involving shrimp! Seafood, after all, is really expensive! And I’ll know I’ve really arrived when I no longer have to ask if the refills are free! I get very thirsty when I eat, and I have to know going in if I have to pace my soft drink. There, I said it. The soft-drink-pace struggle is real.

 Being able to respond to plans quicker

GIF via Giphy
GIF via Giphy

Many people think I’m late to respond to plans because I’m lazy or don’t like them. That couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m late responding to plans because I’m broke. “Thank you for inviting me to the new superhero movie, I would love to go, but I don’t know if I have enough to cover the IMAX glasses that you insist we use. What’s wrong with standard definition?” But if I say that — I come off looking broke, which I am. I just don’t want other people to know I’m broke. Maybe I shouldn’t have written this piece. So the next time you’re wondering why I’m dragging my feet to respond to your paintball invitation, it’s not because I don’t like your new girlfriend, it’s because they charge extra for the good goggles.

Putting premium gas in my car

Photo via skitterphoto
Photo via skitterphoto

I’ve been a car owner for many years, and never once have I put anything in my tank above regular. One day, just one day, I want the satisfaction of pulling into my local gas station and seeing the look on the guy’s face when I say premium instead of regular. Will he think I got a promotion? Will he think I just robbed the bank? Will he not give a crap because he’s pumping my gas and probably broker than me? I have a lot of questions I’d like answered!

Entering a store with intent—rather than just empty pockets

GIF via Giphy
GIF via Giphy

Most people who are broke know window shopping is often the closest they get to actual shopping. For me, it’s gotten to the point that if I go to my local mall and just look at enough items, I feel like I’ve actually gone shopping. The best is when you go to a store and ask about the prices of things, knowing full well you have no money. Even if that leather jacket you’re eyeing cost three bucks (unlikely!), it wouldn’t make any difference, because you have no dollars! As in: zero. And the store workers know this. How? Because you keep going to the same stores and never buying anything.

I had to wait until I was 16 and had a part-time job so I could buy my own Jordan’s.

Since I was a kid I have always loved Air Jordan’s. They were the ultimate status symbol growing up. If you had Jordan’s back in the day, that meant your family had money. It’s funny thinking about that now, because most of us lived in the housing projects, so how much money did our folks really have? My mother refused to buy me a sneaker so expensive. I had to wait until I was 16 and had a part-time job so I could buy my own Jordan’s.

Now Jordan’s seem like a distant dream. No chance of me buying them any time soon. But that’s okay—at least I can always go online window shopping.

 

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