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Yesterday, I told you about our 12-hour trip to nowhere on Christmas Day, thanks to the Southwest Airlines meltdown. Did we end up flying to Little Rock on Thursday, December 29, as (re)scheduled? Nope. Long story short, that flight was canceled on Tuesday. We checked every possible airline to see if we could find a different way to get to Little Rock or to the next city on the itinerary. Nope and nope. There were very few flights to be found and those that were listed were as high as $8500. Per person. Basic economy. The cheapest we found would put...

Strap on your miner's hat -- we're tunnelling deep into Amazon's back catalogue.

It's officially 2023, which means we all made it around the sun again, and that's a victory in our book (our "book" being our soon-to-be-published testament to our newfound lord and savior, M3GAN). That also means it's time to run through the films we're looking forward to the most over the next 12 months, starting with "Plane." Fine, that one didn't make the cut here, but it's not like you need us to tell you why you ought to be excited for the latest offering from Trash Cinema King™ Gerard Butler.Per our annual tradition, the /Film staff has narrowed down...

Tokyo advertising agency TBWA\Hakuhodo and plastics manufacturer Koushi Chemical Industry Co have created Shellmet, a hard hat made from discarded scallop shells and recycled plastic. The product was conceived as protective headgear for the fishing community in Japan's Sarufutsu village where around 40,000 tons of scallop shells go to waste every year, according to Shellmet's creators. TBWA\Hakuhodo and Koushi Chemical Industry Co have developed the Shellmet The Shellmet is fastened with a nylon chinstrap and shaped like an oversized, ridged seashell. Its structure is made from Shellstic – a material developed with Koushi Chemical Industry Co that combines scallop shells from...

Editor’s note: This is the Sunday, January 8, edition of the “Game Day with Kevin Modesti” newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Good morning. The Chargers, Rams and other NFL teams conclude the regular season today with even more drama than usual. Let’s look at what’s at stake, after a glance at other sports news. The Lakers have won five in a row after a victory in Sacramento. Kevin Fiala’s hat trick helped the Kings beat the Golden Knights again. Monday night’s college football championship game at SoFi Stadium is “almost like it’s scripted” for...