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Edinburgh for New Years

Hogmanay fireworks My cousins Scott and Casey have been planning a trip to Scotland for New Years. When they first told me a few months ago, I didn’t think much of it because I don’t have much vacation time with my new job and don’t have much extra money thanks to buying lots of toys. Then, a few days ago, Casey told me a little more.. apparently this is the biggest and best New Year’s party in the world. It’s an annual tradition called Hogmanay. Basically what happens is they sell about 100,000 tickets to this event, then a few days before New Years they shut down the city and only let people in who have tickets.. and everyone parties for days. Perfect, sign me up, fly me to Europe and give me a few bottles of scotch. It’ll be even more fun because we have 10 people going and we’re going to rent a flat in the city for the week. Marisa and I bought our tickets yesterday.

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Golden Poop Cellphone Charm

Only in Japan! Check out Strapya’s English site to buy these awesome little turd charms. Apparently “poop” and “good luck” are kind of similar in the Japanese language. Don’t ask me, I don’t speak Japanese. I did order a few of these though.

golden poop charm

golden poop on pillow

Via Gizmodo

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