Life's Not A Beach

After the 2008 recession, commercial real estate firms had a ton of empty buildings. Fortunately, Halloween stores were ready to fill the gap — for a month.

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MARKET MONDAY DRESSING UP THE STRIP MALL The Halloween-Industrial Complex tedium.co After the 2008 recession, commercial real estate firms had a ton of empty buildings. Fortunately, Halloween stores were ready to fill the gap — for a month. LIFE'S NOT A BEACH Why Are We So Bad At Taking Time Off Work? slate.com Vacations are good for us and good for our employers. So why don't we take them? PREDICTION MARKETS ARE...HARD TO PREDICT A Visual History Of How Presidential Elections Affect US Financial Markets qz.com History suggests such a dramatic outcome is unlikely. In fact, there is little evidence that the markets react much at all to elections in the short-term. SUITCASES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Time For A Luggage Upgrade? Get This geniuspack.com This hardside carry on by Genius Pack literally makes packing hassle-free with its engineered interior organizational panel. It has designated compartments for all your clothes, a secluded laundry compartment, and 8 silent-gliding wheels, so you don't have to wheel your luggage like the hulk. Also super light, only 6.8 lbs! A STICKY SITUATION HOW TO BE AN ADULT How To Make A Nasty Cold Suck Less digg.com You're an adult, you know there's no silver bullet cure for a cold — what can you do to at least make it suck less? Cue up the montage music, because it's virus fighting time. PLANET FATBERG Wet Wipes May Be Wrecking The World's Sewers theatlantic.com Can wet wipes be stopped? Or must cities resign themselves to a future of fatberg? FINDING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL I Tried To Find The Worst Bar In New York And Learned Nothing vice.com For people like me, the ultimate test for any drinking establishment is that it induces discomfort in all who enter it. The bars I like are the ones that make me afraid WE'RE THE KIDS NOT IN AMERICA (SLIGHTLY NSFW) The Wild Lives Of Teenagers In Northern Russia huckmagazine.com A chance encounter with a group of reckless kids helped Russian photographer Igor Samolet rekindle his wild youth. SCHOOL'S IN FOREVER The World's Toughest School Exam theguardian.com Chinese children must endure years of stress and impossible expectations preparing for their final school exam. The students who do best can look forward to glittering careers and even good marriage prospects. But for the less successful, the system is brutal. VIDEO OF THE DAY DON'T BET ON THESE CARDS The Hydraulic Press Turns Playing Cards Into Confetti digg.com The only true use for all that meaningless junk you accumulate on your desk over the years — giant erasers, oversized playing cards, etc. — is crushing the heck out of them with the hydraulic press. IN THE NEWS Kurdish And Iraqi Forces Close In On ISIS Stronghold Of Mosul Poll: 41% Of voters Say Election Could Be 'Stolen' From Trump GOP Headquarters In Orange County, North Carolina Firebombed Tech Investor Peter Thiel Reportedly Will Donate $1.25M To Trump Campaign North Korea Says It's Ready To Strike First If Faced With Nuclear War On this Monday, be the hydraulic press and not the playing cards. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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