Emerald Catron
Emerald Catron has written for Asylum, Lemondrop, MyDaily and Daily Fill. She is one half of rap duo Dem Shortybooz and is a comedic performer around NYC. Follow her on Twitter @emeraldcatron
Emerald Catron
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2012′s Dumbest Criminals Are Painfully Dumb
It turns out to make it onto a list of the dumbest criminals, you have to actually be pretty dumb. Granted, we can't all be masterminds, but it probably doesn't take much to know you shouldn't make a YouTube video boasting about the bank you just robbed. Or tweet about punching a guy in the face. Nor should you get into a fist fight over a piece of birthday cake.
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Video Shows What Really Happens While Mom Is Away
In case you were wondering what happens when you leave the kids alone with Dad, here's a video to answer all your questions. It's a time lapse video of a dad and his kid playing while mom is at work. Messes are made
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The Nicest Place on the Internet for a Day Like Today
After the horrible tragedy in Connecticut, we don't really know what to say. We hope you are all safe and get to be with your families. We wish we could give you all hugs. We can't physically do that, so here is The Nic
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Arizona School Uses Holding Hands as Punishment
Two Arizona teenagers faced a choice after getting into a fight at Westwood High in Mesa: They could either be suspended for nine days ... or hold hands in front of everybody. Obviously, they chose the latter, and now the school is catching flak for it.
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This House Has Serious Christmas ‘Gangnam Style’
John Storm is a lucky man. Most people who move into a new neighborhood and promptly set up an insane Christmas light show set to 'Gangnam Style' would not be very popular. His neighbors, however, think it's kind of impressive to meet a real-life Clark Griswold. We think it's kind of impressive that his hobby requires him to use a dongle. That's sincerely Gangnam Style.
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Soldiers in Afghanistan Remake Dolphins Cheerleader ‘Call Me Maybe’ Video
That's right -- we're still posting 'Call Me Maybe' videos. Deal with it! This one's got soldiers serving in Afghanistan, so it's sort of our civic responsibility to share it with the world.
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10 Amazing Halloween Light Shows to Make Your Day
You GUYS! It's almost Halloween! We sincerely love Halloween around here, in case you hadn't noticed. Here's one way we've been getting into the spirit of the season -- awesome Halloween light shows. Some of them are more traditional ('The Haunted Manion,' 'Monster Mash'), whereas other are scary in a more timely way -- what could be more terrifying than a giant light-up neon pumpkin singing 'Call Me Maybe'?
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Get a Step-by-Step Guide to Lucid Dreaming
We know -- the first thing we thought when we saw this was "who draws that well on white board" too! Once we got over that, we realized we should actually be paying attention to what this guy's saying
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Sleeping Dogs Compilation Will Brighten Your Day
People please, let sleeping dogs lie, and then record it, upload it to YouTube and wait for somebody to put it in a video with others of its kind. The video features a wide range of dogs, from tiny and adorable to flappy-faced and slobbery. It's a
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‘Counting Song’ for Kids Takes Decidedly Grown-up Turn
So, you might want to show this to kids to help them learn to count, but you probably shouldn't. It starts off well enough, but by the end you realize the only thing you're going to be counting once you reach 30 are your numerous failures and Weight Watchers points
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QVC Host Faints On-Air, Co-Host Keeps on Sellin’
As we've learned from Lady Gaga AND Justin Bieber, the show must go on. Fortunately (is it?) QVC guest host Cassie Slane didn't barf in front of her audience. She just fainted a little bit after a second of chest patting.
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Happy Birthday, ‘Peanuts’! Celebrate With Our Favorite GIFs
It was on this day 62 years ago that the first 'Peanuts' comic strip was published. Instead of humiliating Charlie Brown for his birthday, we thought we'd share some funny/cute/sadorable animated GIFs. Warning: like 'Peanuts,' they can be a little dark, because snow can be awfully depressing.