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Are you aware that CES just wrapped up and, according to what we saw there, robot cars are going to be controlling our lives in the very near future while we (virtually) walk around and kick bad guys with our pseudo-Birkenstock footwear? Have you prepared your Winter-Spring wardrobe according to the best and worst looks from the red carpet of The Golden Globes on Sunday night? Do you know enough about the NFL divisional round matchups this weekend to speak forcefully and indignantly to anyone who will listen that you know who the winner of the Packers/Cowboys game will be and anyone who disagrees with you is an absolute moron? Well, my friend, we’ve got all your bases covered with a very special first Junk Food Blog of the year. If you were worried about how you would keep up with the world without us, fear not! We’re back and ready to rock 2017 with the coolest, freest (should it be freeest? Eh, who knows) content from some of your favorite XUMO channels!

Mashable—Virtual Reality “Shoes”

Have you ever woken up in the morning with a burning desire to walk and kick…in virtual reality? Really? I thought it was just me! Walking IRL (in real life for those of you who haven’t reduced your vocabulary to acronyms) is just so 2016; let me get my action in on the VR! Mashable put together a cool video on the new Taclim shoes built for gamers who want to dedicate themselves to full immersion. And with a price tag of $1,000 for a pair of shoes that look like they offer very little in the way of functional support, you’d better get full immersion if you shell out for them!

You gon’ learn today! In this week’s edition of the XUMO Junk Food Blog, we learn that the brain uses 20 percent of our daily oxygen and caloric needs while representing just two percent of our mass, how to travel during the holidays like a pro, whether or not Tiger still has it and whether or not we’ve discovered the next American Ninja Warrior on FailArmy—we haven’t. Interested? Of course you are! Check out links to some of the past week’s best XUMO content below!

FailArmy—Fails of the Week

You aren’t truly up to date on your world news if you haven’t seen the most recent “Fails of the Week” compilation from FailArmy. This week, we have a guy who (for some reason) seems to be practicing throw his Christmas tree like a javelin, a cute kid letting it be known that receiving a can of soup for Christmas was NOT okay no matter how funny her dad thought it was, a guy who likely won’t be making it as an Olympic gymnast (although there is a certain degree of difficulty in somehow finding a way to land on top of the uneven bars) and the next American Ninja Warrior—or maybe just a guy who will be watching on TV.

Please accept our most sincere apologies for keeping you waiting this week for the latest and greatest content available on XUMO. You see, when you eat what feels like 27 pounds of turkey, cornbread, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberries, apple pie—and did I mention gravy?—the food comma can last well into the following week. We’re not saying that’s what happened here, we’re just not saying that’s not what happened. With that said, welcome to a special “No Food Whatsoever Because We Can’t Stand the Sight of It,” edition of the XUMO Junk Food Blog! 

JASH—The ArScheerio Paul Show: Vanilla Ice and Flavor Flav Interview Reenactment

Ever wondered what it would be like to watch Schmidt from New Girl reenact a 1991 Arsenio Hall interview with Vanilla Ice? Of course you have. And it’s even better than you’ve imagined it! Add in a little Flavor Flav and it’s almost too much to handle…almost. Disclaimer—If you’re hoping to watch this and gain better insight into Vanilla Ice’s improbable rise to fame, there isn’t a video on the planet that can you with that (just be grateful for the comedy!). Big thanks to JASH, one of XUMO’s latest channels, for the awesome Schmidt/Vanilla Ice mash up we’ve never knew we always wanted!