It’s not a joke, it’s a toothpick, Tuco. Now I want you to get up there and make art out of them toothpicks. Well, toothpick artist Steven J. Backman has turned The Good, the Bad and the Ugly into something quite beautiful with only 55 toothpicks and some glue. See more over at Steven’s official [...] Read More
Now that Continental Oil Company (now Conoco) has your attention with the naughty thing their research chemists (Belt over lab coat? Craaaazy!) do on their summer break, it smoothly segues into the benefits of motor oil. Remember that sex sells, future Madison Ave execs, it even sells motor oil. Modern Mechanix has the larger pic: [...] Read More
Well, today anyhow. It’s beyond description, so I won’t even try, except that it helps to know about Pachinko. Miss Cellania has the clip: Link | Cracked has the list of 8 strangest Japanese ads starring Oscar nominees
This is fantastic: Wayne Kusy created a 25-foot model of the 1936 Queen Mary made entirely out of 814,000 toothpicks and 19 gallons of wood glue. It took him 8 years to build. And the most surprising fact of all? Wayne has never been on the Queen Mary. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] [...] Read More
Still wear wristwatches? You’re in the minority. Well, now that watches are killed off by cell phones, what do you wear on your wrist? Tobias Lunchbreath, one my favorite cartoonists on the Web today, explains the "Sixteen Ways to Use Your Wrist Now That Watches Are Obsolete" over at CoreToon: Link | Different format of [...] Read More
Everyone knows that if you swim or soak in a tub for a long time, your skin turn all pruny but have you ever considered how the skin doesn’t simply dissolve? It’s all in the keratin: After a period in water the outer layer of the skin (the stratum corneum) expands, producing prune-like wrinkles. Earlier [...] Read More
Theresa Knudson was inspired by Jan von Hollenben’s Dreams of Flying photographs and created dream photos of her cat by arranging various backgrounds. Fluffy is a trusting and patient cat! See more pictures at Pawesome. Link (Image credit: Flickr user Theresa Knudson)
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Mark Anderson of Andertoons set out to make a Lego spaceship that resembled each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. It took two years to accomplish this goal, but he did it! Now all those spaceships are posted for your enjoyment. Link -Thanks, Mark!
This is just the right way to start the day! Look at the top of the picture. The bedroom is on the other side of the glass. Roll out of bed, drop into the waterslide, and head into the pool. This luxury home (for sale!) in Bowdon, UK, has everything one could ask for. Link [...] Read More
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