Erupting Ideas
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Dam, these Goats are Amazing!
Read more…What You See May Not Be Real
Chen Wenling’s “What You See May Not Be Real.” This sculpture shows a bull, meant to represent Wall Street, seen ramming the biggest con man of all time, Bernie Madoff, into a wall. The huge cloud coming out of the bull’s rear not only refers to the end of a greedy era, but also symbolizes the danger of virtual bubbles in international financial markets.
Read more…Pageant Moms are Given the Beauty Queen Treatment by Anderson Cooper
Have these moms got what it takes to enter a beauty pageant? I think so!
Read more…Shark Eating Shark
National Geographic has released this soon-to-be classic photograph of one shark eating another shark whole.The photo comes from Daniela Ceccarelli, of Australia’s Research Council Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. Ceccarelli was conducting a “fish census” off Great Keppel Island, when she spotted a wobbegong shark emerge with a brown-banded bamboo shark in its mouth.
Read more…666th post from Day One 2012
Leighton Kelly has spent the past couple of years creating and posting a new piece of art every day on his blog — that is until Jan. 1st, 2012. Hence, the name Day One 2012. What exists now on the site is a compilation of all his hard work. Talk about prolific!
Here’s a sample from day 666th of his endeavor:
Read more…Clams on the Run!
Clams fleeing for their lives. Mollusk maneuvering for the safety of a tide pool caught on film.
Or would you prefer “Clams in Love”…
Read more…Rub-A-Dub-Dub… I’m Buying this Tub
This is the ultimate tub. Who can resist such a porcelain masterpiece? Whomever dreamed up this baby is the god of bathroom design.
How much would you pay for a tub like this?
Read more…I Swear My Wife Isn’t Emily!
Look at what marriage can come to…
Read more…Supersize Your Family on Knowledge not Junk Food
Can you guess what McDonald’s food item this is? Ice cream? A strawberry milkshake?
Wrong! It’s mechanically separated chicken. It is what all fast-food chicken is made – things like chicken nuggets and patties. Also, the processed frozen chicken in the stores is made from it. Basically, the entire chicken is smashed and pressed through a sieve — bones, eyes, guts and all. And it comes out looking like this.
I just watched “Supersize Me” with my boys, and it’s brilliant! Every parent should watch this movie with their kids. It’s a great way to wean them from junk food, fast food and soft drinks. “Supersize Me” is directed by Morgan Spurlock, and it shows exactly what happens when you live (and die) on fast food.
