Meet former stray Vladimir, one of six dogs “employed” by the Old Havana Museum of Metalwork. His canine crew is one of several that have been taken in by Cuban state institutions, who offer medical care, housing, and protection from the dogcatcher to previously homeless animals.
I don’t understand how she doesn’t have an Emmy. YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHICH CLONE IT REALLY IS!
And when she’s Cosima being Cosima, or Sarah being Sarah, it’s distinctly different from all of these characters. I think Tat is so mind-blowingly talented that the Television Academy literally can’t even.
Even though these Ben & Jerry’s horror movie ice cream flavors by John Squires and artist Frank Browning are fake, we kind of wish they’d be real, especially the “Klaatu Banana Nikto,” just because “Army of Darkness” rocked! Check ‘em all out below!
Putting food in the freezer is like a pause button on its shelf life. Meat that will go bad in a week can instead last months. However, even frozen food can go bad. This chart shows how long different types of food can last in the freezer.
It wasn’t until I read Laura Miller’s Salon article on the PEN-Charlie Hebdo courage award, that I learned about Molly Norris (that’s her, above, with her dog).
Molly Norris was a Seattle cartoonist. Four years ago, on FBI advice, she went into hiding. She had drawn a cartoon that she refers to in the cartoon above, and for that cartoon she was placed on an al-Quaida list of targets for murder.
Molly’s story came back to light last month after twelve cartoonists and journalists were gunned down at the offices of the French satirical publication, Charlie Hebdo. They were slain by Islamic radicals who were offended by their depiction of the Prophet Mohammed.
Norris, a Seattle cartoonist who drew for local publications like the Seattle Weekly and City Arts, found herself on the same al-Qaeda hit list as some of the murdered Hebdo artists.
On the advice of the FBI, she abandoned her life and work when Islamist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki called for her assassination in retaliation for posting a comic referencing Mohammed…
Edit to add: I’ve removed the image of the actual cartoon that caused Molly’s death sentence, because people were getting upset by it, and my intent was not to put something up that made people upset, angry or defensive or offended, but simply to draw attention to and give context on a cartoonist driven underground, who might otherwise be forgotten. The image, for the curious, is at this link.
by Diane Kelly on throb, shared by Lauren Davis to io9
Sex is awesome, but getting a urinary tract infection (UTI) from sex is not. And thanks to the really short passage between their bladders and the bacteria-rich outside world, one in five women will have a UTI sometime during their lives.
Var ju på Pipp/Krigsdagböckerna-presskonferens i eftermiddags. Och fick se Astrid Lindgrens brev till Bonniers när hon skickade in Pippi-manuset till dem. (Som de tackade nej till. Turligt nog för Rabén & Sjögren.)
ZELDA: *stops to sniff bag of garbage outside of hospital
that most likely contains human body parts and vials of diseases*
US: *HOIST*
ZELDA: What are you doing? THAT WAS TREASURE!
US: WE ARE GOING TO THE DOG PARK.
ZELDA: THE TREASURE…
AT DOG PARK
ZELDA: WHAT ARE THESE OTHER DOGS DOING HERE.
ME: It’s the dog park, Zelda.
ZELDA: *unsure*
ME: Go on! Play!
ZELDA: I’m going to sit on this bench next to daddy.
OSCAR: Go on! Play!
ZELDA: *unsure*
ZELDA: *sees other dog poop*
ZELDA: NOW WE’RE TALKING!
ZELDA: *leaps into poop*
US: OH NO.
OSCAR: This is terrible. I guess we have to…how do we even
do this? Oh God.
ZELDA: I GET WHY YOU LIKE IT HERE!
ME: *scrapes Zelda with stick*
ZELDA: STICK TIME!
ZELDA: *lunges for poop stick*
ME: No no no no no.
OSCAR: THIS IS TERRIBLE.
ME: We have to get her home. We need to go into quarantine
mode. Leave everything at the door. Take her right to the tub. Destroy
everything with fire.
AT HOME
US: *run inside with Zelda, directly to tub*
ZELDA: What are we…hey, wait a minute…
US: *entub dog*
ZELDA: I AM BETRAYED.
US: *fill tub*
ZELDA: *scrabbles* *water*
US: *drenched*
US: *feed snacks to Zelda*
ZELDA: I’LL EAT THESE BUT I WON’T FORGET THIS.
OSCAR: *feeds*
ME: *scrubs*
OSCAR: That’s the last of the kibble. Are you done?
ME: Almos…
ZELDA: *HEROIC LEAP*
ZELDA: TO VICTORY!
OSCAR: Catch he…
ME: *is struck in the face with the back end of a wet dog*
ME: GAHHAHAHAHHGHGHGHGH
ME: *clutches nose and bleeding lip*
ZELDA: Victory?
OSCAR: *re-entubs dog*
ME: *bleeds*
OSCAR: What happened there?
ME: SHE HIT ME IN THE FACE WITH HER BUTT
ZELDA: Not intentionally.
ME: No, girl, not intentionally. Mommy isn’t mad.
ZELDA: Must not go full Stockholm. Must remember the
mission. Must not identify with captors.
OSCAR: We have to finish this terrible task.
ME: *rinses dog*
US: *remove dog from tub*
OSCAR: Here’s a bit more kibble.
ZELDA: MY HEROES!
ZELDA: *gulps kibble in one go*
US: You’re free to go!
ZELDA: VICTORY!
ME: *bleeds*
ZELDA: *charges out of bathroom*
ZELDA: *immediately throws up gulped kibble into shag
carpet*
US: NOOOOOOOOO
ZELDA: WHAT IS THIS I FOUND??? MAGIC FOOD IN WEIRD INDOOR
GRASS???
OSCAR: *quickly moves dog along*
ZELDA: THE TREASURE…
ME: *bleeds*
ME: *looks at carpet*
ME: *looks at time
elapsed since this started, 50 minutes*
It’s easy to forget that there are other PC game services beyond Steam . GOG (formerly Good Old Games) has made a name for itself selling older software, but now it’s stepping up to the major leagues with a DRM-free alternative to Steam’s software, called GOG Galaxy.
The highest proof alcohol you can buy is Everclear, at 190 proof. That’s nothing! Let’s get together and make an alcohol that’s 200 proof! Except we can’t possibly do that. There’s a physical limit to how pure alcohol can actually get, and we’ll tell you why.
Late last year, Idris Elba let slip the names of some of the major Thor characters that would make brief appearances in Avengers: Age of Ultron. And yet, when the movie actually arrived, no Loki. What happened?
The images on the covers of English-language editions of the Song of Ice and Fire novels are nice enough. A sword, a crown, a helmet—these are all things the characters in the books use or want, so I haven’t got any complaints about them. Still, Japanese publisher Hayakawareally went the extra mile when it put out Japanese translations of the books. It hired artists Ken Sugawara, Yasushi Suzuki, and Noriko Meguroto create new covers, and their renderings of notable characters are evocative enough to make you wish for a series of Song of Ice and Fire animated movies. I mean, if they’re going to reboot the show eventually anyway, that wouldn’t be a bad way to go.
These covers have been out there for a while, but have been cropping upagain recently, probably because they are so very pretty. Let’s take a look.
A Game of Thrones, Part 1—Jon Snow
First up is a rendering of a young Jon Snow, who looks ripped from the pages of an early Final Fantasy game manual. No, I don’t recall the books ever mentioning Jon having green hair, but it doesn’t make the cover any less striking.
A Game of Thrones, Part 1—Daenerys
I love the rendering of a young dragon on Dany’s shoulder, like a massive violet worm.
A Clash of Kings, Part 1—Arya
Of all the characters on these covers, Arya might look the most like she does on the show. The brown and red tones in this one are great. Arya has blood on her mind.
A Storm of Swords, Part 2—Tyrion
Tyrion, on the other hand, couldn’t look less like his TV counterpart. While this cover is probably pushing it, it’s easy to forget that Tyrion is supposed to be a good deal less handsome than Peter Dinklage.
A Storm of Swords, Part 3—Samwell
Samwell Tarly does some serious voguing with that right-handed ‘V’ he’s making.
A Feast for Crows, Part 1—Jaime
Again, I’m getting videogame vibes from this image of Jaime, particularly of a game like Soul Caliber, where characters wear armor so big Tyrion could live in it.
A Feast for Crows, Part 2—Cersei
The theme of his image is: wine and blood. It’s a terrific picture of Cersei.
A Dance with Dragons, Part 2—Bran
Finally, this image of Bran throws into evocative relief the size difference between him and his direwolf.
