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Alessandro Puccinelli - Intersections

Artist’s statement:

"Where Sea and Sky collide.

In essence, Intersections is all about that brief moment of time when the water of the sea blurs with the clouds of a stormy sky and creates a unique and abstract fleeting moment. When the fury of the ocean seems to take a breath before inexorably and inevitably starting again with the next wave.”

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The image-hosting site Imgur was born as a way to make sharing pictures fast and easy for forums and social media. Today they posted a gallery of their best 13 images of 2013. The pictures are not necessarily the most aesthetic or the most-viewed images of the year, but were selected as the pictures that were most talked-about or made a big impact on the internet in some way or another. Quite a few of them you've seen here already this year, but are worth another look.

The odd image shown here starts the list at #13, and is the product of a panoramic camera shot gone awry. This particular picture led the Imgur staff to seek out the weirdest panoramic photographs and put them together in an album. Those will make you laugh!

Let’s say you’re having a pretty lucky day, and you end up appearing as a contestant on The Price Is Right. That’s pretty awesome in itself, right? But what if there’s a $157,300 sports supercar on the line, the show’s most valuable prize ever? You’re probably gonna freak right out, and deservedly so.

On yesterday’s episode of the show, CBS says it gave away its biggest prize yet, an Audi R8. The lucky lady had appearing on the show as one of her bucket list items, so when she not only got her chance to hang out with Drew Carey on national TV but also won the insanely expensive and shiny car, well, let’s just say she was excited.

Eyes a-popping and mouth agape, the hot pink T-shirt clad contestant takes off on a few victory laps crowing her delight at winning the game “Gas Money.” Watch the video below if you’re the type that practices what your reaction would be in a similar scenario.

Or just watch it because it’s super fun and exciting.

As posted to the twitter account of Texas Repulican congressman Steve Stockman. TIL conservatives lubricate their cheap AK knockoffs by spraying the springs with salt water.

UPDATE: GOD BLESS AMERICA: you can buy AK-47 recoil spring replacement kits on Amazon.

Michael Thomasson, 31, has the world's largest collection of video games. The Buffalo, New York man's basement is filled with approximately 11,000 games (and consoles to play them). According to the Associated Press, Thomasson started collecting when he was 12 but sold everything twice: first, to buy a Sega Genesis, and then in 1998 to pay for his wedding. Thomasson is featured in the Guinness World Records 2014 Gamer's Edition that, unfortunately, does not include any photos of fat twins riding motorcycles or Robert Wadlow.

Dammit, got dust in my eye.

You know you’re committed to your craft when you find a way to wrangle an actual bear for your photoshoot. This is Tina Rybakova in what is touted as a unique interpretation of Merida from the movie Brave (though that is a major stretch. We’ll stick with “fantasy”). The moment is beautifully photographed by Dasha Kond who has a whole portfolio of unique shoots featuring live animals.

See more pictures after the break…

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Michael Bloomberg leaves office tomorrow after 12 years as New York City's mayor. No mayor in recent memory has added so much to a city. Or taken so much away. To remember him properly, here's a list of everything Bloomberg banned during his time in office.

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technicoloresque:

fivelettered:

kellanium:

0littlefox0:

-everysecond:

people talking like “doge”

you have a mother fucking god damned brain in your head, use it, you sound like an uneducated little fuck who should go back to grade 1 jesus fucking christ

Very anger. 

Much yell

many loud

So insight

A young woman in New York was so depressed that she decided to end her life by throwing herself into the ocean. She went down to the docks and was about to leap into the frigid water when a handsome young sailor saw her tottering on the edge of the pier, crying. He took pity on her and said, "Look, you have so much to live for. I'm off to Europe in the morning, and if you like, I can stow you away on my ship. I'll take good care of you and bring you food every day." Moving closer, he slipped his arm around her shoulder and added, "I'll keep you happy, and you'll keep me happy."

The girl nodded yes. After all, what did she have to lose? Perhaps a fresh start in Europe would give her life new meaning.

That night, the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a lifeboat. From then on, every night he brought her three sandwiches and a piece of fruit, and they made passionate love until dawn. Three weeks later, during a routine inspection, she was discovered by the captain.

"What are you doing here?" the captain asked.

"I have an arrangement with one of the sailors," she explained. "I get food and a trip to Europe, and he's screwing me."

"He certainly is," the captain said. "This is the Staten Island Ferry."

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Last week, a Reddit thread appeared revealing that Netflix would be purging more than 90 titles from their library at the start of 2014.

This particular list contained some excellent films and some that were less than stellar. Those titles will be vanishing from the service tonight at midnight.

Now, that same thread has a new post explaining that the company will be adding 26 new flicks to its streaming archive. While this may be a tiny figure compared to the options they're eradicating from the service, some awesome movies are finally returning.

Most of the selection is comprised of cult favorites like "American Psycho." Also, every kid who grew up in the nineties will be overjoyed to see "Good Burger" and "Spaceballs" return to Netflix. The rest of the movies are below.

Here's the entire list:

• "American Psycho" (2000)
• "Raging Bull" (1980)
• "Thelma And Louise" (1991)
• "West Side Story" (1961)
• "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993)
• "Big Trouble In Little China" (1986)
• "Breakfast At Tiffany's" (1961)
• "Bull Durham" (1988)
• "Red Dawn" (1984)
• "Mouse Hunte" (1997)
• "Spaceballs" (1987)
• "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979)
• "The Chinese Connection" (1972)
• "Amelie" (2001)
• "Grapes Of Wrath" (1940)
• "Planes, Trains, And Automobiles" (1987)
• "Children Of A Lesser God" (1986)
• "Scrooged" (1988)
• "Days Of Thunder" (1990)
• "The Day The Earth Stood Still" (1951)
• "The Talented Mr Ripley" (1999)
• "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (1970)
• "Death Race 2000" (1975)
• "Ghost" (1990)
• "Good Burger" (1997)
• "Play It Again, Sam" (1972)

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While collecting insertions into various orifices for our annual feature, we stumbled across a good number of truly awful penis-related mishaps. Culled from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's database of emergency room visits, here's a year's worth of self-abuse.

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“Just a couple of newlyweds enjoying their first Christmas together!! This was over 25 years ago, we would probably need a king size sheet today! LOL”

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Open carry of a gun is not illegal in Colorado parks, something police officers in at last one town did not realize during a recent arrest. Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran James Sorensen recently won $23,000 in an open carry lawsuit filed against the City of Colorado Springs.

James Sorensen was quite dismayed and surprised when a Colorado Springs police officer approached him and began interrogating him about openly carrying a handgun in the park as he was leaving a gay pride festival. The conversation with the police officer, which ultimately concluded in an arrest, was captured on a now viral video. The open carry arrest involved three Colorado police officers and a sergeant. Sorensen stated during the arrest that his Second Amendment rights were being violated because the police officers did not realize that openly carrying a firearm in a public park was legal in the state.

When the initial Colorado Springs police officer approached James Sorensen and told him to put his hands in the air, the war veteran who had just exited a gay pride festival, replied, “Negative, sergeant.” This exchange occurred several times, leading the sergeant to inform the war veteran that he was about to get the “s**t kicked out of him.”

During the encounter the then 24-year-old can clearly be heard asserting his Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. “This is against the law. This is against my Second Amendment rights, sergeant,” Sorensen said. “I need a real officer,” the Colorado man said after calling police department headquarters. The war veteran also that he could not wait to address arrest details in a court of law.

Before the open carry case could be heard by both a judge and the public, the City of Colorado Springs sought a settlement. It wasn’t until a public records request uncovered the right to bear arms violation that the details of the arrest became public, and then quickly went viral. Colorado police officials blame the Second Amendment rights infringement upon a “cheat sheet” mistake. According to a police statement, officers carry the sheet, which is reportedly a composite version of the complete criminal manual, as a quick reference guide to state laws.

Excerpt from the non-disclosure clause in the Colorado Second Amendment case reads:

“Plaintiff recognizes and agrees that this confidentiality provision was a significant inducement for City Defendants to enter into this Agreement. Any violation of this section shall be considered a material breach of this Agreement, and Plaintiff will be subject to repayment to City Defendants of the consideration set forth herein without restatement of the claims.”

During an interview after open carry arrest Sorensen said:

“They had the gall to say, ‘Ignorance of the law is no excuse,’ and yet they are the ones that are ignorant of the law. We decided to file suit because we want to better protect our rights and make sure everyone knows they can’t just treat citizens like crap. I just hope people will do more to protect their rights instead of letting people just walk all over them. I knew the law. I knew that it was legal for me to carry. My rights were trampled on.”

After the Second Amendment rights violation arrest, Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey ordered an internal review of the James Sorensen case. Chief Carey issued a statement several months later stating that, “Policy violations were discovered and appropriate administrative action was taken.” The memo also added that the criminal manual cheat sheet was reviewed line-by-line and updates were made to the reference material. A police department policy not mandates that “more periodic reviews” be made of the document. No update in the cheat sheet had reportedly been issued in the past decade.The lawsuit settlement did not include an admission of wrongdoing by the police department.

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Open Carry Arrest In Colorado Sparks Lawsuit is a post from: The Inquisitr News

A Russian driver with a dash cam managed to capture this, possibly the funniest real-world car chase I've seen in a long time. The ending alone is like some rejected scene from a Buster Keaton movie.

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