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Downsize Your Bulky Keys By Chopping Off the Tops
Keys are large and have a tendency to destroy pockets. If you're sick of carrying around your bulk of a keychain, Redditor mattfrancis13 cut off the top of his keys to make them a lot smaller.
Casio G-Shock – Team Sports Series
Casio are making all the right decisions lately when it comes to their G-Shock lineup, though overall they have had more hits than misses in their time. These Team Sports Series is a definite head-turner, packed with neon colors and vivid primary colors. In particular, the grey/neon green and grey/hot pink colorways are subtle yet on the point, perfect for work and play. This pack consists of various versions of GA-110TS and GD-120-TS models. If you are interested in this pack, it is scheduled to launch sometime in February, but stay tuned here for more information on the actual release.
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Remmington the Tiny Husky Puppy Shows Off His Adorable Bark
Remmington — or Remmy for short — the tiny eight-week-old Husky puppy shows off his best manners, sitting and speaking on command in this video by Mistressdee1.
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Parents Let Their Kid Crawl All Over $3 Million Sculpture at Museum
On Sunday, a Brooklyn gallery owner snapped this photo of two parents letting their toddler crawl all over a multi-million dollar sculpture by Donald Judd at London's Tate Modern museum.
94 Reasons Pete Seeger Matters
- Because Taylor Swift isn't going to start a revolution.
- Because "a literal knight of the Kingdom of Norway" who can buy "a six-pack of Rolexes" would like to tell you how Occupy is like the Nazis.
- Because people still die because they can't afford to pay for preventive and lifesaving care.
- Because war is not over.
- Because of the National Rifle Association.
- Because people still get pissed about musicians staging a gay marry-in.
- Because of the NSA.
- Because people still dump toxic shit into rivers.
- Because of 2.2 million American prisoners.
- Because we not only still kill prisoners, we're actually looking for more draconian ways to do it.
- Because Trayvon Martin is dead and George Zimmerman is free.
- Because the minimum wage sucks.
- Because women's wages suck.
- Because women still have it so hard.
- Because minorities still have it so hard.
- Because there are places in Inner America that treat 11-year-old Thai Buddhist kids like this.
- Because music changes lives.
- Because there is still a neo-Nazi music scene.
- Because fences don't always make good neighbors.
- Because of "Uncle Sugar."
- Because Erick Erickson exists.
- Because some cops neither serve nor protect.
- Because you don't always recognize your own privilege, and neither do I.
- Because you risk your life going to the movies sometimes.
- Because Downton Abbey, aka "Landed Gentry Have Problems," is what passes for highbrow entertainment.
- Because rich-as-hell flim-flam men drive our political discourse.
- Because millions of people, voting people, still get their news from Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck every week.
- Because we need unions.
- Because strikes work.
- Because unions need a comeback.
- Because education is education, not job training. Its appropriate aim is to make you a better person, not a better middle-manager and consumer.
- Because the invisible hand keeps flipping you off.
- Because there ever was a government "Un-American Activities Committee," and there can be again, if you don't pay attention.
- Because you don't help people ground down by the hard realities of market economics by musing about the secret to a fast-food franchise's success.
- Because a certain kind of person still jokes about cleaning his guns with the tears of liberals.
- Because you need more Leadbelly in your life.
- Because you've seen the word "thug" in a headline in the past ten years.
- Because of Blackwater.
- Because of the Clearwater.
- Because you've likely never talked to a migrant worker in America, but you should.
- Because you still don't have complete freedom over your own body.
- Because child-labor laws don't write themselves.
- Because there are still politicians emailing each other noose, banana, and bone-through-nose jokes like it's no thing.
- Because towns in Alabama need more black drag Santas in their parades.
- Because "harsh interrogation methods" exist.
- Because we're fucking poor, and we're fucking scared.
- Because the safety, health, and happiness of women are no joke.
- Because little boxes aren't enough.
- Because freedom doesn't march, it breaks step.
- Because no human being is illegal.
- Because your God doesn't have to be so small.
- Because we desperately need a cure for affluenza.
- Because it should be easier for a retail worker to earn what her CEO makes in an hour.
- Because manatees should matter.
- Because which side are you on?
- Because there's more truth in a lyric, any lyric, than a State of the Union address, any State of the Union address.
- Because a national tragedy should not be a business opportunity.
- Because the Confederates lost.
- Because your box store is spying on you.
- Because your attachment to consumer technology is making you terrible.
- Because of fracking.
- Because Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Morello are rarely wrong.
- Because of the smug media conservative sniffing at this list at this very moment.
- Because there's more Christianity in Pete Seeger than in most Christians.
- Because you owe it to your current and future children to be better.
- Because the national conversation on trans rights is just getting started.
- Because to every thing, there is a season.
- Because Justin fucking Bieber? Really, humans?
- Because of the dialectic, bitches.
- Because your sexist racist uncle isn't going to do it.
- Because Johnny Cash got it.
- Because even the pope gets it.
- Because another world is possible.
- Because we would all like to outlast the bastards.
- Because pacifism? What ever happened to that?
- Because international cosmopolitanism? Sounds socialist!
- Because so much about modern life is sad.
- Because you can play a sad song on a banjo.
- Because rye whiskey is good.
- Because you're alive.
- Because of all the good people who have died.
- Because there can be poetry after Auschwitz, if you write it.
- Because war is over, if you want it.
- Because compassion and empathy and solidarity should not be dirty words.
- Because the big fool says to push on.
- Because some of the flowers are still gone.
- Because God's counting on me, God's counting on you.
- Because hate needs to be surrounded and forced to surrender.
- Because we need to keep overcoming.
- Because this land is your land.
- Because this land is my land.
- Because this land was made for you and me.
- Because this land was made for you and me.
- Because this land was made for you and me.
Ferocious Cat Battles the Mailman Through the Mail Slot
In this hilarious clip from America’s Funniest Home Videos, a ferocious cat battles the mailman and even tries to steal his glove through the mail slot.
video by America’s Funniest Home Videos via Jenn Phantasm
Google Unveils Prescription Frames for Google Glass
Google has unveiled four new prescription frames and two more styles of sunglasses for use with Google Glass. The new frames are made of titanium and were designed in-house by Google. Those who need corrective lenses will still need to visit an optometrist to get prescription lenses, but insurance provider VSP has announced that it will cover part of the cost of the Google Glass frames.
Here are the four new styles:
video and images via Google
Legalize Weed Already
The latest poll numbers, from NBC and the Wall Street Journal, are in: 55% of Americans say "they favor allowing regulated businesses to sell marijuana." What's the holdup?
Lively Play Time With Lucky the Squirrel
FunkyEz1 and Lucky, the squirrel he raised from infancy, enjoy their lively play time together in this video from December 2012. With all this energy, it’s hard to believe that Lucky was close to death when he was rescued six months earlier.
I found him when he was a baby. He was laying on the ground almost death both eyes closed. I waited till dusk to see if his mother would come and take him back but it didn’t happen So I took him home and took care of him.?
Here’s an earlier video of Lucky being hand fed as a baby.
videos via FunkyEz1
Abandoned Cruise Ship Full of Starving Rats Headed For Land
A ghost ship filled with cannibal rats is floating somewhere off the coast of Scotland, ready to crash ashore and unleash its disease-ridden cargo of starving rodents. And it's all because Canadian authorities let the Soviet-era nightmare liner loose in the North Atlantic, satisfied that it was no longer a threat to Canada.
Man Shreds on an Air Guitar Behind a News Reporter During a Snowy Weather Alert
A passerby channels his inner rock god while shredding on an air guitar behind a WABC-TV Channel 7 news reporter in New Jersey on January 21st, 2014. The reporter was trying her best to give a snowy weather alert to the public, but this guy just wanted to jam in the fluffy snow.
video via Wawrinkler
Cat-Themed Art Show at the 101 Exhibit in Los Angeles Featuring Over 70 Artists, Including Shepard Fairey
“Radical Cat” print by Shepard Fairey
The Cat Art Show is an upcoming feline-themed art show at the 101 Exhibit in Los Angeles featuring over 70 artists and each of their unique interpretations of cats. Among the many talented artists, Shepard Fairey will be displaying his “Radical Cat” piece and offering special limited edition prints. The free art show will runs from January 25th to February 2nd, 2014. A portion of the proceeds will go towards helping the Stray Cat Alliance.
CAT ART SHOW LOS ANGELES is a both a meditation and a celebration of the feline form. This exhibition goes beyond heralding felines as domesticated companion, and instead explores their role as muse and inspiration.
Here is a list of participating artists:
Alan Aldridge, Anita Kunz, Antony Micallef, Bovey Lee, Brandon Boyd, Britt Ehringer, Buff Monster, C215, Charlotte Dumas, Christian Furr, Clayton Brothers, Dana Veraldi, Daniel Maidman, Dean Russo, Diane Hoeptner, FAILE, Frank Stefanko, Gary Baseman, Guy Denning, Heather Mattoon, Ingrid Allen, Jamie Fales, Jason Shawn Alexander, Jay Batlle, Jenny Parks, Jill Greenberg, Joann Biondi, Jonathan Gent, Jonathan Yeo, Joshua Petker, JOW, Justin Bower, Katherine Streeter, Kathleen Melian, Ken Solomon, Kevin E. Taylor, Kimberly Brooks, Larissa Bates, Langley Fox, Lisa Borgnes Giramonti, Liz Markus, Luke Chueh, Ly Quan, Marc Dennis, Marion Peck, Martin Eder, Mattia Biagi, Melinda Lerner, Mercedes Helnwein, Michael Wolf, Misako Inaoka, Natalia Fabia, Nicholas Chistiakov, Nicholas Bowers, Noel Fielding, Rachel Schlueter, Ramsey Dau, Ray Caesar, Rebecca Urias, Rob Reger, Robert Standish, Ryan Metke, Sage Vaughn, Scott Stulen, Shepard Fairey, Steve Schapiro, Tim Biskup, Tracey Emin, and Vera Iliatova.
“Captain America” by Jenny Parks
“The Measure of All Things” by Marc Dennis
“Prowler” by Kevin Earl Taylor
“Scratch & Bite” by Gary Baseman
“Orange Cat” by Nicholas Chistiakov
images via Cat Art Show Los Angeles and credited artists
Mirror House by Johan Selbing and Anouk Vogel camouflages with its surroundings
Vertex Backpacking Stove
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Goes Undercover at Gold’s Gym to Promote Fitness and a Children’s Charity
To help promote health and fitness, Arnold Schwarzenegger went undercover to the Gold’s Gym in Venice, California. He disguised himself as a fitness instructor named Howard sporting a wig, hat, and mustache. Schwarzenegger recently did a reddit AMA session to help raise money for After-School All-Stars, a program that helps provide kids with health and leadership education. Donations of $10 or more will put you in a drawing for a chance to fly to Los Angeles to ride in a tank with Arnold, smoke cigars, and crush things.
videos via Arnold Schwarzenegger
Fraternity Suspended For Whitest MLK "Black Out" Party Ever
College is a time for exposure to different cultures, tastes, points of view. It's a great opportunity to put yourself in another's shoes. Let's go back to college now, and try to understand where Arizona State's Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter was coming from when it threw this "MLK Black Party."
Michelle Obama Shows Miami Heat Who's Boss
Nobody dunks like the First Lady. Not even the Miami Heat, who visited the White House recently to talk about how to eat right and stay fit. Don't you talk about the best, or I'm going to shut it for you real quick.
Puppy Bowl X Books Keyboard Cat and Lil Bub for the Canine Football Game’s Halftime Show
Puppy Bowl is an annual TV program on Animal Planet that uses a cute lineup of puppies to mimic a NFL Super Bowl game. This year, Puppy Bowl booked special guest appearances by feline YouTube sensations Keyboard Cat and Lil Bub. The two-hour Puppy Bowl X will air on Animal Planet February 2nd, 2014 at 3 PM.
‘Puppy Bowl X’ brings viewers a loveable lineup that’s itching to play in a winning combination of terrier tackles, touchdowns, puppy penalties, fumbles and Fido first downs. This year’s big game is sure to be a tail-wagger. From barking beagles and spunky spaniels to everything in between, we’ve got the cutest players taking the field on the most action-packed Sunday of the year. Plus, back for another year is the popular Bissel Kitten Halftime Show, guaranteed to bring the house down!
The Kitty Stars of Puppy Bowl X
Here are some highlights from previous Puppy Bowl games:
images and videos via Animal Planet
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OfficeMax Sent a Letter to "Daughter Killed in Car Crash"
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On Thursday, a father received a letter from OfficeMax addressed to himself and to his daughter, who died in car accident last year. Forgivable enough mistake, except that the letter was actually addressed to "Mike Seay, Daughter Killed in Car Crash."
Rally Co-Pilot Losing It
The Lush Underwater Gardens of Competitive Aquascaping
“Whisper of the pines” by Serkan Çetinkol. Turkey. 2013 IAPLC Top 27
The lush underwater gardens in these photos are all competition-grade examples of aquascaping, the craft of artfully arranging aquatic plants, rocks, and other items in an aquarium. Competitive aquascaping enthusiasts compete in a number of international contests including the International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest in Japan and the Planted Aquarium Design Contest in Russia. For more aquascaping photos, see this Colossal post.
“Way to heaven” by Dmitriy Parshin. Russia.
Long Tran Hoang, Vietnam. 2012 IAPLC Third Place.
“Pale Wind” by Takayuki Fukada. Japan. 2013 IAPLC Gold Prize
via Colossal
Philippe Nigro designs rounded sofa for Ligne Roset
Cologne 2014: French designer Philippe Nigro has created a sofa for French furniture brand Ligne Roset with rounded edges like a bar of soap (+ slideshow). (more...)
Police Arrest Philadelphia's Infamous Swiss Cheese Masturbator
Residents of Philadelphia can finally relax: A man accused of being the city's famed Swiss cheese fucker has reportedly been arrested.