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These awesomely ornate metal vehicles are the work of Belgian artist Wim Delvoye (previously featured here).

“Aided by the seemingly limitless possibilities of computer-aided design tools, he is able to execute mind-blowingly detailed sculptural works. Some pieces are pristine, acting as models for larger sculptural installations made of heavy, untreated steel. Once the actual pieces are created and placed in Delvoye’s chosen site, the sculptures quickly take on a rusted patina—and an instant “aged” look that makes each piece seem like it has existed there for centuries, even though it’s work that could only be made in present day.”

We’d love to revisit these incredible Gothic trucks after they’ve had enough time grow layers of rust and moss. 

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What gay men give to the world.  A-yup.

On the second one.

There’s this one gay club I go to that actually has a problem of straight guys going there to dance with girls.  I guess these guys don’t understand that girls can also be gay, because they assume that any girls at the club are there with their gay guy friends.

So one night I was out on the dance floor, and I see this guy.  He’s like over six-foot, at least, all beefed-up, muscle shirt, looks kindof like a douchebag.  And he’s just circling the dance floor, in one continuous loop, looking at the crowd like a predator, and it’s creeping me the fuck out.

It’s creeping me out enough that I don’t immediately realize what’s going on nearby.  Some girl has attracted one of the Assholes, who has proceeded to begin grinding on her.  She’s pushing him away, telling him to get lost.  He’s pulling that whole, “come on, don’t be a bitch” spiel, and generally just not getting the message.

BAM.  Suddenly, the prowling guy swoops in, like some sort of Gay Avenger.  He shoves himself between the girl and the Asshole, grabs the Asshole by the hips, and starts dirty dancing him like a God-damned fuck machine.  Asshole completely flips his shit, like how DARE another man try to dance with him at a GAY BAR???, starts spitting curses, and tears ass off the dance floor and out onto the sidewalk.

The Gay Avenger turns back to the girl, inclines his head in an, “are you okay?” sort of gesture.  She nods, and he returns to his previous position of circling the dance floor, looking for his next target.

Told this story to some guys upstairs.  Apparently Gay Avenger is a regular there.

someone write a comic book about Gay Avenger.

Reblogging for Gay Avenger

Oh my god you got to meet Steve Rogers.

just for the gay avenger.

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Angel’s Envy Bourbon has no doubt been quite a success story. The company set themselves apart with a sourced (not distilled by Angel’s Envy but procured) bourbon finished in port barrels. This easy drinking, fruity bourbon has won over a lot of folks, including me. I rated it a 9.3, which is an extremely high rating on my site. What I appreciated most about Angel’s Envy Bourbon is the company took a pretty standard, “good” bourbon whiskey and made it FAR better than the sum of its parts through this finishing (a second aging) process.

So what does the company do for the next major release?

Angel’s Envy has just answered that question with a new Rye Whiskey finished in Caribbean Rum casks. Offered at 100 proof, Angel’s Envy Rye Whiskey begins with a sourced rye from Midwest Grain Products (MGP, formerly LDI). Unless you have been sleeping under a rock, or not paying attention, you’ve likely had an MGP rye in the form of Bulleit Rye, George Dickel Rye, or many other products on the shelves. MGP has built a name for producing unique bourbon and rye whiskeys that many independent bottlers are working overtime to make less unique.

Needless to say, a whiskey geek like me certainly looks forward to trying something like this. Here are my thoughts….

Angel’s Envy Rye Whiskey, 50% abv (100 Proof), $70.00/bottle
Color: Light Amber
Nose: A trip to the islands. Brown sugar, Orange and grapefruit rind, candied pineapple, coconut cream, clove, and cinnamon with the green, fresh herbal and gin botanical spice notes ever present in MGP rye whiskeys. The rum influence is heavy handed, and I’d prefer something a bit more harmonious, but it’s intriguing and completely unique. A splash of water brought out some lemon-lime soda (WTF?).
Palate: Creamy on the palate with spiced honey, brown sugar syrup, golden raisin, cinnamon, and a sweet rye notes. The rye spice is most prevalent on the palate.
Finish: The finish lingers moderately with a big return of the rum, tropical fruit sweetness, and green rye spice.
Overall: I haven’t been more confused about a whiskey in a long time. In a world of sameness (all those other MGP ryes that taste VERY similar), it’s nice to nose and sip something different. Angel’s Envy Rye Whiskey certainly qualifies as “different”. More similar to rye flavored rum from a profile perspective, I cannot say I have ever tasted a whiskey that’s picked up more aroma and flavor from a finishing process. That’s good and bad because the fresh, green rye notes fought the heavy, sweet rum influence from sniff to finish. I’d have preferred something a bit more harmonious and well integrated. One interesting little note – my lips and hands (dripped a little) smelled like I’d been drinking pina coladas all day. If you love (I mean LOVE) rum, and are looking for something totally different in the American Whiskey category – this one ticks all those buttons. I predict most will either love it or hate it, but give it a try and let me know what you think. It certainly has character (and a big price tag). Ahoy me hearties!
Sour Mash Manifesto Rating: 8.2 (Very Good)

***Sample provided for this review***

An anonymous reader writes "NPR reports that an Oregon wheat farmer found a patch of wheat growing where he did not plant. After RoundUp failed to kill the plants, he sent them to a lab for testing. Turns out the wheat in question is a GMO strain created by Monsanto but never sent to market. Oregon field trials for the wheat ended in 2001. 'Nobody knows how this wheat got to this farm. ... After all such trials, the genetically engineered crops are supposed to be completely removed. Also, nobody knows how widely this genetically engineered wheat has spread, and whether it's been in fields of wheat that were harvested for food.' The USDA is currently investigating and says there is no health-risk. Meanwhile, Monsanto has released a statement and Japan has suspended some wheat imports from the U.S. 'The mystery could have implications on wheat trade. Many countries around the world will not accept imports of genetically modified foods, and the United States exports about half of its wheat crop.'"

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Several tornadoes, including a large twister, are on the ground just west of Oklahoma City. “It’s a huge, violent tornado,” a storm spotter told the Weather Channel during live coverage. Forecasters estimate one twister to be a mile wide in size.

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It began with issue #200 of the Bulletin—all right, #199 if we want to get technical. It began with the Resnick and Malzberg Dialogues, a long-time feature of the publication. It began when two men sat down to have a dialogue about editors and writers of the female gender. How fantastic, I thought, because I, being a writer and an editor and female, had a keen interest in such things. I love reading anthologies such as Women of Wonder (and its sequel) and seeing how women impacted and contributed to this forward-looking and -thinking genre I love. I hoped they might include the women who inspired me and introduce me to many I hadn’t yet discovered.

That’s not what I found. I found a dialogue that seemed more focused on how these “lady editors” and “lady writers” looked in bathing suits, and that they were “beauty pageant beautiful” or a “knock out.” I am certain no condescension was intended with the use of “lady,” but as the dialogues went on, I felt the word carried a certain tone—perhaps that was a fiction of my own making. As I listened to these two men talk about lady editors and writers they had known, I grew uneasy. Something wasn’t right.

I posted excerpts of the dialogue to my friends on Twitter. Was I imagining the whole thing? Was I taking it wrong? Maybe I had made a poor conclusion—after all, the cover of issue #200 was a woman in a chain mail bikini. Maybe the issue was intended as a look backward (a step backward), toward the group we used to be.

But no….

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- “Dear SFWA: I’m Leaving You”

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It seems too bizarre to be anything other than a screenshot from your favorite borked mapping app. But this is a real road in Norway, called the Atlantic Ocean Road. It's five miles of sheer insanity and wave-soaked driving.

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If you're going to go into battle wearing a full suit of metal armor, you'd better do it in style. Here are some of the most amazing (and bizarre) helmets you've ever seen, from the age of knights and swords.

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First time accepted submitter Emmanuel Cecchet writes "Researchers of the BenchLab project at UMass Amherst have discovered a bug in the browser of the Samsung S3. If you browse a Web page that has multiple versions of the same image (for mobile, tablet, desktop, etc...) like most Wikipedia pages for example, instead of downloading one image at the right resolution, the phone will download all versions of it. A page that should be less than 100K becomes multiple MB! It looks like a bug in the implementation of the srcset HTML tag, but all the details are in the paper to be presented at the IWQoS conference next week. So far Samsung didn't acknowledge the problem though it seems to affect all S3 phones. You'd better have an unlimited data plan if you browse Wikipedia on an S3!"

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Scultped model of the Spirited Away Bathhouse. 

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“Hello, this is curling Campbell, Hey Katie from the city of some’ll was an invitation to the cities, of all at Summer Street event this sunday, june 2nd. Family Friendly programming and live entertainment will take place on Broadway for. mcGrath I which Pennsylvania Ave, between noon and 4 PM on Sunday free of charge and all are welcome. Please note the following traffic information related to the events, beginning at 10 AM restrictions will apply for the intersection of mcGrath highway to Pennsylvania Ave as follows, East Bound west bound lanes of Broadway. From, mcGrath highway to Pennsylvania Ave will be closed all taken the traffic and they will be no parking on either side of the street from 8 AM to 6 PM residents living on the west side of Broadway will be able to enter and exit residences at Pennsylvania Avenue. From Lombardi Ave, one way street on the west side of Broadway will be. Com two way street for the duration of the event. Residents living on the east side of Broadway will be. D, toward onto Pearl Street, and meet a bus service on Route 90 89 and 101 will be re worded during the hours of 10 AM to 6 PM. Please. Call (857) 523-9017. The day of the event. If you have any questions or if you need assistance and leaving a returning to your property safely during the event. Otherwise, please call 311 with any other events related questions. We hope you’ll join us to celebrate probably this weekend. Thank you.”

dsinc writes "The Transportation Security Administration announced it has finished removing from all airports the X-ray technology that produced graphic and controversial images of passengers passing through security screening checkpoints. The machines, which the TSA first deployed in 2008, provoked public outrage as the technology, better able than traditional X-rays to detect hidden contraband, also created images that appeared as if they were 'virtual nudes.' Critics called this an invasion of privacy and questioned whether the scanning devices truly lacked the ability to save the images, as the TSA claimed."

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As seen in Denver, Colorado’s Rocket Fizz store.

We have posted before about the unusually flavored sodas by Lester’s Fixins (we’re talking bottles of Buffalo Wing, Peanut Butter & Jelly and more) but they’ve one-upped themselves with their new Ranch Dressing pop. There’s not much info about it (like what does this abomination taste like?) but it’s available at Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shops across the United States.

photo by Robotic Scorpion Voodoo

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Green Grass Flip Flops are a great way to prepare yourself for summertime fun. Made to look like realistic beds of grass, these entirely synthetic shoes are available to purchase in several sizes at Firebox.

Holy crap, I could keep playing with this all day. The folks over at Us Vs. Th3m created "6 lines of JavaScript that write Doctor Who plots indistinguishable from the current series." And amazingly enough, it works quite well. Steven Moffat, bookmark this page.

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As you may have heard, Google Reader is shutting down on July 1. As readers ourselves, we understand the importance of a go-to space on the internet for your daily feeds and regular reads — and a place to discover new finds. If you’re looking for a new reader (or are not using it already), we hope you’ll take the WordPress.com Reader for a spin. Check out what you can do:

Import your subscriptions

The WordPress.com Reader can import and export OPML, so you can transfer subscriptions over from another feed reader. Google Reader users can import their subscriptions directly from Google Reader into the WordPress.com Reader. Visit the import page to get started:

Google Reader users will be asked to select the appropriate Google account (or sign in with a different email address) and grant WordPress.com to access it. For those importing from another feed reader, click on Choose File and then select the OPML file.

Follow non-WordPress.com sites

In the Reader, you can keep up with your favorite blogs in our community, the editors’ picks on Freshly Pressed, and Recommended Blogs — but you can also follow non-WordPress.com sites. In the box on the top-right of the Reader, click on the Edit link next to Blogs I Follow:

On the Edit Blogs I Follow page, enter the URLs of sites you’d like to follow, one by one, in the field at the top:

And voilà‎! You can follow your favorite sites, on WordPress.com and elsewhere, all in one place.

Personalize your Reader with custom topics

In addition to keeping up with your regular reads, you can follow specific topics to see what WordPress.com users are writing on the discussions du jour. The cloud of popular topics offers a bird’s-eye view of what our community is publishing — what’s hot and happening now:

We encourage you to go further — to be your own curator — by following custom topics and reading the stuff you’re curious and passionate about. In your Topics box, located on the right, you can follow Google Glass to compare commentaries on the controversial eyewear. Or nostalgia for evocative personal essays and memoir. Or behavioral economics for the latest takes on psychology and choice.

To add custom topics:

In the Topics box, enter a topic in the field, then click on the “+” symbol:

Or, explore the Topics page, search for a topic (such as Cognitive Science), and click Follow at the top.

We hope you dive in to the WordPress.com Reader and use it to follow your favorite stuff across the internet!

Here's a short video of a woman parkour team from Lahijan, Iran, praticing in hijabs and mantos. The sport apparently spread through illicit satellite TV viewing:

Despite having to practise in unwieldy clothing – not to mention having to stay on the lookout for police - Iranian women are getting into the sport of parkour. Some even create videos in which they show off their skills, and post them online. One of these brave women tells us about the challenges of practising parkour in an Islamic republic.

Parkour involves moving around urban obstacles as quickly as possible. Athletes run up walls, scale fences, jump between roofs, do back flips, and much more. The sport first originated in the 1980s with a small group of athletes in the suburbs of Paris, but only rose to fame in the 2000s with the film “Yamakasi.” Parkour has since spread throughout the world thanks to the Internet, everywhere from Gaza to Egypt to Iran.

Headscarves and long tunics don’t stop Iranian women from practising parkour (Thanks, Alan!)

Yesterday, Google announced a new kind of inbox that automatically sorts your emails into categories. If you've tried it and it's not your thing, here's how to get it back.

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When you get a ton of email, it's not uncommon for a purchase receipt or order confirmation to get lost in the shuffle. Thankfully, this simple Gmail search string uses the hidden receipts smart label to show you all of your purchases in one view.

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Could the cast of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy movie get any more insane? Karen Gillan, who played the beloved Amy Pond on Doctor Who, is joining the movie as the "lead female villain."

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As if dropped from a car-sharing mothership in the sky, Car2Go's pod-like vehicles started popping up around Portland in March 2012. But after 14 months of regularly using the rent-by-the-minute service, I'm not so sure the shiny blue-and-white cars come in peace. In fact, after being held hostage by one for 20 minutes after a recent evening commute, Car2Go has paradoxically made me appreciate the freedom of automobile ownership even more. (Can I still say that in Portland?)

Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They don’t know beforehand what roles we’ll ask them to talk about.

The actor: BBC America’s newest original drama series, the sci-fi headtrip Orphan Black, is one of those shows that simply would not work without the right actress at its center. Tasked with playing nearly a dozen different variations on the same person over the course of the first season, the central actress would have to be in nearly every scene, sometimes as the only person in those scenes, bouncing off of two or three different versions of herself. Fortunately, the network was able to find the virtual unknown Tatiana Maslany, a Canadian actress whose prior credits mostly included a long string of parts in Canadian TV series and made-for-TV movies, as well as the role of the ...

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