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Not only is this Spock pot holder really cool looking, but it’s also a great way to reach the the far back of your oven… to boldly cook food where no man has cooked before.
Heart Handbag Holder Hook – $11.95
Are you looking for a delightful Valentine’s Day gift that embraces both your practical and superstitious side. You need the Heart Handbag Hook from the NeatoShop. This compact metal heart easily twists apart to expose a hook so that a handbag can be hung from the table. Grandma always said, “A purse on the floor means money out the door.”
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Valentine’s Day fun!
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A Doctor Who fan named Matt Smith (the same name as the current actor who plays the Doctor) proposed to his girlfriend in front of a TARDIS model at the BBC’s Doctor Who Experience:
But this was not Matt Smith the actor – it is a 22-year-old from Rochford in Essex who worked with BBC Worldwide to set up his proposal, which was accepted, at the Doctor Who Experience in London.
Mr Smith surprised his new fiancee, avid Who fan Stacie-Anne Dilkes, who thought she was heading to London for a shopping trip.
He thought it would be the perfect location and slipped away from his partner to pop on the uniform of the 11th Doctor then pretending to be an exhibit before popping the question on one knee.
Link -via The Mary Sue | Photo: BBC
Carey of Petite Kitchenesse calls it an “egg in the basket”, but here in the South we refer to this dish as a “toad-in-a-hole”. They’re easy to make, and Carey’s variation makes them a great Valentine’s Day breakfast.
Link -via Tasteologie
Wish
there were words to describe how you feel while you travel the globe?
The Lonely Planet blog coined some brand new travel-related words that
may come in handy in your next journey:
automobilogic n.
The state of mind unique to road trips that convinces travelers that gummi bears and fried onion rings count as a daily serving of fruits and vegetables. Studies indicate that this may lead to automobesity.bratpacker n.
Someone who believes they have a revolutionary system for packing luggage and insists on explaining it to anyone who will listen.comeuppants n.
When an obnoxious person loses their luggage and has no change of clothes.crankophone n.
Someone who tries to make themselves understood in a foreign country simply by speaking louder in their own tongue.filibluster v.
To cause pointless delay by creating a scene in the airport security line to prove some point about personal privacy rights that no one behind you cares about.
Come to think of it, I know a few crankophones! Read more at the Lonely Planet Blog: Link
It’s called “Circus Galop” or “Death Waltz”, and it’s used to test the performance of player pianos. No single person has ever played it…so far. But if we can put a man on the moon, surely we can genetically engineer a superhuman species that can perform it.
-via Boing Boing
Dawn Rogal insists that she is happily married. I decline to dispute it.
She kept this piece of embroidery on display at her shop, but, strangely, it seems to have offended people there.
And maybe a couple scoops of ice cream. But Arlene Cummings is on the right track on making breakfast using an ordinary cake mix.
I guess you should ignore the previous post.
Link -via That’s Nerdalicious! | Photo: Betty Crocker
It’s not just your age. It’s what you do while you’re aging, as these MRI scans show.
Link -via Swiss Miss | Photo: Physician and Sports Medicine
The classic novelty song “I’m My Own Grandpa” can get confusing. Thankfully, YouTube user GordoTheHat diagrammed all of the relationships that result from the narrator’s father marrying his daughter-in-law. You’ll need some flexible genealogical software to chart this family tree properly.
-via Althouse
Silly or genius? Or maybe both? Michael and Francesca Bennett saved bits of food left by celebrities that visited their cafe in Kingsand, England:
The impetus for the museum came to the Bennetts after musician Pete Doherty dined at the café and left behind panini crumbs. Around the same time, fashion photographer David Bailey failed to polish off his sandwich crust after lunch at the Boatstore, and the idea was born.
The pieces are now displayed under glass domes in shelves on a wall of the café. Among others, luminaries such as Prince Charles and the actress Mia Wasikowsa have both left behind food remnants, which are now artifacts in the museum. There are no preservatives used on the leftovers, but apparently that hasn’t caused mold — some items are simply shriveled up.
Link | The Museum of Celebrity Leftovers official website
Previously on Neatorama: 25 Strangest Collections on the Web
Image: Tony Talbot/AP
Look closely. See it?
The "pig" in the cow logo was added by a Vermont prison inmate who makes the decals for the state police cruisers:
According to the Burlington Free Press, who originally reported the story, Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn said the disclosure of the incident made him chuckle.
"This is not as offensive as it would have been years ago. We can see the humor," Flynn said.
He said the artist has talents that could be used elsewhere. "If that person had used some of that creativeness he or she would not have ended up inside."
Love Rat – $4.95
Are you still searching for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift? Look no further! Get the one you love a Love Rat from the NeatoShop. This adorable rat, with printed heart design, is also a squeaky toy. Your sweetheart will be floored by your thoughtfulness.
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Valentine’s Day ideas!
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Can't
get online porn at your local library? That's censorship, according to
the ACLU, who is suing
a Washington state library district:
If you log on to a computer at the Wenatchee public library and type "porn" into the search engine, the list of results will appear as if porn doesn't exist.
The North Central Regional Library District banned pornography from its computers. The censorship also means other websites are blocked. The board decided it's a matter of a safe work environment and its responsibility to the public.
"We believe having pornography in public places hurts our ability to accomplish our mission," said Dan Howard, director of public services.
But not all libraries ban porn:
... despite repeated complaints from women about men watching porn in full view of their children, the Seattle Public Library held fast to its policy of unrestricted online access for adults, according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
The paper says the King County Library System has a similar policy: it only filters kids' access on computers. The American Library Association endorses the same stance.
"Sometimes, in a library, you're going to see information that's going to make you uncomfortable," Barbara Jones, director of the association's intellectual freedom office, told radio station KUOW Wednesday.
What do you think, Neatoramanauts? Should porn be banned in taxpayer-supported public libraries? Is now allowing online porn to be viewed by adults in a library a form of censorship or just common sense?
(Photo: Shutterstock)
Well,
we haven't seen this one before! Here's a bit of legal maneuvering that's
so clever it's (almost) criminal: a Florida billionaire legally adopted
his 42-year-old girlfriend to shield his wealth from a lawsuit!
[Judge] Kelley had previously ruled that the trust set up for Goodman's two minor children could not be considered as part of Goodman's financial worth if a jury awarded damages to the Wilsons. According to the adoption papers, Hutchins is immediately entitled to at least a third of the trust's assets as his legal daughter since she is over the age of 35.
In a deposition taken in the lawsuit last May, Hutchins told attorneys she started dating Goodman in 2009.
William Wilson's attorney, Scott Smith, said Goodman benefits from the trust and is using it to try to shield assets. The attorney for Lili Wilson, Chris Searcy, argued in a motion that by adopting Hutchins, Goodman can now direct her to remove up to a third of the trust.
"By way of this adoption, John Goodman now effectively owns one third of the trust assets," Smith said. "It cannot go unrecognized that he chose to adopt his 42-year-old adult girlfriend as opposed to a needy child."
Jason Schultz of The Palm Beach Post reports: Link (Photo: Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post)
Championship games have champions, and champion t-shirts. But since we don’t know who that is until the championship game is over, championship shirts are printed for both teams, so they can be presented to the winning team immediately. It looks good on TV, you know. But what happens to the other shirts -the ones with the losing team’s name on them? They used to be incinerated, but that has changed over the years. Read all about it at mental_floss. Link
(Image credit: Reuters/Oswaldo Rivas/Landov)
Lydia’s three-year-old daughter names her toys by herself. Some of the names are rude, crude, and socially unacceptable. But they make for a funny video, if you aren’t offended by adult terms in text. See it at NeatoBambino. Link
Have you stocked up on chips for the big football weekend? Enhance your enjoyment of Fritos and chili by reading up on the chips, which were first mass-produced by C.E. Doolin after he bought the recipe from a Mexican chef named Gustavo Olquin in 1932. Doolin’s daughter Kaleta wrote a book about her father and his chips.
She says her father worked briefly as a fry cook for Olquin and paid Olquin and his unnamed business partner $100 for a customized, hand-operated potato ricer, their 19 business accounts and the recipe for fritos—the patentable Anglo re-branding of Mexican fritas, or “little fried things.” Doolin borrowed $20 from the business partner; the rest came from his mother, Daisy Dean Doolin, who hocked her wedding ring for $80.
Doolin later introduced Cheetos, and the company he founded makes Doritos and Tostitos as well. Read the rest of the story at the Food & Think blog. Link
Even one Saint Bernard by itself is a lot of dog. Yes, they belong to a breeder, Lasquite’s Saint Bernards in British Columbia. I can’t even imagine how much kibble they go through. -via reddit
They had the best of intentions, but certain public service campaigns ended up making something really bad for you appear awesome. The bad experiences were tempered to keep from frightening children, which only undermined the message. And some downright pushed the bad stuff, like a 1997 physical fitness campaign featuring children gorging themselves on chocolate cake.
Look back at those screencaps! You’ve never enjoyed anything as much as those children did those chocolate cakes. They make fudge smoothies (which, we’re sorry, is a bad idea how? That’s the entire business model of Cold Stone Creamery) and even build whole fortresses out of chocolate; that’s like the most fun afternoon of anybody’s childhood. Have you guys never seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? It’s like all the best parts of that movie come to life, and without all the child murder.
Other campaigns managed to make drugs and venereal disease look attractive. Read about them all at Cracked. Link
Look at the size of this moth -it’s 11 inches across! This is the Atlas moth, the largest moth species in the world. The wings have transparent “windows” that are not holes, but translucent tissue. See many more pictures of this gorgeous moth at Environmental Graffiti. Link
(Image credit: Flickr user fabianfred)
Hans Feldmeier received a can of lard from supplies distributed to Germans by the United States after World War II. He stashed it away and never opened the can. Feldmeier, who lives in Warnemünde, Germany, near the Baltic Sea, recently found the can and took it to authorities to see if it was still edible.
“Overall, the product has a degree of freshness and material composition necessary to be assessed to be satisfactory after 64 years,” according to the State Office for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Security.
The authorities did, however, find minor deficiencies in the lard’s smell and taste, discovering that it was slightly gritty and appeared old, meaning it could not compete with the quality of a fresh sample. Still, it appeared to be fit for human consumption, they said.
The office credited the air-tight US can and preservatives for maintaining the lard in such pristine condition over the years.
Feldmeier was delighted to hear of the unusually successful preservation, but when he requested his can back from the agency, they gave it back to him empty. Link
You’ve heard of these people -because they wanted you to! Here are some pointers in the art of publicity from history’s greatest masters of hype.
KILL OFF YOUR RIVALS | Benjamin Franklin
During colonial times, the almanac business was cutthroat. The books were the bestsellers of their day -fun compendiums full of facts and witticisms. So, in 1732, Benjamin Franklin decided to enter the game with Poor Richard’s Almanack. In an early edition, Franklin jokingly predicted that rival almanac writer Titan Leeds would die on October 17, 1733 at 3:29 PM, the very instance of a conjunction of the Sun and Mercury.
Humorless, Leeds took the bait and ridiculed Franklin publicly. The response only generated more press for Poor Richard’s Almanack, turning it into a best seller. After October 17 came and went, and Leeds was still breathing, Franklin kept up the gag, claiming Leeds was dead and pretenders were writing under his name. Five years later, when Leeds finally passed away for real, Franklin thanked the imposters for stopping their ruse. By then, Poor Richard’s Almanack had made Franklin a rich man many times over.
STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANT … TURTLES | Salvador and Gala Dali
Though notorious in Europe, Salvador Dali and his savvy wife, Gala, weren’t famous in the United States until 1941, when they took the nation by metaphysical storm. To introduce themselves to Americans, the Dalis threw an unforgettably weird party in Pebble Beach, California, called “Night in a Surrealist Forest.” Dali decked the room with 12,000 shoes, 2,000 pine trees, 24 animal heads, 24 mannequins, and a wrecked car. His guest list ranged from A-list stars, such as Clark Gable, to wild animals, including a baby tiger. At one point in the evening, Bob Hope screamed when, after removing the dome from a plate, a toad leapt out at him. After the bizarre bash, Dali conducted an interview for American Weekly from a tall chair -its legs resting on the backs of four giant turtles. Gala claimed the chair “stimulates the artist’s creative powers.”
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Hardcore gamers love expert mode because it provides them with such a challenge…but no matter how good you are at aiming, I don’t recommend trying out this advanced level -especially if you ever have any ladies visit your home.
There you have it gamblers, go put your money down on the Giants. Teddy the Porcupine has called it and you can’t deny his foresight.
Sure he looks cute, but the toppings are far from evenly spread…and how on earth would you divide it up between your guests? Worst of all, it probably is covered in cat hair.
You may not have realized it before now, but Andy Richter of Conan actually did a lot of the voice over work on Skyrim. Of course, it seems pretty obvious in retrospect.
Via Laughing Squid
Modern technology might sound better, hold more songs and be easier to use than the vintage stuff, but it sure doesn’t have the same visual impact as a classic phonograph. Fortunately with this iPhonograph you get the stunning classic style blended with the beauty of new technology. If you’ve got the skills, Instructables has the steps to make your own.
Link Via Geekosystem
This seems like a good idea when you’re at the drawing board, but watching the final result is akin to being inside a slowly spinning centrifuge, and made me feel a bit woozy. And since this is the second video made with the GoPro attachable camera and a hula hoop I’ve seen in the last year, I can’t help but think that the people making these videos must have something against people with motion sickness, or else why? WHY? I can’t see straight….
Maybe this technique will be used if they ever decide to make that whirling dervishes biopic they’ve been talking about for years, or if some studio picks up Merry-Go-Round: The Musical, but otherwise let’s just leave the camera mounted on the tripod and refrain from making the viewers sick from now on, okay you hula hooping sadists?
–via TDW
Illustrator Tim Doyle had a rather clever premise in mind while creating the pieces for his debut art show “Unreal Estate”- give various locations from pop culture an artistic makeover. Here’s what Tim has to say about this series:
“Unreal Estate” is a collection of locations that many of us know and have been to on a weekly basis at times, but we can never actually visit. These places are in our memories- transmitted and entrenched there through a cathode-ray tube. Some of us have been going to these places for decades- some of these places were taken from us, way too soon.
Man, giving the Kwik-E-Mart a realistic edge makes it look even scummier than it does on The Simpsons!
