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File this under who-needs-a-man: Tired of waiting for someone to come along and make her happy, 36-year-old Nadine Schweigert realized that she's already got that someone ... herself! So she decided to get married:
The best thing is that she doesn't have to change her last name! Tammy Swift of Inforum has the story: Link - via ShineNadine Schweigert says her wedding went so perfectly that it left her in awe.
The bride wore a long, satiny dress in peacock blue and carried a cluster of white roses. Schweigert’s best friend stood up for her. After the ceremony, guests enjoyed white wedding cake enrobed in peacock-blue fondant and New Orleans-style king cake.
The affair was missing just one, teensy detail: a groom.
In a purely symbolic ceremony, the 36-year-old “married” herself before a crowd of 45 friends and family members Saturday at Ecce Gallery in Fargo.
During the observance, the Fargo woman read her vows: “I, Nadine, promise to enjoy inhabiting my own life and to relish a lifelong love affair with my beautiful self.” She presented herself with a ring and invited all guests to “blow kisses to the whole world” at the point of the traditional, bride-groom lip-lock.
No true fan of the Vulcan mastermind known as Spock will be able to live without this amazing painting hanging in their quarters.
Created by Etsy seller Ruth Marcus, this acrylic painting captures Spock in a rare moment of emotional bliss, seated with his favorite kitty Mr. Scrambles on his lap, memories of Vulcan’s wars fading away along with the stress of the current stardate.
And if you’re not a big fan of Spock don’t worry- Ruth will make a custom painting of your favorite celebrity seated with your pet.
I’m thinking a painting of Dom DeLuise with one of my chinchillas sitting on his head might make a pretty swanky portrait to hang over my bed. Get those brushes ready Ruth!
Link –via Nerd Approved
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Researchers
have identified the earliest music instrument: a 42,000-year-old flute
carved from mammoth ivory, found at the Geissenkloesterle Cave in Germany.
"Geissenkloesterle is one of several caves in the region that has produced important examples of personal ornaments, figurative art, mythical imagery and musical instruments."
Musical instruments may have been used in recreation or for religious ritual, experts say.
And some researchers have argued that music may have been one of a suite of behaviours displayed by our species which helped give them an edge over the Neanderthals - who went extinct in most parts of Europe 30,000 years ago.
Music could have played a role in the maintenance of larger social networks, which may have helped our species expand their territory at the expense of the more conservative Neanderthals.
Still hungry after eating that burger with 1,050 strips of bacon?
British chef Tristan Welch has got your back: He built the "carnivore's dream," a 28-lb (almost 13 kg) sandwich containing 41 different kinds of meat (including 3 lb. of ham, 4 lb of salami, and of 2 lb of sausages).
It would take 10 hours to eat, unless you're an American: Link - via DesignTaxi
Humans obviously don’t see the world like animals do, and that can cause a lot of confusion on both sides.
We wonder why they keep getting into the trash, destroying our furniture and coming home covered in muck, while they wonder why humans forbid them to do the things they love.
This cute series of pictures might help clear up some of the confusion, letting us look at the world through the eyes of our favorite critters, for the good of human-animal relations.
Remember the Moog doodle that Google put up to honor synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog? Wired's Underwire blog has a round up of the geekiest cover tunes recorded by web artists from around the world: Link
The one above is the cover of Daft Punk's Aerodynamic by Brett Domino.
The
courts have ordered a Spanish doctor to pay for upkeep of a child after
a failed abortion:
In a unique case, a court in Palma de Mallorca ordered the unnamed doctor to pay almost €1,000 (£800) a month in maintenance for the child until he reaches his 25th birthday. [...]
The boy was born in October 2010, six months after his mother had gone for an abortion at the city's Emece clinic. The operation had been performed when the mother was almost seven weeks pregnant. The doctor told her two weeks later that a scan proved she was no longer pregnant. [...]
A fresh scan revealed, however, that this was the same pregnancy. She was already into her sixth month and past the 22-week limit for abortions in Spain. "I sought advice and was told that it would be a crime to abort at that stage," she said.
Photo: David Clugston
This looks like something fun you can build for/with your dad on Father's Day weekend: Adam Savage of Mythbusters built his own hovercraft out of plywood, leaf blower, shower curtain, duct tape (of course), and my favorite part, lawn chair!
Wired's GeekDad has the instructions: Link
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On this date in 1977, a film hit theaters that would influence everything that came after: Star Wars. Now known as Episode IV or A New Hope, it was the first of six feature films and a universe of other media. In honor of the occasion, Ranker has published a list of the 10 Most Viral Star Wars Memes. Which is your favorite? Personally, I’m going to laugh at anything that has to do with Backstroke of the West, but your mileage may vary. Some text is NSFW. Link
A good reporter waits to capture that perfect news moment on film. A GREAT reporter, makes news happen!
This is what happened when a Romanian news reporter turned up a bit too late to capture a storm live on TV:
The bungling reporter has become a national laughing stock in Romania after convincing an assistant to stand just outside the camera shot and kick sand towards his direction.
He was caught out however when a cheeky, or shockingly bad, cameraman let those watching at home in on the secret.
The reporter, from the Realitatea news channel, was attempting to recreate the earlier stormy conditions for his live weather report from the country's Black Sea coast.
Metro has the story: Link - via Gawker
Last year, French photographer Alexandre DUBOSC gave us Alimation, a video of various zoetropes made of food. His latest project is a zoetrope made of a chocolate cake decorated in a Tim Burton theme. He calls it “The Caketrope of BURTON’s Team,” which may be approaching too many themes for one mashup. You decide. At DUBOSC’s site, you can see some of the “making of” process. Link -via Laughing Squid
The first smile, first step, first car ... All are precious Kodak Moments to be captured for eternity. Via Cubicle Bot
Anniina at Luminarium Blog baked cookies and decorated them with medieval illuminations printed on edible paper with edible ink. They turned out lovely! Get a closer look at the site. Link -via Boing Boing
You may have heard that law schools are currently cranking out more graduates than the market can handle. But those with law degrees have gone on to careers outside their area for a long time. Can you believe some of the folks who have a degree in law?
4. John Cleese. One of the funniest men in the history of comedy has a law degree from no less than Cambridge. But he didn’t leave the jury rolling in the aisles: Cleese never actually practiced. After meeting writing partner Graham Chapman at school, Cleese went on to co-found a little comedy troupe called Monty Python.
9. Ozzie Nelson. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet star graduated from Rutgers, law degree in hand, in 1930. This no doubt came in handy when he negotiated the first-ever “noncancellable ten-year contract,” an agreement with ABC that gave the Nelsons a salary for 10 years, even if they weren’t working.
17. Fidel Castro. Castro was admitted to the bar in 1950 after studying at the University of Havana. He had his own firm for a time – Azpiazo, Castro & Resende.
But that’s just a few examples from a list of 30 at mental_floss. Link
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In Quebec, where over a million people are unmarried but cohabiting, such couples are recognized as “de facto spouses,” but the law put them under no obligation to each other if they break up. However, a “palimony” case involving an unnamed billionaire and his de facto spouse of ten years could end that. The couple split in 2002, and her case for support was appealed until she won in 2010. That decision set a precedent for every de facto couple in Quebec.
The sums of money involved make Eric and Lola’s case somewhat absurd to the average Canadian. But it could shape the lives of the 1.2 million Quebecois in de facto couples, making them as good as married, even though neither of them exchanged rings or asked the other person’s permission to spend their lives together.
The Quebec government has appealed the decision of the Supreme Court, which will rule on the matter in July. Link -via Fark
(Image credit: Vectorportal via Flickr)
If you love Disney princesses and Doctor Who, then you’ll definitely dig artist Lar deSouza’s take on Ariel as Tom Baker’s version of The Doctor. I particularly love seeing Flounder play the role of k-9. Unfortunately, deSouza says he isn’t going to be turning it into a series as even the idea of doing all of the Doctors as princesses is exhausting to him. Well, maybe a little Neatorama love will get him to change his mind.
Link Via The Mary Sue
Because you weren’t going into botany, the priesthood, or coin manufacturing, you thought you were safe to dismiss Latin as a dead language. Obviously, you didn’t graduate cum laude. Latin is about as dead as Elvis (who, by the way, made $54 million in 2004). Whether you’re deciphering a cryptic state seal or trying to impress your Catholic in-laws, knowing some Latin has its advantages. But the operative word here is “some.” The ability to translate The Aeneid probably isn’t going to come in handy anytime soon, so we’ll start you off with ten phrases that have survived the hatchet men of time (in all their pretentious glory).
1. Caveat Emptor
(KAV-ee-OT emp-TOR): “Let the buyer beware”
Before money-back guarantees and 20-year warranties, caveat emptor was indispensable advice for the consumer. These days, it’d be more fitting to have it tattooed on the foreheads of used-car salesmen, infomercial actors, and prostitutes. For extra credit points, remember that caveat often makes solo appearances at cocktail parties as a fancy term for a warning or caution. Oh, and just so you know, caveat lector means “let the reader beware.” (not that you’ll ever, ever need to know that!)
2. Persona Non Grata
(puhr-SOH-nah non GRAH-tah): “An unacceptable person”
Remember your old college buddy, the one everybody called Chugger? Now picture him at a debutante ball, and you’ll start to get a sense of someone with persona non grata status. The term is most commonly used in diplomatic circles to indicate that a person is unwelcome due to ideological differences or a breach of trust. Sometimes, the tag refers to a pariah, a ne’er-do-well, a killjoy, or an interloper, but it’s always subjective. Back in 2004, Michael Moore was treated as a persona non grata at the Republican National Convention. Bill O’Reilly would experience the same at Burning Man.
3. Habeas Corpus
(HAY-bee-as KOR-pus): “You have the body”
When you wake up in the New Orleans Parish Prison after a foggy night at Mardi Gras, remember this one. In a nutshell, habeas corpus is what separates us from savages. It’s the legal principle that guarantees an inmate the right to appear before a judge in court, so it can be determined whether or not that person is being lawfully imprisoned. It’s also one of the cornerstones of the American and British legal systems. Without it, tyrannical and unjust imprisonments would be possible. In situations where national security is at risk, however, habeas corpus can be suspended.
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Wanna help feed animals in shelters but don’t have any extra cash to donate? Then check out Freekibble.com or Freekibblecat.com and answer one of their daily trivia questions. Even if you answer wrong, ten pieces of kibble or kitty food will be donated to a shelter in need.
This kitty certainly loves other critters, even horses. Now if only they could actually learn to do this while on the road, they could make their owners a fortune.
Via Laughing Squid
I know that Cracked has a reputation of exaggerating theories as though they are all truth, but they do try to maintain a nugget of truth. To that end, this article about the founding of America and the many lies we’ve been taught about it are all pretty fascinating.
In the decades between Columbus’ discovery of America and the Mayflower landing at Plymouth Rock, the most devastating plague in human history raced up the East Coast of America. Just two years before the pilgrims started the tape recorder on New England’s written history, the plague wiped out about 96 percent of the Indians in Massachusetts.
If that is true, it certainly explains a lot. In fact, many of their other list items in the article fit in with this idea.
Yes we’ve already featured a few of these cool bentos, but they’re so great that it never hurts to revisit them, and the ones we haven’t shared are certainly worth a long look.
You may say “meh” at the idea of a Star Wars: A New Hope radio play, but when that play is read by voice actors playing the classic animated characters they’re best known for voicing, “meh” quickly becomes “eh?!” and eventually turns to “eeeeee!” in a squeal of delight.
This video from the Emerald City Comicon contains over an hour of voice acting magic, as if the roles in Star Wars were being played by Pinky from Pinky and the Brain (Rob Paulsen), Jake from Adventure Time (John DiMaggio), and Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls (Tara Strong) just to name a few.
It’s like animation magic for your eardrums!
–via Topless Robot
The wave is staggering just to look at. Last November, professional surfer Garrett McNamara caught a 78-foot wave off the coast of Portugal. It was 1 foot taller than the previous record, thus establishing a Guinness World Record for the tallest wave ever surfed.
Link -via Ace of Spades HQ
Who knew the tears that we cry could be used to make a variety of different salts? The people at We Made This, that’s who!
They’ve bottled our pain, pleasure and culinary sacrifice and created a line of salts suitable for various occasions and functions.
Slap on a label with literary flair and flavor suggestions and you’ve got a product that’s perfect for a store called Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, one of the 826 National Stores.
Not familiar with 826 National? Check out this LINK.
(previously on Neatorama-Hoxton Street Monster Supplies)
Link –via Super Punch
I hate to disappoint you, but it’s not made out of chicken. It’s actually vanilla and raspberry cake dipped in white chocolate. Miss Insomnia Tulip made this deceptively delicious-looking cake pop for the Evil Cake Shop.
Link -via Boing Boing
This fun comedy video illustrates why creating a reality show based around regular guys shopping for new clothes just wouldn’t work.
Watch as a young man struggles to find pants that cover his entire legs, and have pockets, like the pair he wore into the store.
–via Stuff I Stole From The Internet
The Apollo program considered many spacesuit designs, including some covered in plates of hard plastic, before settling on one design. This video by SciFri cleverly edits videos of astronauts testing the range of motion in different hard suit designs so that they appear to dance.
-via Swiss Miss
These stunningly realistic wooden figures by Bruno Walpoth represent human beings in their rawest form, soft skin carved out of hard wood, every wrinkle and detail carved in while evidence of tool work remains when they’re inspected up close.
If I came across one of these figures standing alone in a dark room I would probably jump right out of my skin, because they look like they might come to life at any moment, and not in a cute Pinocchio kind of way.
And what’s more terrifying than a skinny, pasty skinned guy standing around in a dark room without a shirt or shoes on? NOTHING.
(NSFW due to artistic nudity)
Link –via Laughing Squid
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