KPRC Houston has this strange story of a woman whose name was "stolen" by a porn star! Lara Madden, 25, is an actress in the pornography industry. She is a former Houstonian who has appeared in about a doze...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/porn-star-uses-high-schol-classmates-real-name-as-stage-name/Today's collaboration with Cellar Image of the Day brings us another look at a Japanese retired insurance examiner's backyard castle: a model of the Himeji Castle.We've actually posted about this before, but it's so cool...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/backyard-model-of-the-himeji-castle/The Ernest Hemingway Home in Key West, Florida has been home to a group of about 50 cats, many of them polydactyl, for decades. Some are the descendants of the original six-toed cat the author was given in 1935. The He...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/key-west-sides-with-hemingway-cats/We've featured Zack Kim playing the Super Mario theme song on two guitars before. Here's another one, this time Zack plays The Simpsons theme song (yes, on two guitars!)Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | Zack's w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/zack-kim-plays-the-simpsons-theme-on-two-guitars/Graffiti "artist" couldn't resist framing this sign in San Francisco El Grande Church in Madrid, Spain, which said "please do not grafitti nor post posters."Sent by Neatorama reader Victor Azor - ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/the-grafitti-frame/London College of Communications graduate Hon Lam Li created this Wall Piano that lets users play music by tapping on the wall.There are two microphones attached on the wall surface. Those microphones are acting like hum...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/wall-piano/From the website:I was told it sold a "few" second hand games and cd's. Armed with a well drawn map (thanks Saori!), we traveled 3 stops from Oami on the Togane line to Gumyo. After walking for about 30 min...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/worlds-neatest-used-video-game-store/From Psychology Today, here's a list of the 10 Politically Incorrect Truths about Human Nature. For example: why men like blond bombshells, most suicide bombers are muslims, having sons reduce the likelihood of divorce,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/ten-politically-incorrect-truths/If you were a Simpsons character (Springfieldian?), what would you look like?Thanks to the official The Simpsons Movie website, you can make your very own Simpsons avatar: Link - Thanks Hojimoto!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/make-your-own-simpsons-avatar/Spinal Tap reunited for Live Earth on Saturday and played their hit "Big Bottom" backed up by "every bass player in the known universe." Pluck, slap, and pop for the environment. Hit play or go to YouTube...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/the-largest-electric-bass-section-ever-assembled/We’ve seen The Ghetto Blaster Bag today, the tote that plays music. But what if you already have the music, and all you need is power for it? Then you need The Juice! We've built the world's first heavy-duty...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/solar-powered-beach-bag/How do you compute the volume of a cat? Dunking it in water doesn't work-- you only get the volume of the rat-like creature that lives inside the cat; much like the feeble alien within a Dalek. (And, if your ans...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/computing-the-volume-of-a-cat/A Seed of a Pen, by Zeev Zohar. At the top of the pencil sits a seed. When the pencil gets too small you plant it. http://haatar.com/Works/ViewWork.php?workID=23 - via Notcot...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/a-seed-of-a-pen/'Twas only a matter of time . . . Here's a great-looking Hamlet and a Romeo and Juliet as well:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/manga-shakespeare/If you’re looking for something different to watch tonight, here are some great suggestions! The editors of Rotten Tomatoes have compiled an overview of science fiction movie reviews from their site, and ranked th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/100-best-reviewed-sci-fi-movies/44 couples competed in the World Wife-Carrying Championship Saturday in Sonkajarvi, Finland. Madis Uusorg of Estonia won first pace, with a time of 61.7 seconds, while carrying Inga Klauson. The prize: plasma televisio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/world-wife-carrying-championship/<toot one's own horn> I am honored to be interviewed with Hanan Levin of the famous (and fun!) Grow-a-Brain blog. This is my first interview (been asked before, but I've always shied away until our pal Hanan asked...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/interview-with-grow-a-brain/The following article is from Uncle John's Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader. Here are the origins of several symbols we use in everyday life.Question MarkOrigin: When early s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/the-origin-of-everyday-punctuation-marks/GeekAlerts has a neat post about ghetto blaster bags: functional bags that not are only made to look like boomboxes, but can actually play music through built-in speakers. Some even have FM radio and iPod/MP3 players ......
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/ghetto-blaster-bags/The Bera Alanya hotel on Turkey's Mediterranean cost caters to rich devout Muslims who want to enjoy the beach in their head-to-heel, long-sleeved baggy swimsuits without provoking stares from the secular Turks!http://ww...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/beach-hotel-for-rich-devout-muslim-turks/From the always excellent Miss Cellania, whose topic of the day is World Travel....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/ye-olde-tourist-crappe/The Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota or wild carrot) is so aptly named for its intricate flower structure. And see that red flower in the middle of the "lace"? Here's the reason why it's there: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/queen-annes-lace/Here's Chris Leavins (that's him to the left) of Cute with Chris recites the song lyrics ... of Beyonce's Irreplaceable.Link [embedded YouTube clip] | Compare with Beyonce's music video: Link [YouTube] - indistinguishabl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/chris-leavins-recites-beyonce/The Good Reverend has the Top 5 list of Best American Boardwalks. See if you agree with his picks, especially the number 1: Santa Cruz BoardwalkHistory: Dating to 1907, the boardwalk was inspired by the amusements of Con...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/best-american-boardwalks/The best gift idea for smokers ever! Here's the Smoker's Bib: Smoker's bib Stop fumbled lit cigarettes and dropped lit ashes from burning holes in senior's clothing. Flame retardent apron stretches across chairs armr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/smokers-bib/Don't blame me, it's been dead for 10,000 years. Kinda cute though, don't you think? From Pink Tentacle...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/08/frozen-baby-mammoth/In the 1870s, a group of Icelandic immigrants founded a semi-independent nation in the middle of Manitoba, Canada, and dubbed it Nyja Island, or New Iceland: This was mainly due to the efforts of Si...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/08/new-iceland-in-canada/It's apparently been updated since the Onion reported. Link - via Digg...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/08/zombie-food-pyramid/The Warner Brothers cartoon What's Opera, Doc? is marking its 50th anniversary this week. It was voted by animation professionals as the greatest cartoon of all time. Push play or go to Youtube. No one w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/08/whats-opera-doc/From the Queen's University Live Building site:The [Biowall] is hooked into the building’s HVAC control system and fans pull air through the wall into the office spaces depending upon the humidity and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/08/the-biowall/
