Hearts Atwirl has a very neat collection of vintage valentines from the early to mid 20th century. Some are very cute, some don't make much sense and others are plain old creepy and racially offensive (sign o' the times....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/retro-valentines-at-hearts-atwirl/To reduce the severity of Joe's epileptic seizure, doctors performed a drastic brain surgery: they cut the corpus callosum and severed the connection between his left and right cerebral hemispheres. Here's what happened...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/what-happens-if-your-brain-is-split-in-two/Dan Piraro's comic Bizarro is like reductio ad absurdum put in cartoon format (well, close enough). Do you agree with this panel? Is the Terror Threat Level useful?For more Bizarro, check out Dan's webs...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/bizarro-terror-threat-the-ride/(YouTube link) Silent film footage taken in 1909 by Thomas Edison at Stormfield (CT) at Mark Twain's estate. Twain is shown walkng around his home and playing cards with his daughters Clara and Jean. The flickerin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/mark-twain-on-film/Amelia is a 2002 dance film by Edouard Lock - the dance routine is astoudingly fast. It is simply a technical tour de force. The dancers are from Montreal dance company La La La Human Steps, the music is composed of Lou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/amelia-amazing-ballet-by-la-la-la-human-steps/"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." - John Kenneth Galbraith, economist (1908 - 2006)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/quote-john-kenneth-galbraith-on-assuring-immortality/Gravity does the work in this game, all you have to do is rotate the circle, allowing the ball to fall through the maze. It seems simple, but it’s not easy! Link -via b3ta...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/spin-the-black-circle/Deeda Blair has scanned images from Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue, featuring today’s movie stars in roles from Hitchcock films. Jodie Foster makes a wonderful Tippi Hedren. Link -via Metafilter...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/the-hitchcock-portfolio/(YouTube link) This high school concert started off the show with a Three Stooges sketch, but not on purpose. Good to see the student was OK afterward. -via Gorilla Mask...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/seating-the-orchestra/Jeremy Kipnis has the ultimate home theater. His Stewart Snowmatte laboratory-grade screen is the biggest I've ever seen in a home, and in the back of the theater, there's a Sony ultra-high-resolution (4,096-by-2,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/6-million-home-theater/The object of the game is to cover the red spot completely with five of the gray spots. Very difficult. I’ve seen this game in way back in my childhood (not online, of course), but I still don’t know the trick to it....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/cover-the-red-spot/Illustrator Steve Brodner is sketching the candidates in on ongoing series of animations for The New Yorker called The Naked Campaign. There are eleven videos so far. I especially enjoyed Odd Couples, featuring Hillary C...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/the-naked-campaign/Planetgreen has a list of 14 things you can do with “orphaned” socks, i.e. socks that have no mate. Many of these ideas have links to instructions, such as these puppets from Treehugger. But be warned: if my experien...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/14-uses-for-orphan-socks/(YouTube link) It’s a shot-by-shot Lego recreation of the Dark Knight trailer! Keshen must’ve started working on this the minute it was first shown in theaters. -via Viral Video Chart...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/the-dark-knight-in-lego/These thumbnails only hint at how charming these cards are. They're available for download here. I'm taking my lady out to lunch at the best pizza place in Los Angeles. Anyone planning something particularly rom...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/08/hilarious-and-free-sweet-and-sour-valentines-day-cards/
