Archive for January 28th, 2016

Friday The 13th - Smokey And The Slasher

Friday The 13th by QetzaWhen Cube and Tucker agreed to make another Friday movie they had no idea that the director was thinking of taking the series in a whole new direction by setting the film on a dark and stormy Fri...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Friday-The-13th-Smokey-And-The-Slasher/

Inside Jayne Mansfield's Mansion, the "Pink Palace"

In November 1957, shortly before her marriage to actor/bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay and just ten years before her death in a car accident, actress Jayne Mansfield bought a 40-room Mediterranean-style mansion&nbs...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Inside-Jayne-Mansfields-Mansion-the-Pink-Palace/

Hot New Thing: Yoga with Bunnies

Out: yoga with cats and dogs. In: yoga with rabbits! Metro News reports that Sunberry Fitness in Richmond, British Columbia, recently held classes in which people performed yoga while rabbits hopped around the studio.The...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Hot-New-Thing-Yoga-with-Bunnies/

Snack Books

*cover* #snackbooks @roseperson pic.twitter.com/RK2PUkpIEf— darth™ (@darth) January 28, 2016 The Twitter hashtag #snackbooks is a challenge from Barnes & Noble to come up with the best literary food pu...

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Fifty Bad Prom Photos That Will Put the Awkwardness of Yours into Perspective

Do you ever glance at your prom photos if, say, your family takes the liberty of pulling out embarrassing photos, and regret what you wore? Or the way that your hair looked too unnaturally wispy or crunchy with hair spra...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Fifty-Bad-Prom-Photos-That-Will-Put-the-Awkwardness-of-Yours-into-Perspective/

Albert Goering, Brother of a Nazi and Hero of the Holocaust

Hermann Goering (left) was a devoted Nazi, an early supporter of Adolf Hitler, and eventually the senior commander of the Luftwaffe, Nazi Germany’s air force. He was a war criminal of the highest order and well on...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Albert-Goering-Brother-of-a-Nazi-and-Hero-of-the-Holocaust/

What If You Only Drank Soda?

What if you drank soda every time you took a drink? This seems like a strange question, as I know quite a few people who drink nothing but soda pop. We know it’s not good, but how downright bad a lot of ca...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/What-If-You-Only-Drank-Soda/

Want to Expel Evil or Amplify Music in Your Home? Try Horse Skulls under the Floor

(Photo: WerDu)Step right up and let me tell you about the latest all-purpose, cure-everything household tool: the horse skull.Colm Moriarty is an Irish archaeologist. When he was a young boy, his aunt’s home was re...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Want-to-Expel-Evil-or-Amplify-Music-in-Your-Home-Try-Horse-Skulls-under-the-Floor/

Fourteen Prank Pics To Get You In The Mood For Some Trickery

(Image Link)Prankery can turn a dreary winters day into a hysterical chuckle fest full of sneaky tricks and impish laughter, and although the target of the prank may not appreciate the joke everybody else usually gets a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Fourteen-Prank-Pics-To-Get-You-In-The-Mood-For-Some-Trickery/

An Oral History Of The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

Thirty years ago today, January 28, 1986, the world watched as the space shuttle Challenger took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, after several delays, on a mission that included the first Teacher in Space. The flight...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/An-Oral-History-Of-The-Space-Shuttle-Challenger-Disaster/

The DeLorean Is Going Back into Production

(Image: Universal Pictures)John DeLorean’s DMC-12 was in production from only 1981 through 1983. The Back to the Future film trilogy made it famous. Now, more than 30 years after the last DMC-12 rolled off...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/The-DeLorean-Is-Going-Back-into-the-Production/

Ten of the Baddest Fictional Movie Weapons

What makes a weapon "bad" (meaning good) in cinema? Is it destructive power, the skill behind it, or how cool it looks being used? When a weapon is completely made up, it can be all of those things! If you can't decide o...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Ten-of-the-Baddest-Fictional-Movie-Weapons/

Couple Find Strange Black "Walking" Fish In New Zealand Bay

People come across odd animals all the time, posting the photographic evidence online and sparking a wave of discussion about what the heck that animal in the pic actually is.Most of the time these critters end up being...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Couple-Find-Strange-Black-Walking-Fish-In-New-Zealand-Bay/

Cupcake Team - Saving The World Before Snack Time

Cupcake Team by Nick PalazzoWhen the bakery is in trouble, and everyone with a sweet tooth has been turned into a skinny zombie, humanity will have to turn to the delicious treats they once devoured for help- the cupcak...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Cupcake-Team-Saving-The-World-Before-Snack-Time/

Taking a Phone Poll in Iowa

Because so many candidates announced their intentions very early for the 2016 presidential election, the run-up to the Iowa caucuses has taken a particularly long time. It’s got to be a hard, thankless job to call...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Taking-a-Phone-Poll-in-Iowa/

The 8 Different Types Of Star Wars Fans

There have been Star Wars fans as long as I've been alive, and yet growing up as part of the nerd tribe means being introduced to all the different kinds of Star Wars fans that exist within this franchise centric fan bas...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/The-8-Different-Types-Of-Star-Wars-Fans/

Simon's Cat Logic: Crazy Time

Simon Tofield, the animator behind Simon’s Cat, talks with Nicky Trevorrow, a cat behavior expert at Cats Protection about why our furballs do the odd things they do, specifically the sudden craziness. You’ve...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Simons-Cat-Logic-Crazy-Time/

Ten Priceless Facts About Antiques Roadshow

If you don't care about precious objects from our past you'll see the Antiques Roadshow as dull and uninteresting, but those who enjoy hearing about how cool old stuff was made and why that stuff is so valuable...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Ten-Priceless-Facts-About-Antiques-Roadshow/

Barbie’s Got A Brand New Bod

Starting today, shoppers at Barbie.com will be able to select Barbie dolls with four different body types. There’s the original Barbie we all know, and the new styles: curvy, tall, and petite. The dolls are also av...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Barbies-Got-A-Brand-New-Bod/

What the Blues Can Teach You About Life, Art and Everything In-Between

Recording artist and music professor Mike Errico delves into what "the blues" are. The term is culturally loaded, and yet traces it roots from all over. We know the term "Rhythm & Blues," but it was coined as a repla...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/What-the-Blues-Can-Teach-You-About-Life-Art-and-Everything-In-Between/

How To Keep Your Cool After Bombing Your Trumpet Recital

P.T. Barnum is quoted as saying "Always leave them wanting more"- when you have the audience wrapped around your finger and dying to see what you're going to do next you should bow, say thanks and split.But this motto ca...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/How-To-Keep-Your-Cool-After-Bombing-Your-Trumpet-Recital/

Where Did That Corn Dog Come From?

To make the county fair staple, you need ingredients from all over the globe.(Image credit: Twodollarwhore)1. EGGSMost eggs come from Leghorn hens. According to Steve Ettlinger’s Twinkie, Deconstr...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Where-Did-That-Corn-Dog-Come-From/

His Favorite Star Wars Movie

A few days ago, Dogma mentioned that her granddaughter had only seen The Force Awakens and none of the other Star Wars movies. That just seems so cockeyed to us older fans, but it makes perfect sense fo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/HIs-Favorite-Star-Wars-Movie/

The All-Female Senate

On Tuesday morning of this week, the U.S. Senate convened in Washington. But this session was different. Many were absent due to icy road conditions, and those that showed up for work were all women. Sen. Lisa Murkowski...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/The-All-Female-Senate/

Hungry Like The Wolf - She's On The Hunt She's After You

Hungry Like The Wolf by Rocky DaviesShe used to be a normal human child but now she smells like she sounds and would no longer get lost in a crowd, but most of all her time in the wilds has shown her what it's like to b...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/Hungry-Like-The-Wolf-Shes-On-The-Hunt-Shes-After-You/

6 Star Wars Characters Meet Their New Equivalents

If you found The Force Awakens to be a bit familiar, you’re not the only one. There are a lot of elements that harken back to the original trilogy, and the various character types have many things in commo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/6-Star-Wars-Characters-Meet-Their-New-Equivalents/

A Real Dumb Thing

What happened here? It doesn’t look good. In fact, it looks like a nightmare of oven cleaning ahead. At least they got a photograph before the whole thing ignited. If you can’t figure out exactly what happene...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/A-Real-Dumb-Thing/

How to Make Self-Tying Shoelaces

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiVJENBuHE](Video Link)Have you ever seen someone show you self-tying shoelaces? It's not a great invention, but a clever bit of prestidigitation. Dave Hax shows you how this illusi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/28/How-to-Make-Self-Tying-Shoelaces/




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