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Married For 20 Years By Accident

You might recognize the woman in the photo as Janeane Garofalo (photo: Andrew H Walker/Getty Images). She has been in great films such as Dogma and Half Baked.

Janeane Garefalo was recently surprised to learn she is married- for 20 years in fact. In the early 90's her and Rob Cohen, producer of The Big Bang Theory, were drunk together in Las Vegas. So inebriated were the two that they went through a drive-through chapel, pronounced man and wife, only to forget about for... well, 20 years.

It was only discovered when Cohen's lawyer was going through legal records preceding his second marriage. Wouldn't that be one interesting phone call? I wonder how the lawyer broke it to him.

"Well sir, unless you plan on converting to Mormonism... you are going to have to get a divorce before you can get married."

Update: Apparently they were listed on Wikipedia as married all this time. Both Garofalo and Cohen thought it was a practical joke on them and not in any way true.

-Via The Week


Just On a Walk With My Monkey

From redditor Daviddesousa we get this beautiful picture of a girl walking her monkey. There isn't much information out there about the picture, its location, or the girl, but people of the internet seem to think it is Mumbai. I have always wanted to go to Mumbai, or well India in general. Anyone been? See the large version of this picture here.

-Via Reddit/r/pics


Rikku Doesn't Like Walks

Rikku doesn't like to walk. My dog is the same way. Unlike Rikku though, he loves to run. He is either standing still - sniffing some poop, or sprinting ahead full speed. If only he were a little bit more like Rikku.

-Via Daily of the Day


Chart of Twitter Profiles

I can tell you I am not the biggest enthusiast of Twitter, but I have to agree with this chart. Of the people I see on Twitter, most of them seem to fall into the "think they're stand up comedians" section. That or the "misused / over simplifying inspirational quotes" section. Okay that one isn't on the chart, but it should be. If I have to read another "live life like there is no tomorrow" quotes on Twitter... ...I will send you research and documents proving why and how exactly there wil be a tomorrow. So yeah, take that.

Oh and follow us on Twitter by the way. Hopefully we are in the "good information" section, but then again we probably fall into "zombie" section.

-Via Blame It On The Voices


Ink Calendar

This is my kind of calendar. The ink is absorbed into the paper day by day. The asthetic sort of reminds me of Harold and the Purple Crayon. The piece was created by Oscar Diaz.

Ink Calendar is a cleverly designed prototype of a self-advancing calendar by London-based artist Oscar Diaz. The basic idea behind the inventive day tracker is that a vial of ink is absorbed by a trail of paper cut into sequential numeric values—like a row on a calendar... ...By the end of the month, the calendar's numbers are designed to be fully soaked in color.

-Via My Modern Met


Top 10 Most Read Books In The World


Illustration: Jared Fanning

I had an inclination that The Bible would be number one, but I had no idea by how much. I think it is a little skewed because of the chosen statistics. For one, it is over the last 50 years - which is a long span of time. The first Harry Potter book wasn't published until 1997. The Da Vinci Code was published in 2003. I will not bother to look up Twilight. Ew, Twilight. Also this is based on books sold, I am sure The Bible does a whole lot of selling to churches and what not.

I would love to see this with just the last 10-12 years. I am not sure what other metric could be used besides sales but it would be worth looking into.

-Via Bits and Pieces


Mr. Dogbert Looks Elegant Today

It certainly is not Mr. Dogbert. He looks so regal, I bet he gets all the ladies. I don't actually know if this is a male or female dog at all, I just usually assign gender based on my instinct. I also made up the name Mr. Dogbert, feel free to use it in the future.

-via Fun Elf | Daily Picks and Flicks


Nick Offerman - It Gets Fuller

Where was this video a week ago!? Nick Offerman I needed you then. I caved, I have to admit it. I shaved - my beard was weird. I was probably somewhere in between a dirty hipster and a cheesy adult film actor. Not a good look for me. If only I had known it gets fuller.

To start over or not? Oh, the humanity, these decisions are killing me. How are you guys doing on your Movember challenge? Still going strong or did you cave like I did? For those of you loving it, remember there is life after Movember. Like Decembeard.

-Via Tastefully Offensive | Flavorwire


War Portrait Project

Photographer Lalage Snow has put together a stunning project, titled We Are The Not Dead, featuring portraits of British soldiers before, during, and after deployment in Afghanistan. While this project does mark a striking resemblance to other series, it still captures a sort of haunting change in the faces of these young men.

Snow's series accompanies each triptych with quotes from each of the servicemen that gives a great deal of insight into their mental and emotional state at each given time. Sergeant Alexander McBroom's first portrait, before deployment, features him bravely saying, "I am not worried about going out - it is my job after all." Three months later, he is quoted as saying, "It has been an eye opener." And, finally, another four months after, he says, "It is always that fear, that apprehension, what is going to happen if I get blown up?" Having gone through life-altering trials and warfare, it is no surprise that fear is no longer a foreign feeling to these courageous men.

Snow's intention with the series is to not only honor their bravery by featuring them, but to also draw attention to every soldiers' psychological transformation. She says, "It was a very personal project and stemmed from having embedded with the military on and off for 4 years in Iraq and Afghanistan and bearing witness to how many young men return as shadows of their former selves and, in many cases, with deep, psychological scars. As the body count of British servicemen killed or wounded rose and the political ramifications of the British army’s presence in Afghanistan became increasingly convoluted, more and more soldiers felt like they didn’t have a voice, or at least, weren’t being listened to. We Are The Not Dead is an attempt at giving the brave young men and women the chance to explain how it really is."

Check out the entire series here.

-Via My Modern Met


Grocery List Doodle

I have a feeling that by the time the artist were done with their grocery list, the store was closed.

Now if only I could get a copy of this list, as I am too lazy to ever write grocery lists and always end up shopping with my stomach. Believe me, that 1/2 pound of mesquite smoked turkey is much less appetizing if you forget to buy the bread.

-Via Books & Cupcakes


Gun Candy

Can I just... ...have one? I'll take that maroon, red, white, and orange revolver in the middle there. Looks so sweet!

Darren Lago: Candy Colts, 2012. Tinted resin, glass. 13.5 x 25.5 x 4.5cm

Well we might have a problem as it turns out they are made of tinted resin and glass. Oh well. The repetition is reminiscent of Andy Warhol's Revolver pieces. Does this work strip the gun of it's power, being made of candy and all, or does it empower the iconic image in our gun obsessed culture? Thoughts?

-Via Things Organized


Auto Correct Pranks

I find auto correcting humor particularly hilarious just because it is something that happens to me all the friggin' time. Apparently on various types of smart phones you can change the auto correcting functions to change words into other things you would prefer. I wouldn't know anything about that as I have a Sadberry - I mean Blackberry. So a great way to prank friends is to change these settings on their phones while they are distracted. Like changing now into meow. Hilarity will ensue.

Check out a whole page worth here. Warning NSFW - Very Strong Language.

-Via Hyper Vocal


Justice Served

Not too long ago I posted about a women who was ordered to wear a sign that says "Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus." Remember? Well here she is, Cleveland woman Shena Hardin, holding that court ordered sign. If you forgot, she was ordered to hold the sign because she drove on the sidewalk repeatedly to avoid a stopped school bus. Oh sweet justice, you are too kind.

-Via Hyper Vocal


TARDIS Refrigerator Part 2

We have seen TARDIS refrigerators before, but this one is great just because of how well it blends in. What kind of goodies do you think they have in there? Maybe some of these?

-Via See Here


20 Creative Hand-Crafted Beer Cans & Label Designs

Check out this great list of 20 Creative Hand-Crafted Beer Cans & Label Designs, in my opinion this is about the coolest list of hand-crafted beer labels I have ever seen. Well, I guess it doesn't have a whole ton of competition, but still real cool.

While the image above may be my favorite design, the one below has my favorite story paired with it.

The designer says, “In the city of Rikuzentakata, a single pine tree stands as a testament to survival after the tsunami of 2011. This beer’s name means “One Pine Tree” and its design is a symbol of charity and hope for Japan’s brighter future. A scroll-like, handwritten label seals the top with its story written on the inside. The label is a solitary pine made of three triangles facing up, symbolizing the wish for progress in the reconstruction efforts.”

Make sure you check out the whole list here.

-Via Web Urbanist


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