Chances are, you've ran across one of George Zimmer's famous Men's Warehouse commercial on TV. Well, not anymore: the founder and spokesman for the men's suit company has just got fired.
The company announced the termination in a blunt statement ... and explained, "The board expects to discuss with Mr. Zimmer the extent, if any, and terms of his ongoing relationship with the company."
Sounds like a pretty nasty breakup.
You've seen those reality TV shows in which someone goes away for a week and some expert team comes in and organizes/redecorates/remodels their home. That's the way I felt when I saw Neatorama's Pinterest site! Jill Harness has remodeled, reorganized, and added a lot of things that make our Pinterest boards easier to see, use, and share. Tell your Pinterest friends about the changes, and get ready for more "Pin to Win" contests coming soon from Neatorama! Link
Elisa Strauss isn't just a baker, but a trained artist who uses food as her medium. This cake is an example of what she can do in her studio. She used fondant and gum paste and, I assume, mushrooms, cheese and beef.
Fuzzles will soon be ready for the joust, thanks to this armor on sale by eBay member mightys0x. This is a steel helmet and set of chain mail armor. Mightys0x writes:
Is your pet guinea pig tired of wandering around the house unarmored and vulnerable? Do they get picked on by other guinea pigs? Has your guinea pig ever wanted to go with you to a Renaissance Faire but had nothing to wear?
Note that the condition is listed as "used." This armor must have already seen combat. Did the previous user survive?
Lord Vader is ready to fly the tightest maneuvers in his new TIE fighter. Redditor JapanUnderground spotted this young boy at the MCM Expo London Comic Con this past May.
Link -via Fashionably Geek
Jaxson Denno was so excited when he learned that Iron Man was nearby and would be glad to meet him. Alas, he had been deceived. Only Iron Man actor Robert Downey, Jr. was available:
Only problem: Downey, in the Western Massachusetts towns of Sunderland and Shelburne Falls to shoot his latest, The Judge, was not wearing his Iron Man outfit.
That did not please Jaxson, as this photo shows.Not to worry, though – Downey, 48, soon brought a smile to the boy's face.
"He was fine as soon as he talked to him," Jaxson's mother, Heather Denno, told PEOPLE, explaining that her young son "was so confused because I kept telling him it was Iron Man and he knew it wasn't. Well, not Iron Man in the suit."
(Photo: Heather Denno)
The plexiglass wall is meant to dissuade McDonald's customers from getting too far inside a restricted area. It's called a subtle hint. But not everyone picks up on that. Andrew Miller of Rocket News 24 writes:
Apparently, some McDonald’s customers in China are creating a reputation for themselves by exhibiting “overly familiar behavior” towards the staff. This problem became a hot topic online recently when someone snapped a customer completely ignoring the rules of distance etiquette.
Such behavior is reported to be occurring at the “mini” McDonald’s branches where soft cream, desserts, drinks and the like are served. These branches, while not so common in other areas of the world, are very popular in China. These restaurants are installed with a clear perspex screen, similar to that of a ticket booth office, that separates the customer and staff, with a tiny window for the exchange of money and delicious food and drink.
However, as can clearly be seen in the photo above, knowing no shame, one customer thrust their entire upper body through the small opening. Just quite how he pulled the feat off remains unclear but looking closely, you can see that he’s even managed to get his elbows right inside and seems to be waiting rather excitedly for his order to arrive.
It's an It's It. Wait..what?
For those of you East of the Rockies, I should explain. An It's It is essentially an ice cream sandwhich made with oatmeal cookies and covered in a chocolate shell.
Okay, then. But Randy Sarafan went even further, making his It's Its by battering pre-prepared It's Its, freezing them in liquid nitrogen, then deep frying them.
Photo: Dan
Ackerman
Go ahead and laugh, ladies. The tables are turned in the dude-fest known as WWDC yesterday as this photo by CNET editor Dan Ackerman showed a long line for the men's room and no line at all for the ladies' room.
'Tis a fodder for the websites like A Line at the Ladies Room, which noted:
We have built the backbone of our economy, healthcare, and security systems on software so you would expect that industry to be a high-growth area for young professionals. And it is… for men. Did you know:
Megan Garber of The Atlantic has more examples of ridiculously long lines at men's room at tech conferences around the country: Link
We can't be the ravishing Lumpy Space Princess, but with effort, we can emulate her. Rebecca Jane Stokes of The Hairpin has created detailed wardrobe instructions that will help you look like Lumpy Space Princess, Gunter and Marceline.
The city of Surprise, Arizona, has an unwelcome surprise for 64-year-old retired firefighter Jessie Thornton: its police officers can tell whether a person is drunk simply by looking in his eyes, breathalyzer test be damned!
Christopher Sign of ABC15 has the scoop:
"He (the officer) walked up and he said 'I can tell you're driving DUI by looking in your eyes,'" said Thornton. [...]
According to documents provided to ABC15 from the City of Surprise, Thornton was taken to police headquarters where he took a breathalyzer test.The test, according to the police documents came back with a blood alcohol level of 0.000.
"Yes, I do the breathalyzer and it comes back zero, zero, zero," said Thornton.
While in custody, a "DRE" or drug recognition expert is called to test Thornton.
"After he did all the tests, he says, 'I would never have arrested you, you show no signs of impairment,'" said Thornton.
Redditor adrianahasaids showed her daughter ice cream. She reacted appropriately.
I've got good news for you, kid. No matter how old you get, ice cream is always this awesome.
Via Geekoysystem and reddit
I can respect this open-minded approach to parenting. Still, I think that a little nudge in the right direction can help a child make the right decision.
Alternatively, you can nudge them in the wrong direction so that when they rebel as teenagers, they'll end up making the right choice.
In the Japanese mafia, failure often comes at the price of a finger:
In Japan, a stunted pinkie signifies membership in the yakuza, or Japanese mafia. In a ritual known as "yubitsume," yakuza members are required to chop off their own digits to atone for serious offenses. The left pinkie is usually the first to go, though repeated offenses call for further severing. As a result, those who get out, have a hard time finding work because of the stigma attached to those missing fingers.
If you can get out of the yakuza alive and want to live a normal life, how can you avoid the stigma of missing fingers and all that they imply? Dr. Shintaro Hayashi's solution was to construct highly realistic prosthetic fingers:
The doctor molds silicone prosthetic pinkies, made to seamlessly mask the amputation, making for a smoother transition to the outside world. Priced at nearly $3,000 each, the fingers are carefully painted, to match the exact skin color of the client. Former yakuza members, who make up 5 percent of Hayashi's business, often keep several sets of fingers for different seasons – the light skinned version for winter, and a tanned look for summer.
One client, Shigeru Takei, described his fake fingers as essential to his post-yakuza success:
Takei's current wife convinced him to turn his life around after years spent in jail, but his missing fingers prevented him from landing a job.
"The first time I applied for a job, I got cut after the interview. I couldn't write the truth in my resume because I had been in the yakuza for 20 years," he said. "If you don't have fingers, there's no way to get a sales job."
Takei sought out Hayashi eight years ago after an extensive web search for a prosthetics maker, and credits his fingers for helping him turn his life around. He now works for a home makeover company and says he's only been questioned about his fake fingers once.
Link -via Marginal Revolution
(Photo: Akiko Fujita/ABC)
Ewoks look so cute that I want to just eat them up! LydMc's sushi Ewoks also look great. She made her Sushiwoks with avocado, basil leaves, seaweed, smoked salmon and yams. LydMc also made Ewok kiwifruit, or what she calls Kiwoks. You can see them at the link.
Link -via Obvious Winner
It's very difficult to explain death to young children. But follow Ryan Hudson's advice and walk them through the steps. And remember: in Latin, a v is pronounced like a w. The spell won't work if you say it incorrectly.
Donald Featherstone, an artist, is most famous for inventing the plastic pink flamingo lawn ornament. But people who know him and his wife Nancy well think of them as an incredibly close and romantic couple. For the past 35 years, they've worn matching outfits everywhere they go. Mrs. Featherstone writes:
Whoever gets there first gets to choose what we're wearing. It's not a stampede, though; we're both amenable to the other's choice. If we're going to a party, we'll discuss what to wear like any other couple, except the difference is we want to look the same. Someone once told me that if she and her husband came down wearing the same colour top, they'd change. What a shame to be so insecure. We both have very strong identities as individuals and wearing the same clothes doesn't affect this; clothes don't make your personality. Instead, dressing the same gives me a lovely feeling of closeness to Donald. I've never not felt like doing it; we've done it for so long now that it would feel unnatural not to.
Donald used to have to travel for business and when I packed his case, I'd tell him which outfit to wear on which day, so we coordinated even though we were apart. It helped us feel connected to each other. But his boss realised Donald was much more productive if I came along, too, so I'd help out at the conventions. It was good for business, because people would seek out our stall year after year to see what we were wearing.
We don't like to be apart. Donald proposed on our first date and we've been together almost all the time since. If you want to do things by yourself, why get married? Why have separate hobbies? We never argue – Donald says he learned long ago to say, "Yes, dear", but in fact it's because we have a strong foundation. Being with him is never an effort. [...]
All it is is a positive reflection of the nature of our relationship. We're a matched set.
(Photo: Webb Chappell/The Guardian)
It can get really hot inside the train cab, but male employees are forbidden by management to wear shorts. Thankfully, they've figured out a way to, ahem, skirt around the ban:
"Of course people stare at you a little when you are on the platform, but you just have to put up with it," train driver Martin Åkersten told the local Mitti newspaper.
Åkersten is one of a group of 13 male employees who have been wearing skirts in order to keep cool while working the Roslagsbanan commuter train services.
"It can be over 35 degrees Celsius in the train cab on hot summer days," he said.
Åkersten's employers Arriva have meanwhile responded positively to the move and have given their approval to the men in skirts.
"To say anything else would be discrimination," communications head Thomas Hedenius told the newspaper.
Today is National Donut Day (peace be upon you), a holy day of great importance. To mark the occasion, Dominique Zamora rounded up some of the strangest, most inventive donut recipies around.
This is Lori and Michelle's avocado donut. It's so healthy that I suspect that it's actually dangerous. Their recipe is gluten free, vegan, soyfree and low sugar. You might want to eat a glazed donut afterward just be on the safe side.
Everybody's prancercising. Even the son of Odin. Here's how Thor stays in supreme physical shape: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | Ryan Frye Thor's FB page - via Fashionably Geek
The king of the Koopas from Super Mario Bros. is simply too cute to attack now. Jennifer Olivarez describes the costume she crocheted:
For Make It! Challenge #5, Lisa Egolf challenged me to crochet a sweater for her turtle, Myrtle, so that he would be easy to spot when she lets him loose to play in the courtyard of the school where she teaches science. “I think bright yet manly colors would be best,” she said, because after all this Myrtle is male (don’t judge). So I set out to design the most masculine turtle sweater I could.
Link -via Greek Crafts
Life can be exhausting. For those days when you want to slow down the pace and gently glide through life there is the Manatea Tea Infuser from the NeatoShop. This fantastic tea infuser is shaped like your favorite marine mammal.
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fantastic Manatee items and great Coffee & Tea stuff.
Yeah, I definitely should have gone with Dragonhunter and Hellbender for my daughters.
Compressed Flapwort? That's so terrible that I can see it becoming popular. Bird and Moon may have done more harm than good by publishing this comic.
The blogger behind Mallow & Co. acquired a supply of lime-flavored marshmallows and used much of it to make Rice Krispie treats flavored like key lime pie. She needed a use for her remaining supply and realized she could mix up mojitos. These aren't alcoholic, but with vanilla flavored almond bark and mint extract, they should nicely complement a cold mojito.
Link -via Tasteologie
The Mughal Empire and Mewar clashed in 1576 at the Battle of Haldighati. Maharana Pratap, the ruler of Mewar, rode into battle on his famous warhorse, Chetak. Pratrap equipped his horse with armor that made him resemble an elephant in the hope of confusing enemy war elephants.
Link -via The Oddment Emporium
(Photo: unknown)
There's nothing as delicious as Chewie chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven. Susan of Diamonds for Dessert made these Wookiee cookies using white chocolate for the accents around Chewbacca's mouth and bandoleer.
Link -via That's Nerdalicious!
I can't think of a better concept for a retirement party cake than one that illustrates the final Calvin and Hobbes strip. Keira's Cakes of Glasgow, UK made this cake showing the two friends riding off to new adventures. You can see more photos of it at the link.
(Cartoon: Bill Watterson, Universal Press Syndicate.)
Photo: National Parks and Wildlife Services
Photo:
Michael Murphy
Got slugs in your garden? Betcha not like this giant pink slug in Australia! National Parks ranger Michael Murphy shares with us some photos of the giant, hot pink slug in Mount Kaputar, New South Wales:
''It's just one of those magical places, especially when you are up there on a cool, misty morning,'' said Michael Murphy, a national parks ranger for 20 years, whose beat covers the mountain top.
''It's a tiny island of alpine forest, hundreds of kilometres away from anything else like it. The slugs, for example, are buried in the leaf mould during the day, but sometimes at night they come out in their hundreds and feed off the mould and moss on the trees. They are amazing, unreal-looking creatures.''
Locals had long reported seeing bizarre pink slugs after rainfall in the area, but it was only very recently that taxonomists confirmed the slugs, Triboniophorus aff. graeffei, as well as several of the snail species - which prey on other vegetarian land snails - were unique to the mountaintop.
Ben Cubby of The Sydney Morning Herald has the story: Link
