Four of everyman author/poet Charles Bukowski's typically coarse and captivating poems are adapted to animated short form in this collection. The piece above, "Laughing Heart" read by Tom Waits, is profound. This is a message about finding light in life from someone who was well acquainted with its dark pitfalls and was often challenged in doing so. Contains NSFW language.
Visit the treasure trove of poetry recordings by a wide range of authors at Open Culture.
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In this footage, the man who goes by the YouTube handle TheBackyardScientist pours seven different varieties of molten metal into water. Viewers are presented with a visual of molten pewter, tin, bismuth, lead, zinc, aluminum and thermite — chosen in part for their spread in melting points — being poured into an aquarium filled with H20. The debate about the pronunciation of aluminum notwithstanding, the video is fairly fun to watch. -Via Laughing Squid
Now this is different! For the first time in 33 years, a cat has been given the "Hero Dog" award by a Los Angeles animal shelter. And wait till you hear what she did to win the award: she attacked a dog.
Last year, Tara the cat saw her owner, 6-year-old autistic boy named Jeremy Triantafilo, got attacked by a neighbor's dog. Tara body-slammed the dog and chased it away. The incident was caught on Triantafilo's home security video, which Miss C posted on Neatorama.
"We were so impressed by Tara's bravery and fast action that the selection committee decided that a cat this spectacular should be the National Hero Dog," said Madeline Bernstein, president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Los Angeles, to WPVI.
As you'd expect, the word "Dog" on the trophy was scratched out and replaced with "Cat."
Great Vocab Didn't Save The Thesaurus From Extinction
"We are now entering the sixth great mass extinction event."
That line belongs in a sci-fi movie, but it was actually said by Gerardo Ceballos to the BBC, now a scientist at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. "If it is allowed to continue, life would take many millions of years to recover and our species itself would likely disappear early on," he added.
Species extinction over the past centuries
Ceballos and colleagues from Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley, have just published a paper that showed the current extinction rate of vertebrates is more than 100 times greater than normal. Since 1900, there are more than 400 vertebrate species that went extinct.
The study laid the blame on modern human activities, including deforestation, introduction of invasive species, pollution, and, you guessed it, climate change.
"There are examples of species all over the world that are essentially the walking dead," added Paul Ehrlich of Stanford University. As species disappear, so goes their benefits to the ecosystem such as crop pollination by honeybees and water purifications in the wetlands. At the current rate of loss, we could lose biodiversity within just three generations. "We are sawing off the limb that we are sitting on," added Ehrlich.
Eso les pasa :/ #PartidoVerde #NoMemes pic.twitter.com/6xI9U9LTGH
— Veronica (@EdithVazqu) June 19, 2015Shouldn't we all know how the Interwebs work by now? Apparently not this lawmaker in Mexico!
Congresswoman Selma Guadalupe Gomez wanted to protect the "moral patrimony" of the Mexican state of Sonora by banning Internet memes and regulating social media content. She recently introduced a bill, titled "Law of Civil Responsibility for the Protection of the Right to Private Life, Honor and the Image of the State of Sonora" or more popularly known as the "anti-meme" law, calls for fines up to $1,600.
Needless to say, the Internet responded by turning the congresswoman into a meme. Twitter exploded with memes tagged #ladymeme and #NoMemes, a word play on "No Mames," a Mexican slang roughly meaning "you're kidding."
All we got to say is, well, that escalated quickly.
(Photo: The People's Daily)
Do you have enough to worry about right now? No? Well, then have I got a deal for you! From now on, you have to be afraid that whilst driving down the road, a 5-foot tall circular sawblade may fly at your car and almost cut it apart.
A man in Chongqing, China had the fright of his life when a sawblade in the back of a trailer hauled by another motorist flew out and cut 20 inches into his car, directly into the driver's side. The driver was uninjured, but, the Daily Mail reports, "he was barely able to stand up when he got out of the car because his legs were shaking."
Giant sawblades: they could be anywhere, waiting for you. Plan accordingly.
-via The Soul Is Bone
Blade Runner | Image: Warner Bros.
Often it appears as if mainstream Hollywood filmmakers are out of fresh ideas. Between all of the reboots, comics brought to life, sequels and other new presentations of largely unoriginal content, one has cause to wonder. While the subject has been prior cause for debate, there are always new takes on the not-so-new premise pool in film. Care to opine? Before you do, take a look at this list of 139 movie sequels currently in the works and see if it feeds your thought process.
Beetlejuice | Image: Geffen Films
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After a recent visit to the frozen lands north of the Wall, Uproxx contributor Drawplaydave contemplated what it would be like of Canada had American football. Specifically, if it had America's teams. He illustrated 33 football team logos with Canadian themes and stereotypes. You can view them all here.
-via Super Punch
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Every now and then it doesn't hurt to stash recipe collections that will go the extra mile on days you are kid heavy and idea light. Or maybe for use in a future themed party or game night. This collection of Harry Potter-inspired recipes is full of delicious looking ideas with fun and festive presentations. Make some magic; some of these concoctions look like the foodstuff of wizards.
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Since the 1200s, the University of Cambridge in the UK has been one of the greatest centers for learning and scholarly research in the world. So it's no surprise that the revered institution is now hiring a professor of Lego.
The Lego Foundation donated £1.5 million ($2.3 million USD) to the university to build a center dedicated to research in "play in education, development, and learning." The open professorial position will lead the institute. CNN reports:
Candidates for the role will likely need to be passionate about playing with colorful plastic bricks and enthusiastic about early childhood education.
The Lego Foundation has been collaborating with Cambridge in the last decade on research related to children's play. It also has ties with MIT in the U.S. and the Tsinghua University in China.
The foundation is known for its philanthropic and research work related to childhood education and play. It is financed by the Lego Group, which manufactures and sells the popular toy bricks.
-via College Insurrection
Milo the Labrador Retriever has discovered the summer joy of watersliding. Whoosh! It's so much fun that after he reaches the bottom, he immediately runs up the stairs to do it again--pushing children out of the way so that he can get to the top faster!
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He isn't a bat, just a bit batty. His behavior doesn't make him seem like much of a man, more like a pool of bad jokes and silliness. But when it's time for bullets to start flying and things to start dying Wade is the man you're looking for. He'd be the perfect candidate to take over The Bat's job should that dark knight ever arrive, but Gotham doesn't have one restaurant that serves Mexican food, and without chimichangas or tacos Mr. Wilson can't get no work done...
Bring your geeky wardrobe back from the dead with this I AM THE NIGHT! t-shirt by Skullpy, it's way cooler than a Bat-shirt and is sure to make your fellow merc with a mouth fans guffaw with delight!
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It's hard to believe (especially if you grew up in the 80s), but the Goonies is turning 30 this year. In celebration of this monumental occassion, Flavorwire has rounded up a great "where are they now" list featuring the current status of all the main actors in the films.
A fan favorite, Sloth, isn't around any more. In fact, the ex-football player died at only 38 from an accidental overdose. Don't worry though, most of the stories aren't so sad, but actually pretty cool.
What do these organized hex keys look like to you? They look like floating stairs made out of staples to me!
When imgurian megsut121 organized some hex keys (or Allen key, if you must) at work, two questions immediate came to mind: First, who in the world would have that many hex keys. And second, do they point up or down?
Take a look at the larger pic - there's something strangely satisfying going on here.
This is the Hypnap Body Rest. It's a device designed to allow airline passengers to sleep while crammed into tiny, uncomfortable seats. Clamp it over the folding table, then lean forward. The cushions on the face and chest boards provide support without inhibiting breathing. You can also use a smartphone because the face hole doesn't cover your eyes.
Do you think that it would help you sleep while flying?
-via David Thompson
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