Don't Judge My Hair
From the people who brought you There, I Fixed It, Don't Judge My Hair is a photoblog of disasterous hairstyles, cuts, and colors. Link via Double Plus Undeadhair...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/dont-judge-my-hair/Archive for August 2009
A Camel-Back Medical Clinic
For years, medical supplies have been sent into remote areas of Kenya on the backs of camels for the needs of the rural population. But seeing this system as inefficient, the Nomadic Communities Trust of Kenya is partne...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/a-camel-back-medical-clinic/The OMG-WTF Spectrum
This spectrum (I take it) is supposed to classify Internet memes by whether they provoke OMG or WTF reactions by netizens -- and all gradations in between. Bacon vodka, for example would be OMG, whereas human-eating...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/the-omg-wtf-spectrum/The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Will Be the Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb Ever
Weighing in at 30,000 pounds, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator of the US Air Force will become the largest air-dropped non-nuclear bomb ever built: The MOP is 20 feet long and can penetrate bunkers up to 200 feet b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/the-massive-ordnance-penetrator-will-be-the-largest-non-nuclear-bomb-ever/TV Sharks You Won't See on Shark Week
The Discovery Channel is full of shark attacks this week, but who knew there were so many other sharks on TV? From loan sharks to land shark, they're in this chart from TV Tango. Does this mean they've*/em...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/tv-sharks-you-wont-see-on-shark-week/The Ten Plagues of Passover Finger Puppets
Having trouble keeping the Ten Plagues of Passover straight? These finger puppets for Blood, Frogs, Gnats, Wild Animals, Pestilence, Boils, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, and the Angel of Death are a fun way of rememberin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/the-ten-plagues-of-passover-finger-puppets/Who’s Getting Roasted?
Celebrity roasts have been a comedy staple for decades. In today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, you are challenged to identify who is being skewered by the quips from various roasts. I scored 60%, which is better th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/whos-getting-roasted/Tattooed Librarians
The Texas Library Association is selling a 2010 calendar called "The Tattooed Ladies of TLA." Twenty-one librarians show off their tats over 18 months. The calendar is a fundraiser to assist libraries that are still reco...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/tattooed-librarians/Blip
(Vimeo link) See what happens when two aliens try to take over the same world in Blip, a short animation by Sean Mullen and Ben Harper of the Irish School of Animation. -via the Presurfer aliens, animation...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/blip/The Anacreontic Song
A group of amateur musicians formed a club in London in the mid-1700s called the Anacreontic Society. They had day jobs as the pillars of society, but at night they would get together and present concerts. Member John St...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/the-anacreontic-song/Brain Teaser Toilet Roll
The Mind Trainer Loo Roll is packed with puzzles, brain teasers, and Sudoku on every sheet. Create a game for yourself: you don't get to use a sheet until you've solved the puzzle on it. Link via The Presurfer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/brain-teaser-toilet-roll/Cracking Kryptos
The following is an article from Uncle John's Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader It sits just steps away from some of the most brilliant cryptographers in the country, and yet after nearly 20...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/cracking-kryptos/Embroidery Tattoo
Flickr user Glitch Vixen got a tattoo of an embroidery her grandmother had made in high school. The result is undeniably beautiful and well-executed. http://www.flickr.com/photos/glitch/2744652516/in/photostream/...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/03/embroidery-tattoo/Send Ray Bradbury A Birthday Card
Legendary author Ray Bradbury is turning 89 this year on August 22nd. He will be celebrating the event at a bookstore in Glendale, California. For the those of you into Bradbury, but can't make it to the party, just...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/send-ray-bradbury-a-birthday-card/Kooky Themed Weddings
Lemondrop has a collection of 20 weddings with a unique themes. The one above is one of the most unique, a scuba diving wedding. I wonder if all the bridesmaids or groomsmen already had scuba certification or if they...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/kooky-themed-weddings/Billboards that Don't Belong Next to Each Other
Our web BFF BuzzFeed has a hilarious post about 15 billboards that really don't belong next to each other. We're kind of late of posting this one, but it's too precious too miss: Link - Thanks Eric!billboard...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/billboards-that-dont-belong-next-to-each-other/Crickets From Hell: Armor-Topped, Blood Squirting, Vomit Covered and Really Fat Crickets
The armoured ground cricket of southern Africa are fat and flightless, two things that make them prime targets in the food-scarce African landscape. Predation should've killed off these crickets, but evolution has eq...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/crickets-from-hell-armor-topped-blood-squirting-vomit-covered-and-really-fat-crickets/Time-Shifted Self-Portraits by Chino Otsuka
Imagine Finding Me, 1976 and 2005, Kamakura, Japan, double self portraits by Chino OtsukaThe woman and child in this photo look like mother and daughter, but they are actually both artist Chino Otsuka at different ages....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/time-shifted-self-portraits-by-chino-otsuka/Top 5 Most Eligible World Leaders
Glimpse.org has researched and compiled the ultimate list of sugar daddies (and mamas)—the top five most eligible world leaders. They're single and they're powerful, and you never know when your worldly trave...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/top-5-most-eligible-world-leaders/Big Words Make You Seem Stupider
The consequence of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity is that you wind up sounding like a moron:Everyone knows how college students will try to make themselves sound smarter by reaching for the the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/big-words-make-you-seem-stupider/Totally Extreme and Historic Roller Coasters of Today and Yesteryear
Remember those old dinosaurs you use to ride many years ago at the local amusement parks? Well, some of these have gotten a facelift, and some remain some of the most famous, original thrill rides of our time.The Dia...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/totally-extreme-and-historic-roller-coasters-of-today-and-yesteryear/Famous Death Threats Against Filmmakers
Borat and Brüno star, Sacha Baron Cohen recently found himself in a distinctly unfunny situation. He has just joined an exclusive but unenviable club - that of filmmakers whose lives have been threatened by people w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/famous-death-threats-against-filmmakers/What’s Dovecote to Do With It
For centuries, architectural marvels known as dovecotes were built to house the birds of the nobles. As you can see, you'd have had to be powerful and wealthy to obtain the rights to build these kind of pigeon coops on y...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/whats-dovecote-to-do-with-it/Post-Apocalyptic Disney World
Disney comissioned artist former Deus Ex designer Warren Spector to come up with his interpretation of a very twisted Disney World as concept art for the Wii game Epic Mickey....images from both Gambino and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/post-apocalyptic-disney-world/A Dizzying Display of Deep Fried Delicacies, Delivering a Difficult Dilemma; Do I Dare Devour Them?
I know they're bad for you, but some of them are so tasty! I'm talking about deep fried foods of course, and Now That's Nifty blog has pictures of many of the most fattening and delicious deep fried treats:All countr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/a-dizzying-display-of-deep-fried-delicacies-delivering-a-difficult-dilemma-do-i-dare-devour-them/The Great Stalacpipe Organ
Found in the Luray Caves, Virginia, this has got to be amongst the most astonishing musical instruments in the World. The organ was designed by Leland Sprinke in 1956 and replaces traditional organ pipes with the stal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/the-great-stalacpipe-organ/Sand Dunes that Croak, Whistle, Boom and Sing
When early humans heard these strange sounds in the middle of the desert they attributed them to many supernatural origins. Marco Polo believed they were spirit voices, and likened the noises to "the sounds of all k...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/sand-dunes-that-croak-whistle-boom-and-sing/3 Songs About Drugs and 3 Songs That Aren’t
Yes, we all know music largely revolves around sex, drugs and rock and roll, but sometimes it’s hard to actually tell which one the band is talking about. Here are six songs with meanings you may not have originall...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/01/3-songs-about-drugs-and-3-songs-that-arent/The Politics of Philosophical Destruction, II
(YouTube Link) Way back when, I linked to a satirical political attack ad allegedly by Friedrich Nietzsche against fellow philosopher Immanuel Kant. Apparently, Søren Kierkegaard's supporters jumped into the fray...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/01/the-politics-of-philosophical-destruction-ii/Super Hero Wedding
You may have seen or read about some over-the-top wedding productions, but Tony Lucchese told Sarah LaFore will be going the extra mile when they marry today in Portland, Maine. They will say their vows dressed as Superm...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/01/super-hero-wedding/
