Defrosty The Snowman Ice CubesThey say Defrosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul. With a carrot nose and two eyes made out of coal. He used to call the kids to come laugh and play. Sadly, however, he melted away on som...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/Defrosty-The-Snowman-Ice-Cubes-2/The immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers from Somalia are the ones who reject the war, corruption, and poverty of their homeland, even when it means leaving behind everything and everyone they ever knew to begin agai...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/Meet-the-Somalis/Are you a Star Wars fan? Then these ARE the Star Wars-inspired furnishings you've been looking for! Our new home design blog Homes & Hues took a journey to a galaxy far, far away to bring you 20 pieces of th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/Star-Wars-Furniture-Youve-Been-Looking-For/[http://youtu.be/LE69qAwo_50] (YouTube link)Canadian astronaut and space musician Chris Hadfield spoke to Conan O'Brien about the movie Gravity and how the scenario might play a little different in real life. It...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/Chris-Hadfield-Talks-Gravity/This little fluffy monkey was recently discovered in the Amazon back in 2010, but there's more than one reason to be excited about the discovery of this adorable endangered critter -that's because it has babies that purr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/This-Newly-Discovered-Monkey-Has-Babies-That-Purr/When someone passed around an Elvish joke on Tumblr, tseecka at My Own Little World decided to set the record straight. She goes on to explain exactly how one really would say "Can I touch your butt?" in Elvish, and why....
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/Todays-Elvish-Lesson/This story illustrates the difference between a painter who paints fences, houses, and the like, and a painter who's an artist. The former may be very skilled, and they should be able to tell the difference between tagge...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/Astro-Sloth-Rises/If you think it's weird to see Miss USA dressed as Optimus Prime as part of the Miss Universe contest, just wait until you see these 11 beauty pageants. Above is Miss Dairy Cow and while I chose that ima...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/11-Weird-Beauty-Pageants/[http://youtu.be/mVDepgHdu30] (YouTube link)There were some pretty strong winds in Rijeka, Croatia, yesterday. This video shows a firefighter, Mario Tomasic, dealing with a piece of metal roofing that had been torn off a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/Wind-Sends-Firefighter-Flying/While John's collecting your images of facial hair for our Movember Madness Contest, those of us who are free of facial hair have to find other ways to celebrate. Fortunately, UK cupcake shop Hey Little Cupcake is there...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/Perfect-Movember-Cupcakes/A Christmas Story Cookie CutterThe holidays are almost here. This year celebrate your love of Christmas, sexy leg lamps, deranged pink bunny suits, and lovable foul-mouthed Dads by making a batch of A Christmas Story Coo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/A-Christmas-Story-Cookie-Cutter-3/The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research.(Image credit: Flickr user MicroMacroMicro)by Alice Shirell Kaswell, Improbable Research staffSloth, sloth, sloth. Sloths. Yes, their name is sy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/The-Eager-Pursuit-of-Sloths/What's better than a petting zoo? How about a petting zoo filled with only miniature animals? Welcome to the wonderful world of Georgia's Tanglewood Farms and while they operate a petting zoo, the farm is a full-sca...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/A-Big-Farm-Filled-With-Tiny-Critters/Get it? A "chest" of drawers. Ha! George McCallum designed this furniture pun.Let it no longer be said that male nipples lack any practical use.-via LustikGeorge McCallum, furniture, pun...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/A-Chest-of-Drawers/How can people who own buildings with large open spaces in New York City afford the upkeep? Rent them out for weddings! Buzzfeed has a roundup of beautiful places to have your wedding -or reception- in N...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/13-Amazing-Alternative-NYC-Wedding-Venues/(Photo: Rodolfo Gonzalez/AP/Austin American-Statesman)Craig Denham bought a home in the suburbs west of Austin, Texas. He discovered an amazing find: a bomb shelter that had been sealed since 1961. It&rs...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/Opening-a-Bomb-Shelter-Sealed-Since-1961/Disney has issued a schedule for open casting calls for an upcoming Disney film that we can pretty easily figure out is Star Wars VII. The descriptions of the lead characters are as follows:Seeking: Young woman...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/12/Disney-Casting-Call-for-Star-Wars-VII/Are you ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas? I know, you have a while to get ready, but if you're looking to add something new to your holiday rotation, this cranberry eggnog tart is a great idea. It incorporates some c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/Taste-the-Holidays-With-This-Cranberry-Eggnog-Tart/[http://youtu.be/n_YZ0ggpYJc] (YouTube link)An unnamed elderly man talks about foxes and how they've received a bad rap in literature and legend. He knows better, because he knows Jack! Meanwhile, we get to watch him and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/A-Day-in-the-Life-of-Jack-the-Fox/No, these aren’t medieval torture devices! In an 1848 issue of the British medical journal The Lancet*, Dr. John Bishop describes the history of medical approaches to straightening out spi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/Antique-Devices-for-Straightening-the-Human-Spine/You might be surprised to learn that Blockbuster Video still has 300 stores. Or at least they had 300 stores, but they are no longer renting movies, and will presumably shut down as soon as the last rentals are...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/Blockbusters-Very-Last-Movie-Rental/Dick Dastardly & Muttley Salt & Pepper ShakersCurses! Thanksgiving is coming and your kitchen decor is a mess. Drat! Double drat! Stop fretting and invite a pair of double-dealing do-badders into your home....
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/Dick-Dastardly-Muttley-Salt-Pepper-Shakers/You know the story: girl clashed with her dad's new wife, who asked a hired gun to kill her. Girl ran away from home and fell in with some rough crowd, and shacked up with seven men. Well, artist Matt John...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/Bad-Apple/From 1953 to 1955, Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock on the original Star Trek, served in the US Army Reserves. Today, he tweeted this photo of himself with the caption "Mopping up."&nbs...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/Leonard-Nimoy-Spock-in-the-Army/When I was young, if anything good actually happened to me in school, I had the sneaking suspicion in the back of my head that it all must be a hoax intended to embarrass me. Just like what is happening to poor little Ro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/Most-Popular-Kid-in-School/“There will be no bargain. I will not give up my favorite decoration. I like my honey where it is.” It looks like Luke Skywalker will have to resort to more extreme measures to get the honey back.Kenny Durkin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/Winnie-the-Hutt/[http://youtu.be/XIaovi1JWyY] (YouTube link)Commercial airlines must be able to evacuate an entire plane in 90 seconds or less in case of an emergency. Anyone who flies knows that disembarking at an airport takes forever...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/Airbus-Evacuation/(Image: Josh Andrews)The glorious month of Movember is upon us! As winter descends upon the northern hemisphere, people participate in the annual practice of growing beards and mustaches so that they may be both warm and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/Movember-Madness-Win-a-Free-Prize-at-the-NeatoShop-2/How much would you be willing to pay for a great cup of tea? I spend about 2 cents for a tea bag these days, which is about as far as I want to go, considering I drink maybe ten cups a day. Of course, there is a great va...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/11/The-Worlds-Most-Expensive-Teas/
