I had the darnedest time trying to get my dog to sit, let alone teach him to balance things on his head. But I suppose once you teach your dog that, it's only one more step to get them to balance bigger and heavier items...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/27/Scout-is-a-Master-of-Balance/Photographer Matt Hoyle (previously at Neatorama) spent a year and a half with the biggest names in comedy, taking their pictures for Comic Genius: Portraits of Funny People. The book features 130 photographs pl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/27/Matt-Hoyles-Comic-Genius-Portraits-of-Funny-People/Ariel True Love Tote (front and back shown)The holidays are almost here. Are you looking for the perfect gift for your favorite The little Mermaid fan? Get your grown up princess the Ariel True Love Tote from the NeatoSh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/27/Ariel-True-Love-Tote/A diamond is forever, but a dinosaur bone is ancient and if your love has an old soul (or a dinosaur fascination) then this wedding band is a perfect match. The design is by Jewelry by Johan, who sourced the bones he u...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/27/Promise-Your-Love-With-Dinosaur-Bones/A couple of weeks ago, we looked at some poor attempts by Americans to draw the United States and place each state. They did pretty poorly. For even more laughs, Buzzfeed asked people from Britain to do the same. Now, th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/27/Brits-Try-to-Place-the-States/(Photo: Siew Ming Cheng)How do you get people to respect your personal space while on the train? I find that having angry arguments with imaginary people tends to do the trick. But it does take work. If you’d rathe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/27/Spike-Vest-Protects-Your-Personal-Space-on-Commuter-Trains/[http://youtu.be/piF9yzC2ZzY] (YouTube link)America's Funniest Videos posted a compilation of Thanksgiving clips as a seasonal greeting. If nothing this horrible happens to you during the family get-together, yo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/27/Americas-Funniest-Thanksgiving-Disasters/Thanksgiving is a stressful time for turkeys. They become the center of attention even though they are natural introverts. People have high expectations for their turkey experiences and sometimes turkeys can't meet them....
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/27/Turkey-Body-Image-Issues/Look at all the lake monsters on this map! Are there really that many monsters in American lakes? Maybe not, but there are at least that many lake monster legends. The full map at Atlas Obscura has a legend of i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/The-Lake-Monsters-of-America/How quickly can you identify 20 countries in Africa? How about 50? I did reasonably well on the 50 test, though Cape Verde gave me a bit of trouble.David Bauer designed this online quiz on the locations...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/How-Well-Do-You-Know-Africa-Take-This-Geography-Quiz/[http://youtu.be/5_pKKO35Kh4] (YouTube link)In another episode of Improv Everywhere's Movies in Real Life series (previously at Neatorama), someone orders a drink at Starbucks and says his name is Spartacus. As the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/Spartacus-in-Real-Life/This is Lucid Stead, an art installation by artist Phillip K. Smith III. A 70-old homesteader cabin sits on Mr. Smith’s property in Joshua Tree, California. He removed sections of wood siding and replaced them with...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/A-Transparent-Cabin-Built-with-Mirrors-and-Wood/The Thanksgiving feast has always been about extravagance, but at one time the custom was to go out to a restaurant instead of cooking it yourself. This was mainly during the Gilded Age (1870-1900), when fancy restaurant...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/When-Thanksgiving-Meant-a-Fancy-Meal-Out-on-the-Town/Mickey & Minnie Caroling Salt & Pepper ShakersChristmas time is near. Make your holiday table sing with the Mickey & Minnie Caroling Salt & Pepper Shakers from the NeatoShop. This festive set is made of g...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/Mickey-Minnie-Caroling-Salt-Pepper-Shakers/Danish stand-up comedian Nikolaj Wulff (@nikowulff) shared this photo of his pet guinea pig getting REALLY excited about finding a piece of carrot. I have the same expression when I run across a slice of cake. Ca...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/OoooOOOoooOOOooo-Carrot/(Photo: Jim Holden)And it’s about time, right? We’re living in the Twenty-First Century now, so such products should be readily available.Amanda Cotton is an artist in UK. She does a lot of fairly conventiona...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/Now-Mothers-Can-Get-Picture-Frames-Made-with-Their-Own-Placentas/Photo: CNN You've probably seen the photo of Pope Francis embracing a disfigured man, whose body has been scarred by neurofibromatosis. The photo (below), which went viral, provoked an outpouring of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/Meet-Vinicio-Riva-the-Disfigured-Man-Embraced-by-Pope-Francis/Thanksgiving might not even be over yet, but if you want a great geek ornament on your Christmas tree, you should probably order it now so you get it before you get your tree. With that in mind, here are some fantastic g...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/Great-Geek-Christmas-Ornaments/[http://youtu.be/5E7qgsHiYQ0] (YouTube link)Ask young children about Thanksgiving, and they will tell you what they know -which isn't much. And what they know can be hilariously fused with non-Thanksgiving stuff. It's ju...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/The-Story-of-Thanksgiving/In 2008, Walter White was building his meth empire in the AMC hit series Breaking Bad. That same year, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama's most successful meth cook was also making the purest meth east...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/The-Real-Life-Walter-White/Patch is his name, but everyone calls him Adolf these days. At only seven weeks old, the French bulldog-shih tzu cross is white with black patches in all the right places: a short mustache under his black nose and a off-...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/Poor-Puppy-Looks-Like-Hitler/What's better than boring old pumpkin pie? Well, if you're a fan of cookies or cheesecake, you might just prefer these delicious pumpkin cheesecake stuffed cookies from Tahnycooks! They even feature a delicious maple sug...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/A-New-Thanksgiving-Dessert-Alternative/Cats love the occasional human lap. Now you can experience a role reversal. Unfold, a design studio in Antwerp, Belgium, built this enormous couch. Unfold prefers to think of it as a sculpture, though, and names it *stro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/Giant-Cat-Couch/[http://youtu.be/xXnaN5U43F4] (YouTube link)You might recall how you laughed at Dansons la Capucine, the video of two cats playing pat-a-cake in French. This video is from the same French overdubber, Faireset. He offers...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/Cats-and-Mirrors/Miracle on 34th Street Book Cover Refrigerator MagnetAdd a little holiday cheer to your fast paced life with the Miracle on 34th Street Book Cover Refrigerator Magnet from the NeatoShop. This great little stocking stuffe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/Miracle-on-34th-Street-Book-Cover-Refrigerator-Magnet/Is your little geek ready to visit the Shire? Then try your hand at making this great The Quiet Book and The Ring to introduce your babe to the wonderful world of Middle Earth. We've already seen similar books for Do...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-Quiet-Book/[http://youtu.be/q65O3qA0-n4] (YouTube link)We intuitively understand the concept of sea level, but how can it be measured in places that are far from the ocean? The Earth isn't even a regular sphere, so the sea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/What-is-Sea-Level/David and Janean Richards of Canberra, Australia, have set another record for the number of Christmas lights on their home. They first held the record in 2011, but then were eclipsed by an American home in 2012. This yea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/World-Record-Christmas-Lights/(Video Link)Make sure to watch this video with your sound on or you'll be missing half the fun.Everyone wants to play here and there, but sometimes it gets a little too hard. In the meanwhile, we can all enjoy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/26/When-A-Kitten-Takes-On-Tiny-Puppy/
