Time is running out for a dying Star Wars fan currently at a hospice facility in England.
When the hospice staff found out that the man wouldn't make it to the movie's official release date of December 20, they used Twitter to get the attention of Disney, and the company obliged with a special screening.
Dieting doesn't work, that we know. But one woman in Massapequa, New York, may have found the secret to weight loss that lets her continue to eat at her favorite local fast food restaurant four times a week:
Having tried and failed at keeping the weight off with a super restrictive diet, Mashburn made sure she wasn't setting herself up to fail by dieting in a way that was so limiting it wouldn't be sustainable in the long run.
"During the first month of this journey I made some quick cuts to the amount I was eating as well as being aware of the amount of sugar I was putting into my body," says Mashburn. "I had to start seeing food as energy and sustenance, not just something to kill the boredom." To make sure she didn't feel deprived, Mashburn still paid a visit to her favorite fast-food chain, Taco Bell, 3-4 times per week — though she modified her order to include less items. "It let me keep some semblance of my normal routine, and still let me have something delicious while losing weight," Mashburn says.
Read the rest of the story over at NBC News.
Image credit: Adrian Lam / NBC News
We're not sure if this Tesla Cybertruck made with LEGO bricks by prolific builder Peter Blackert is indestructible or not, but we're pretty sure that it'll do a lot of damage to our feet when we step on it in the middle of the night.
This one is for my wife, who's a big Hallmark Christmas movie lover. Behold the Hallmark Christmas Movie Plot Generator by John Atkinson of Wrong Hands cartoons.
The only things missing are the gingerbread/pie/Christmas cookie baking competition and the handsome prince from some obscure yet very rich European kingdom.
This one is heartwarming. Students of the Arapahoe High School in Colorado have crowned Noah Stokes and Khrysta Gordon, who have Down Syndrome, as Homecoming King and Queen.
From KDVR:
Noah's mom said the choice for their Homecoming King and Queen speaks volumes about the character of students at the school.
“It’s just a great community. They’re warm, loving, inclusive,” she said. “It’s just an amazing community. Ever since Noah’s been in school, every year has gotten better, and this is just the cherry on top.”
When North Dakota rescue dog group 4 Luv of Dog Rescue noticed that they've got a lot of harder-to-place dogs available for adoptions, they got together with Fargo Brewing Company and got a bit crafty with their craft beer: they're featuring the dogs on their beer cans!
Cute dogs on a beer can? Now that's a brilliant idea I can drink to!
I decided to help him out because I thought he was stuck, turns out he just likes to be upside down lmao pic.twitter.com/jJma03I9E5
— camila🐉 (@camilalissethh) October 25, 2019
Or at least I hope it just likes to play dead and not sick or anything.
Twitter user @camila tweeted a video clip of her baby turtle who apparently likes to lie upside down at the bottom of its tank.
Ask any parent and they'll tell you of the time their kid was more interested in playing with the cardboard box that the toys came in, rather than the toys themselves.
But that was then! This is now, and this Facebook post by Wesley Metcalfe is how kids today "play" with cardboard boxes.
GeekTyrant has a neat post featuring concept art from the Spider-Man: Far From Home movie, courtesy of Marvel Visual Studio director Henrik Tamm:
Some of it you will recognize from the movie, however, there are some shots of scenes that were not used in the final cut of the movie. Like fighting a hoard of Zombie Iron Men to facing off with a giant mosquito. Check it out and let us know what you think!
Q: How do you get a Canadian to apologize?
A: Step on their foot.
Canadians apologize so much that they had to pass a law called the Apology Act of 2009 that saying "sorry" (as "an expression of sympathy or regret") is not "an admission of fault or liability."
via u/Jhuderis
Check this out, Bub! This awesome animated gif of Wolverine in his many attires is by Michael B. Myers Jr (Mike's also on the NeatoShop as Drawsgood)
Smartphones today are jam-packed with features that border on the silly (folding phones, anyone?) as tech companies race to outdo each other.
But one company decided to take a completely different path. Behold, the Light Phone:
The Light Phone was an object of extreme minimalism. “Going light,” founders Joe Hollier and Kai Tang stressed, was about a conscious uncoupling from our screens, rediscovering the world around us, and creating space for a slower and potentially more meaningful pace of communication. In practice, that meant a stripped-down phone that only made calls — no keyboard, T9 texting, or even a contact list. Adding a contact to speed dial meant firing up a desktop dashboard. Even then, you could only save 10 numbers at a time.
Read the rest over at The Verge
Photo: Amelia Holoway Krales
This semi-trailer truck has a public service announcement for fellow drivers on the road, though if you were on the phone while driving you probably wouldn't see this on your rear view mirror. Via /u/Bigreddog19
#WATCH Himachal Pradesh: A car crosses a makeshift bridge made of iron poles after heavy rainfall in the region damaged the road, in Drekari area of Chamba district. (22-08) pic.twitter.com/3XrHekeKqc
— ANI (@ANI) August 26, 2019
No road? No problem!
Watch how this daredevil Indian driver drove his car across a washed-out road in Himachal Pradesh, northern India, using iron poles that were laid out and taped together. Nerves of steel or simply madness?
Love sci-fi books? Me too (though I confess that I mostly listen to them on tape now.)
If you're looking for a new title and sci-fi author to read, don't miss this ultimate list compendium of 50 best sci-fi books, as compiled by Bobby Bernstein of Nerd Much?
There are some classics there, including my favorite, Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, as well as newer hits like Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I wish they'd include Leviathan Wakes / The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey.
Do you have anything to add to Nerd Much?'s list?
