Here in sunny San Diego, we don't get much snow. Luckily, our zoo knows how much certain animals absolutely adore the fluffy white stuff, so they periodically provide a cool blanket of snow for the critters. Earlier this month, the pandas got a taste of it and this video shows just how much they enjoyed their special treat.
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There are worse things to get addicted to than cupcakes, but when they are coated in Blue Sky, it still might not be worth the risk. Either way, I'd be willing to take my chances on these sweet treats by Blakey Cakes, especially if I got my chance to eat them during Sunday night's finale.
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As I’m sure any of you with children already know, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 is coming out in theaters this Friday. In celebration, we’ve decided to compile a bit of info on the book and the movies. Whether you’re a fan of the book or a fan of the movie, you’ll almost certainly find something here of interest.
Similarities and Differences
Obviously a full-length movie couldn’t follow a short book like this one to a tee, so, there are some major differences. That being said, it seems like the writers did work to include as much as the original story as possible. Here are a few of the things that stayed the same:
- The town name. While the movie village is originally called “Swallow Falls,” the mayor eventually renames the town to the name used in the book, “Chewandswallow.”
- The Sanitation Department. Obviously any town that has food fall from the skies will have a serious problem if they just leave the mess all over the streets and sidewalk. Both the book and movie use specialized trucks to clean up the mess, though what they do with the leftovers differs. In the book, they feed the cats and dogs, then throw some in the ocean for the fishes and then put the rest in the ground so it will compost into good soil for flower gardens. In the movie, they make a mountain of food waste that eventually causes a dangerous landslide.
- Specific foods. In the book, the sunset is replaced with a Jell-o mold setting in the west that looks just like the one Flint makes for Sam. Both also feature a giant pancake that lands on the local school. Also, while it’s not a food exactly, both feature an open-air restaurant where patrons can catch their dinner as it falls.
- Danger. You can’t have a story without a climax, so in both tales, the food starts to become larger until it becomes truly problematic.
A few of the things that changed:
- Requests. Imagine having a food allergy in a town like Chewandswallow. If you can’t choose what rains down, you could easily die. Aside from that, you’d likely almost never get your favorite food, whereas in the movie, Flint’s invention allows the residents to call the shots –though that’s precisely what causes the food to start mutating.
- The people. In the book, the only people with actual identities are those in the family whose grandpa tells the tall tale of Chewandswallow. In the movie, the town is presented as a real location and the main characters are all residents of the town.
- Science. The idea of a town raining food naturally is just outlandish, but in the movie, it’s actually happens because a man’s invention that was made to turn water into food flies into a raincloud –turning all the local precipitation into food.
- The ending. In the book, the residents are forced to abandon Chewandswallow, but in the movie, the townspeople just rebuild their town using the giant food leftover on the street. There is one similarity though, the people in the book use a raft made from giant slices of bread and the movie shows the mayor ran away from the town on a boat made from bread –although the obese mayor eats most of his boat and sinks into the ocean.
Despite the differences, the original book's creators were pleased with the movie -though no word yet on how they feel about the sequel.
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To be fair, I say that when it's the only King of the Hill tattoo I've ever seen, but it's hard to imagine one that could top this Bobby Hill piece featuring one of the greatest lines from the show.
Unfortunately, I have no information on who has this great ink or who did the tattoo, but I still couldn't help but share it with you guys -unlike my purse.
Update: Thanks to Brittany Cole, we now know the tattoo is hers and was done by Caleb Due of Casey's Tattoo in Nacogdoches, TX.
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If you ever played Borderlands, then you either love or hate Clap Trap. Either way, you'll love to punch or hug this Clap Trap pillow by Etsy seller Cyberscribe. The shop also sells other Borderlands characters like Mad Moxxi, Death Trap, Salvador and Gaige.
Looking for a little variety to spice up your candy corn consumption this Halloween? Then check out We Do Fun Here's great collection of candy corn party favors. It's not all foods like the candy corn corn above though, there are also great party favor ideas like candy corn bath salts.
Pug owners are a dedicated lot. Fortunately, they can still learn to love their own babies...as long as said youngsters start to take on the appearance of their beloved pooches. These crocheted pug hats by Etsy seller Catily Crochet are a great first step towards that goal.
OK, maybe that's not the real purpose of these hats. Either way, they are simply adorable.
Is your kitten a Heisenpuss? Or maybe a Jesse Purrman? Either way, Etsy seller ToScarboroughFair has you covered with her special, adorable handmade cat hats. Just make sure that your kitty doesn't start shilling nip on the side just because he has such a cool hat.
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We've seen plenty of cool geek quilts, but it's rare to see one that's actually queen size -especially when it's a pixelated quilt of Captain Picard. The squares are 2" big, meaning it took about 4500 squares to complete. The writer at Candy Coated Quilts made this amazing creation for two Trekie friends as a wedding present.
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I would be pretty content with a cheese wheel or sushi cake wedding cake...but a cheeseburger or pizza one just wouldn't do it for me. That being said, I think it might be kind of awesome to have a wedding where all the foods are presented in traditional cake shape.
In the most memorable scenes from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, chilled monkey brains are served as dessert at an elaborate feast. Now you can relive that classic movie moment with your own chilled monkey brains cake courtesy of Instructable user BubbleandSweet. It even comes with the fluffy white mane the monkeys in the movie had, though they have been pulled away to reveal the inner layers in this picture.
If you already follow the Lifestyles of the Cute and Cuddly, then you already know that we love seeing critters acting like people. But when you manage to find them in vintage photos, things are all the more delightful. That's why you really shouldn't miss this great collection of vintage pictures of intellegent animals over on io9.
Aiden Glynn's newest street art project shows him writing messages to other street artists in speech bubbles.
The results, as you can see are a pretty hilarious take on things you might not otherwise take a second glance at.
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