Right now everyone is buzzing about the great cosplay spotted at WonderCon, but what got overlooked in recent convention news was the world record made at La Mole Comic Con. Anyone who has ever gone to a convention knows that seeing Whovians in costumes are a common sight, but seeing 492 of them all in one place must have been one sight to see -especially when Peter Capaldi himself accepted the Guinness award for the largest gathering of Doctor Who characters in one place.
I have to admit, I'm a little jealous of this adorable young cosplayer because this will almost certainly be a record that holds up for a while and he got to be a part of it.
Hannibal was a great show with a cult following and while it was cancelled (many believe before its time), you can now get your hands on some of the amazing props and wardrobe pieces from the incredibly stylistic show.
Surprisingly, there aren't as many gory items as you might imagine and most of those that are there are simply the prosthetics that were used on an actor in the film, but the crazy tableau seen up top is perhaps the most strikingly beautiful and disturbing piece in the whole auction. If you're looking for something more iconic, you'd probably prefer the wendingo bust above. Of course, if you just like Hannibal's great fashion sense, the auction is also selling many of his best clothing ensembles along with wardrobe choices of other characters as well.
There are a lot of stories out there about cops doing wrong, but for every story you hear about an officer breaking the rules there are probably ten stories of police doing something great that you don't hear about. Here are some fun stories of police going above and beyond their duties in the best possible way.
When you get pulled over by the police, you probably get nervous and worry about whether or not you'll get a ticket. But if you happened to be pulled over by Commander Brian Peters on his last day of work, you might have been delightfully surprised to not get a ticket but a gift card.
That's right, to celebrate his last day on the job, Peters sought out people he thought could use a little extra financial help and then gave them $50 gift cards for Target and Cub Foods. He ended up giving out gift cards worth the total of his last paycheck, saying, “The citizens and city have been wonderful to me. I am very blessed, so it feels good to give back.”
2. The Officer Who Bought Groceries for a Mother Caught Shoplifting
Police Officer Mark Engravalle of Roeland Park was called to handle a shoplifting case in July of 2015. The shoplifter wasn't a teen looking for a thrill or someone trying to get a new pair of shoes way out of their price range, but a widowed, homeless mother of six who was trying to steal $300 worth of diapers, shoes and baby wipes.
“What she did was wrong and against the law, but her heart was in the right place with wanting to help to take care of her children,” Engravalle said. So rather than arrest the mother, Sarah Robinson, he offered to pay for the items to help the suffering mother. “Walmart might see her as a criminal, but I just saw her as a mom going through a really difficult time,” the officer explained, though he did still write the mother a ticket as was protocol.
This story has a particularly happy ending as Robinson ended up getting $6,000 in donations sent to the Roeland Park Police Department, which was more than enough to pay for her fine and help her take care of her kids for a while.
Sure it's cute to see kids hunting for eggs on Easter morning, but did you know that lions, tigers, leopards and other wild kitties also love Easter baskets? Over at LA's Wildlife Waystation, these cool cats got a special celebration for the holiday and the resulting photos and videos are adorable.
We love Easter, but it's just not the same when you're an adult. Easter baskets, egg hunts and presents from bunnies are all a thing of the past. Fortunately, as adults we do get the benefit of booze to help get us through the holiday. If you're trying to make sure you pick the right wine -not for your Easter dinner, but for your candy, you're in luck because here you go.
If you want to skip ahead to find out what to drink with your Peeps, don't let the picture fool you -they rightfully suggest prosecco.
Why buy a bunch of candy for your Easter basket when you can instead make a Kit Kat that will last you all of April and be too big for any Easter basket you've ever seen? If you want to make your own chocolate monstrosity this holiday, then be sure to head over to Instructables for the tutorial.
Dying eggs for Easter is just plain fun, but if you're looking to geek up your eggs this year, you should do more than just dye them. While you can always paint them to look like specific characters, you don't need to have crazy art skills to make something different.
We love good fan art, but there's no denying that for every great piece of fan art there are ten pieces of not-so-great fan art. Sometimes those bad artworks are so terrible they're actually amazing -especailly when you Photoshop pictures of the celebrities to look like those "artworks."
EMGN has done a great job of collecting images that do exactly that and the results are utterly hilarious.
And sure, they may not be true works of art, but they do prove that even bad art has its place in this world -even if only to make us smile. And if you love these, don't forget to visit Reddit, where there's a whole community dedicated to making these.
Tarot decks are the stuff of mysticism, but they don't need to be dark and foreboding. As artist Ariel Hart demonstrates to us, even the vivid, brilliant artwork from beloved 80's and 90's artist Lisa Frank can make for a delightful tarot card deck.
It's sure a lot easier to hear about death when it's illustrated with a beautiful white unicorn. Finally you can predict your future with the rainbows, puppies and smiley faces of your past!
This lovely spread looks like a grilled cheese sandwich with a tasty bowl of tomato soup on the side, but that's far from the reality. In actuality, this is a grilled pound cake with melted chocolate and berry soup on the side. Naturally, the croutons in the soup are actually pound cake and the swirl of sour cream is whipped cream. You can learn how to make your own delicious dessert sandwich and soup over on Instructables.
It's easy to love sci-fi dystopian movies that bring us into all new terrible realities, without actually having to experience those realities for ourselves. If nothing else, they at least make us feel better about our own society. But many of those films set in terrible sci-fi worlds aren't actually filmed on sets, but in real-world locations.
That's why this Atlas Obscura article featuring 14 such film locations is so fascinating. It shows that some of the most haunting and out-of-this-world locations in our favorite dystopias are actually strange and wonderful places in our world.
Female scientists have made some incredible contributions to our world, but to this day, they still get harassed by their male colleagues. While that's simply not cool, Emily Temple-Wood's reaction to the harassment is pretty awesome.
Rather than letting herself sit around and get frustrated, she has dedicated herself to uploading a new Wikipedia article about a female scientist every time she gets an inappropriate email, some form of physical contact or any other unwanted attention from a male co-worker. She's been adding entries since 2012 and has since added hundreds of articles on feminine scientists from all backgrounds. While it would be nice if Ms. Temple-Wood went through her career without sexist comments, at least something great is coming from it.
No matter how you personally feel about fast food restaurants, there's no denying they are some of the most popular restaurants in all of America. Some might even argue you can tell a lot about someone based on their favorite fast food restaurant. If that's true, then you can certainly make some interesting conclusions about the mentalities and values of different states with this cool map illustrating the fastest-growing chain in each state.
Before you get ready to argue about their results, keep in mind they set up these rules before choosing the winner for each state:
Each must have at least 40 locations nationwide
Each must have at least 10 locations statewide
Increase of at least five stores (except in cases of super-small states)
That being said, I can't attest to the popularity of any restaurants in other states, but the California one seems pretty dead on. I never even heard of Pieology until a few years ago and now it seems they're opening up everywhere.
You can read more about the results over at Thrillist.
Sure, "We are Groot," but it takes a special person to actually become Groot -especially in a full-sized costume. On Instructables, you can learn how to become just such a special person by making your own cosplay. Note that when I say "life-sized," I mean life-sized based on the film, not human-sized -meaning 7'7".
Of course, the project won't be easy, but you might be surprised at how cheap something this incredible can be. And, the end result is certainly well worth the effort.
Many of us remember reading about Clifford the Big Red Dog when we were kids and longing for a monstrously huge dog friend of our own. But the problem with Clifford was that he was quite possibly too big -he couldn't even fit in your house.
But Juji, on the other hand, is just the right size. He's big enough to ride on -like a horse, but still small enough to fit on a couch (though just barely).
Juji was adopted by Christopher Cline and his girlfriend when Chris was going through a hard time. The pup brightened his spirits and soon enough, he started Photoshoping his regular-sized goldendoodle as a jumbo-sized pooch and the results are pretty much amazing.
You can keep up with Christopher and Juji's pictures over on Chris' Instagram.
