Every parent wants to capture every moment with their baby, but your baby's pictures probably aren't all that fascinating to everyone else you know no matter how many likes you get on Facebook. On the other hand, Lilly and Leon — of Cardboard Box Office figured out a clever way to make their baby's pictures entertaining to just about everyone.
That's because they recreate famous movie scenes with their baby and household objects and the resulting images are both adorable and hilarious. Seeing little Orson take on the role of Tom Hanks in Castaway, Mark Hamill in Star Wars and Bruce Willis in Die Hard is simply fantastic and a lot more entertaining than all the baby photos you are probably used to seeing.
Artificial tree or real, every year, cats everywhere think Christmas trees are great new cat condos their loving owners bought them to play with. Unfortunately, Christmas trees just aren't made with that kind of weight in mind and most ornaments aren't made to survive a crash to the ground.
Fortunately for little Sesshomaru here, this tree doesn't have any ornaments on it yet, so he gets to learn his lesson about Christmas trees without suffering any serious injuries or crashing loud noises.
For some people, Christmas is a time for a quiet, solemn reflection on the deeper meaning of the holiday, but for others, it’s just another excuse to get silly with their families. Here are a few of our favorite funny family Christmas photos.
All is Calm
Plenty of parents dream of a silent night while their little angels are up in bed dreaming of sugar plums, but it rarely happens, especially when the kiddos are all ramped up on Christmas sugar cookies and the prospect of seeing Santa in the flesh. Michelle Jones thought up one way to guarantee she has at least one silent night this year –a little duct tape.
Ahhhh…Heavenly Peace
Here’s another take on the duct tape Christmas photo, this one complete with children tied in Christmas lights. Huffington Post reader adrianalizd claims this was the only way she could get the kids still and quiet enough to take a family photo.
Comfort and Joy
Don’t believe me that Christmas is never quiet with kids around? Just look at this joyous bunch photographed by Jamilia Jean.
Peace on Earth
Well, at least between humans. As Doctor Peter Venkman would point out though, when dogs and cats live together in harmony, it’s actually a sign of the apocalypse. So this card by Redditor Balls in A Blender’s cousin’s friend really just says everything is right with the world.
On the Naughty List
Of course, just because two animals are the same species doesn’t mean they’ll get along any better during the Christmas photo as Redditor ktgrl264’s picture proves.
McDonald's France just launched a new line of "American-themed" burgers that are supposedly served on Americanized breads. Granted, bagels are at least a little American -though we don't usually eat cheeseburgers on them, but I wasn't aware that shiny buns, like those in the Double Shiny Bacon are an American thing. Another weird one is the Double Cornbread BBQ, which isn't just served on cornbread, but also topped with corn chips.
While these might not actually be real classic sandwiches, the cornbread one does sound pretty tasty actually. Still, I'm a little confused about the Double Shiny Bacon.
If you couldn't already tell, we at Neatorama are pretty excited about the new Anchorman movie. We already covered fan art based on the film and 20 things you might not know about the movie, and now it's time for a memetastic look at the masterpiece. That's right, it's time to see Ron Burgundy and the rest of the gang as played by cats thanks to The Pet Collective.
It's the same format as the cats who did The Hunger Games, only this time it involves staying classy in San Diego. Of course, we could watch cats take on pretty much every movie and stay entertained.
Christmas is a great time to spend time with your family -especially your kids. If you're looking for some classy decor that you can actually make with your children, you won't want to miss our newest Homes and Hues article.
Aside from some great decorations to class up your home, there are also a few cool ways to teach your kids about science. For example, these fire and ice lanterns by Mad in Crafts can teach your youngster about science and how water will freeze from the outside in.
If you're having people over for the holidays, don't miss our post on 10 Easy Last-Minute Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas. While they're pretty focused on Fall, you could easily switch out the leaves and squashes for candy canes, pine branches and holly.
A guy walks into a liquor store with an alligator and... no wait, that's not how this story goes, but it still sounds like a joke.
A man in Florida (where else) walked into a convenience store Monday night and offered to trade the gator for a six pack of beer. He apparently found it at a nearby park and trapped it, thinking somehow it was the equivalent of a few cans of beer.
Don't worry though, the gator was no worse for the wear after his little adventure, but the man will be facing charges for illegally catching it.
It might not actually be able to travel through time and spave, but to have a TARDIS that can at least take off into the air on its own is still one step closer to having our favorite blue spaceship become a reality.
Of course, the next step is to develop one that's not made from styrofoam and that can actually land without crashing so we can actually ride it in while it's flying. While we'd all like to get to fly through new galaxies and forward and backwards into time, we have to go one step at a time and getting to fly across London in a TARDIS is certainly a step toward the future.
If a tree branch falls in your living room, can it light up the room? It can if it's designer Floris Wubben's Striped light. This stunning piece of furniture is made from one single tree branch that has been carefully modified as little as possible to create a lovely lamp that really brings you back to nature. The shade is made from the bark of the tree and masterly reshaped into a spiral that shades the light bulb and the base of the lamp is nothing more than the branch split into three pieces and spaced apart to provide stability.
Check out more gorgeous pictures of Striped over at Homes and Hues. And if you like home furnishings, don't miss these other cool articles on the site:
I don't know about the rest of you Neatoramanauts, but I simply can't get enough Christmas flavors during the holiday season -especially eggnog. That's why I'm always looking for recipes that allow me to enjoy these special flavors in as many forms as possible -like my eggnog pancakes.
If you're tired of sitting back and sipping on eggnog and can't stand munching on dried out gingerbread houses, then you won't want to miss out on these beauties -mini eggnog cheesecakes with gingerbread cookie crusts. It's like all the best fatty foods of the holidays all rolled into one rich, heavenly cheesecake.
Best of all, I Wash You Dry's recipe is so simple and easy that these little treats only take about 20 minutes so you can be enjoying your delicious desserts in no time.
We recently showed you what happens when a few adorable pug puppies take on the starring roles in Home Alone, but for all the youngsters out there (and Macaulay Culkin haters), this movie parody is a lot more relatable.
Plus, in this pug-filled take on Elf, we get to see the baby pug playing the adopted father of Buddy the elf, which is pretty much the cutest thing in the whole world -even if that scene is actually relatively short. And, Zooey Deschanel haters will be relieved to see her replacement is far, far cuter -and I'm sure even many of her fans will agree.
Whatever your alignment in the political spectrum, it's important to understand satire and to properly identify where you get your information and propaganda from. After all, you don't want to be one of those people ranting and raving about something you read in The Onion.
You also don't want to be the conservative National Liberty Foundation who found this image from Bioshock Infinite and decided to put it on their Facebook as though it was backing up their viewpoint. Unsurprisingly, when fans of the game got wind of this, they quickly started flocking to the group's Facebook page to start putting up sarcastic mocking comments pointing out how satirical and obviously racist the picture was intended to be (the entire goal of this artwork is to make you hate the villains in the game).
Since then, the group took down the post and has claimed they put it up on purpose as a promotion to inflame trolls to start advertising their group for them. While I doubt that was the original point, either way, it is true. Nothing gets you noticed more on the internet than a stupid political faux pas -especially when it includes a geeky pop culture reference.
Ever wish you could take a step into an M.C. Escher drawing? Well this house in Frohnleiten, Austria might just be the closest you could ever get. The artificial turf laid on the exterior makes it match the grassy landscape where it sits. There are staircases all over the building, some sideways, some backwards and practically all of them going nowhere. And the windows all feature a second window laid on its side that hangs off the side of the building.
Read more about the fantastic and chaotic building over at Homes and Hues.
Love dream homes? Then you'll love these other great houses we've covered as well:
Homemade baked macaroni and cheese is pretty much the most amazing thing in the world -especially with a lot of good cheeses and some good pork products (ham, sausage or bacon) mixed in. If you really want to up the ante though, try ditching the glass pan and use a pumpkin instead. The sweet flavor of the pumpkin is particularly suited to salty, smoky pork meats and the rich, creamy flavor of the cheese. You can find a recipe over at Serious Eats, but don't feel obligated to stick with their choice of cheeses and meats.
I've found tht the more cheeses you work into a mac and cheese, the better it tastes -try to get at least five in there if you can.
Sisters Annette and Sue Amendola have been putting up a manger outside their home in Brooklyn for the past ten years or so, but over the last few years, the manger has become quite a neighborhood attraction and not because it's so accurate. Instead, people come to see the neighborhood stray cats that have taken over the scene and claimed it as their own -and do so every year.
The cats don't put up with the baby Jesus stealing their limelight either -when he's in the hay, they simply knock him out of the way and take over the most comfortable seat in the scene.
If you happen to live in New York, you can check it out for yourself. The great scene can be found at 344 Van Brunt Street.
