I'm a father of two Frozen-age little girls. They loooooove Frozen. They sing the songs and play imaginative games that they invent about the characters. It can be amusing at times. My girls have become quite proficient in singing "Let it Go" and "Do You Want to Build a Snowman." That's because they practice all of the time. All. Of. The. Time.
At first, dads can really get into the Frozen phase. But it can become tiring. My suggestion: actually watch the full movie. That's what I did about two weeks ago. It's pretty good.
In this beautifully written and performed song, Ryan O'Quinn and Todd Wilkerson adapt to the Frozen lifestyle. The video starts out slow, but it picks up into a grand musical display.
Here's a clever piece by makeup artist Crystal Effin. When she opens her lips, Wicket's mouth expands to terrifying proportions, ready to devour Luke, Han, Leia, and any stormtroopers who survived the destruction of the second Death Star.
Pro tip: do not read an Ewokese cookbook. There's nothing inside that you want to know about.
Nash Ruin, the internet's Vulgar Chef, knows how to make a robust sandwich. This hamburger (NSFW language) is composed of all good things present in a manly kitchen. And it looks like he used pre-made Rice Krispie treats, thus reducing the prep time. Excellent!
Why don't fast food chains sell burgers like this?
In his later years, Hannibal Lecter was a bit pudgy. Was it because of his diet? Possibly. Daniel Engber of Popular Science approached Dr. James Cole, a scholar on human origins at the University of Brighton. He asked Cole how nutritious it would be to eat an entire human body--minus the skeleton, of course.
Cole determined that a human arm would supply about 1,800 calories, for example, while each leg would yield 7,150 calories. The lungs, liver, and alimentary canal each provide roughly 1,500 calories, while the brain, spinal cord, and nerve trunks together account for 2,700. And what lurks in the hearts of men? Seven hundred twenty-two calories, Cole says.
There's a lot of fat the human body, so you'll want to shop for dinner carefully. It will also be important to control portions--just like any other diet.
If you want the best in sports concession food, head to Wisconsin. Those people know how to eat well! This is a bratwurst lollipop, a snack on sale at a recent Madison Mallards baseball game. It's a bratwurst patty deep fried in funnel cake batter and maple syrup. Yummy!
Nerea Palacios is a fashion designer in Barcelona. She altered Nike-brand soccer uniforms for the great houses and institutions of the Game of Thrones universe.
The World Cup has just gotten even more dangerous. Yes, there will be biting. But now, if you play the game of soccer and lose, you die.
There are several rivers in England named Avon. There's one in Bristol in southern England. Much of it flows through pretty countryside and is a favored spot for hikers and boaters. But you may want to stay out of the water for a little while. Several people claim to have seen a crocodile swimming in the river. There is even a photograph of what appears to be the head of an crocodile in the water.
It was first spotted in February. Police conducted a search, but found nothing. There were further sightings as the months passed. Tom Aditya was among the witnesses. He shot this video of what he claimed was the crocodile. He said that birds in the water fled in fright as the object approached them.
Could a crocodile survive in England? Herpetologists say yes:
Dr Ian Stephen, a reptile and amphibian expert, said crocodiles and alligators could survive in British waters, pointing out that alligators can live through cold US winters.
If real, he added, a crocodile would likely have been released recently to have survived.
Benjamin Tapley, team leader of herpetology at ZSL London Zoo, said alligators were more likely to survive British waters than crocodiles.
Mr Tapley said that although the crocodiles could survive, “they can’t flourish” in the cold waters of the UK.
In the meantime, local residents are taking any chances. They've put up warning signs along the river to let people know about the menace in the water.
Tommy Perez is an artist and designer. His young daughter, Zoë, is learning how to read. She's just getting started with the alphabet and Perez wants to help her. So he's creating letters using some of her favorite foods. He calls the project "AtoZoë." It began with applesauce, one of her favorite foods, and is proceeding through the alphabet. You can view more images in the series at his Instagram account.
On the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants, the titular character works as a fry cook at a restaurant called The Krusty Krab. Early news reports are uncertain, but it appears that a real version of this restaurant is under construction in Ramallah, Palestine.
An Arabic-language Facebook page purports to be the official site for this business. It shows many photos of the construction of the building.
One of those photos shows Mr. Krabs himself overseeing the construction. Good for him! That's the only way that he can be sure that the builders don't waste a single penny of his money.
There are no photos of Plankton sneaking around the place. But you can be sure that he's there, somewhere.
Parenting is a long period of anxiety punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Parenting a baby is a particularly stressful time because a child is at a very physically vulnerable point and the parent may be inexperienced in caring for children.
Parents strap their babies and toddlers into car seats and drive. On rare occasions, a parent may forget that a young child is in the back and accidentally leave him/her in the car alone.
In hot summer weather, this can kill a child.
It's every parent's worse nightmare. When my children were younger, it was a constant source of anxiety for me. Although I never left my kids in the car, I was afraid that I would. Even when I knew that I was driving alone, I would check the car seats.
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Though he is only 11 years old, Andrew Pelham of Nashville, Tennessee understands this worry. That's why he invented the EZ Baby Saver. It's a simple device designed to remind parents that there's a kid in the backseat.
It's made of duct tape and rubber bands. The driver attaches it to the car door inside handle and the back of the seat. It forms an obstruction which prevents the driver from exiting the vehicle. This, Andrew hopes, will remind the driver to check the backseat.
For a lot of things in life, you never will be ready. The conditions will never be perfect. Other people may have already started. You may be comfortable where you are, but there may be something better elsewhere. So jump!
Liv is a tammar wallaby--a marsupial species found in Australia and New Zealand. One day, she fell out of her mama’s pouch. Zookeepers at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Lincoln, Nebraska rescued her. Now they’re raising her themselves, feeding her 8 times a day and moving her from a liquid diet to solids.
Most humans don’t have marsupial pouches (sorry, Chris Hallbeck), but the zookeepers have found an acceptable substitute.
Liv is one of six wallabies at this zoo. Four of them are tamar wallabies and two are bennet wallabies. She hasn’t joined them yet, but zookeepers hope that she’ll be ready to meet them and human visitors by July.
Franz Müllner calls himself the “Austrian Rock.” He’s a mountain of muscle that can pull and lift incredible weights. In his latest stunt, Müllner went to the Vienna-Schwechat airport and tied himself to a 142-ton Boeing 777 owned by Austrian Airlines. Then he pulled it 47.5 feet, which is a considerably longer distance than that between you and the TV remote control.
Jalopnik’s Andrew P. Collins speculates that some owner finally got sick of trying to keep the rust off this old XJ and decided that cutting a third of it off would solve the problem. Now put a ramp up to the tailgate, and you’d also have a great way to transport a restored classic British bike.
There’s little information available about this British El Camino, but there’s a sign behind it that says “Galleria Esplanad.” That’s a shopping mall in Helsinki.
Bearbrick is a toy line by the Japanese company MediCom. The toys in it take the form of anthropomorphic bears decorated to look like popular characters, such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Captain Kirk. Artists have found them to be a great creative outlet.
MediCom has released a new line of Bearbricks that not only look like classic Transformers, but actually transform. They’d be perfect for the next Transformers movie!
