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Chocolate and Cinnamon Conchiglioni

Have you ever had pasta for breakfast? Well, if you're as lazy in the kitchen as I am, then of course you have. But leftover macaroni and cheese doesn't really count.

This is more of a sophisticated pasta breakfast. Claudia of the food blog Breakfast Drama Queen specializes in scrumptious breakfasts. She calls this dish chocolate and cinnamon conchiglioni. These large pasta shells (conchiglioni) may be most often cooked with meat and cheese. But Claudia filled hers with a mixture of Nutella, cinnamon, yoghurt, ricotta cheese and a few other incredients. She then sprinkled jimmies, nuts and chocolate chips on the top.

-via Tasteologie


Good News! Men Can Now Wear Jeggings

(Photo: Meggings)

Jeggings are skin-tight leggings made to resemble jeans, hence the 'j' in the name. But the design concept has generally moved beyond the appearance of denim. Women often wear jeggings that resemble many different fabrics.

And now men can, too! Guys, have you been waiting to squeeze into a pair of jeggings? Have people in your life encouraged you to try some on? Now you'll get a chance. Adam Freck and Andrew Volk, fashion designers in Chicago, have unveiled "meggings"--jeggings for men.

They come in a variety of colors and fabrics, such as the subdued and classy metallic gold meggings pictured above. How many pairs can I sign you up for?

-via Dave Barry


The Age of Star Trek Cast Members

Redditor EmpressK researched the ages of the cast members of every Star Trek series at the time that they were launched. You can view them all here. Redditor gildedheart did some number crunching to come up with the average age of members on each of the different shows:

The original series - 36
The Next Generation - 33
Deep Space Nine - 36
Voyager - 35
Enterprise - 34
The 2009 reboot - 32

EmpressK did make one mistake: she identifies Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) as 18 when he was actually 14 when the series Deep Space Nine premiered. He was the youngest cast member of any series. The oldest was René Auberjonois, who played Odo on Deep Space Nine.

-via Geek X Girls


Stitched Map of Westeros from Game of Thrones

The mother of redditor lkd10019312 made this fantastic stitchwork map of the continent of Westeros from Game of Thrones. It's very detailed and makes good use of buttons to imitate the animated map sequence in the introduction. It took her five months of work.

Those five months were well spent. You can see more close-up photos here.


This Is a Grave Defroster

(Photo: Amy Buster/Dakota County Star)

How do you dig a 6-foot deep grave when the ground is frozen? You use this device: a grave defroster.

Dakota City, Nebraska recently purchased the one you see pictured above. Kurt Peterson, the Maintenance Manager for the city, is squatting next to it. He explained to the Dakota County Star that before he had this device, exhuming graves during the winter required the use of a backhoe and a jackhammer as well as 4-5 hours of labor.

Now digging up a grave is a simpler process. The grave defroster is a double-walled steel chamber. Fill it with charcoal and burn it for a full day. The ground will then be thawed enough for digging.

If you want one for your own personal use, it will cost about $1100-1200. So start saving your pennies.

-via Weird Universe


Exceptionally Cute Cat Shoes

VA Viper calls these shoes "crazy cat lady high heels." You wouldn't have to be crazy to find these shoes appealing. These are the Miao shoes by Kobi Levi, an Israeli fashion designer. They look like stretching cats. The bells and collars are nice accents.

We've previously featured other works by Levi, including his shoe line inspired by Disney villains, his slide shoes and his bubblegum shoes.


"Every Man Has His Price."

(Bizarro Comics/Dan Piraro)

That's the Ninety-Eighth Rule of Acquisition. The Two Hundred Sixty-Third is also relevant to this scene. It says, "Never allow doubt to tarnish your lust for latinum." The enterprising business owner in this cartoon may have harbored doubts about the location of her retail outlet. But her hunger for wealth pushed her forward. Excellent choice!


The Tessellated Pavement of Tasmania

(Photo: Shantavira)

This isn’t a road or a sculpture, but a naturally occurring rock formation on the Australian island of Tasmania. It’s called the Tessellated Pavement of Eaglehawk Neck. It consists of slabs of siltstone that began eroding at the edges between 60 and 160 million years ago.

(Photo: Prince Roy)

(Photo: Rusaila Bazlamit)


In the Chinese Zodiac, It Will Soon Be the Year of the Pony

And as a brony, I enthusiastically approve. 

The Chinese zodiac moves in a 12-year cycle. Each year is represented by a different animal. On January 31, it will be the Year of the Horse.

Some artists are interpreting "horse" a bit loosely to include the Earth ponies, pegasi, unicorns and alicorns of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. That's why our pony friends are appearing in displays at Chinese shopping malls.

There's no sign of the Hasbro logo, so it's entirely possible that these are unlicensed uses of the characters.


What Are You Doing This Weekend?

(Maximumble/Chris Hallbeck)

Imaginary Me has the most awesome adventures ever. He's always on the go, from one new experience to the next.

Real Me is a slob who stays in bed too much and never socializes unless he has to.

But don't worry. When a friend asks us next week what we did over the weekend, only Imaginary Me will speak up, thus maintaining the illusion.


Grumpy Cat and the Tramp

Artist Eric Proctor has been gradually working the internet's famous Grumpy Cat into Disney's animated movies. We've previously featured several of works showing Tard as Disney princesses. Recently, Proctor placed Tard in other roles, including the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio and Lilo in Lilo and Stitch.

Here's Tard as Lady in the iconic spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp.


(Video Link)

Sorry, Tramp. Sharing is for suckers.


A Classy Mid-Century Star Trek Pet Bed

It's not just the fabric inspired by the original Star Trek that makes this pet bed perfect. The mid-century modern furniture design makes this bed look like it was just taken out of prop storage from the 1960s. It's ideal for the space dog from the episode "The Enemy Within."

It's not a restoration of a vintage pet bed. Kat and Cam of Our Nerd Home made this bedframe from scratch. The fabric comes from Spoonflower.

Kat and Cam do a lot of craft work like this. You may remember their geeky Christmas wreath and graham cracker dice.


An Interactive Map of the Most Photographed Places on Earth

This is a screenshot from Sightsmap, a new heat map made by Google. It merges Google Maps with Panoramio, Google's photo hosting site with geographic markers. The map ranks the 15,000 most photographed locations on earth. The brighter the color, the more photographed it is.

You can find it here. As you click on locations, you'll see Panoramio and Street View photos from that area as well as links to information.

-via Swiss Miss


An Articulated Bandsaw

I'm currently building a wooden cabinet that looks like Pinkie Pie. It has a lot of curves and tight angles, so I looked at bandsaws a few months ago. They were all too expensive. I've made do with a jigsaw instead.

But none of the bandsaws at the hardware store looked like anything like this! Core77 has the rundown on this amazing power tool from MD Dario, an Italian company that specializes in bandsaws for wood and marble.


(Video Link)

It can cut through large blocks of wood and/or fingers from just about any angle you want. So it overcomes all of the space limitations of table-mounted bandsaws. It also has a template function so that you can trace the blade movement along a pre-existing model.


Leonard Nimoy Is Offering to Be Everyone's Grandfather

Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock on Star Trek, mentioned his granddaughter on Twitter. Then he offered to adopt as his honorary grandchild anyone who is interested. The responses flooded in.

If you've claimed Mr. Nimoy as your grandfather, you've made a highly logical choice.

LLAP, by the way, stands for "Live long and prosper." Mr. Nimoy always closes his tweets with that salute.


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