Colin Bleasdale, an ice cream maker in Lancashire, UK, hopes to be entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for an ice cream concoction that he is making for the upcoming British royal wedding:

Mr Bleasdale, who teaches art at Larches House in Preston, said: “The ice cream will resemble a wedding posy that will be covered in fake jewels made from jelly or melted toffee.

“Fifteen cones will be used to create the bouquet and each one will be covered with real gold leaves. I may also include a champagne sorbet and black truffles.”

Mr. Bleasdale hopes to top his creation with a large sapphire. Question: if one wanted to make the world's most expensive ice cream, couldn't one just get a generic brand then charge a really high price for it? Anyway, I post this story with some hesitation, keeping in mind Tamara Keel's admonition about Americans and royalty:

If George Washington knew you were Tweeting about the British royal wedding, he'd snatch the iPhone from your hand and kick your ass.

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A few months ago, Volkswagen released a simply adorable commercial featuring a young, would-be Darth Vader. Marvel has released a parody of it, almost shot for shot, to promote the upcoming Thor movie. Be sure to watch until the end.

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In retrospect, it may have been a bad idea for Anthony Garcia to commemorate his first killing by having it inscribed on his chest. When a LA County homicide investigator was later looking through pictures of gang members, he noticed something important:

Each key detail was right there: the Christmas lights that lined the roof of the liquor store where 23-year-old John Juarez was gunned down, the direction his body fell, the bowed street lamp across the way and the street sign — all under the chilling banner of RIVERA KILLS, a reference to the gang Rivera-13.

As if to seal the deal, below the collarbone of the gang member known by the alias "Chopper" was a miniature helicopter raining down bullets on the scene.

Lloyd's discovery of the tattoo in 2008 launched a bizarre investigation that soon led to Anthony Garcia's arrest for the shooting. Then sheriff's detectives, posing as gang members, began talking to Garcia, 25, in his holding cell. They got a confession that this week led to a first-degree murder conviction in a killing investigators had once all but given up hope of solving.

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As a promotion for Audi, artist Taras Lesko made a scale model of an Audi A7 out of paper. It's amazing what he was able to do with only 750 pieces. I chose the above screenshot from the video about the project because it shows how much attention Lesko put into depicting even the interior of the model as accurately as possible.

Article Link and Video Link via Geekosystem | Lesko's Website

Toy modder Jonathan Kuriscak made an intricately detailed steampunk Iron Man figure, along with Tony Stark. You can view several more pictures at the link.

Really, giving Stark a big handlebar mustache was a great decision and should probably be used in the next Iron Man movie, regardless of time period.

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Previously by Jonathan Kuriscak: Star Wars Bounty Hunters from World War II

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The unicorn that Freddie Wong won on the Internet is pretty cool. But there is a downside....

Still, I want one.

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Livejournal user kproche built a tiki-themed Dalek. It won Best in Show at the recent Gallifrey One Masquerade ball. The link goes to a reverse-chronological order presentation of kproche's posts about building and displaying the Dalek.

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Crystal Gregory calls her project "Invasive Crochet" -- the imposition of dainty doilies into harsh places. She writes that it:

[...] challenges gender roles by placing handwork on hardened city surfaces around New York. Crocheting lace doilies onto the razor wire of an abandoned lot for the 14th Street public art show Art in Odd Places, smothering the urban landscape in a soft, decorative, and familiar juxtaposition.

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I grew up with Sesame Street, but I never envisioned Bert as a terrifying character. This silicone bust by The FX Lab forum user Nacho is a bit more unpleasant to the eye than the Muppet. More pictures at the link.

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The hoomin has a treadmill. What's it for? Pepper and Snowball investigate.

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Instructables user bbstudio doesn't reveal how he does it, but the results of his egg carving are amazing! He's participating in a competition using the Egg-bot, so presumably that factors into the process.

Link via Make | Previously: Nutritional Labels for Eggs

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High school baseball player Caleb Walker of Tupelo, Mississippi, really didn't have a chance of making it to home. But as you can see, he outwitted the catcher in a very clever move.

http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/Amazing-play-changes-momentum-of-baseball-game/8OcFHsFhn0eqAbWRE16LYQ.cspx via Deadspin

This darkened photo doesn't really do the project justice -- it just shows the neat lighting that illustrates why the class of this transport vessel was called Firefly. That was an important detail that Doyle didn't want to leave out. There's a complete minifig crew appropriately modified to look like the characters from Firefly, as well as articulated ship parts and a detachable shuttlecraft. Click on the link to see more photos.

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Previously: Chris Doyle's Flying Spaghetti Monster LEGO Church

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The comedy troupe Half Day Today, which made the very funny trailer for an Oregon Trail movie, now envisions the board game Monopoly as a fast-paced thriller similar to The Devil's Advocate. It just might work as a real movie.

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The steam engine, lightbulb, the polio vaccine -- and now this modern marvel. Since the beginning of time, humanity has been unable to drink two different slurpee flavors from the same cup, let alone alternate between them. Now crack researchers at the convenience store chain 7-11 have solved the problem and bestowed upon the world their solution:

In June, 7-Eleven will be slapping Slurpees into cups with dual chambers, a special valve and two straws that let folks drink one or two Slurpee flavors at a time. One in three customers at 7-Eleven buys a drink, says Jesus Delgado-Jenkins, SVP of marketing.

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