The season is upon us, so it's time to watch the greatest of all Christmas movies: Die Hard. Redditor lammage01 is helping to spread that special Christmas cheer with this Advent calendar inspired by the classic Bruce Willis film. He used artwork borrowed from A Die Hard Christmas: The Illustrated Holiday Classic, a storybook that retells the classic tale.
Each day of this time of expectation and preparation, pull a tab out. Terrorist leader Hans Gruber will fall just a little bit more to the bottom of Nakatomi Tower.
The artist known as My Dog Sighs is fascinated by faces, especially eyes. Some of his eyes are enormous, all-consuming images. Others are smaller, but equally vivid. I especially enjoy his cans, which he paints to add faces to pre-existing bodies.
That's not a sculpture of a banana. Artist Maurizio Cattelan had considered making one out of resin. But, instead, he simply stuck a real banana to a wall with a strip of duct tape. It sold at auction at the Art Basel event in Miami Beach.
Although the art news website Artsy does not say precisely what the price was, it does mentioned that the sculpture had been priced at $120,000.
It's called Comedian. Cattelan intends it as a joke. I suspect that his audience, especially the person in it who purchased the banana, may be the butt of the joke.
Cartoon Network and its plethora of characters will get a themed-hotel in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Although it isn't an amusement park, there's one right next to it called Dutch Wonderland.
There are rooms for fans of particular shows, including Adventure Time, The Powerpuff Girls, Steven Universe, and Ben 10. The company hopes to offer outdoor screenings at a custom theater and swimming opportunities at a pool with splash pad. You can read more about the hotel at Penn Live.
What creatures live in the depths of the sea? Manatees go about 6 meters into the depths of the water. Polar bears will dive down as far as 24 meters. A thick-billed murre, which is a bird, will search for food as deep as 210 meters.
Toni Patanen--"Pupsi"--of Finland is a professional ocarina maker. His works are usually ceramic, but what's wrong with taking the back streets? He gets the same effect with melons which he has carved into practical instruments.
The first part of the video consists of the instrument construction. At 1:45, he begins playing. He plays so well that he can ignore that shape of an L on your forehead.
The public health agency of Ottawa, Canada would like to remind you to get your monthly flu shot. I'm sure that the social media manager could find an appropriate photo in any stock photo collection. But when the agency lost access to its account, it had to improvise.
The result is amateurish, but effective. The artist might even have a second career open.
I discovered Centered Riding by Sally Swift through Twitter user Alexandria Nenakis. This 1985 equestrian guide uses bizarre illustrations to convey metaphors for the physical activities involved in riding a horse successfully.
Swift had a way with words and her illustrator, Jean MacFarland, could convey those unusual metaphors with an imaginative spirit.
Scientists tracked the movement of this adolescent tiger through two states in India as he hunted for food and, the scientists assume, a mate. This is the longest-ever recorded journey of a tiger. BBC News describes the journey of the male known as C1:
The tiger hid during the day and travelled in the night time, killing wild pigs and cattle for food.
Dr Habib confirmed the one accidental injury to a man who entered the thicket where the tiger was resting, but said there had been no serious conflict with humans.
"People don't even know that this tiger is travelling in the backyard," he said.
With some difficulty, the tiger was able to find food. Tigers need to live in a area with at least 500 prey animals to have a sufficient food bank. But it is unknown whether C1 was successful in his quest.
-via Dave Barry | Photo: Tippeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
Coming soon to a classical orchestra near you is the XPLC Theremin Baby Head. Wave your hand near the appropriately arranged proximity sensors and you'll produce the right sounds to, presumably, calm small children. Bright red LED eyes add a warm, comforting look to the experience. It's the zenith of tasteful decorating for every abode.
Godzilla wishes not only the people of Tokyo, but you and your family, a merry Christmas. You can welcome him into your home with this custom 6-foot tall Christmas tree, complete with legs, claws, and a fog machine. It's currently up for auction at TradeMe until he is purchased or escapes from owner and builder Steven Newland of New Zealand.
Presumably, you'll need to put someone inside to move it around.
Because we live in a fallen and sinful world, totally depraved people insist on using the apostrophe incorrectly, usually to form a plural. Sometimes, this evil gets even worse. For example, I recently saw a truck with a rear window vinyl sign that included the gibberish "ALWAY'S".
I considered ramming it.
In 2001, superhero John Richards formed the Apostrophe Protection Society to resist the degradation of the English language with misused apostrophes. But now, at the age of 96, he is hanging up his cape and giving up the fight. BBC News reports:
The 96-year-old said: "We have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won."
His website contains a list of rules on where to place apostrophes, as well as a photo gallery detailing dozens of examples of misuse.
The former newspaper reporter and sub editor from Boston, Lincolnshire, said although he was closing it down, it would remain open for a limited time for "reference and interest".
"When I first set it up I would get about 40 emails or letters a week from people all over the world. Many were saying how it was about time that we had something like this," he said.
"But then two years ago it started to tail off and nowadays I hardly get anything."
"It seems that fewer organisations and individuals care about the correct use," he added.
The website of the Apostrophe Protection Society, however, provides conflicting information on its status. I can only hope that it will hold the line so that we can all remember how to correctly use apostrophe's.
Honey, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of honey in the morning.
We all do, once we begin our final journey up the river. Here is a remastered version of Apocalypse Pooh, a treasure of a film mashup published in 1987, long before the World Wide Web made viral media possible.
In it, our favorite stuffed bear searches for his Christopher Robin at the center of the 1979 film Apocalypse Now.
You are serving guests at your black tie-only cocktail party Pop-Tarts, of course, because you are cultured and refined. But which liquors should you offer? That's a complex question, as it is best for you to serve particular liquors with particular Pop-Tart flavors. You can't just mix them up, you philistine. I mean, what would people say about you if you drank Lagavulin with a box of Jolly Rancher Green Cherry Pop-Parts?
Imgur member acetech09 has you covered with his pairing guide. For example, you need a gentle brandy that goes well with the lively chocolate chip Pop-Tart:
The chocolate chip pop tart is unique, it's not overwhelmingly sweet or bursting with artificial flavor. It's toasty, bready, with a background of chocolate and caramel. It won't mask the flavor of a delicate spirit. St George apple brandy is smooth and light, and the light floral apple and cinnamon notes pair well with the chocolate and caramel of the pastry.
