You can almost feel the testosterone flowing through this video. Loggers have the highest rate of fatal work injuries and this video is a taste of why. These people use dangerously sharp machines to cut through wood as quickly and precisely as possible without losing any limbs.

Every year, the Stihl brand of power tools sponsors a world championship of essential logging skills. It's a tradition that stretches back to at least 1870, when the first logging competition took place in Tasmania. Now some of the tools are powered instead of manual, but enormous strength, stamina, and raw courage are still essential.

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The Weinermobile is an iconic lord of the American road--an iron steed craved by drivers for generations. Now you can drive it. MSN reports that Oscar Meyer is hiring drivers.

The salary is underwhelming at a mere $35,000 per year. But it comes with benefits and a travel allowance. And there is a lot of traveling involved; the driver is expected to bring the hot dog-shaped vehicle to over 200 promotional events around the United States.

The requirements are surprisingly demanding. Applicants should have a bachelor's degree, preferably in something like marketing and public relations. That's because this is an advertising position, so it's no place for an introvert. You've got to sell those hot dogs!

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Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting composed sometime during 1495 through 1498 is one of the most seminal works of Western art. It is memetic and has inspired many other pieces of art, both reverent and humorous. Eric Braverman of Douglas, Arizona has collected pieces inspired by The Last Supper since the age of 12. AZ Central reports that, in 2021, he opened a private museum showcasing some of the 2,500 works in his collection.

It's called Last Supper Museum. The facility is open to the public Tuesdays through Sundays.

Dane Kouttron (previously on Neatorama) notes that the deceptively-named gyro sandwich cooks food on only a single axis. A thorough chef cooks meat from every angle evenly. Automated cooking spits developed by Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, and other previous inventors rotated meat from only one direction.

Kouttron rejects these limits. He designed, machined, and welded a gyroscope that cooks meat from all directions over a single open flame. A 40 RPM 12 volt electric motor provides power to keep even movement for the most precise roasting needs. You can view his complete plans, parts list, and action video here.

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Bernard Littman is 100 years old. His blushing bride, Marjorie Fiterman, is 102. Guinness World Records has awarded them the record for the world's oldest newlywed couple having a combined age of 202 years and 271 days.

The Guardian reports that this is a second marriage for both of them. Both were married to other people for more than 60 years before being widowed. The groom attributes his long life to reading and the bride to buttermilk. They passed the century mark after they met in their residential facility in Philadelphia.

Littman and Fiterman fell in love and decided to marry. The presiding rabbi sensibly chose to forego giving marital advice to seniors, saying that they knew what to expect in a marriage.

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YouTuber Miss Mello is a self-taught animator with a flair for creative juxtopositions. We've seen the 1973-1974 Animated Series. This variant sends the animation to Japan a decade later. The audio and scenes are from "The Trouble with Tribbles" -- the most overrated episode in the franchise.

There's a rumor that Miles O'Brien and Benjamin Sisko, who made an appearance in this story in the Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations," appear in this video, but I haven't been able to spot them yet.

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The City of Bend, Oregon, which is in roughly the geographic center of the state, appreciates the creativity of its local artists. It even promotes resident artists directly, showcasing their works. But it would prefer to have some oversight of what, where, and how art is displayed.

In an Instagram post, the city government requests that street artists refrain from attaching huge googly eyes to public statues. This is evidently a popular trend locally. The city does not object to the style, but asserts that the use of adhesives damages the statues and the repairs cost too much money.

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Celine Rousseau traveled the world experiencing its many culinary wonders in the finest restaurants. Now, from her home in Geneva, Switzerland, she creates foods that delight all of the senses. Her website named La Table showcases her creations for smaller clienteles: her family.

Christmas approaches and Rousseau is in an appropriately festive mood. Her take on burrata pizza featurs the soft cheese in the center of the pie shaped and decorated to resemble a snowman who is having a hard time with the heat of the oven.

Airmen of the 19th Maintenance Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base have altered the appearance of a C-130A Hercules transport aircraft on static display to resemble Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Beda Koorey of Huntington, New York is a serious Trekkie. She loves the franchise so much that when she owned a car, she got a custom license plate inscribed with the registry number of the starship Enterprise: NCC-1701 -- no bloody A, B, C, or D.

Koorey stopped driving four years ago and disposed of her car and its plates. But NCC-1701 is a popular custom plate request among Trekkies, so it's still associated with Koorey. She receives computer-generated traffic tickets in the mail when cameras see NCC-1701 in states where license plate records are not up to date.

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A popular saying goes, "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away." Perhaps this principle also applies to fire and firefighters, as well as crime and police. 

In California, where wildfires routinely destroy whole neighborhoods, some homeowners are preparing to immediately respond to fire threats by acquiring personal fire hydrants. The Wall Street Journal (alternate link) reports that options include hydrants that connect to personal tanks with thousands of gallons of water held in reserve or municipal water supplies. Especially prudent hydrant owners also purchase long firehoses and the training on how to use them effectively.

It's a strong selling point in the home real estate market, as you can see in the Zillow listing for this newly-built mansion north of Los Angeles.

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On December 7, 1941 -- 83 years ago today -- US Navy Seaman Second Class John C. Auld died in battle while serving on the USS Oklahoma. He was one of 2,403 American servicemen who fell that day.

CBS News reports that, three years later, the Navy was able to recover bodies of many of the fallen sailors from the Oklahoma. In 2015, the Department of Defense studied DNA from the sailors' bodies to determine their identities. Now it has notified the family of Auld that they have identified his specific remains. These were interred yesterday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here is his obituary.

-via Ed Driscoll | Photo: Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Colossal introduces us to the works of Caroline Dewison. Her website appropriately named A House of Wonders is filled with wondrously detailed tiny dioramas of scenes from nature. They are little worlds filled with the elements of nature . . . and the supernatural. Or at least the weird. This automaton, for example, presents aliens vessels circling over a lovely tree-lined lake.

This supreme act of gallantry and masculine virtue took place at the Fort Severn First Nation on the shores of Hudson Bay in northern Ontario. BBC News reports that a polar bear attacked the man's wife. He responded by leaping on the bear, which then turned to attack him. The bear mauled the man's legs and one of his arms. A local hunter then shot the bear several times, which retreated into the woods and died.

This heroic husband is badly wounded but expected to survive.

A polar bear expert advises against lying down if attacked by a polar bear. You must fight back to have any chance to survive.

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Steve Tanner is a scholar who has, for fifteen years, been exhaustively studying the trash cans available to guests at Disney resorts and parks around the world. His site dubbed Magical Trash examines how Disney's park designers choose trash cans to convey specific messages (aside from putting your trash into them) or accept merely practical goals of waste management.

Above are trash and recycling bins at the DreamWorks Land district of Universal Studios Florida. Shrek, Trolls, and Kung Fu Panda are the core franchises featured and the bins are appropriately decorated with motifs for those intellectual properties. No detail is too small to deserve attention.

-via David Thompson