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Waffle Jello Shots Are Part of a Nutritious Breakfast



Michelle of Jelly Shot Test Kitchen made these adorable and intoxicating waffle shots. They're a mixture of orange juice, lemon juice, maple syrup, gelatin and vodka. Pour the mixture into ice cream sandwich pans and let them sit overnight so they'll be ready in time for breakfast.

Link -via Geekosystem

Little Mermaid Rat Costume



Your rat will be sooooo embarrassed if you make him dress up as a bumblebee again. This year, for Halloween, try this mermaid costume by etsy seller Nat. It's available in three sizes, so be sure to measure your rat before ordering.

Link -via The Mary Sue

R2-D2 Coffeemaker



That little droid and I have been through a lot of coffee together. Instructables user iminthebathroom made a custom coffeemaker that every Star Wars fan would love. It even talks, but you'll need a protocol droid to translate. Watch a video at the link.

Link -via Technabob

Blinged Out Machine Gun




This beautiful/hideous machine gun is a customized Browning M1919, converted to semi-auto and covered with nickel plating. All of the accessories, including the tripod and ammunition boxes, have been decorated in exhaustive, shiny detail. You can view several more pictures at the link.

Link -via Say Uncle

Organ Pancakes



I call dibs on the intestines!

(Because that's the biggest pancake, of course.)

Nathan Shields is a master of the pancake craft. He creates amazingly detailed pancake images depicting marine invertebrates, Star Wars characters, dog breeds and more.

Link -via Walyou

Video Game Real Estate Agent


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Since the housing market bubble popped, it's been really hard to earn a living as a realtor. It's a buyers' market, and they've got to make hard sales pitches. Take this realtor, for example, who is trying to offload homes in Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter, Donkey Kong and Q*bert.

-via Kotaku

Adjustable Bookshelf



Colleen Whiteley's clever bookshelf design ensures that no books fall over. Just loosen the screw, adjust, then tighten. This design is among the finalists in Dwell's recent Live/Work Design Contest.

Link -via Swiss Miss

Cats Playing Tetherball


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Biting the ball is usually discouraged in competitive tetherball. But it is an effective way to unnerve an opponent.

-via Blame It on the Voices

Previously: Corgis Playing Tetherball

The Sound That Only Canadians Can Hear

Everything that I know about Canada I learned by watching South Park. But the show hasn't mentioned this fact. There's a sound that only Canadians can hear, various described as "a large diesel truck idling, a loud boom box or the bass vocals of Barry White."

The sound is detectable to people in Windsor, which lies on Canada's border with the United States. But Americans across the river can't hear it:

Windsor residents have blamed the hum for causing illness, whipping dogs into frenzies, keeping cats housebound and sending goldfish to the surface in backyard ponds. Many have resorted to switching on their furnace fan all season to drown out the noise.

Even weirder, Americans can't seem to hear it. Canadians find that suspicious—especially since their research suggests the hum is coming from the Yankees' side—and accuse U.S. officials of staying silent over the noise. [...]

American officials contend there haven't been complaints on the U.S. side of the border. Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality looked last year at whether the companies at Zug started up any new machinery in the past two years that might be causing the noise and found nothing.

"The only place I am hearing noise from is Canada—from politicians complaining," Mr. Bowdler said.


Link -via VA Viper | Image: Google

Where the Wild Things Post Their Mail



How would you like to get an envelope illustrated by the late Maurice Sendak? Nonny Hogrogian, also an accomplished children's book illustrator, was fortunate to get one.

Link -via @Adrienne Crezo

Woman Legally Changes Her Name to 161-Word Version

To promote a charity, the woman formally known as Dawn McManus legally changed her name to this phrase:

Red Wacky League Antlez Broke the Stereo Neon Tide Bring Back Honesty Coalition Feedback Hand of Aces Keep Going Captain Let's Pretend Lost State of Dance Paper Taxis Lunar Road Up Down Strange All and I Neon Sheep Eve Hornby Faye Bradley AJ Wilde Michael Rice Dion Watts Matthew Appleyard John Ashurst Lauren Swales Zoe Angus Jaspreet Singh Emma Matthews Nicola Brown Leanne Pickering Victoria Davies Rachel Burnside Gil Parker Freya Watson Alisha Watts James Pearson Jacob Sotheran Darley Beth Lowery Jasmine Hewitt Chloe Gibson Molly Farquhar Lewis Murphy Abbie Coulson Nick Davies Harvey Parker Kyran Williamson Michael Anderson Bethany Murray Sophie Hamilton Amy Wilkins Emma Simpson Liam Wales Jacob Bartram Alex Hooks Rebecca Miller Caitlin Miller Sean McCloskey Dominic Parker Abbey Sharpe Elena Larkin Rebecca Simpson Nick Dixon Abbie Farrelly Liam Grieves Casey Smith Liam Downing Ben Wignall Elizabeth Hann Danielle Walker Lauren Glen James Johnson Ben Ervine Kate Burton James Hudson Daniel Mayes Matthew Kitching Josh Bennett Evolution Dreams


But her husband just calls her Red. You can call her Mrs. Dreams. Her charity, Red Dreams, supports young people who want a career in the performing arts.

News Story and Charity Website -via Geekologie | Photo: BBC

Stop Motion Animated Music Video Destroys the Games of Your Childhood


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Hungry Hungry Hippos...Battleship...Pick-Up Sticks...Rubik's Cube -- all destroyed and turned into paste by a ruthless and relentless chef. Watch Ian Robertson's excellent stop motion animated music video for Delta Heavy's "Get By."

Delta Heavy's Website -via Colossal

How to Make Yoda Apples



Jill of Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons has a knack for making food crafts that are simple but completely convincing. She assembled her latest creation for her five-year old Star Wars fan. To duplicate it, all you'll need is an apple, a marshmallow, 2 chocolate chips, peanut butter and a toothpick.

Link -via Bit Rebels

Mr. Potato Daddy



Mr. Potato Head has been altered. The results are not pretty. Flickr user Ginger Troll is responsible for turning him into a Big Daddy from BioShock.

Link -via Kotaku

Glow in the Dark Cotton Candy



Adha Togi spotted this sugary delight at Disneyland in Hong Kong. It's cotton candy on a glow stick.

Link -via Katie Teseniar

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