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Amazing Cut Paper Works




Bovey Lee makes intricate compositions -- by hand -- on rice paper. Her works tell mysterious, surreal stories. This one, entitled Wash, Cut, Dry, appears to show construction workers tenderly styling the hair on human heads growing out of lily pads.

Gallery -via Colossal

My Little Game of Thrones: Treachery Is Magic


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You don't want to know what happens to Applejack. Trust me. In this video, YouTube user adecoy95 shows us George R.R. Martin's inner Brony.

-via Pleated Jeans

The Starry Nightmare Before Christmas



Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones
An emptiness began to grow
There's something out there, far from my home
A longing that I've never known


That's Jack Skellington, but it could just as easily be Vincent Van Gogh. This mashup by deviantART user opheliact blends them smoothly.

Link -via Comics Alliance

Police: Suspect Tried to Hide from Thermal Sensors in a Pile of Manure

But...it works in the movies! Why not in real life? On the run from a police helicopter, a man in Wiltshire, UK hid inside a manure pile:

The 34-year-old Lithuanian man, from Ilford, Essex, was found "face-down in the dung" by officers after abandoning his van in Manton near Marlborough. [...]

According to a police spokesperson, the suspect had been hot from running and was easily detected on thermal imaging cameras hiding in a manure heap at Red Barn Farm at Manton.


Link -via Dave Barry | Photo (unrelated) via Flickr user Leo-setä

How to Cook Kudzu


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From 1935 through the 1950s, U.S. farmers planted kudzu to prevent soil erosion. This proved to be a bad idea. The vine spread rapidly, killing off other plants, including crops, across the southeastern United States. It's an invasive plant eating away at productive farmland. Fight back by eating it, as this woman does by cooking kudzu into quiches.

-via Nan Koenig

Old Rake, New Wine Glass Holder



Here's a clever use for an old rake head. Dana of Tattered Style affixed one to her the wall of her house to make a wine glass holder. It'd probably be a good idea to smooth out the surface of the rake to make sure that it doesn't scratch the glass.

Link -via Gerri DeCarlo

Soccer Team Hadn't Scored a Goal in Five Matches, So Fans Helpfully Pointed Arrows toward the Goal



The soccer team of Magdeburg, Germany wasn't doing well. Fans suspected that the players didn't know where the opposing goal was and were just too embarrassed to ask. So at a recent match against a Berlin team, they held up arrows that discreetly pointed it out. The effort was successful, and Magdeburg scored a single goal. It did, however, still lose the match.

Link -via Nan Koenig | Photo: SportFotos

Functional Star Trek Tricorder



The glorious march to making Star Trek real continues! We already have PADDs. Now, thanks to Peter Jansen, a researcher at the University of Arizona, we have a Next Generation-style science tricorder. Its sensors can measure temperature, humidity, magnetic fields, color, atmospheric pressure and more.

Okay, that's done. Dr. Jansen, please get to work on a holodeck next.

Link -via DVICE | Previously: A Real Medical Tricorder

The Little Heroes



Yale Stewart's outstanding webcomic Little League remembers the Justice League before it became famous. It's hard to be a kid, especially when Mr. Darkseid is school's gym teacher and a cootie plague sweeps through the city.

Link -via The Uniblog

Floating Movie Theater



I assume that the projection stand and the screen are anchored into the ground, but otherwise Ole Scheeren's temporary movie theater off the coast of Thailand rocked with the waves. A recent film festival used it for private viewings. What would you want to watch at this theater? Titanic? Spongebob Squarepants? Waterworld?

Link | Architect's Website | Photo: Piyatat Hemmatat

How Gourmet Country Ham Is Made


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I think that it's been at least a year since I've had country ham for breakfast, but I can almost taste it through my monitor while watching this video.

Although it doesn't produce a vast quantity, Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams in Madisonville, Tennessee is famous for its quality. This video by Joe York tours the facility and talks to owner Allan Benton about his craft. It's part of a project by the University of Mississippi to document traditional Southern cuisine.

-via American Digest | Company Website

Soccer Fans Create Enormous Pac-Man Mosaic



During a match against Barcelona, fans of Milan's soccer team erected a placard mosaic of a vengeful Pac-Man bearing down on Inky. The text below reads "Let's eat them!" That's a good idea, because they're no hiding spot in soccer.

Link -via Kotaku | Photo: @ParkLaneSpud

Strawberry Margarita Jello Shooters



You'll need large strawberries and a steady hand with a knife, but if you're careful, you can create shooters like these. Naomi's recipe, which you can find at the link, calls for tequila and Cointreau. I think that the salted rims are a nice touch.

Link -via Carrie Viehman Campagna | Photo: Bakers Royale

Perfect Bookends for Your Collection of Anger Management Self-Help Books



This set of chainsaw attack bookends will discourage anyone from criticizing your taste in literature. Etsy seller Knob Creek Metal Arts made them and many other cute metal pieces of home decor.

Link -via NotCot

Death Star Dog



That's no moon. It's a dog. Musha had to wear a cone of shame, so his human decorated it to make it more impressive to other dogs in the neighborhood. I'd make one for my dog, but he's more of a Whovian.

Link -via Nerd Approved

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