Drunk people tend to start acting strangely as soon as the hooch takes a hold of them, and their behavior only gets worse as they get drunker and therefore feel less inclined to care how they're acting.
This is especially true if the drunks are drinking as a couple, because their special relationship fuels the flames of passion in their hearts, causing them to make a scene as a drunken duet.
This season you're sure to encounter some of the drunken couples on this comical list by Andrew Bridgman and Paul Westover at various holiday functions, so bear this terrifying truth in mind- they all started out as Fun Drunks!
Hillary Waters Fayle uses ordinary leaves in fresh ways to create appealing sculptures. Sometimes she stitches them together, such as these delicately embroidered ginkgo leaves. When coated with preservative agents, they stay locked in time.
On other occasions, Fayle cuts precise and elaborate patterns into leaves, such as this butterfly framed inside a butterfly-shaped leaf:
Do you have doubts about the attractiveness of your own body? Then it may be helpful for you to attend a life drawing class and sketch a nude art model. That's the conclusion of a new study conducted by Dr. Viren Swami of Anglia Ruskin University in the UK. The Daily Telegraph reports:
Anglia Ruskin University asked 138 men and women to take part in life drawing classes and found that happiness with their appearance rose by more than 25 per cent.
Dr. Swami says that's because seeing actual human bodies may set a more realistic point of comparison than photoshopped bodies presented in mass media:
Life drawing sessions may also provide spaces for people to explore relationships with their own bodies and critically appraise media depictions of ‘idealised’ bodies.”
Amongst women, greater attendance at classes was significantly associated with higher body appreciation and a lower drive for thinness and social physique anxiety. For men, greater attendance was significantly associated with higher body appreciation.
In the beginning, he was awed by the meaning and the power of the Force. He used it carefully and reverently.
Then, about 5 years after completing his training, Max Goodrich, without realizing it, began taking his powers for granted. Why not use them to, say, bring the TV remote control to him without getting up off the sofa?
Did he forget his girlfriend's birthday? After a hand wave, so did she--at least long enough for him to run to the store and pick up flowers and chocolate.
What Goodrich didn't realize was that once you turn to the lazy side of the Force, forever will it dominate your destiny.
Imagining getting access to the soothing cuddliness of a tribble without being eaten out of starbase and home. Then you'd have Tribble the cat. He's an older cat recently adopted from an animal shelter. Tribble's purr sounds like the trilling sound that a tribble from Star Trek makes.
(Image: CBS)
Question for readers: would tribbles be any different in the mirror universe?
Oh, sure, it's simple enough when you travel back in time to, say, kill Hitler. But time travel rapidly becomes a confusing jumble of alternate realities and versions of people who are not always what they seem.
In their song "I Am Alone," the band They Might Be Giants tries to unravel events as a time traveller encounters multiple versions of himself, all of whom are armed and trying to kill specific alternate versions for the good of the world.
The Polmard family of France operates a cattle and beef business that claims to offer the finest beef in the world and that it can will remain fresh for decades.
The family business dates back to 1846. The current operator, Alexandre Polmard, says that his grandfather pioneered a way to freeze beef in such a way that there is no loss of quality over time. The family raises Blonde Aquitaine cattle and keeps them in, by cattle standards, luxurious accommodations. CNN quotes Polmard:
"My family wouldn't dream of raising animals in sheds where they have no space or room to roam," he says.
"Here they are in the open air, living in forests and on parkland. There are shelters they can choose to visit in case it rains or snows. It's really five-star accommodation!"
Polmard says he talks to his animals daily, ensuring their lives are as comfortable and stress-free as possible -- even when it becomes time for them to end.
Increases in a cow's stress levels as it enters an abattoir cause a subsequent spike in levels of glycogen and lactic acid -- and that means a loss of tenderness and, ultimately, flavor.
Polmard is therefore investing a million euros in an abattoir at his farm in which only four cows will be killed per week -- and in a unique setting to keep stress levels to an absolute minimum.
Elite chefs around the world seek out Polmard beef for their restaurants. Chef Fabrice Vulin of Hong Kong presents it in a dinner that costs $700 per person. He has good reason:
As chef Vulin explains, what sets the taste apart is the gentle acidity and a texture like no other -- you barely even need a knife to cut it.
First we had the various TV projects starring Dean Martin, then came The Gong Show, Baywatch and the even more incoherent Baywatch Nights, and a web series turned TV show where drunks talk about history.
Now the televised drunkenness has reached new creative heights with The Drunk Series, a web video series from Ganglebot Films written by and starring drunks.
It's the pinnacle of inappropriate programming, but The Drunk Series isn't encouraging alcohol abuse, they're merely taking advantage of every moment while the actors and writers are trashed.
Drunk people are admittedly pretty funny to watch on camera, but something tells me this show wouldn't have the same energy if it was written by and starred stoners, although someone's sure to try that formula soon.
In 1708, during the War of Spanish Succession, the Royal Navy attempted to degrade Spain's ability to wage wars by capturing or sinking the treasure fleets that brought gold, silver, and jewels to Spain from her colonies in the Americas. Admiral Sir Charles Wager led a squadron which attacked one such fleet off the coast of Colombia. During the battle, the Spanish galleon San Jose exploded and sank quickly. All of that precious treasure sank to the bottom of the sea, never to be found.
Until now.
Maritime treasure hunters have referred to the San Jose as the "holy grail" of lost ships. That's with good reason. The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, recently announced that divers have found the San Jose. It has so much treasure on board that the value may reach $1 billion (USD). The Guardian reports:
Sonar images have revealed bronze cannon made specifically for the ship, arms, ceramics and other artefacts, said the president. The 150ft long ship with a beam of 45ft was armed with 64 guns. Some 600 people went down with the vessel after it exploded when hit by fire from a British warship. The wreck falls within the UN’s definition of an underwater cultural heritage site. Archaeological excavation and scientific tests will continue to ensure it can be properly preserved, said the president.
The American salvage company which discovered the San Jose will keep half of the treasure and the Colombian government the other half, as it lies within Colombian waters.
Jello Biafra is best known as a spoken word performer and frontman for the band Dead Kennedys, but he's also a political activist, prankster, and owns his own record label Alternative Tentacles.
Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that Biafra is also an actor, who has made many memorable cameo appearances in movies and TV shows such as Tapeheads, Portlandia and The Widower.
In Tapeheads Jello plays an FBI agent who says "Remember what we did to Jello Biafra?", a reference to the 1985 obscenity trial Biafra was involved in over the H.R. Giger poster included in the DK album Frankenchrist.
It's good that Jello can laugh about that bit of nonsense now, and it certainly didn't hurt his career!
Saturday Night Live has always been a comic mirror of American culture, and once the Star Wars franchise entered the picture in 1977, the show was already in its second season. The linked article presents fourteen Star Wars-related SNL sketches that ultimately represent not only the show's affinity for pop culture, but the ever-presence of the film franchise in our cultural consciousness since its inception.
Check out some of the best Star Wars-based SNL sketches here — including the above gem in which Kevin Spacey as Christopher Walken and Norm Macdonald as Burt Reynolds audition for the original— from that of the not-ready-for-primetime players to the present-day cast.
Given that approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is water, and mankind has been navigating that watery surface as long as his species has existed, there are many mysteries that could be solved if the man-made items claimed by the oceans were all known. The linked article is a list of just that: long lost, man-made items that have been discovered in water. One majestic discovery on the list is the lost Pagodas of Mahabalipuram.
For ages, the people of Mahabalipuram, India told stories of seven pagodas that were suposedly so magnificent that "the gods became jealous and had six of them swallowed by the sea." Historians, though, focusing on the one pagoda on land in the region, believed the stories to be the stuff of legend.
Yet amazingly, when a 2004 tsunami caused water in the area to recede by 1,650 feet, sediment that once covered the structures was removed and thepagodas saw the light of day. When the ruins were exposed and dive teams began examining the site, they were shocked as to the size and significance of the find. Expedition leader Monty Halls said,
“The initial feeling was one of disbelief. The sheer scale of the site was so impressive.”
Gordy Yates loves his twin sister Meredith Tuttle. Every year, she gets him a thoughtful birthday present. Yates usually forgets, though. He attributes this to his world-traveling, single, partying lifestyle. Tuttle, in contrast, has settled down as a married mother of two.
As his way of expressing his affection for his sister, Yates recreated photos that his twin posted on Instagram. Where Tuttle is holding one of her children, Yates substitutes a cat. He explains to Babble that cats are an appropriate alternative:
They both like to eat off of and crawl on the floor, they both like to bite me, they’re both really small, they’re both really hard to control, and I can’t give birth to either of them.
Alberto Olmedo, a hairstylist, invites you to take a seat in his elite salon in Madrid. Yes, he's getting out a blowtorch and a pair of katanas. Don't fidget while he uses them on you. Olmedo explains why his innovative methods are the best available:
"Hairdressers usually cut one side, and then the other... one side is always a bit different from the other, even if it is only a little bit.
"The only way to do it in an exact mathematical way is to cut both sides simultaneously."
And then he goes in on a woman's hair with two swords.
He can use a computer, but prefers his vintage typewriter. The reindeer? He's replaced them with a bicycle. And the red suit is now a knitted sweater that he personally made from locally sourced wool. He still has a beard, but now also has a manbun.
Yes, it's hipster Santa Claus. He visited a mall in Portland, Oregon and greeted children who are now on naughty, nice, and gluten-free lists. You can see a video of him at WISHTV8.
