Bruce had often been accused of being a creature of the night, what with the crazy hours he kept and his obsession with bats, but it wasn't until his blood was infected with the vampirism virus that he realized being a night creature isn't so bad after all. He felt stronger than ever before, and could now fly without the aid of his BatWing, but his drive to help his fellow man was hindered by one thing- his newfound lust for blood!
Bring some dark superhero style to your geeky wardrobe with this Bloodlust t-shirt by Cumix47, it's one tale of the Dark Knight that's sure to elicit some bloodcurdling screams from your fellow Batfans.
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You can say a lot of things about Waldo- he's a terrible dresser, he is a coward for hiding all the time, and that he really gets around, but there's only one thing he'll wholeheartedly admit to being, and that's totally paranoid! People are always talking about him, asking each other "Where's Waldo?" and searching for his signature red and white stripes, and the fact that half of the people looking for him happen to be children doesn't change the fact that everybody is out to find him. Can you really call it paranoia when people have written books about the world searching for you?
Share some hysteria with the world by wearing this WHERE IS WALDO? t-shirt by Darran Hight, it's the funny way to say "paranoia is a state of mind, man!"
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Renzo Piano is the architect who designed London's famous Shard. His children range in age from 16 to 50, so he's been building sandcastles for a long, long time. He's put his skills to work to build sandcastles that are simple in outer form, but structurally ideal. In The Guardian, Piano explains what you need to do to build a professional grade sandcastle:
2 Start to dig a ditch where the waves have made the sand wet. Use your hands. Build the sand up to create the mass of the castle, which is really a little mountain with an incline of, ideally, 45°. You don’t need the ditch to be more than 30cm deep and 45cm wide, and the castle should be about 60cm tall.
3 Make an entrance in the ditch for the sea to enter. The magic moment is when the waves come and the ditch becomes a moat. If the castle is in a good position, you can watch the water ebbing and flowing for 10 or 15 minutes. To capture the image in your memory quickly, close your eyes when the water comes in.
Go to Google and type in two foods with "vs" in between them. You'll see a nutritional comparison.
And that's only the beginning! I learned a lot from reading this BuzzFeed article describing 18 things you can do with Google. For example, you can draw by hand Japanese and Chinese characters and have them transliterated and then translated into English. You can also build with LEGO and calculate tips.
Nick (@voemas on Twitter) tweeted this video of his chameleon Laura sitting up and popping bubbles. The tweet soon was getting a lot of attention. Thankfully though, when Nick told Laura about her internet fame, she didn't let it inflate her ego, as evidenced by her photo below. She knows what is full of air and what isn't. Stay grounded, Laura! Via Laughing Squid
I have just informed Laura that she is going viral on Twitter. She seems to be taking it well. pic.twitter.com/9yQMaXiuCY
Lance Curran has a large collection of mugs decorated with faces of superheroes, villains, and cartoon characters. In the morning, when he gives his kids breakfast, he likes to photograph his coffee mug in front of his kids' faces and upload the photos onto Instagram. The results are super cute!
(Curran has a notably well-decorated home. In the background of the top photo is Matthew Skiff's print of He-Man, Orko, and Skeletor sharing a pizza.)
The Oise-Anise American Cemetery in Seringes-et-Nesles, France contains 6,021 graves, almost all of whom are American soldiers who died in the line of duty during World War I. The United States and France honor these fallen heroes to this day. The cemetery is well-tended and open for anyone who wishes to pay their respects.
Except for Plot E.
It's a small section in the 36.5 acre cemetery, hidden behind bushes. It does not exist on official maps of the cemetery and is accessible only through a door in the superintendent's office. Plot E has tiny marker stones, but there are no names on them--only numbers. The colors of the United States are expressly forbidden there.
And for good reason. These graves without honor are for American soldiers who were executed for crimes during World War II. Atlas Obscura explains:
The soldiers eventually interred in Plot E were tried for rape, murder, and in one case, desertion (although the remains of the deserter, Eddie Slovik, the only American executed for desertion in WWII, were returned to the states in 1987). After being convicted in U.S. courts martial held in Europe, the men were dishonorably discharged and executed via hanging or firing squad. In many cases, the men who were buried in Plot E were initially buried close to the site of their execution. Those bodies were later exhumed and moved to Oise Aisne in 1949 when the plot of shame was established.
Plot E has been referred to as an anti-memorial. No US flag is permitted to fly over the plot and the graves themselves, small in-ground stones the size of index cards, have no names; they are only differentiated by numbers. Even underground they are set apart with each body buried in Plot E positioned with its back to the main cemetery. The site does not exist on maps of the cemetery, and is not mentioned on their website.
According to this report at Death and Taxes, over 100 firefighters were called to the scene when a Chinese firecracker chemical plant exploded. Reportedly the fire occurred early Thursday morning and there isn't word yet as to whether anyone was injured. That is certainly some frightening footage.
Before Marvel started getting it right on the big screen we were subjected to disasters like Daredevil starring Ben Affleck and Elektra starring Jennifer Garner, not to mention what they did to my beloved Howard The Duck back in ’86.
With the way things are going for Marvel nowadays it’s hard to imagine any of their future projects bombing, and it seems like they’ve got more characters than they need for those future projects.
But what about all the proposed projects that never left the drawing board?
mental_floss has put together a dazzling array of information about 8 Marvel Movies That Never Left The Drawing Board, including- a She-Hulk project starring Brigitte Nielsen, Quentin Tarantino's take on Luke Cage, and a far out Silver Surfer flick with a suitably psychedelic score by Paul McCartney.
When a higher-up at the Nylon magazine offices asked Daniel Radcliffe if he would "fill in" for their receptionist for an hour, the actor good naturedly accepted. He soon learned that working at the front desk was not his calling, nor was it a line of work he's interested in mastering. A Nylon employee wrote the following about Radcliffe's shift:
"Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that there was a man sitting at the desk. I turned my head, and, to my delight, I realized that... it was Daniel Radcliffe sitting at the front desk. Yes, that Daniel Radcliffe. Confused and more than a bit dazed, I stared for a moment before accepting this fact and returning to my desk.
Staring at my computer screen, I thought: That was strange. Was I supposed to say something? Should I say something? Probably not. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed another sight. It was an intern, crying. My peripheral vision was not failing me that day. They were tears of shock and, I think, joy. I looked around and I saw a lot of smiling, blushed faces. They had all "happened" to walk by the lobby. And while some of them engaged with the actor, some of them chose to play it cool and freak out later.
I received no phone calls during that hour, which was strange. And a package that was supposedly delivered to the office for me never made it to my desk. As I started to track down the aforementioned package, I heard a squeal. Apparently Joe Jonas had come into the office, to surprise Daniel and try to resume his job."
A soldier is nothing without their weapon, a scientist is nothing without a lab, and a road warrior ain't got much if they don't have a badass vehicle from which to do battle. You won't see any War Boys walking down Fury Road, but you will see some mighty large machines sporting impressive hardware battling it out for Immortan Joe's admiration. These days, you can't just hack and slash your way into Valhalla- you've gotta drive your rig right through the front gates!
Drive your fellow post-apocalyptic fans mad with this Road Warrior Truck t-shirt by Pickadree, it's the smashing way to show you're a road warrior to the max!
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In the world of fandom there's no more brightly colored, bolder or more permanent way to show you are forever a fan than getting a tattoo. Your favorite pop culture characters often start out as ink on a page, so it only makes sense to get them immortalized as ink on your body. Tattooing is a creative and personal way to prove your unwavering dedication to your favorite franchise.
Comic Book Tattoos: Level Epic
For many fans the act of getting a tattoo of their favorite characters is the ultimate form of fandom, since it’s a permanent addition to their bodies, but the guy in these pics isn’t an ordinary fan. He has dedicated his entire body to characters from comic books, turning his arms and torso into a shrine for the superheroes he worships.
If anybody argues that he’s not the ultimate Marvelite he need only take off his shirt and stun them into admitting they were wrong with his incredibly cool ink. Let’s start with his left arm, where we see Cyclops, Gambit, Wolverine and Beast of the X-Men battling a Sentinel, with Angel flying in from above to lend a hand. Just to show that he’s a mighty big fan of the Jade Giant he has the Incredible Hulk tattooed on his inner bicep. Once the shirt comes off we find Venom and Carnage fighting it out for the privilege of pectoral placement. And then he turns around and shows you that the mighty Fin Fang Foom has his back!
Finishing our tour off on his right arm we see Spawn squaring off against Malebolgia, and above that there’s a Violator springing into battle.
Disney Delights
Ohana means family, and when you’re the star of a feature released by Disney you’re part of the largest family in animation history. This gal wasn’t content with getting only one or two members of the Disney family tattooed on her body, and this colorful collection of characters shows the diversity of features being put out by Disney these days. We’ve got Tinkerbell from Peter Pan flying overhead, Stitch from Lilo & Stitch smiling his cute little face off, the sweet ragdoll Sally posing and smiling pleasantly, and the Little Mermaid's Ariel spending some time above water with her animated friends.
On an arm far, far away we have another far out member of the Disney family- R2D2 proudly sporting a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. Welcome to the Disney Dark Side R2!
Are you the kind of person who builds a LEGO box to store your loose LEGO bricks in? Do your dreams consist of new ways to construct elaborate creations with your interlocking brick toys? If so, you won't want to miss our newest Homes and Hues article featuring 14 ways you can incorporate LEGO pieces into your home decor.
Some of the pieces use real LEGO blocks, but others only use things that look like LEGO bricks because, after all, a real LEGO pillow might look cool, but it wouldn't exactly be comfortable.
Perhaps one of the coolest things about this LEGO list though is that so many of them are simple DIYs that a real LEGO-fiend would already have the materials for.
There be scurvy dogs and powerful pirate plunderers a-plenty on the high seas, but there's only one Swashbuckler named Sunny. He didn't earn his name fer his disposition, nor do people be callin' him Sunny ironically, no Sunny was born a Sunny and, fancy as he be, he'll be a Sunny until the day they walk him off the plank to go sleep with the fishes.
You don't have to pillage, plunder or loot to get a great looking pirate shirt, just bring home this The Swashbuckler t-shirt by Richard Rabassa and it'll be a pirate's life for thee!
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It looks a lot like bacon . . . and it tastes like it, too! Researchers at the Oregon State University have bred a strain of a seaweed called dulse that tastes strongly of bacon. Dulse is very nutritious and is a popular if expensive health food. But now its appeal can spread even further. Live Science quotes lead researcher Chris Langdon:
"In Europe, they add the powder to smoothies, or add flakes onto food," Langdon said. "There hasn't been a lot of interest in using it in a fresh form. But this stuff is pretty amazing. When you fry it, which I have done, it tastes like bacon, not seaweed. And it's a pretty strong bacon flavor."
