Mark Shields took a 1978 Corvette and turned it into a 1989 Batmobile! Link -via Dark Roasted Blend

See more pictures at Shields' website.

If someone told you there was a nice job for you IF you got a tattoo on your face, wouldn't you want to confirm it first? Two men in Indonesia didn't question the offer.

The pair had their faces permanently inked after village chief Sawiyono told them he had received a text message from a government official offering them work as Jakarta intelligence officers.

The official, who said it was a job requirement to have their faces tattooed with dragons, was later discovered to be a hoaxer — but not before Nanang, 30, and Bambang, 40, had already undergone the painful and disfiguring procedure.

Sawiyono, the village chief who passed along the message, was horrified when he double checked and found it was a hoax. Nanang and Bambang have filed a police report. Link -via Fark

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This surreal video is an ad for a clothing line. I don't see that. -via Ursi's Blog

Brain surgery often is done with the patient awake, so he can provide feedback on what section of the brain is being affected.

A musician who underwent brain surgery to treat a hand tremor played his banjo throughout to test the success of the procedure.

Eddie Adcock is one of the pillars of Bluegrass Music and realised his tremor could threaten his ability to perform professionally.

Surgeons placed electrodes in Mr Adcock's brain and fitted a pace maker in his chest which delivers a small current which shuts down the region of his brain causing the tremors.

The BBC has a video. Link -via J-Walk Blog

Yulgilbar was born last month at the Healesville Sanctuary in Australia, the first Tasmanian Devil born there since 1995. Over the weekend, she took her first steps outside her mother's pouch. See a gallery of adorable pictures of Yulgilbar's debut. http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,,24481689-2862,00.html -via Fark

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A busker in Bath, England plays the fiddle and accompanies himself on a guitar controlled with his feet! Check out the marvelous contraption that makes it possible. -via Arbroath

Zookeeper China York cares for all kinds of animal babies at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS) in South Carolina. Her assistant is Anjana, a chimpanzee she raised and who copies her caregiving behavior. Recently, the two have been caring for two white tiger cubs that were separated from their mother.

'Mitra and Shiva, were born during Hurricane Hannah,' said Dr Bhagavan, founder of TIGERS. "During that time everything flooded in the sanctuary and they had to be moved into the house as their mother became stressed.

'It was important for their safety that they were separated.'

'Anjana has been with China, side by side, ever since she was born and has joined her in caring and raising baby animals.

'So she helped her and acted as a surrogate mother to these animals and she has done these same with these baby white tigers.

'She gives them a bottle, lies with them and acts as a surrogate mother. She has a close contact and bond and gives them a nurturing.'

Link -via Unique Daily

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Advanced style is a photo blog chronicling the way older people dress. Combine a lifetime of experience with a refusal to let anyone tell you how you should look, and you get some delightful images. Link -via the Presurfer

The weatherman at the CBS affiliate in Lubbock, Texas, made an appearance on the ABC affiliate recently to make a public proposal to the anchorwoman. It was a total surprise to her. Link -via Fark

Mr. Zhu lives in the Zhejiang province in China. He was very impressed with the movie The Transformers -so much so that he built several transformers himself, out of old car parts! Zhu uses the giant transformers to promote his scrap metal business. http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/10/10/the-transformers-of-zhejiang-province/ -via Unique Daily

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A masterful mashup! -Thanks, Justin!

Street artist Banksy has a show in a Manhattan storefront he named The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill, located at 89 Seventh Avenue South.

Banksy designed a pet shop that includes fish sticks swimming in a fish tank, a chimpanzee watching chimp porn, a fur coat playing a cat, and hot dog hamsters. One of our favorites has to be the Chicken McNuggets sipping barbeque sauce (image via wooster collective). With the use of animatronics Banksy is able to take his artform to a whole new level.

The show is open through October 31st. Link -Thanks, Jayne Howley!

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Yes, we all like progress bars! I thought the idea of a progress bar for a road trip was fantastic, until I remembered that a road map will do that. A progress bar for a boring conversation would be extremely useful. -Thanks, Kirby Ferguson!

Once upon a time, tobacco advertisers sought to counterbalance growing concerns about smoking with advice from medical experts, or models dressed as medical experts. See more ads at Weird News Files. http://weirdnewsfiles.com/weird-photos/weird-design/history-suggests-dont-take-doctors-advice/ -Thanks, Sarah Polan!

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A few weeks back you posted about the London Gorilla run. I work on behalf of the Gorilla Organization and wanted to thank you for sharing it on your blog, and to let you know we now have a post-run video now up on YouTube ... with scenes of the run and interviews with our Gorilla runners!

-Thanks, Jez!