James Myrick is a master beard artist. He's rather secretive about his methods, but my guess is that, by precise mental concentration, he can grow his beard into different shapes. The results are amazing, such as this hypnotic spiral.

Myrick, like all of us, needs money to live. But he lives in order to beard.

You can find him on Twitter at @hospitalcup.

Myrick once tried to shave with a kryptonite razor. The blade broke.

In the X-Men universe, Myrick would be considered an alpha level mutant. He would teach bearding at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Wolverine would seek out his advice on how to manage his mutton chops.

As a serious Breaking Bad fan, Myrick suggests that we look upon his beard and despair.

But he's also a romantic and sentimental person at heart.

-Thanks, James!

Would you believe that the picture above is of a sculpture made out of sand?

Meet Guy-Olivier Deveau, a professional sand, ice, snow and wood sculptor out of Québec, Canada. His sand sculptures have won many awards in sand sculpting events and competitions worldwide, and it's easy to see why. Deveau's surreal sand sculptures - inspired by the artwork of H.R. Giger and others - are absolutely fantastic!

Take a look at 10 of the most magnificent surreal sand sculptures by Guy-Olivier Deveau:

1. The Ghost in the Machine

Toronto, Canada (2011)

2. Vertical

1st Place Solo, Texas Sandfest, Port Aransas, Texas (2013)

3. Construction of the Conscious Self

(Photo: unknown)

Or is it Buzzed Lightyear? Bud Lightbeer? Either way, this fellow has a cheap costume that will surely make it into the next Toy Story film. He's not as useful as Buzz Lightyear in a crisis, but he's the life of any party.

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There are good ways to declare your love for your gamer girlfriend- build structures that spell out her name in Minecraft, tell her “I will always be your Mario, and you’ll always be a Peach to me”, or simply declare your love to her on your headset while you’re blasting through the competition in a multiplayer game session.

And then there are the bad ways to declare your love, like writing your sentiments on the cover of a game she’s likely to trade in at Gamestop once she has played through it.

Maybe another gamer named Jamie will come across this sweet bargain and buy it for their girlfriend, and the video game love cycle will begin again!

-Via Nerd Approved

Oh, this dog doesn't look at all remorseful for having committed the crime of sticking its head in the shower and licking people's butts when they weren't looking. Not at all, sir. Just look at that face! That's not a face of regret, if I ever see one.

Dog shaming has no effect whatsoever with this pooch!

Photo: PBS Nature Documentary Crash: A Tale of Two Species (PBS)

What if we were to tell you that if you ever taken a medicine, ever had an injection, or had surgical implants like pacemakers and prosthetic devices, then you owe your life to these ancient, alien looking animals with blue blood.

Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic has the fascinating story of the horseshoe crab and how its blue blood has strange medical properties that allow us to test for the presence of bacterial contaminant - even at the concentrations of just one part per trillion:

The marvelous thing about horseshoe crab blood, though, isn't the color. It's a chemical found only in the amoebocytes of its blood cells that can detect mere traces of bacterial presence and trap them in inescapable clots. ...

When the crab blood cells sense invaders, they release granules of the chemical, which becomes a gooey physical barrier to the movement of the bacteria, preventing the spread of infection. The best metaphor might be the superpower of the X-Men's Iceman, but instead of using cold to encase enemies, the horseshoe crab instead uses its remarkable chemistry.

Read more about the fascinating biology of the horseshoe crab's blood over at The Atlantic, or watch the PBS excerpt below:

Artist Phil Robson aka FILFURY of Sydney, Australia digitally manipulated parts of sneakers into human and animal skulls - why, they're perfect for sneaker heads!

Robson used parts of Adidas Originals Superstar, Air Jordan 4 Retro, and Reebok Shaq Attack shoes to create the skulls:

So tired you could bearly keep your eyes open? Ursine luck! Snuggle up with this cute Big Sleeping Grizzly Bear bean bag by Hong Kong-based design company Chic Sin Design.

Take a look:

Photo: Dan Segner via Facebook

Now that's a multi-functional tail! This smart squirrel above found itself outside in a snowstorm, so it used its tail as an umbrella to protect itself against falling snow.

Photographer Ray Yeager of New Jersey submitted this cute photo to National Geographic's My Shot.

You know you live in a tough neighborhood when the local fast food restaurant has bulletproof glass. Redditor TheSonofBillMurray pointed to this prime example of a Taco Bell in Inglewood, California, in which you can get your tacos handed to you through a plexiglass box.

But that's not the only fast food restaurants with bank-style bulletproof windows. A couple more examples:

via Imgur and Cheezburger

No, cat milk does not actually come from cats (could you imagine having to squeeze milk out of cats?) - but camel milk, reindeer milk and yak milk do come from those respective animals.

And while we're at it, baby oil doesn't come from baby either, mmkay?

According to Whiskas, the maker of Cat Milk, cats and kittens love to drink milk, but most of them actually cannot digest regular milk - so they have to drink lactose-free version.

Photos via Cowan Auction

These amazing sand bottles were made over 100 years ago by deaf mute artist Andrew Clemens (1857 - 1894) of McGregor, Iowa. The amazing pictures - each pixel is made from a grain of colored sand - have survived intact for over 100 years, without the use of any glue.

At the tender age of 5, Clemens lost his hearing and voice to encephalitis. After he graduated at the age of 17 from the Iowa Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb in Council Bluffs, he began to experiment with sand art. Clemens collected naturally occuring, multi-colored sand from the Pictured Rock region of Iowa. He devised special tools to arrange the sand in intricate designs and then pack it tightly in chemist jars and bottles without the use of any glue.

At first, Clemens' work was simple and geometric in nature, but he gradually improved his technique and could create complex pictures (the Eagle and American flag seems to be a popular motif) that include overtones and shading, and involved about a dozen colors.

What amazing process it must have been: the window in front of Clemens work table was a popular place for McGregor residents to hang out and watch as the artist, dubbed "the portrait painter without a brush or even paint," spent hours creating his masterpieces.

Clemens entertained special orders from clients (many of his sand bottles include the names of his customers), and charged anywhere between $5 to $7 per bottle (about $110 to $160 in today's money). The artist created hundreds of bottles throughout his lifetime, but few survived.

Today, Clemens' artwork have sold at auction for up to $50,000 plus buyer's premium.

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Woolworths, Australia's "fresh food people," sure knows how to run a sale. Who can resist this amazing bargain? Indeed, why pay $10 for a BBQ chicken when you can pay a measly $9.88? That's a whopping 1.2% discount. Heck, with this kind of savings, the 84th chicken is free!

Go on ... try to take the kitty grass from this devil cat. We dare you.

via Daily Picks and Flicks

You'll never want to eat Shawarma anymore! This unattributed photo floating 'round the Web showed three enterprising gentlemen packing bits of meat to be grilled on the spit.