Time to add fuel to the nightmare fire. TwoHornsUnited is a DeviantArtist, Etsy seller, and the creator of this fine Cybernetic Daemon suit. For only $2,000 (US) you can own this nightmare-monster-suit yourself! Just think of all the new activities you can do with a masterpiece like this... you could show it off at your local Cosplay event, save it for Halloween, scare the living crap out of your kids or even better- your neighbors kids. The possibilities are endless really.
Here I was all this time thinking Daleks don't celebrate Christmas. Apparently, not only do these cyborgs celebrate Christmas, but they do so with style. The only "exterminate" that will be going on here is when the tree catches on fire from kitty chewing on plastic light bulbs again. No holiday season is complete without Doctor Who references and the use of a fire extinguisher.
Panzer, a 6-year-old Lab mix, has made history by being the first dog ever to be awarded a restraining order. It should be noted that the dog was granted a restraining order along with his owner, a 38-year-old mother, and her son. The boyfriend of Panzer's owner, allegedly violent, can no longer see the dog or the family. While it may not seem like a big deal, it is.
In all, 22 states and Washington, D.C., include pets in protection orders. According to animal protection agencies, some 70 percent of abused women report that their batterers threatened to kill their pets. Making matters worse is that 50 percent of victims delay leaving abusive homes out of fear that their animals might be harmed.
This means that not only is Panzer's protection an animal rights issue, but indirectly may change the lives of many abused women now that their pets can be protected.
Panzer is currently living with a foster family and the mother is with her son, temporarily living in a shelter. They will be reunited once the woman is able to move into a safe environment.
Gimme... gimme.. gimme.. Seriously cat. Just give him the ball! I am sure he is going to have way more fun with it than you are. You are just being a spiteful little punk because he is cuter than you.
Quick, better legendary creature (real or imaginary) unicorns or narwhals? Trick question. Kozyndan is here to let us know that all narwhals actually get their horns from unicorns. What a magical creature.
Okay, so maybe not really but you still have to applaud the creativeness. The image is a sculpture from Kozyndan's new gallery show that opened November 16th in Toronto. Ironically, the show displays 4 resin-based sculptures of the unicorn-narwhal at the Narwhal Gallery.
Guys, remind me to never-ever-ever trust anyone who interviews me claiming to work for Jimmy Kimmel Live. I have seen far too many people fall for his pranks, sure you would think it would be easy to tell the truth but there is the added pressure of being on television that people forget about. I know it seems far-fetched that I would ever be actually interviewed by someone working for Jimmy Kimmel Live, but I happen to live a block away from the studio and I see them doing these interviews all the time.
With that out of the way - I should probably mention that I am very conflicted about Starbucks as a brand. On one hand, I hate the idea of paying $4.00 (much less $7.00) for a cup of coffee. Coffee is coffee, right? On the other hand, I really really like the Pumpkin Spice Latte - the only redeemable quality about Starbucks in my opinion. Argh, I don't know what to believe anymore!
What are your opinions of the mega-brand coffee company?
I love dinosaurs, a pure and simple fact. So how could I not post about this great list of 7 Bizarre Prehistoric Versions of Modern Day Animals? Above is an image of the real-life monster best known as the "BoarCroc" or the "dinosaur slicer." It's a giant super-crocodile that may have dined on dinosaurs.
The little kid inside of me is going crazy with excitement. As a cub scout (pre-boy scout) as part of a campingtrip I got to spend a night in The Field Museum in Chicago, where I am from. We camped out in the dinosaur exhibit because that is only logical place for a boy of 11 to spend his night in the museum. Needless to say I loved it, and that same love is apparent as I read about this "BoarCroc."
Anyone who's watched more than two hours of the Discovery Channel knows that crocodiles are sharp-toothed, armored, writhing instruments of death ... but only if they're in about five feet of water. Ten feet farther on shore and suddenly they're 800 pounds of slow-moving, useless leather with sharp teeth at one end. If nothing else, the fact that crocodiles can't and probably won't chase you on land is the most comforting characteristic of what would otherwise be a relentless murder machine.
Except that about 100 million years ago, that wasn't the case. Kaprosuchus saharicus was evolution's stab at giving one predator every advantage except the ability to fly, making it completely unbeatable. Paleontologists often casually talk about them galloping after dinosaurs on their long legs like that's just a thing crocodiles do regularly.
Putting the art in artichoke, Knuckle Salad has this handy guide of how to make beautiful decorative artichokes for the holiday season. I know what you are thinking, who would want to decorate their home with artichokes? Well, take a look at these and get back to me.
Photo: Knuckle Salad
Artichokes are secretly one of my favorite foods, but don't tell my parents that. I don't want them knowing that after all these years "eat your vegetables" really worked. Never give in! So here is what you need if you want to produce these artful artichokes.
A Styrofoam ball. A three-and-a-half-inch ball will give you a roughly life-sized artichoke, but you can make them any size you like.
Good horror stories are hard to come by, often we are left with over dramatized clichés like The Happening, The Wicker Man, or The Mist. I have unfortunately seen all of those terrible terrible films, The Mist being especially bad. If you have seen The Mist then you know what I am talking about when I say the ending to that movie was one of the worst decisions I have ever seen anyone make in a film ever.
With all these bad horror stories going on, it's good to see something original break onto the scene. So original in fact, it started on Reddit.
In 2011, Dathan Auerbach posted on Reddit (in the r/nosleep sub-page) the begging of a short story that would quickly gain in popularity.
-It started when he was six years old, a series of unexplainable footsteps—“muffled, rhythmic beats” gently thumping on the carpeted floor. They woke him up every night, jolting his childish imagination and bringing him “back to consciousness, terrified.”
The post "Footsteps" gained nearly 3,000 upvotes and launched Auerbach, a 27-year-old philosophy teacher, down a path that would forever change his life. He, along with help from Kickstarter, has now chronicled and expanded his short story into a full length book titled Penpal. You can buy the book here.
Auerbach's story didn't stop there however. He is now in the works of landing a movie deal with Rich Middlemas, an Oscar winning producer from Undefeated. He blames the Internet for his success.
“The Internet has opened up doors that were seemingly hermetically sealed for a lot of people,” Auerbach said. “This means there’s a lot more content out there, for better or worse, but the fact of the matter is that for the first time in a long time the public has tremendous control over what gets seen and what rises to the top, and there’s no way that’s a bad thing. There are a lot of talented people out there without an agent or publisher, and now they have the ability to get their work in front of people whether a publisher thinks it’s economically viable or not.”
Love Caramel apples? Me too! Who cares that December is almost upon us, I think caramel apples are always in season and these are the ultimate caramel apples. Brought to us by Cooking Classy you can find a recipe here. It is a fairly simple and straightforward recipe, but in order to recreate the apples above - real twigs are needed. If you noticed there are a few different varieties of coatings, and Jaclyn (of Cooking Classy) has some brilliant ideas on that as well.
Crushed Oreos with milk chocolate chips - Cookie Fudge
Sliced or chopped almonds and poppy seeds with white chocolate - Almond Poppyseed
Chopped dried cranberries & chopped walnuts or pecans with white chocolate chips - Christmas Apple
Crushed lavender & vanilla bean with white chocolate chips - The Gourmet
Crushed graham crackers or graham cracker pie crust & a little cinnamon & nutmeg with white chocolate chips - Apple Pie
If only we could all fall asleep this way... the world would be a better place. This could quite possibly be one of the cutest freaking things I have ever seen. Just looking at this makes me sleepy. The only thing that could possibly make this a better nap is if dogs could pur. Get on that dogs, time to step up your purring game.
What is better than art featuring your favorite all time video game? Art you made with your real-life girlfriend featuring your favorite all time video game. Redditor Tannon and his girlfriend Nicole were up to the challenge. It took two years and 47,096 beads, but the couple finally finished their Chrono Trigger tribute. It's a work of art really. You can see the whole project in the works here.
People love to make their own X-Wings, so it is no surprise that we now get one made out of beer cans. It is still clearly awesome though. While Kaiser beer may not have been my first choice (probably Newcastle Brown Ale but I don't think they make cans for those) I do salute the combining of Star Wars and beer. Originally uploaded by flickr user Tamas Kanya.
Reproposing items for art has been popular ever since (and probably before) Marcel Duchamp's Fountain. What about reproposing art for art though? That is a new trend. Duchamp took a toilet and turned it into art, these dubious artists are using thrift store paintings and making them almost pop-art like productions with monsters and ghouls.
Thnkr TV is helping promote this 15-year-old Kelvin Doe. Doe is a typical Sierra Leone teenager. He scours his neighborhood trash bins for spare parts, likes to build things, goes by the name DJ Focus, and happens to be the youngest person ever to be invited to the M.I.T. Visiting Practitioner's Program. So maybe not so typical.
Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus. Kelvin became the youngest person in history to be invited to the "Visiting Practitioner's Program" at MIT. THNKR had exclusive access to Kelvin and his life-changing journey - experiencing the US for the first time, exploring incredible opportunities, contending with homesickness, and mapping out his future.
