Self-described "writer, illustrator, designer and geek" Austin Light decided to have some fun with Reddit. Light collected the movie title typos of Redditors for the month of October and made these clever drawings of the movies in their new, typo incarnations. Light is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, where he resides with his wife. In addition to his passions for writing and illustration, Light also loves video games.
See more drawings from this funny series here, or visit Light's website to read his blog and see more of his work.
A Burlington, North Carolina Olive Garden restaurant has had a constant companion since Alan Martin, a minister and father of two, purchased their "Never Ending Pasta Pass." Ever since he laid out the $100 fee for the pass, Martin has eaten Olive Garden pasta, unlimited salad and breadsticks every day, twice a day, and plans to do so for the seven weeks in which his pass is valid. Each meal Martin eats is worth $9.99, and thus far he's eaten ninety-nine such meals. He says that he hasn't gained weight. (I wonder if his cholesterol and triglyceride levels have risen?) What do you think? Would you eat like this to take advantage of a bargain? Read more here.
According to daddy Don Swift, he was shooting video of his baby learning to crawl when his black Labrador retriever gave her an extra reward for her efforts. A double shot of cute in case your morning was lacking. -Via Viral Viral Videos
"The King of Random" Grant Thompson is back with his fondness for explosive and otherwise dangerous science experiments. He calls this video "Five Crazy Science Stunts You Won't See at School." You'll also see a "pumpkin pie" that won't make it to your holiday table. -Via Science Dump
Wes Bellamy is a teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia who also runs a youth services nonprofit. When he saw a photo on Twitter of a McDonalds McRib sandwich without the sauce, Bellamy sent out a Tweet mildly expressing his disgust for its appearance. Afterwards, the McDonalds Corporation invited Bellamy to travel to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to visit a plant in which the McRib is produced. This footage is of his visit.
What do you think? Do you eat at McDonalds, and if so, would you eat a McRib? -Via Viral Viral Videos
This amusing capture by acclaimed Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten shows a Japanese snow monkey (also known as a Japanese macaque) who mischieviously stole a tourist's iPhone at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Japan.
"We were standing close to the edge of the hot spring, when one of the tourists started taking shots with her iPhone, moving the phone closer to the macaque after each shot.
Suddenly, the macaque grabbed the iPhone from her hands and quickly moved away towards the middle of the hot spring!
The owner screamed in agony, but the macaque was too fascinated by its new toy to notice.
The minutes that followed were downright hilarious. Monkeys already resemble humans in so many ways, but when they're holding an iPhone, the similarities are almost scary. At some point, it even managed to let the built-in flash of the iPhone go off. When the macaque decided to do some serious underwater testing, the owner of the phone almost fainted. Meanwhile, I was fully aware that this would result in some of the most original snow monkey shots ever."
Artist Kat O'Sullivan (also known as "Katwise") transformed her Woodstock, New York home into the cornucopia of color seen here. Strangely enough, the pictures of the house in its place in the countryside don't appear jarring due to the contrast. The house complements and somehow blends with its natural setting.
Kat has decorated the place so that it is as whimsical and vibrant inside as it is outside. She credits "ninja elves" with helping her to make the home into her vision. The house is appropriately named "Calico."
Visit Kat's website Katwise to see before and after pictures of the inside and outside of Calico.
When Bella was a kitten, her human thought she was so cute that she wanted to "eat her up." So she was inspired to make the kitten a cherry pie in which to sleep. She said Bella loved the bed and would often take her teddy bear and curl up inside it. This footage is of one such occasion.
The video is old enough that Bella is no longer a kitten, but since it's not been posted on Neatorama before, I'm doing so now. I figure kittens with teddies inside comfy cherry pies is mandatory viewing, when it comes to cute animal videos. -Via Tastefully Offensive
This TED-Ed video estimates that we each hear 10-200 lies in a single day. Whether it's a trivial topic or something serious and consequential, there are common ways in which people tend to lie. Liars frequently form their sentences similarly, act in a certain way overall and other telling characteristics. Perhaps by learning as much as we can about the language of lying, we can better navigate the labyrinth of untruths we all face.
It's hard to pinpoint the factors that combine to become a lasting internet meme. But an engaging picture is usually part of the equation. In the case of the meme above, an adorable picture of Sammy Griner taken by his photographer mother Laney was the photo that launched a million "Success Kid" meme graphics.
Sammy wasn't yet one year old when his mom snapped a picture of him on the beach, a handful of sand clenched tightly in his little hand. Laney posted the picture to Flickr in 2007, with the caption "Why I Oughta..." and, after years of making the internet rounds, a meme was born. Virgin Media has since purchased the rights to Sammy's picture to use it on UK billboards, and Vitamin Water used the photo in an advertisement. Success Kid sounds about right!
Read about other regular people who became memes at Mental Floss.
Charlie the beagle is no stranger to presenting his humans with offerings of love. In this footage, Charlie tries this as a tactic to gain himself a tempting breakfast of biscuit, eggs and sausage sitting in front of his owner. Who can blame him for trying? -Via Laughing Squid
When news of a local suffering from a deadly infectious disease is disseminated to the public, the fear is palpable, in that it affects citizens' actions and daily lives. At times, fear of epidemics has resulted in hysterical measures taken by government officials and others in positions of power.
The referring article, linked below, cites and briefly describes a number of instances of quarantine, some of which resulted in unfair treatment of the possibly infected, including racism.
One example is a bubonic plague scare in San Francisco in 1900. After letting Caucasians leave the area, officials of the City of San Francisco physically separated twelve square blocks of Chinatown from the rest of the city with barriers of rope and barbed wire. The source of the panic was the suspected plague death of a Chinese immigrant who was found in the basement of a hotel.
The quarantine was declared, despite a lack of evidence of the deceased having the plague. This incident, later dubbed by the press as the "Bubonic Bluff," caused a food shortage and many hardships for the people in the restricted zone. Large numbers of Chinese residents lost their jobs as a result of the quarantine, which a subsequent investigation found to be unnecessary and was later viewed by many historians as racially motivated.
Read about more grievous events associated with quarantine in this NPR blog article.
During a flight past Saturn's moon Titan, NASA's Cassini captured this image of the reflection of sunlight off Titan's north polar seas. Cassini has captured some similar shots before, but nothing quite like this.
Read descriptions and explanations from NASA of other notable sights in this photograph here.
Gizmodo compiled a list of seven alternatives to simply being cremated or buried after your death. One was featured on Neatorama approximately two weeks ago, which was the Algordanza company transforming cremated remains into diamonds.
Not into sparkly rocks and looking for something a little more traditionally manly? Try on the pistol catridges pictured above for size. A company called Holy Smokewill take one pound of cremated remains and use them to make either 250 shotgun shells, 100 rifle cartridges, or 250 pistol cartridges. Just $1,250 bones... er... dollars will make you just as fast as a speeding bullet.
If you're not into guns (literally or figuratively), check out five other products your remains can be transformed into after you die here. Do any of these ideas appeal to you?
Michael Koller posted this beautiful photo series of spiral staircases to hisInstagram account. These photographs catch the eye with their repeating geometric shapes and sense of endless perspective. Each minor architectural detail of a staircase makes for a distinctive pattern that adds interest and texture to the photograph. More spiral staircase photographs can be found by searching the hashtag “#theworldneedsmorespiralstaircases.”
