Nothing says "I Love You" like a single stem or bouquet of black roses.
From the website: "From the beginning of time, the black rose has been a potent symbol in cultures all over the world. This mystical flower can celebrate a light-hearted milestone birthday, render the heartfelt loss of love, or make a strong case for vengeance and retaliation."
They take Visa & MasterCard, too! http://www.sendblackroses.com/
Jorn Olsen photographed this wonderful Mammatus clouds (I looked it up: "pouch-like cloud structures and a rare example of clouds in sinking air"). Link (via Chapel Perilous)
"In The Rough" is a funny and amazingly drawn animated clip made by a company called Blur.
From the website: "Man has evolved throughout the ages ... Relationships, unfortunately, have not. After being kicked out of his cave, Brog discovers that living a bachelor's life is not all that it's cracked up to be."
Worth a look-see. http://www.blur.com/indexl.html (click on the Quicktime icon on the lower right-hand corner).
Incredible Adventure's Zero Gravity Flight uses a series of parabolic flight maneuvers in the sky to simulate zero gravity (each one about 25 seconds).
The company also offers other "adventures" such as driving a tank in Texas, flying MiGs over Moscow, going to the edge of space on a MiG, Tandem HALO jumping, and more. Beats going to the water park, that's for sure. Link
In the past decade or so, Erik Sprague (the Lizardman) has undergone not only tattooing and body piercing, but also weirder things like 3D art subdermal implants, tongue bifurcation by laser surgery, and teeth filing.
A crucifix knife, from the FBI's Guide to Concealable Weapons 2003. See other small and concealed knives that the FBI bought for this study. http://datacenter.ap.org/wdc/fbiweapons.pdf (PDF file)