Here's further proof that Grumpy Cat has entered into our society's consciousness. He's now at the grocery store! Via Accordion Guy
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Enterprise and Klingon Ship Salt & Pepper Shakers
Are the odds against your home decor? Is the situation grim? The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination. All you really need is to take your kitchen table to a place it has never gone before the Enterprise and Klingon Ship Salt & Pepper Shakers from the NeatoShop. This fascinating set is held together with magnets.
Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Salt and Pepper Shakers and fantastic Star Trek items.
If you're going to try to return that printer to the store, you should remove those copies of $100 bills from it. Police in Lake Hallie, Wisconsin, arrested Jarad S. Carr on charges of attempted theft by fraud, forgery, and resisting arrest.
Police were called to Walmart at 3:05 p.m. Thursday because Carr, 37, of West Bend was trying to return a printer without receipts or proof he bought it from the Lake Hallie Walmart.
While inspecting the printer, a single sheet with two counterfeit $100 bills printed on it was found.
Carr insisted on returning the printer even after Walmart staffers refused to take it.
After Carr was arrested, three additional counterfeit bills were found on his person. Police are still looking for a second man involved in the incident. Link -via Fark
In Chris Nolan's movie Memento, the protagonist Leonard suffered from memory loss and had to tattoo reminders on himself. Thankfully, when redditor JoDiegoJo suffered from amnesia, she didn't have to resort to tattooing herself. Instead, her friend wrote her this nifty note: Link - via Boing Boing
In the history of the United States, plenty of coins and monetary denominations have come and gone. Just ask anyone who's old enough to know that a Susan B. Anthony is worth the same as a Sacajawea! Each of the bygone coins has a story behind it. Have you ever heard of the twenty-cent piece?
The shortest-lived circulated coin in U.S. history, the twenty-cent piece only lasted from 1875 to 1878. Once again, this was America attempting to keep parity with Europe—France, in particular. Their twenty-franc piece was approximately the same size and material as the twenty-cent piece, and so the two could, in theory, be exchanged equally.
In reality, this was almost never done. Though francs were a popular reserve currency at the time, the average citizen didn’t have much of a need for a twenty cent coin, especially since quarters were already well-established.
Some of the coins on the list of ten lesser-known U.S. coins were never in circulation, and some are still legal -although you probably won't see them. Link
Josh Millard wrote and recorded this Star Trek parody of Taylor Swift's hit song "I Knew You Were Trouble." Compare to the original song, if you wish. Link -via Metafilter
Admiral Ackbar is being quite obvious about this one: It's a (Mouse) Trap! Via Accordion Guy
New York Philharmonic trombonist David Finlayson gave us What The Trombone Sees. Now he shows us what goes on inside the instrument! As anyone who has ever played a brass instrument can tell you, this is shown in slow motion. The lips belong to trombonist Peter Ellefson. -via Improbable Research
It started out as a simple picture post, then the comment thread went in a different direction and became something special. Redditor gxace has fingers that don't bend, so he does not have the wrinkles on the inside of his knuckles that the rest of us have. That was mildly interesting, but then someone asked, "How did you take that picture?"
Yes, these are real eggs decorated with real embroidery. Brett Bara saw some embroidered Easter eggs, but found no instructions. So she developed her own technique!
My research didn’t uncover much in the way of a how-to for this technique, so after much obsessing, I decided to give it a try on my own. To my surprise, sewing on eggs isn’t really difficult at all, once you get the hang of it! I know you don’t believe me, and this project truly does seem to defy the laws of physics.
She posted the step-by step instructions at Design Sponge. Hint: they involve a Dremel. Link -via Everlasting Blort
Tumblr blogger izunadrop247, who played Sulu in the Star Trek Away Team cosplay post we just had here , has another thing up his sleeves. Check out his Crown Royal gear shift boot.
We've always known that Sulu has got the classiest taste: Link
The bread from Abbott's Village Bakery in Australia is 100% free-range. Happier bread makes happier sandwiches! -Thanks, John James!
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Ooh, that sneaky John Williams! The composer snuck in some playful references in the sheet music for Star Wars Suite for Orchestra.
Israeli artist Barak Ashraf shows us the youthful Kraken practicing the mayhem for which he later became famous. Link -via reddit
Add this to the Swanson Pyramid of Greatness. After all, it's full, thick and square facial hair as well as thick and impenetrable torso. It's good to see that Leonardo da Vinci gave 100% and not 110% when he created this. Because 110% is impossible. Only idiots give that.
But don't cry at the beautiful sight of the Ron Swanson Mona Lisa. Because crying is only acceptable at funerals and the Grand Canyon.
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