It's only March, but Imgur member rentdownstairs has already locked up the Father of the Year competition. He "wanted to get a custom crib to pass down as an heirloom to our children." So he commissioned Atlanta-based woodworker Garrick Andus to carve a crib inspired by the horror imagery of H.P. Lovecraft. Its spreading, writhing, all-consuming tentacles express the hopes that all of us fathers have for their children.
-via Nerd Approved
Like any sensible person, I plan to spend the Easter weekend month eating nothing but Cadbury Creme Egg-based foods. For dinner today, I'll serve my family donuts made to look like the famous eggs. Chrisy of the food blog Homemade Hooplah offers a recipe for these instantly-recognizable donuts. The filling is made of corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and Cool Whip. The frosting is, appropriately, made from Cadbury-brand chocolate.
-via Tasteologie
YouTube member Rand0Vidz says that his goldfish and his cat named Bootz get along perfectly fine. Even though they're natural enemies, Bootz always escapes the tub unharmed. They're best friends!
-via The Hairpin
YouTube member Lenny says that her toddler and cat have daily conversations like this. I don't understand what they're debating, but I'm impressed with the enthusiasm they put into articulating their positions.
-via Tastefully Offensive
Back in 1989 the Rolling Stones were winding up their Steel Wheels tour and looking to do a pay-per-view broadcast, but the only place tour manager Michael Cohl could find to book was the Donald Trump's Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
The Stones were not happy about Cohl's decision to hire Trump as promoter for the pay-per-view event, as Cohl recounted at a Pollstar event:
I opened my big mouth in the meeting with The Rolling Stones where they go, "This is all great, but we're not going to be affiliated with Donald Trump. At all. Screw you." And I go, "I will control Donald Trump! Don't you worry!"
So, we signed the contract. Donald agrees that he will not be in any of the promotion except in Atlantic City, and he will not show up at the gig!
The Stones were then set to give an interview before the show, but Trump swooped in and made himself the star of the show:
I give him the [come here gesture]. "Come on, Donald, what are you doing? A) You promised us you wouldn't even be here and, B) you promised you would never do this." He says, "But they begged me to go up, Michael! They begged me to go up!" I say, "Stop it. Stop it. This could be crazy. Do what you said you would. Don't make a liar of yourself."
The Stones were understandably upset about the Don's double-cross, but Keith Richards was downright livid:
They call me back, at which point Keith pulls out his knife and slams it on the table and says, "What the hell do I have you for? Do I have to go over there and fire him myself? One of us is leaving the building – either him, or us." I said, "No. I'll go do it. Don't you worry."
Don't mess with knife wielding vampires, Donald, or you might get cut...
-Via Esquire
We love Easter, but it's just not the same when you're an adult. Easter baskets, egg hunts and presents from bunnies are all a thing of the past. Fortunately, as adults we do get the benefit of booze to help get us through the holiday. If you're trying to make sure you pick the right wine -not for your Easter dinner, but for your candy, you're in luck because here you go.
If you want to skip ahead to find out what to drink with your Peeps, don't let the picture fool you -they rightfully suggest prosecco.
Now that the Mythbusters have officially called it quits many fans are starting to fill in the gaps by watching every episode they missed over the last twelve years.
But very few people have enough spare time to watch every episode over again, so here's a better idea- MythResults, a website that summarizes every single test Adam and Jamie performed on the show.
MythResults delivers the busted, plausible or confirmed results for each of the over 1,000 myths in one sentence, and they've even included a link to each episode's main page, so you can get the full story fast.
-Via Lifehacker
It was a complete fantasy, of course. Even the Pearl Harbor raid was the end of the logistical reach of the Imperial Japanese Navy. But that didn't stop newspapers from boosting circulation by convincing American readers that this was a potential outcome.
That's what this page from a 1937 issue of the Los Angeles Examiner is after. So the writers and artists described this fanciful two-pronged invasion of the USA. The first came from an assault on Hawaii, followed by a naval attack on southern California. At the same time, Japan seized southern Alaska and used it as air bases for raids against the Pacific Northwest. Rebecca Onion writes for Slate:
Insets illustrated how Los Angeles could be cut off from the rest of the country with strategic bombing of mountain passes and how its key utilities—water supply and electricity—could be easily controlled by an invading army.
The Examiner thought the main thrust of a Japanese offensive might come from the north. While "crippling or annihilating" the American fleet at Pearl Harbor would be a key part of the plan, allowing Japan to "speed capital ships that would send 16-inch shells screeching to wreak bloody swaths of terror and destruction at Los Angeles and San Francisco," the southern front would "only be a smoke-screen for a main attack via Alaska and Seattle."
You can view a much larger version of the map at Slate.
Nathan Yaffe and Caldwell Tanner present this helpful chart illustrating what you can order at popular restaurants. Not everything is on the published menu.
Also: try the "Millennial" at Advance Auto Parts. That's an engine air filter from a 2000 Ford Taurus served with a side of beans from survival rations.
(Photo: Pokémon Company International)
The Pokémon entertainment franchise turned 20 this year. Early in its history, Pokémon was a trading card game. So to celebrate the occasion, British artist Quentin Devine created an enormous mosaic depicting the original Pikachu card.
Video Gamer reports that Devine arranged 12,987 cards into a mosaic measuring 770 square feet. This secured Devine a Guinness World Record for the largest trading card mosaic.
You can see a video showing how Devine made it here.
-via Nerd Approved
In the traditional version of the Easter story, Jabba the Hutt emerges from his tomb on Easter morning to give treats to boys and girls who have been good that year. And Jenn Fujikawa has the perfect breakfast treat for the occasion.
She shaped liquid marshmallow into Jabba's body as it cooled, then coated it with green sanding sugar. Then she added his face with brown and yellow icing. You can find her full recipe here.
-via Laughing Squid
Thanks for twittering with me! tune in tomorrow at 8pm on FOX for episode 3. It's FANTASTIC.
— Drive (@foxdrive) April 16, 2007
Twitter has officially been around for a decade now, and in that time Twitter didn't revolutionize the way we share on social media, nor did it kill Facebook or Instagram like so many claimed it would.
Instead it quietly made history in one hundred forty characters or less, serving as a platform for discussion and promotion that even the POTUS could get behind.
We just made history. All of this happened because you gave your time, talent and passion. All of this happened because of you. Thanks
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 5, 2008
There have been plenty of magical moments shared via Tweets in the last ten years, including Ellen DeGeneres' epic “selfie” at the 2014 Academy Awards.
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014
The Fox show Drive became the first TV show to live-tweet with fans, which is now common practice, and Beyonce almost broke Twitter when she announced she and Jay-Z were expecting their first child.
Last night at 10:35pm ET, Beyonce's big MTV #VMA moment gave Twitter a record bump: 8,868 Tweets per second.
— Twitter Comms (@twittercomms) August 29, 2011
It remains to be seen whether Twitter will be around for another ten years, but the first decade was certainly something to chirp about!
See the Twelve Biggest Pop Culture Moments On Twitter This Decade here
When polls required respondents to mail in their vote far fewer crackpots chimed in and therefore most polls ended with usable results, but then the internet came along and changed all that.
Since everyone and their brother are online these days everyone gets a vote, including the people who think it's reasonable to name an important ship Boaty McBoatface or an endangered humpback whale Mr. Splashy Pants.
It seems online voters like a good laugh, which is why Nancy Upton came in first in American Apparel's "Next Big Thing" contest to find a new plus sized model.
She made herself the most ironic choice by posing for a series of "sexy" photos taken by Shannon Skloss that lampoon those sexy American Apparel ads that make people lose their appetites.
Read Boaty McBoatface And Six Other Times When Online Polls Sailed Adrift here
The differences between models used in feature films and the toys of today are negligible, and the incredible detail found on most licensed toys makes kids feel like they own a piece of their favorite films.
To demonstrate how easy it is to turn a toy into a camera ready model artist Tristan Elliott added a masterful paint job to Hasbro's Battle Action Millennium Falcon toy and turned it into a ship Chewie would be proud to co-pilot.
Tristan added damage and distress details to the otherwise dull gray ship, and with each new added detail another piece of the puzzle of how the Falcon ended up on Jakku falls into place.
See more step-by-step process shots here
-Via Toyland
There's another cat in the house!
And he's a handsome fella. Kinda weird, though. He scrunches his body up in odd ways. Still, it's worth examining him closely.
So he is a permanent resident, or just passing through? Because I've got dibs on the couch.
-via Laughing Squid
