Really, these pieces of art, no pun intended, are fantastic. They are the most intellectual Lego art works I’ve ever seen in my life -no, that’s not saying much. Legoland has nothing on Nathan Sawaya.
I absolutely love them and wish they weren’t on such a crappy tour schedule around America.
Seriously, your only California stop is Redding? Redding? Lame! Ever hear of Los Angeles or San Francisco? Maybe even San Diego, home of LEGOLAND? Think about it.
Link via InventorSpot.
Quote of the Day:
“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.” -Mark Twain
Fact of the Day:
King James IV of Scotland was an amateur dentist, and even paid people to let him to practice on their teeth. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
National Get Out of the Dog House Day: so apologize already!
Link of the Day:
Get ready for our exclusive Comic-con coverage by checking out SciFi Nerds in their own homes by Steve Schofield.
Quote of the Day:
“But what is the difference between literature and journalism?…Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.” -Oscar Wilde
Fact of the Day:
Washington state’s Mt. Rainier is the tallest volcano in the United States, measuring nearly 14,500 feet in height. It last erupted in 1854. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Ugly Truck Day -hick’s everywhere rejoice
Link of the Day:
Cool money origami.
Quote of the Day:
“The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it’s just sort of a tired feeling.” -Paula Poundstone
Fact of the Day:
French maids never wore mini-skirts, stiletto heels, and fishnet stockings while cleaning house; that image originated in the U.S. on the vaudeville stage. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Burmese Martyr’s Day -rough, seriously rough.
Link of the Day:
13 Strange Last Requests from Cracked
Some sickos have been planting sharpened metal spikes in public parks. So far this has been discovered in Seattle and the Netherlands. Luckily, no one has been seriously hurt yet, but it is damn freaky.
Learn more here.
You know all those peices that were pulled from YouTube for copyright infringement? You can find out more about them on YouTomb.
YouTomb will even tell you how long the video was up before it was pulled, and at whos request the peice was removed. It also shows a chart of how often the video was viewed before being pulled.
Quote of the Day:
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” -Soren Kierkegaard
Fact of the Day:
Crocodiles are the only animals that tear while eating. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
National Caviar Day -as if rich douchebags need more of a reason to celebrate.
Link of the Day:
Cartoon energy drinks made real. Awesome.
Remember the bomb scare over the Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb threat? Yeah, some dumb-ass guerrilla marketing company obviously didn’t when they sent cakes with wires and shit sticking out of them to a variety of news organizations.
Of course, the fire crews got called. They were lucky though, no charges were pressed. More here.
If you ask me, this looks a lot more sketchy than a Mooninite with his middle finger up.
Cracked has a great list of 20 baby products that should not exist. The baby high heels have creeped me out since I heard about them.
But this here manual snot sucker…just genius really.
I highly encourage everyone to read the whole list. Everything here belongs in “Stupidest Products Ever.” Everything. It’s shocking, disgusting, weird and every other adjective that you RTD readers have come to love.
This time you can thank Mental Floss. Can you ever get enough of these? I can’t.
