My Funny Synthetic Valentine
Some men choose "synthetic substitutes" when it comes to love. Yes, I'm talking about dolls. Multiple dolls.
Not Your Grandma's Chiquita Bananas
Designer DJ Neff was asked to "make bananas cool." And he did. (Via My Modern Met and Design Related)
Why Octopus Is More Awesome Than Your Mom
I smell a new Mother's Day card in the making. (Via Oatmeal)
Snowmageddon 2010 in Time Lapse
See you in a few weeks, Mr. Teddy Bear. (Via DCist)
You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Bird
But I called shotgun first!
Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman Take It Off
Ever wondered what Karen Walker and Ron Swanson look like in the nude? Good news! Here's New York magazine's Valentine's day gift to you.
Anatomical Jewelry
Time to dig up your baby teeth from the attic! (Via I Want to Draw Your Brains!)
Google's Super Bowl Ad: Parisian Love
Google tells a love story via search results. Well done, Google.
No Dinos Need Apply
Have two claws, will work for food.
Sea Urchins "See" With Spines
Though technically eyeless, sea urchins can detect light via their ball-like invertebrates. I see what you did there.
Shirtless Channing Tatum Brings Down Avatar
Friday's box office estimates show Dear John over Avatar. This is what that $13.8 million looks like.
Boy Chained to Lamp Post While Dad Works
Migrant worker parents, unable to afford childcare, secure their two-year-old son to a lamp post with a padlock and chain so that he doesn't end up kidnapped like his sister. Tears.
Tiger Shark Eats Reefcam
An underwater camera set up to monitor the Great Barrier Reef captures a Tiger shark with a voracious appetite. Nom nom nom... (Via Sea Fever blog)
BC Premier Ziplines Over Downtown Vancouver
Get your spidey suits out, folks. Thanks to the Robson Zipline, you, too, can fly over downtown Vancouver. (Via Vancity Buzz)
Your Flickr Stats Explained
Boobs beat kittens. How about boobs AND kittens?
Saints Fan Swallows Earring
A Saints fan left her favorite fleur-de-lis earring next to her medication on her bedside and swallowed it along with the pills.
Werner Herzog Reads Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
First Curious George, now Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
Snowmageddon PANIC!
That one piece of meat must've been some kind of nasty.
Foreign Currency Black Market, According to Museum of Communism
"So, if for example, a girl received 20 dollars from a foreigner for a night of love making, she could exchange it in the state bank for about one hundred and sixty Tuzex crowns..." I get it now. Crystal clear.
Pluto, Mars, and the Milky Way in Close-Up
Amazing new shots of Pluto, Mars, and others from the Hubble Space Telescope.