Thecal Matters

Laser cut acrylic brain slices by yksong

Alots Are Better Than You at Everything

..via Hyperbole and a Half

Squishy

They always say sex sells, and brains are sexy......Fiat ad taking this concept literally.

Art by Chris Peters

"To hold you again" by Chris Peters.

He really, really likes skeletons and skulls.

Not Made for Walking

Totally amazing hoof/gun boots by Iris Schieferstein. I think there are nowhere anywhere near enough people who have thought about this concept as a viable shoe style. Think of the impact you would create walking through a room with these babies on. Plus, if anyone makes fun of you, you have a weapon to scare them into saying how great they really are.

..via Design Milk

Memories

Road trips to nowhere, underage smoking, falling asleep on an old mattress in an over-crowded house. Eating each leg off individually after stopping at the only gas station this side of Oklahoma. Nothing beats these for automatic nostalgia for time a decade gone.

my-car-is-going-to-run-forever-all-the-way-to-my-own-personal-planet-a-million-miles-away

I am taking applications if anyone else wants to come with me. Room for one (possibly), no guarantees I won't leave you in the cold of space depending on my mood. And your ability to state the obvious.

Earth Muffin

Today at work, I was having a discussion with a few co-workers, and one stated to the other that he was environmentally conscious, but that he wasn't any tree-hugger. Bare in mind, this is the guy that has attempted multiple times to get our company to begin a recycling program, etc. The other co-worker laughed, and then they both looked at me. I said nothing and then was told that I was, of course, a tree-hugger. What's more I was an 'Earth Muffin'. At this point, the other co-worker and eye exchange a look and start laughing, as this doesn't sound like anything but a terribly inappropriate term. Perhaps we just have dirty minds. So, with safe search engaged, we had to Google the term, coming up with this from Urban Dictionary:

1. earth muffin
Environmentally conscience, socially aware, recycles when she can, prefers organic or natural products, and will drive out of the way to support mom and pop before large consumer corporations. She’s a modern hippy but also has a practical side. She’s cute, showers regularly, and encourages others to do the right thing without being judgmental or critical.
Store Checker: Would you prefer paper or plastic?
Earth Muffin: I brought my own reuseable duffle! It's made out of recycled materials, too.
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by JennX Mar 27, 2008 share this
2. earth muffin
hippie/enviro/tree-hugger girls, especially the cute ones, and with a good connotation.
I'm gonna head down to the Green Festival and try to pick me up an earth muffin.

Needless to say, I haven't laughed this long in a while when I discovered this was a 'real' term. Better, I like the presumption of 'cute' in both definitions, and as was pointed out, I am totally not unjudgmental or uncritical about other people's choices. Personally, I don't see how badgering other people into recycling or eating less meat or banning bottled watter can be bad, but then, it seems totally redundant that I am judgmental. Totally.

Credit Card Concierge

How to Make Visa Obey Your Every Desire: The Credit Card Concierge Experiment

This is fantastic. Written by John Hargrove, author of Spank the Monkey, about how one man used the included perk of a concierge service to make them look up the most inane things ever. Great read.

The Better Question: How to Tell the Difference Between Them?

Where the link came from. Anyone with suggestions where the original link is, feel free to comment and let me know.