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Thursday, June 25, 2009

trees in stitches

trees covered in stitches

Check out this beautifully dressed tree.

updated August 28, 2015

More how-tos.

More crochet.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

iPhone + drawing app = New Yorker cover

The June 1 New Yorker cover was done in an hour with the $4.99 iPhone drawing app "Brushes."
See how artist Jorge Colombo did it.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Barack Obama saves the day

This JibJab satire animated cartoon debuted in front of the President himself at the Radio & Television Correspondents Dinner. No longer available.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

hire a robot to cook for you

". . . there's something disquieting about a robot that can verbally take our order, independently interpret our request, and then cut up sushi rolls and serve them to us."

Friday, June 19, 2009

great film clip about a baby bear and a cougar

From L'Ours (1988) "The Bear," a film by Jean-Jacques Annaud. FYI, it has a happy ending.

More bears.

More movies.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Going to the dentist soon?

Be glad if he/she isn't Tim Conway.

More comedians.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

the whole world's got talent

Listen to these handsome 14- and 15-year-old young men sing "O sole mio" spectacularly.

Great ideas for travel adventures in California and the U.S. and around the world.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

spectacular fish splash image

See more images like this one by Daryl Ariawan at the photographer's website.
Website deactivated.

More photo galleries.

More fish items.

photo gallery "Cats Around the World"

updated August 28, 2015

Monday, June 15, 2009

6 phases of work explained by cats

Which stage are you at?

updated August 28, 2015

More cats.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

animal crime spree

Penguins want to be loved, too.

Great ideas for travel adventures in California and the U.S. and around the world.

Friday, June 12, 2009

funny country "love" song

Rodney Carrington sings "Today's The Day My Wife Met My Girlfriend."

Great ideas for travel adventures in California and the U.S. and around the world.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

circle the cat

How long will it take you the trap this smart cat?
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More cats.

Places to see cats when you travel.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

the way she was

If there was ever any question, Susan Boyle has always had talent. In a 25-year-old video that recently surfaced, a fresh-faced Susan–just 22 at the time–takes the stage at a local Scottish club looking trim and youthful and sings Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were."

More celebrity items.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

world's 10 weirdest vending machines

Three of the world's 10 weirdest vending machines are in Japan.

More photo galleries.

Great ideas for travel adventures in California and the U.S. and around the world.

updated August 28, 2015

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

the new River Dance

Watching this dancing seal should give you a lift.

More sea lions/seals.

More dancing animals.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

amazing typewriter artist

Paul Smith was born in Philadelphia in 1921 with severe cerebral palsy. A man with extraordinary talent, he used his left hand to steady his right one when typing his art. Since he couldn't press two keys at the same time, he almost always locked the shift key down and made his pictures using the symbols at the top of the number keys--@ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ .
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