I don’t know if you guys have heard about this yet, but apparently, there’s some kind of flu going around. And what is a pandemic without a little pandemonium? People everywhere are taking precautions and wearing surgical masks in public to avoid catching the virus, and frankly, it looks a bit silly.
I like these folks [...]
Stamps and coins are one thing. Collecting them can even make for a great past-time hobby. But for every American quarters collector, there’s a hobbyist collecting enough stuff to fill an entire room or even a museum.
Jef Beck has the world’s largest collection of Ken dolls. His obsession spawned from a childhood memory with his [...]
Like to clown around at your office? There might be a competition out there just for you. The second annual office chair racing championships were held in Bad Koening, Germany recently. Contestants rode their modified office chairs down a steep ramp and through a 200 meter-long course. As these pictures indicate, not everyone made it [...]
The next time you feel old, consider the flexibility displayed by 83-year-old yoga instructor Bette Calman. As you can see, the Australian doesn’t let her advanced age slow her down a bit.
… Like learning something new …
Sometimes a simple manipulation can twist an ordinary situation into a whole new experience that you may have never envisioned before.
From junk to homestead, these artists know how to turn the strangest things into something beautiful with unique designs — and materials.
Bodan Litnianski emigrated from the Ukraine to France in 1930 with no money. He had no place to live, so he bought a ruined house for his family to live in. He restored it with glass [...]
Inspired by a documentary about the satellite photos on Google Earth, British teenager Rory McInnes decided to make his parents’ million-pound mansion stand out. And it sure did. He painted a 60-foot phallus on top of his parents’ newly finished flat roof. However, it was not discovered for a whole year until a helicopter pilot [...]
David Blázquez adds a new twist to the art of interior design. His photography exhibit called “human furniture” is on display at El Fotomata in Sevilla, Spain. By using naked men as furniture, he questions whether or not humans could, in fact, be inanimate. This exhibit also poses the idea of what it’s like to [...]
When I think of fishing, I think of a cold beer, a chair to lounge in and some quality conversation. It’s probably the only moment in my life where I can sit and wait, and not be tapping my foot the whole time. And if nothing happens I’m still okay. These men in South Asia, [...]
