By author: "This graphic novel is a personal project made aside from my daily work as an illustrator. I tried to depict in it a difficult theme but a one witch is close to my heart : the way children are affected by a negative ambient at home, and social difficulties they can endure in consequences. I'm always shocked when I meet parents who send unconsciously their violence, pessimism or sadness to their children. This novel is not really a mental answer to it, just a heart reaction. "
Anna Piaggi was well-known in the fashion world for being an authoritative expert on style. See her own unusual fashion choices here…
What a lot of people don't know is fast food menus go beyond what you see on the wall. Most fast food places have a secret menu with delicious meals on it. Here are 10 of the best fast food secret menu items available. If you didn't know about these then you should go out and try them all soon. They are amazing.
He posted these vulgar photos on Facebook and perhaps he thinks we should all be jealous of him now! I am definitely not envious though, are you?
Very impressive collection of modern video games in Atari Cartridge art. If you are a gamer you will appreciate this. Too cool. Nice redesigns.
Saudi Arabia is a country without any snow. So the sport of skiing had to be reinvented in a different way. These Saudi Arabia kids show you that new stunt of sidewall skiing or driving your car on two wheels. Apparently drifting and sidewall skiing have become a popular hobby amongst the youth of Saudi Arabia. Do not try this at home.
Let's take a look inside beautiful North Korean homes. Pretty impressive? Huh.
Girl's prom is on 4/20. This is how she got asked. Funny Stoners.
Namie is a small town in Japan that was abandoned after tsunami and Fukushima nuclear plant fail in 2011. At the invitation of local officials, Google recently deployed its camera-equipped vehicles to Namie to create a street view map of the deserted town so residents can see their abandoned homes, and the world can witness the remains of the disaster.
Here are some highlights from the White House Easter day celebration. There are some nice family photos of President Barack Obama and his family as well as a bunch of kids enjoying the Easter holiday. Looks like everyone at the white house had a fun Easter celebration.
There are a lot of similarities between being drunk and being elderly. Here is a nice venn diagram to show you how similar they are. Now You can compare and contrast what it is like getting drunk and being old.
The Best Alley-oop Dunk ever might have taken place during Monday nights game of the Utah Jazz Vs the Portland Trailblazers. Usualy when an alley-oop takes place the player dunking the ball is close to the basket but not this time. Utah Jazz Players Jamaal Tinsley and Jeremy Evans were both behind the 3 point line when Tinsley threw the ball up high and Evans ran it down for a monster dunk. This is definitely the best Alley-oop I have seen in a long time. What an unbelievable play.
We've all had bad experiences with kisses. Some people have it while others need a lot more practice. You know you have had one of those awkward kisses that just make you cringe. These people need a lot more practice.
Yesterday was April fools day which means there was plenty of pranking going on. Even on opening day of baseball there was a few players who got pranked. A.J. Burnett Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates had a good prank pulled on him. Simple and funny this was a great baseball April fools day prank.
It seems these days employers are starting to allow office pets. These animals are starting to enter the office in droves. How could you not benefit from adding an office cat or dog to your staff? Here are some hard working Adorable office pets.
Google has announced the beta version of Treasure Mode for Google Maps after finding Captain Kidd’s 315 year-old map in a September 2012 expedition. The digitized version of Kidd’s map has since been released to the public and it allows anyone to explore his long-lost treasure map (be sure to check out the ‘telescope’ feature). They have invited the whole world to come together and help them decipher the encrypted symbols of Kidd’s buried secrets. Let's go!
Ladies for your next night out! Instructables user seamster has created an R2-D2 bra, complete with blinking lights and sounds taken from an action figure of the Star Wars droid. Seamster has posted two versions of the bra, one made of duct tape and the other “ultimate” version is made using papier-mâché. Instructions to make your own are available at Instructables. See the link at the bottom.
Ladies, this one's for you! Do you prefer a man with a little hair on his chest or do you make him shave it off? What about these half shaves? Turned on yet?
Odin Parker, a well-dressed German Shepherd dog, uses a spoon and his ‘hands’ to eat peanut butter out of a jar. You may remember when we wrote about dogs eating a meal and cookies with their hands.
A Chinese engineer who operates a data recovery and hard drive repair center is being hailed as a genius after inventing a DIY candy floss machine made from a used hard disk. According to the instructions, all that is needed to create your own candy floss maker is a hard drive that can still power up, a round flat metal tin, six bicycle spokes, an aluminum can and a plastic basin. A series of photos demonstrating how to create this candy floss machine have made some sensation across China internet …
The moon is about 386,242 miles from Earth. Our moon is certainly not low. More than that – it is big enough to be a full planet, of course, if it revolved around the sun, not the earth. The moon is a quarter the diameter of Earth. Only Pluto larger satellites relative to the size of the planet around which it revolves. We invite you to see how the other planets would look if they were at the scene of the moon. So, the Moon, as we see it quite often.
Procter & Gamble has announced Scope Bacon Mouthwash, a mouthwash that is flavored synthetically like bacon to give you “breath that sizzles."
More surveillance please! Researchers at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering have created Cyro, an autonomous robotic jellyfish that’s roughly the size and weight of a grown man, for the purpose of underwater surveillance. The 170-pound Cyro prototype and a smaller, hand-sized “RoboJelly” robot were created as part of a project funded by the US Navy. Cyro is modeled after the lion’s mane jellyfish, and measures five feet and seven inches long.
Elle Macpherson is 50 years old and she still looks great. I hope I can look like this at 50 years old. Damn girl! Sexy!
For the yearlong photo project “6:30 AM Series,” photographer Robert Weingarten took a photo at 6:30 each morning of the exact same view of Santa Monica Bay, as seen from his home in Malibu. He did so for every day he was home during 2003. To keep the photos consistent, Weingarten strictly followed a set of rules: the aperture and focus settings were fixed, the color transparency film was from a single production batch, and the camera and lens were securely fixed to a tripod to maintain the frame.
Worth 1000 is famous for their photoshop & Photo-Effects contests. In which Two or more movie posters are combined to make one much funnier and creative poster. Their latest, Mate a Movie series, asks graphic artists to take two or more movies, and combine them to make one much funnier movie. I’ve included some of my favorites. Hope you will like them or may be they will inspire you to create some.
Researchers at the University of California in Santa Cruz have successfully trained a sea lion to bob its head in time to music, in a study that may change our understanding of how rhythm is acquired. But let's leave the scientific details for later and just enjoy this cute performance:)
Breaking up with someone is the worst. They get all sad and start crying. Then they're like, "But I thought you loved me." Awkward! Who wants to deal with that? Not me. Here are five fool-proof ways to kick someone out of your life without having to watch them turn into an emotional wreck. Note: Although these all say "girlfriend," they're sure to work on boys, too.
The slide took out a huge chunk of the Whidbey Island hillside. It extends about 500 yards across and down 700 yards into Puget Sound. One home was destroyed and at least two dozen others are threatened. Most of the homes are vacation properties.
In 1924, the then-luxurious Hotel (Refugio d)el Salto was inaugurated on the cliff facing the waterfall but due to contamination of the river water, believed to be a result of the popular locale, it was closed in the early 90′s. There has been talk of reopening it and restoring it to its former glory (but as a museum or even a police station) which might help rid the place of its apparent ghosts. They are said to haunt the hotel and according to the caretaker, are believed to be from the old days when bar fights on the second story would end up on its balcony, sometimes resulting in a drunk patron losing more than the fight.
Aren't you tired to see what your friends eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner all day long through out dozens of social networks? Well I wouldn't be as annoyed if they would get creative as Ida Skivines from Norway. She recreated famous works of art by Van Gogh, Monet, Dali, and more on Instagram as part of the Art Toast Project. Learn, you slackers:)
Back in March a tiny wooden door was discovered at the base of an elm tree in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The door has become a bit of a destination for park visitors, who have been leaving behind notes, coins, acorns, and other trinkets inside the tree. The mystery door is located in the park Concourse near the De Young Museum and the California Academy of Sciences.
Attention geeks! Now you don't have to worry about all those bullies around you! With this kind of toy you are gonna be the one to be scared of. Especially for you... well and for the 2013 MOCathalon contes, Captain Infinity recreated Han Solo’s DL-44 heavy blaster pistol using LEGO bricks. Enjoy, don't get carried away though:)
In the charmingly surreal sculpture series “SEKAI” (“World”) by Japanese artist Maico Akiba, tiny populated worlds sprout out of the backs of animals. The detailed mini worlds include people, cars, structures, and thick vegetation. And you can have the minified versions of sculptures as a cell phone strap!
Cinemagraphs are photographic images in which select areas are animated. Fashion photographer Jamie Beck pioneered the technique. This beautiful video was directed by Ian and Cooper. It's made for "Back to Me" song by Joel Compass and tells a dark tale about father and son through a montage of cinemagraphs. Check it out!
