Mental Floss lists 31 unusual high school mascots, including the Old Farms Winged Beavers, Awesome Blossoms, Cornjerkers and an honorable mention to "to the Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards." [Via]
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Kottke calls this flag that used to represent the Benin Empire (the "pre-colonial African state of modern Nigeria") the best flag in the world. I'm inclined to agree, although the Mozambique flag featuring a Kalashnikov is a close second.
To my Nigerian friends: Why'd ya'll change your flag?! Your flag today looks like the damn thing for the Republic of Leprechauns. Damn.
Hilarious! Language is NSFW. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfprIxNfCjk&fmt=18]
[Thanks Pooja!]
One of the offerings in this year's annual Christmas catalog from Neiman Marcus is a "Customized Cupcake Car" available for $25,000.
Also, if you weren't convinced that Burning Man has jumped the burning shark, then check out the blurb from the catalog:
Launched at Burning ManSM as a cooperative art car project, the Cupcake Car sprang from the fevered mind of Bay Area artist Lisa Pongrace and her less-rules-more-laughs posse of artists and techno geeks. Yours will be tricked out with your favorite topping, so start thinking flavors.
Note the SM or "service mark" after Burning Man. It should say "SO" for sell out. OH! BURRRRN!
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These office chairs made by MotoArt are built from B-52 Stratofortress and F-4 Phantom Jet Fighter seats. Filed under "WANT" and "NEED." Jet over to MotoArt's website to discover other furniture pieces built from airplane parts, such as this conference room table made from the wing of a 727.
Vincent Clervi forwarded his deconstructed sneaker pieces, including one made from Air Yeezy (Sob!) which raised around $28,000 at a "Nike sponsored auction at Move your mouse between colorful dots. That is all. Enjoy. [Via]
Jewelry for those that really love New York City, like this Taxicab Receipt necklace by Kristin Victoria Barron.
After attracting some notoriety for their "F*ck" snow globe, Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese are back with another cheeky variation on an "otherwise sweet and nostalgic toy." Reflecting the sin that guided us to our current economic zeitgeist, "Greed" is the first in an upcoming series of snow globes based on the biblical 7 deadly sins. Currently available in limited quantities at New Museum.
On bitter cold nights, I like to put on my snuggie, yes that wearable blanket with sleeves, and rest on this faux fur hammock. You?
Hype your eco-awareness at the local farmer's market with this lucha libre inspired canvas tote from Japanese design house Rezon.
Nobody puts baby in a corner, especially when the baby prefers pacifiers like this one by Trevor Brown.
The winner of the Michael Jackson Monument Design Competition is the Michael Jackson Public Domain Countdown Clock by artist Evan Roth aka fi5e.
The monument is a digital display which counts down to the moment when all of Michael Jacksons’ creative content will enter the public domain. In 70 years when the clock reaches zero it will play Billy Jean on loud speakers, making it the first time the song is played free of copyright.
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Mustache gloves for the winter from Jack Spade.
Soccer fans will get a kick out of this: Dutch artist Helmut Smits built a scale replica of a football ("soccer") stadium out of "fruit crate boxes, fruit, wood, stands, halogen work lights, [and] grass carpet."
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