I've never seen so many people reading one website whilst cutting onions. I like this one redditor's response:
The Chicago Bulls team in the 90s.
Correction: Watching the Chicago Bulls team in the 90s with my old man.
The Cat Scan: Tumblr starring cats sitting on scanners. As the website's proprietor observed, "Cats are sitting-on-things enthusiasts."
Looks like bubble gum got stuck to the bottom of this cat's paws. It's moderately cute.
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Jason Polan, The Color I See When I Close My Eyes, 2011, Unique crayon construction (48 crayons combined).
Filed under "Emo."
Photo by Dan Nguyen.
Click here to listen online to the full stream of Jay Z and Kanye's new album "Watch the Throne."
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVzcuxTsv4M&feature=player_detailpage#t=8s] Canadian Justin Hines covering one of my favorite singers Jim Croce's song "I Got a Name." Hines, who suffers from a rare genetic joint condition called Larsen's syndrome, was discovered after winning a radio contest for a chance to sing at a Toronto Raptors basketball game.
More street sign and subway hacking and culture jamming in Brooklyn by TrustoCorp.
One of my favorite pieces published by The Economist is their annual hamburger index that compares the cost of a Big Mac around the world. Sure, this report is gimmicky and flawed, but it is an insightful yard stick.
I can barely stand looking at this photo of professional cyclist and veteran of George Hincapie and his legs after riding in 15 consecutive Tour de France races.
You would never be able to solve this Rubik's cube with that face. BURN!
By Egil Paulsen.
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6-11, obviously.
I want to eat Mark by Mark Zuckerberg: Fashion for Men.
John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1778
Before Discovery Channel's week of programming devoted to all things sharks, this is how people in the olden days viewed Shark Week.
Watson and the Shark's exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1778 generated a sensation, partly because such a grisly subject was an absolute novelty. In 1749, fourteen-year-old Brook Watson had been attacked by a shark while swimming in Havana Harbor. Copley's pictorial account of the traumatic ordeal shows nine seamen rushing to help the boy, while the bloody water proves he has just lost his right foot. To lend equal believability to the setting Copley, who had never visited the Caribbean, consulted maps and prints of Cuba.
The rescuers' anxious expressions and actions reveal both concern for their thrashing companion and a growing awareness of their own peril. Time stands still as the viewer is forced to ponder Watson's fate. Miraculously, he was saved from almost certain death and went on to become a successful British merchant and politician.
Relatedly here are the rules to the Shark Week drinking game.
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Francis Alÿs, Camgun, 2003
I saw his exhibit at the MoMA last Friday. His "Re-enactment" piece was literally arresting.
I ran into my friend Jeff at the Uprise Art party yesterday in Soho. Long time readers should be familiar with his ongoing search for new pants with my counsel and this topic came up at the event last night. I thought I found the perfect pair for him just last month, but it didn't "suit" him. Well, I checked in with my celebrity friends on this matter and my boy Chris Brown recommended something that he said was "hot," "fresh," and "The Next Big Thing" (that's what she said). So, Jeff, what about these new pants?!
