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• The Slanted Trees of Slope Point
• An Orchestra Built of Weapons
• Natalie Sampson's Paint Roller Lamps
• Frankenstein: The Dog Costume
• New York Pet Cemeteries Now Accept Human Remains
• Marching Band Performs "The Fox"
• Archaeology Time
• Minimalist Posters of Great Mathematicians
• An 8-Bit Game of Thrones Video Game
• Batman & Robin on Bikes Salt & Pepper Shakers
• The Cosmoplanetary Messiah
• South Korean Government Workers Are Given Romance Training
• Blue Cheese Lollipops: Because Sometimes We Need Savory Sweets
• Hand Lotion Bento and Many More Impressive Lunches
• The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
• Troy Carney Paints with Gold
• Calculator Words
• Calvin & Muad'Dib Brilliantly Combines <i>Calvin & Hobbes</i> with <i>Dune</i>
• False Alarm
• Cunning Plan Leaves Man Stranded on Ledge
• Christmas Story Bunny Suit
• Cat Educates Baby On The Basics of Walking
• Montreal Comic Con 2013
• Can A Hamster Drive A 15-Ton Truck?
• Breaking Bed
• Cahoonas's Pop Culture Origami

The Slanted Trees of Slope Point Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:00 AM PDT (Photo: Seabird NZ) Slope Point is the southernmost point of the southern island of New Zealand. The winds blow fiercely, but also consistently from the south. Consequently, trees there grow leaning toward the north. You can see more photos of them at the link.  Link

An Orchestra Built of Weapons Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:00 AM PDT Here's a great example of "beating swords into plowshares," or something close to it. Mexico City artist Pedro Reyes built a mechanized orchestra out of weapons! The project is titled Disarm. The team acquired a variety of rifles, pistols, and shotguns seized from drug cartels by the Mexican army and used them to build the musical devices that are controlled by computers and can be pre-programmed to play music. See more pictures, and a video of the orchestra in action, at Colossal. Link -via Digg

Natalie Sampson's Paint Roller Lamps Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:00 AM PDT It's a lamp! But you may not believe it until you've seen it turned on. Natalie Sampson makes furniture and light fixtures from unexpected objects, such as paint rollers, pots and dish brushes. Artist's Website -via Recyclart

Frankenstein: The Dog Costume Posted: 16 Sep 2013 01:00 AM PDT Looking for a Halloween costume for your pooch that is less encumbering than most? Then consider this adorable Frankenstein dog hat by Etsy seller iheartneedlework -the shop also has fashioanable pet costumes for cats and guinea pigs. Link

New York Pet Cemeteries Now Accept Human Remains Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:00 AM PDT (Photo: Shawn Inglima/New York Daily News) Even if you love your pets, it can be hard to spend eternity with them using conventional funeral arrangements. Kerry Vera, pictured above, has a solution: she wants her cremated remains fed to her dog as a means of doing so. But if you live in the State of New York, you may not have to resort to such extreme measures. The state government now permits pet cemeteries to bury human remains: The new rules resolve a two-year-old dispute that began when the state refused to allow the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Westchester to accept the ashes of a former NYPD officer who wanted to spend his afterlife with his three Maltese pups. The cop’s niece, upstate attorney Taylor York, took on her uncle’s cause and battled the state to allow the burial. “People do get a sense of comfort from knowing they can lie for eternity with their beloved pet, that they can be loved and protected in the afterlife just as faithfully as when they were alive,” York said. Link -via Ace of Spades HQ

Marching Band Performs "The Fox" Posted: 15 Sep 2013 11:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) What does the fox say? The Ohio University Marching 110 performed the Ylvis song "The Fox" at the game against Marshall Saturday. And why not? The song is on the Billboard Hot 100 due to its internet popularity. -via Daily Picks and Flicks

Archaeology Time Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:28 PM PDT Archaeology Time - by Fuacka This shirt by Fuacka is fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory. Check out Fuacka's Facebook page (give 'im a like, wontcha?) then check out his NeatoShop page for more nifty T-shirt designs. All Your Bacon Belongs To Me Hamsters of the Universe XL Men Power Texas Rangers View more designs by Fuacka | More Funny T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop, earn generous royalties, and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Minimalist Posters of Great Mathematicians Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:00 PM PDT Your kids don't like math? Maybe it's because math suffers from a bit of branding problem. That's where Hydrogene (previously on Neatorama) stepped in with this gorgeous set of minimalist posters of great mathematicians. Now that's hip!

An 8-Bit Game of Thrones Video Game Posted: 15 Sep 2013 09:00 PM PDT (Video Link) While there are plenty of 8-bit game parodies of tv shows, this one goes beyond a trailer and you can actually download the game at the link. The game was created by comic artist Abel Alves and allows you to play through a number of storylines in the books/TV show. Link Via Incredible Things

Batman & Robin on Bikes Salt & Pepper Shakers Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:00 PM PDT Batman & Robin on Bikes Salt & Pepper Shakers Holy seasoning! Batman and Robin are salt and pepper shakers and they are here to rescue you from bland food and pedestrian kitchen decor. Quick! To the NeatoShop.  Let the Batman & Robin on Bikes Salt & Pepper Shakers add a little flavor to your kitchen table. This crime fighting duo is made of ceramic and features amazing hand painted details. The shakers are held together by magnets.   Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Salt & Pepper Shakers.  Link

The Cosmoplanetary Messiah Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:00 PM PDT Between the towns on Castellane and St. André in france, you can find an odd compound with statues that stand tall. There's one of Buddha at 72 feet and one of Jesus at 69 feet. But the tallest statue, called the Cosmoplanetary Messiah, is no longer there. The messiah in question was Gilbert Bourdin who in 1969 founded the Aumism religion (considered by some to be a cult), which collages together the highlights of the world's religions. The walled city of Mandarom in France is the headquarters of Aumism, and there among the mosque, temple, and other clustered shrines of worship, the giant statue of Bourdin loomed until 2001. Unfortunately for the staggering statue, its builders hadn't acquired the appropriate permits, and after years of court battles it was ruled illegal. Find out what happened to Bourdin, and his statue, at Atlas Obscura. Link (Image credit: Arras France Tourism Guide)

South Korean Government Workers Are Given Romance Training Posted: 15 Sep 2013 07:00 PM PDT How are you going to put on smooth moves that will impress a guy or gal? Well, don't look at me. I have no idea. But government employees in South Korea will get the chance to learn. The national government is moving large numbers of its workers to the interior of the country. Kim Hye Cheon, a professor urban engineering, explained how these workshops will help employees find love in their new homes: The one-day lecture in Sejong was titled Romantic Strategies and Communication Skills and was a follow-up to a group blind date organised for single officials in June, said Kim Na Na, an official from the government department set up to smooth the Sejong transition who organised Tuesday's talk. "The event is also a chance for singles to meet each other," Kim said. "Many unmarried employees have complained of difficulties in dating while living in Sejong." During the group blind date in June, 30 participants played match-making games involving romantic questions, including favorite dating places, and shared their common emotions as Sejong-based workers, said Lee Jae Mok, a professional romance coach who led the meeting. "They looked stiff and uncomfortable at first, but once they broke the ice, they really enjoyed themselves, putting aside public servants' typical formalities," Lee said. "More than half of them walked away with partners." Link (Image: One of the many romantic t-shirts now on sale at the NeatoShop!) POLL: Should Neatorama offer its employees romance training? Yes, it would improve company morale. No, it should be harder, not easier, for you to reproduce. Just show me the answers!

Blue Cheese Lollipops: Because Sometimes We Need Savory Sweets Posted: 15 Sep 2013 06:00 PM PDT Tailgates with blue cheese dressing and buffalo wings are great, but sometimes you need something a little more portable -like a blue chese lollipop. These wonderful concoctions were created by the fine folks at Lolliphile, the company who has also created absinthe, sriracha and maple bacon. Link Via Incredible Things

Hand Lotion Bento and Many More Impressive Lunches Posted: 15 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT RocketNews 24 has a roundup of the best works of bento. Many make great use of nori, an edible seaweed that can be cut into precise shapes, including text. Content warning: one work is pretty gory. It bleeds when you cut it. Link

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary Posted: 15 Sep 2013 04:00 PM PDT In the Middle Ages, certain texts described a plant that grew lambs as fruit. Of course, it was said to grow far away, in uncivilized sections of Europe and Central Asia. Medieval texts described two varieties of the Vegetable Lamb – the first produced little naked, newborn lambs inside its pods, and the other had a life-sized lamb, with bones, blood and flesh, attached by its belly button to a short plant stem. This stem was extremely flexible, so allowed the tethered lamb to graze on the vegetation around it. Once all the vegetation was eaten, or if the stem broke, the lamb would die. The origin of the myth has been traced all the way back to 436, first mentioned as Adne Hasadeh (meaning ‘lords of the field’) in a Jewish text called Talmud Ierosolimitanum, or Jerusalem Talmund, by Rabbi Jochanan. Like wolves, hunters loved the Vegetable Lamb for its delicate flesh that tasted like fish and blood as sweet as honey. But it was impossible to separate it from its plant unless the stem has been severed. And it needed to be severed specifically with arrows or darts. Variations on the legend call the fruit a human, tethered to the plant with a stem like an umbilical cord -primitive humans who would try to kill you. Read more about the vegetable lamb at Scientific American. Link -via Ed Yong

Troy Carney Paints with Gold Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:00 PM PDT Troy Carney, a New Zealand artist living in Hawaii, paints with oil and gold leaf. He creates bas relief images of dreamy, ethereal scenes from those tropical islands and other beaches around the Pacific. You can see many more examples of his work at the link. Link

Calculator Words Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:00 PM PDT When calculators became cheap in the 1970s, millions of kids discovered that they could spell out words using numbers that looked like letters and flipping the screen upside-down.  Can you guess these? 1. What bacon does when it hits a hot pan: 372215 2. If you make an omelet, you'll end up with a lot of these: 577345663 3. Central American nation: 321738 4. Where caged creatures live: 0.02 5. Turtle hut: 77345 6. A traditional Inuit home: 0.0761 7. Norwegian City: 0.750 8. He has no home but the rails: 0.804 9. Similar to a clarinet, but with two reeds instead of one: 3080 10. Cowboys wear it instead of a tie: 0.708 11. The capital of Idaho: 35108 12. Emmy Award-winning TV show: 3376 13. Search me: 376006 14. It the tide doesn't flow, it…: 5883 15. Immigrant island: 51773 16. A paid male "companion": 0.70616 17. They're alive, with the sound of music: 57714 18. Black gold! Texas tea! 710 19. When black gold (or Texas tea) does when it emerges from the ground: 53200 20. Building block: 0.637 21. Where your boss might tell you to go: 7734 22. Letter-cube board game: 376608 23. Some people collect stamps; others go birdwatching: 5318804 24: Russian ballet company: 1045708 25. Uncle John's handwriting: 378163771 Continue reading for the answers. 1. Sizzle 2. Eggshells 3. Belize 4. Zoo 5. Shell 6. Igloo 7. Oslo 8. Hobo 9. Oboe 10.Bolo 11. Boise 12. Glee 13. Google 14. Ebbs 15. Ellis 16. Gigolo 17. Hills 18. Oil 19. Oozes 20. LEGO 21. Hell 22. Boggle 23. Hobbies 24. Bolshoi 25. Illegible ___________________ The article above was reprinted with permission from the newest volume of the Bathroom reader series, Uncle John's 24-Karat Bathroom Reader. Since 1988, the Bathroom Reader Institute had published a series of popular books containing irresistible bits of trivia and obscure yet fascinating facts. If you like Neatorama, you'll love the Bathroom Reader Institute's books - go ahead and check 'em out!

Calvin & Muad'Dib Brilliantly Combines <i>Calvin & Hobbes</i> with <i>Dune</i> Posted: 15 Sep 2013 01:00 PM PDT The sleeper must awaken...and shovel the snow. The blog Calvin & Muad'Dib combines the sayings of the messianic character Paul Muad'Dib from Dune and panels from Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes. They work perfectly. Link -via io9

False Alarm Posted: 15 Sep 2013 12:00 PM PDT False Alarm by Di.Jay Call off the signal! That is alarm is false, but this neat T-shirt by Di.Jay is very real! Visit Di.Jay's Facebook page, then check out their NeatoShop page for more nifty T-shirts! This is England!!! Cat Cerberus No More Kicking Spider Cat View more designs by Di.Jay | More Funny T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop, earn generous royalties, and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Cunning Plan Leaves Man Stranded on Ledge Posted: 15 Sep 2013 11:00 AM PDT An unnamed man in Goosen's Close, Greater London, UK, arrived home late Thursday night and realized he was locked out of his home. That's when he should have called someone for help, but instead he hatched a ingenious scheme to get inside. He decided the best course of action was to stack two wheelie bins on top of his car, climb them and get through his bathroom window. The agile man managed to clamber up the two wheelie bins and got as far as the window ledge before realising he was too big to fit through the window. His luck then got worse when his tower of wheelie bins collapsed leaving him stranded on the narrow ledge. The story doesn't mention how long he was there before Sutton fire department was summoned. Firefighters managed to get the man down by ladder, and a smaller firefighter was able to fit through the window and unlock the door. Link -via Arbroath (Image credit: Flickr user Ryan Cullen)

Christmas Story Bunny Suit Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT   Christmas Story Bunny Suit Don't have a sweet aunt to make you a large pink bunny costume? Not to worry. The NeatoShop has you covered. With the A Christmas Story Bunny Suit you can now have your very own insanely cute costume to wear from Halloween through to Christmas and beyond. The a Christmas Story Bunny Suit comes with:  One-piece body suit Mittens Head piece Glasses  and Shoe covers This costume is like a big pink dream come true. So cozy! Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Halloween items and fantastic A Christmas Story stuff.  Link

Cat Educates Baby On The Basics of Walking Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT (Video Link) Every youngster needs to learn to walk at some point, but it's a lot easier when someone shows you how to do it -especially when that teacher is a cute little fur ball. Via Incredible Things

Montreal Comic Con 2013 Posted: 15 Sep 2013 09:00 AM PDT Kiltak at Geeks Are Sexy went to the Montreal Comic Con 2013 yesterday and was thoroughly impressed with the cosplayers, both in their quality and quantity. You can see the a gallery of the very best costumes on display now, with more pictures on the way. Shown here is the Sparkling Potatoes Cosplay Group. Link

Can A Hamster Drive A 15-Ton Truck? Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:00 AM PDT (Video Link) We've seen a hamster on a piano eating popcorn, but that's a far cry from one driving a dump truck with nothing more than a carrot to guide him. To be fair, he can't do too much damage as long as he has no control of the speed of the vehicle. Still, that's an impressive feat for a little critter like Charlie. Via Incredible Things

Breaking Bed Posted: 15 Sep 2013 07:00 AM PDT Aaron Paul, who plays Jesse Pinkman on the series, posted this picture from the set of Breaking Bad on Instagram. No "spoiler," as all the cast members have been very good at not revealing upcoming details during the entire series. That, and the fact that Skyler is smiling, is a dead giveaway that this is just three actors having fun between scenes. Link -via Uproxx

Cahoonas's Pop Culture Origami Posted: 15 Sep 2013 06:00 AM PDT Finn and Jake from Adventure Time Sentry Turret from Portal USS Enterprise from Star Trek Mad Cat from BattleTech Cahoonas has not only excellent skills, but great taste. He has works in his gallery that will please fans of just about every franchise. You can view them all at the link. Link

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