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• The Story of High Heels- Women's Sexiest Wardrobe Accessory
• Moscow Installing Park Benches That Display Sitters' Weights
• So You Want To Be a Farmer…
• Camera Traps Capture Bizarre Animal Hitchhiking Behavior
• Doctorama - Don't Let It Go To Your Head
• 8 Mysterious Ancient Cities
• No Surprises: The Music Video Where Thom Yorke from Radiohead Almost Drowned
• Mailman Declines to Deliver Mail to House with a Bear
• Horse is All About That Bass
• Ridiculously Cute Meals Inspired By Japanese Cuisine
• Badass Mongoose Fights off 4 Lions
• The Reclusive, Doll-Collecting Copper Queen of Fifth Avenue
• Dog Joyfully Plays in a Fountain
• Disney Princesses Imagined as Piles of Rocks
• Tattooing in Slow Motion
• The Slender Knight - One Terrifying Legend
• The 22 most Ridiculous Laws Still in Effect Today
• 29 Early Sports Rules
• Celebrate Nintendo's 125th Anniversary With Some Clever Cosplay
• The State of Academia on the Internet
• Pineapple Hair
• Rare Pics From Barbra Streisand's Biker Bondage Themed Photo Shoot
• How Will You Die?
• Ten Facts You Probably Don't Know About Sigmund Freud
• Animated Album Covers
• 12 Weirdest Retro Recipes
• Saints Of Nicholas - Halloween Town MC
• Danny Elfman Reads A Nightmare Before Christmas At Disneyland
• This Clock Tells Correct Time Even Though the Numbers Are Out of Order
• Ben Jones Illustrates New Edition of <i>A Clockwork Orange</i>

The Story of High Heels- Women's Sexiest Wardrobe Accessory Posted: 25 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook. (Image credit: Maegan Tintari) High heels have been worn by practically every woman in western civilization. Almost every woman stores and stocks several pairs in her closet. They may not be the most comfortable fashion statement, but women love them anyway. Why? After all, they are clumsy and terribly uncomfortable, they're hard and unhealthy on the ankles, and they often cause the wearer to shake, stumble, wobble, and sometimes fall, often with accompanying injuries. So, why? Well, probably the same reason women have worn corsets, bound their feet, yanked off glued-on false eyelashes, and put on and worn a few scores of other painful fashion statements. In other words, to please and attract men! High heels may be terribly uncomfortable and bad for the ankles, but guys love them!!!! (Image credit: Martin Banak) And women, on behalf of us countless millions of very grateful guys, I thank you- and I assure you, this thanks is very sincere. Nothing, but nothing, in all of a woman's vast and various wardrobe makes a woman look as sexy as when she puts on high heels. (I realize we live in a politically correct world and the last thing I want to do is offend anyone, hurt anyone's feelings or offer up any sexual "stereotypes.” I think we all are aware and  realize that for every man that is magnetically drawn to a woman in high heels, there are just as many women drawn in the same fashion to a guy with a nice car, a flashy suit or a high-status job. I do not think either the men or the women in these two examples are "stereotypes" or are "shallow" as people. Just facts of life, like it or not.) Okay, thanks from very happy men aside, where did high heels come from? To answer succinctly... men. Ironic, isn't it? According to Elizabeth Semmelhack of the Bata Shoe Museum of Toronto, high heels were originally designed for and worn by men. The higher heel helped secure a male rider and steady his stance in the stirrups so he could shoot his arrows more effectively. This was particularly useful in Persia (now Iran) where the fighting style relied to a good degree on good horsemanship. Seventeenth-century male Persian shoes are still in existence in the Bata Museum, made from horsehide and pressed mustard seeds. In 1599, the Persian Shah sent a diplomatic mission to Europe and an interest in Persian culture and fashion swept western Europe. European aristocrats took a liking to Persian high-heeled shoes- they were bold, masculine, and perfect for asserting power and status. When the lower classes caught on and started to wear the shoes themselves, the aristocracy simply increased the height of their footwear. The aristocracy also got a bit of a break, as high-heeled shoes were murder on the cobbled streets of 17th century Europe. This was perfect for the aristocrats, who never walked anywhere- unlike the peasants and commoners. Also, the ridiculous-looking accessories highlighted the aristocrats' luxurious lifestyles. King Louis XIV of France was one of the first of the upper classes to boost himself, both literally and figuratively, in high heels. First off, King Louis was only 5' 4”, so the shoes helped him with his Napoleonic complex (even though Napoleon wasn't even born yet). King Louis, to further assert himself and his superior status, always had his heels dyed with an expensive red dye. In the 1670's, King Louis issued an official edict, limiting red heels to members of his court. Only a favored few could wear the color. Women's fashion? Well, although high heels began with men, according to William Kremer of BBC News Magazine: “In the 1630's, you had women cutting their hair, adding epaulettes to their outfits, they would smoke pipes, they would wear hats that were very masculine. And that is why women added the heel. It was an effort to masculinize their outfits.” I repeat, ironic, isn't it? Eventually, the unisex high heels evolved into a lower, thicker heel for men and a long, slender heel for women. The Enlightenment brought a more sensible, understated dress style for men. Also, the distinction between the classes was vanishing. But women, at the time, were thought of as silly, sentimental, and vapid- and their fashion style became associated with high heels, as well as other highly decorative, but pretentious and highly impractical fashions. Women's high heels soon evolved into stilettos and pumps- impractical, but signs of femininity- and sexuality. By the mid-19th century, high heels were the preferred choice of dress for saloon girls and ladies of the evening. The shoes were a flaunting of a woman's sexuality, and, as the women must surely have noticed, a magnet for attracting the attention of men. So "nice girls" still wore flats and practical footwear, until the 1920's and those most revolutionary of all women- the flappers. In the Roaring Twenties, flappers brought on the idea and belief that being a woman could actually be fun. Flappers helped women enjoy their womanhood by making it "okay" to don high heels, slap on make-up, smoke cigarettes, shorten those dresses that dragged on the floor and generally adopt a freer, more independent spirit. Today, decades later, almost every woman over the age of 16 has donned a pair of high heels and, believe it or not, had a great time, not only pleasing a date, boyfriend, or husband, but just having a great time being herself. And although high heels originally were worn by men, with precious few exceptions, they now seem to be the sole (no pun intended) province of ladies.

Moscow Installing Park Benches That Display Sitters' Weights Posted: 25 Sep 2014 04:00 AM PDT Government officials in Moscow are installing park benches that are high tech scales, among other things, in an attempt to emphasize fitness in the population. These park benches are equipped with large screens that display the weight of any person who decides to take a rest. The benches will first be placed in the most popular city parks. This high-tech, shame-based seating will also feature smart phone and tablet charging stations. Each unit will cost 50,000 rubles ($1,300 USD). The expense will be paid by advertisers, mostly gymnasiums hoping to capitalize on the reach of the project. Read more about these weigh station benches here. Image: Moscow Times

So You Want To Be a Farmer… Posted: 25 Sep 2014 03:00 AM PDT There’s something romantic about living off the land, earning your keep by the sweat of your brow, and providing the community with good food. But people who dream of becoming farmers, unless they grew up doing it, often have no clue about the amount of work it entails, nor the amount of investment required. An overview of how to get into farming tells us about the risks and rewards, and ways to get started. Highly recommended is the internship: working on someone else’s farm as a hired hand in order to see if it’s really for you. Jesse Hirsch talks about his internship. During my stint at Hill Hollow, I often wanted to throw in the towel, when farm work seemed like sheer drudgery, tedious tasks stretching out to infinity. I shocked myself multiple times on electric fencing. My sunburnt skin took the shade of a country ham. Everything hurt. I spent one long day on my knees in the mud, mounding up long rows of soil. That night I lay awake on a foam mattress, miles of dirt streaming behind my eyelids. Another day, I had to muck out the deep crust of piss and shit from a sweltering pig barn. Sheer force of will kept my breakfast down. And yet — I felt great. There were moments of transcendence: watching piglets frolic in a pasture for the first time, or quietly weeding while honeybees buzzed about. But even beyond that, there was something purifying and warm about all the hard work, something that washed away the static in my head. You’ll also read about farmers who made it despite hardships, those who threw in the towel, and more to think about before making your mind up, at Modern Farmer. -via Metafilter (Image credit: Julia Rothman)

Camera Traps Capture Bizarre Animal Hitchhiking Behavior Posted: 25 Sep 2014 02:00 AM PDT Many animals work together to improve each other’s lives, like the oxpecker birds who ride on rhinos and other large mammals in Sub-Saharan Africa, keeping their ride tick free and staying safely out of harms way at the same time. These animals know that together they’ll go farther in life, but it seems like some of these critters are using these symbiotic relationships to their own ends. A camera trap set up by conservationists from Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in South Africa captured these bizarre examples of animal teamwork- a spotted genet riding on the back of a buffalo, using the big galoot like his own personal taxi service. So what’s the big deal? Mammals don’t usually hitch rides on the backs of other mammals in the wild, but it seems this innovative genet is trying to rewrite the rules in his favor, even daring to hitch a ride on the back of a rhino. Here's what the conservationists wrote about this wily genet on their blog Wildlife Act Team: This series of photographs depicts a large spotted genet on top of two individual buffalo. One of the buffalo seemed to be unimpressed with the genet and can be seen turning around and thus shaking the genet off. The other buffalo was quite content to let the genet "tag along" for an evening stroll. The genet seemed to have spent this particular evening riding buffalo! What's even more bizarre is that the same particular genet has a habit of hitch-hiking on other larger beasts and this rhino seemed an ideal taxi service one evening! He decided to jump on this rhino on the very same night that he was seen riding on the back of two separate buffalo. -Via io9

Doctorama - Don't Let It Go To Your Head Posted: 25 Sep 2014 01:00 AM PDT Doctorama by CoDDesigns The fellowship of fictional doctors sent out dozens of invitations to the annual gathering, but nobody bothered to reply, so the organizers took it upon themselves to bring in the talent. They gathered up the domes of all the greatest doctors, from Horrible to Who, and stacked them on shelves for all to see. Some of the doctors were happy to be on display, since this was the first time they'd been taken out of their boxes for years, but there was something about the way House and Cooper were whispering to each other that set the event organizers on edge... Salute your favorite fictional doctors with this Doctorama t-shirt by CoDDesigns, slip this tee on and you'll be a-head of the fashion curve! Visit CoDDesigns's Facebook fan page and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more geek-tastic designs: The Infected Rick Precious Loops Protect Ya Neck! Silver Smurfer View more designs by CoDDesigns | 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 and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

8 Mysterious Ancient Cities Posted: 25 Sep 2014 01:00 AM PDT If a community abandons a town and leaves no written records behind, it can’t help but be a mystery to us. And the older the community, the less likely we’ll find any documents telling us about it. That doesn’t mean we can’t figure out a lot of things, but there are quite a few ancient abandoned cities that leave us with more questions than answers. Çatalhöyük, Turkey, is one of the oldest. In 7,500 BCE, this city in the Mesopotamian region (now Turkey) held thousands of people and is believed by many to be one of the world's earliest urban settlements. But the culture of the people here was unlike anything we know today. First of all, they built the city like a honeycomb, with houses sharing walls. Homes and buildings were accessed by doors cut into the roofs. People would stroll on the streets across these roofs, and climb down ladders to get to their living quarters. Doorways were often marked with bulls' horns, and dead family members were buried in the floor of each home. It's not clear what happened to the culture of the people who lived in this city. Their architectural style seems to be unique, though archaeologists have found many fertility goddess figurines in the city that resemble others found in the region. So it's likely that when the city was abandoned, its culture radiated outward into other cities in the Mesopotamian region. My guess would be that these folks realized there’s a better way to build a city, and did so elsewhere. But what do I know? They didn’t leave a note when they left. It’s the same for the other seven cities in this article from io9. -via the Presurfer (Image credit: Franck Goddio)

No Surprises: The Music Video Where Thom Yorke from Radiohead Almost Drowned Posted: 25 Sep 2014 12:00 AM PDT Suffer for your art, they always say. Thing is, why do they say that? Why should someone suffer for art? Seems Radiohead's lead singer, Thom Yorke, must have believed that theory when he helped concoct the idea for the "No Surprises" video from their diamond selling O.K Computer album. The video features Thom Yorke inside a diver's helmet as the helmet fills up with water. He then has to sing most of the song underwater, and get to the final bridge before running out of air. The trick was, there was no trick. They did film him singing slightly faster than he was on the album and slowed it down for the video so it would all sync up, but that is it. Thing is, if you watch Meeting People is Easy, you see the behind-the-scenes of how they did this, and there were MANY times Thom had to pull the helmet off as he was just about to black out. You can actually tell how relieved he is in the video when that first pocket of oxygen hits him and you see him just breathing it in deep, in relief. Amazing stuff, really. (YouTube Link) The end result is a mesmerizing video that works incredibly well with the stunning composition itself, and ends up leaving you as breathless as Thom himself by the time the whole thing is over.

Mailman Declines to Deliver Mail to House with a Bear Posted: 24 Sep 2014 11:00 PM PDT (Unrelated photo by Shimelle Lane) Meanwhile, in British Columbia, Twitter user @IamFane was waiting for the Canada Post to deliver a package to him. When he returned home after an excursion, he found this notice at his mailbox. The mail delivery person let him know that he had decided not to take the package to the front door. He had a good excuse: Ok, fair enough @canadapostcorp that’s a decent reason to not drop the package off at my door. pic.twitter.com/ykAldpWpEP — M Fane (@IamFane) September 24, 2014 -via Twitchy

Horse is All About That Bass Posted: 24 Sep 2014 10:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) Just horsin’ around the stable, this young lady has some jams going and can’t help but dance. The horse studies a bit and then joins in. But the horse doesn’t want to dance with her, he wants a dance battle-type handoff, so he can watch her anytime she dances. This horse has rhythm! -via Buzzfeed

Ridiculously Cute Meals Inspired By Japanese Cuisine Posted: 24 Sep 2014 09:00 PM PDT Traditional Japanese cuisine is prepared using simple ingredients elegantly plated. making many meals just as enjoyable to look at as they are to eat. The Japanese are also world renowned connoisseurs of cute, and when cuteness and cuisine collide these dishes are created that are simply too adorable to devour! (Image Link) Nowadays, people from all over the world are inspired by the Japanese approach to cuisine preparation, and unsurprisingly many have also embraced the cuteness when creating their own fun visual feasts. (Image Link) Bored Panda invited their readers to submit images of culinary cuteness inspired by Japanese cuisine, and so far they've received 43 delightfully drool-worthy submissions that make mealtime an adorable adventure. (Image Link) Check out the rest of these Incredibly Cute Meals Inspired By Japanese Cuisine

Badass Mongoose Fights off 4 Lions Posted: 24 Sep 2014 08:00 PM PDT (Video Link) The lions should consider themselves lucky. The mongoose let them live. In 2011, wildlife photographer Jérôme Guillaumot was in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. He captured this incredible encounter. 4 young lions thought that the much smaller mongoose would make a good snack. But the mongoose's sheer savagery was frightening to them. It retreated into its den safely. But that didn't end the encounter. The mongoose wasn't satisfied to let the lions prowl around the surface. So it came out of its den and chased them away! -via Twisted Sifter

The Reclusive, Doll-Collecting Copper Queen of Fifth Avenue Posted: 24 Sep 2014 07:00 PM PDT Copper heiress Huguette Clark died in 2011 at the age of 104 after half a century of living as a recluse, the last twenty years in a hospital by choice. The possessions she left behind give us a glimpse into her privileged, private, and mysterious life. She enjoyed painting and photography, and was an avid doll collector. She also had a fascination with Japanese artifacts. After Clark’s enormous estate was sorted out, which involved lawsuits between distant relatives, the executors who drew up her last two wills, and Clark’s personal nurse, many of her possessions went to auction. Meryl Gordon, who wrote the biography The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark, talked to Collectors Weekly about the Huguette Clark collections. Do you think Huguette got the collecting bug from her parents? It’s true that Huguette’s parents wanted the best of everything, and that her father toured Europe buying vast quantities of artwork. His collection is pretty fascinating, because plenty of his paintings turned out to be forgeries, while other pieces of art were nearly priceless—one of his oriental rugs just sold for $30 million at Christie’s. The senator was pretty stubborn and defensive about his taste. Meanwhile, her mother collected antique fans and, as a talented harpist, was responsible for an impressive musical instrument collection. But I think Huguette was more influenced by her father’s perfectionism than his collecting. The 121-room mansion he completed for his family in 1911 was micromanaged down to the very last tile. He imported an entire sitting room from Japan, furniture and all, and bought up granite and bronze foundries in Maine and upstate New York to source his materials. When you look at Huguette’s own collection of miniature Japanese castles and dollhouses depicting scenes from fairy tales, it’s clear that she’d taken her father’s perfectionism and enacted it on a miniature scale. She grew up watching her father demand nothing but the best, and she took enormous pleasure from commissioning these dollhouses and making every single design decision down to the last inch. So you don’t trace her strange behavior back to childhood trauma, or some sort of stunting in her development? Going into this project, I definitely wondered if Huguette might have been troubled in some way. But when I got to go through her documents and read the letters she wrote to her father as a child, I could really see her sense of humor. I think she had a very outgoing life until the early 1940s, when things became more difficult for her. She managed to avoid the tabloids after her messy divorce, and the last public photograph of her was actually snapped by the Associated Press on her honeymoon in Hawaii. The picture is unflattering. She looks old and uncomfortable in her furs and jewels. But throughout the ’30s she continued to go out, often with Styka, to plays and concerts. Oddly, her breakdown in 1942 was very much connected to one of her collections. She was in love with Japanese culture, and suddenly, Japan was the enemy. She bounced back eventually, but I think she was always a more vulnerable person after Pearl Harbor. Read about Huguette Clark’s life and the fabulous things she left behind, at Collectors Weekly. (Image credit: the estate of Huguette Clark)

Dog Joyfully Plays in a Fountain Posted: 24 Sep 2014 06:00 PM PDT (Video Link) Martha Bellingham was going to work in London when she encountered this dog playing in a fountain. The dog bounds back and forth through the streams, taking full bliss in the simple act of running through the water. May we all be as happy as this dog. -via Nothing to Do with Aborath

Disney Princesses Imagined as Piles of Rocks Posted: 24 Sep 2014 05:00 PM PDT Call me cynical, but I'm beginning to suspect that the "Disney Princesses as..." meme may be played out. That's the point that Artist Kevin Bolk appears to be making with these six illustrations. He writes: You’ve never seen them like this before. Mind blown! I can think of a few other directions artists could take the meme. Artists could draw the Disney Princesses as: philosophical abstractions Sixteenth Century theologians elderly Hugh Heffners subatomic particles -via Travis Falligant

Tattooing in Slow Motion Posted: 24 Sep 2014 04:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) The video series Smarter Every Day visits a tattoo parlor to find how it’s done. We get an explanation of how two kinds of tattoo machines work, and then see a closeup of the process in slow motion. Our host Destin even gets a taste of the process, without ink, just to see what it feels like. This is pretty interesting, but I still don’t think I’ll ever get one. -via Digg

The Slender Knight - One Terrifying Legend Posted: 24 Sep 2014 03:00 PM PDT The Slender Knight by Brandon Wilhelm ART When you're out walking in the forest at night, and you feel a chill run down your spine, you should know that the Slender Man is nearby, watching and waiting for his chance to lay claim to your soul! Wait, that's not very heroic of him, why does he get his own superheroic logo? Slender must be trying to clean up his image, it's probably getting mighty hard to feed when your teenage prey have gotten wise to your ways thanks to the internet... Tell the tale that shouldn't be told with this The Slender Knight t-shirt by Brandon Wilhelm ART, it's the perfect thing to wear while strolling in the woods late at night or hanging out at home reading about your favorite urban legend. Visit Brandon Wilhelm ART's Facebook fan page, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more terrifyingly good designs: Good Cop, Bad Cop, Ugly Cop I Hate This Trollin Crap! Sons of Anchorman Cthulhu Man View more designs by Brandon Wilhelm Art | 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 and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

The 22 most Ridiculous Laws Still in Effect Today Posted: 24 Sep 2014 03:00 PM PDT Did you know in Georgia that chickens are not legally allowed to cross the road? It must have something to do with tht awful joke. That is one of MANY laws from various states that are inexplicably still on the books, even though they make no sense. Got another one for you. It is illegal to sell your eyeballs in Texas. I gotta tell you, I am glad I found this out now as me and a bunch of friends were planning a trip there in October to sell our eyeballs. Man, that would have been a wasted journey, huh? The beautiful thing is, that is just two from the list of 22 Most Ridiculous Laws Still in Effect Today from JustSomething. It is cool because they break the list down to different states, so it is sweet to scan the list and see what kind of weird law your own state may have. For example, I am just outside Rhode Island as I type this, and apparently, when I am there, I cannot be sold a toothbrush and toothpaste on a Sunday. I am going to go test this law this Sunday. Will do a follow up and let you know how it went.

29 Early Sports Rules Posted: 24 Sep 2014 02:00 PM PDT (YouTube link) In this week’s mental_floss video, John Green tells us about how sports have changed over time by giving us the rules that were in effect early in their histories. In fact, there are 29 real rules and one lie in this video. I know which is the lie because I read the YouTube comments, which is always risky. Otherwise, I would have never known, because I know doodly-squat about sports.

Celebrate Nintendo's 125th Anniversary With Some Clever Cosplay Posted: 24 Sep 2014 01:00 PM PDT (Image Link) Video game juggernaut Nintendo Co., Ltd. just celebrated their 125th anniversary on September 23rd, which is hard to believe since many people first came into contact with the company when they released the NES console. (Image Link) Nintendo started out as makers of playing and trading cards, opening their doors on September 23, 1889, and even though they've moved on to bigger and better things they still make Hanafuda playing cards to this day. (Image Link) Nintendo tried their hand at building pachinko machines, running a taxi service, and they even created their own brand of instant rice before becoming the innovative electronic gaming company we know and love. (Image Link) Gamma Squad celebrated the quasquicentennial with a fun Nintendo themed cosplay/costume gallery, which pretty much kills two birds with one stone considering Halloween is right around the corner! Check out the rest of these fun Nintendo themed costumes here

The State of Academia on the Internet Posted: 24 Sep 2014 12:00 PM PDT The quickest way to find out what people are thinking is to check Google autocomplete, not that these search terms are representative of the general public. At least we hope not. These results were compiled byJorge Cham at PhD Comics.

Pineapple Hair Posted: 24 Sep 2014 11:00 AM PDT (Photo: unknown) Now I have a new goal in life. It is to be cooler than this guy. I'm not sure how I'll pull it off. But it has to be more awesome than having a haircut that makes your head look like a pineapple. (Video Link) Here's a video that shows how this man pictured above--or possibly someone else--got his pineapple hairstyle. Jamie Jay Car Videos recorded Wayne Marshall visiting Kube Barbers in Clearwater, Florida to get pineappled. If the photo shows someone other than Mr. Marshall getting a pineapple head, then there are at least two such gentlemen in the world, making my new life ambition even more challenging. -via Flavorwire

Rare Pics From Barbra Streisand's Biker Bondage Themed Photo Shoot Posted: 24 Sep 2014 10:00 AM PDT Barbra Streisand is a superstar performer who is known for her many talents, namely singing, acting and dancing, but it’s safe to say she’s not known for being a racy icon of underground fashion. She might have been able to add that credit to her resume if these photos from a 1970 BDSM themed photo shoot had been released to the public. Actually, they kinda were released to the public- these shots come from a photo shoot set up during production of the movie The Owl and The Pussycat, in which Streisand plays Doris "a somewhat uneducated actress, model and part-time prostitute." (YouTube Link) The photos were used as a prop in the movie, to be seen by Doris' love interest Felix as he walks by an adult movie theater. Imagine walking by a movie theater and seeing a pic of Babs decked out in bondage gear! *gasp* Tara McGinley at Dangerous Minds took the time to gather up these totally hardcore images, and the online world is a better, yet somehow less wholesome, place for her efforts. See the rest of the images from Streisand's racy BDSM themed photo shoot here

How Will You Die? Posted: 24 Sep 2014 09:30 AM PDT (YouTube link) No one can pinpoint exactly what will cause your death, but there are statistics that can give us an educated guess. Do you really want to know? Of course you do, because there are things we can do about the causes of death, for ourselves as well as for those things that cause other people to die -often prematurely- around the world. NPR tells us the most likely death scenarios. -via Everlasting Blort

Ten Facts You Probably Don't Know About Sigmund Freud Posted: 24 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT We all know Freud as that bearded fellow who prompted his patients to tell him about their mothers, and the man credited for that error in speech that supposedly reveals the speaker's hidden desires. Freud was an innovator in the field of psychology, the founding father of psychoanalysis and a very important figure in the world of Western medicine, and yet today he’s been reduced to a comedic one-liner and a slip of the tongue. Who was that bearded master of the mind? According to these 10 Things You May Not Know About Sigmund Freud compiled by History he was a chain smoker who thought cocaine was a wonder drug and most likely died via physician assisted suicide. Want to know more about one of history's most controversial medical professionals? Read the rest of these fascinating Freudian facts over at History.

Animated Album Covers Posted: 24 Sep 2014 08:30 AM PDT JB has an unusual hobby: he turns album cover art into animated gifs! The music may come alive in your favorite albums, but the covers themselves come alive at the Tumblr blog jbetcom. He's currently taking requests for future projects. -via Sploid

12 Weirdest Retro Recipes Posted: 24 Sep 2014 08:00 AM PDT Image Credits: Curtis Publications The above photo is of a seafood mousse, shaped to look like an actual, smiling fish. The only way I could describe it would be to say if you approached a table where that exact dish was being served, you would walk into the room, look into its empty, smiling face, and if you had any sense of self-respect and self-preservation, would turn around and walk out immediately. But in the seventies, weird food creations like this were actually pretty common. It was a very strange time, people. Take a gander at this list of the 12 weirdest retro recipes from Oddee. Honestly, they start off slow with the above mentioned abomination, but it only gets weirder and more gross and the list goes on. At one point, there is a recipe for a jello ring that is filled with prunes and covered in ice-cream. That sounds like something you would feed a terrorist to extract vital information. The funny part is, people were actually making this stuff back then. Wait until you see the "meat-za". You can't unsee things like that. Hate to think how many lives were lost to these gastronomic nightmares.

Saints Of Nicholas - Halloween Town MC Posted: 24 Sep 2014 07:30 AM PDT Saints of Nicholas by Warbucks Design The Saints are marching in again, ready to ride right through Halloween and into Christmas. They're not bad guys, although their appearance can be a bit scary, and if you're not too naughty or too nice you might get to take a ride with them and see what life is like on the open road with the jolliest bunch of creeps and ghouls you've ever seen! Usher in your two favorite holidays the right way with this Saints of Nicholas t-shirt by Warbucks Design, and let Jack know you've been really bad at being good. Visit Warbucks Design's Facebook fan page and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more frightfully good designs: Wicked Mr. Christmas The Empire's Dark Lord Adventure Before Christmas View more designs by Warbucks Design | 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 and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Danny Elfman Reads A Nightmare Before Christmas At Disneyland Posted: 24 Sep 2014 07:30 AM PDT Danny Elfman should be known first and foremost as the lead singer/co-creator of Oingo Boingo, but since Boingo has been sent to the Oldies section by millennials he's probably best known as the guy who created The Simpsons theme song. He also composed the theme song for the 1989 Batman movie, and continued to work with friend Tim Burton by composing all the music for A Nightmare Before Christmas, in which Elfman also sings many songs as Jack Skellington. (YouTube Link) Danny made a special appearance outside of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Holiday to honor this delightfully dark tale of holiday horror by reading an excerpt from Burton's original poem that started it all. The video is a bit short, but it's pretty much just an ad for Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton concert and Disneyland so of course they keep you wanting more! -Via GeekTyrant

This Clock Tells Correct Time Even Though the Numbers Are Out of Order Posted: 24 Sep 2014 07:00 AM PDT Andy Clark saw a clock like this on a children’s television show and decided to build one. His Topsy Turvy Clock has stepper motors connected to two plastic gears which are guided by a microcontroller hooked into an electronic clock. When the Topsy Turvy Clock is turned on, the motors reset the time according to the electronic clock. (Video Link) -via Hack A Day

Ben Jones Illustrates New Edition of <i>A Clockwork Orange</i> Posted: 24 Sep 2014 06:30 AM PDT The Folio Society has released a new edition of Anthony Burgess’ novel A Clockwork Orange. The images shown here are illustrations created especially for the new edition by illustrator Ben Jones. Because director Stanley Kubrick's unforgettable, stylistic imagery in the film version leaves such an indelible imprint in the minds of viewers, Jones had his work cut out for him in creating new, memorable art that could stand on its own. Jones discusses that point and more in the video below. Part of Jones' planned separation from Kubrick's version involved him not watching the film as he created the new artwork. In the end, however, Jones did pay homage to Kubrick's visuals, as he acknowledged that Kubrick played a huge role in giving the novel longevity.  -Via Dangerous Minds. Images Credit: Ben Jones   YouTube Link

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