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• Devil In The Line Of Fire Alternate - Do You Dare Face Frank Castle?
• How to Build an Outdoor Fire
• Han Phoebus and Slave Esmerelda
• All Of Steven Spielberg’s Movies Ranked, From Worst To Best
• American Flags Made of Baseball Bats
• The Creepy Wonderland Built on the Healing Powers of Tiger Balm
• Beautiful Tooled Leather Bike Saddles
• America’s Original Serial Killers
• Rescuing a Baby Raccoon with a Life Jacket
• Candidate for Worst Boss of 2016
• Creepy Disembodied Head of Thomas the Tank Engine Crawls the Walls and Ceiling
• Lil' Dredd Riding Hood - The Future Of Fairy Tales
• Trippy Beach Towels By Collage Artist Eugenia Loli
• Gardening with Bras
• The Story Of The Contentious <i>Big Trouble In Little China</i> Screenplay
• People Who Served Up Their Own Brand Of Parking Lot Justice
• Automate Your Backyard Garden with FarmBot
• Man Turns Bookcase into Playable Tetris Game
• RIP Noel Neill
• Man Walks Around with 90-Pound Rock on His Head to Lose Weight
• An Honest Ad For Coffee
• Hail the Great Chicken
• Game Over Man - Has Mario Met His Match?
• 20 Show Secrets HGTV Doesn’t Want to Tell You
• These Might Be The Most Satisfying Pimple Popping Videos Ever Made

Devil In The Line Of Fire Alternate - Do You Dare Face Frank Castle? Posted: 06 Jul 2016 05:00 AM PDT Devil In The Line Of Fire-Alternate by Hugohugo It's a good thing Matt Murdock can't actually see, because that way he'll never know how close he came to being blasted into devil bits by the vigilante known as the Punisher. He'd been in the crosshairs many times in his life, both as a prosecutor and as a masked symbol of street justice, but there was something far more real about the danger presented by the Punisher, and DD had to avoid making any wrong moves if he wanted to live to fight another day. The Devil of Hell's Kitchen and the Punisher would make quite a team if they could only learn to see street justice the same way, but Frank Castle wasn't interested in filling jail cells, he preferred bad guys in body bags and wanted to clean up the streets with fire and blood... Pull the trigger and grab this Devil In The Line Of Fire-Alternate t-shirt by Hugohugo, it's simply super! Visit Hugohugo's Facebook fan page, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty geeky designs: SIFURIO Vs Ninjas She's Super! Doves Cry View more designs by Hugohugo | More Comic 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!

How to Build an Outdoor Fire Posted: 06 Jul 2016 05:00 AM PDT The following article is from the book Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Nature Calls. (Image credit: Indrajit Das) We know, we know— Og and Gog had this one figured out a million years ago. But just in case you haven’t… IT WILL HAPPEN There is a very good chance that at some point in your life— even if you’re the most home-loving, easy chair– sitting, gelatinous blob of a human that ever lived— you’re going to have to make a fire outdoors. The kids will demand it. Or the spouse will kick you out of the cabin one night while you’re staying in the mountains on a winter vacation. With this in mind, you’re going to need some tried-and-true tips for starting a fire in the great outdoors. So here you go. BURN, BABY, BURN (Image credit: Flickr user Nina`H) If you’re at a campground that provides a fire pit, you should use it, as this is the safest and easiest way to go. If none is available, you’re going to have to build a fire ring or pit yourself. Here’s how: • Pick a flat spot with little or no vegetation, and be sure to look out for any low, overhanging tree branches. Clear all debris around the fire area to a diameter of 10 feet. • For a fire ring only: Collect several rocks— brick-sized or larger and flat or flattish on two opposite sides. Arrange the rocks in a ring in the center of your clearing. The ring doesn’t have to be big— just a few feet across is fine— although it can, of course, be bigger in you want a bigger fire. • For a fire pit: A fire pit is the ideal choice because it’s less likely wind will carry any flaming material out of the fire. Dig a pit three or four feet across (larger for large fires), and six to eighteen inches deep, depending on the tools you have available and the amount of work you’re willing to do. (A tire iron works pretty well to break up packed dirt, which you can then scoop out by hand.) Then place the same kind of rocks collected for the ring around the pit. WHAT YOU’LL NEED  (Image credit: Thomas Kees)   Water. It’s the last thing you’d think, right? But it’s the first thing to make sure you have handy, not only to douse any flames if the fire jumps and spreads, but to put the fire out completely when you’re done for the night. No fire should be left burning with nobody awake and in attendance. Most experts recommend at least a bucket of water for this purpose. Others recommend a bucket of water and a fire extinguisher. Fire starter. Matches, lighter, flint and striker stone, magnifying glass— whatever you’ve got. Tinder. This is the very flimsy stuff that you light first to get the fire started. It can be any number of things, including pine needles, grass, wood shavings, or paper; the important thing is that it must be very dry. Kindling. This is the slightly larger stuff that the flames from the tinder will light. Most people just use dead, dry twigs from trees, one to two feet in length, but you can also make kindling yourself by chopping larger pieces of wood down to very thin pieces. Fuelwood. This is the heavier wood that will be lit by the kindling, becoming the actual fuel of the fire once it gets going. It doesn’t have to be huge— anything about the thickness of your arm will do, although you can of course use big, bulky logs once the fire really gets going. Important tip: Stack your tinder, kindling, and fuelwood in separate piles, not too close to the fire ring. START ’ER UP Now throw all the tinder, kindling, and fuelwood into your fire ring, douse that sucker with a whole can of lighter fluid, and toss a match in there. Most people are familiar with the “tepee” method of fire building, but there are actually several other methods, some of which you may not have heard of. We’ll start with the tepee style, then give you some info on a few of the others. Tepee: Make a pile of loosely assembled tinder in the center of the fire ring. The size of the pile depends on the size of the fire you want: For an average fire, make a pile about the size of half a basketball. Now stand pieces of kindling— thinnest pieces first— around the tinder, with their top ends meeting above the pile, forming a tepee shape. Don’t stack the wood too densely. Fire feeds on oxygen, so you want air to be able to move freely through the structure. Make sure you leave an opening that you can reach your fire starter through— and if it’s not too windy, make it on the windward side: The wind will help spread the fire through the structure. Use gradually thicker pieces of kindling as you add layers to the tepee, and then finish with four or five pieces of fuelwood about as big around as your wrist. Now light the tinder. Monitor the fire’s progress— be ready to throw more kindling on the fire if it seems like it will be used up before the fuelwood catches. Add larger pieces of fuelwood when the fire gets going. As it burns, the tepee will eventually collapse into a layer of coals. Once the fire is burning strongly, add fuelwood by laying it on the fire, preferably in crisscrossed layers, to allow plenty of air to feed the fire. Log cabin: For this one, build a tepee just like above. Then take two pieces of fuelwood about as big around as your arm, and lay them at the base of the tepee on either side of it. Then lay two more across them, making a square shape around the tepee. Then add two more across those two pieces, again on either side of the fire. Continue building up like this, building a “log cabin” around the tepee. When you’ve gone high enough, build a roof on the cabin by placing a layer of relatively thin fuelwood across its top. Light the tinder (you may need to fashion a torch of sorts with rolled-up paper or a long piece of tinder to get to it). Add larger fuelwood when the fire gets going. Lean-to: Stick a pointed piece of thin fuelwood or stout kindling into the ground at an angle, so that just two to four feet of it sticks out of the ground. Make a tinder pile underneath it, and then lay a small tepee of kindling directly on the tinder. Next, lay larger pieces of kindling so they lean on either side of the stick you’ve stuck in the ground. Add a few layers of thicker and thicker kindling over the first layer, and then a final layer of thin fuelwood. (Remember to not pack it too densely.) Light the tinder, let the fire get burning, and slowly place more fuelwood in the fire, building it up until it’s the size you’d like. Parallel: Also called a “hunter’s fire,” this is a small, simple fire built between two logs placed on the ground just six inches or so from each other. The logs protect the small fire from wind— and provide a surface for pots and pans. Council fire: This one’s a biggie, requiring a good supply of large logs, the largest a foot or more in diameter and four to six feet long. Place four or five of the largest logs parallel on the ground, and a foot or so apart from one another. Make a second layer by laying several slightly thinner logs across these. Make a third by placing several still thinner and shorter logs atop and across the second layer. Repeat this process using smaller and smaller logs, until you have a pyramidal structure four or five feet high. The last layer should consist of fairly thin pieces— just an inch or so in diameter— and should make a platform at least a couple of feet across. Build a tepee fire on top of this last layer, and light it. The fire will burn from the top down, lighting each new layer as it goes. Council fires are slow, steady burners that last a long time. So they’re often the choice for large groups performing ceremonies, and also a favorite for scouting groups. _______________________________ The article above is reprinted with permission from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Nature Calls. From hornywinks to Dracula orchids, from alluvium to zymogen, Uncle John is embarking on a back–country safari to track down the wackiest, weirdest, silliest, and most amazing stories about the natural world. 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!

Han Phoebus and Slave Esmerelda Posted: 06 Jul 2016 03:59 AM PDT Phoebus was once a stand-up soldier who respected authority, but now he’s gone rogue. It’s a good thing that he’s got a shrewd and nimble princess at his side as he takes on Frollo’s empire. David Ngo photographed these cosplayers at Anime Expo 2016 is Los Angeles who offered a fresh take on Disney’s 1996 musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

All Of Steven Spielberg’s Movies Ranked, From Worst To Best Posted: 06 Jul 2016 01:59 AM PDT We are used to thinking of a Steven Spielberg movie as an automatic masterpiece, but he has made 29 films. Have you seen them all? Some were far from masterpieces, and there are a few you might have forgotten he was involved in. Take a minute and think of which would rank the lowest, and which you’d rank at the top. Then go look at how Buzzfeed slotted all those films, and why. (Image credit: Jared Harrell)

American Flags Made of Baseball Bats Posted: 05 Jul 2016 11:59 PM PDT Brooks Hazelbaker grew up with baseball and came to golf later in life. He says that the typical golf club “never felt completely comfortable with my grip.” So he invented the HomeRun Putter—a golf club built into a baseball bat. Then he built a small business around that idea. He’s still coming up with novel ways to use baseball bats, including to form American flag displays. The HomeRun Flag consists of baseball bats cut in half, arranged, and painted to resemble Old Glory. -via Core77

The Creepy Wonderland Built on the Healing Powers of Tiger Balm Posted: 05 Jul 2016 10:59 PM PDT Aw Chu Kin of Myanmar developed a salve called Ten Thousand Golden Oil in 1870, which we know today as Tiger Balm. His sons carried on the business in Singapore, and one of them, Aw Boon Haw, used a million dollars of his business fortune to build Haw Par Villa, a huge public sculpture garden to showcase Chinese tradition and culture. The garden has undergone changes since it was first built in 1937, and is now a gloriously strange conglomeration of 150 dioramas and about 1,000 individual sculptures. See a gallery of 49 images of Haw Par Villa at Collectors Weekly.

Beautiful Tooled Leather Bike Saddles Posted: 05 Jul 2016 10:00 PM PDT In 2014, artist Billy Sprague of Oakland, California inherited his grandfather's leatherworking tools. He wanted to explore his own family traditions, so he began using them. As an avid bicyclist, he applied his emerging skills to bike saddle making. Sprague has since founded a studio called Obsidian Monarch, where he produces and sells leather goods, such as bike seats, guitar straps, and axe sheathes. -via Lustik

America’s Original Serial Killers Posted: 05 Jul 2016 09:00 PM PDT Serial killing in America is as old as the country is. Micajah “Big” Harpe and Wiley “Little” Harpe were around for the Revolutionary War, but had little reason to fight. What they really liked was rape, pillaging, and murder. They were known as the Harpe Brothers, although they were probably cousins. When the Revolutionary War began, the brothers were said to have joined a Tory rape gang, motivated more by ill intentions than supporting the British crown. They brutalized young women, murdered patriots, and burned down farms. One intended target reportedly escaped harm at the last moment thanks to a Captain James Wood. Captain Wood shot at Little Harpe and broke up the attack – though the blast only wounded him. In 1780, the brothers joined the British troops to fight through the Carolinas. After a year, they grew bored and aligned with the Cherokee Indians, pillaging the region. They exacted revenge on the aforementioned Captain by stealing his daughter, Susan Wood. They took her, along with another young girl named Maria Davidson, as their wives. And that was just the beginning of their chaotic, murderous spree. The Harpe Brothers adventures included joining a pirate gang, escaping from jail, polygamy, but most of all, killing. Read their story at The Lineup. -via Digg

Rescuing a Baby Raccoon with a Life Jacket Posted: 05 Jul 2016 07:59 PM PDT (Video Link) Redditor mystadobalina and his/her friends were enjoying the July 4th festivities on Swann Creek in Chesapeake Bay. They heard a mewling sound and found a baby raccoon in the water. The poor little fella was treading water, desperately trying to stay afloat. The humans knew better than to try to pick him up. So they attached a life vest to a rope and dropped the vest into the water. The raccoon held on to it as they towed him back to shore with a dingy. -via Laughing Squid

Candidate for Worst Boss of 2016 Posted: 05 Jul 2016 06:59 PM PDT A letter to the blog Ask A Manager details a work experience and asks for advice. It almost sounds fake, but it reminds me of one boss who wouldn’t let me take one day off to get married, then later expected me to cover for him for two weeks while he took care of some family business. And a huge number of commenters offer similar stories from their pasts. Here’s the letter. I manage a team, and part of their jobs is to provide customer support over the phone. Due to a new product launch, we are expected to provide service outside of our normal hours for a time. This includes some of my team coming in on a day our office is normally closed (based on lowest seniority because no one volunteered). One employee asked to come in two hours after the start time due to her college graduation ceremony being that same day (she was taking night classes part-time in order to earn her degree). I was unable to grant her request because she was the employee with the lowest seniority and we need coverage for that day. I said that if she could find someone to replace her for those two hours, she could start later. She asked her coworkers, but no one was willing to come in on their day off. After she asked around, some people who were not scheduled for the overtime did switch shifts with other people (but not her) and volunteered to take on overtime from others who were scheduled, but these people are friends outside of work, and as long as there is coverage I don’t interfere if people want to give or take overtime of their own accord. (Caveat: I did intervene and switch one person’s end time because they had concert tickets that they had already paid for, but this was a special circumstance because there was cost involved.) I told this team member that she could not start two hours late and that she would have to skip the ceremony. An hour later, she handed me her work ID and a list of all the times she had worked late/come in early/worked overtime for each and every one of her coworkers. Then she quit on the spot. I’m a bit upset because she was my best employee by far. Her work was excellent, she never missed a day of work in the six years she worked here, and she was my go-to person for weekends and holidays. Even though she doesn’t work here any longer, I want to reach out and tell her that quitting without notice because she didn’t get her way isn’t exactly professional. I only want to do this because she was an otherwise great employee, and I don’t want her to derail her career by doing this again and thinking it is okay. She was raised in a few dozen different foster homes and has no living family. She was homeless for a bit after she turned 18 and besides us she doesn’t have anyone in her life that has ever had professional employment. This is the only job she has had. Since she’s never had anyone to teach her professional norms, I want to help her so she doesn’t make the same mistake again. What do you think is the best way for me to do this? You can imagine how people reacted. This manager got pretty much the same advice from everyone- the writer of Ask A Manager, the commenters, reddit, Jezebel, and Raw Story. How would you have answered the letter? (Image credit: Flickr user jen collins)

Creepy Disembodied Head of Thomas the Tank Engine Crawls the Walls and Ceiling Posted: 05 Jul 2016 06:00 PM PDT Thomas the Tank Engine should have died a long, long time ago. He begged for death, but death would not, could not come. We needed him. In the midst of the desolation of post-apocalyptic Sodor, we needed Thomas to maintain a transportation infrastructure. First, Y. Nakajima gave him robotic legs because we couldn't keep the rail lines stable. But as Thomas's components continued to break down and the madness devoured him, we were eventually left with just his face. (Video Link) Y. Nakajima made do with what was available. But we're all responsible. God forgive us for what we did to Thomas. -via Rocket News 24

Lil' Dredd Riding Hood - The Future Of Fairy Tales Posted: 05 Jul 2016 05:00 PM PDT Lil' Dredd Riding Hood by Poopsmoothie Dredd was never one for fairy tales, since anything he couldn't shoot dead or arrest didn't really exist, but one day he met a toothy figure who made him want to believe that fairy tales were real. The bloke called himself the Big Bad Wolf, and he'd been stalking a poor young girl named Red for about a month, threatening to tear her apart and gobble up her poor little granny. Dredd didn't take kindly to bullies, especially those who would pick on a defenseless girl and her gran, so he donned the red cloak and went riding into the woods to see what that wolf was made of... Mashups just reached the pinnacle of ridiculousness thanks to this Lil' Dredd Riding Hood t-shirt by Poopsmoothie, it's fantastically funny and sure to make your fellow Judge Dredd fans scowl with delight! Visit Poopsmoothie's Facebook fan page, official website and Twitter, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more dangerously cool designs: Dean Fink Emerald Archer Brick No More Find A Penny Classic View more designs by Poopsmoothie | 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!

Trippy Beach Towels By Collage Artist Eugenia Loli Posted: 05 Jul 2016 05:00 PM PDT There's one thing people always make sure to bring with them when they head to the beach- their trusty towel. Some people have a special towel they take with them, so they can look good while lounging on the sand, while others just use whatever old, ratty towel they have lying around at home. No matter which way you go when you head down to the shore you'll get a kick out of these trippy beach towels created by collage artist Eugenia Loli. Eugenia's bold retro designs and tongue-in-cheek subject matter collide on beach towels which will make whoever owns them the king or queen of the beach, no surf contest necessary. See more from The Trippiest Beach Towels On The Planet here

Gardening with Bras Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:00 PM PDT (Photo: Maple Village Women's Institute) With proper tending, Nature's bounty can grow almost anywhere. In this case, her fruits swell out of bra cups. Members of the Maple Village Women's Institute in Surbiton, Surrey, UK converted 20 bras into planters. They hung the bras along railings on a public road in town. The purpose of the project is to promote sustainable gardening everywhere. People can have gardens, even if they don't have a yard. The Surrey Comet quotes Kelly Woods, the president of the organization, about how to make your own bra garden: She said: “Obviously the bigger the bra the more you can fit in it. We have put flowers in ours but you can actually plant fruit and veg in them too. "Tomatoes are particularly good.” -via Nothing to Do with Aborath

The Story Of The Contentious <i>Big Trouble In Little China</i> Screenplay Posted: 05 Jul 2016 02:59 PM PDT When it hit theaters thirty years ago, Big Trouble in Little China pulled disappointing numbers and then faded from view. In the years since, the camp comedy/action film has become a cult favorite among its fans. Hollywood is even looking at a remake now. but the movie turned out totally different from what it was first conceived to be. Writers Gary Goldman and David Z. Weinstein had high hopes for their idea of a kung-fu Western set in 1890. Before he was the one liner-slinging driver of the Pork Chop Express, Jack Burton was a loner buffalo hunter named Wiley Prescott, a man employed by a railroad company to manage the Chinese immigrants tasked with the hard labor. The Goldman/Weinstein script began similarly to the big screen version, with the pistol-packing Prescott making a seemingly impossible bet with a worker named Sun over whether or not he could shoot the eyes out of a kite dancing way up in the sky. Sun takes Wiley’s bet thinking that there’s no way the cocky cowboy can hit the kite’s eyes, but of course he hits them with ease. Just as Wang Chi doesn’t have the cash to pay Jack, Sun admits to Wiley he’s short on funds – like, all the way short. So, Wiley is forced to accompany Sun on his trip to San Francisco to meet up with his bride, and that’s where all hell breaks loose once Wiley’s horse is stolen, and it’s revealed that the shooter isn’t all that sharp. It wasn’t contemporary, and even more important, it wasn’t a comedy. “We felt like we were writing a brilliant movie that would be the next Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Goldman says. “It was a very unusual project, and it still is. There’s never been anything like it. So trying to do something unusual was a little bit of a risk, but we had great confidence that we could pull it off. Then we created a template for something new and wonderful that audiences would like it. We wanted to do a movie that would take this whole genre of Chinese fantasy and martial arts movies and make them accessible, re-do them with an American or Western sense of characterization and plotting, and bring that spirit as a new kind of influence into Hollywood filmmaking.” The finished film was very different. So what happened? Goldman and Weinstein tell the saga of the making of Big Trouble in Little China at Uproxx.

People Who Served Up Their Own Brand Of Parking Lot Justice Posted: 05 Jul 2016 01:59 PM PDT Even if you're a calm and safe driver there's one aspect of driving which is bound to make your blood boil- the parking spot stealing, double space hogging and often downright rude drivers you encounter in parking lots. Gotta love passive aggressive notes in Vancouver. This was on a car in our parking lot this morning pic.twitter.com/WgmD8k836U — firechild (@firechild) September 23, 2015 For some reason these rude people think the rules apply to everyone but them when they enter a parking lot, and suddenly their car becomes the most valuable vehicle on the planet. This pass ag note is the best way to give out to someone about their awful parking https://t.co/NtxGjLJpiZpic.twitter.com/1t5msR8Z2i — DailyEdge (@dailyedge) June 24, 2016 And while most of the people these jerks tick off simply mutter an obscenity under their breath and walk away others serve up their own brand of parking lot justice. (Image Link) See 11 Moments Of Sweet Parking Lot Justice That Will Brighten Your Day here

Automate Your Backyard Garden with FarmBot Posted: 05 Jul 2016 01:00 PM PDT FarmBot Genesis is an automated gardening system. It’s pretty impressive for what it does, as outlined at Smithsonian.  Developed by a team of three from California, the kit is an autonomous machine that’s installed atop and around a small garden—in your backyard, on a rooftop, or inside a greenhouse or lab. Once built, Genesis performs nearly the entire gardening process prior to harvesting, including planting the seeds, watering each plant precisely and on a set schedule, monitoring conditions, and pulverizing pesky weeds. (YouTube link) The software is preprogrammed for 33 different crops, which must be planted in a small space and not grow above a half-meter tall. You can program your gardening activities from a distance, from anywhere by phone or tablet. And it comes with an open source code, so geeks can customize the software as they please. However, you must consider why you have a garden in the first place. If it’s to save money, then you don’t want to buy an automated system. If it’s to commune with nature, then you don’t need this time-saving device. If it’s to enjoy eating fresh garden produce, I hope you like the crops that fit into the parameters. You can pre-order your FarmBot Genesis for only $2,900 in July, or pay the full $3,900 price later. I have no idea when it will ship, but it will only be ten months or so until you can use it!

Man Turns Bookcase into Playable Tetris Game Posted: 05 Jul 2016 12:00 PM PDT Øyvind Berntsen added LEDs to the cells of his bookcase, then made them programmable. With them, he can display pixelated images in multiple colors. Berntsen first used the setup to create a game of Snake which ended with a marriage proposal to his girlfriend, Nadia Tokerud. You can see the romantic scene here. (Video Link) Having secured Tokerud's hand in marriage, Berntsen sensibly converted the system into a game of Tetris. There are so many options with this gaming platform! -via Lost at E Minor

RIP Noel Neill Posted: 05 Jul 2016 11:00 AM PDT Noel Neill had quite a few small film roles in the 1940s, but will always be remembered as Lois Lane, the love interest of Superman. In 1948, she was cast as Lane opposite Kirk Alyn as Superman in a 15-episode serial for Paramount Pictures, and then another called Superman and the Mole Men. Phyllis Coates was cast as Lois Lane in the TV series Adventures of Superman, but left after one year, and Neill stepped in to reprise her role in 1953. She continued in the role for five years until the series ended, and then retired. However, Neill appeared in the 1978 film Superman as Lois Lane’s mother, and played Lex Luthor’s wife in the 2006 film Superman Returns. Lois Lane was quite competent but her quests to uncover big stories for the Daily Planet always landed her in formulaic peril. It was up to Superman to shed his Clark Kent identity, often in a phone booth, and then swoop in late in the show and rescue her from a variety of evil-doers. Along the way, Lane developed a crush on Superman - even dreaming in one episode that they were to be married - but she was oddly cool toward Kent. Lane never noticed that when Kent would disappear, Superman would appear suddenly to save her and that the two men were never seen together. Neill said she was often asked why Lane never caught on to Kent’s secret identity, and would respond, “I didn’t want to lose my job.” Neill cheerfully participated in promoting the Superman franchise throughout her life. Noel Neill died Sunday at her home in Tucson, Arizona after a long illness. She was 95.

Man Walks Around with 90-Pound Rock on His Head to Lose Weight Posted: 05 Jul 2016 10:00 AM PDT (Image: CCTV) Cong Yan of Jilin, China weighed 230 pounds. He wanted to lose weight, but didn't know how. A weight loss business offered to help, but he couldn't afford it. So he found a simpler solution: wearing a 90-pound rock on his head. Yan didn't start out that way, of course. He began 3 years ago with a 33-pound rock, then worked his way up to 90 pounds. Now he walks in a nearby park about 1.9 miles every day while wearing the rock. It works! Yan says that he lost 60 pounds in a single year. You can see more photos of him at the Daily Mail. -via Nothing to Do with Aborath

An Honest Ad For Coffee Posted: 05 Jul 2016 08:59 AM PDT In the latest in their series of Honest Ads, Cracked looks at coffee. How you feel about this ad slamming our drinking habits all depends on how you drink your coffee. For example, the fact that caffeine is addicting and everyone drinks it doesn’t sound too bad, since it doesn’t impair one’s judgement or abilities. But I can laugh at people adding sugar and milk to convince themselves that it tastes good, because I don’t do that.   (YouTube link) That part about sustainability and coffee bean growers is a bit disturbing, but it probably won’t influence your opinion on drinking coffee. After all, we are addicted to it.

Hail the Great Chicken Posted: 05 Jul 2016 08:00 AM PDT Joshua Wright is correct. Chickens, which outnumber humans 3 to 1, are one of the foundations of our civilization. Without the chicken, we would be hungier. Let us erect a monument to the chicken and burn offerings before it. -via Tastefully Offensive

Game Over Man - Has Mario Met His Match? Posted: 05 Jul 2016 07:00 AM PDT Game Over Man by Harebrained Design Mario liked to think he could handle any enemy who got in his way, and most of the time he was right, but a virus in the game software had resulted in xenomorph DNA being introduced in the Mushroom Kingdom, and the situation was starting to look dire. The koopas, goombas and such that Mario was used to fighting were suddenly more powerful, with claws, fangs and acid blood that burned even when Mario was under the influence of a super star, and the fire flower was far less effective against their alien skin. Mario was about to give up all hope when he stumbled upon a vial of liquid simply marked "Ripley", which he drank without hesitation while hoping it wasn't game over for him and his bros... Celebrate the horror of platform gaming with this Game Over Man t-shirt by Harebrained Design, it's an unbeatably cool design! Visit Harebrained Design's NeatoShop for more gamer-iffic designs: Stitchzilla Wand And The Wizard Stitch Phone Home Full Metal Man View more designs by Harebrained 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!

20 Show Secrets HGTV Doesn’t Want to Tell You Posted: 05 Jul 2016 07:00 AM PDT Do you watch the real estate and remodeling shows on HGTV? They are quite popular, and crews are out constantly filming new episodes of the half-dozen or so shows. But if you dream of getting on one of them, you should keep in mind that they are TV shows made for entertainment, so what goes on behind the scenes is a little different than you may have imagined. For one thing, they probably won’t help you find a home to purchase. Apparently when Beachfront Bargain Hunt was just starting out, it was easier to find participants who had already made their purchase. According to Laura who was featured on an episode of the show filmed in Belize, the producers contacted her and her husband because they “had recently purchased a property on the beach that fit the parameters they were looking for.” The show filmed the couple touring their own home, as well as two nearby properties that just happened to be vacant at the time. Apparently, Property Brothers only takes homeowners who have already purchased a home. Many people apply to be only Property Brothers only to find they don’t qualify. Why? They haven’t already found their “dream home.” This is what is written in the casting packet sent out to anyone who applies: “Our onscreen Realtor, Drew, will present the houses to you, but, off-screen, your Realtor is the one who completes your deal. We need to state that we will only feature people who have purchased a property.” For that matter, Jonathan, typically just “wears his tool belt and plaid shirt in solidarity” with the show’s lesser known (and not as good looking) crew. That also applies to Fixer Upper, and House Hunters wants people who are already the process of buying a home. But that’s just ownership. There are quite a few othersecrets behind HGTV shows you'll want to read at Housely.

These Might Be The Most Satisfying Pimple Popping Videos Ever Made Posted: 05 Jul 2016 06:00 AM PDT Who is this masked man? He's one of Dr. Sandra Lee's patients who prefers to remain anonymous, and his “mask” is a mass of blackheads which have taken over his face and are in serious need of direct action. (YouTube Link) The “Masked Man” has worn this mask of blackheads for two years, but recently visited Dr. Lee (aka Dr. Pimple Popper) to have them removed for free in exchange for his appearance in the videos. (YouTube Link) As you can see from these videos the "Masked Man" got the better part of that deal, as his treatment took hours over multiple sessions to remove that unsightly forest of blackheads growing on his face. (YouTube Link) By his third session the blackheads are all but gone and the "Masked Man" has way more pep in his step, able to look at himself in the mirror and like what he sees again. -Via some videos

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