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Real dolls? Pffffft. THESE are real dolls.

cklarock — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:25:43 +0000

After this, I don’t ever want to hear that my hobbies are weird. Not a word!

Russian ‘genius’ lived with 26 female bodies:

Russian media reported that Moskvina kept at least 26 bodies in his small, three-room apartment. They all belong to females aged between 15 and 26 who died years ago. The bodies were “dried up,” Interfax reported.

Life News reported that Moskvina, who is a historian and was also involved in journalism, visited hundreds of cemeteries at night and dug up the bodies with a shovel. He then put the remains in plastic bags and dragged them to his home.

Once the bodies were in his apartment, Moskvina dressed the bodies up as dolls. Photos released by Life News showed one skeleton wearing a dress, stockings and other clothing while another body appeared to have been dressed as a teddy bear.

Who’s daddin’ hardest?

cklarock — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:45:52 +0000

I used to think I was a good dad.

I’ve changed my share of diapers, loved up my little guy, carried him to and fro, bought the legion of requisite baby crap and soothed him at night when he gets scared. I feed him, play with him, can always make him laugh and someday I’m going to teach him how to convince a better-looking and more intelligent woman than you to agree to marry you and have your kids.

So I used to think I was a good, maybe even great dad. And then I saw this.

Molecular drunkification?

cklarock — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:24:18 +0000

Over at Avenue 5 in San Diego, Mike Yen is taking molecular gastronomy techniques handed down from Chicago’s Alinea and applying them to cocktails. The results are kind of fantastic.

Little Tomatoes: The finished bloody mary spheres are topped with a stem and greens made from a mix of juiced celery, salt, and gelatin (in custom-made silicone molds).

The chemical reaction between the sodium alginate and calcium lactate forms a thin shell of gelatin around the outside of the shot, making it look solid, but once your teeth make contact with it, the thin, gelatinous “skin” breaks, releasing a flood of spicy, boozy, heirloom tomato juice. It’s almost exactly like biting into a cherry tomato (with a tasty grilled shrimp inside.)

Quick! Now’s your chance to justify all that book-learning you did by reading the full article in order to find out more.

Banksy retrospective

cklarock — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:30:42 +0000

My favorite living artist.

I just love Banksy.

cklarock — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 03:46:30 +0000

I seriously lesser than 3 him.

Banksy directs the Simpsons opening credits:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo

Truly epic.

cklarock — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:44:23 +0000

Here is a lovely, poignant interactive filmwebsitehtml5thingy:
http://thewildernessdowntown.com/

Requires sound and apparently doesn’t like Firefox much.

Performance art

cklarock — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:02:57 +0000

Via Kiki.

Q: How many performance artists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: I don’t know, I left halfway through.

The Clone Arranger

cklarock — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:52:30 +0000

I really think this guy is a genius. There are hundreds of these clever dioramas, and they’re all quality.

Is this the Stormtrooper's Credo? When there are millions of you, you probably learn pretty quickly that "whoever shot those clones, I ain't seen nothin'."

I am the greatest!

cklarock — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:56:51 +0000

Pound-for-pound, is this the greatest ~~McDonalds~~ commerical of all time? I think so. I loved this one when it first came out and have since unsuccessfully tried to imitate it for my friends. “Never found out!”

Brilliant

cklarock — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:30:39 +0000

I especially love the Death of Marat, the Carrivagio and the Klimt. Very noice. The whole thing made me smile, and the Frida Kahlo made me lol a little.

This is well worth watching at full screen.

70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.