It’s not a joke, it’s a toothpick, Tuco. Now I want you to get up there and make art out of them toothpicks. Well, toothpick artist Steven J. Backman has turned The Good, the Bad and the Ugly into something quite beautiful with only 55 toothpicks and some glue. See more over at Steven’s official …
She Doesn’t Care
Now that Continental Oil Company (now Conoco) has your attention with the naughty thing their research chemists (Belt over lab coat? Craaaazy!) do on their summer break, it smoothly segues into the benefits of motor oil. Remember that sex sells, future Madison Ave execs, it even sells motor oil. Modern Mechanix has the larger pic: …
The Strangest Ad Starring Nicholas Cage You’ll See
Well, today anyhow. It’s beyond description, so I won’t even try, except that it helps to know about Pachinko. Miss Cellania has the clip: Link | Cracked has the list of 8 strangest Japanese ads starring Oscar nominees
Queen Mary Ocean Liner Made Out of Toothpicks
This is fantastic: Wayne Kusy created a 25-foot model of the 1936 Queen Mary made entirely out of 814,000 toothpicks and 19 gallons of wood glue. It took him 8 years to build. And the most surprising fact of all? Wayne has never been on the Queen Mary. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] …
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Why Your Skin Turns Pruny But Doesn’t Dissolve After Soaking in Water
Everyone knows that if you swim or soak in a tub for a long time, your skin turn all pruny but have you ever considered how the skin doesn’t simply dissolve? It’s all in the keratin: After a period in water the outer layer of the skin (the stratum corneum) expands, producing prune-like wrinkles. Earlier …
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