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My watermelon is cooler than yours

Actually, I don't even like watermelon.  Oh, well.  Here's how to make your watermelon look super cool.

Link via how about orange.

Sad, sad day

I've just discovered that Ted Kennedy, Dominick Dunne, and Ellie Greenwich have passed away. 

Waiting for the end of the world

Check out this collection of photos featuring the interiors of bomb shelters.

The exploration took Ross into a series of survivalist spaces, offering a visual index of the lengths to which people will go when they feel abused or threatened. “I ended up photographing an underground bomb shelter in Livermore, California, looking straight up [toward the entry from the surface], and the light was very divine and was essentially apocalyptic,” he says. “Some of these people thought they were going to be the new inhabitants of the Garden of Eden.

Link via neatorama.

Study Reveals Mercury Contamination in Fish Nationwide

I can't believe that this isn't bigger news.  Every SINGLE fish sampled from 291 streams was contaminated with mercury.  But wait, it get's better.  It turns out that a quarter of the sampled fish have dangerously high levels of mercury.

"This science sends a clear message that our country must continue to confront pollution, restore our nation's waterways, and protect the public from potential health dangers," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement.

Mercury can damage the nervous system and cause learning disabilities in developing fetuses and young children. The main source of mercury to most of the streams tested, according to the researchers, is emissions from coal-fired power plants. The mercury released from smokestacks rains down into waterways, where natural processes convert it into methylmercury -- a form that allows the toxin to wind its way up the food chain into fish.

I don't understand why more people aren't concerned about pollution in this country. 

Thank you, Barney!

It's about damn time!  Watch Barney Frank put some crazy lady in her place when she starts babbling about health care and Nazis.

Frank: When you ask me that question I'm going to revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question. On what planet do you spend most of your time?

[....]

You want me to answer the question? Yes. As you stand there with a picture of the President defaced to look like Hitler and compare the effort to increase health care to the Nazis, my answer to you is as I said before, it is a tribute to the First Amendment that this kind of vile, contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated. Ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. I have no interest in doing it.

Hell yeah!  Frank knows you can't argue with crazy, so why even try.

You also have to check out this video clip of another crazy lady who yells "Heil Hitler" to a Jewish man during a town hall meeting in Vegas.  And as if that's not bad enough, she then goes on to make fun of him when he shares with her his high medical bills.  What a vile creature.

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The River of Five Colors

Caño Cristales is also known as "the river of five colors," and it's considered to be the most beautiful river in the world.

During Colombia's wet season, the water flows fast and deep, obscuring the bottom of the river and denying the mosses and algae that call the river home the sun that they need. And during the dry season there is not enough water to support the dazzling array of life in the river. But during a brief span between the wet and dry seasons, when the water level is just right, the many varieties of algae and moss bloom in a dazzling display of colors.

Link via violins and starships.

The Calendar of Sexy Undertakers

Funeral directors are tired of being thought of as creepy and gaunt, so they decided to release this calendar that proves undertakers can be sexy, too.  They also do this to help raise money for breast cancer victims. 

Each photo is accompanied by a bit of information on the featured mortician. Mr. December, for example, is a former Marine who enjoys cooking and is shown glistening, bare-chested and wearing a chef’s hat. “Frank enjoys working with wood,” is the information given for Mr. October, who appears to be sanding a board – again topless.

Link via coilhouse.

Body parts made out of bread

Here's a weird video clip featuring a bakery that sells body parts made out of bread. 

Link via shanmonster.

Dancing with the Stars New Cast Revealed!

Yes, I actually watch this stupid show.  I'm not really sure why.  Anyway, here's the cast list for the new season.  Tom DeLay, bitches!   

Kate Winslet in remake of Mildred Pierce

Kate Winslet is in talks to star in a remake of one of my favorite films, Mildred Pierce. Todd Haynes will direct it. I approve.