This Flickr set contains some fabulous “graffiti.”
The line work and style are fascinating. I’d love to see this on a random wall as I walk by.
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My one gripe with this metal sculpture lamp table of Predator with nunchucks is that Predator doesn’t need nunchucks. He’s PREDATOR.
However, this table is also available with a machine gun, sword and spear (clearly the more realistic options).
I think if I were to purchase a Predator sculpture, I’d want it to be about seven feet tall and serve no other functional purpose but to stand in place and look intimidating.
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Perhaps shadow puppetry is a lost art these days. But if you ever want to impress your friends, allow these wonderful vintage diagrams to show you some smooth techniques.
A few more here.
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I’ve been collecting links of obscenely uncomfortable looking furniture, figuring I’d eventually do a theme week with them. That time has arrived! Next week will be Uncomfortable Furniture Week here on SheWalksSoftly. If you have any links/pictures of crazy furniture, please share!
Or just sit back and enjoy…
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I found this anatomical matryoshka doll on a Russian site a while back. Wish I had more info about it. What a great project idea!
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Just after the debut of the Double Down, KFC is launching Buckets For The Cure to promote breast cancer awareness. The fast-food outlet will donate 50 cents for every pink bucket of chicken, with the ultimate goal of raising $8.5 million dollars.
I am all for breast cancer awareness, but do I even to state the irony of this charitable effort?
I actually want one of the buckets as a novelty keepsake though.
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There’s a great little photo series on A Journey Round My Skull featuring vintage diagrams from Le Livre de Sante by Joseph Handler, 1967.
What a lovely cell…
I like this image so much, I think I’ll print out a copy and tack it up by my desk:
A few more here.
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Three cheers for innovative services!
This sinister looking clown is laughing all the way to the bank by hiring himself out to birthday parties to terrify youngsters.
Actor Dominic Deville had the brainwave after watching his favourite horror movies and set up his Evil Clown service in Lucerne, Switzerland.
First he contacts ‘victims’ to tell them they’re being watched.
Then he taunts them with texts, phone calls and booby trapped letters warning them that at sometime in their party he’s going to smash a cake into their face.
“It’s all in fun and if at any point the kids get scared or their parents are concerned we stop right there. But most kids absolutely love being scared senseless,” explained clown Dominic.
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Please pardon this uncharacteristic foray into personal opinion/politics. I try to keep such things off the blog, but every now and then something comes along that really strikes me.
Apparently, Native American themes have been commandeered by fashion designers, hipsters and pop stars as they crudely sing about partying and picking people up at a bar.
I saw this image in a great Sociological Images post and loved it.
I can’t help but take issue with certain ways Native American “fashion” is used these days; reduced to a matter of style, kitsch or other representations entirely devoid of reverence for a culture we could stand to learn a few things from.
That being said, I have no trouble with someone wearing these items if he/she has a basic understanding and respect the origin. I find certain Native American symbols incredibly meaningful, and often reflect on the Native connection with the earth, all forms of life and the general gratitude with which they lived.
We are so disconnected in American culture sometimes, so skewed in our priorities, so flippant and automatic.
Please visit this post for videos and pictures. I’m aware that fashion has ALWAYS recontextualized aspects of culture, and I do welcome any diverging opinions on this particular matter.
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Paper Boy has some really fun wallpaper designs. It’s quite possible that some children would not like these designs, but I sure would have (or, you know…would…now).
Check out this lovely display of dinosaurs and kids in perfect harmony:
And of course, my favorite…animal skeletons!
You can choose different effects for the skeletons (if you want the bones to be more or less prominent). This also comes in fabric. I’d love to make a dress out of it.
See more designs on the product page.
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