It’s not often that one gets to drive past a giant rusty dragon lawn ornament…but one lucky photographer found this fellow in Atlanta.
Let this be a reminder to always carry a camera. You never know what you’re going to pass.
Photo captions, anyone?
Tag: oddities
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Now here’s a novel idea: the edible wedding dress.
This is more like a performance art piece! I wonder if she screams as people cut into it…
And I can’t even imagine all the work that went into a checkered cake of this size.
Seen on Neatorama.
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Boy, did I have a great time searching this page. AbeBooks has created a Weird Book Room on their site, featuring numerous bizarre titles.
I think this is the only (near) vomit action shot I’ve seen on a book cover:
If I had a dime for every time I heard THIS complaint…
Talk about a narrow niche…
Here you go, Brian:
Forget health, happiness, world peace…there are more important uses for mental power.
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Welcome to the uncanny valley. These singing robot heads (in an installation by Nathaniel Mellor) remind me of a horrific setup in a serial killer’s basement.
Don’t they look like the final scene in a Tales From the Crypt episode?
Here, let the Haunted Mansion singing busts show everyone how it’s done (a cappella):
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This automaton self-portrait by Thomas Kuntz, hand crafted from brass, steel and wood is a creepy masterpiece. Watch his head get severed and resurrected in this autobiographical cult allegory, Automaton: Death + Resurrection: In the Chamber of Reflection.
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I would love a chance to view the Victorian Blood Book in person at the University of Texas. This decoupage project was assembled from hundreds of engravings, accented by red India ink.
View the slideshow and hear descriptive commentary here.
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I must thank my dear friend Skye for reminding me about these. Collector’s Quest has a feature on antique vampire killing kits.
Inside the beautiful Rosewood case with mother of pearl cross inlay there’s an assortment of items to deal with the undead, including a cleaver, prayer book, Holy water vials, looking glass, silver occult dagger, candles, what looks like some wooden stakes, and a pistol with silver bullets in an ornate coffin case.
These items were made to address deep, dark, primal fears. And then, like our fears often are, they were not thrown away but stored in equally dark and out of the way places… Antique wooden killing kits in the attics of old houses, just waiting for the day when the creatures creep from the attics of our minds.
The craftsmanship and detail that went into creating these kits is astonishing. This is luxurious highbrow undead protection. Definitely design inspiration for next year’s Halloween decorations (I’d need a bit more time than I have this year to put together something so lovely).
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It’s funny how I’m virtually unshakable in the face of my traditionally “scary” things, but the thought of knitting with dog hair thoroughly unnerves me.
Even more disturbing is the fact that enough people are interested in the subject for a publisher to put out an instructional book.
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Literally.
In 2000, a psychiatric patient drew a picture of a man who appeared in recurring dreams. The picture was left out on the doctor’s desk, where another patient recognized it from his dreams as well! With a bit of investigation, other patients who saw the same face in their dreams were found. As of now, at least 2,000 people recognize the face as one they’ve dreamed about.
I wonder about the psychological origin of this phenomenon. It’s possible that the image possesses certain archetypal qualities and is vague/varied enough for people to associate with their own dreams.
But I’ve never had a dream about him.
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Now, here’s something I don’t find myself saying every day:
This chair is too muscular for me.
I guess he’s not ULTRA buff. He hasn’t been drinking protein shakes and telling people to “spot him,” but he clearly works out more than I usually like my furniture to do so.
Found here.
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