Every year around the 4th of July, hundreds of eyewitness sightings of the elusive “Paul Revere” are reported. Also known as the “New England Sasquatch” and the “Colonial Skunk-Ape” - recent photographic evidence may offer the first substantial proof that this elusive creature is not the figment of the wild imaginations of shut-ins and hillbillies.
Our Blogadilla research team has acquired recent exclusive footage of this creature in its native habitat. The Paul Revere walks upright like a human being and has coloration which allows it to easily blend-in with its environment [Can you see it? Photos on the right enhanced for better viewing]. Our Blogadilla Heavy Industries research team suspects that this example is a female.
Can’t think of a Father’s Day gift this year? Well think no more: for just $49.95 you can get dad his very own Uroclub– a cleverly designed, hollowed-out 7-iron, allowing him to pee on the golf course, while no one is the wiser.
Though technically they aren’t “lost” - they know exactly where they are - this population near the Peruvian/Brazilian border has had no known contact with the “outside world” until last month. Recent aerial photos taken in May 2008 offer the first proof of their existence and provide some clues to their way of life.
Some new facts about this recently discovered tribe:
• They don’t like airplanes.
• They aren’t very good at hitting airplanes with spears or arrows.
• They aren’t interested in maintaining front or back lawns.
• They believe that orange bodypaint is “the new black.”
If you’re an NYC-based Blogadilla reader, be on the lookout in the next few days for the phenomenon of “Manhattanhenge.” Similar to Stonehenge, because New York City’s streets are laid out in a grid, the sun sets directly between all of the cross streets in Manhattan. The 2 dates every year that this occurs are usually May 28 and July 12 (sometimes the 13th), so check it out!
In terms of physical art, we’ve covered rail track art before, but never pixel art. Today Gothamist.com features cool pixel graffiti, seen on 9th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, here in NYC– check it out.
For more photos, check out the entire Flickr album.
Late February/Early March - it’s that time of year again for the spectacular Estonian holiday Vastlapäev (VAS-tlah-paav).
The activities of this holiday:
•Sled down a hill (the farther your sled goes, the longer your flax will grow).
•Eat pea soup.
•Eat cream-filled pastries.
Here is a video I made a few years ago (while living in Estonia) which explains the basics of Vastlapäev:
Check out “Eliphante,” a sculptural home-turned arts museum in Cornville, Arizona that is the product of 28 years of hard work by artist Michael Kahn and his wife, Leda Livant. The New York Times online has a great slideshow, showing parts of the house, as well as some of the creative/constructive processes. Included in the house are an outdoor summer kitchen, extensive stained glass artwork (seen below), a piano built into a wall of driftwood, and more. Not to mention that the home resides on small river that the couple uses to canoe. All very cool; check it out:
Buy your very own JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank from Amazon.com for the low low price of $19,999.95. But beware– only 2 left in stock, so order soon!
Product Features
Carries cargo or a crew of up to five internally or on the roof.
Piloted from within the armored shell or from an exposed standing position through the hatch.
6hp Tecumseh gasoline engine, top speed 40 mph.
Includes head/tail and turn signal lights, trim and underbody lighting.
400 watt premium sound with PA system, plush interior, and external camera.
Make sure to take note that the $20G price does not include shipping and handling. Might be a bit pricey for a 1300 pound item…
While the University of California marching band is sometimes overshadowed by Pac-10 nemesis Stanford, you’ve got to hand it to Cal for their recent Nintendo-themed half time show against Washington State. As a friend pointed out, in the “Pong” sequence, the people must have had to run at least 40 yards in each direction!
This evening we had an earthquake here in the South Bay Area.
Magnitude: 5.6.
Location: San Jose-ish.
No big deal.
A list of lame things to do during an earthquake
•Duck-and-cover beneath your 100 gallon fishtank.
•Play Jenga.
•Find shelter underground: a deep parking garage or an old mineshaft.
•Get a tattoo.
•Climb onto the roof of your 7 story apartment building so nothing will fall on you.
•Wait for FEMA to bring help.
•Trim your eyelashes or nose hair.
•Seek shelter in a greenhouse or a cactus nursery.
So a bit late last week so might have we have 2 this week.
This is a self portrait while riding back from a recent trip up to northern California.
Ingredients: Dark room + Glow sticks + 3yr old + long exposure shot = Light stick paintingYou can make out my son’s shirt in the background, yes he is standing still and doing an age old kung fu move called windmilling.
For the low, low price of $1200.00, you can buy the world’s largest Swiss Army knife. Weighing in at 2lbs 11oz and measuring 8.75 by 3.25 inches, it’s hardly a pocket knife. It has 6 blades and 8 different screwdrivers, not to mention a cigar cutter, laser pointer, golf shoe spike wrench, fish scaler, double-cut wood saw, ruler, scissors, pliers, wire crimper and cutter, and more. Hell, it even has a telescopic pointer!
For full specs and to buy (once it comes “back in stock”), check out Wenger’s site.
