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A five year old boy risked his own life by battling a rabid fox during a cookout in North
Carolina. Eventually after being shot at three times by a neighbor, the fox was beaten to death by the boy's stepfather. Kind of like Rasputin. The boy is now undergoing rabies treatment (similar to the silent treatment, though less vindictive.)
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In Louisville Kentucky today, a girl's feet were severed at the ankle when a ride "malfunctioned". The worst day I ever had at an amusement park was getting sick to my stomach from riding in the teacups for too long. This girl lost her fucking feet. Oh God Superman, give her back her feet!
A fifteen year old boy in India performed a cesarean section while being filmed, in an attempt to break the world record for youngest surgeon. Jesus. Babies delivering babies.
So... in March a woman had her gallbladder successfully removed through her vagina.
This is following some doctors in India removing an appendix through someone's mouth. Apparently there is a website to visit if, like these guys you would prefer to remove an ailing organ through your mouth, vagina or rectum, it's not very exciting, but it's exciting that such a place exists anyway. Check it out, or just read the Times article.
This woman is rad. I heart her. Go to her website and click on "origamic architecture" on the left.
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A man who, as far as I can tell is the Brittish equivalent of a Larper raided a lingerie store in Northern Ireland, claiming that at the time of the robbery, he may have confused reality with the game, in which he was an elf named
Beho.
Amazing what you can come up with on YouTube late at night.
Is there a more ironic way for humans to die? On the Canary Islands from toxic gas in a tunnel? I'm going to hell, but when I get there, all my little yellow friends who have been subjected to the same fate as these poor people will be there with me.
I wandered into work at four on Monday with a terrific hangover and very little sleep. I was informed by my boss that the woman who was throwing an event for the Climate Project (an event that would be held at my studio the next day) had seen my drawings around the office and was wondering if I could create a large display all along the entryway into the event. I was kind of freaked out, but who could turn down the opportunity to make art all night long, especially for an organization that spreads the teaching of our should-be president, Al Gore.
Long story short, I worked straight from four in the afternoon until one in the morning, got home by one thirty, got three and a half hours of sleep, and went right back to work, painting and hanging from six-thirty until ten in the morning. I don't think I've ever been this productive in my entire life. I'm exhausted. Go to my flickr account to see the rest of it (for a size reference, the giraffe is about as tall as me if I stretch my arms up all the way)
Apparently, according to one study, this year, today (the 22nd of January) is statistically the worst day of the year. There's some nonsense study involving weather and debt etc. but I laugh in the face of their so-called depression, because, today folks, is the best day of the year so far.
1.I am still not smoking (as per my new year's resolution).
2.I am still not eating meat (see above).
3.I Completed a painting last night and made 15 drawings today at work.
4. Most exciting, a box of my belongings (paint, photos of my grandparents etc.) that has been lost in the Italian mail for over a year arrived in front of my door today, and was waiting for me when I got off of work.
Yes, today is a day of miracles.
How about you? Any unusually polar days for anyone else in internet land?
Grill Party
Zombies at the Beach
Twenty-three is the new five and a half.
Look at Liam's Flickr page to see the rest.
Brains.
The NY Times printed a great obit about Iwao Takamoto, the man who made Scooby-Doo. He learned illustration during WWII while imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp.