Cool Perusals

Hiatus of site

2011-05-04T14:02:00.001+01:00

Probably shoild have posted this a month ago but due ti the heavy workload that i find myself currently drowning in Cool Perusals will be taking a short break.

Expect the next post to be up on the 20th of May for the few of you who probably still visit this site

Life-Altering Spilt Condiment Cleaning Apparatus Perusal

2011-03-28T02:00:00.000+01:00

WHAT MANNER OF WIZARDRY IS THIS?!

[tit]

Kickass Cover Perusal

2011-03-27T23:24:00.000+01:00

Headliners from the 2011 Rock & Worship Roadashow (MercyMe, Jars of Clay, Matt Maher, Thousand Foot Krutch, The Afters and Lecrae) come together to cover The Beatles’ “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.”

[reddit]

More Bang For Your Buck Perusal

2011-03-27T23:21:00.000+01:00


"I see no downside to this at all!", thought the owner shortly before being robbed...

For a limited time, the RadioShack Super Store in Hamilton, Montana, is offering its customers who sign up for Dish Network their choice of either a Hi Point 380 pistol or a 20-gauge shotgun.

Those who don’t qualify for a free firearm will receive a $50 Pizza Hut gift card.

“I kind of thought this promotion was a joke at first, but as things picked up, I realized it was working,” store manager Fabian Levy told Ravalli Republic.

[billingsgazette]

Japanese Tsunami Vid

2011-03-27T20:47:00.000+01:00

In one of the most harrowing pieces of footage to emerge in the aftermath of the 2011 Sendai Earthquake, the resultant tsunami overruns the city of Kesennuma, leaving very little in its wake.

[japanprobe]

Craiglist Ad of the Day

2011-03-27T20:43:00.000+01:00

So begins the most legitimate dog-walker Craigslist ad you will ever have the pleasure of allowing into your eyeballs.

[reddit]

Everybody Needs A Hobby

2011-03-27T14:39:00.000+01:00

2000-toothpicks-in-my-beard guy attempts to up the ante to 3000. He doesn’t quite make it, but not for lack of trying.

[reddit]

Meanwhile, In Orenburg

2011-03-26T22:43:00.001+00:00

Just your average, everyday, run-of-the-mill Russian furry wedding. inb4 yiff in sickness and in health

[wedinator]

Adorable Birthday Boy

2011-03-26T22:42:00.001+00:00

Einstein, the world’s smallest horse, will celebrate his first birthday in a few short weeks. The 21-inch-tall stallion is seen here with his cousin Playboy inquiring as to the state of the weather up there.

[dailymail]

RIP: Diana Wynne Jones

2011-03-26T22:40:00.000+00:00

Diana Wynne Jones, author of several successful young-adult fantasy novels including Dark Lord of Derkholm and Howl’s Moving Castle, passed away today following a hard-fought battle with cancer. She was 76. Her final novel, Earwig and the Witch, will be published this summer through HarperCollins in the UK and Greenwillow in the US.

[examiner]

Optical Illusion

2011-03-26T22:37:00.001+00:00

Wait for it…

Must Read

2011-03-26T22:26:00.000+00:00

A Libyan woman from Benghazi who identified herself as Eman al-Obeidy pushed her way into Tripoli’s Rixos Hotel, which houses members of the foreign press, asking to speak with reporters from Reuters and The New York Times.

“Look at what the Qaddafi men did to me,” she said, before proceeding to reveal an array of bruises and scars which she claimed were inflicted upon her during a brutal gang rape she endured while being held by Qaddafi’s militia for two days.

Ms. Obeidy told reporters she was stopped on the outskirts of Tripoli and taken away. “I was tied up, and they defecated and urinated on me. They violated my honor.” She eventually managed to escape, but her friends were not as lucky. “They are still there, they are still there,” Ms. Obeidy said, pleading for their release.
As reporters moved in to ask questions, security officials and hotel staff attempted remove Ms. Obeidy from the building by force, throwing punches and kicks, brandishing guns and knives, breaking equipment, and seizing a recording device. Security guards managed to grab hold of Ms. Obeidy, dragging her into a white car as she shouted “they are taking me to jail, they are taking me to jail.”

A government spokesman later said the woman appeared to be drunk and mentally ill, adding that “her safety of course is guaranteed.” Concerning her claims of torture, the spokesman said authorities were investigating the possibility that they were “fantasies.” Charles Clover, a Financial Times reporter who attempted to shield Ms. Obeidy from the security guards, was himself placed into a van and driven to the border. The Libyan government had asked him to leave the night before due to alleged reporting inaccuracies.

Video of the altercation can be seen below:

[nyt / skynews]

Ear Worm

2011-03-26T01:03:00.000+00:00

Unfortunately, no one can be told what Gravy Rainbow is. You have to see it for yourself.

Mario Coin Block DIY!

2011-03-25T02:14:00.000+00:00

We all love Mario right? What better way to show off your love for all things Mario related then by making this! (or showing the instructions to someone else and pray to the lazy gods that they make it for you)

Mario Coin Block by Bruno Games, A.K.A. “brunoip.”

DIY your own block with these instructions.

[Instructables via Gizmodo]

Tennis Girl

2011-03-25T02:05:00.000+00:00

Still hit it...

35 years later, the behind model behind recently deceased photographer Martin Elliot’s iconic “Tennis Girl” photo finally reveals her face.

52-year-old freelance illustrator and Elliot’s then-girlfriend Fiona Walker , who says she isn’t much of a tennis fan , claimed ownership of the world-famous fanny at Birmingham’s Barber Institute of Fine Arts, where the poster will be on display as part of a tennis-themed exhibition.

“It never ceases to make me smile when I see it,” Walker said. “I have no regrets about it.”

[afp]

On The Importance Of Proper Punctuation

2011-03-25T01:57:00.000+00:00

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Either that sentence is missing a couple of commas, or Rachael Ray is a horrible monster who deserves to be locked up for the rest of her unnatural life.

I’m guessing the latter.

[fnh]

How It’s Done in Japan

2011-03-25T01:54:00.000+00:00

A mere six days after repair work began on an earthquake-demolished section of the Great Kanto Highway in Naka the road was ready to be reopened.

[dailymail]

Everybody Needs A Hobby

2011-03-25T01:50:00.000+00:00

Nottingham man Jack Heathcote is the proud owner of Britain’s largest home aquarium.

The 4,800-gallon tank, located in his basement, set Heathcote back about £5,000 (~$8000), but he says he is “very happy here with my very own underwater world.”

[dailymail]

Eau de "Toilet"

2011-03-24T00:14:00.000+00:00

Why anyone would want to pay money for this is beyond me

Inspired by Dominique Laporte’s The History Of Sh*t, “which analyses the theoretical and social implications of faeces, and its role as a building material for cosmetics,” British artist Jammie Nicholas decided to produce a perfume using his own fecal matter.

Speaking to Vice, Nicholas says his research into the subject led him to make a few surprising discoveries: For instance, that feces and certain white flowers share a common molecule, Skatol. “They’re just there in varying concentrations,” he says.

Smelling like crap doesn’t come cheap, though: A bottle of Nicholas’s shitty scent costs 65 dollar a plop. Pissing your pants in public will be quite fashionable after this.

[vice ]

Art Project

2011-03-24T00:09:00.000+00:00

I can never not say this in any other accent other than english/australian.

“Philosoraptor” , Aled Lewis nods at Jurassic Park fans in the latest addition to his ongoing mixed-media series “Toy Stories.”

[aledlewis]

My Baby Loves to Eat

2011-03-23T23:56:00.000+00:00

Clocking in at a whopping 132lbs, three-year-old Chinese toddler Lu Hao is approximately five times the ideal weight for his age.

“His appetite is so good that for a meal he can eat three big bowls of rice, even larger than I and his mother,” his father is quoted as saying. “We have to let him be as if we don’t feed him he will cry non-stop,” adds his mom. Hao’s shocking weight gain , he weighed a mere 6lbs at birth , baffles doctors, who say his hormone levels are normal.

Hao, who idolizes Superman because “he can fly and beat bad men,” was asked if he would like to fly like the Man of Steel, to which he replied, sadly, “no. I am too fat.”

[dailymail]

Try Harder

2011-03-23T23:52:00.000+00:00

A cameraman who was paid to capture a couple’s special day was sued for being the worst wedding photographer of all time after the footage he shot was found to consist mainly of guest’s feet and napes.

Might want to leave this gig off your resume, buddy.

[itn]

How to Write a Manifesto

2011-03-23T21:45:00.000+00:00

Mettafesto more like...

RIP: Elizabeth Taylor

2011-03-23T21:26:00.000+00:00

Legendary Golden Age actress and iconic sex symbol Elizabeth “Liz” Taylor passed away this morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. She was 79.

“We will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world,” Taylor’s son Michael said in a statement.

Mashup Madness

2011-03-23T21:16:00.000+00:00

Justin Bieber and Slipknot , together at last.

:')