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Dolphin Arm Tattoo and Shark Arm Tattoo Amputee

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 02:04:00 -0700

This is a Dolphin Arm Tattoo and Shark Arm Tattoo Amputee.These bring a interesting touch to yourself if you've lost a arm or planning on loosing an arm.

Hilarious Bed Sheets/Blankets??

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:27:00 -0700

7 Bizarre Products for Dressing Up Your Genitals

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:44:00 -0800

In a time when everything from artificial tans to calf implants has become culturally acceptable, for some reason genitals usually get left out of the body-decoration process. The only real option until recently was choosing between carpet or hardwood floors.
Not anymore! Now you have exciting options like ...

#7.

Vajazzling

Originally a high-end spa treatment where a wax job was finished by attaching Swarovski crystals in decorative patterns to the waxed area, vajazzling was introduced to the mainstream by Jennifer Love Hewitt, who is apparently something of a matron saint of this and a huge aficionado herself.

Have fun with that mental image, folks.

The Drawbacks:
We're talking about gluing sharp and pointy objects to your crotch. There's no way any of these could come loose and wind up in, uh, an uncomfortable place, right? After all, the crotch-bedazzling process is done only by professionals, so ... oh, wait -- no. Here's VDIY vajazzling kits right here!

The art of pimping the poontang by gluing glittery stones to it could -- and should -- have remained an exclusive and expensive form of madness reserved for the rich, jaded and unnecessarily masochistic. But apparently after the lovely Miss Hewitt broke the news to the public, someone smelled money and brought it to the masses.

Classy!

And because everything apparently needs to be horribly, horribly unisex, there are also male versions of this called, no shit, penazzling ...

It may seem absurd but we guarantee that right now there's one misguided individual out there who is grabbing the nearest bottle of glue and rhinestones right now.

#6.

Bulge-Enhancing Underwear

Where most women make every effort to be discreet about the whole crotch area (more on that in a moment), men seem to be decidedly more gung-ho about reminding the world they have genitals. Bulge-enhancing underwear is easily the most mainstream item on this list, with large store chains and big-name designers fighting to sell you their particular brands of synthetic testicular elephantiasis. You can even get dick-enhancing swimwear, to make everyone at the pool party extremely uncomfortable.

Yeah guy, you're cool now.

The Drawbacks:
While bulge-enhancing underwear is the equivalent of your balls moving into a mansion, there is surprisingly no room in there for anatomical accuracy. Most of the packages on these briefs look less like actual dongs and more like one of your ass cheeks got lost on the front of your body. They are such absurd and ill-defined lumps that any woman with rudimentary knowledge of male genitalia should absolutely be concerned for the health of the wearer. At the risk of getting too graphic, some of these brands either forgot or don't care that the base of most wangs isn't directly below the belly button.

"SIR, PLEASE SEE A DOCTOR."

#5.

The Cuchini Cameltoe-Hiding Apparatus

As we alluded to, women have the opposite problem of the crotch-enhancing males. Thus we have the Cuchini, a device for the ladies designed to hide cameltoe when they're wearing bathing suits.
According to the manufacturers, the Cuchini is meant to cover the ridges of the mons pubis area, providing a smooth and camouflaged appearance. So, yeah, basically a pillow you stick in your bikini bottom in order to spare yourself from the supposed crippling embarrassment of owning a vagina.

The Drawbacks:
The Cuchini uses adhesive to stay in place, and you're going to be using it in water. We're going to say that either they're using an adhesive so strong you wouldn't want it anywhere near your lady parts, or that this thing is going to slip around. Maybe it'll roll up and make the wearer look like she's hiding way more than a cameltoe.
The mascot for Cuchini is also worth mentioning because it, like the product itself, hides the taboo tools of human sexuality behind something exponentially more bizarre. We're fairly certain the mascot is supposed to be an anthropomorphized camel, but it looks more like a woman with a shaved giraffe's head, mangled fingers and a snapped neck.

One that can also, evidently, fart stars.

#4.

The BibHanger Genital Weighting System

When we say that devices like this are intended to make your penis bigger, let's make it clear that they are purely cosmetic. Penis lengtheners and even surgeries can make your junk look bigger, perhaps, but their effect on the actual boner is questionable and, at worst, horrifying.
And so we arrive at the subject of the BibHanger. Behold:

You may not know what you're looking at there, until you see the "weight attachment" hook at the bottom. That torture trap is just the commercial version of a trend in the penis-enlargement community. "Hanging" is just what it sounds like: You hang weights from your penis to make it look bigger. Knowingly taking countless actual, horrible health risks ranging from simple to "oh God this can never be undone."

"Yeah, I'm sitting pretty at 11 inches right now. I can't ever have another erection, but whatevs. Totally worth it."

The Drawbacks:
Some active hangers might want to make the argument that unlike most training programs, the BibHanger actually has a chance of increasing their penile length and even girth. And while they're quick to point out that the process is very similar to bodybuilding, what they leave out is that achieving any visible results at all will take years. Years of dangling junk from your junk. Years of maintaining a risky workout program where one little mistake can and will incapacitate your dick, forever.
In other words, hanging is for life. This seems a bit redundant, as women -- even those impressed by penis size alone -- tend to become uncomfortable when their man periodically hangs stuff from his junk in their living room.

An actual BibHanger training program.

Another scary thing: The BibHanger is the safest option. The Internet is full of instructions for building your very own dick rack from scratch, like this one made from tube socks, shoelaces, empty milk bottles and the subliminal whispering of Castratia, the goddess of severance.

Neon Pubic Dyes

Are your carpet and curtains naturally mismatched? Do your genitals want to express their punk individuality and show that they don't cater to society's stodgy conventions? Don't worry -- Betty Beauty pubic hair dyes are here for you.
A handy way of offering your significant other some variety without having to bother with all that "shaving" nonsense, these marvelous pube dyes are available in subtle, natural colors like green and pink.

"Finally!"

The Drawbacks:
Have you ever dyed your hair at home? It's tricky, the results are unpredictable and there are all manner of potential side effects, none of which you really want to associate with your crotch -- which, we'd like to remind you, is approximately a gazillion times more sensitive than your scalp. Then again, if you're the type of person dyeing your vagina electric green, you're probably already an old hand at coping with pain.

Now with free stencils!

Most notable, however, are the various ways that Betty Beauty spins its product line as something other than pure torture and clown-bush. Here are some excerpts from the boxes:
On Bridal Betty (which is exactly what you imagine):
Something old, something new, something borrowed and now that something blue can be you, and your bottle of Bridal Betty Malibu Blue!
On Sunburst Betty:
Transform your downstairs hair into a ball of sunlight that will truly brighten up a birthday or other special occasion! You might need sunglasses when confronted with the radiance of Betty Sunburst Orange, such is the force of its luminous qualities.

Above: Either a vagina or a solar flare.

The thing is, if this or any product could really make our crotch shine with such "radiance" that other people would need sunglasses to look at it, we'd own it already. Maybe move to some remote part of the world and convince the natives to worship our magical genitals.

#2.

Vatooing

Despite what the name may suggest, vatooing has nothing to do with inky needles and questionable drunken decisions. It's a process where the picture or wording of your choice is painstakingly airbrush-painted onto your lady bits, turning them into a seven-day art exhibition.

Longer, if you aren't a big fan of showers.

The Drawbacks:
Vatooing lasts for a week, assuming there is no friction -- friction that might occur from, say, sex or wearing clothes. So while there may be a point in turning female genitalia into something even more worth seeing and even more untouchable, we have no idea what said point could be; men already have a way to see vaginas they can't touch. It's called the Internet.
Also, here are a few of the stunning displays of craftsmanship responsible for the dry spell of each girl who goes under the gun:

As quick note to women everywhere: A spider climbing out of your crotch is about as effective a form of birth control as a chastity belt.

#1.

Genital Bleaching

Ever heard of anal bleaching? The trend where you let people rub cleaning agents on your anus until it shines white? Turns out that's not all you can bleach.

All pigment must go!

Yes, if earlier you decided you wouldn't be satisfied with just changing the color of your pubes, you can totally bleach the brown hell out of the actual flesh on your genitalia.
And yes, of course you can do it yourself, in the comfort of your own home. But wait, there's more! Should you, for some petty reason, be wary of subjecting your soft tissues to detergents, you can also dye the area with the hue of your choice.

My New Pink Button, which is simultaneously the most accurate and the most horrifying product name we've ever heard, allows you to choose from four colors, not all of which -- if any -- are all that normal. One, in fact, flat-out admits to be basically vaginal lipstick.
Fun fact: My New Pink Button can also be used for nipples. The bleach, too.
The Drawbacks:
My New Pink Button has a reputation for hurting like hell.

But at least no one will mock the color of her vagina.

As for bleaching, the drawback is ... everything. Don't do it. The bleach has horrific side effects. Hydroquinone and kojic acid -- both common ingredients in skin bleaches -- can cause some itchiness and rashes, but also liver, kidney, reproductive, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and respiratory problems, and even cancer.

10 Most Dangerous Drinking Games

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:50:00 -0800

A modest meeting amongst friends can be enhanced immeasurably with the introduction of a fun, buzz-inducing drinking game. Of course, drinking games are associated with the lack of a true understanding of the consequences of alcohol, and thus reckless behavior — albeit fun behavior — ensues. Consequently, some drinking games can turn a lively shindig into a deadly or at least vomit-inducing debacle. Here are a few that will truly test the function of your liver (or eyeball).

1. Vodka Eyeballing

Originating in the UK, the Vodka Eyeballing craze has spread across the Atlantic Ocean thanks to YouTube, and now it's catching on with numbskull American teens and college students. Unlike other drinking games, the feared repercussion isn't alcohol poisoning; it's the potential of losing eyesight. Vodka eyeballers test their eyeball's strength by pouring vodka directly onto it with the purpose of achieving a quicker buzz. The results can be less than pleasant, however, as the potent liquor causes the removal of eye's protective membrane covering, burning and scarring the cornea.

2. Power Hour

Partaking in Power Hour is a great way to end the night drowning in a pool of your own vomit. Traditionally, participants in the game take a shot of beer each minute for 60 minutes, ending the hour completely sloshed — if they're not sloshed much earlier. The rate of consumption at which participants are required to drink can be very unhealthy, especially if they're small in size. The rapid increase in blood alcohol content ensures a quicker buzz, thus making the game an extremely difficult one to conquer.

3. 21 for 21

Power Hour has inspired a couple of offshoot games — 21 for 21 and 60 Seconds, neither of which are any less dangerous. In the case of 21 for 21, it exclusively occurs on a participant's 21st birthday, a night of heavy drinking regardless of whether or not drinking games are involved. At the behest of one of their friends, the birthday boy or girl downs 21 shots of liquor or mixed drinks. It's a way to celebrate a rite of passage, making the most of their first night of legal drinking. But overdoing it can trigger tragic results; there are numerous documented cases of people dying of alcohol poisoning on their 21st birthdays, including one who apparently played 21 for 21.

4. 60 Seconds

Sixty Seconds is the game of choice for wannabe speed drinkers looking to prove their mettle while in the presence of their drinking buddies. Each player selects a number between one and 60, chugging a pint continuously for a minute when the second hand on the clock passes their number. The game proceeds until there's one person left standing, which usually is the problem. Just like its forerunner Power Hour, 60 Seconds causes each player's blood alcohol content to rise quickly, and as you probably know, rapid consumption can produce dire results.

5. Edward Fortyhands

When Edward Fortyhands was "in" on college campuses a few years ago, it was met with resistance by opponents of youth alcohol abuse. Notably, the chairman of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Joseph Califano, made it explicitly clear that participants could be rewarded with a trip to the morgue. The game — if you're not already familiar with it — is a race in which each participant strives to finish two forty-ounce bottles of malt liquor that are duct-taped to their hands. The inability of participants to use their hands, particularly when they need to use the bathroom, motivates them to finish fast. In some circles, upon finishing, participants must break the bottles to free themselves. So not only do they face the danger of quickly chugging a beverage with high alcohol content, but, while in their drunken stupors, their hands become recklessly operated weapons equipped with shards of glass.

6. Beat the Barman

You may have noticed that most games on this list are simple and to the point. None of them require a lot of thinking — just a lot of booze. Set in your favorite not-so-crowded bar, Beat the Barman involves cash, a cool bartender, quick drinking and that's it. Each participant separately orders a shot from the bartender, pays in more cash than its worth, and finishes it off before the bartender returns with change. The process repeats until a drinker falls over or the bar closes. In other words, there really are no winners; alcohol poisoning is a distinct possibility. Beat the Barman is also dangerous because the participants, in most cases, partake in the game at a bar that?s beyond walking distance from home.

7. Beer Race

A singe match of Beer Race won't cause major harm to a participant, but nobody plays just one match — and therein lies the problem. Each participant chugs a full pint of beer hoping to finish first, proving their superior manhood or womanhood — usually manhood. The first finisher indicates they're the winner by putting their empty glass on their head, and everyone else must follow by doing the same with their unfinished glasses. In most cases, the competitive spirits of the participants override reason, and they play until they're lying unconscious in a pool of their own vomit — pools of vomit are common parts of these games — ironically stripping them of their manly or womanly pride.

8. Kill the Keg

Once "Kill the Keg!" is screamed by a fellow partygoer, participation is immediate and mandatory. A few lucky guys and gals line up at the keg and down the remaining beer goodness. Of course, the actual luckiness of the guys and gals is highly dependent on when "Kill the Keg!" is yelled and how many thirsty people are attending the party. If partygoers are called to action at 9 p.m., for example, when just a handful of people are hanging around and the keg is full, then the game is much, much less enjoyable.

9. Dead Man Walk

If your primary goal is to get messed up as quick as possible, ignoring the process by which you reach that end, then Dead Man Walk is the game for you. The title is self-explanatory: participants take a drink for each step they make, seeing who can walk the farthest without faceplanting. Because someone inevitably does faceplant, the game yields painful results. The authors of the game — drinking game authors are always looking out for the greater good — urge participants not to drink spirits, as the use of them "will probably result in a premature death." Sound advice.

10. Death Ring

Death Ring is a fittingly ominous title. The rules of the game are slightly complicated, so I'll refrain from detailing them here, but they are included in the link. Hopefully, the people dumb enough to partake in it are also too dumb to consistently follow the rules. The game requires a deck of cards and a few cases of beer, which tend to disappear quickly as each player takes about umpteen drinks during each of their turns. If participants escape death, they'll undoubtedly wake up the next day feeling like death. [Link]

Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Bundle with Balance Board, 2 Games and Accessories - Sponsored Post

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:59:00 -0800

Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Bundle with Balance Board, 2 Games and Accessories. Check it out >> 2 Games and Accessories Step up the fun with this fitness-focused bundle for your Nintendo Wii.

Ten Creative Ways to Recycle Scrabble Tiles

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Tue, 1 Feb 2011 12:13:00 -0800

Ten imaginative examples of repurposing that show why Scrabble is among the best board games of all time.

Image: Richard Nagy, used with permission.

Scrabble, the board game loved by word enthusiasts around the world, not only provides hours of entertainment, but also the raw material for some cool arts and crafts projects.

Image: Richard Nagy, used with permission.

Whether it’s the Scrabble tiles or the game board, there are many ways in which a Scrabble set can be reused other than to draft a ransom note. We’ve picked 10 of the best.

10) Scrabble coasters

Image: Aric McKeown

If you have a whole bunch of old Scrabble tiles, why not glue them together and turn them into coasters? Apparently, they’re selling like hot cakes in stores already. We love the picture caption on Flickr relating to the photograph above: “You only need three things in life: money, Girl Scout cookies and Scrabble coasters.” Yup, that sounds about right.

9) Scrabble cuff links

Image: PipingHotPapers

Check out these stylish cuff links. The tiles are a perfect and discreet fashion statement that goes with even the most conservative of business suits. And they can, if desired, even carry the wearer’s initials on his sleeve, or a world map recycled from an old history book, as seen in the image above.

Image: PipingHotPapers

For more playful managers, there’s always the gnome option seen above.

8) Scrabble tile pendant

Image: AForestFrolic

From cuff links, it’s only a small step to pendants. Yes, though almost too pretty to cover up, Scrabble tiles make a great background for pendants. The small wood base is just the perfect size and, covered with any pattern or material, makes for a great pendant.

Image: R. Steven Rainwater

Above are a whole variety of them — and you can’t miss the creative use of the Scrabble board as a stand!

7) Scrabble clock

Image: Super Christie

If you don’t want to miss your next Scrabble tournament, keep track of the time with this Scrabble board clock. Just use an old Scrabble board, turn some of the tiles into numbers, from one to 12, and add the hands. Done! Your mind will be on Scrabble all the time, guaranteed.

6) Scrabble earrings

Image: Millie Hilgert at Etsy

A pair of Scrabble earrings could spell out the wearer’s initials or simply be a resounding statement for the Scrabble-conscious.

Image: Megan Maginnis

As shown in the photograph above, they can make a really nice personalized gift.

5) Scrabble bookmarks

Image: Kate Ter Haar

These bookmarks made of recycled Scrabble tiles will surely inspire you to read more, and not losing track of the page you left always helps. The secret of the tile’s glass-like appearance? Flickr user and bookmark creator Kate admits: “It’s Diamond Glaze.”

4) Scrabble tile wine charms

Image: Ryan McFarland

Around the world and over the years, Scrabble tiles have varied greatly in size and color. These transparent red ones make for a charming wine evening without guests losing sight of their glasses. Very practical.

3) Scrabble art

Image: Clare Graham, used with permission

Canadian artist Clare Graham uses hundreds, if not thousands, of Scrabble tiles and assembles them into sculptures that look like Scrabble skyscrapers. Though the letters are strung together randomly, who knows, there may be a hidden message in all the gibberish.

Image: Clare Graham, used with permission

The fact that reusing old materials can result in beautiful artworks definitely comes out loud and clear.

2) Scrabble keyboard

Image: Richard Nagy, used with permission

Sick and tired of the old plastic QWERTY keyboard? Why not personalize it with Scrabble tiles? The wooden letters not only give any computer keyboard a classy look, but also a vintage one.

Image: Richard Nagy, used with permission

Remember way back in the ’60s when the first computers came to life? Maybe keyboards looked like this one in those days.

1) Scrabble portrait

Image: Nathan Jongewaard

Our favorite is Frankenscrabble, a portrait of Frankenstein’s monster recreated in Scrabble tiles. It’s amazing what depth only a few shades of brown can give an image. And, surprisingly, the letters do not distract from the subject, but add to the charm of the artwork. Very ingenious! This particular piece was on display at the Lucky JuJu Pinball Gallery in Alameda, CA, in October 2009.

Bonus entry: Scrabble fridge magnets

Image: Elissa

This idea is almost too simple to be true: Scrabble fridge magnets! Just glue a magnet to each Scrabble tile and get some really cool fridge magnet letters that provide a myriad of opportunities to spell out your mood or simply leave a message for a housemate. Brilliant!
As these examples have shown, there is really no limit when getting creative with a game of Scrabble — and we don’t mean by inventing words. If you reuse the tiles or the board, Scrabble makes for a great pastime, even on the arts and crafts front!
Sources: 1, 2

People Lifestyle Changes That Will Keep You Alive

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:12:00 -0800

1. Experience the benefits of sex

Sex has many apparent health benefits. Studies suggest sex can boost your immune system and reduce stress.

2. Keep your teeth clean

Diabetes, low birth weight babies and heart disease have all been linked to gum and bone disease in your mouth. Even heart attacks have been linked to bad dental hygiene.

3. Use the sun

A little sunshine is good for your mood and allows your body to produce necessary vitamin D, which is lacking in some 70 percent of American kids these days.

4. Drink less

After years of hearing that moderate drinking is good for your health, a study in November, 2009 found that having a drink or two each day might be something that healthy people do, rather than the drinks being the cause of their good health. And if you're having more than a couple drinks a day, then you're at higher risk for liver damage and diabetes.

5. Wash your hands

Hand washing remains the best prevention against the flu and many other diseases.

6. Get some rest

Serious lack of sleep -- less than six or seven hours a night -- has been associated with increased risks of high blood pressure, hypertension, obesity, diabetes and cancer. Lack of sleep can also contribute to auto accidents and on-the-job injuries.

7. Stop smoking

About half of all smokers die from smoking, and of these, about half die around age 50 or sooner.

8. Don't stress

Stress kills. It causes deterioration in everything from your gums to yourheart and can make you more susceptible to a range of ills, from colds to cancer.

9. Exercise

Over and over, studies find a host of exercise benefits, not just for your body: It can raise kids' academic performance and stimulate adult brains. Exercise makes bones stronger and alleviates many types of chronic pain. Regular exercise has even been associated with a lower risk of cancer.

10. Eat better

Choose real food instead of sugar laced with traces of real food. Cook at home rather than eating fast food, and use spices, rather than gobs and gobs of oil or sugar, to spice up your meals.

Best Packaging 2010 | extraodrinary packaging designs

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 05:42:00 -0800

This year, designers from around the world competed to see who will come up with the most creative packaging. They compete every year, but this year they have turned the package worthy of consideration. So I suggest to get acquainted with the best packages of 2010.

Electronics
Panasonic Earphones (Scholz and Friends Berlin)

Alcoholic beverages
Mario Haller Schnapps «The Sandpaper Label» (Ogilvy and Mather Vienna)

Lascala (Eduardo del Fraile)

Tequila Don Julio 1942 (Landor Associates USA)

Veuve Clicquot «The Fridge» (QSLD France)

Mack – Taste Series (Tank Design Tromso AS Norway)

untouched (Motherland branding & design Sweden)

Blackbird wines (Studio Cuculic Hungary)

Johnnie Walker Black Label/Selfridges Centenary Celebration Pack (Bloom UK)

Deep Origin Water (Grenache Bottle Design)

Evian – By Paul Smith (Danone Waters)

Lanjaron (ColemanCBX Spain)

Coca-Cola 2010 Winter Olympics Packaging (Turner Duckworth: London & San Francisco)

Rubra (Dessein Australia)

Cawston Press (Pearlfisher)

World Series Of Poker Energy Drinks (Earth Beverages USA)

Puma «Clever Little Bag» (Fuseproject)

Ito (Spread Ltd. Japan)

Hoyu Co. «Countdown To Beauty» (ADK Tokyo)

Le Lait de la Foret (Hinomoto Design)

Kjaer Weis (Marc Atlan Design, Inc. USA)

Pola B.A. The Cream (Pola Chemical Industries, Inc. Japan)

Hugo Boss – Hugo Man (Karim Rashid, Inc USA)

T.D.G. Vertriebs UG & Co. KG – Stop The Water While Using Me! (Kolle Rebbe Hamburg)

Sominex (Design Bridge Ltd UK)

Skip (Casa Rex Brazil)

Tikkurila Optiva (SaltPepper Brand Design Poland)

Connoisseur Gourmet Ice Cream

Brie Bistro (ID kommunikation Sweden)

Organic Farm (Lindsay Perkins)

Mars «Messages» (FHV/BBDO Netherlands)

The Deli Garage «Chocolate Glue» (Kolle Rebbe Hamburg)

Abanico – Chocolats de creation (Second Souffle France)

Camino (Karakters Design Group Canada)

Kapiti (Design Bridge Ltd UK)

Babees Honey (Ah&Oh Poland)

Chiqita «Smiles» (number of designers and internet users)

The Deli Garage «Multi-Noodles Screwbox» (Kolle Rebbe Hamburg)

Backyard Farms (Ciulla Assoc. USA)

Here Sod (Prompt Design Thailand)

Lintar olive oil (Tridvajedan Ltd. Croatia)

Kettle Ridge (Blue Marlin UK)

Womersley (Mayday UK)

1854 Herbs & Spices (Estudio Clara Ezcurra)

Wild (Springetts London)

Justin’s Nut Butter (TDA Advertising & Design Boulder, USA)

Alzgeimer's New Zealand «Eraser» (Colenso BBDO Auckland)

45 Drunk Santas | Santas behaving badly

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:40:00 -0800

Santas behaving badly. Egg nog tastes much worse the second time around.

When Your Imagination Goes Wild | Make Sure before You See it

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:51:00 -0800

15 best Lies All Women’s Magazines Tell

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:00:00 -0800

Women’s magazines have come under fire in recent years, and for good reason. It’s taken a long time, and many hurt women, but these so-called publications are all getting called out more and more frequently for spewing loads of hot air — and often outright lies — to their readers. Spending no more than five minutes reading one of these rags can be enough to cause mild brain-damage, with the sheer amount of bad advice regurgitated month after month. We went through a few months’ worth of all the worst offenders, and honestly the effect is probably worse than sniffing glue — but we’ve got results. These are the 15 absolute worst lies that all women’s magazines tell — they’ve got millions of readers, so it may be a little scary.

Women Must Live (And Act Out) Abroad

Women’s magazines love to come from the overwhelmingly pretentious standpoint that any woman who hasn’t spent a summer in Paris is basically an illiterate housewife in a trailer-park. Over and over again, the idea is drilled in that women who’ve gotten married without first sleeping with a different man in another country are destined to a failed marriage, as they couldn’t possibly have made the right choice without knowing how a foreigner is in bed first.

“What He Says During Sex”

A classic, this overcooked contrivance rears its ugly head at least once a quarter. The offending magazines splash the phrase across the cover, and have a graphic-loaded guide somewhere in the issue that breaks men down and classifies them according to a stereotypical verbalization made during sex. In a shameless ploy to sell magazines, these people tell women that if a man grunts during sex, he’s goal-oriented, if he’s quiet or breathing hard, he’s got emotional issues, and if he’s vocal, he’s stupid and probably shallow. Women believe this stuff, because the authors and editors attribute information to bogus names of doctors and professors who likely don’t exist, or if they do exist, the info’s often misquoted or just plain bad.

Fake New-Age Practices Can Make Women Look Younger (And Have Better Sex)

Women’s magazines love to insist that, along with just about everything else in the universe, 15 minutes of half-assed yoga or drinking green tea once a day will take years off a woman’s face, 30 lbs. off her physique, and lead to better sex. Everything leads to better sex in women’s magazines, it’s their core selling point for the crackpot advice they dole out. The most heinous thing about this isn’t that they constantly ascribe impossibly positive outcomes to such miniscule effort, but that they inspire millions of women to run around acting like they’re some sort of zen master because they sat on the floor for a few minutes without speaking. Actually following any sort of regimen would be too much to ask of most of their readers, never mind the fact that it would take several servings of tea and actual meditation training to accomplish anything at all.

Yogurt, Granola, Fruits and Veggies Make Fat Girls Slim

There’s a fine line to walk when pushing the idea of eating healthy — on one side there’s “eat all you want, it’s healthy!” — on the other, there’s honesty. All the granola, fruit, greens and yogurt in the world can’t save an overweight person from being overweight without exercise and moderation. Women’s magazines like to ignore overwhelming obesity statistics; there’s no such thing as an overweight girl in their universe, so it’s absurd to think any girl would ever be any more than five pounds overweight at any given point in time.

“What He’s Really Thinking”

These are nothing short of amazing. The situation ranges from “when he sees you naked” to “the first time you have sex” all the way to “when he says he loves you.” When magazines like Cosmo try to tell women what men are thinking, the bottom line is that it’s just plain insulting to every man alive. The garbage they print as the thoughts of men are usually an amalgam of the most trite, clueless, one-dimensional quotes from the most hapless characters in college frat-humor movies.

Women Should Act on Every Impulse and Call it Instinct

More women every year turn against the magazines and their readers because of this one; they basically advocate that women should do whatever they want, when they want, regardless of who they may hurt in doing so. Why? Because they’re women and they should act on every impulse, because those impulses are womanly instincts and they can’t possibly be happy without acting on them. These gems of advice range from quitting a good job on a whim, to basically becoming a prostitute because it sounds fun at the time. In the universe that women’s magazines operate in, everyone is a spoiled little girl with a trust fund to fall back on, and absolutely no morals whatsoever.

Plastic Surgery and Botox are Great, Quick & Clean

The glorification of plastic surgery and botox treatment is pretty much agreed upon by anyone with a brain to be a bad thing, but women’s magazines consistently treat them like beauty secrets, or only mention them in passing, but in a positive light. The sad thing here is that the countless women who actually read these rags tend to think that because the magazine either promotes or glamorizes these things, that they’re not just good, but normal. More and more women are starting to regard these things the same way they talk about changing their hair-color.

Touting Pseudo-Science as Fully Legitimate

These people love to write off modern medicine and science on a regular basis, and part of that is in their insistence that women can fix any ailment, anything at all, with a cup of tea, a dose of echinacea, and happy thoughts. They bust out the prefab quotes, complete with either crackpot “doctors” or just flat-out fake names, and act like hospitals only exist for broken bones.

The Right Sports Bra Can Turn Lazy Women Into Decathletes

The Sex and the City tone that’s so pervasive in all women’s magazines can lead to some pretty outrageous stupidity, but one of the funniest and most egregious is the idea that women can do anything — so long as they’re outfitted with the proper (designer) clothing, shoes, and accessories. Editors for these things get piles, literally piles of free stuff from soliciting companies looking to get plugged, so it’s no big deal when they act like the newest pumps will allow women to run 20 miles without even feeling the burn, or that the newest, ultralight, super-underwired designer sports bra will turn the laziest girl on the block into a star runner just by efficiently cupping her assets.

It’s a Woman’s Right to be Overly-Emotional, at All Times

The idea that women are ridiculously overly-emotional because of their genetics is heavily ingrained into these magazines. They constantly tell women that in order to be happy, they need to express themselves, and they don’t mean to a healthy extent, either. If women followed them to the letter, they’d spend all day, every day, expressing themselves emotionally. It’s funny to think that men usually get stuck with the unpleasant stereotype of constant chauvinism, when these magazines themselves belittle women more than the best Burt Reynolds movie.

“Why He Likes X Position”

These are probably the most entertainingly wrong of all the “why he X” type articles these magazines put out. First of all, they constantly change the accepted names of sexual positions, largely because they run the same article repeatedly throughout the year and have to change it somehow to make it seem like something new. This makes it even funnier, since one month they may say that men like it on bottom because they’re “givers,” while three months later it might say that they’re weak, or even “effeminate.” In order for women to appreciate these articles they must abandon all past experience, as well as common sense.

“Green” Handbags Will Save the World

The green craze is huge in the women’s magazine industry, largely due to the massive amount of ad money that pours in when they go heavy on the Vitamin Water and Prius adverts. Piggybacking on that, they basically go all out and get women to believe that they can save the world by buying designer handbags made out of …garbage. While recycled purses are no new thing, and there are even some that are respectably ingenious, the magazines tend to glam them up and turn the whole thing into just another exercise in designer purses. In the end, all that’s changed is the amount of pretentious young women who use a reusable plastic Starbucks coffeecup, and wear a purse that’s supposedly carbon-neutral. Not exactly the stuff of the Planeteers.

Jobs Are For Personal Fulfillment; Women Are Entitled to the Jobs of Their Choosing

Going along with the constant pushing to be more impulsive, women’s magazines promote the idea that women should up and leave their job not just on a whim, but because they deserve better. According to them, women should get whatever job they want, anywhere, and they shouldn’t ever have to actually qualify or even apply for the position. Companies should come seeking them, because they’re women, and they deserve it. Never is the issue of actual merit or education ever brought up; somehow everyone who works at these places managed to go through life without ever actually working toward anything.

A Manicure and Latte Can Fix Anything

Much like the idea that a cup of green tea can take a year off a woman’s face, or that echinacea can cure any sickness when mixed with happy thoughts, women’s magazines love to insist that no matter how bad a stressful event may be, a latte (also made out to be something overly effective) and a manicure can fix it. Actually coping with a problem, or attempting to fix it in any way, is verboten. In their universe, women aren’t supposed to try and fix anything. Everything just fixes itself, all on its own.

No, You Can Never Look Like That

Last, but certainly not least; women’s magazines are rightfully blamed by many the world over for skewing women’s views of themselves and others in such a way that borders on criminal. Relentless airbrushing of any picture of any woman on any page in their publications, flat-out lies about diet plans and best eating practices, mild to heavy glamorization of the worst diets and flat-out unhealthy eating practices all lead to more and more women hating their bodies, and themselves. These magazines show no remorse when a girl dies of anorexia or bulimia, because they’d rather act like that sort of thing never happens. They’re out to make money on the insecurities they create year after year as they hook readers, who are getting younger every year. Men’s magazines may have a tendency to be nothing but a wad of adverts for expensive watches, galleries of half-naked girls, and dirty jokes — but at least they’re honest.

10 Oddest Brother & Sister Stories

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:47:00 -0800

The co-workers who found out they're actually long lost brothers

Their customers always told Randy Joubert and Gary Nisbet, co-workers at a furniture store in Waldoboro, Maine, that they look similar enough to be brothers. They always laughed it off, but when Joubert looked for his birth parents, he found out that he's been working side by side with his long lost brother.

Prefacing his line of questioning with the statement, “Don't think I'm weird,” Joubert asked his co-worker a few pointed questions based on names and dates gleaned from his own adoption records. Seconds later, Joubert realized that the man who had been on the other end of countless couches, mattresses and recliners for 2 months wasn't just a co-worker. Nisbet was the long-lost brother for whom he had been searching. It's a story that seems too perfect even for a movie: Two brothers, born a year apart, grow up in adoptive families in neighboring towns and attending rival schools. As adults, each lives in Waldoboro but spends 35 years not knowing about the other's existence. Then they end up not only working for the same small business, in this case Dow Furniture in Waldoboro, but also riding together in the same delivery truck day after day.

A few days later a teary-eyed woman from nearby Warren showed up at the furniture gallery claiming to be their half-sister — and she had the birth certificate and other paperwork to prove it. Joanne Campbell was born to the same mother five and six years before the two men.

The 4 sisters who gave birth to 4 babies within 4 days

Four must be this family's lucky number! Four sisters gave birth to four babies within four days. Three of the sisters live in the Chicago area. A fourth lives in California.

On a Friday, Leslie Tazos, 24, of Stone Park gave birth to a girl. Her sister, Saby Pazos, 29, of Bellwood, also gave birth Friday-- to a boy. On the next Saturday, another sister, Lilian Sepulveda, 27, of Franklin Park, gave birth to a girl. A fourth sister, Heidi Lopez, who lives in California, gave birth to a boy the next Monday. That's four babies-- two boys and two girls-- within four days for four sisters. Family members say the women didn't plan the timing. Obstetrician Dr. Jean Alexandre, who delivered the three Chicago area babies at Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park, calls the births very unusual but wonderful at the same time.

The Mormon sisters who married the same husband

Relationship between sisters can be hard, but two sisters in Utah are somehow capable of sharing a husband. Katie and Priscilla Churcher share a husband, Travis, and they say it's great for their personal lives. After all, they only have to spend half as much time as normal doting on their husband, which gives them more time to hang out with friends, and there's always a babysitter when they go on a date.

All three of them were raised in Fundamentalist Mormon families (Fundamentalists are an offshoot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who practice polygamy), so when Katie and Travis were married, they discussed the possibility of having plural wives in the family. After a few years, Travis began wooing Priscilla, and she slowly fell in love with him. Since polygamy is illegal, they were married in an unofficial church ceremony, and they now live together in a house, with each of the wives having their own rooms that Travis alternates between. Although they admit it can be challenging, everybody loves the family dynamic, and they hope that someday laws will change so they can openly practice their religious beliefs.

The Kung Fu sisters who staged a combat tournament to find a date

Martial arts experts Xiao Lin, 22, and little sister Yin, 21, are to stage a three day fighting festival in Foushan, south east China, where only the toughest suitors stand a chance of getting through. First contestants must show off their archery skills, then they must carry a heavy weight over sharpened bamboo spears, and finally they have to defeat one of the sisters in full contact combat. Only then will contestants earn the right to remove the girls' masks and propose to them. The two sisters were sick and tired of all the weak, "girly men" lining the streets of China. They've tried looking everywhere, but to no avail. “We tried dating agencies but the men we met were all too weak,” Yin said. “We could beat them easily.” 'So we went back to ancient ways called Bi Wu Zhao Qin - which was the way warrior princesses would find their men.' But so far, only a trickle of brave contestants has come forward.'I'm a very good martial artist - but I think I'd want to see them with the masks off before I decided whether I wanted to fight for them,' said one doubtful suitor.

The twin brothers who were killed on the same road two hours apart

In 2002, seventy-year-old twin brothers have died within hours of one another after separate accidents on the same road in northern Finland. The first of the twins died when he was hit by a lorry while riding his bike and crossing highway 8 in Raahe, 600 kilometres north of the capital, Helsinki. He apparently didn't notice the lorry in the snow blizzard . The second brother was killed by a lorry only two hours later while riding his bike and also crossing highway 8. The second brother couldn't have been aware of the first brother's death, as the police was still trying to identify the victim. He died just 1.5km from the spot where his brother was killed. "This is simply a historic coincidence. Although the road is a busy one, accidents don't occur every day," police officer Marja-Leena Huhtala told Reuters.

Many twins believe they share a mysterious connection to each other, and can feel each other's pain or distress. But it is thought extremely rare for deaths to occur within such a short space of time.

The quadruplet sisters who all work in same job

In what is surely one of the oddest twists of fate, the Hwang sisters, identical quads, have all gotten nursing jobs and are working at the very same South Korean hospital where they were born twenty-one years ago! The coincidence stretches even a bit further. Hwang Suel and her three sisters, Seol, Sol and Milall, began their training on the same day at Gacheon University Gil Hospital in Incheon, one of the leading hospitals not only in Korea but also in all of Northeast Asia.

Known for its outstanding medical professionals and state-of-the art facilities, the hospital began as a small Gynecology and Obstetrics clinic back in 1958.This is the second time these amazing quads have been in the headlines; the first being when they were born as Korea's second ever set of identical quadruplets. Quadruplets are very rare and they occur when four eggs are released and fertilized at once, or when one egg splits into four, or one egg splits into three with the fourth one fertilized, two eggs split into two, or one egg splits and two are fertilized.

The quads are delighted with their accomplishments and their futures all look bright. The hospital staff has welcomed the new nurses with open arms. “I would like to praise the mother for raising all four girls… with such good care. I look forward to seeing these four women becoming great nurses like Florence Nightingale.” Well, Florence Nightingale was one thing, but four of her is something else again! Can you imagine a person suffering from a lapse of or defective vision seeing all four nurses walking into the hospital room at the same time?

The Twin Brothers who have a niece and a daughter but don't know who is the father and who is the uncle

Twin brothers, Ramon and Richard Miller, are the father and uncle to a 3-year-old little girl. The problem is they don't know which is which. Or who is who. Ramon and Richard have been fighting in court for four years over the paternity of a child; the identical Missouri twins say they were unknowingly having sex with the same woman.

According to the woman's testimony, she had sex with each man on the same day, within hours of each other. When the woman in question, Holly Marie Adams, got pregnant, she named Ramon the father, but he contested and demanded a paternity test, bringing his own brother Richard to court. But the paternity test in this case could not help, as it showed that both brothers have over a 99.9 percent probability of being the daddy— and neither one wants to pay child support.

The twins separated at birth who got married without knowing they were related

This is the harrowing story of twins who were separated at birth and married each other without realizing they were brother and sister. When the unnamed couple realized the shocking truth about their relationship, they had their marriage annulled at a secret High Court hearing. A judge ruled the union was legally invalid. The couple's plight was revealed by the former Liberal Democrat MP Lord Alton, who is fighting for children to have greater rights to know the identity of their biological parents.

The judge told Lord Alton that the twins had been parted at birth and adopted. Neither knew they had a twin and when they met as adults they did not realize they were related but felt "an inevitable attraction". It was only after they married, according to Lord Alton, that they became aware of the "appalling" truth and sought to have their union dissolved. Marriages can be annulled in cases where there is a "prohibited degree of consanguinity" - blood relationship. No other details about the couple, their relationship, or the annulment have been made public . Audrey Sandbank, a family therapist and author of Twins and Triplet Psychology, said the twins are likely to have felt "like soulmates" when they met for the first time because of their shared genes. "This is a terrible trauma for them. They lost each other as babies and now they have lost each other again. They have been bereaved twice."

The twin sisters who paid £60,000 on surgery to look completely identical

Some identical twins do everything in tandem, from coming down with chickenpox to donning tutus for ballet lessons. But Jo and Kerry Burton have taken this fact to a whole new level. When Jo decided to have cosmetic surgery on her nose, Kerry followed suit. And since that day, the sisters have spent £60,000 on a host of operations - all carried out at the same time by the same doctors - to ensure they cannot be told apart. They even had to have their initials written on their bellies so the surgeon knew who was who. At age 34, they both have had a breast enlargement, eye-lift, permanent make-up tattoos and Botox jabs.

The identical twins who were ruled as ‘not related' by the Australian government

This is the sort of thing that only government bureaucracy can come up with: Australian immigration authorities have decided that Rosabelle Glasby couldn't bring her identical twin sister into the country because … they're not related! Adopted by different families shortly after their birth in Malaysia, Mrs Glasby and Dorothy Loader were separated for almost 50 years before finally meeting. But now Mrs Glasby, from Margaret River, is facing an uphill battle to be permanently reunited with her twin, who lives in Malaysia. In a letter to Mrs Glasby, DIAC state director Paul Farrell explained that despite the circumstances, the present laws meant Ms Loader would not be eligible for family migration.

"Under Migration Law where the legal relationship between a child and his/her birth parents has been severed by adoption, the legal relationship between the child and his/her birth siblings is also severed,” he said."It therefore does not appear that your twin sister would be eligible for a permanent visa under the Family Stream of the Migration Program.”

Mrs Glasby said she was heartbroken that her long-lost twin did not qualify as family. "We're identical twin sisters _ we're the same egg,” she said. “Just because we got adopted into different families they say they don't consider us related. It's hard to get anyone more related to me.”

12 Extraordinary People iPhone Stories

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:17:00 -0800

The Australian businessman who ordered a £1.92m diamond iPhone

Designer Stuart Hughes, from Liverpool, took ten months to make the phone after it was commissioned by an anonymous Australian businessman in 2009. The casing of the i Phone 3GS Supreme was created using 271 grams of 22 solid carat gold. The front bezel houses 136 flawless diamonds totaling a massive 68 carats while the Apple logo on the back is made from a further 53 gems. The front navigation button is made from a single diamond of more than seven carats. This diamond i Phone is currently the most expensive phone in the world.

The man who, crushed by rubble in Haiti, survived thanks to his iPhone

U.S. filmmaker Dan Woolley was shooting a video about poverty in Haiti when the earthquake struck. He could have died, but he ultimately survived with the help of an i Phone first-aid app (called Pocket First Aid and CPR) that taught him to treat his wounds. After being crushed by a pile of rubble, Woolley used his digital SLR to illuminate his surroundings and snap photos of the wreckage in search of a safe place to dwell. He took refuge in an elevator shaft, where he followed instructions from the i Phone app to fashion a bandage and tourniquet for his leg and to stop the bleeding from his head wound.
The app even warned Woolley not to fall asleep if he felt he was going into shock, so he set his cellphone's alarm clock to go off every 20 minutes. Sixty-five hours later, a French rescue team saved him. Say what you will about theiPhone. This story is incredible.

The orchestra that uses iPhones instead of musical instruments

An orchestra that uses i Phones instead of musical instruments held a concert at the University of Michigan. The Michigan Mobile Phone Ensemble is one of several university orchestras that has foregone traditional instruments in favor of music applications, downloaded on to Apple's i Phone, to play songs. The musicians took a course at the university, entitled "Building a mobile phone ensemble" and learned how to create instruments on their i Phone. The instruments are played using a combination of gestures, including tapping the touch-screen and blowing in to the microphone. The instruments also use the phone's built-in GPS, digital compass and accelerometer, which knows which way round the device is being held, to produce a certain note depending on whether it is being tipped or shaken. The iPhones are attached to speakers, worn around the musicians' wrists, and the instruments produce a combination of familiar and unusual sounds.

The girl who received a 300 hundred pages iPhone bill

Justine Ezarik, a blogger from Pittsburgh, was so gobsmacked when she got her first iPhone bill that she filmed herself paging through her 300-page double-sided invoice to the music of the iPhone advertising campaign. The clip has been viewed more than two million times since it appeared on YouTube. Miss Ezarik's $274 (£137) bill, which details every single download, call and text message down to the very second and file size, had almost twice as many pages as the Jane Austen novel Persuasion. It was so large that it had to be sent in a box instead of an envelope. AT&T changed the invoice system for the next month.

The teenage who sent 300,000 texts in one month

A Sacramento County teenager is bragging about a big accomplishment. She logged more than 300,000 text messages in one month. “My friends said, ‘Text your little thumbs off',” Crystal Wiski said. “Thank God for free texting,” added her mother. Jacki Wiski said she had just bought the i Phone for her daughter one month ago. “I get cramps,” Crystal Wiski said of her habit. Needless to say, it didn't take long for her to get used to it. Her mother is amazed by the number of texts. She must text while she's sleeping.To put 303,000 text messages into perspective: that's more than 10,000 text messages a day, 421 messages an hour and seven texts a minute.

The man who underwent thumb surgery to use his iPhone

North Denver News reported that Thomas Martel, 28, had his thumbs surgically altered so he could better use his iPhone. A new surgical technique called “whittling” involves making a small incision into both thumbs and shaving down the bones, followed by careful muscular alteration and modification of the fingernails. Mr. Martel reportedly said, “Sure, the procedure was expensive, but when I think of all the time I save by being able to use modern handhelds so much faster, I really think the surgery will pay for itself in ten to fifteen years. And what it's saving me in frustration – that's priceless. InformationWeek claims the story is false – the doctor who developed the procedure is not listed in the Denver phone directory and writer of the story hasn't returned any of their calls.

The guy who was almost killed by his i Phone

Mr. Travis Gohr just may had the first-ever documented iPhone injury. It happened when Gohr was using a treadmill and his iPhone slipped off, hit the treadmill surface and was launched backward. Gohr's injury resulted from him following the phone's 'trajectory' with his head, losing his balance and falling on the moving treadmill. Scary!

The woman who fell pregnant thanks to an iPhone app

After trying to conceive for four years, mother Lena Bryce fell pregnant two months after downloading an app on her i Phone. The Menstrual Calendar i Phone app tells women when they're most fertile, acting almost as an alarm for shagging time. Stories of babies born from women impressed by the light saber app are unfounded, meaning baby Lola is probably the world's first to be born thanks to antiphon app. Or at least, the first baby to be branded with the horrendous moniker of 'i Phone baby' by the tabloids.
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7 Biggest Fashion Trends of the Past 70 Years

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:58:00 -0800

The 7 Biggest Fashion Trends of the Past 70 Years

There are reasons some era-defining fashion trends become great Halloween costumes (poodle skirts, anyone?) while others become classics. Here, seven style hits that have withstood the test of time.

The ’30s trend: LBDs

When Coco Chanel debuted the little black dress in 1926, it wasn’t (shock!) an instant hit—black had previously been reserved for clergy or people in mourning. It wasn’t until the Great Depression in the ’30s that women saw the genius of a simple dress you could get cheap and that would never go out of style. The rest is fashion-emergency history.

The ’40s trend: menswear

We can thank Katherine Hepburn for working sleek pants into the Hollywood-approved wardrobe. In masculine trousers and shirts, she proved it was possible to look glamorous and be comfortable at the same time. The newest way to wear Hepburn-esque trousers? Mix in girly stuff, like ruffled blouses, big necklaces or cocktail rings.

The ’50s: pencil skirts

The best reason to adore Dior: The French designer created the pencil skirts popularized by the era’s stylish First Lady, Jackie Kennedy. The silhouette still flatters all shapes—it sleek-ifies hips! it elongates legs!—making it a fashion no-brainer.

The ’60s: minis

British designer Mary Quant’s shorter-than-ever-before skirts captured the rebellious spirit of the decade—and quickly became a favorite of stylish young women on both sides of the pond. Though fashionable hemlines have been on a roller coaster ever since (midthigh to ankle to knee-length), a cute mini with a pair of black tights will be forever chic.

The ’70s trend: platform shoes

First introduced in the ’40s, the style exploded in the’70s when even men’s soles soared to airy, disco-ready heights. The best of today’s styles have none of that decade’s unwieldy chunkiness but all the height-giving sexiness that made us love them in the first place.

The ’80s trend: sexy jeans

When the hot model of the decade Brooke Shields breathily declared, “Nothing comes between me and my Calvins,” jeans suddenly went from sporty weekend wear to glam wardrobe staple.

The ’90s trend: minimalism

Sensory overload from the neon and Lycra of the’80s had designers in the early’90s offering sleek, neutral-tone fashions. Though other trends made a splash throughout the decade—grunge, Goth, hip-hop—it’s this less-is-more vibe that’s lasted.

Top 10 Iconic Celebrity Hairstyle

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:50:00 -0800

Amazing how some hairstyle can change the landscape of pop culture.
Even more amazing is how some hairstyle seems to defy gravity and laws of Physics.
What is over the top amazing is how an entire industry depends on it. Seriously, it’s a $2B industry. So, do this country a favor, get that hair styled.

1. Elvis Presley

Pop Culture Impact: Hairstyle Messiah. From then on, any hairstyle is possible.

How To Achieve This Look: You either have it or you don’t.

2. The Beatles

Pop Culture Impact: It created a separate gaddam culture!

How To Achieve This Look: Grow your hair considerably. Cut the… go to a salon.

3. Jeniffer Aniston

Pop Culture Impact: Every girl wanted to be her, every boy wanted her.

How To Achieve This Look: Rebond or iron your hair.

4. Justine Bieber

Pop Culture Impact: Everything and I mean EVERYTHING is fuckin’ possible.

How To Achieve This Look: Don’t, you will regret it.

5. Farah Fawcett tie with Mr. T

Farah Fawcett

Pop Culture Impact: Quintessential woman of power. Glamorous and

How To Achieve This Look: Go to a salon. How the hell am I supposed to know?

Sexy Silver-Hair style | Haircut stylish picture

Mr. T

Pop Culture Impact: Quintessential image of a bad ass.

How To Achieve This Look: Step 1: Develop the muscles
Step 2: Develop the attitude
Step 3: Develop the skills
Step 4: Shave the sides of your head

6. Demi Moore

Pop Culture Impact: Women without hair is ten times more capable of launching a million fantasies.

How To Achieve This Look: Get a razor, shave it off.

7. Diana Ross

Pop Culture Impact: Seriously made the natural African American Hair the envy of many.

How To Achieve This Look: Step 1: You have to be black.

8. Tina Turner

Pop Culture Impact: Oh I love Ms. Turner. I can’t diss her. I love the hair. Always have

How To Achieve This Look: You can’t.

9. Donald Trump

Pop Culture Impact: The ultimate realization that you and your hair are two separate individuals. It has a career of its own.

How To Achieve This Look: Available at your nearest store.

10. Don King

Pop Culture Impact: It changed the way we watch boxing. Suddenly, the hair is the main event.

Symbolism Behind the Logos

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 4 Nov 2010 06:54:00 -0700

Circus tent looks like a magazine.

Backspace
Just looking at the logo makes you want to press "backspace" and correct the typo.

Barcode

Notice that the word "bar" is darker.

To beat or not to beat?

The question mark is made of a belt.

Bird

Letter "B" is also a bird.

Cafe Click

Coffee steam is made of mouse pointers.

Amazon

The arrow from A to Z, symbolizes what Amazon is known for selling everything from "a to z" . It also serves as a smile, making the company feel friendly and approachable.

City Direct

"Notice how the space around the plane forms the letters C and D." (Tobias)

Elefont

There’s an elephant trunk inside the letter "e".

Formula 1

Empty space in the middle creates a number "1" for "Formula 1"

Families

Those 3 letters in the middle 'i', 'l', and second ‘i’ represent a family

F*ck!

A bit provocative logo against nazism and racism.

FedEx

If you look closer you’ll notice the right-pointing arrow in between the ‘E’ and the ‘x’, representing precision and speed at which FedEx works.

Iron Duck

A hanger looks like a duck.

Yoga Australia

Woman is making a pose that forms the Australian continent between her leg and her arm.

Killed Productions

Letter "i" is lying as if it was killed.

Mr.Cutts

The scissors are transformed to look like a face with glasses and mustache.

NBC

There's a hidden peacock looking to the right representing the company’s motto to look forward, and not back.

Pencil

Letters "i" and "l" form a pencil.

Shocked

The socket’s expression says it all.

Sushi

Letter "H" looks like chopsticks picking a sushi.

Twins

Letter "N" looks like number 2, symbolizing twins

Wine Searcher

It looks like eyeglasses binoculars and bottles of wine at the same time.

Half

Mosleep

Mosleep is an organization of doctors that deals with people having sleeping disorders. The logo is their intial 'M' that was designed to also look like a bed.

Push The Bottle

You can see a hand pushing a button inside the bottle.

Threesome

An arrow showing up forms a letter "u" and also has a hidden "p" inside.

Zip

Bipolar

The Logo depicts ambiguous emotions.

Link dump - graffiti Art, architecture, cool site, travel site

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 4 Nov 2010 05:50:00 -0700

Colossal Galactic Supercluster Discovery: 800 Trillion Suns - [wow]
Strange Facts about Pinball Machines - [interesting]
Street Art Kissing Couples sweeping the streets of France - [graffiti Art]
Five Vital Black and White Photography Tips - [Photography Tips
Inside the World's Biggest Private Jet - [wow pics]
Best Micro-Photos of 2010 - [fascinating]
William Gibson Speaks about Google - [future trends]
Great Pop-up Paper Art! - [wow video]
All the World Loved Swastika before WW2 - [mind-bending]
Locks of Love: Awesome Street Art - [pics]
Extraordinary Silver Beetle Found! - [wow nature]
Iraq Deaths Put on A Map - [an eye-opener]
Destroying Huge Observation Wheel... by Hand - [fun video]
Steampunk Conversion of Typewriters - [order it here!]
Recycled Human Ashes? Wow - [weird art]
Prague Astronomical Clock: Spectacular! - [wow video]
Incredible Beluga luxurious yacht, Ruler of the Seven Seas - [luxurious items]
Stylish Daydream Hotel design in Italy - [luxurious Hotel]
Cool & Creepy Halloween Party Foods - [weird]
Weirdest Pumpkin Carvings - [pics collection]
Strange and Gruesome Dolls - [weird art]
Building from Tetris - why not? - [architecture]
Abandoned San Francisco - [photography]
Indian Giant Squirrel, Weird - [nature]
Extreme Weather Instability Strikes Again!, more - [scroll down]
The Ghost Billboard... - [cool art]
Pretty Neat optical Illusion - [cool video]
Verrrry Generic News Report - [fun video, some language]
Deadly! Memory Card Testing - [wow video]
Trading a Piece of Paper - [hilarious video]
How to Crash a BMW, and a Mercedes - [spectacular stunts]
Action Figure of YOU. Order yours here - [cool site]
10 Greatest Animal Photobombs - [compilation]
Monsoon Floods in Pakistan - [extreme weather]
Travel Photography Blog on Steroids - [travel site]

Museum of Anatomy- Human Body As Canvas

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 4 Nov 2010 05:17:00 -0700

Museum of Anatomy is a collection of documentary photos of works from museums around the world have been recreated on the human body. This work is very complicated and laborious, and sometimes figures turn out to be natural, it is impossible to parse the human body.

Wonderful Scenes of the Universe

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 4 Nov 2010 04:59:00 -0700

One may wonder why a coronal has such higher temperature. Picture clearly shows a vague snapped shot of the sun's surface along with relatively thin strips of corona. This rare scene is hardly seen from the Earth. Their temperature is hundreds times higher than the sun. Astronomers have long been searching the main source of the cyclic heat radiation that causes magnetic field within the solar surface. From the close observation via the orbiting satellites, one can see the far ultraviolet and its related images. These images revealed to the astronomers that the surface thermal radiation is less between the ring and the solar surface. These relatively high temperature grand corollas have more than 30 times of the diameter of our earth.

This is the hub of the universe that explains the entire background of the circumstance of the mysterious stars in the space.

This is a planet of Venus, which is located the second nearest to the sun. It is considered as a "springboard" for the spacecraft to fly through the distant Jupiter, particularly when fuel savings is being considered. This photograph was captured in February 1990 when the Galileo spacecraft flying over the Venus. This image shows us the turbulent state of the sulphuric acid clouds over the surface of Venus. The sunlight reflection of the upper atmosphere of Venus surface appears extremely bright. Recently, a controversy has aroused widespread interest on the hypothesis that proposed the possibility of the bacteria dwelling in the upper atmosphere of Venus.

This is the best photo of Saturn ever captured in 2003 by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The Saturn situated close to the earth on December 31, 2004. Its location to the Earth is the closest within the recent 30 years ever observed. Through a good small telescope, one may also see the beauty of Saturn's rings.

Some people say the machine can create unbelievable art at the time it is crossing the rings' of Saturn. This is a lateral view image of Saturn's rings captured by a non-man operated Cassini spacecraft in March 2005. The distance between the Cassini spacecraft and the Titan II at that moment was 1.001 million meters. The Cassini spacecraft planned to complete the trips of 70 laps around Saturn within the next three years since 2006.

This image shows the farthest galaxies in the universe. It also reveals a great success of the international study group of the astronomers who discovered the most distant galaxies in the universe. The galaxy is 13 billion light years from the Earth and it was born 7.5 billion years after the Big Bang, and at that time the largest universe has not reached to the age of 5% as compared to its present age now.

This black and white photo shows the pyramid captured by the satellite imaging system on November 17, 1999.

This is the best image ever captured on the Mars. It was captured by the HST that was rotating around the Earth on June 26, 2003. The Mars was said to be located 68 million kilometres from the Earth, which was claimed as the closest location ever from the Earth since 1988.

This photo was taken on July 17, 2003. It reflects the aspirations of human to explore the space.

The sun was flashing a light of rainbow.

These four different characteristics of the sun was taken at different wavelengths include (a) Fe IX / X, 17.1nm, (b) Fe XII, 19.5nm, (c) Fe XV, 28.4nm and (d) helium II / Si XI, 30.4nm. This image was taken using Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) on October 27, 1998.

This solar image shows a wavelength of Fe XII, 19.5nm and it was taken by SOHO. Few bright suns's region explains the active area of the sun, while several dark regions are coronal holes. The ring that engulfs around the sun is called coronal.

This HST captured image provides astronomers details on the whirlpool galaxy and dust clouds. This whirlpool galaxy is also called M51 or NGC 5194 galaxy to where most of the stars were born. There is another nearby galaxy called NGC 5195 located closer to NGC 5194 galaxy, and its gravity affects the star formation of the whirlpool galaxy. This image clearly shows bright, young red constellations in the universe.

This broad-beam sombrero type of the galaxy has a huge protruding part in its appearance. Such galaxy is younger than some of the galaxies in the universe; nevertheless, it has not yet developed into an elegant whirlpool galaxy. This hat resembled galaxy is called M104 with its dark belt blanketing around its central part. Careful analysis found that many bright spot seem in the image is actually Globular Clusters. The magnificent ring of M104 contains many young and bright stars.

This image was captured by the HST. It shows nearly-death stars, which were located 4,000 light years from the Earth with their surroundings engulfing by many hail-like substances. This image also revealed that the nearly-death stars were releasing some compressed gaseous. The outflow of the gaseous started spreading outward in a bubble shape. It is obvious that the central part of the stars were surrounded by a layer dust of black belt. Astronomers believed that this black belt contains lots of dust and other substances which appear undistinguishable. They also said that they are not certain how long does the evaporation within the central part of the stars last. They added that its central temperature is as high as 250,000 degree Celsius. Also, the astronomers claimed that they had never observed these stars before.

This image was captured on February 26, 1998 on Aruba Island. Due to the shade of the moon shadow, the solar formed into a rarely seen world's largest and natural "glasses", with the scene called "total solar eclipse".

Astronomers obtained this Ring Nebula image using the HST. It shows a heated gas ring of the Ring Nebula.

This mysterious scene of Eskimo Nebula was captured by NASA in December 1999. As seen by the ground-based telescopes of the nebula called NGC2392 resembled face coated with a thick coat and thus astronomers had named it as Eskimo Nebula. This so-called thick coat is actually the ring formation of the comet-like substance.

This image shows "Polar-Ring" of NGC 4650A galaxies. It is located 130 million light years distance away from the Earth and it is one of the known polar-ring out of a total of 100. Its formation is still remained unknown, but astronomers believed that its formation may due to the collision between two galaxies dated back 10 million years ago.

The image shows the collision between the comet and the Jupiter.

This image shows fragments of Comet Shoemaker, Levy 9.

This image was taken by Kitty Peak National Observatory of the United States on March 28, 1993. It detailed the diagram of Comet Shoemaker, Levy 9 revolving around the Jupiter.

Pavo, a distance of 750,000 light years cylindrical spiral galaxy called NGC 6872. It interacted well with the northern neighbourhood galaxy called IC 4970. This grand scene was captured using a Very Large Telescope (VLT) by the European Southern Observatory.

Surgery Photos -Sex Change Surgery Before and After

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:03:00 -0700

Beginnings of Sex Reassignment Surgery in Japan

By Takamatsu Ako, M.D., Harashina Takao, M.D., Inoue Yoshiharu, M.D., Kinoshita Katsuyuki, M.D.**, Ishihara Osamu, M.D.**, Uchijima Yutaka, M.D.* **Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Gynecology*, Urology**, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Japan

Abstract

The first sex reassignment surgery (SRS) performed officially in Japan - for a female-to-male (FtM) person in 1998 and for a male-to-female (MtF) person in 1999 - are reported. For the FtM, two-stage conversion was applied. In the first operation, salpingo-oophorectomy, hysterectomy, colpectomy, metoidioplasty, and mastectomy were performed. A free flap phalloplasty with the deltoid flap is planned as the second stage. For the MtF, one-stage neovaginoplasty was performed by penile skin inversion technique with sensate pedicled neoclitoplasty.

Introduction

Japan, which is considered to be one of the world's most advanced countries in terms of its economy, technology, industry, and medicine, has long been in the dark ages regarding people who suffer from gender dysphoria. In July 1996, the Ethics Committee of Saitama Medical School submitted a report, at our request, on surgical treatment for transsexual patients. The report acknowledges that transsexualism exists and that treating transsexual patients can be regarded as a justifiable medical activity. The report was made public by mass media. In 1997, the medical guidelines for transgender persons were issued by the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology, with some modifications of the Standards of Care of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association. We organized a medical team composed of psychiatrists, a sexologist, endocrinologists, gynecologists, urologists, and plastic surgeons.

This is a report of the first sex reassignment surgeries (SRSs) officially performed in Japan: one for a FtM person in 1998 and one for a MtF person in 1999. Diagnosis, preparatory psychotherapy, and hormonal therapy were carried out according to the above-mentioned guidelines.

Methods

SRS for a Female-to-Male Transsexual

In the first operation, regarded as the first stage in the two-stage conversion, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, hysterectomy, colpectomy, metoidioplasty, and mastectomy were performed.

First, the gynecologists performed a trans abdominal oophoro-hysterectomy. Then they began to elevate the anterior vaginal flap through the abdominal approach. The elevation was completed trans vaginally, just to the dorsal part of the urethral orifice, by plastic surgeons. The vaginal mucosa was resected, and colpocleisis was accomplished. After the abdominal wall was closed, we performed a metoidioplasty, as advocated by Hage (1996). By resection of the chordee, the clitoral shaft was released and abdominally advanced. The neourethra was constructed by suturing the vestibular skin, the vaginal mucosal flap and the labial flap around the urethral catheter in a watertight fashion (Figures 1, 2). A suprapubic cystostomy was performed and the urethral catheter was removed.

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For the bilateral mastectomy, we used a modification of the concentric-circle periareoral de-epithelization technique reported by Davidson (1979). Resection of the breast gland and reduction of the nipple were performed by the transareolar approach described by Pitanguy (1966) and Hage and Bloem (1995) (Figures 3, 4).

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The estimated blood loss was 740 ml, and the total operating time was 6 hours. The postoperative course was completely uneventful. The suprapubic catheter was left in place for 7 days. The total hospital stay was 14 days.

We are planning a free-flap phalloplasty as the second stage of the conversion. The patient desires the phalloplasty but at this time cannot afford the necessary fee which will amount to 2,500,000 yen (US$25,000).

SRS for a Male-to-Female Transsexual

A one-stage operation was performed in June 1999. The operative technique involved the following procedures: bilateral orchiectomy and penectomy followed by vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty, and vulvoplasty.

For the vaginoplasty, we employed a modification of the abdominally pedicled penile-skin-inversion technique added by a triangular perineal skin flap (Karim, Hage and Mulder, 1996). A dorsally based triangular perineal flap measuring about 10 cm long and 4 cm wide was used to line the posterior wall of the neovagina and widen the introitus (Figure 5). The testes were isolated and then removed with a double ligation of the spermatic cord at the level of the external inguinal rings. The skin of the penile shaft was mobilized from the corpora up to the level of the corona. A circumcising skin incision was made at the corona, completely denuding the penis of its skin and leaving the glans penis attached to the corpora (Figure 6).

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The dorsal part of the glans penis was used as a clitoris. Sensate pedicled neoclitoplasty using the reduced glans, which remained attached to its dorsal penile neurovascular pedicle, was performed (Brown, 1976). The corpora cavernosa were resected to prevent postoperative pain due to erection of the remaining corpora tissues.

A neovaginal cavity was created by dissection between the two layers of Denonvillier's fascia using a laparoscope placed in the abdomen as a guide. The created neovaginal depth was approximately 10 cm.

The lower abdominal skin flap was dissected to about the level of the umbilicus, and this advancement of the flap in the inferior and posterior direction made it possible for the base of the penile skin tube to overlie the introitus of the neovagina. The perineal triangular flap was sutured to the posterior wall of the penile skin tube and the widened tube was then inverted to line the neovaginal cavity. The skin flap was incised in the middle and the urethra was brought out through the buttonhole and amputated at the urogenital diaphragm level. The urethral stump and neurovascular pedicled neoclitoris were sutured to the skin with interrupted sutures. A soft, individually selected urethane mold, placed in a condom, was inserted into the neovagina, and the mold was securely sutured to the perineum to prevent prolapse (Figure 7).

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The estimated blood loss was 760 ml and no transfusion was necessary. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on the eighth postoperative day. She wore the dilating stent every day for 3 months postoperatively; nevertheless, the neovagina decreased in depth to 6 cm and in diameter to two fingers' width. The neoclitoris was found to have returned to a normal level of sensation (Figure 8). The patient has returned to her previous occupation.

Discussion

We believe that most FtM transsexuals desire closure of the vagina. However, we recognize the different view of some surgeons who consider the risk benefit to be rather high. Their reasoning is that most patients are not necessarily aware of the presence of the vagina because of decreased discharge after hysterectomy and atrophied mucosa due to long-term hormone therapy. We have found vaginectomy to be technically difficult and bloody and autotransfusion has a valuable place here. We have also found the vaginas of the Japanese FtM transsexuals we have examined to be very narrow compared with those we have observed elsewhere, so we have chosen to do transabdominal hysterectomies. The other advantage of the transabdominal approach is that the partial elevation of a sufficient size of the anterior vaginal flap and vaginectomy can be carried out from above, under direct vision (Figure 9).

Figure 9 Figure 10

Figure 11

In SRS for MtF transsexuals, we employed a laparoscope to assist in dissecting the vaginal cavity. Its light can help avoid injury to the prostate and rectum and can provide a direct view of the vaginal cavity up to the peritoneum.

We are planning a free-flap phalloplasty as the second stage of the FtM SRS (Figure 10). We have experienced 13 cases of deltoid flap and 5 cases of forearm-flap phalloplasties in non- transsexual patients during the past 15 years (Figure 11). These techniques always result in extensive scarring of the donor area. Our first choice of donor site for phallic construction is the deltoid flap (Harashina et al.,1990) because it results in less morbidity in the donor site, is a true sensory flap, has hairless skin, and is less likely to result in atrophy of the neophallus. However, this technique may be technically more difficult than that with the forearm flap, and it may be impossible to make a roll on obese patients. We think the deltoid flap is especially suitable for Japanese FtM patients because they generally are not obese. In fact, they usually try to reduce their weight so that they will not be regarded as females.

At the time of writing this paper, we have performed six SRSs: one for MtF and five for FtM. Four of the five FtM patients had already undergone mastectomies elsewhere. The SRSs were performed at the Gender Clinic of Saitama Medical Center, which was the only provider of transgender-specific health services in Japan as of March 2000. In total, over 400 clients have visited our clinic since the first patient arrived in 1992, and about 100 new gender dysphoric clients have been seen each year. Sixty percent of them seek SRS. While there are many candidates, we take our time before performing surgery because there are very few psychiatric specialists in this field in Japan and we must apply for permission from our ethics committee in each case.

Conclusion

The first SRS operation in Japan was affirmatively reported all over the country and there was actually no public criticism. The operation was an historic turning point for the proper understanding of Gender Identity Disorder in our country.

We are just on the starting line. Many issues remain to be resolved in promoting the welfare of our patients. Whereas public interest is steadily increasing and some acknowledgement of SRS seems to have become established, there is still no policy regarding health insurance and legislation for those who have undergone the procedure. SRS is not covered by National Health Insurance, and postoperative persons cannot yet change any of their documents. Our team is still the only practising gender surgery team in Japan, although two other teams are now being organized. Despite these difficulties, the role of SRS, performed justifiably, is becoming more prominent in the treatment of transsexualism in Japan.

I got this info page from symposion and I thought it would be helpful to my visitors who're here looking for information and pictures of sex change surgery. So I made it my blog post.

References

Brown, J. (1976) Creation of a functional clitoris and aesthetically pleasing introitus in sex conversion. In Marchac, D. (Ed.), Transactions of the 6th International Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Paris: Masson, pp. 654-655.

Davidson, B. A. (1979) Concentric circle operation for massive gynecomastia to excise the redundant skin. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 63: 350-354.

Hage, J.J. (1996) Metoidioplasty: An alternative phalloplasty technique in transsexuals. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 97: 161-167.

Hage, J. J., Bloem J.J.A.M. (1995) Chest wall contouring for female-to-male transsexuals: Amsterdam experience. Annals of Plastic Surgery, 34: 59-66.

Harashina T., Inoue T., et al. (1990) Reconstruction of penis with free deltoid flap. British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 43: 217-222.

Karim, R.B., Hage J. J., and Mulder J. W. (1996) Neovaginoplasty in male transsexuals: Review of surgical techniques and recommendations regarding their eligibility. Annals of Plastic Surgery, 37: 669-675.

Pitanguy, I. (1966) Transareolar incision for gynecomastia. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 38: 414-419.

Acknowledgement

We are grateful to Doctor Joris J. Hage in the Netherlands for his valuable help in accomplishing this task.

Cat Tries To Revive Its Friend

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:17:00 -0700

I'm a cat person and the video below is one of the most heart wrenching videos I've seem on the internet, well recently, the nets full of them.

This video was shot in Southern Turkey and shows a cat trying to revive another after it had been hit by a car.

Unusual jewelry | gold-plated plated brass accessories

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:07:00 -0700

Unusual jewelry created by Imme van der Haak out of gold plated brass.
Plastic bodies, haptic suits, artificial limbs as fashion accessories: We have arrived at the post-human juncture William Gibson and Ridley Scott predicted years ago. Need more proof? Take a peek at the body-distorting jewelry of Dutch designer Imme van der Haak.

Van der Haak's gold-plated brass accessories go everywhere jewelry's not supposed to go: up your nose, around your entire ear, in your eye socket. They make fresh-faced models look like laser beam-wielding replicants, which, we guess, is all the rage nowadays.
Last month, we brought you news of face-botching jewelry from the designer Burcu Büyükünal. We had doubts that it would catch on, except among disturbed teenagers who've read too much J. G. Ballard. Now we're not so sure. What'll it be next: Injecting our faces with botulism?

[Via Today Tomorrow; Images via Imme van der Haak]

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feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:42:00 -0700

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This can’t be real? (strange looking purse)

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:23:00 -0700

I noticed that my friend was wearing a rather strange looking purse or wallet thing. She said her parents brought it back from the Philippines. Where else would you find such a thing?? hahah! Thought I would try it on and see what you think… Can you outdo the strangeness of this purse? If you think you can, send me pics. heheh

2010 Beautiful Belly Painted Contest

feroz557@gmail.com (Think Extraordinary) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:39:00 -0700

Nothing is more beautiful than a big, pregnant belly. Readers had some fun while they waited, and emailed hundreds of beautiful painted bumps. Here are our 25 favorites, including the winning masterpiece!

Fish Bowl Belly

Snow Globe Belly

Pumpkin Belly

Hands & Henna Belly

Baby & iPod Belly

Mother Earth Belly

My Pod Belly

Whale Belly

Flowering Belly

Safari Belly

Tropical Belly

Toddler-Designed Belly

Henna Tree Belly

Bird Belly

Henna Design Belly

Moon & Stars Belly

Pomegranate Belly

Baby Face Belly

Beach Ball Belly

Pink Baby Face Belly

Obama Belly

Christmas Baby Belly

Floral Belly

Peacock Belly

Blue Baby Belly