Laughing Squid
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From The Archives: You’d Better Watch Out: Portland Santacon 1996
From the archives, my documentary “You’d Better Watch Out”, chronicling the legendary 1996 Santacon in Portland, OR.
Grumpy Cat Tattoo
“Hate Everything” Tom Taylor of Philadelphia-based tattoo shop, Deep Six Laboratory, has inked a rather awesome Grumpy Cat tattoo based on the likeness of Tard…
How To Make an Asphalt Angel
Lev Savitskiy shows how easy it is to make an Asphalt Angel, “Because snow angels are too mainstream”.
Various Examples of the Nine Lives of Cats
flyingmouse365 takes a look at some of the possible Nine Lives of cats with their latest Shirt.Woot t-shirt design.
Birthday Milestones
Birthday Milestones on Pleated-Jeans
Pot Smasher, Live-Action Legend of Zelda Short Starring Lindsey Stirling
“Link is kind of a dick, huh?” Filmmaker Freddie Wong of Rocket Jump has created a live-action Legend of Zelda inspired short titled Pot Smasher…
Santas on the Move, A Short Documentary About a SantaCon Robot
Santas on the Move is a short documentary about SantaBot 2.0, an elaborate Santa robot (played by Nick Brewer), who discovers the meaning of Christmas…
Plush Dogs Custom Made From a Photograph
ShelterPups handcrafts Custom Stuffed Dogs, merino wool plushies made from a photo of your own canine. Proceeds of the sales go to help shelters. via…
Krampus Processions in Austria & Germany
Rev. Al Ridenour of the Art of Bleeding has just returned from Austria and Germany where he attended some Krampus processions. He has posted some…
Sacha Baron Cohen Accepts a British Comedy Award as Ali G
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen accepted the British Comedy Award for “Outstanding Achievement to Comedy” as his character, Ali G. It was Ali G’s first television…