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Handy Ways to Use Photoshop in Real Life
Transportation of heavy furniture would be a pleasure In the 2011 image series, If I Could Use Photoshop in Real Life…, Sad and Useless has…
Piñata Anatomy
Piñata Anatomy by Carmichael Collective via Phil Jones
A Pink Bat-Recliner
This pink bat-recliner is sold as the Warner Brothers Batgirl Recliner and is made to accommodate small children. Too bad! I’m guessing there are some…
Red Raven Magic Mirror and Animated Movie Records
While visiting my friend Kimberly Cross recently, she introduced me to a delightful set of objects from her childhood, the Red Raven Magic Mirror and…
Preppy Animal Cracker Boxes Designed by Lilly Pulitzer
photo by Christina Offutt Rowley Preppy fashion company Lilly Pulitzer has designed limited edition boxes of Nabisco brand Barnum’s Animals crackers. With Nabisco’s parent company…
Old Maps Online, A Site For Finding Historical Maps
Old Maps Online is a site that allows users to easily find digitized historical maps from libraries and other archival sources. The site’s search function…
Terminally Illin’, A Cancer-Ass-Kicking Comic Book
Terminally Illin’ is a graphic novel, co-created by cancer survivor Kaylin Andres and Jon Solo that tells the story of a young woman in her…
Deconstructed Head Illustrations by Smithe
These wonderfully bizarre illustrations of deconstructed heads are by Mexican street artist Smithe. via Who Killed Bambi?
Pimento Cheese Ball Pops
Michael Procopio of Food for the Thoughtless has concocted Pimento Cheese Pops, which are pimento cheese balls on a stick made to look like lollipops.…
Beat School, An Anything Goes School in Britain (1961)
“Beat School,” a 1961 news clip by British Pathé, depicts the Burgess Hill Boarding School, an unusually relaxed school in Britain that allowed students to…