I’m officially putting Mario on the Heart Attack watch list, his weight is just not good.
Take a look at the distinct taper from where his neck begins, straight up to his ears.
I caught a couple of episodes of that traveling Italy show with him and Gweneth Paltrow, he was big back then. This is a whole new level.

Yesterday was Darwin’s birthday. Born 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury he would’ve been 200 years old! Coincidentally Lincoln was born 200 years ago also!!! Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky, what are the chances?
Both men had fairly interesting lives but I think the overall achievement award has to go to Darwin. Arguably the single most important scientific contribution in the history of the planet: “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”.
To truly appreciate this man’s work you have to imagine what things were like back in 1859. …

Another month, another baseball meltdown.
Baseball is known as “America’s Pastime”, romanticised and celebrated in movies and newspaper since the days of Babe Ruth. It’s a father’s duty to indoctrinate their children into his team’s fan base. Listen to any caller on WFAN radio station and they’ll start out with “I’m a die-hard XXX fan”.
There are 162 games in the regular season and each year millions of Americans attend. Some crazed individuals go so far as to buy season tickets!
The reality is this that baseball is a disgrace. …

A nice article introducing me to Sebastian Kruger who draws really detailed and realistic portraits that are actually caricatures.  I especially like the one of Steve McQueen below.
“I like the dark side of people’s character,” Krüger says in English that, while halting, is easier on the ears than Schwarzenegger’s. “Or I like to find out if there is a dark half. I like painting people like Vincent Van Gogh, William S. Burroughs, Keith Richards or even Marilyn Monroe. These people are very special to me. I feel very close to …

Checkout this amazing photo of the Milky Way seen from inside a cave. This is the latest work from Wally Pacholka. [LINK]
“Pacholka, 59, an architect from Long Beach, California, relied on the light of a crescent moon to illuminate the subject and chose the area because of the near-absence of ambient light.
He said: ‘I had to drive 800 miles each way five times to get the shot right. And I had to hike two miles to the cave and back again at night, getting lost each time I came out.’
His …

Another thing of beauty…

Unlike the Octopult, I actually think I could make this one.

Ahh…a thing of beauty…
 

I love this. Is this not both the best tattoo and simultaneously the worst ever? And where does he have the closing tag?

This guy made a drawing using a GPS device in a briefcase and DHL. [LINK] A process known as GPS Drawing. (Also checkout Geo-Caching for more fun with GPS devices). He claims it’s the "Biggest Drawing in the World". Great.
On first blush this seems like a neat idea. However, I can’t help wondering…
a) Why bother? You can generate those GPS coordinates and draw the picture without ever sending anything anywhere.
b) The picture is a self-portrait. I would’ve hoped if you’re going to draw a big picture on the …

This gave me a chuckle…