Friday Ephemera
Peter Callesen’s paper cuts. Each one made from a single sheet. (h/t, Dr Westerhaus.) // The Agbar Tower, Barcelona. More. // Zoudov. A Cold War thriller. (h/t, Coudal.) // 9 improbable weapons of war. Pigeons, rats, unspeakable lust. // Robo-fawn. // Robo-ferret. // Robot water strider. // Advanced prosthetic arm. // Deluxe finger painting. // Cutest. Thing. Ever. // A feline wake-up call. Scroll down. (h/t, Andy.) // Marvelous aquariums. (h/t, Things.) // The relative sizes of stars. Let it play. (h/t, Stephen Hicks.) // Methane detected on world 63 light years from Earth. // Is the Earth flat? A debate ensues. (h/t, Mick Hartley.) // The People’s Quiz. Who said what. // Knowing what’s best for poor people. // Madsen Pirie on the pursuit of happiness. // Oliver Kamm on CND. // Fabian Tassano on Cornelia Parker’s politics-as-art. // Exploding flower arrangements. Frozen with liquid nitrogen, then shot. // Self-healing rubber. // Bubble gum drum machine. // Bubble gum alley. // Bubble gum sculptures. // And, via The Thin Man, it’s the Ohio Express.
The painted hand zebra is awesome.
“Frozen with liquid nitrogen, then shot.”
The phrase just jumped out at me. Many items outside the botanic could be subjected to the same process. Cabinet ministers, for example. Suggests itself as the basis of Damien Hirst’s next exhibit…
After listening to “Chewy”, I had to run a re-adjustment
algorithm on my musical karma space, so I listened to this:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-678690014893841027
Yes, it’s all very energetic, but It doesn’t really have the cheesy bubblegum aesthetic I was looking for. Wait a minute. There’s an idea. Cheesy bubblegum…
How ’bout Gummy Cheese Bubbles?
You can make them in your own nose,
if you sneeze with a mouthful of cheese.
Well that was lovely. I think you’re poo-pooing the idea a little too hastily. We could be onto something here. “Cheese and gum – together at last…!” And don’t underestimate the breath-freshening properties of a good ripe cheese.
Yes, by the light of morning I now see that I was indeed a little too hasty. Sorry about that. In addition to Shropshire Blue gum, may I interest you in some Appenzeller toothpaste, perhaps a little Tomme de Montagne mouthwash, or maybe a Munster mint?
It occurs to me upon rereading my previous comment that I may have come across as unintendedly sarcastic. To be clear, I am in *favour* of Shropshire Blue gum, Appenzeller toothpaste, Tomme de Montagne mouthwash, and Munster mints. Sorry about any confusion I may have caused.
I have a proposed theme song for our cheese-o-mint campaign:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92bbESmG6u4