All shapes and sizes

via, gawker

This past Saturday, a medium-sized solar flare erupted on the sun. Today at around 11 am on the East Coast, the weak wave of plasma and charged particles will approach the Earth’s atmosphere. “Polar geomagnetic storms are possible.”

“If you thought Jimi Hendrix was cool, you were probably down with us” – Zephyr

“SUNSHINE REBELS tells the story of a clan of inner-city teenagers who in the 1970′s came together in New York City’s Central Park and in the process left an indelible stamp on world culture through startling innovations in street art, alternative music and extreme sports.”

An Oregon man is recovering after being infected with the Black Death by a stray cat with a dead mouse jammed in its throat.

Fascinating stuff.

According to the calculator, I’m most likely from Croatia. How about you?

(thanks Alix!)

Energy Blanket, designed 2010
printed polyester blanket and pouch with 16 neodymium magnets
78 h. x 42 inches
limited edition

“Energy Blanket offers a soothing and inspiring experience through the strategic placement of 14 magnets along the human body’s energy meridians.”

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Everything you need to know about this weird phenomena that’s been happening since the advent of cell phones (but maybe as far back as skypagers).

There’s been a resurgence in that nasty condition that has plagued the Coal Mining community for so long.

Wise man.

The ‘Busy’ Trap

Nike+ Kinect Training for XBOX360

This man was a trucker for 28 years. During that time, the left side of his face routinely received more sunlight than the right, leaving it looking very different.

via, gizmodo

C.O. Bigelow’s No. 002 Original Formulary Lotio Mentholus. Worth every penny.

A tour through Florida to get the over-65 set to appreciate medical marijuana

In the RPG version of life, straight white male is the lowest difficulty setting there is.

Worth a read.

This news from an expert on the economics of aging.

Muji’s Checklist Stamp

via, selectism

Here’s the naked Japanese dude on an island, the ‘Real-life Robinson Crusoe,’ and of course Fausto, the Patagonian hermit. As a bonus, we added in the man who gave up money and now lives in a cave. They all seem really happy, seriously.

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Molton Brown makes this warming eucalyptus body wash that is seriously rejuvenating. Bless the spoils of hotels for the introduction.