Never Mind the Pussycat 'This exhibit focuses on a brief period of Lear’s youth. Beginning when he was still an adolescent, until he was twenty-five, Edward Lear worked as a natural history illustrator. During this period, he created some of the most extraordinary images of birds ever made.' more inside

Urban Repair Squad They say city is broke. We fix. No charge.

Lost: the cake. So maybe I'm one of the few who can't stop watching Lost. And I have this fondness for Hurley. Turns out he has a blog. And also that they recently filmed their 100th episode, so celebrated with a cake by TV's Ace of Cakes. The details are amazing.

The Largest Collection of Horse Graffiti EVAR!!! . If you like horse art, you'll probably faint from horse art overload. If you like graffiti art, you'll probably faint from graffiti art overload. If you like this post, let me know! BlueHorse: I'm ALL about the horses! via: The Equinest = one GREAT equine website. Thanks, Paige!

Josh Freese, ex-drummer from Nine Inch Nails, is selling his new album. Plus some extras, for a price. While $7 buys you the digital download, $50 will get you the album plus a phone call from Freese, and for only $75,000 Freese will join your band for a month. For real or just for jokes?

Giovanni Sollima - Sogno ad Occhi Aperti (Daydream)

Go ahead, fall for the squeeee one more time! . SLYT

Big magnets are not your friend. Via the the Dan's Data blog. Ouch! (Warning - somewhat graphic images of a mushed finger tip). Have the zooborn post on standby.

Cardboard food Sculptures by Patianne Stevenson.

Book Cover Archive Great collection of interesting and beautiful book cover designs. On a similar note, check out these terrific redesigns of the Harry Potter series in classic Penguin style (also Lemony Snicket and The Spiderwick Chronicles).

Inflatable Russian tanks Scroll down to the middle for the inflatable Russian missile launcher.

Giant rat caught in China.

Zooborns

Prawo Jazdy Ireland's worst driver? Or not. An embarrassing moment for the Guards.

..and I take again cafe...

The semantics of tribe. A founder of AIM (the American Indian Movement) believes that the divisions of tribe SHOULDN'T be dissolved. So when President Obama said the opposite, did he really place himself with the other presidents and the 'buffalo soldiers' who fought the tribes? Or was it just an unfortunate selection of words? more inside

Art by Thomas Doyle. The pieces’ radically reduced scales evoke feelings of omnipotence—as well as the visceral sensation of unbidden memory recall. Hovering above the glass, the viewer approaches these worlds as an all-seeing eye, looking down upon landscapes that dwarf and threaten the figures within. Conversely, the private intensity of moments rendered in such a small scale draws the viewer in, allowing for the intimacy one might feel peering into a museum display case or dollhouse. Though surrounded by chaos, hazard, and longing, the figures’ faces betray little emotion, inviting viewers to lose themselves in these crucibles—and in the jumble of feelings and memories they elicit.

The Agreeable Cat. [Via]

Young Quanzhi Ye's dream. In 1996, a 7-year-old boy in China bent over the eyepiece of a small telescope and saw something that would change his life--a comet of flamboyant beauty, bright and puffy with an active tail. At first he thought he himself had discovered it, but no, he learned, two men named "Hale" and "Bopp" had beat him to it. Mastering his disappointment, young Quanzhi Ye resolved to find his own comet one day. And one day, he did. more inside

Travis, a 14 year-old 200-pound pet chimpanzee, rips the face off of a 55 year-old woman.