Nine years old Tiana Walton of England has set a new world record by having 25 slimy snails slither over her eyes, nose and mouth.
that’s just disgusting!
I wonder if her parents made her practice every day until she got it right, preventing her from seing her friends or playing inside, in this case, until all 25 snails are balanced on her face properly.
Kokoriko Bushi, tune of the Kokoriko, an ancient string instrument, is a remix of the oldest japanese song by Japanese electro-pop collective Omodaka.
The animation is directed by Teppei Maki.
via boing boing
i never realized how much time i had to myself with a single child.
these days i can’t even go to the toilet without having something or someone trying to yank me out of there before i’ve had a chance to flush.
all the mothers. they never complained. they never said a word.
i’m playing around with tools for busy people like me, like twitter, blip.fm and jaiku.
it was hell today in tel-aviv.
i was running late to pick up Noah, and i was doing it with a baby in my arms.
The tel-aviv summer in 32 degrees celsius, which might have been somewhat bearable, if it weren’t for the humidity. 70%.
I was dripping, melting, sweating, swimming in sweat.
A short poem by Dean Allen
Water, electricity
In such close proximitySoon minerals will make her
An ex-espresso maker
Anna Kipervaser is a Chicago based artist.
Following her recent trip to the middle east she created smart and beautiful bird portraits.
This is her Negev Chaffinch
link to Red Cake gallery which sells her work (via MoCo Loco)
Saint Martins graduate Bruno Taylor installed swings in bus shelters in London to make them more playful.
via neatorama
beaters, originally uploaded by brittnybadger.
for her thesis project, flickr user brittnybadger took apart home appliances and rearranged their guts on a white sheet of bristol board.
the result is lovely!
link to flickr set (via boing boing)
These goats climb the Argan trees in Morocco in search of food.
The locals collect the goats droppings, which contain the kernels of the seeds they consumed.
They press and grind it into oil.
I’ve heard of this oil, but I never knew it originated in goat droppings.
Now that I know, I am sure to use it, just like I am sure to drink Kopi Luwak, made from coffee berries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian palm Civet.
via WebEcoist (thanks, Uzi)
i wanted to take a shower, but there is no hot water, so i put on my grandmothers old bathrobe. it has a brown floral pattern.
I made myself some strange juice. James tasted it and said it’s disgusting and my cat made a face when she caught it’s smell. it’s a sour cherries syrup diluted in some water and sweetened with honey.
i am so tired. i was on my way to bed, when i realized i can’t take a bath, so i decided to wait. if i don’t take a shower now, i know i will regret it in the morning.
i still don’t know what i’m going to read when i get to bed. i finished reading today an inspector Maigret story by Georges Simenon. I’ve read a few Simenon’s, but this is the first of his Maigret I read. It was very good. It’s called “Le Pendu de Saint-Pholien”.
i think the water is good by now.
good night.