Artist Folds Realistic Insects from a Single Sheet of Paper
As real as these insects might look, they are actually made from a single sheet of paper, expertly folded by origami master, Brian Chan. I’ve been staring at Brian Chan’s creations for a while, and I still find it mind-boggling how someone can produce such realistic work by folding a simple piece of paper. But […]
Buffalo Body-Painting at Unique Traditional Festival
What started as a means to ward off intruders, is now a full-blown festival. The people of Jiangcheng County, China’s Yunnan Province, have their bulls painted and decorated by artists for a major event every year. The bulls are displayed in a riot of colors, painted with a variety of themes. Traditionally, the bulls were painted […]
Pink-Obsessed Woman Changes Her Name to Pink Sparkly And All Things Nice
100,000 Brits changed their name this year, but the one that stands out from the crowd is a woman from Nottingham, who calls her self “Pink Sparkly And All Things Nice.” Yes, that’s her actual name now. Born Charlotte Price, the mother-of-three has renamed herself according to her obsession with the color pink. She lives […]
Tickets for Noah’s Ark 2012 Are Holiday Bestsellers on Chinese Shopping Site
It’s been long said that the year 2012 will see the end of the world. The movie 2012 even makes an attempt to show us the catastrophic events leading up t0 the worldwide disaster, and a modern version of Noah’s Ark, a ship in Tibet where people will be safe. While tickets for the movie […]
Father Videotapes Children Coming Down Stairs on Christmas Morning, for 25 years
Every family has its own traditions for Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions. Writer Nick Confalone recently shared on YouTube, a particularly endearing tradition followed by his dad during Christmas. Starting in 1985, Nick’s father made home videos of his kids coming down the stairs on Christmas morning. He continued this practice for 25 years, […]