It is practically October, which is breast cancer awareness month. If you are going to buy something and you like pink, why not buy the one that is going to do some good. It is a win-win!
There are lots of bags, purses, totes, containers, etc that are "pink" so it would be nearly impossible to compile them all. Below are 10 bags that promote breast cancer awareness and research that are affordable, useful, and of course, pink.
Unfortunately, there aren't images and it looks like the bags are sold out. There are one-of-a-kind bags lined in pink with inspirational messages inside. 15% of proceeds go to breast cancer research. Hopefully, Fluffy J makes more of these bags soon! To find products that give proceeds to charity, you can visit Uptown Liz. You can even search by cause.
Have you ever watched the Jaywalking segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno? The people he finds seem to be the stupidest humans roaming the earth. They don't know anything about history or identifying political figures. Sitting at home on my couch, I always thought I was much more intelligent than these people...and then I tried to take the State Capitals Quiz.
I will admit there were state capitals that I could not recall from my grade school days. I could have sat around all day trying to remember the capital of South Dakota. Sounds pretty pathetic, but how well do you know your state capitals? Go ahead and give it a try. You have 60 seconds to fill in 10 state capitals.
If you get a high score, you can save your name to the Top Scores of All Time list or feel free to brag about your high score in the comments (or let us all get a laugh at how poorly you did). You can also put a nifty badge of completion on your blog, website, MySpace, or Facebook page.
A high score will earn you one of these two badges:
A low score will earn you this badge:
This State Capitals Quiz is part of a new section of Vat19 called BrainCandy. Here, you'll find all kinds of interesting trivia about topics such as inventions, math, words, science, and even boogers.
Giant-sized stuff can be really cool, such as a Jumbo Lighter or a Giant Wine Glass. Other giant things are stupid, ugly, and useless to most human beings. I mean, when was the last time you needed or wanted a giant corn on the cob hat? Even if it was Halloween, having a corn cob on your head still doesn't make much sense. These hats aren't full costumes, so when will these be worn!?
Giant Ice Cream Cone Hat
As if this kid doesn't look ridiculous enough with an upside down giant ice cream cone hat, the photographer decided to have him make a silly face like he's trying to lick the fake ice cream that sits atop his head. I imagine if you are in the market for a hat like this you probably don't care what the hat model looks like.
Giant Lobster Hat
This giant lobster hat reminds me of the scene in My Best Friend's Wedding where the entire family is singing "I Say a Little Prayer for You" and there is a guy with lobster claws in the background. Unless you work at a seafood restaurant that went crazy on the themed uniforms, you shouldn't own this hat or even want to.
"Mink Hershey Kiss Hat 1950s"
While looking for a giant chocolate hat, I came across an eBay listing for the little gem you see above. This is a vintage mink fur hat that supposedly resembles a Hershey Kiss. Act quickly, as the Buy It Now price is a mere $79.00. Not to get all PETA on you guys on anything, but how many minks died to make this hideous hat that looks more like a pile of mink poo than a hat? Unfortunately, no photos were found of a human wearing this.
Giant Corn on the Cob Hat
Will someone please tell me when you would wear this hat? Even the store selling this hat struggled to come up with examples of when it would be used! What backwoods haystack did this "model" crawl out of? I guess they figured with a product this awful, the person modeling it couldn't make things any worse. They were wrong.
Giant Hot Dog Hat
There's nothing like a seeing a guy with a giant hot dog hat on his head and a smirk on his face. It would be in good taste to not have the commentary on this one go on any further.
Giant Cheese Wedge Hat
Of course I can't forget about the popular Giant Cheese Hat! I'm not a Packers fan, and even if I was, I still don't think I would wear one of these. But for the superfans that sport the cheese wedge hat, good for you for caring about showing your team spirit more than you care about not looking stupid.
Giant Birthday Cake Hat
If you bought this Giant Birthday Cake Hat for yourself, you deserve to get slapped. If someone bought you this hat as your birthday gift, they deserve to get slapped. No matter how you acquired this ridiculous hat, someone deserves to get slapped.
Choosing a tattoo is a serious decision. However, should you ever regret your tattoo and want it removed or altered, you're in luck and you'll be in the company of many celebrities. Let's take a look at some celebrities who regretted their tattoos and did something about it.
Nick Lachey
Back in the boy band era of the late 1990s, 98 Degrees was quite popular. Apparently, Nick was so proud of his band that he got its name tattooed on his arm surrounded by a sun. How clever. Eventually, Nick realized his tattoo was lame and the band wasn't cool anymore, so he had that cutesy tattoo colored in. A solid sun isn't less stupid than an outline of a sun, but whatever.
Angelina Jolie
Haven't people learned by now not to get a tattoo of your significant other's name? After Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob split, Angelina had her "Billy Bob" tattoo removed. Now, in its place are the coordinates of the birthplaces of her children. I think the coordinates thing is kind of cool and at least once someone is your kid they are always your kid, unlike a husband or wife.
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee had each other's names tattooed on their ring fingers when they got married. After one of the times the couple split, Pamela had her "Tommy" tattoo altered into "Mommy". This isn't too awful of an alteration seeing how Tommy is the father of her boys. Now if only she could get rid of that hepatitis C, too.
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams has lots of tattoos, but now he wants to clean up some of them. He's not going with the standard laser tattoo removal. Instead, he will have a new procedure where skin is grown from samples of his own skin and then sewn over the tattoos. It is similar to a skin graft, only skin isn't taken from anywhere, it is grown in a lab. This sounds pretty interesting, and hopefully he doesn't use that new skin as a blank canvas for new tattoos.
I imagine in about 10 years there will be plenty of women in their thirties who want their butterfly tramp stamps removed and guys who want their barbed wire tattoos removed. That's what you get for getting a trendy tattoo!
"Hate" might be a bit too harsh, but there are people in the world that we all dislike and find aggravating. I don't care how nice you are, how nice others think you are, or how nice you actually are. Chances are that no matter how saintly you are there is a type of person listed below that really gets your blood boiling.
People who write checks to pay for stuff at the store in the year 2008. Getting stuck in line behind someone paying with a check is annoying. It takes too much of the cashier's time and my time. Balancing your checkbook before tearing it out or moving along is grounds for me wishing not so nice things upon you. Please go get a debit or credit card ASAP.
Parking space stalkers. I don't like being followed to my car just because someone is too lazy to park 10 spaces further away. By time you impatiently wait for me to back out you could have already been inside the building.
Waiters who take 10 minutes to read the daily specials. I've been told that I have the palate of a 7-year-old, so I am not the person who is going to order some odd concoction. It shouldn't take 3 full minutes to describe the chicken. The worst part is listening to the fluffy descriptions about the carefully selected wine pairings from someone who you know doesn't really know what he is talking about.
Concertgoers who sing along too loudly. Whether you know the lyrics or not is a non issue. Whether you sound decent or not is also a non issue. I paid money to hear Sigur Rós, not some douchebag who is scream-singing along to a language he doesn't even know. Don't even try to pretend that you speak Icelandic.
Telemarketers. This one had to be on the list. I'm sorry if your career consists of getting hung up on a thousand times a day. Your job sucks so bad that other jobs were created to block you from doing your job. Don't waste my time trying to sell me something over the phone. I have never purchased something unsolicited over the phone and that will never change. And don't give me a generic American name when we both know it isn't your real name. I could care less what your name is, so just say the truth. Below is a video of a prank pulled on a telemarketer.
Slow walkers. I don't know about you, buy usually when I am walking somewhere it is because I'm trying to get somewhere. I'm all for taking leisurely walks but not in the middle of a crowded sidewalk in Chicago or in the mall. Go find yourself a park. And make sure your slow feet stay out of the bicycle lanes.
The driver with the blinker on. When I get stuck behind a car with the blinker left on, it drives me nuts. I have zero tolerance for this. It's practically all I can focus on, which isn't good for anybody. How do you not see the arrow blinking or hear it clicking? I can't hold up a sign or yell out my window. That could get me assaulted. I have no choice but to wait for that idiot to realize it is still on and turn it off.
Airplane passengers with stinky food. When you are on an airplane you are already uncomfortably close to a bunch of strangers. Why would you bring on some horrendously smelly food when in such close quarters with limited air flow? Ignorant.
I'm sure there are plenty more people that we all could do without. I could probably write about this for an entire day, but alas, I have work to do! Leave a comment about the type of person that drives you crazy. You can do it anonymously so you don't have to ruin your "such a nice person" reputation.
Hot air balloons have been around for hundreds of years, and they've amazed and entertained onlookers for just as long. Even still, most of us know surprisingly little about this unique form of transportation. Below, we've gathered a few fun facts to fill you in.
The first recorded instance of a hot air balloon carrying passengers was in 1783 in France.
Some speculate, though, that the ancient Nazca culture of Peru used some form of hot air balloons to help them design the famous Nazca lines.
Ascent and descent are controlled by adjusting heat and sealing or opening the flap on top of the envelope (that's the part that looks like a balloon).
Most modern hot air balloons are made of nylon or Dacron and use propane for power.
Stop motion videos aren't anything new, but they are still neat to watch. The detail, editing time, and creativity are impressive. Well, not for all, but for some! After searching around You Tube, I've rounded up some pretty cool and not agonizingly long stop motion videos involving food.
Western Spaghetti
OK, so this one doesn't involve a lot of real food, but ordinary objects that look like food are used. I've seen several videos created by PES, and they are all extremely creative. For example, in the above stop motion video, wooden Pixie Stick "noodles" turn into soft rubber bands after boiling. Rubik's cubes, googly eyes, and money trees...what's not to love? If you like Vat19's Ambient Fire DVD, be sure to check out the Yule Log video made by PES.
Cupcake Dance
In this video, a bunch of cupcakes dance around a table. It starts off with one couple and eventually 7 cupcake couples are introduced. Nice cupcake choreography!
Tic Tac Fireworks
Tic Tacs are used to create a stop motion firework display. Mint leaves, orange peels, and orange slices are also used, which is a neat way to show the Tic Tac flavors.
As a bird lover and owner, I may be a little biased when I say that a yawning bird is one of the cutest things you'll ever see. But really, it is. Below, I've compiled a number of images and clips that show birds (including babies) yawning.
This baby cockatiel looks a bit like a yawning, uncooked chicken wing:
Judging by the fact that he can't stop yawning, I'm guessing this adult cockatiel is probably viewing this thread. If it hasn't made you yawn yet, this video will do the trick.
Even yawning, these bald eagles look kind of terrifying.
This Rose-Breasted Cockatoo looks awfully alert to be yawning.
