The Golden Toilet

11/30/11 -- Odd Articles

“If you fancied buying a gold-plated throne that’s fit for a king’s derriere, you would have to be pretty flush to afford it. At $173,883, it might be money down the pan but at least you would be the owner of a unique luxury loo. It was unveiled at the 11th World Toilet Summit and Expo which, believe it or not, looks at ways of improving the planet’s lavatories and sanitation.” w/ photos + video

The Mow Longer

11/30/11 -- Videos

“I cannot say what his gas mileage is, but it was quite funny watching him run back and forth to light all the engines up. Our car club wasn’t near them at Autorama this year, so I didn’t get the chance to capture any more footage. They had some interesting monster truck style mowers too, almost require a small step ladder to climb aboard.” — lvr350z

Santa Pictures Taken With Machine Guns

11/30/11 -- Wacky News

“When you think about Santa — or your Christmas card — do you think about machine guns?! If so, one place in the valley is giving you an opportunity to combine the two. The Scottsdale Gun Club is inviting people to enjoy Santa and Machine Guns. The family event allows people to take a holiday card picture with St. Nick — and a high-powered fire arm. Santa poses against a backdrop of an $80,000 Garwood minigun. Families can choose to pose with other firearms, ranging from pistols to modified AR15s. They also get a chance to test out the machine guns.” w/ photo + video

Quirky Science Stunts

11/30/11 -- Pretty Cool

“This is no magic, its science!” — XRockVstarI499

Wooden AT-AT

11/30/11 -- Photos

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Redneck Lawn Mower

11/30/11 -- Videos

“Damn, how tall is [his] grass?” — thecruzerguy10

Mega Protester!

11/30/11 -- Photos

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Phantom Cocktails

11/30/11 -- Pretty Cool

“Spent a day with the Phantom, creating opening credits for Nik Perleros’ How To Get Laid. Only parts of the shots were used, so I decided to do a little edit to show off more of what we shot. Most of the shots were around 5,000fps, some of the martini shots were at 8,900fps.” — Ty Migota

How To Make Homemade Peppermint Patties

11/30/11 -- How To's

“Just a few quick notes on the recipe – the filling can be pretty sticky, making it tricky to work with. The two ways I dealt with this problem were by keeping the filling well chilled, and by dusting the work surface and the filling with confectioners’ sugar. I was pretty liberal with the confectioners’ sugar and didn’t think the quality of my candy suffered. This recipe also includes instructions for tempering your chocolate, which, if done properly, will give the chocolate a glossy sheen and a crisp texture. I’d never tried it before and had limited success when I attempted it here, though I don’t blame the recipe so much as my lack of patience… Here’s how to make homemade peppermint patties.” w/ photos

Top 20 Most Typecast Actors

11/30/11 -- Top Lists

“Some actors manage to completely avoid the pitfalls of typecasting, spending their career playing multitudes of different roles in completely different veins. However, many aren’t so lucky. Whether through a breakout part, bad luck, or their own actions, they’re stuck playing essentially the same character over and over and over again. These 20 actors and actresses keep popping up in movies, and every time they do it’s the same damn role!” w/ videos