Beautiful Pipedream of the Day: Dinotopia Art Show Since 1992, artist James Gurney has been working on Dinotopia, a series of paintings and illustrations that bring dinosaurs to life in extraordinary settings. If you want to check out his artwork in real life, a collection of Gurney’s paintings, reference materials and even a handmade scale model... - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
Weird Lawsuit of the Day: Former Model Sues Over Mad Men Opening Credits 1960s fashion model Gita Hall May has filed a lawsuit against Lionsgate Entertainment for using her likeness without permission in the opening credits of the AMC drama series Mad Men. Although the show premiered six years ago in 2007, the complaint asserts May was only... - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
The United Nations’ Drinking Problem At the U.N.’s General Assembly budget committee meeting yesterday, United States ambassador Joseph Torsella scolded his colleagues for showing up drunk to important discussions. According to The Atlantic, this is apparently not a new problem and others have defended the consumption of alcohol in meetings,... - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
This Isn’t Shopped of the Day: Pope Benedict XVI’s Legacies Remembered in Comic Sans The Vatican just can’t seem to catch a break these days. Following last week’s departure of Pope Benedict XVI—the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years, the Vatican published a digital photo album dedicated to the now former leader of the Catholic Church using... - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
PSA of the Day: The Ultimate Anti-Gay Marriage Ad
Are you worried that gay marriage will destroy straight marriage and traditional family values? You’re not alone. - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
Parody Music Video of the Day: Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop” in MS Paint
Macklemore’s Billboard #1 hit single “Thrift Shop” gets a word-for-word MS Paint treatment! - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
Prank Artist of the Day: Talking Hamster Mimics Traffic Cop
A Russian lad goes on a joyride with a smart talking hamster that can mimic anything it hears. What could possibly go wrong? - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
Meanwhile in Asia of the Day This is a picture from a “potato party,” the latest weird craze that’s been sweeping across Korea and Japan which involves going to a McDonald’s restaurant and feasting on an absurd amount of french fries right then and there. Earlier last week, several South Korean adolescents were reportedly booted from the fast food... - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
Food Pr0n of the Day: #PantonePairings PantonePairings is an Instagram-based art project that presents popular food combinations in the form of Pantone-style color swatches. Launched by Minneapolis-based illustrator and designer David Schwen, the color swatch project was apparently a happy accident that came out of an attempt to remix common... - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
Didn’t See That Coming of the Day: Kim Jong Un Wants A Call From Obama, According to Dennis Rodman Former NBA star Dennis Rodman came back from a VICE-sponsored trip to Pyongyang with a special message for President Obama: Kim Jong Un wants Obama to call him so they can talk about basketball. Rodman, who had reportedly mixed up North and South... - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
Movie Trailer Parody of the Day: Average Party
More often than not, “epic” high school parties actually end up being a sausage fest, as shown in this parody movie trailer by Woodhead Entertainment. - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
Look At This Rechargeable Taser Sword
Check out YouTuber jonathanj9969’s extremely formidable, dual-bladed sword equipped with a rechargeable built-in taser. Wanna see it in action? Head over to his YouTube channel for more demo videos. - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
False Alarm of the Day: School Shut Down Due To “Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air” Ringtone A Pennsylvania school district went on lockdown last week after a student’s “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” ringback tone (“shooting some b-ball outside of the school”) was misheard as a mass shooting threat (“shooting people outside of the school”) by an overly vigilant... - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
Webcomic of the Day: Misunderstood Pants Sagger
Society just doesn’t understand the plight of pants-saggers. Illustrated by Tracy. - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...
Nice Trick of the Day: Rubik’s Cube
Stanford student Sir Ravi shows off his amazing juggling skills by solving a Rubik’s Cube while keeping three objects in the air at once. - http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post...