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April 27, 2011

Blow My Mindsday: April 27, 2011

created at: 02/16/2011

Each Wednesday, I post some of my favorite can't-miss links, images, and otherwise mindblowing goodies from across the web.

created at: 04/27/2011

Toddler Barack Obama dressed as a pirate for Halloween, in an NYTimes feature on his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham.  

created at: 04/27/2011

Fully working, manual record play… read more

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February 01, 2011

Total DIY Fails from Classic Television

created at: 02/01/2011

Admit it: mistakes can be funny...especially when they're someone else's.

We’ve all had our moments of DIY failure. I have. From the contact paper stencil that I melted with spray-paint just last month to the time my parents were out of town for the weekend and my sister and I decided to spruce up their bathroom.

We were 17 and 14 respectively. Yeah. Imagine how that might have gone...

I’ve had plenty of epic fails. (The more you try, the more you learn, right?) To make you (and me) feel better, I’ve rounded up three of my favorite TV DIY fails for your enjoymen… read more

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August 05, 2010

Craft Fail: A Total Family Knitmare

created at: 08/05/2010

Full length body suits are totally terrifying when worn by couples, but it turns out, when a family's involved, one only needs handmade yarn mask to induce nightmares.

Please, note the pie, the bowtie, and the matching white shirts. And we dare not guess what the daughter does in her spare time.    … read more

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May 04, 2010

Craft Fail: "Creative" Pet Grooming

"Now tell me, which one of these dogs would you want to have as your wide receiver on your football team?" - Buck Laughlin, Best in Show

PinkCoyote.net is the home of Sandy Paws, a creative pet grooming outfit in Yuca Valley, California. Their crowning achievement is Cindy the poodle, whom they've made up to be a Ninja Turtle, a chicken, a shark, a camel, a dragon, a peacock, as well outfitted in a  Pac-Man and Grateful Dead theme.

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April 05, 2010

An $8,000 Penis Lamp

Penis Envy  (Lamp)

Pardon the blunt title, but there's really no getting around this one, is there?

Created from 72” x 18” worth of "leather-hard" clay and copper paint, the Penis Envy lamp stands atop a wooden base, with a quartz sphere at its capital. And sure, it costs $8,000, but this is a decor piece that'll keep on giving - no more worries about small talk with that couple who just moved in across the street, or how to keep your bosses' children entertained. Even your best of friends will never tire of discussing this one. … read more

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