The Kingdom of Loathing The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra Trailer pokupo Nickelodeon did the near impossible in the early aughts, it released an animated show for ‘tweens with the heart and soul of the very best of anime that appealed to people of all ages. Avatar: The Last Airbender followed the travels of Aang, the reluctant avatar who must master bending (read: magic/martial art) of all four elements.. except Aang could only bend one of the four elements. Through three seasons Aang would come to terms with the responsibilities he would face, making new friends, learning to bend the other elements and of course save his world from total war. Creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko researched different martial arts to represent the different element bending. They modelled each of the four nations on Asian cultures: Water (Inuit), Air (Tibetan), Earth (Chinese) and Fire (Japanese). But most importantly they created characters that were believable in a story that was as touching as it was entertaining. The art looks both familiar and better.
10 Strange and Wonderful Soaps Solid soap is, of course, a useful consumer product. It is also possibly the perfect multi-dimensional art medium. The shape, colors, design, and scent can all be manipulated to produce just about anything the mind can imagine. Then you can mass-produce them in sizes that many people can afford to buy and use. Here are some wonderfully creative soaps that will impress your friends and family -or else have them scratching their heads in confusion! 1. Cleaner Science sells soap in petri dishes that resemble biological experiments. 2. Show off your love of cinema with a bar of soap embedded with a movie poster! 3. I don't honestly know why you'd want to use cat food scented soap. 4. Etsy seller Soapapotamus crafts soap to resemble all kinds of food products. 5. Named for its scent rather than its shape, this soap really smells like a dill pickle! 6. From the film The Empire Strikes Back , this soap depicts our hero Han after he was embedded in a "bar" of carbonite. 7. 8. 9. 10.
8 Attention-Grabbing Soaps At one time, soap was soap. You had your choice of deodorant soap or moisturizing soap, and maybe a few different scents. Today, there is no limit to the creativity put into a simple bar of soap. 1. Soapsicles They look good, they smell good, but don't eat these Soapsicles! 2. You can now wash with your favorite internet aggregator site, as long as it's Reddit. 3. A little soap pig, embedded in a mud bath of soap. 4. Your natural grip comes into play even in the shower with the Xbox controller bar of soap. 5. This hand-milled tomato soap contains tomato powder, with natural acid to help exfoliate the skin. 6. Dawnella Sutton makes and sells Mothers Moon Breastmilk Soap, which contains her own milk along with olive oil, glycerin, and honey. 7. Coal Face is a black bar of soap. 8. Wash your hands with Hand Soap.
9 Odd and Unusual Soaps When you need to buy a gift for a person who doesn't want anything specific, items that can be used up are always welcome. Sweets, art supplies, wine, and soap will be used and won't clutter up the house for years to come. Here are some odd and unusual soaps for the odd and unusual people in your life. 1. Money Soap This gift is like giving someone a lottery ticket. 2. Clean up with the Dark Side! 3. Archie McPhee offers Absinthe Soap as an alternative for those who can't afford to fill a bathtub with absinthe. 4. Here's another liquor-based soap that comes in shot glass form! 5. Two Etsy vendors make soap in Tetris shapes. 6. iPhone Soap Get someone you love an iPhone. 7. The original Fuzzy Wuzzy Bath Soap from the 1960s made bath time fun because it would start "growing hair"! 8. Hideaki Matsui designed soap bars that resemble landmines . For every soap purchased, $2 is donated to The Cambodia Landmine Museum. 9. See more unusual soaps in the previous post 8 Attention-Grabbing Soaps .
Morbid Home Decor Over a year ago, I posted Killer Home Decor and found out how many of you have a subversive, or even a morbid sense of humor in furnishing your homes. This is the long overdue continuation of that post, with more ways for you to impress visitors to your home. These products will give them either smiles on their faces or chills down their backs! Roadkill Carpet Ew, what's that on your rug? Studio OOOMS has a handmade 100% wool carpet that looks beautiful, except for that 100% wool flattened bloody fox! Mr. The Mr. Dead Fred Penholder Dead Fred is a penholder. Hanged Man Lamp Shine a little light in the darkness with the Hanged Man Lamp by enPieza. Nuclear Waste Containers Nothing says "hands off" like a nuclear symbol. Coffin Table The Memento Coffee Table Casket is designed to be both a coffee table and a coffin! Made from an intentional choice of materials, this "pine box" puts design in context of the user at different stages of life, and death. Coffin Couch Knife Hooks Crime Scene Scarf
The House of Blood Where is the house of blood? It could be your house with these home furnishings, most of which are available at the click of a mouse. Individually, they might be described as conversation pieces; put them all together and you'll have a house of horrors no one would want to visit twice. One of these products used the description "Gruesome, bloody, and absolutely offensive. Dining Room Designer Amy Lau was inspired by the serial killer show on Showtime when she came up with these Dexter dining room chairs. Lighting The Blood Bucket Lamp looks like it's pouring all over your desktop, but the blood is the stem and base. Lamp This Blood Lamp doesn't look that bloody, but the way you turn it on can be considered gruesome. Cutlery The Bloody Kitchen Knife is food safe, except when someone comes into the kitchen and sees you use it! Coffee Set How about a 14-piece Bloody Coffee Set, complete with drops and smears? Table Linen Table Candles Shower Curtain Don't forget the bathroom! Towels Bath Mat
mental_floss Blog » 22 Fictional Characters Whose Names You Don’t Know You know the characters, but you might not know their full names. Store these away for future trivia nights. 1. Did you know the Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons has a name? It's Jeff Albertson. But that wasn't the decision of creator Matt Groening. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. "It was a dreadfully long name to weigh down a poor innocent child, and one of the hardest lessons I ever learned was to remember my own name. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21 & 22.
9 Muppets Kicked Off Sesame Street In 40 seasons, Sesame Street has featured over 1,000 characters. Although we’ll always have mainstays like Big Bird, Elmo, Bert and Ernie, many Muppets have been forgotten or deemed unnecessary. Here are a few Sesame Street residents who were evicted. 1. Roosevelt Franklin Perhaps the most famous of the retired Sesame Street Muppets is Roosevelt Franklin. Parents wrote to the Children’s Television Workshop to complain that Roosevelt was a negative stereotype of African-American children, citing his rowdy nature and the fact that his classes closely resembled after-school detention. 2. If a Muppet with a ’70s porn mustache and googly eyes offers to keep an eye on your hat, run the other way. 3. If there’s one thing kids like, it’s boring lectures. 4. One of Richard Hunt’s most beloved characters was Don Music, a pianist and lyricist who penned such hits as “Mary Had a Bicycle,” “Drive, Drive, Drive Your Car,” and “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Yellowstone Park?” 5. 6. 7. 8 & 9.
Revisiting 8 Sesame Street Rumors Are Bert & Ernie lovers? Is Cookie Monster becoming ‘Veggie Monster’? Here’s a look at 8 nagging Sesame Street rumors and whether there’s any truth behind them. 1. Sure, Bert and Ernie are two happy-go-lucky bachelors who happen to share a bedroom, but that doesn’t mean there’s anything going on beneath the sheets (which, knowing Ernie, are most likely littered with cookie crumbs). Even Ernie himself (as performed by Steve Whitmire) said, “All that stuff about me and Bert? 2. What is a Muppet? For years, people have spread the rumor that Jim Henson coined the word “Muppet” by combining “marionette” and “puppet.” However, interviews from early in Henson’s career have recently resurfaced, in which he outright states that the marionette-puppet rumors are true. So did Jim change his mind about the origins of “Muppet” once it started to become a household word? 3. In 2002, Sesame Workshop released a statement saying that they would be introducing an HIV-positive Muppet to Sesame Street. 4.