Really cool paintings Masakatsu Sashie! Like little colored Deathstars.

Part futuristic and nostalgic, part triumphant and tragic, part pop art and architectural Masakatsu Sashie’s tremendous paintings are depictions of decaying civilizations punctuated–and possibly being observed by–giant, self-contained, floating spheres. His work, besides being visually strong, conjures up many a question: is this time after civilization, is this an entirely pessimistic view of our current state (after all, video game machines can’t be that bad), and, most of all, why is a dystopian future so hard to look away from?

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This is really clever and somehow beautiful. Easy to replicate to for your own personal use of course.

CTFL, Where have you been all our lives?

People having fun. This is what summer and being human are all about. I want to take part really bad. Columbus, Ohio lets get it on. I have the perfect helmet to make for it.

The CTFL was started by Robert Easley in Seattle, Washington. Robert had childhood memories of hitting friends and family with cardboard tubes in mock sword fights. He came up with the idea of starting regular tournaments around the act of cardboard tube fighting. This idea comes from three core beliefs:

• People need more ways to play and take themselves less seriously.

• Events can be fun without alcohol.

• Cardboard sword fighting is fun.

The CTFL hosts tournaments and battles where cardboard tube fighters go head-to-head in an attempt to break their opponents tube without breaking their own. The events also focus on cardboard costumes and theatrics. These events are often held at public parks throughout the summer, are open to everyone ages 5 and up, and emphasize fun over competition. Cardboard tubes are provided and all events are free for participants.

“The CTFL was created out of a desperate need to better train and arm citizens with cardboard tubes. While many speculate that our fore fathers, when drafting the constitution, originally intended the fourth amendment to refer to fire arms, there is now a small group of non-academics who believe that they were more likely referring to elite militias of card board tube wielding ninjas. While this training often takes place during childhood, it is discarded by adults who remain uneducated about the importance of such practices. The goal of the CTFL is to provide organized cardboard tube based events that help spread cardboard awareness.”

Cardboard Tube Fighting League in Philadelphia – Battle Royal!

There are rules:

1) Don’t break your tube. In a duel, the last person with an unbroken tube is the winner. In the event that both participants break their tubes at the same time, both duelists are considered losers. A tube is considered broken when it is held horizontal and the tip drops to an angle greater than 45 degrees or it is completely detached from the rest of the tube.

2) No swinging arms. No body slamming.

3) No stabbing. Lunges involving tubes are not allowed under any circumstances. Participants who exhibit this behavior will be ejected from the event.

4) Do not attack the opponent’s face. Hitting the face is heavily frowned upon and can force ejection from the event.

5) Once a tube is broken, fighting must cease.

6) Only official CTFL tubes are allowed. These tubes are provided at the events.

7) No blocking of opponent’s tube other than with your own tube.

8 ) Tubes must always be held near the end. Participants may switch ends as they see fit. Holding tubes in the middle is illegal.

9) Shields are banned in tournaments and battles.

10) All participants must sign a waiver.

Described as “Absolutely Terrifying” by io9.com, this clip from a 1989 Bollywood He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Musical is unbelieveable.

I do agree with one thing they said on io9.com though,

“Reminder: What can be seen, can’t be unseen.”

… as long as there are people with the passion and skills of this man. Go ahead and laugh at this slightly overweight Street-Fighter wanna-be, but I promise you that you’ll want him on your side one day.

I feel safer knowing there are others out there who will help protect us against the eventual robot monkey apocalypse.

I really liked this.

From the creator Egmont Mayer:

A man lives alone in a small apartment. The little contact he had with other people has dropped to zero since the rabbit appeared. Every attempt to get the rabbit out of his apartment has failed and since he is not sure whether or not pets are allowed in the building, he does not let anybody enter his apartment.

From whitezine.com:

When you start living with a secret, it begins to be harder and harder to “live”. No social life, no love life, no family life. But if you look deeper and deeper you’ll find out that everybody has a secret, even your neighbour. An awesome animation film in 3D made by Egmont Mayer. Check out his blog.

I finally broke down and decided to upgrade my iPhone.
I will let my photos explain.

Currently:

Soon:

I will post updates on how the surgery goes.

Dr. Brown ain’t just a soda!

Check out the pics located at Arch Daily of the Stadium designs for the 2014 World Cup in Brasil.

The only really interesting one to me seems to be the rectangular one, below ground, and green. Who care about the stadiums really, Brasils fans are the real attraction.  How fun.

VIA: Arch Daily

6174 is an interesting number. And so is 1729. In fact, some people claim that there is no such thing as an uninteresting number.

What are some more?

This quote says it all:

Complete Guide features complete coverage of the 25 major moustache groups, enabling you to instantly identify any moustache you spot without even putting down your ukulele.

Lol.

Thanks to xylocopa.com for sharing this precious gift to humankind.
I think my favorite is the LARP-Stache.

Guides like these are very important. (thx beardrevue.com)