Link: kilian-nakamura.com
Gloves with features to help you access your gadgets are all the rage. No need to turn on your iPhone with your nose, glovemakers have caught on to our need to stay connected while staying warm. Glove will save the day.
Actor Mark Ruffalo’s brother is alive but in critical condition after being shot in the head. Scott Ruffalo was shot in the head in his Beverly Hills condominium early Monday morning. A police investigation is underway.
Stampedes of crazed shoppers have already claimed several casualties this Black Friday. So far today a Walmart worker in Long Island was killed and a woman suffered a miscarriage. As if we needed more reasons to avoid shopping.
A U.K. based design firm Concentrate is attempting to help kids concentrate with pre-chewed pencils. Now you are definitely out of excuses for not getting started on that novel/screenplay/GRE Prep workbook. Cheeky novelties aside Concentrate is developing innovative products by identifying the reasons students might be distracted, uncomfortable or unable to focus.
Described as “like the Sartorialist, but everyone is old,” Advanced Style features some of the freshest looks we’ve seen in a while. Finally, someone who appreciates classic sophistication of jaunty bow-tie as well as the authentic innovations that only the over-50 set can pull off. How long till trend forecasters stand mining the 8 a.m. Denny’s scene for fashion inspiration?
It seems the tide of public opinion around the ‘Queen of Quirk’ has changed and the inevitable backlash has begun. I think the think the tipping point may have been the ukelele. Oh Zooey, I will always remember you as you were in The Good Girl.
My life would be complete with heart-shaped cucumbers! A Japanese company is sells mold that enable you to grow cucumbers in heart or star shapes. Sadly, the directions are in Japanese but I’m sure you can figure it out.
Link: kilian-nakamura.com
Polar bears at a zoo in Japan turned green after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae. Awww. It’s just like that episode of Diff’rent Strokes where Kimberly washed her hair with acid rain.
Link: ap.google.com
Beware of stray water gun fire — StreetWars a watergun assignation tournament is going in New York. Participants are given the a photo and personal information about their intended target and then set out to try and soak them. Assassins who complete their mission receive a new target and the last man standing wins a cash prize. Tournaments have also been held in Vancouver, Vienna, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Chicago and Paris.
Helen Mirren has caused an upset with her several controversial statements about date rape. Though applauded for the candor with which she revealed that she was date raped several times as a young woman the 63 year-old actress is being criticized for suggesting that women should not press charges in date rape situations. Although Mirren believes a woman has the right to say no at the last minute she says “I don’t think she can have a man into court under those circumstances.”
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