Culture Buzz You may get misty-eyed. Tear-jerking photo taken in Phoenix, Arizona.
Science Buzz Just because it covers 70% of the planet's surface doesn't mean there's a lot of it. For a life giving substance and building block to life as we know it, H2O is spread a little thin.
Culture Buzz Who wants to look like an obese chipmunk with a mouth full of green, slobbery cancer? No wonder there's a movement afoot in Yemen to end this rather off-putting practice.
Culture Buzz Stop trying too hard, Jesus. You should see the bread aisle.
Science Buzz Those are salt flats, not snow. Even when these estuaries fill with water during hurricane season, it is too briny for humans to drink.
TV Buzz In a friendly game of water war on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” Jon Hamm gets 5 glasses of water thrown at his face, plus a pretty powerful super-soaker blast at the end. Jimmy Fallon is loving it and Jon took it like a man. I love these guys.
Culture Buzz Here's a great trick to perform at your next party. Irony: You might have to be sober to do it.
Culture Buzz Don't worry, you'll find it. This is a photo from the website of French fashion chain La Redoute, and once you spot what's lurking in the photo, you'll understand why they pulled it and had to apologize profusely.
Culture Buzz Drawn by “The Family Circus” cartoonist himself on the wall of the Overlook Bar in Manhattan. I think Billy's daddy has had too many “shmartinis” and may need a “shmintervention.” *wink*
http://thehairpin.com/2011/11/women-struggling-to-drink-w...
The people in these stock photos must be the same motor-skilled deficient folks from infomercials. When will we stop exploiting these poor people and get them the help they need?
Water is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Water.
It was 113 degrees Fahrenheit one afternoon in South Australia, when this cub was offered a fresh drink from a garden hose. He happily accepted. (via.)
Culture Buzz Disturbing yet strangely beautiful photos of riot police using hoses to spray magenta colored water on a crowd of opposition members, gathered outside of Kampala to mourn protesters who were killed earlier this year. Repression has never been so photogenically surreal.
Yesterday’s heavy rainfall in Paris had transformed the staircase above Lamarck-Caulaincourt Metro Station into water cascade eye candy. Kinda cool.
Culture Buzz Awesome photographer Carli Davidson did a series of close-up photos of dogs shaking water off of themselves. The rest of her work is pretty impressive too. Make sure to go to her site and check it out. (via carlidavidson.photoshelter.com)
Food Buzz Wait. Wasn't this delicious twenty minutes ago? Time marches inexorably forward. But when tasty treats go bad before you even finish ingesting them? That's going too far Mother Nature.
Culture Buzz This is pretty awesome. Check out these really cool ads/art pieces around Denver, Colorado encouraging people to use less water for their lawns. (via adweek.com)
Okay, okay, the water doesn't 'do' anything. And this is probably just the result of negative pressure after his water is shut off in a very tall apartment complex, but still… (Blatantly lifted from Reddit)
Despite almost unimaginable carnage from the recent tornado, as this AP photo of a destroyed home in Joplin demonstrates, these people are showing a remarkably resilient sense of humor. Bless you guys. Here are some links to offer help.
Style Buzz Miley Cyrus gets all Ophelia as part of a pictorial by fashion photographer Vijat Mohindra. There are a few where she's not foundering, too.
Not quite the stuff of Double Rainbow legend, but still awesome. (BOOOOOOOM via Amber Chavez)
The tsunami which devastated Japan reached the shores of the United States this afternoon, thankfully in a much weakened form. Here is time lapse footage a six-foot surge hitting Santa Cruz. Fortunately, nothing more serious than damaged boats have been reported.
A massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Northeastern coast of Japan, the largest recorded earthquake in Japan's history. The quake triggered a 13-foot tsunami, caught here on video ripping through a small town in Miyagi Prefecture. No word yet on casualties or the extent of damage. UPDATE: Better quality video now available. Find the latest news on the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on our Viral Topic Page.
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/17/freezing-boiling-water/
Instant heavy metal fog machine!
I think this cat is on Vicodin. Seriously, I can't tell if the cat is in a profound state of transcendental ecstasy or silently seething with rage. Depending on which it is, the rubber ducky is either adorable or menacing.
Poor kid can't figure out why he can't quite reach the water. But when he does… Ahhh…
This is what you are paying for when you buy bottled water. Dang, and I thought Bling H20 had diamonds in it.