Weird Universe Archive
March 2013
March 3, 2013
The Lip Art of Sandra Holmbom
Sandra Holmbom (aka Psycho Sandra) is a 26-year-old Swedish makeup artist. On her blog (http://psychosandra.blogg.se) she says, "I don't have a makeup education, I just do it because it's so damn fun." She has a particular interest in using lips as a canvas for her art, and has achieved some unusual effects!
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 03, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Body Painting
March 2, 2013
Ayurvedic Remedies
Imagine what you'd smell like if you applied all three of these topical treatments at once! Probably pretty pungent. Not offensive exactly. But hungry street people with a hankering for curry would be following you and licking their lips. You might just as well roll around in your vegetable crisper and spice cabinet.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 02, 2013 -
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Category: Body, Food, Medicine, New Age, India
The George Clooney Pizza Box
Pizza-orderers throughout Germany and Hungary have been reporting that their delivery arrives in a box (pictured below) with a picture on it of what appears to be a certain well-known actor making pizza. Is the resemblance coincidental or intentional? Has George gotten into the pizza business? Or did the pizza-box artist use a picture of George as inspiration? (That's my guess.) [buzzfeed, peachandthistle]
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 02, 2013 -
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Category: Celebrities, Food
March 1, 2013
Let them eat sawdust!
People have been trying to figure out ways to feed the world on sawdust for quite a while. For instance, back in 1817, German professor Johann Autenrieth figured out how to make various kinds of food out of sawdust (pancakes, bread, dumplings, etc.). He fed this sawdust food to his family, and they didn't die, so he thought he was onto something. [Read more about Autenrieth in Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours Magazine]Autenrieth's idea didn't catch on. But now Bob Batey, an Iowa farmer, has come up with a new angle on the problem. He's feeding the sawdust to his cows, and he swears they're thriving on the stuff. If his idea catches on, sawdust may yet (indirectly) feed the world!
Southeast Iowa cattle herd thriving on sawdust-based feed
The Gazette
He first tumbled to the idea of feeding them sawdust after observing cows eating sawdust that had washed into their pasture from an Illinois paper mill. Batey said he deduced that something happened in the mill to turn an otherwise indigestible substance into palatable food. In the late 1970s, when hay and pasture were scarce, Batey said he began experiments to duplicate that process.
"I soaked the sawdust in nitric acid to break down the bond between the cellulose and lignin and cooked the mash in a big stainless steel vessel," he said.
The Gazette
"I soaked the sawdust in nitric acid to break down the bond between the cellulose and lignin and cooked the mash in a big stainless steel vessel," he said.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 01, 2013 -
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Category: Food
Follies of the Madmen #201
The message here? Sloppy panties imperil the elderly and the nation's health care policies.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 01, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Elderly, Underwear, 1940s
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