chi.mer.i.cal | 1. created by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; highly improbable
2. given to unrealistic fantasies; fanciful
cog.i.ta.tions |
1. thoughtful considerations; meditations
2. serious thoughts, carefully considered reflections
the non-blogging mood is continuing, plus i'm getting rather bored with my blog. and, i'm lazy. in any case, this entry consists of a bunch of vaguely blog-worthy items that i made a mental note of - i thought i should dispense with them before i go into a funk and they're lost to mankind forever. here they are, aggregated in one entry.
first up, the urinal games.
the problem : wet and unhygienic floors from individuals suffering either from plumbing problems or - i don't feel like expending enough effort to think of a politically correct euphemism for 'short penises' - short penises. or just from bad aim.
the solution : a pressure-sensitive pad in the urinal that, when impacted (i.e. pissed upon), will trigger a front display screen. enabling one to interact with the game. xbox 360, eat your heart out.
game titles for this platform are as yet unannounced. i, personally, am rooting for pacman. all in all, a pee-ce of creative genius.
came across this quite a while back so this isn't exactly breaking news. but, while on the theme of excrement, it was too good to miss out. if anyone wishes to buy me a birthday present, i've been lusting after these (to the extent that one can lust after representations, albeit cuddly ones, of human waste) for a while now.
pee&poo, a pair of adorable soft toys designed by a swede. the first run apparently disappeared from shelves faster than you could flush a bowl full of pee and poo into the sewers. and, apparently, pee&poo have developed a cult following. not difficult to understand why. a piece of toilet humour which we can all identify with. comes in a duo pack, so both solid and liquid excreta are catered for.
this one goes like this. steve jobs engages kerry packer (australian publishing and gaming tycoon) in a a game of high-stakes poker. jobs wins, and acquires a huge abandoned mineral mine in remote western australia.
the unholy marriage of too much land and too much money (and a one track mind) results in the world's first advertisement visible from space - a gigantic ipod the size of about eighty football pitches.
sounds rather implausible, but it does appear here on google local, and can be located on google earth. only question is - who is the target audience? last i checked, mp3s were against the martian constitution.
the final one - and this one really deserves an entry all to itself. but, oh well. a top sculptor (at least according to the sun), has created a statue of a rather pregnant (and rather naked) britney spears. who is kneeling (rather nakedly), on a bearskin rug.
explained said top sculptor, incomprehensibly,
quite. which still leaves several burning questions, such as :can you carve more naked statues of britney, please? what kind of strange tradition disseminates symbols of babies on dead bears? what has the end of the circle of life have to do with anything? and, are you mad? link here.
full article in the usual place.
first up, the urinal games.
the problem : wet and unhygienic floors from individuals suffering either from plumbing problems or - i don't feel like expending enough effort to think of a politically correct euphemism for 'short penises' - short penises. or just from bad aim.
the solution : a pressure-sensitive pad in the urinal that, when impacted (i.e. pissed upon), will trigger a front display screen. enabling one to interact with the game. xbox 360, eat your heart out.
game titles for this platform are as yet unannounced. i, personally, am rooting for pacman. all in all, a pee-ce of creative genius.
came across this quite a while back so this isn't exactly breaking news. but, while on the theme of excrement, it was too good to miss out. if anyone wishes to buy me a birthday present, i've been lusting after these (to the extent that one can lust after representations, albeit cuddly ones, of human waste) for a while now.
pee&poo, a pair of adorable soft toys designed by a swede. the first run apparently disappeared from shelves faster than you could flush a bowl full of pee and poo into the sewers. and, apparently, pee&poo have developed a cult following. not difficult to understand why. a piece of toilet humour which we can all identify with. comes in a duo pack, so both solid and liquid excreta are catered for.
this one goes like this. steve jobs engages kerry packer (australian publishing and gaming tycoon) in a a game of high-stakes poker. jobs wins, and acquires a huge abandoned mineral mine in remote western australia.
the unholy marriage of too much land and too much money (and a one track mind) results in the world's first advertisement visible from space - a gigantic ipod the size of about eighty football pitches.
sounds rather implausible, but it does appear here on google local, and can be located on google earth. only question is - who is the target audience? last i checked, mp3s were against the martian constitution.
the final one - and this one really deserves an entry all to itself. but, oh well. a top sculptor (at least according to the sun), has created a statue of a rather pregnant (and rather naked) britney spears. who is kneeling (rather nakedly), on a bearskin rug.
explained said top sculptor, incomprehensibly,
"the image from behind of the kneeling pose is very strong, so i felt the front of the sculpture needed an equally powerful image which is where the bearskin rug comes in. not only is it a traditional symbol - the newborn baby on the bear-rug, but the dead skin represents the end of the circle of life."
quite. which still leaves several burning questions, such as :
full article in the usual place.
By BECI WOOD
Sun Online
IT could make the perfect birthday present for Britney Spears' husband Kevin Federline?
A top sculptor has produced this controversial statue of the sexy singer giving birth for a new Pro-Life exhibition in New York.
Crouching on all fours, with her heavily swollen breasts hanging down below her, the sculpture is sure to shock Britney’s faithful fans.
However, despite the controversy, artists Daniel Edwards claims the 24-year-old star will be flattered by his vision of her at the moment she gave birth to baby son Sean Preston.
The star has been invited to next month's opening of the work but has not yet returned her invitation.
He said: "I don't think she would be angry at the nudity of the work - she has herself appeared in public nearly naked through her pop career and this work is in step with the public image she has created for herself.
"It was an inspired decision to choose Britney for my work.
"She is a beautiful woman and was in the middle of a beautiful pregnancy.
"The image from behind of the kneeling pose is very strong so I felt the front of the sculpture needed an equally powerful image which is where the bearskin rug comes in.
"Not only is it a traditional symbol - the newborn baby on the bear-rug, but the dead skin represents the end of the circle of life."
He added: "The sculpture is an idealized version of Britney. She is very versatile and these are all the different forms of her face.
"I started the work a couple of weeks after Britney gave birth to Sean and finished within two months."