You can do a lot with nails.  No, not these nails, fingernails.  For example, check out the full-sized image of these Super Mario Brothers-themed fingernails found via Wonderland.  For an old-school Nintendo guy like myself, it’s awesome to see some classic Super Mario Brothers 3 graphics back in action, but it does make me wonder just how old this image is, considering Super Mario 3 came out in 1990 for the 8-bit NES.  I distinctly remember my mother getting some pretty wild manicures back in the 90’s.

Still, maybe they’re more recent than I’m imagining.  After all, I see novelty Nintendo belt buckles all over the place (thanks hipsters!) and retro gaming has never been bigger.  Maybe this was a deliberate choice by some modern chick looking to be extra-cool for the gamer convention?  Or maybe this is just a relic from a bygone era, along with Hammer pants and giant hoop earrings.

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Fashion designer Marc Ecko’s designs draw from a variety of inspirations, but there’s nothing as cool as his Black Rhino clothing articles.  After all, the Black Rhino collection is the home of the incredibly awesome Black Rhino Jason Hoodie, inspired by Jason Voorhees and the classic 80’s slasher movies in the Friday the 13th series.  […]

Throughout history, there’s been one constant.  People are going to do whatever they can to make themselves more beautiful.  Whether it’s a tattoo of an Internet superstar like Tay Zonday, a tooth tattoo, an eyeball coloration, or even an amputation disguise, there’s no shortage of ideas on what people can do to the body to […]

As lights get smaller and more powerful, you’re going to start seeing them in more and more places.  For example, check out the Galaxy Dress from CuteCircuit.  This formal-style gown made of crinoline, chiffon, 4,000 Swarovski crystals, and 24,000 LEDs is a pretty impressive combination of form and function.  Assuming you want to function as […]

Canada’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Remembrance Day.
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Twenty years ago today, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down.  The wall, separating East and West Berlin, was a symbol of the Cold War between the free world and the Soviet Union.  Google has a great selection of images from Life Magazine detailing the history of the wall, and there’s also a […]

From the outside, Emma Cahill looks like your average school girl.  She just turned 16 and attends St Mary’s Convent School in Worcester, England.  She is active in sports and has many friends, but there’s one thing different about Emma.  At 6′5, she is the tallest teenage girl in the UK.
Fortunately for Emma, her unusual […]

The New York Marathon ran this weekend.  Surprisingly, the winner was an American; in fact, Eritrea-born Meb Keflezighi is the first American citizen to win the marathon since 1982 (the year after I was born).  However, with an estimated 42,000 runners in the marathon this year, not all of them are hardcore professionals.  There are […]