Author Archives: Stan Flouride

http://artdaily.com/news/74596/Play-it-Again-Sam—Casablanca–piano-sold-for–3-4-million-at-United-States-auction#.VHVp775GhlI Bidding opened at $1.6 million and escalated rapidly before closing three minutes later at $3.4 million including taxes. The piano was specially adapted to allow Bogart’s character to perform his sleight of hand with the transit papers, hiding them … Continue reading →

How is THIS for a nightmarish critter? Or THESE? Fossil hunters have uncovered the remains of primitive crocodiles that “galloped” on land and patrolled the broad rivers that coursed through north Africa one hundred million years ago. The skeletons of five creatures that walked … Continue reading →

As the official airline of Middle-earth, Air New Zealand has gone all out to celebrate the third and final film in The Hobbit Trilogy – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Starring Elijah Wood and Sir Peter Jackson; … Continue reading →

The doll, called Lamilly, was created in the image of the average young American woman – fuller, rounder, with acne, cellulite, stretch marks, and more! Lammily is the brainchild of artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm, who had always been frustrated with … Continue reading →

The best description I can come up with is that this Honda commercial is actually two film shorts in one. To see what that means you just have to watch and hit the ‘R’ key from time to time. https://www.youtube.com/user/HondaVideo

Don’t get licked by liquor! Don’t miss the PSA at the end.

Watch on full screen if you dare… You have 2.5 years to get up the courage.

Ancient Greek vases have revealed the hidden names of Amazons, mythology’s warrior women, in a report deciphering ancient languages unspoken for millennia. In the forthcoming study of pottery dating from 550 B.C. to 450 B.C., study lead author Adrienne Mayor and J. … Continue reading →

Scientists, including researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, place turtles in the newly named group ‘Archelosauria’ with their closest relatives: birds, crocodiles, and dinosaurs. A team of scientists has reconstructed a detailed “tree of life” for turtles. The specifics … Continue reading →

What would it look like to fly over Titan? Radar images from NASA’s robotic Cassini satellite in orbit around Saturn have been digitally compiled to simulate such a flight. Cassini has swooped past Saturn’s cloudiest moon several times since it arrived at the ringed planet in 2004. The virtual … Continue reading →