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About Stan Flouride

THIS BLOG IS ALWAYS AD-FREE I make stuff and do things.

Happy Birthday to Tallulah Bankhead

The amazing actress and bon vivant, Tallulah (“I’m as pure as the driven slush.”) Bankhead  was born 114 years ago on this date.  Shown here in the center, in the mink coat, in her iconic role as Constance “Connie” Porter in … Continue reading

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The Red Square Nebula (No Relation…)

… to the place in Moscow so I think it should be called the Square Red Nebula. It is officially classified a Symmetric Bipolar Nebula which I am pretty sure has nothing to do with its emotional state. It should … Continue reading

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Glow-in-the-Dark Sharks (Non-GMO)

In a bizarre world where mad scientists insert genes into rodents to make them glow it is unfortunately necessary to add that parenthetical aside in the title. But just a few meters below the waves, marine biologist and explorer-photographer David … Continue reading

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Take a Colorful Flight over Ceres

The movie shows Ceres in enhanced color, which helps to highlight subtle differences in the appearance of surface materials. Scientists believe areas with shades of blue contain younger, fresher material, including flows, pits and cracks. The animated flight over Ceres … Continue reading

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Barbie Has a New Body

Actually, she has 3 new bodies (available starting today).  They’ll all be called Barbie, but it’s the curvy one—with meat on her thighs and a protruding tummy and behind—that marks the most startling change to the most infamous body in the world. … Continue reading

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China’s Ai Weiwei shuts show at the Faurschou Foundation to protest Danish migrant law

Hideous that Denmark, the country in Europe that resisted the Nazis by having the entire population, including the royal family, wear yellow Stars of David during the occupation has now legalized the theft of refugees’ possessions as a way to dissuade … Continue reading

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LEGO Releases First Wheelchair-Using Minifigure

The first ever Lego figure in a wheelchair has been spotted at the Nuremberg and London toy fairs, featuring a beanie-hatted character alongside a helper dog. The figure was captured in photos by the Promobricks blog, and shared on the Bricksfans website. The figure features alongside … Continue reading

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We Are Star Stuff

In a graphic representation of Carl Sagan’s famous quote: “The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are … Continue reading

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What Joy Looks Like in Any Language

Watch as Syrian refugee children in Ontario are taken sledding for the first time. In the dead of winter, this video is sure to melt your heart. Footage of a Syrian family trying tobogganing for the first time after moving to Canada … Continue reading

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Only One Question

Why?

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