I'm back

Sorry I've been gone so long - I was out in the world having actual fun (including bicycle riding, raw clam eating, and old-fashioneds drinking) instead of virtual internets fun. But now I am back... 
with a vengeance.  

My new favorite blog

Check out Hyperbole and  Half for lots more entertaining illustrations
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

Just Because

SNYDERS, Frans

(b. 1579, Antwerpen, d. 1657, Antwerpen)

http://www.wga.hu/art/s/snyders/1/market4.jpg

Ice Cube Shot Glasses

Saw this idea over at Zoom Yummy blog (http://zoomyummy.com/2010/07/01/ice-shot-glasses/)
and began imagining the many amazing possibilities. Tequila shots in a mint/lime/cucumber shot glass? Chilled soup shots? Mini Ceviche Amuse Bouche? A bloodmary oyster shooter in a tomato juice and horseradish shot glass? 

101 Most Frightening Ice Cream Flavors

                               

Gotta love Japan and their commitment to really revolting flavors.  Some of my favorite flavors include Cheese Risotto, Pit Viper, Natural Viagra, Chicken Wing, Lettuce & Potato, Deep Sea Water, Raw Horseflesh, Dracula Cool Garlic Mint, and Sauerkraut Sherbert. 

Read the full list here:
http://www.who-sucks.com/food/101-frightening-ice-cream-flavors-from-around-the-world

Pictured: Top, Dracula Cool Garlic Mint; Bottom: Charcoal

Gummy Bear

Worldwide Silent Invasion

This is so very troubling...

The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth.
Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span. Scientists say the hydrozoan jellyfish is the only known animal that can repeatedly turn back the hands of time and revert to its polyp state (its first stage of life).
Because they are able to bypass death, the number of individuals is spiking. They're now found in oceans around the globe rather than just in their native Caribbean waters.  "We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion," says Dr. Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute.

In cases of starvation, physical damage or another crisis, "Instead of sure death, Turritopsis transforms all of its existing cells into a younger state."