Paris and New York City share something in common. They both have Statues of Liberty. Everything else is up for grabs. Vahram Muratyan shares with…
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The world is abuzz with the latest Charlie Chaplin time traveler using a cell phone found in a previously unreleased footage of Chaplin’s 1928 film…
Cover songs come in all shapes and sizes. Many of them not so good, others much better than the original. Bob Dylan would be a…
Glenn Manucdoc of Moxy Creative showcases a captivating array of iconic clothing lines associated with some of the most prominent figures in the realm of rock music.
Margaret Atwood has nothing to prove, her illustrious writing career has earned earn many fans. Now she is a superhero designer on Twitter. She has…
The thing about being dead is that you don’t come back. MySpace is trying to resurrect from internet death. It’s like everybody abandoned their space…
Some men like to dream big. In 1911, Dr T. Kennard Thomson wanted to expand New York City by 50 square miles. He wanted to…
Big Bang theorists want you to know there are different levels of nerds. Know Your Nerds by Riccardo Bucchioni on threadless demonstrates the variations of…
Día de los Muertos (day of the dead) is celebrated by Mexicans and Mexican Americans living in the United States and Canada. The day of…
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments was supposedly banned by the government due to the fact that kids could seriously injure themselves. There are only…
My eyes dropped when I saw this at our local big box book store. The Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20. Wow, at…
California is in deep need of new cash flow, they might just turn a new leaf come this November when they vote for Proposition 19.…
Forget about gasoline prices being too high. The real money is in ink cartridges, if you compare ink to other liquid forms we buy in…
There is a common misconception perpetuated by some that Popeye candy cigarettes could encourage children to start smoking. I have a fondness for the nostalgic packaging of Popeye candy sticks.
Has the gastronomic world gone crazy as of late. It seems every month somebody is coming up with the highest calorie laced product out there.…
Excalibur is the world’s tallest man-made climbing wall. If you suffer from vertigo or heights is not your thing, stay away. Standing at 121 feet…
Come Halloween and Christmas, there are some people who just go overboard a tad too much. Geeks are a special breed. This Halloween they will…
Got Milk? Well, you might be needing a lot more of it. Scientists have come up with a way to make biodegradable styrofoam from milk. Here is one commodity that might just shoot through the roof if a big industry gets involved with speculative stock trading. This is one true milkshake if this industry takes off.
Many New Yorkers will tell you that Dom DeMarco makes the best pizza in the world. It's more than a pizza. It's art. The Best Thing I Ever Done by MargaretEmily MacKenzie examines not the pizza but the man behind the pizza. Dom DeMarco is a little fraction of the mosaic that is the fabric of New York City. He relies on his senses to make pizza, he is driven by instinct. These little pieces define a people within a great cosmopolitan sea of bodies that wash up at Dom's door to taste a piece of the past on a crust of bread.
Curt Swan was the definitive Superman artist for DC Comics for many years. For three decades he penciled Superman and defined Superman to the height of his popularity. In 1986 he was unceremoniously dumped by the company that he put on the map with his one-man show. He was the true DC artist and still to this day the impact from the characters he drew still live on. The Superman face expression sheet truly distinguishes the scope of his art.
When you hear an iPhone ring, the retro ring evokes in your brain of an old fashioned phone. Why not up the ante and go…