Why would a rising Sun look so strange? No one is yet sure. What is clear is that the above unusual sunrise was captured last month from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The body of water in the foreground is Rio de La Plata, considered by many to be the widest river in the world.
Every year, several fortunate elephants are selected to leave the life of poverty on the streets compete in the King’s Polo cup, where they are treated to a life of luxury alongside celebrities and royalty.
John Roberts, the official referee of the King’s Cup, described the process of bringing these marginalized animals to this event. “We contact a friend of ours in Surin, and we ask him to select the 24 healthiest street elephants. Begging out on the streets is an uncomfortable way of life. We offer them two weeks to come live with us in return for playing polo twice a day, for max 28 minutes a day.”
When you’re chillin’ in the big house there’s one thing you have a whole lot of — time on your hands. So you may as well fill the void by doing something productive and creative. Prison arts and crafts gift shops and web sites feature a lot of those behind bars artistic endeavors, and there is a crazy variety out there.
A man in the Philippines has had multiple cosmetic surgeries in order to look like Superman. Reporter Marie Lozano of Bandila news Tweeted this picture earlier as a teaser to her upcoming story:
Confirmed:
•Chin augmentation (for the cleft)
•Rhinoplasty (he wants Christopher Reeves’ nose)
•Silicone injections to his lips
•Thigh implants
Speculated (just look at the before and after!)
•Eye surgery
•Cheek augmentation
•Jaw augmentation
A quote from Steve Jobs to New York Times reporter John Markoff. Speaking about psychedelics, Jobs said, “Doing LSD was one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life.”
He was hardly alone among computer scientists in his appreciation of hallucinogenics and their capacity to liberate human thought from the prison of the mind. Jobs even let drop that Microsoft’s Bill Gates would “be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once.” Apple’s mantra was”Think different.” Jobs did. And he credited his use of LSD as a major reason for his success.
