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Photos and video from the New York tornado

Photos and videos from the New York tornado. The bros in the second video are extremely excited about the tornado. Via.

D'oh, I'm behind, one of the photos was fake. Thanks, Vince.

*Buy emergency supplies at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. Stairwell in Japan turned into a waterfall by heavy rain.

2. 15% off sale at the Big Bad Toy Store.

3. Tank Murdock Boxing t-shirt now available at Last Exit to Nowhere.

Ominous storm clouds menace beachgoers

Beachgoers in Finland flee before a monstrous storm. Via these sites.

*Buy survival kits at Amazon.

Snow-covered Lamborghini, Little snowman

One of several photos of a snow-covered Lamborghini Murcielago photographed by Kenny Herman. Via.

One of several cute little snowman posted here.

*Previously: Bioshock snowman.

*Buy snowglobes at eBay.

Korben Dallas' air taxi (link roundup)

From The Fifth Element, Korben Dallas' air taxi in Lego by Frohickey. Via.

And a few more links:

1. If you have a good Valentine's Day anecdote, don't forget to comment and win a t-shirt and iPhone case. Even if you're not interested in winning, the comments so far are great.

2. "For hundreds of years, a lightning storm called the Relampago del Catatumbo has flashed in the sky above Venezuela’s coastal Lake Maracaibo." Via.

3. John Edwards has gone to Haiti to heroically help the populace in clear view of news cameras.

*Previously: The Fifth Element sculpture.

*Buy paternity tests at Amazon.

Somewhat distracting eye (link roundup)

Grey put an eye in the rear windows of cars to promote Insto eyedrops.

And a few more links:

1. Instructions for making the captured mermaid costume I previously posted. Via.

2. Photo of a man being blown off his feet. Via.

3. Warped tower.

*Previously: Folly Tower.

*Buy mermaid costumes at Amazon.

Sheep Throne (link roundup)

Sheep chair spotted at Reddit, source unknown.

And a few more links:

1. Stripper mobile with plexiglass windows and pole in Las Vegas.

2. Not news to anyone who read Next, but here's a report indicating that the reason why humans speak and chimps don't is dependent on one gene. Via.

3. Chinese government claims credit for snowfall, until the snow falls a little to heavily. Then it's blamed on the weather, and the government denies involvement.

*Previously: Thunder God's Throne.

*Buy Weather Dominators at eBay.

Camille Seaman's nature photography

Irritating interface, but Camille Seaman's site if full of spectacular nature photography. (I have never visited a blog and thought, wow, I sure wish this site instead resized my browser window and had to load a fancy slideshow application before I could look at images.)

*Previously: Storm chaser vehicle will be perfect for the zombie apocalypse.

*Buy nature photography collections at Amazon.

Plush Spiderpig (and more)

Plush Spiderpig, Elvis, Cloud, and Pierates by Claire Walls who has various plush items on sale at Etsy.

*Previously: Elvis Talking Robot.

*Buy Elvis toys at eBay.

Watch a feather and hammer drop on the moon (link roundup)

Watch what happened when astronaut David Scott dropped a feather and hammer on the moon. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Matrix themed outfits for bride and groom; cake toppers, also.

2. Image of Super Typhoon Melor (which was headed toward Japan at the time I wrote this).

3. CBS is apparently trying to use remove copies of Letterman's confession from Youtube. Via.

*Previously: Concept art for Matrix Revolutions.

*Buy Matrix toys at eBay.

Sydney amusement park or Hell?

Thomas Aylett posted a great photo gallery of Luna Park in Sydney as it was blanketed by today's dust storm. Via.

*Previously: Hell's Playground features Grimace.

*Buy Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance at Amazon.

Keyboard Cat Moon desktop wallpaper (link roundup)

I've become more and more fond of Keyboard Cat, and decided to whip up a desktop wallpaper featuring Oxen's Keyboard Moon image. You can buy the image on a t-shirt at Threadless.

And a few more links:

1. Heart-shaped Darth Maul illustration.

2. Barry Petchesky, writing at Deadspin, laments having to cover Erin Andrews, proceeds to post a photo of her outfit, and a selection of the crudest comments about her he could find.

3. Wild story about a geography professor at Harbor College, who has pled no contest to violating a judge's order to stop harassing KNBC weathercaster Fritz Coleman. She strongly feels that he is erroneously describing the direction of the wind. Via.

*Previously: Darth Maul fights a Rancor.

*Find Star Wars Happy Meal and cereal toys at eBay.

Suicidal Humpty Dumpty (link roundup)

The most depressing work of art I've seen since Gavin Turk's $30,000 "cardboard" box, suicidal Humpty Dumpty by Matt Dangler, who has art on sale at his site.

And a few more links:

1. Dead Space illustration by Tim Kelly.

2. Turn of the Century Occult Hero Punisher.

3. Photo of a storm approaching picturesque homes.

*Previously: Plush Humpty Dumpty.

*Buy Dead Space toys at Amazon.

Get someone's attention, send them your finger (link roundup)

Clever promotional mailer featuring a severed finger. The text says:

I send you something very personal. My finger. The one that thinks, the one that creates, the one that attracts, the one chooses, the one that differentiates, the one that begins, the one that causes. If you want to know the rest: http://www.xoseteiga.com.

Via.

And a few more links:

1. Houses that have been foreclosed upon are already causing trouble - - for example, firemen keep responding to false alarms when smoke detectors in abandoned homes go off.

2. But a more serious problem is that there's no one to batten down the abandoned homes before a hurricane strikes - - the homes could easily be destroyed, creating projectiles that will damage more homes.

3. Of course, hurricanes could be the least of our problems since a study indicates that wind speeds in the United States have dropped significantly over the last 30 years, a trend that could damage our ability to grow food. All three links via these sites.

4. Scribblenauts desktop wallpaper featuring a t-rex and robot zombies. Via.

*Previously: Living near wind farms causes night terrors.

*Scribblenauts is $30 at Amazon.

Dungeons and Dragons t-shirt (link roundup)

ACDC/Dungeons and Dragons logo on sale in various colors at Zazzle.

And a few more links:

1. Chocolate-covered, cream-filled dessert called "Mini Dickmann's."

2. Vintage photos of a man being strapped into the electric chair at Sing Sing.

3. Photo of a disturbingly creepy guy at a disaster scene.

4. Funny comic strip about sudden stunningly powerful gusts of wind.

*Previously: Photo of Disaster Girl.

*Buy Dungeons and Dragons miniatures at eBay.

Plush rainstorm

"Stormie" the sad raincloud by Candace Filip.

*Previously: Absurdly complex rain gutters.

*Learn how to make plush monsters with these books at Amazon.

The TSA has a new mascot

Well, the economy is tanking, but the US government decided a good use of my tax dollars was creating an ad campaign to explain why we all have to tolerate inane security precautions. You can watch the three videos ("why liquids," "why shoes," and "why id") here. Alas, the TSA mascot is not animated like the crime dog - - it's a TSA employee named Stephanie Naar. Also, somehow the geniuses running the campaign decided to place web and radio ads, but did not make the videos embeddable.

Instead, check out video of a meteor streaking through the Canadian sky:

Here's a few more random links:

1. Place a comment here to try win some plush Pup Dogs.

2. Go here to see a riot officer mounted on a zebra.

3. You missed your chance to compete in the Chinese Peasant Olympics. Start training now, if you hope to enter the "the water-carrying contest to protect the seedlings amid drought." Via.

4. Here's a photo of Donovan McNabb looking awfully pathetic.

5. If you want to know what the weather is like in Los Angeles, watch David Lynch's daily weather report. Today featured "muted sunshine." Via.

*Previously: Ronald McDonald map of the solar system.

*Buy plush monsters at eBay.