This sign apparently got Paul Maybury fired from Whole Foods

I pity the Whole Foods shoppers that didn't like this sign. (Update: it only sort of got him fired.)

On the other hand, this one might have been a little too adventurous:



And this one probably was a little offensive.

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Infinity Gauntlet/Power Glove (and more)

Three Threadless designs that caught my eye. Click on the voting widgets if you want Threadless to make them:



Power Glove/Infinity Gauntlet by Jonah:







Alien nesting dolls by Konrad Dobson:







The A-Team as animals by Bocognani Florent:



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Draw Mr. T Day

It's Draw Mr. T Day on Twitter. Via.

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Mr. P (link roundup)

Mr. P and Rat Race t-shirts by Tim Lahan.

And a few more links:

1. How to use a coat hanger to open your garage door from the outside.

2. Video shows how to create a fake credit card. Via.

3. Oscar the Grouch can sculpture.

*Previously: Fallingwater made out of cans and plastic bottles.

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Mr. T(iger) t-shirt deisgn

Mr. T as a Tiger t-shirt design by buko. If you'd like the chance to buy it, vote by clicking on the voting widget:



*Previously: Photo of the new A-Team.

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Dead Tauntaun with Luke wedding cake (link roundup)

Dead Tauntaun with Luke Skywalker wedding cake by Cake Nouveau for Chris Trevas' wedding. More photos here. Relatedly, Cake Nouveau is hosting a jack-o-lantern design contest.

And a few more links:

1. The mother of a dead baseball player is suing Louisville Slugger because aluminum bats make baseballs go fast. Via.

2. Some Jews (and others) object to autopsies on religious grounds. Medical examiners try to accommodate those concerns by making minimal intrusions when possible. But increasingly, medical examiners can use three-dimensional visualizations to inspect the body without making a single cut. The scans are much cheaper than autopsies, which cost approximately $4,500(!). Via.

3. Photo of the new A-Team (and their van).

*Previously: Plush Tauntaun with frozen Luke Skywalker.

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Angus MacLane's Lego CubeDudes

Hellboy, T-1000, Aquaman, Shipwreck, Robocop, Mazinger Z, Dr. Horrible, and Hannibal Smith. Believe it or not, just a tiny sampling of the Lego CubeDudes posted by Angus MacLane.

*Previously: Mazinger plus Superman equals Japanese Superman.

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The A-Team eats sushi off a friend

The A-Team eats sushi off The Greatest American Hero in this piece by Scott Campbell for the Idiot Box show opening tomorrow at Gallery 1998.

At the risk of giving you an earworm, here's the openings for both shows. I actually couldn't find an embeddable English-language version of the A-Team opening:





UPDATE: From the same show - - the A-Team as robots.

UPDATE #2: From the comments - - the A-Team opening redone as Gears of War machinima. The ending is terrific:



*Previously: The A-Team reunite to contact Hannibal's ghost (really).

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Christmas Link Roundup Part 1

"The Lump of Coal" by Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist. You can try to win a copy from Harper Collins here. It's 22% off at Amazon.




Santa Munny by David Lanham.




Fifty five December 2008 desktop wallpapers.





Mr. T-themed Christmas images by Brandon Bird. Available as cards or prints.




Global warming Christmas card by Metin Seven.



Santa and Elf Lego minfigs by Jordan Schwartz.



Jesus as the Terminator by Jerrod Landons Porter. Via.



Snowman desktop wallpaper.



Plush Santa on sale at Etsy.



Drunken Rudolph roasts Santa.



Papercraft Christmas card by Kenn Munk. Download it here.



You can read the entire story “How Fin Fang Foom Saved Christmas” from the Marvel Holiday Special #1 here.

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Animated Gif: Mr. T punching sharks

Scroll about halfway down here for an animated gif of Mr. T punching sharks.

*Find previously posted animated gifs here.

*Find Mr. T collectibles at eBay.

"Mr. T" and other strange vintage cereal boxes.

Gallery. Via.

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"Mr. T pitys the fool...does not have time for jibba jabba."

CNN/A-Team parody from these sites, although I don't know who created it.