Channing Tatum stars in this true story about a former Army Ranger who starts breaking into businesses. He eventually goes to prison, escapes, and hides out for months inside a Toys “R” Us store. Along the way he meets a new love interest (Kirsten Dunst) and has run-ins with the store manager (Peter Dinklage). Roofman drops into theaters 10.10.25
It's becoming a summer tradition now... just as we enter the latter part of June, the CAN Art Fair emerges and gives us quite a significant look into what the rest of the year is going to shape up like. The Fair has acted as a melting, meeting and perspective of a growing undercurrent of emerging contemporary art, what we like to think of as a bluring of high and low into something completely new. Which, really, is the now.
Paton Machines likes to build crazy vehicles. Over the last couple of years, he’s been working on a hybrid motorcycle-tractor that resembles a Penny-Farthing bicycle. After a wobbly initial field test, he got to work attaching a trailer in an attempt to keep it from falling over. We love how it starts up like a lawnmower.
Take only the keys you need with this magnetic quick-release connector from KeySmart. Its unique design combines a powerful magnet with a dovetail locking mechanism to ensure that your keys only disconnect when you want them to, and is strong enough to hold up to 20 lb. Save when you buy a 3-pack. It’s also available in titanium for a few dollars more.
I love - LOVE - old cake photos. Not the pretty magazine ones, of course, but the yellowing snapshots of children's birthday cakes from 20 or 30 years ago. They're a total blast from the past, and even when they're all lopsided and misspelled and ridiculously wrecky, you just can't help but love them.
Like Sarah's here, from the 80s:
It's a one-armed Care Bear, of course. Holding a pair of lips. Stomping on something that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike grass.
Compare that with today's Care Bear cakes, and you'll find we've come a looong way, baby:
Oh, how we've grown.
Of course, the only thing better than vintage cake photos are vintage cake photos with the birthday kids in them:
That's CW reader Amanda P. with her cousin Ryan, and she tells me no one noticed his "Ghostbusters"cake was misspelled until her mom uploaded this pic to Facebook ... 22 years later. THIS IS WHY THE INTERNET EXISTS, PEOPLE. To pick apart our childhood memories. And to make me jealous of 4-year-old boys' TMNT t-shirts.
(I also like to think Amanda is dressed as a sailor as a subtle Stay Puft homage, because, c'mon, how awesome would that be?!)
If you're wondering what you get today when you order a Ghostbusters cake, though:
Kristen's husband picked up this "Ghostbusters cake," but neither of them have an explanation.
(Maybe it's supposed to be Slimer? Maybe?)
Still debating if that's worse than this one, though:
YOU. We're ready to believe... YOU. C'mon, bakers, don't you have the entire script of Ghostbusters memorized like the rest of us? I mean, REALLY.
Ok, just one more, in reverse. Here's a "modern" Barbie doll cake:
Come for the ridiculous sinking Barbie, stay for the bonus crotch photo bomb.
And here's the way most of us gals remember them from our childhood:
Ok, so maybe we'll call this one a draw.
Thanks to Sarah R., Tina H., Amanda P., Kristen C., Tiffany G., Linda G., & Celeste R. for the memories.
We’ve always been perplexed by Yoo-hoo. This chocolate-flavored beverage appears to be something that would require refrigeration, but it doesn’t. Weird History Food explores the story of this unconventional drink, from its humble origins in 1920s New Jersey to the ingredients that make it shelf-stable. And yes, there is milk in it. Sort of.
Hands down, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA has the world’s best access to research, artifacts, and talent for film exhibitions. It’s pulling out the stops for the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws by prepping the largest exhibition ever about the triple-Oscar-winning film with 200+ objects, behind-the-scenes stories, and interactive surprises.
So you went through the trouble of joining the Rebellion to help battle injustice. It must suck then to be assigned a job like monitoring the speed of ships as they land on Yavin 4. In this minisode of For the Empire,AFK interviewed three of the characters with the least satisfying jobs in the Star Wars universe.
Innovative fitness bicycle allows people to workout and get into great shape while they ride their bike outdoors. Shape Me Bicycle designed by Ensavid transforms ordinary cycling into a full-body workout. It features a revolutionary upper-body drive system that activates muscles typically untouched by traditional bikes. Unlike standard bicycles that rely on leg power, Shape-Me Bike […]
According to The Repository Of All Knowledge And Wisdom In Our World (aka, Wikipedia) today might be a Valentines-ish type of day in some remote corner of the world or potential worlds. In fact, I'm almost 63% sure that today is, in fact, "Kissing Day" in the western region of Estonia.
Or was that on Epsilon Ceti B II?
Whichever, the point is that I can post old Valentine's cakes without fear of the "fact" police getting all up in my cakey "business."
Now, kiss me, you piece of...chocolate!
After all, you alone hold my heart:
Not to mention my bowels.
What, still not convinced? Then allow me to inscribe a few sweet nothings for you.
[wink]
[finger gun]
[double wink + finger gun combo]
[licking fingers and smoothing eyebrows]
SO...are you a puddle of oozing desire yet?
No?
Ok, time to break out the big guns:
[tongue waggle]
(You know, whether you read that as a command or an adjective, it's equally romantic.)
[tiger pose]
[duckface]
Need I say more?
Yeah. I didn't think so.
Thanks to Meagan M., Greg M., Kimberly B., Amber T., Natsk, Amy I., Rebekah K., Michael D., & Kyra, who always talk smack when they're feeling peckish, but still refuse to give me any lip.
*****
P.S. Then there's the most romantic phrase of all for my fellow gamers:
Few people might admit it, but almost everyone experiences some form of fear or hesitation around attaining the things they most dream of achieving at some point in life. Fear of Success; it’s an oxymoron, but self-doubt is perverse, and it generally rears its head whenever it wants. So, we must find ways around it, or else we can kiss any chance of success goodbye. For the artist Nate Plotkin, this self-fulfilling prophecy and perpetual obstacle is held at bay through painting.
Swivel Gallery is pleased to present Public Work, Joseph Cochran II’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition showcases a new body of work by the artist that explores photography not only as a mode of documentation, but as a social practice — a tool of resonance. The focus of Public Work roots deeper than the practice of image-making, it rather reflects a sustained inquiry into how photographs can operate in response to civic life, echoing through the social field and becoming part of its texture. Through nearly a decade, Cochran has developed a practice attuned to how public life is structured, sustained, and strained, delving into its nuances in a studious manner to investigate how photography can intervene…
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