London-based Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid has been forced to defend herself against claims that her design for Qatar’s Al-Wakrah stadium, which is in the process of being built for the 2022 football (soccer) World Cup, is based on the female genitalia, after images of the “vagina stadium” went viral two weeks ago. Continue reading Architect Zaha Hadid’s Sports Stadium Design Looks Like a Vagina
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Sign This Petition to Allow GWAR to Perform the 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show!
Going to a live performance by the band GWAR is the most fun way I can think of to completely destroy whatever clothes you happen to be wearing at the time! David Lee Beowulf and I went to see them at either Irving Plaza or the Bowery Ballroom – who can even remember? — ages and ages ago and I think I wore an old pair of pajamas to the show. Fake Blood Spurting Everywhere! Metal! Fun!
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Chicken Wing Cupcake
Put A Wing On It
According to Neatorama, this is the snack everyone will be eating during the Super Bowl next week, or whenever it is. Football is not my thing, but if you have a Super Bowl party and make these Chicken Wing Cupcakes, I will come to your house and eat them with you.
A Sign Needed On Every Street In New York City
I’m not sure what this sign has to do with German footballer Kevin-Prince Boateng, but I found it lingering just above an article about Boateng, and of course the article is in German, so someone please tell me what it says, and what a sign about curbing your dog has to do with a sports guy I never heard of before today. Thank you; drive through.
Snack Food Stadium: Where Every Seat is Delicious
“Touch Down!”
Personally, I couldn’t give a crap about the Super Bowl. This evening I’ll be watching some Netflix, then Big Love and Flight of the Conchords in a blissfully Football-free wonderland. And I already had a big lunch at Gonzalez Y Gonzalez (hey, $5 Margaritas at the bar!) so I won’t be eating again tonight. But if I were to attend a Superbowl party (say, because I lost a bet) I sure would be happy to see this stadium made of tasty snacks waiting for me to sample. Here’s what’s in it:
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