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Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Orbs at O2 Arena

Cutty Sark Pink Globes
Photo By Melinda Warby

There is really nothing like other people’s FaceBook pages for providing awesome things to put on this blog. The above photo was taken by my friend Melinda inside a bar at the O2 Arena in London, UK after she attended a basketball event during the recent 2012 summer Olympics. Melinda confirms that this eye-popping sculpture of hanging globes in varying pink hues is purely decorative and not an actual light fixture. It sure does remind me of this thing here. Want.

Bacon Thing of The Day: Bacon Street

UK Street Sign Bacon Street Plus Random Street Art
Where The Streets are Lined With Bacon…(Image Courtesy of Geoffrey Dicker)

Somewhere in London, a sign marks the location of Bacon Street. I would like to live there.

Heart Shaped Potato

Heart Shaped Potato

Here’s a close up of a Heart-Shaped Potato found at the Potato Festival at Sentry Hill Historic House, UK. Happy Valentines Day, Everyone!

IFC Miniseries Dead Set Unleashes Zombies on the Big Brother House!

I’m not at all apologetic about being a huge fan of Reality TV: Survivor, The Amazing Race, Project Runway, Hoarders – I love all that crap. I get a lot of grief for my taste in TV programming, but I could really give a shit what anyone else thinks. If you don’t like it, no one is holding a gun to your head making you watch Flipping Out with me.
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New UK Postage Stamps To Feature Rock Album Sleeve Art!

Album Stamps Blur and New Order
Blur’s Parklife and New Order’s Power, Corruption and Lies Shown Above

On January 7, 2010, Britain’s Royal Mail will launch a collector’s-minded Album Cover Stamps series featuring a set of ten 1st class stamps designed by Studio Dempsey. The remarkable series celebrates classic album covers by some of England’s most famous and enduring rock bands including Led Zeppelin, Blur, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, New Order, Pink Floyd and Primal Scream. Each stamp will be uniquely shaped, as shown in these images, adding a glimpse of a vinyl disc poking out of each record sleeve – very cool! Read more of the story behind these very rockin’ stamps at this link.

Album Stamps Stones and Bowie
Rolling Stones Let It Bleed, David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust Shown Above