May 07 2008
Louis Vuitton: Bad Corporate Citizen and Other Choice Links
posted by Ana Samways at 10:32 am
Louis Vuitton made a stupid decision when it kicked off a legal battle against artist Nadia Plesner, who is trying to raise awareness of genocide in Darfur with this picture (left). I’d say boycott Louis Vuitton, but their handbags are so gauche and hideous, you probably wouldn’t be caught dead with one anyway.
Despite blanket media coverage about the magical pig’s bladder powder (pixie dust) that regrew a man’s finger, not everyone is convinced. Simon Kay, professor of hand surgery at the University of Leeds, saw the before-and-after pictures, and says: “It looked to have been an ordinary fingertip injury with quite unremarkable healing. This is junk science.” More here.
Dealing with death: According to Mental Floss magazine postmortem photographs like these were taken more than any other kind of photograph in the Victorian era and in many cases these carefully staged pictures were the only ones ever taken of their subjects.
Life after 80s sitcoms – crack cocaine and divorce court: Not exactly Kate Moss snorting crack…The TV Dad from 80s sitcom ALF is caught in a crack house. With smokin’ up picture humiliation. And marriage is already on Divorce Court TV for bitter has-been Gary Coleman, of Different Strokes fame.
Sorry I missed your party: photos of other people’s parties. This one (above) has it all.
Vocab Power:a href=”http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/10-insulting-words-you-should-know/”>New words to insult family, friends and work colleagues with.
Video: A Korean ad for a bidet. Must see.