Some people in Verona, Italy are up in arms about a nativity scene at their local courthouse in which Jesus, Mary, and Joseph are depicted as dark-skinned people. Interestingly, it… Read the rest of the article: Dark-skinned nativity scene angers conservatives in Verona
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Lisa Katayama A farmer in Taiwan has found a way to keep water cleaner by training his pigs to poo in small litter boxes. From Treehugger.com: The litter boxes have wire mesh… Read the rest of the article: Farmer toilet-trains pigs
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Lisa Katayama A book called Crazy Wacky Theme Restaurants: Japan landed in my mailbox a couple of months ago. It's a beautifully-designed volume full of photos and essays chronicling author La Carmina's… Read the rest of the article: Why it's time to lighten up about "weird" Japan
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Lisa Katayama This short video advertising Kellogg's Raisin Bran Crunch shows a reformed alien sitting at the breakfast table, engaged in a rambling monologue about how he has metamorphosed from a scary… Read the rest of the article: Reformed British alien appears in Raisin Bran ad
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Lisa Katayama Here's one creative way to help kids overcome irrational fears, like the fear of being eaten alive by a dinosaur: make them sleep in between a pair of giant dinosaur… Read the rest of the article: Bed looks like a dinosaur's mouth
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Lisa Katayama A medical marijuana dispensary in Denver is taking a fun new approach to distributing pot — it's marketing itself as a restaurant. Called Ganja Gourmet, it has a full menu… Read the rest of the article: Medical marijuana restaurant opens in Denver
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Lisa Katayama These cute Christmas postcards featuring a tree made out of raw bacon are for sale on Etsy. The creator, Mike Geno, specializes in drawing meat — it makes me kind… Read the rest of the article: Christmas tree made out of bacon
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Lisa Katayama Frustrated by recent run-ins with her homeowners association over her inability to pay dues, 45-year old Sheila Jones of Indian Harbour Beach, Florida spray-painted this message on the side of… Read the rest of the article: Woman spray-paints own house with Hitler graffiti
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Lisa Katayama An ad campaign for pro-assisted suicide group DignityInDeath.com features a series of park bench plaques telling stories of now-deceased people whose lives, it suggests, may not have been worth prolonging.… Read the rest of the article: Ad campaign for pro-assisted suicide group
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Lisa Katayama If you're in Milan anytime between now and February 14, 2010, I highly recommend that you check out octogenarian avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama's exhibit at the Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea. Kusama… Read the rest of the article: Catch Yayoi Kusama's latest exhibit in Italy
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Lisa Katayama When asked why he strangled his little brother to death, 17-year old Andrew Conley of Rising Sun, Indiana said: "Like, I had to. It's like when people have something like… Read the rest of the article: Boy likens murder of younger brother to wanting a hamburger
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Lisa Katayama A woman walks into a restaurant. She's alone, but she requests a table for two. She sits down, pulls a giant piece of cardboard out of her oversized bag, and… Read the rest of the article: Woman dines with cardboard cutout man in San Francisco
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Lisa Katayama Gizmodo has a fun flow chart that you can use to determine whether your iPhone usage when you're together with your significant other is passable or totally inappropriate. I don't… Read the rest of the article: Flowchart tells you when it's ok to use your iPhone
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Lisa Katayama If people were just more aggressive about deleting irrelevant things and relevant things aren't that important, they would probably be happier. Because I'm happier. So there must be something to… Read the rest of the article: Advisor: Deleting emails could make you happier
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Lisa Katayama Antonio Stradivari was a 17th-and-18th century instrument maker who is still famous for having made beautiful, mysterious violins. Many thought he used a secret ingredient to create the brilliant varnish… Read the rest of the article: Researchers unlock the "mystery" of the Stradivari violin
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Lisa Katayama For this week's episode of Kurt Andersen's Studio360 radio show, I produced a segment about David Boyle, a young Mormon film director who makes movies about Japanese culture.
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Lisa Katayama When you buy eggs in America, the carton usually carries this warning message: SAFE HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS: To prevent illness from bacteria: Keep eggs refrigerated, cook eggs until yolks are firm,… Read the rest of the article: Taste Test: Raw eggs
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Lisa Katayama False Friends is a series of vinyl figurines created by German-Chinese artist team Coarse. The figurines are for sale, and they come in a super-cute box with a storybook that… Read the rest of the article: Anime figurines with complex storylines
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Lisa Katayama NYC artist David Foox has created these super cute organ donor figures wearing hospital gowns and organ-shaped heads. The doll versions are on exhibit at 323 East Gallery in Royal… Read the rest of the article: Cute figurines with heads shaped like organs
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Lisa Katayama I don't even have an iPhone, but I'm digging these icon pillows. They're colorful, cute, happy, and soft, characteristics that I wouldn't ordinarily associate with a shiny black gadget. Etsy… Read the rest of the article: Colorful iPhone icon pillows