Lenses About Weird, Strange and Exceptional Topics

Something extraordinary: a chocolate garden. Also, some original positivity exercises, one very exceptional prominent public figure, and an entirely strange and unexplored type of art.

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Amanda Baggs, the Prominent Disability Rights Advocate

She blogs, she makes breathtaking Youtube videos, she speaks at conferences and sometimes appears on TV. Readers of her blog frequently beg of her to write a book - she's that good a writer. Not just good "for a retard", as she quotes in her...

Grow a Chocolate Garden

Can't you just imagine it? Chocolate fruits and vegetables growing from semi sweet vines, and milk chocolate coated bushes growing in your own chocolate garden? Okay, you got me. You can't really grow your own Hershey brand Chocolate Bars, Godiva bra...

How to Start With Positive Thinking

You've certainly heard of the power of positive thinking. Many people try  to adopt positive attitude after they've heard of the possible benefits - who wouldn't want to become rich, thin and desirable by just "thinking"? The beginning...

Vagaries, Whims and Fancies

va·ga·ry n. pl. va·ga·ries 1. An extravagant or erratic notion or action. [From Latin vagr, to wander, from vagus, wandering.] 2. an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, e...

More Lenses About Weird, Strange and Exceptional Topics

Tons of toilet seats, one weird city (Austin), an odd blog complete with books, and many strange ways to use duct tape.

Postsecret Blog and Books

Everyone has a secret. There are all kinds of secrets - scary, happy, sad, threatening. Something you wouldn't tell your closest friend, or your mom, or sometimes even yourself. So you write your most awful, painful or gleeful secret on a postcard, a...

Unique Toilet Seats For Your Home

There is an entire market out there for unique themed toilet seats. There is a seat for every decorating style on the planet. I especially love the clear acrylic designs. Here are the lastest and greatest designs in toilet seats.

The Weirdness and Weirdoes of Austin, TX

What's so weird about Austin, the capital of Texas? How do you make a place so weird, and how do you keep it that way? Is weirdness their way of life? This is where you find out everything that's so strange about Austin.

The Many, Many, Many Uses for Duct Tape

OK Duct Tape is just that. Tape. Heavy-duty silver sticky tape. Now here's where the fun starts. For some reason duct tape has become a cult classic, a pop culture icon of sorts. People have created clothing, shoes, bras, dwellings, outhouses, a...

Odd Writer In Residence

She writes about bizarre books and non-books, odd jobs and no-jobs, and many other quirky humorous and cheer-you-up topics.

BIZARRE BOOKS

On behalf of the Bizarre Book of the Month Club, I would like to welcome you to a curious collection of odds and sods. These unusual tomes can frequently be found in book bins marked "discounts", "discards", or "dead-giveaways". So, pull up a chair, pu...

ODD JOBS CLUB

The Odd Jobs Club connects unconventional people with unusual jobs in under-the-radar organizations. If daring to do something different is what you you really need now, go ahead and explore oodles of opportunities in the emerging fiel...

BEST BOOKS NEVER WRITTEN

This lens is devoted to creating an awareness of a little known topic, "the best books never written". Why non-existent books? Well, the short answer is, why not? Since the world's awash in balderdash and bunkum; maybe it's high ti...

FIRED FUNNYBONES

Almost everyone has been axed, dismissed, down-sized, kicked out, laid-off, pushed, sacked, stiffed, shoved out the door or been given the boot, the elbow, or the old heave-ho, not to mention their exit slips or their walking papers, perhaps even bee...

Some Topics Lovely, Dark and Deep...

One spooky Halloween DIY guide, some beautiful dark bedrooms and painfully beautiful ornaments you won't see in every house, and the funny side of Death. Peculiar...

THE DO-IT-YOURSELF GUIDE TO HALLOWEEN HAUNTING

Halloween is a great time to wear costumes, carve a pumpkin and setup your own yard or home haunt. Whether it's building a realistic graveyard, finding spooky sound effects or mixing up a fresh batch of blood - there's plenty to do to prepare fo...

Gothic Bedroom Design Essentials

Do you want to sleep in a Gothic castle?  Do you love the medieval look?  Take a look at my Gothic Bedroom Design lens for ideas, options, and how-to advice for designing your own Gothic bedroom....

Gothic Ornaments - They Aren't Just For Breakfast Anymore

All kidding aside, Gothic ornaments make great Halloween decorations in addition to looking great on your Christmas tree.  In fact, Gothic ornaments can be used in any number of ways to decorate a Gothic-style home, all year round...

Death Can Be Funny

Although Dying isn't funny at all, Death can be!  This lens is a tribute to one of my favorite characters, The Grim Reaper, and to all of the funny portrayals of death's darkest angel.  This lens contains links to help y...

Even More Weird Topics

One perfectly normal beast Heffalump, a recipe for duct tape sandals (curious, isn't it?), a whole new dictionary of eccentric words, and some curious funny stuff that you see floating around on the web.

Web Flotsam: The Best Funny Videos, Web Humor and Weird Stuff!

 "The internet is a funny place. Some people spill their guts; other people just want to show you their fish." ~ Moi, back in 1993, in the heyday of Fishcams Memes, viral videos, web humor, email jokes: when are they spam, and when are...

How To Make Duct Tape Sandals

 Have you ever wanted to make your own shoes? Do you have trouble finding sandals that look just right? Are your feet a difficult size to shop for?  Here is a simple, inexpensive way to make your own custom sandals.  This is all you ne...

Words and Phrases that Should Exist but Probably Don't

Ever suffered from aerosomnambulism? Would you know if you had..? Ever been tempted to call someone a scritoon but had no idea why? Ever felt slightly schadengrint? If you answered YES (or JA or OUI!) to any of the above, congrafumigations! You'r...

HEFFALUMP HEADQUARTERS

Here at Heffalump Headquarters, we pride ourselves in bringing you all you need to know about the world's most breathtakingly Perfectly Normal Beast (who has rarely if ever been seen by man let alone been captured by one). The purp...

Oddities and Weirdnesses

Self-defense by poetry, some beautiful lucky Chinese fish, an exhaustive list of funny places, and 1.5 million bats.

FUNNY PLACE NAMES

What possessed anyone to come up with these daffy, delectable, or downright distinctive town names like Black Tickle (Newfoundland & Labrador), Humptulips (Washington), and Frog Suck (Wyoming)? And quite frankly, who would want to admit that they ha...

Koi Fish

 Everyone loves the wonderful koi fish that can add a touch of mystery to any watergarden. Who wouldn’t want to know amazing silly facts about are joyful water loving friends.  So sit back relax and be prepared to learn amazing things...

Bats in Austin TX

While looking for strange travel destinations, you just might accidentally happen on some sunset pictures - featuring 1.5 million flying bats. That's when you know you gotta go there, and see it, and that's when you find out everything else that's so...

Haiku Jujitsu - seventeen syllables of self-defense

Haiku is a form of poetry as boundless as the open sea and far less salty. Haiku is a perfectly passive aggressive form of self defense for those willing to obey its syllabic ways.

Wackiness and Bob

Yeah, Bob. All about him. Also, everything about relâche (the art, not the lensmaster, although she seems quite exceptional too), some fun with crayons and some wacky wine humor.

GIGGLING GRAPES

Welcome to the world of laughter, lollygaggers and lots of light-hearted libations. Witty wine wonks and temperature-conscious tannin tasters will find this site appealing, (we hope). Our Guru of Giggling Grapes takes pride in offe...

All About Bob

Hi, I'm Bob.  Having this first name (nic) for some 53 years now and watching how my humble little name has been exploited and associated with cats, apples, hairstyles, money, male enhancement, slicing actions, fishing, surprise appearances, fen...

RelâCHE

This lens is about the Surrealism Movement and Surrealist Art.

CRAZY CRAYON COLLEGE

Here at Crazy Crayon College, we aim to provide all you creative critters with everything you've always wanted to know about that whole whack of slippery sticks in your filthy little fingers but never...

Who Would Have Thought

Some gifts for pirates (or pirates as gifts), a collection of seriously exceptional thoughts, a mouse trap car DIY guide, and the Japanese gift-wrap art called tsutsumi.

How to Build a Mouse Trap Car

Well, first I have to say, a mouse trap car is not meant to catch mice; I mean you could try to use it for getting rid of mice but IF you succeed, you'll have to build another one for obvious reasons. Another important thing you must know is that thos...

TED - Think in the Future

Kick off your shoes; put your feet up if time and place permit. Get comfortable. Get as comfortable as you can get for your environment. We're going on a thinking expedition.

Arrrgh...Pirates

"Arrrgg, now here's a some decor & gifts I can get into" - John "One Eyed" Barkley, First Mate on the cleanest pirate ship on the high seas. Bathroom Decor, Bandages, and Board games; everything one needs to become a pirate an...

How To Do Japanese Gift-Wrapping

Japanese-style gift-wrapping, called tsutsumi, uses paper and cloth to create simple but elegant wrappings for gifts, presents and packages. Furoshiki refers to using a large piece of cloth for the wrapping. These techniques are perfect for birthdays...

Exceptionally Cute, Weirdly Alien, Scary Southern and Politically Incorrect

Creepy in a good way Blythe dolls. Electronic test tube aliens, adoptable. Scary Southern cooking lessons. Also, action figures of important people who shouldn't be made into toys. Unless you count them as statues, in which case it's reasonable.

BlytheDoll

It all started with her. I have known about Blythe for years but never gotten around to getting one. They were cute, but none on the market appealed to me in the big way. Then a few weeks back, while out shopping, I strolled past a Toy Shop and on t...

Southern Road Kill Cooking

It's downright sinful to waste in the South. No sir-ee. Clean your plate - or else. You don't throw out perfectly good food stuff. Someone in China might be starving. Of course, it may very well be that kids in China hear the same story. "Clean...

Test Tube Aliens

In the quest to find out as much as possible about these mysterious extra-terrestrial creatures, I have come across some useful bits of information. I have now collated this here on this lens for you. I hope you find this information useful and if y...

Strange Flying and Crawling Things

Some odd lizards by Liz, some gyroplanes, which are actually able to fly, and some American astronauts who apparently did not fly all the way to the Moon. Also, one original way to look at trash.

Chameleons

Chameleons are fascinating creatures. Not only do they look like prehistoric frog monsters from Mars... do a cool, shaky dance when they walk (to blend in as leaves blowing in the breeze) and catch their prey with a long sticky tongue but they can ev...

Who are the Freegans?

When I first heard of the Freegans I didn't know what to think. Although taking garbage home for dinner seems a bit odd to most people, Freegans do it every day.  And they know just where to go "shopping" too.  You will find them f...

Moon Landing Hoax

Conspiracy theorists argue that NASA's Apollo moon missions were faked, they present some interesting information and theories which are explored here. Examine the evidence and decide for yourself, was the moon landing a hoax?    

Gyroplanes

The gyroplane or autogyro was the human races first successful attempt at controlled rotorcraft flight. There had been many attempts at helicopters but the technology needed was found from the success of the gyroplane. Rotorcraft history can be trace...

Weird, Cute, Pretty and Illusory

Some most pretty pictures of ferns (that's right, ferns) you've ever seen. Also some cute hand-made plush toys (very very cute), a fishy photo gallery of colorful fishes, and a bunch of optical illusion videos.

Japanese fighting fish is the Betta Splenden

betta fish guide and beautiful photos.Especially made for fish lovers! The scientific name is Betta Splenden. But this beautiful creature has many names, Siamese fighting fish, Japanese fighting fish or just simply fighting fish because of its highl...

Flickrs best: A Gallery of Fern leaves

Think you've photographed the best fern shot? check this page just to make sure that it has not done by some one else yet :)

Optical Illusions Video Fun

The Optical Illusions Video Showcase focuses on the fun side of looking at optical illusions.  Here you will find optical illusion youtube videos, links to more terrific optical illusion sites on the web, links to learn the histor...

Softies gallery

the pictures from flickrs have the cutest plush toys..some of them you can order..

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