Coraline puppet contest

This Bobinsky by "Seasons Mustfuls" won the Coraline puppet making contest at Animate Clay. You can see all of the entries here.

"Rutgers lost $184K on trip to PapaJohn.com Bowl"

"Had the band and cheerleaders stayed home, they said they would have made $16,456."

"Book Casts Harsh Light on Ex-Hostage in Colombia"

NYT:

Ingrid Betancourt, the aristocratic Colombian politician greeted as a heroine last year after enduring years as a hostage of Marxist guerrillas, is depicted as a selfish and haughty captivity mate in a memoir by three American military contractors who were held in jungle camps alongside her.

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The book also portrays Ms. Betancourt as seeking to put herself at the top of a hostage hierarchy, hoarding used clothing and writing materials from the others

Skull and bones rocking chair

Skull and bones rocking chair by Jacqueline Pytyck.

Topiary musicians of unusual size

From Nik Daum's Shanghai gallery.

"Time traveller dies tragically. (1967 - 1608)"

Six word science fiction stories.

Reimagined His Dark Materials book covers

M.S. Corley's latest triumph is reimagined book covers for Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.