Green Green Army animal soldier figurines

There was a six pack at ebay when I checked. Via.

The sporting goods fight scene from Universal Solider: Day of Reckoning (which is on Netflix)

Wikipedia summarizes:

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning received generally mixed reviews from critics and viewers. Some of the main points of contention were that the film deviated greatly from the general idea of a Universal Soldier movie, and that Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren (considered the stars of the franchise) had very little screen time. The level of violence was also considered excessive.

Also, this is how JCVD looks in the movie:

Link roundup

1. "Passengers aboard the Carnival Ecstasy witnessed part of the horrifying incident Sunday evening in which blood poured down the front of the elevator."

"To look and see the elevator with just blood coming down like a sheet, and not stopping ... it was a real life scene of 'The Shining,'"

2. "Disney Inundates General Hospital Episode With References To New Year's Eve College Football Playoff Games"

3. "The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 (or 'Great Flood of 1993') occurred in the American Midwest, along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, from April to October 1993. The flood was among the most costly and devastating to ever occur in the United States, with $15 billion in damages."

An Illinois man, James Scott, 23 at the time, was officially convicted for "intentionally causing a catastrophe" and sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in causing some of the flooding across the river from Quincy, Illinois. In an attempt to strand his wife on the other side of the river so he could continue partying

James Jean-designed Beats by Dre

$300.

Impressive use of a "complete this drawing" book

Megan Nicole Dong has been tweeting her progress:

Complete this drawing 6 ⛄️💥 pic.twitter.com/hfa0xtweqP

— Megan Nicole Dong (@sketchshark) December 22, 2015

Jellyfishing. #completethisdrawing pic.twitter.com/9l3CQaQRuu

— Megan Nicole Dong (@sketchshark) December 29, 2015

Timelapse-this-drawing. pic.twitter.com/smEsJGnR5y

— Megan Nicole Dong (@sketchshark) December 29, 2015

Link roundup

1. "In defense of paying $400 to eat at the Times Square Olive Garden on New Year’s Eve"

Your perfect New Year’s Eve experience involves taking your wife to New York City and watching the ball drop in Times Square. But you imagine doing it from a warm, hospitable place with good music, lots of food and booze, and clean restrooms that are not an adult diaper. This is exactly what the Olive Garden is offering

2. "Western games use map detail to create a sense of exploration or story that is absent from the game play. Eastern markets don't have as much demand for an exploration experience, so Eastern games streamline the map to maintain laser-sharp focus on score and competition."

3. From October, "Top curling teams say they won't use high-tech brooms"

Gushue, Howard, Jones among 34 teams that won't use brooms with 'directional fabric'

Link roundup

1. The race to claim Antarctica:

On a glacier-filled island with fjords and elephant seals, Russia has built Antarctica’s first Orthodox church on a hill overlooking its research base, transporting the logs all the way from Siberia.

Less than an hour away by snowmobile, Chinese laborers have updated the Great Wall Station, a linchpin in China’s plan to operate five bases on Antarctica, complete with an indoor badminton court, domes to protect satellite stations and sleeping quarters for 150 people.

Not to be outdone, India’s futuristic new Bharathi base, built on stilts using 134 interlocking shipping containers, resembles a spaceship. Turkey and Iran have announced plans to build bases, too.

2. "A University of Colorado professor who launched a global campaign to fight obesity accepted $550,000 from the Coca-Cola Co., traveled the world at company expense on speaking engagements and solicited a job at the soft-drink giant for his son."

The university returned the $1 million gift from Coca-Cola. It says senior leaders made that decision because the company "was redirecting the dialogue" from a scientific discussion about the causes of obesity.

3. "A former official in charge of regulating a massive waste dump that collapsed in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has killed himself"