That is what most people say as soon as they see a furry four-legged rat run by. They are one of those animals that most people detest and fear. Kate and Kevin think differently.

Electricians have no margin of error. Their high voltage job is dangerous, as not only they have to work at height, but they also have to deal with HV wires and cables.

This how you can walk on ice and don’t worry about falling down – ice claws!

This is an easy, “homemade” solution.

UPD: This icy road is known as the Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road because it is only open to traffic in the wintertime. The reason for this is that in the summertime it is a river. It is only in the wintertime that the Mackenzie River Delta freezes which makes a road from parts of the Arctic Ocean and the river. This road connects the communities of Tuktoyaktuk and the Northwest Territories in Canada. In the summertime the village of Tuktoyaktuk can be reached only by boat or plane.

Apparently the folks in this post have a lot of pent up stress, not to mention anger. One way to relieve that stress is to destroy something. It really doesn’t matter what it is that gets destroyed as long as it is ruined when they are done.

This is what you get when you stare at each other for too long.

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Snow Snow Go Away and come back another day. When you get the snow blues think about these ten adventures that will put your mind at rest. If we could fly anywhere these might be the places that we’d want to see. Take a few moments and go on an exotic trip with us around the world and take your mind off your troubles and the snow.

Soulful

How would you like to have a name like Barnaby Marmaduke Aloysius Benjy Cobweb Dartagnan Egbert Felix Gaspar Humbert Ignatius Jayden Kasper Leroy Maximilian Neddy Obiajulu Pepin Quilliam Rosencrantz Sexton Teddy Upwood Vivatma Wayland Xylon Yardley Zachary Usansky?

These are some of the best 2010 caricatures published in The New Yorker. There’s a lot to laugh about after the jump.

As these photos show, different sports require different body types. They are all athletic just different. You can almost tell the sport the person is involved in from their body type. At least you can tell the body builder from the swimmer. To see the picture in big, click on the green cross in the top right of the picture.

These are the things that real people never say about advertising. They are the things that the advertiser hope you would say but don’t. Real people don’t even think them for that matter.

This lighthouse braving the storm in France looks very impressive and gorgeous. See more spectacular photos are after the jump.

Sometimes they want to escape into real life…

Designer Viktor Hertz who is based in Sweden uses everything from his favorite movies to some very clever phrases for his inspiration for simple, smart and clever designs that makes you stop and think. He often uses everyday shapes and symbols in his work and gives them new meaning.

In the Gippsland Lakes in Australia bioluminescence is a very unique, beautiful, and rare phenomenon that results from a chain of events such as flash floods, storms, and bushfires that triggers a population explosion of one particular type of algae. It is very strange to observe and might make the observer think that were being invaded by another extraterrestrial species.

These incredible sculptures are by the artist Adam Beane. His sculptures are so lifelike and detailed that it is uncanny. Regardless if he is copying someone real or imaginary, such as a fictional character, the sculpture looks exactly like its namesake.

Devotion is like potato chips, once you eat one you want them all. Enjoy even more eye candy that won’t rot your teeth, but will addict you even more.

These are striking aerial photos taken before and after the Brisbane floods that caused devastation to thousands of houses and offices last week.

Milton (Lang Park)

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Barry Ogletree a retired man from Texas flies a kite as often as possible. He even makes money at it!

This is one way to increase you profits. It is ingenious but I doubt that it’s legal.

A couple that enjoys playing World of Warcraft game decided to bring their habit into the real world. Paul, who is known as Orc Shaman Ragnaroc (Level 85) among other players of WoW, and his wife Gloria remodeled their bathroom with a Horde theme. They did everything themselves creating a World of Warcraft bathroom with dragon heads, herbs and different weapons on the walls. Inside this post, you can see pictures of the entire job.

This is a pretty old maze built out of chipped wood outdoor. It has an interesting story behind.

With the scanning electron microscope you can magnify household items a million times greater than their actual size. It provides beautifully detailed 3D photographs and is the most expensive microscopes in the world.

Sugar crystals: a refined sugar crystal and a raw sugar crystal