America. Fuck yeah.
It's been a long day of looking at hate-filled comments on Facebook, but I still feel f-ing fantastic. Fabulous, even. Why? Because I'm going to sleep in a fairer, more American country than the one I woke up in. Also, the White House looks pretty damn cool.
America should be very proud. #LoveWinspic.twitter.com/qH1OA1BV2j
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 27, 2015
Such a happy Sunday! Father's day AND the first day of summer! Hope you all have a lovely day #culinarycanvas
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Lauren Purnell is a self-described Food Artist and her work speaks for itself. It's easy to get blissfully lost while perusing her popular blog Culinary Canvass, where she makes food look far too beautiful to eat. They feature lots of fruits and veggies, so even though they'd be super healthy, I'd never want to consume these marvelous works of art.
Many of the "paintings" tie into the theme of nature, which makes it fitting that the artist's medium is also found in nature. Lauren perfectly transforms food into bright scenes that temporarily whisk you away to another land.
Enjoy her work below, and follow her blog and Instagram feed for more incredible food art. If you like playing with food, you'll enjoy this artist as well.
Traditional Windmill for my article in The (Dutch) @creators_project! #culinarycanvas
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Today is #WorldOceansDay! Great time to repost my watermelon + cucumber Sea Turtle. For amazing #worldocean pictures and to find out more about a great cause (The #pristineseas project) check out @natgeo #culinarycanvas
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Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay! Although Red-Eyed Tree Frogs are not currently an endangered species, their habitat is rapidly shrinking due to deforestation and environmental concerns. As such, they are frequently used as a promotional symbol to raise awareness around saving the world's rain forests and protecting the environment. This little guy is made from papaya, mango, limes and blueberries! #CulinaryCanvas
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Happy #CincoDeMayo! AKA #Margarita day. @culinary_canvas
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Beautiful Spring Day in London! #blossom #culinarycanvas @culinary_canvas
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Ron Perkinson, a gun seller in Volusia County, Florida, is hoping to open a new gun range and café in Daytona Beach. The café is also seeking a license to serve alcohol. That's right, booze and guns under the same roof. It couldn't be more Florida unless they expand into fanboat rentals and alligator rides.
Perkinson's business plan has some obstacles. Firstly, the proposed site will have to be reinforced to help protect nearby businesses, like the local Daytona Beach Flea Market. Just need to add a few feet of concrete and you're golden. Safer than mother's arms.
As for ensuring that the rentable guns and the drinkable alcohol don't mix, Perkinson has been in contact with the owner of a similar business in Oklahoma City to get advice on how to keep everyone safe. Perkinson's brand new chew-'n'-shoot would be the third of its kind in the country.
Perkinson's system would scan ID and driving licenses once a customer purchases booze, locking them out from entering the gun range for 24 hours. So, if you want to eat first then squeeze off a few clips before dessert, be sure to drink before you arrive. You could also convince your buddies to go to another gun range 8 minutes away.
What if you want to have dinner with your gun? Perkinson, unfortunately, draws the line there:
"Guns, whether you're planning to have a drink afterwards or not, will not be allowed in the café area at all."
"At all?" What if we're invaded while I'm having a Cuban and a Keystone Ice? Because I'm peckish, I have to sit out on standing my ground for 24 hours? Man, some people's priorities are way out of order.
Breaking: Activists in South Carolina are now taking down the confederate flag at state Capitol. pic.twitter.com/bDsZPbzD87
— Ferguson Action (@fergusonaction)
June 27, 2015As the sun rose this morning in Columbia, SC, Bree Newsome used a harness to climb up the 30-foot flagpole at the state's Capitol building. She was quickly joined by cops who yelled at her to get down as she carried out her mission to remove the Confederate flag.
Bree unattached the flag, and as she descended the pole she said to the cops, "You cannot get to me with hatred and oppression and violence... I come to do this in the name of God. This flag comes down today."
When she reached the ground, Bree was immediately arrested and charged with defacing a monument. The flag was raised back up to it's place on the wrong side of history within an hour. It will be seen by the members of a pro-Confederate-flag rally who are meeting there later today, presumably to talk about what it's like to be stuck in the past.
The event was documented by @FergusonAction on Twitter:
Police are screaming "Get off the pole!" pic.twitter.com/CcOyhSs7Ll
— Ferguson Action (@fergusonaction) June 27, 2015Climber is talking to cop about why she's doing this today. pic.twitter.com/sJuOFFtkzc
— Ferguson Action (@fergusonaction) June 27, 2015The flag is off the pole. #keepitdownpic.twitter.com/M22NvYRYJQ
— Ferguson Action (@fergusonaction) June 27, 2015This is Bree. An amazing black woman who climbed the pole and took down the racist flag. pic.twitter.com/DK07mcXRMo
— Ferguson Action (@fergusonaction) June 27, 2015Since Selena Gomez's new track "Good For You" is a subtly catchy, stripped-down love sex song, the video followed suit by featuring a stripped-down Ms. Gomez. She does a lot of looking directly into the camera and rolling around on the floor. Also! There's a really cool green velvet couch that perfectly compliments her silk kimono-y thing, both of which look softer than anything I've ever owned.
And get ready because there's a SHOWER SCENE. OK, so actually it's just a couple shots of the pop princess making come-hither faces through steamy glass, but let me tell you, it's some pretty medium-sexy stuff.
At the 1:21 timestamp it looks like she's participating in a wet t-shirt contest all by herself, which is accidentally hilarious and reminds me of my own sad/weird life. Hint: sing this song in a mirror because you only need to look good for YOU, not for anyone else!
"I use $100 bills to humanely trap spiders and carry them back outside."
(via Twitter)
In a not-quite Game of Thrones style usurping or power, Queen Bey and her husband King Z are no longer the highest paid couple in entertainment. They have been replaced by the blond-headed musical power couple Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris.
If you don't mind getting a little bit depressed, I'm about to tell you how much money the couples made in 2014 according to Forbes: Bey and J brought in a combined $110.5 million, while Swift and Harris made a total $146 million. Coming in at #3 are Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton, who made $57 million and probably live in a shanty town.
The full list of the richest celebrity couples comes out on Monday, June 29th, but luckily Forbes has graced us with this little preview. Thanks Forbes! You really did the world a solid this weekend.
It's almost like being a supermodel in your early 20s makes fame easier.
(via Instagram)
KimYe's wedding picture was the one that topped Bieber and Selena for most likes on Instagram. Now the record stays in the family, as Kendall Jenner has beaten her sister and holds the title for most likes for a single Instagram picture.
Kendall's picture is very casual and spontaneous, as she is lying on the floor in a white lace dress with her hair formed into several heart shapes (which hair is known to do on its own from time to time). No big deal, just a down-to-earth pic much like all these no makeup selfies we've recently seen from celebrities. Congratulations to Kendall on this prestigious honor, and long may she reign.
Stephen Colbert continues to produce wonderful desk pieces even though his debut as host of The Late Show doesn't begin until September.
True to form, Colbert celebrated the news and made sure to note it was long overdue, as gays received “full constitutional personhood just five years after corporations."
Colbert skillfully mocked the most laughable quotes from the dissenting opinion, including Scalia's declaration that he would “hide his head in a bag" if he were part of an opinion that began in the same way as the majority opinion. Colbert then hit that perfectly lobbed softball by remarking that “I could've sworn he was already hiding his head in a flesh-toned cinch sack," and ended with a lovely sarcastic request, adding, “Please come on my show, sir."
No word yet on whether Scalia plans to make an appearance on The Late Show.
Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi have plenty of reasons to be happy. The two prominent actors and gay rights advocates are marshals in New York City's pride parade this Sunday. Their Vine video featured a faux engagement, glitter, Stonewall Inn t-shirts, and the voice of Queen's Freddie Mercury playing in the background. That's a lot of pride packed into six seconds.
This weekend's pride parade will mark memorable roles for two very deserving gentlemen.
Internet, meet Bruiser Bear. Bruiser Bear, meet Internet. Everyone, meet summer.
It's almost like being a supermodel in your early 20s makes fame easier.
(via Instagram)
KimYe's wedding picture was the one that topped Bieber and Selena for most likes on Instagram. Now the record stays in the family, as Kendall Jenner has beaten her sister and holds the title for most likes for a single Instagram picture.
Kendall's picture is very casual and spontaneous, as she is lying on the floor in a white lace dress with her hair formed into several heart shapes (which hair is known to do on its own from time to time). No big deal, just a down-to-earth pic much like all these no makeup selfies we've recently seen from celebrities. Congratulations to Kendall on this prestigious honor, and long may she reign.
Internet, meet Bruiser Bear. Bruiser Bear, meet Internet. Everyone, meet summer.
Some people were saying Kanye shouldn't headline Glastonbury so I thought I'd give him a hand. pic.twitter.com/7KFk2kgjsM
— Lee Nelson (@RealLeeNelson) June 27, 2015During Kanye's performance at the Glastonbury music festival in England yesterday, comedian Simon Brodkin rushed the stage as his character Lee Nelson. It was all over pretty quick, but this "Lee Nelson" guy is getting a lot of attention over it.
He crashed Kanye's performance to "give him a hand" after a petition was started to remove Kanye from the lineup at Glastonbury and replace him with a rock band. But let's face it, Brodkin/Nelson just wanted some stage time. The only impressive thing about this prank is that he actually got on stage. Otherwise, the whole thing is sorta "meh."
Brodkin-as-Nelson later tweeted that he did it for Taylor Swift, trying to claim this publicity stunt was a selfless act:
I Kanye'd Kanye. That was for you @taylorswift13#Leezuspic.twitter.com/EQJtZUJqhS
— Lee Nelson (@RealLeeNelson) June 28, 2015Below is the full clip. If you're super busy this morning, skip ahead to 0:55 to see Kanye get totally upstaged:
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Princess Amy was not always a Princess. She spent most of her life as a lowly peasant, living in her own filth and wearing heinous rag-dresses. Then one day, Tim Gunn brought the news of her true fate: she is a Princess!
She is whisked away to her castle, where she quickly grows accustomed to the finer things in life. Donning her new gown, Princess Amy is introduced to The Prince, and that's when her dreams come crashing down.
Much like the royal bloodlines of yesteryear, Princess Amy must wed her first cousin and produce male heirs. Luckily she has Tim Gunn to track her cycle and tell her when to mate! I don't want to give anything away, but someone gets beheaded.
Looks like Disney got a lot more stuff wrong about Princesses than just their waistlines.
S.E. Cupp is definitely a Republican. I mean, her Twitter background is a picture of her shooting a rifle wearing pearl earrings. She is also a supporter of gay rights. Yes, those two ideals are able to coexist in the same human! And now that gay marriage is officiallylegalnationwide, Cupp is requesting her fellow Republicans to be accepting instead of putting up a fight.
Cupp was on CNN after the Supreme Court reached its decision to uphold the right to same-sex marriage. She teared up while looking at the crowds of people celebrating the historic moment, saying:
"I challenge members of my party to look at the faces on the right hand of your screen and ask yourselves if they deserve the same kind of dignity that the rest of us get to enjoy."
I'm tearing up listening to her say those words! We are a nation of people who all just want the same rights. I'm no history buff, but I think that's something our founders wanted, too. Cupp further challenged her fellow conservatives with this final message:
"My party, which I deeply, deeply love... has to reconcile with the fact that we are going to become relics if we don't get to where these people are. They are patriots and they're not asking for a lot."
This is where you can insert an applause/crying break for a length of time you find reasonable.
The dog's owner says that his pit bull loves "anything new," including baby chickens and a baby turkey that is a few days old, which she is "obsessed" with.
While the dog is preoccupied with her new turkey friend, the chickens proceed to climb all over her like she's a piece of playground equipment. She's such a sweet dog though, she just lets them do whatever, even though it looks like they're being super annoying.
Here is a probable transcript of this pit bull's inner monologue:
"Dude, I love birds. They're so cool and weird and like, innocent. They know how to have fun without trying too hard. I don't even mind the chirping cuz I hear everything at a lower register. They think of me as their 'cool' aunt."
Let's take a lesson in being chill from this dog. The only lesson to learn from the birds is that you gotta calm down when you're in a group. Especially when you're having brunch.
"I can already tell we are going to have major trust issues."(via imgur)
It looks like dogs also have the impulse to jump up on the closest piece of furniture when faced with danger, whether the threat is real or perceived. Redditor yummie4mytummie (can't make these names up, wow) posted this picture and the Internet loves it.
Is this really a portrait of a giant dog who is terrified? Or could it be getting ready to impart important life lessons to a group of adorable feline followers? We may never know. But it is definitely a good use of your time to contemplate the answer until you come to a logical conclusion.
