Life in the Fast Lane

Favorite Sayings: Go for the gusto, or go home. I'll have plenty of time to sleep when I'm dead. Favorite Colors: Cobalt blue, mustard yellow, and deep blood red. Interests: Art of many forms including garden and yard art which I like to call garden and yard bling, photography, weird and whacky art, ethnic masks (especially African), and ethnic art. Other artists with talent. Creative painting techniques. Sharing creative techniques with friends. Dreams, and sleep when I can get it. Watching good movies from bed, especially action and comedy. Weird sciences and offbeat news. Energy conservation. Favorite TV Shows: CSI: Crime Scene, particularly CSI Las Vegas American Justice The First 48 Hours Seinfeld Frasier

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The Guinea Pig Games (GPG) Olympics have started with an amazing opening as rascally rodents display their dedication to their chosen sports. In the struggle for survival, only the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals with their stamina, prowess, and incredible feats to win gold, silver, and bronze medals.

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Far from child’s play that goes beyond the conventional carrot-nosed snowman, artists have long crafted chilly creations of snow sculptures. From small blocks of snow to epic proportions, transforming enormous snow blocks into larger than life masterpieces of an ethereal nature, some top the scales at 20 to 30 tons, measuring hundreds of feet in [...]

While widely believed that no 2 snowflakes are alike, a researcher caused a frosty flurry when she made the first discovery of a matching set of snow crystals over 2 decades ago. Here we will take a look at the wintery wonderland of Mother Nature all her splendor and glory as she reveals her spectacular [...]

When one thinks of sand art, sand castles are what often comes to mind, but Tibetan Buddhist monks have long designed magnificent mandalas out of colored sand, for which Iranian artists have put a new spin to — famous for their traditional Persian rugs, a group of artists have taken it to a whole new [...]

The secrets of how the legendary Santa Claus delivers gifts to millions of children throughout the world from the land of perpetual snow in one night have been closely guarded throughout the years, but one scientist believes he has the answers.

Photo Jacob Windham
Also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply [...]

A group of high-flying daredevils gave new meaning to Extreme Text Messaging, as 10 skydivers for Samsung Mobile attempted to set a Guinness World Record for fastest text messaging while skydiving. The team of professional skydivers text messaged while freefalling from 12,000 feet outside the Los Angeles city limits at the Samsung Mobile XTREME TEXTING [...]