This is a video walk-around of the miniature USS Enterprise-D bridge from Star Trek: The Next Generation as crafted by furniture and model maker Geoff Collard. In his own words while I blame my fat hands and poor coordination for never being a good model maker myself. Plus I’d always

These are a few renderings of a realistic Toad as imagined by 3-D artist Miguel Vasquez.  Obviously, this is not the face you want to be thinking about when you’re trying to fall asleep at night.  Or the hairy nipples.  Granted you don’t want to be thinking about me when

These are several satellite images (plus an embedded Google map) “of the northwestern coast of Madagascar where the saline waters of the Mozambique Channel join with the freshwater running through the Betsiboka River to make Bombetoka Bay.”  As you can see, the area looks like a giant octopus.  At least

This is a composite shot of Star Trek: The Original Series’ Kirk, Spock and McCoy reimagined as ladies. Now I know what you’re thinking, and I agree — lady Kirk looks exactly like a girl I used to have a crush on in college.  “That’s actually not what I was

These are several shots of the ‘Ring Of Fire’ resin rings produced by Etsy shop Apollo’s Rings. The $60 finger candy is made with two different types of glow powder that, after being exposed to a UV light source like the sun, make them appear to glow like molten lava.

This is a video of cellist Brendan Finucane performing Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory’s ‘Pure Imagination’ as part of a socially distanced celebration of the recent eighth grade graduates from the Chicago Waldorf School. And, at least based on the end of his one index finger, it appears Brendan

This is the Inflatable Coffin Beverage Cooler available on Amazon for around $19. The 4’6″ x 22″ inflatable looks like a pool float but it’s not — it’s a beverage cooler and can hold approximately sixty 12-ounce cold ones and a bunch of ice. Alternatively, fill it up with red-dyed

This is the Book Rest Lamp designed by SUCK UK. It costs around $40 and looks like the houses you used to draw in kindergarten, with an angled roofline to rest a book on top of. Obviously, I’m into it, but you know how I feel about whimsy. “You’d marry