Things I Think Are Kinda Cool

The geniuses at Scandybars use a high-resolution scanner to take cross-sections of almost every candy bar you can imagine from around the world, and the list keeps growing every day.  Behold my favorite chocolate bars on the planet:

Milky Way

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Baby Ruth

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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

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Toblerone

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Kit Kat

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Peppermint Patty

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Flake

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3 Musketeers

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Hershey’s with Almonds

- Check out Scandybars to see your favorite candy bar up close and personal.  (via Bitrebels)

I wonder how many of these animals were in mid-hump when they got their picture taken (I’m talking to YOU, Horny-Little-Monkey-Straddling-A-Tiger.)

-See more at “Animals With Stuffed Animals” (via Neatorama)

And for more kinda cool things to improve your miserable mood, click HERE!

“Indexed” is a witty lil’ website (turned into a huge best-selling book) that uses charts and graphs hand-drawn on index cards to explain life’s biggest mysteries. Here are some of my faves:

-via Curiosity Counts

Oh boy…Awkward Stock Photos is a goldmine of funny.  The thought of actually needing some of these photos to accompany a news report or a TV show blows my mind.

“Jimmy!  We’re running a front page story on dogs wearing donuts.  Get me a photo from Getty…STAT!”

-via Kottke

Want to get in on the oil-spill-action but worried you’re too far away from the Gulf?  Don’t worry…now you can experience your own oil disaster right now on any website you want.  Just type in your favorite URL on InstantOilSpill.com, sit back, and watch your screen slowly fill up with disgusting, planet-destroying oil…good times!

-via Huff Po

Last December my mouth watered over the creative designs at The Pancake Project.  Thanks to a tip from @JenNgInNYC, I think I might have found even more impressive hotcakes at Jim’s Pancakes.  An hour to create, a minute to devour:

-How-to Make your own Golden Gate Bridge Pancakes:

If you’ve ever wanted to be the Grand Marshal in a parade in your head, now’s your chance. Just click over to this weird little Japanese site, and type in your Twitter username. You’ll soon see yourself marching along to quirky music, being followed (literally) by all your Twitter followers. It’s oddly entertaining…and pointless.

-Link via Neatorama

Oh FoodPornDaily.com, where have you been all my life?  Now that we’ve met, I’ll never forget you…this is the start of a beautiful relationship based purely in the physical…no intellectual complications needed.  And how’d you know I was a potato-fiend?  Here are some of the best morsels that you mercilessly taunt me with.  Dirty little tease…

(click to enlarge.  I dare you.)

(Thanks to @BrunchKill for introducing me to Food Porn Daily.  You’re front-runner for Maid of Honor in our wedding…)

Most of my favorite memories involve food…so it’s not surprising that when I think of the dozens of times I visited Disney World as a kid, what stands out isn’t Space Mountain or Epcot Center – it’s the pancakes shaped like Mickey Mouse that are served at virtually every restaurant.  I remember going straight for those little silver dollar ears and devouring them in one ravenous gulp.

Needless to say, I love pancakes…so my new favorite blog is The Pancake Project.  The artist behind the site creates imaginative pancake designs that make the Mickey Mouse ones look like child’s play.  These are some of the yummiest:

(Everything is made out of pancakes!)

(Leggo My Eggo)

-link (thanks @JoeyDiNapoliNYC)

Not all Santas are created equal.  Sure, some years your mall Santa looked like an authentic looking jolly ol’ St. Nick…but other years (whether you remember it or not), you were most likely forced to sit on the lap of a scary (and probably drunk) dude.  Sketchy Santas is a hilarious site which features photos of some of the creepiest Santas on the planet.  These are some of my favorites:

It’s always 4:20 in this Santa’s workshop

This scary Santa skips the lap and goes straight for the crotch.

When will Santas finally listen to Tyra and “smile with their eyes”?

Sure, Santa’s creepy, but look at that horrifying Elf!  Aaagghhh!!!

“Um…Santa…is that a toy train in your pocket?”

That baby is handling herself MUCH better than I would have.

***So…I looked back at MY own Santa photos hoping I might find a Sketchy Santa…I actually found THREE of them!

Santa thought extra rouge would hide his sketchiness.  (Check out my cool shoes!)

I think even then I knew something was wrong with this guy.

I think he’s plotting my death.  (No comment on my turtleneck or haircut.)

And finally, no Creepy Santa post would be complete without this photo.  (Thanks Lauren!)

-via Popbitch