This is a cake of Spider Man’s bust made by Cake Central member Arielatl (who may or may not be a mermaid in Atlanta). As you can see, she’s pretty good at making lines with icing . Me? I’m terrible at it. One time I was supposed to spell ‘Happy Birthday Jason” on a cake and it ended up reading “Choke and die, dickhead” To my credit though, it was a cheap icing bag. For those who would like to know I started with a dummy head, and used fondant to build it out to look like his face, then covered it with fondant, cut the eyes out of fondant, covered it in webbing, and let it dry for a few days. Then, I filled and stacked two 10? cakes for the middle, and split an 8? cake into quarters for the shoulders. Then, I carved the sharp edges and the slope and indent for the chest. Next, I crumb-coated the whole bottom, and covered in fondant. I cut a shallow circle the size of the head base in the top of the cake, and set it in with 2 dowels. I then finished the rest of the webbing on the body, and cut the spider out of fondant. I hope this helps! Whoa whoa whoa — a dummy head? That’s a choking hazard! So it’s basically just a shoulder cake with an iced mannequin head on top. That’s…okay I would still eat that. BUT ONLY BECAUSE I’M FAT. Hit the jump for one more shot.

See more here:
Fork Me, I’m Hungry: Spider Man Bust Cake

This is a gallery of well-shopped men’s magazine covers featuring Disney princes from artist Petite Tiaras (previously: princesses as fashion magazine models ). Although they’re not ALL men’s magazines because there’s a TIME and National Geographic at the end. Do men even buy magazines anymore? The last time I bought one was at the airport and only because my computer’s battery was dead the cover said there were weight-loss secrets inside. SPOILER: diet and exercise. Hit the jump for a whole bunch more.

Read more:
Disney Princes As Men’s Magazine Cover Models

On last week’s Legend of Zelda license plate post I jokingly suggested tipster Macky had an Infiniti and ‘N BEYOND’ custom plate and, not that surprisingly, somebody in Manitoba has one. No word if they have an entire Toy Story playset arranged on their dash, but you and I both know they’d be foolish not to. Thanks to benzo, whose friend allegedly took the picture. Me? I took my neighbor’s newspaper this morning.

Read this article:
It Exists: Custom Infiniti ‘N BYOND’ License Plate

Haaaaaaappy Chinese New Year! This is the year of the dragon , so be sure to get out there and fly around breathing fireballs to your heart’s content. Maybe even stockpile a big ol’ mound of gold and then just sit on it in a cave. Man, I would totally do that. This is a video of the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe performing the Thousand-Arm Guan Yin . It’s extra impressive because all the performers in the troupe are deaf. You? You can hear just fine but you dance like you’re drowning. Hit the jump for two worthwhile videos.

Continue reading here:
Happy Chinese New Year!: The 1,000-Arm Dance

Because there’s no such thing as an un-themed wedding anymore, freshly married Erin and Matt posed for these Alice in Wonderland themed photos on the day of their nuptials. Why he opted for the Johnny Depp version of the Mad Hatter from the shitty live-action movie instead of the much better cartoon one is beyond me, but I suspect it has something to do with having really bad eyebrows. HIYO, down the rabbit hole! Aaaaaaaaaand I’m stuck. Those cookies said ‘Eat Me’, I swear! “Those were Chips-Ahoy and you know it.” YOU STAY OUT OF THIS. Hit the jump for the rest of the admittedly very well-done shoot.

See the original post here:
Mad Hatter Tea Party Themed Wedding Pictures

If you didn’t already catch it this weekend, this is the 2-hour director’s cut of Star Wars: Uncut , the 15-seconds-at-a-time fan sourced (each fan was responsible for making a different 15-second scene) Star Wars: A New Hope remake . Now I didn’t have time to watch the whole thing this morning , but from what I gathered a lot more scenes were shot in people’s garages than I remember from the original. Granted I can’t say I’m surprised. Get it? I’ve never seen the original! Hit the jump for two hours of Star Wars on zero budget. Bonus points if you manage to watch the whole thing at work. Suck it, the man!

See more here:
Homemade: Fan-Sourced Star Wars Reboot Finished

German Photographer Marcus Reugels takes pictures of water droplets refracting an image of a planet behind them, making them each appear to contain a lil world (prior: MC Escher droplet ). Aaaaaaah, we’re all gonna drown! Just kidding, but this does remind me of that cat in Men In Black that carries a whole galaxy around on its collar. Marcus sells prints of his work on his website and also takes requests in case you’ve got something special in mind. “I’m gonna get one of my penis!” Ha, I said special. BURN! Your girlfriend agrees though is the thing. Hit the jump for several more earths, a moon, Jupiter, Spider Man and Batman and a picture of his setup.

See original here:
Eye Candy: The World In A Drop Of Water (Plus Bonus Spider Man & Batman!)

This is a 6′4″, 300-pound (just like me!) Stormtrooper cake made by Amanda Oakleaf Cakes for the Arisia Sci-Fi Convention in Boston. He provided over 600 servings, significantly more than an Ewok cake would have. Plus less hair. Nobody likes eating hair . Except my cat . God, you know you’re just gonna hock that up in the middle of the night and make me scream at you! Just kidding, I don’t actually scream at my pets. I just fake cry into a pillow and mutter things like, “God, just let me die in my sleep!” to make them feel extra bad. Hit the jump for shots from the beginning of the build to the skeletal end.

Continue reading here:
300-Pound Lifesize Standing Stormtrooper Cake

Note: Infographic is longer than my Christmas list, hit the jump to see the whole thing. This is a giant infographic depicting everything Bill Gates has done with his fortune to help combat disease and make the world a better place . According to the statistics, he’s helped save almost 6,000,000 lives by bringing vaccinations to children AND DONATED ALMOST HALF HIS $59-BILLION NET WORTH TO THE CAUSE. He…makes all the other rich people look like giant, greedy assholes (which they are). Now I’d like to THINK if I had that much money I’d be just as philanthropic, but God knows I’d wind up cloning dinosaurs and building a giant laser to blow up the sun. Hit the jump for the whole thing.

Excerpt from:
Bill Gates Is Better Than Batman, The Infographic

Halt citizen — you do not want pictures of her. That is a man in a pink wig. Because conventions are expensive enough to attend, sometimes you don’t have any money left over for a costume . Aaaaaaaaand this is what happens — you wind up wearing your PJ’s and some yellow ribbon. Listen — when packing tape is the most expensive part of your costume it is time to reevaluate your life as a cosplayer. Kidding, this guy probably wound up going home with catwoman. “The girl wearing a trashbag with two spoons taped to her head?” Yep — they’re gonna have babies together! “You mean kittens?” Iron kitties. The Best Piece of Crap Iron Man Cosplay Suit Ever Created [obviouswinner] Thanks to bb and Terry, who’ve both been cosplaying as my friends. Wait — you guys aren’t for real?!

See original here:
Iron Man Cosplay On A Budget. Like A $0 Budget