Drink it and work it off what a concept
If you’re a serious fitness nut, you probably have a routine of waking up to a 5 AM alarm, mixing yourself up a protein shake and then hitting the dark streets for a little pre-dawn jog. At least that’s the stereotype that I carry around when it [...]

I heard of sh*t kickers so I guess these should be called flip kickers
Holidaymakers hoping to make a splash on the beach this summer might want to track down a pair of these striking shoes.
Known as High Tide Heels, they combine the elegance of stiletto heels with the swimming speed of flippers.

Bad boys bad boys whatcha gonna do when their commin for you
A Montreal musician who, for more than two years, ignored a ticket for feeding a squirrel in a park documented the case with the release of “Squirrelgate.”

LOOK, I can smoke an entire cigarette in one lung full! 
Local government officials in China have been ordered to smoke nearly a quarter of a million packs of cigarettes in a move to boost the local economy during the global financial crisis.
The edict, issued by officials in Hubei province in central China, threatens to fine [...]

The Sandman At Work 

 
For the last ten years, New Zealand’s artist Peter Donnelly has practiced his ephemeral art at the beach. “Many tourists and local residents can find Peter down at the beach, low tide, most Sundays working beside the New Brighton pier carving the sand”. “It’s a celebration, – he says – in a sacred [...]

The German anatomist Gunther von Hagens has stirred controversy and curiosity with his Body Worlds exhibition. 
By now, people around the world have become used to the periodic provocations eminating from the plastinated human corpses displayed by Gunther von Hagens. But he may have outdone himself in a new Berlin exhibition. (Pics)

A new racing car made of vegetables and powered by chocolate will hit speeds of 145 miles per hour  
A Formula 3 racing car with a top speed of 145mph has been unveiled, which is made of vegetables and powered by chocolate.

Caffeine is widely seen as relatively harmless – but these drastic images will make even habitual coffee drinkers rethink 
What exactly are you doing to your brain when you drink alcohol or coffee? If you think they can’t be doing much harm, the pictures after the jump may come as a shock. (Pics)

texting while driving dangerous 
Sending text messages while driving can be dangerous, a perception that has now been borne out by the latest study.

Social networking has become the new frontier for public relations 
The sign of the times that was the late February shutdown of the Rocky Mountain News is the result of a long-brewing sea change in the public’s media-consumption habits. It follows that it also represents a sea change in public relations. Less newsprint and fewer newsrooms [...]