In Engines of Change, Paul Ingrassia offers “a history of modern America in fifteen cars.” Each chapter examines how a particular piece of sheet metal and rubber helped to shape an era. He expects that you’ll quibble with his list—there’s no ’57 Chevy Bel Air, no mid-‘70s Gremlin—but don’t question the worthiness of the project itself. “As far as I know,” he said recently, “no one writes songs about computers.”
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10 Beautiful Places In The World That Actually Exist
Are you planning a romantic weekend or vacation anytime soon? If you do, we Artsy Swaggers made a list of top 10 most beautiful and amazing places in the world that you absolutely must have on your bucket list. They look almost too good to be true, but they all exist and we’ve managed to locate them for you, so you could include these stops in your itinerary. If you know of some other amazing places that we forgot to mention, but you think should be included in this list, feel free to let us know in the comment section.
1. Wisteria Tunnel
Top 10 Best Fictional Detectives in the World
All crime and investigation story lovers will probably recognize most if not all the people in the list below. Let’s have a look at the best and most popular fictional detectives in the world.
1. Sherlock Holmes
The Maasai Cricket Warriors
Did you know that cricket was extremely popular on the coasts of Eastern Africa, and more specifically among the traditional Maasai warriors? Well, Thomas Mukoya, photojournalist that works for Reuters, took few amazing pictures of them during one of their friendly matches in Mombasa.
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A member of the Maasai Cricket Warriors team catches a ball in Mombasa.
Shock and Awe: Top 10 Controversial Album Covers
For all you music addicts out there, we have made a list of top 10 most controversial album covers that stirred the public and raised few eyebrows (and sometimes ire).
1. Gun N’ Roses, GN’R Lies
The 10 Most Beautiful Women In The World, According To People Magazine
The People Magazine has chosen top 10 most beautiful women in the world, and here are those charming ladies. What do you think about their choice? Do you agree or would you have made a completely different list if you were to create one? I agree with most of their choices, and I totally agree that Beyonce is number one in 2012, but when it comes to number 9, and Miranda Lambert, I think they went totally astray. She is not my type of gal.
1. Beyonce
33 Animals Who Are Extremely Disappointed in You
Here are 33 animals who are extremely disappointed in you. If you manage to go through this list and keep up with that attitude and what ever you’ve been up to lately, you must be some super human, because I honestly can’t bare looking at these judgmental cuties. I feel so bad for letting you down, guys. I promise I’ll try harder next time!
1. This Rabbit
Every World Press Photo Winner From 1955-2011
Photojournalism is one of the most powerful and dramatic type of world press. There are many raw and deeply moving photos that have shaken the world and stirred the public. Every year the World Press Association gathers in Amsterdam to pick a picture of the year. Here’s every picture that has won since 1955 till 2011.
1955
Celebrities Without Make Up
Ladies, relax. Apparently, even the hottest and most attractive celebrities don’t look that great without make up. Here are 30 with and with out pictures, just to reassure you. Some look pretty scary, like Madonna. She should definitely retire.
1. Kim Kardashian
Megan Fox’s Ever-Changing Face Through The Years
Rumor has it that Megan Fox is addicted to plastic surgery, and Touch Weekly run a story in their magazine last week about her spending over $60,000 on plastic surgery for her face. Here are some pictures of Megan Fox from the past few years for you to see and decide for yourself if there is some truth to this story.
2002
The Aging of a Rock Star
Booze, drugs and groupies can take a toll on a body. Here is a collection of rock stars when some of them first appeared on the scene and then present day. Don’t judge too harshly, you’re going to be there too someday.
Trash-Canning, a New Internet Craze
A new internet craze has emerged, and it is called trash-canning. It is as plane and as ridiculous as it sounds. You just need to take a picture of yourself hiding your face behind a trash can and than upload your pic on some social network and wait for your virtual friends to respond by doing the same. I thought that after planking, owling and horsemaning, there won’t be more new trends, but apparently I was wrong.
25 Ridiculously Cute St. Patrick’s Day Pets
Generally, I find dressing pets up incredible stupid, something that desperate and lonely people do, but somehow these adorable little fellas in the pictures below look so cute I would take them all home in a split of a second. It may have something to do with the St. Patrick’s Day and all the drinking that is going on all over the world. This is the most popular holiday that is being celebrated even by those who are not Irish and have never even visited the Emerald Island. It is a proof, that if you have enough of a booze, the party can’t possible be bad.
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Pregnant Stars Who Pulled A Demi Moore
Since the August 1991 when Demi Moore appeared pregnant and nude on the cover of the Vanity Fair, there were many women who tried to do the same, but most of them didn’t manage to pull it off. It is really not easy to manage to look hot and attractive when you’re all swollen and bloated and on top of that wearing nothing at all. Most of the pregnant women complain about feeling unattractive and grouse and couldn’t even decide to do something like this. But most of the stars are a bit exhibitionist and eccentric and they will do anything. Here are several stars who recreated this notorious cover and managed to look as beautiful and ravishing as Demi.
1. Demi Moore
Before She Was Lady Gaga
I really love looking at old photos of celebrities, from the time when they weren’t famous yet. Here are 15 images of Stefani Germanotta taken in 2005 before she was Lady Gaga at her parent’s house. Photos were taken by Malgorzata Saniewska. At the time both of the girls were working at a restaurant in the West Village. These images give us the opportunity to see the real Gaga, more vulnerable and more “human”. Even then, she obviously already had a knack for striking a pose and it was clear she’ll become a world wide known and popular pop star.
27 Reasons Why Vladimir Putin Definitely Won The Russian Presidential Election
On March 4th, Vladimir Putin claimed convincing victory in Russia’s presidential elections. Soon after the results were declared there appeared allegations from his rivals that voting was marred by fraud. I’m sure nothing like that happened and here are 27 more than obvious reasons why Putin definitely won the Russian presidential election. This should set the record straight.
1. He takes Tic-Tac-Toe very seriously
The 26 Happiest Animals In The World
Have a look at these 26 ridiculously happy animals that seem to have figured everything out, the life, Universe and everything else. Hopefully, they will share some of the life wisdom with us when they’re don frolicking.
1. This Elephant
Sexism in Vintage Ads
I decided to look at these terrible ads not as a proof of how common gender stereotypes were in the past, but as a proof of progress women achieved in improving their position in general in the last 50 years. Unfortunately, we are far from stereotype-free society, because there are still plenty of those who will make jokes about women being bad drivers, brainless beauties or house dwellers. At least we have moved on to recognizing a stereotype when we see one and disapproving of it. We don’t put up with this nonsense anymore and companies don’t invoke it to push their products. I know it’s not much, but it gives hope for a better future.
10 Ridiculously Expensive Items
Did you ever wonder what do rich people spend their money on? Somehow I was under the wrong impression that they would take good care of their hard earned money, but apparently that is not the case. It probably has something to do with the thing that there aren’t many rich people who came to their fortune through hard work. Here’s a list of 10 most ridiculously expensive items that only an insane person or a skipjack would buy.
1. Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress – $100,000
24 Most Retarded Books That Have Ever Been Published
I know that I shouldn’t be judging the book by its cover, and usually I don’t do so, but in this case I really don’t know what else to do with a book called “The Joy of Uncircumcising”. Here are 24 cases of the worst publishing fails. I wonder how the authors of these books managed to find a publishing house willing to issue these literal disasters it must have been a real financial failure. Who buys and reads crap like this?
