You are getting breast implant surgery to enhance your image but don’t know how to explain it to your kids? No problemo… A new picture book about plastic surgery aims to explain why mom is getting a flatter tummy, a ‘prettier’ nose or bigger boobs.

“When she was pregnant with her son Junior, who turns nine this month, Gabriela Acosta ballooned from 115 pounds to 196. Acosta lost the weight but wound up with stretched, saggy skin. Even her son noticed it. He told her that her stomach looked “pruney,” the result, he thought, of staying in the shower too long. So the 29-year-old stay-at-home mom scheduled a consultation with Dr. Michael Salzhauer, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Bal Harbour, Fla.

Acosta told Salzhauer that she wasn’t sure how to talk to her son about the procedures she was considering. That’s when he showed her the manuscript for his children’s picture book, “My Beautiful Mommy” (Big Tent Books), out this Mother’s Day. It features a perky mother explaining to her child why she’s having cosmetic surgery (a nose job and tummy tuck). Naturally, it has a happy ending: mommy winds up “even more” beautiful than before, and her daughter is thrilled.” [Newsweek]

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Experts say that alligator blood can kill E. coli, herpes simplex, and the nasty methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It appears that many animals from the reptilian and amphibians families have curative proteins flowing through their blood.

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Check out these Mona Lisa mutants created by Japanese artist Naoto Hattori. I wonder what Leonardo Da Vinci would think of that, anyway, I let you be the judge of that. link

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“Science, for many years, has depended on two pain relieving agents — methyl salicylate and menthol. Every doctor knows these two precious ingredients. And Ben Gay contains up to 21/2 times as much of both  than five other rub- ins.”

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Wayne’s cameras are very special and dangerous. They incorporate “actual skulls, insects and HIV+ blood.” Some elements of Wayne’s art make me think of Necromantic Art.

About the camera depicted below the artist says, “Designed to take photos of soon-to-be mothers who are at least 8 months pregnant, and explore my relationship with my twin brother who died at birth.” link

4”x5” camera made from Aluminium, Titanium, Acrylic, Formaldehyde and an infant human heart.

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Avoid that mangy appearance… give your hair the sheen and luster it deserves!

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A Japanese Man has built a long canoe made with thousands of used disposable chopsticks recovered from Koriyama city hall cafeteria. link

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Lee Otis posted a cool picture of a classic  seafood joint in downtown Vancouver. link

Have you ever eaten there?

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If you are car lover and and are in L.A between now and November 2, 2008, there is a cool exhibit titled “The Art of Cars” at the Petersen Automotive Museum. It includes, among other things, over 60 watercolor and pastel drawings, pencil and marker sketches, and a variety of three-dimensional pieces.

“Route 66 ends this year at Fairfax and Wilshire with the launch of a special exhibition “The Art of Cars,” the first-ever creative collaboration between Pixar Animation Studios and the Petersen Automotive Museum. “The Art of Cars” showcases the artistic process behind the creation of the animated feature film Cars. The exhibit will run from March 29 through November 2, 2008.” [Petersen Automotive Museum]

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The Chinese Government’s censorship attempts are not always successful. The following story went through Chinese official censors’ net.

Mrs. Wuping refused to move because she wanted was a space of comparable size in the new building she was supposed to move in. The developer just wanted to give her a small sum of money. On top of that, the local press was censored and could not report the story while the developer worked with the local government and courts to coerce Mrs. Wuping. Last night, the house was razed.

“China’s latest Internet celebrity is the 40-year-old Ms Wu Ping, owner of the “coolest nail house in history” in Chongqing.

Nail house (???) is a Chinese slang term referring to people and households who refuse to move after receiving eviction notices from real estate developers or government officials. Wu Ping became famous overnight because of the extremity of the situation: her house has become an island in the middle of a construction pit (pictured, previously reported on Danwei, story broken in English by Peering Into the Interior).” link

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