Did anyone else catch this?

Before leaving my wonderful Christmas vacation behind, I took Jules to see Frozen. I loved it. Beautiful animation, great music, funny, moving, the whole deal. But there was something I missed.

Take a look at this photo of the visitors arriving at Elsa’s coronation. See anything familiar here?

Look to the left:

That's FLYNN and RAPUNZEL!!!!!! Aaaaahhhhhh!

My mind is blown and Disney lit the dynamite.

38 maps you never knew you needed.

Fellow map lovers! Hearken to my voice! This is marvelous.

38 maps you never knew you needed.

Some of my favorites...

How much space the Great Lakes would take up in Europe.

What's on the opposite side of the Earth.

The imaginary high-speed rail system of my dreams.
Ninety minutes to New York!

State borders redrawn to redistribute population.
I recently moved from the state of Allegheny to the state of Potomac.

What the time zones look like at the South Pole.

Same world, different centerpoint.

To Russia! Let's go!

Who's with me?

Beautiful Destruction

Olympic withdrawal already?

Yeah, me too. So check out the Twitter stream of the awesome and engaging Neil deGrasse Tyson, who, in honor of our Mars rover landing, enlightened us as to what the Olympics would be like on the red planet. Very cool.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

The #MarsScienceLaboratory arrives at the RedPlanet in the middle of the #Olympics back here on Earth. Hmmm...

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

How about a Mars #Olympics? Yes, all athletes would suffocate. Ignoring that complication -- way cooler than Earth #Olympics.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

If there was Swimming on Mars, the low temperature & low air pressure would force the pool to simultaneously freeze & boil.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

If there was Cycling on Mars, try Olympus Mons -- a volcanic mountain 5x taller than Mont Blanc in the Alps.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

Like to Kayak white waters? Valles Marineris on Mars is nearly 10x the length of Arizona's Grand Canyon.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

With 1% of Earth's air density, Badminton on Mars would be different -- a shuttlecock to the face lands you in the hospital.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

Rowing on Mars would log about the same race times. There's hardly any movement with or against the 62% lower gravity there.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

Women's BeachVolleyball on Mars: No protective ozone layer there. Solar UV would irradiate all exposed legs, buns, & tummies

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

Gymnastics: On Mars, with only 38% of Earth's gravity, the Vault & other spring-assisted leaps would resemble circus cannons.

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

Weightlifters, whose sole job is to raise barbells from planets that attracts them, on Mars achieve 2.6x their personal bests

Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

Congratulations to all medal winners in the 2012 #Olympics: Gold Silver & Bronze (copper+tin). All forged in exploding Stars

Celebrities who use Twitter to tell us about their morning McDonald's run should take note. This is how it's done.

London, baby!

Olympics, Olympics, Olympics! I am DVRing every bit of coverage and I haven't looked back. Whilst ensconcing myself in Olympic coverage like George Costanza wanted to with velvet, I came up some fun facts.

Did you know...

...the Fab Five's fab leotards for the team competition (in which they completely DESTROYED) were encrusted with 4,437 crystals each? Each! I believe that qualifies as a boatload.

Check the stones.

If you're gonna win gold, you might as well shine like a diamond while you're doing it.

And speaking of significant numbers, here's some really cool info on the Olympic cauldron. It's made up of 204 individual copper torches, one for each competing nation.

Each torch petal entered the stadium along with each team during the parade of nations, and was then attached to the cauldron pipes in the center of the arena. I saw them carrying the petals, but I didn't realize what they were at the time.

And here's the coolest part. After the games, the torch will be dismantled and each petal sent home to the member countries, so every nation will have a piece of the cauldron. Still doesn't beat the magnificent cauldron lighting of the Barcelona Games, but incredibly cool, nonetheless.

Words are weapons. But weapons are also weapons.

Man, I hope you like The Hunger Games, because I’m just realizing that I post about it a lot, and here’s another one. Who doesn’t love a good, vintage-looking propaganda poster? Very cool.

Be a good citizen. The Capitol is watching!

Finland is obviously awesome.

And the coolest thing Air France does is give you an extra bottle of wine.

Just before they steal your luggage.

Movie posters reimagined for another place and time

My favorite is Inception.

Check them all out here.

Test Your Awareness

The British are such a delight. Take a look at this ad for visual awareness and take the test.



How did you do?

AND DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO!

Wow. Nice job, West Virginia.

The Navy sub is the coolest.

288,000 jelly beans and 1 guitar

So very cool.

I don't even understand this kind of talent

Faber Castell from eric yeo on Vimeo.

Very exciting, very cool.

May the odds be ever in your favor!

The Beatles, about to cross Abbey Road

Very cool, no?

Felices Cinco de Mayo

In celebration of the Mexican defeat of the French forces at the Battle of the Pueblo, I went out for lunch with friends and stuffed my face with chicken flautas and burritos. As I struggle to stay out of a food coma, please enjoy this fascinating video of Jello bouncing in slow motion. It really is gorgeous.