May 14 2009 Russian Whale Tails Taking Web By Storm

Vilena, the woman above, is the originator of a Russian internet phenomenon I'm dubbing "whale tailing". Basically, she took the picture you see there (with her ass all up in the air, hence the "whale tail"), posted it on some social networking site, and, next thing you know, BAM, all the women are doing it. *sniff* Brings a tear to my eye. Now I don't belong to any Russian networking sites, so I say we bring the trend over here. Now THAT'S an internet phenomenon I can get behind! And thrust. HIYO!

Hit the jump for several more slightly NSFW examples, the last of which will make you sad.

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Jan 31 2009 This Is What A Billion Dollars Looks Like

Get a good look folks, because you're sure as hell never gonna see it in real life.

One Billion Dollar is stacked on 12 standard pallets, altogether 10 million 100 USD notes. One Billion Dollar is not so much about what you see but what you could do or not do with the money. Besides, this is the most expensive piece of art ever made.

Haha, that's not art, that's somebody robbed a bank. And speaking of which....

UPDATE: Damnit, wrong bank. Oh well -- anybody looking to get pregnant?

Hit the jump for a couple more pictures and another piece of art by the same artist (Michael Marcovici) that depicts an average life in bags of Rolex sand.

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