Batten down the hatches picked by Bornbad 13 hours ago

Co-pilot picked by Bornbad 2 days ago

A pigeon in Brooklyn was recently rescued by some animal lovers after being "dangled upside down from a piece of string that was caught around her leg and tangled on a tree branch two stories above a busy sidewalk."

Click for story - I know, it's the PETA blog. picked by suebe 3 days ago

The Witch Head Nebula
*Happy Halloween* picked by equinox 6 days ago

Happy Halloween.
Seen at Toronto Zombie Walk. picked by Bornbad 6 days ago

Bizarre Bubbles Invade the Ocean Floor picked by Bornbad 6 days ago

Life is filled with momentary pleasures: the sting of a good shower waking us up for the day; the transient scent of a flower, the comforting sound of the gentle rain.
Let us never get too busy to notice the simple pleasures of our lives. picked by Bornbad 1 week ago

Harlem Bespoke found this photo of 116th Street by Lenox Avenue taken in 1893. They say: "Yes, those are cows standing around an open watering hole. The middle class apartment buildings can be seen encroaching on the once pastoral setting. The farmer was probably one of the last ones to sell out." picked by suebe 1 week ago

This is a kea. Isn't he cute? Happy, little green parrot...tra la la.
Happy, little green parrot who calmly burrows through the still-living flesh of sheep and dines upon their kidney fat while they lay bleating in terror. No, really. picked by Bornbad 1 week ago

Rat stuck in a sidewalk crack. That is all. Update from "Wayne" who took the picture:It was on my block on the Upper West Side. 82nd Street between CPW and Columbus. I thought it was alive, but after getting up the nerve to poke it with a (long) stick, I realized he was dead. I did what any wonderful caring masculine New Yorker would do, I told the doorman about it and ran off to work.... read full post picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

The memorial to the Synagogue in Göttingen, Germany, burnt down 1938 during the Kristallnacht picked by Bornbad 2 weeks ago

WTF is going on now? picked by Bornbad 2 weeks ago

One on One With Nature: Love, Friendship, Rivalry. picked by Bornbad 2 weeks ago

Sad at how true this is. picked by choco 3 weeks ago

The Best Flag in the World

That's the flag of the Benin Empire, a pre-colonial African state situated in modern Nigeria that lasted from 1440 until 1897.

More bad flags if you click image picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

Pictures from Miami Carnival - with its brightly coloured costumes and dancers galore. picked by ruthstark 3 weeks ago

Chocolate outfit

French model Laetitia Rey presents a chocolate outfit designed by Eva Rachline and made with the help of French chocolate maker Magnum, at the 15th World Chocolate Fair in Paris picked by ruthstark 3 weeks ago

Brooklyn Bridge - red sky moment minutes after a summer shower soaked the city picked by ruthstark 3 weeks ago

Part 2 of "The Ridiculous Ralph Lauren Ads of the World." picked by choco 3 weeks ago

Real story - Miss Homeless 2009

Thérèse Van Belle blows a kiss after winning the title of Miss Homeless.

The 58-year-old Brussels native beat nine others in the nation's first such competition and won a year's free accommodation picked by ruthstark 4 weeks ago

The Spiders That Decorate Their Own Webs picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

The above photo, titled, “Forcibly pulled out of dug-outs”, one of the best-known pictures of World War II. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

Pipy, a 156ft inflatable figure, was in London to promote the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow picked by ruthstark 4 weeks ago

New Orleans Arcology Habitat or NOAH was designed in an effort to rebuild the city. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

Cloudscape picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago