Show us a picture of the pet you'd most like to have in your life.

There's my Chippy

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my mom loves me

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Show us the person you want to be like in life. 
Submitted by Beshr.

This Guy

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Show us a photo that makes you cringe.

Utilizing the gentle dichotomy between the nostalgic and the carnivorous, Nicolas Lampert makes viewers look twice in his collection of collages he's classified as 'Meatscapes'. A fan of over-sized meat in public spaces (see his 'Attention Chicken!' installations), Lampert creates visual mash-ups of landscapes and what seems to be large portions of meat sampled from vintage food ads. The result is an almost seamless composition that may cause you to cringe, but in a meaty sort of way.

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Book: Show us a book you've read more than once.

My Father's Dragon

Ruth Stiles Gannett

There is a point in every child's life where they have reached the full capacity of re-reading their picture books and are looking for the next level up.  The 'chapter' book is a huge milestone in reading, or at least it was for me, and the very first chapter series I can remember reading is the My Father's Dragon series. With colorfully illustrated covers used as a visual launchpad to set a child's imagination on fire, I eagerly went through these books several times even though they were a bit more 'advanced' than what I was used to.

  A friend of mine recently looked back on them and was surprised to find that the books were a lot more simple than she initially remembered.  Simple or not, I highly recommend this series for the young ones.  As mikepop and I have been discussing the books are vividly descriptive and fun, mikepop even pointing out that it reminded him "of an early-generation text adventure in that he filled his backpack with an odd assortment of things (chewing gum, lollipops, rubber bands, boots, compass, toothbrush, compass, six magnifying glasses, hair ribbons, and so on), then used each of those items in turn (none left over!) to solve puzzles in the story". 

And who doesn't want to follow a young boy who eats fig newtons and tangerines on his fantastic adventure into the jungle?

EDIT: mikepop posted this lovely illustration from My Father's Dragon, to give you all an idea of what sort of lovely scenes took place in this book:

alligator bridge

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Show us a book that scared you as a child.

scariest cover evar

I was a pretty big wimp when I was little, certainly not the kind of child that reveled in getting creeped out by scary stories.  Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was a relatively popular series of scary stories when I was younger, and I remember always seeing this horrifying cover on the library table top at any given point in time.  It freaked the crap out of me so much that I didn't even dare to page through the actual book until a few years ago.  The illustrations inside are equally as creepy, but at least now I can go to sleep assured that they won't come out and get me.

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Show us what you're snacking on.

@ home snack

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Show us the best creative artist or crafter that you know personally.

Pixel Models

I've managed to do quite a fair share of bragging about my extremely talented friend Rich (or rg) and his bit-tastic pixel art and games, but a little more ego boosting wouldn't hurt (would it, Rich?).  Rich is a great friend of mine and a perpetually creative person.  When he's not working on his incredibly exciting upcoming games, he's always thinking of new ideas and constantly creating something.  I envy his motivation and dedication to his work and only wish I had half the drive he has.  Check his personal site for galleries of his work, awesome burning man photography, and more special goodies.  Here are some of my personal favorites of his though:

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Audio: Share the song that will get you dancing...every time! 
Submitted by foxsydee.

Justice makes my feet all tingly!

03 D.A.N.C.E.

Justice

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Show us a video that cracks you up.

Á la style of the recently popular Juggernaut video (which is quite explicit, but occasionally funny [i.e. charlessss noooo!!!!]), these G.I. Joe PSA Spoofs are classics to me. I've watched these vids maybe a million times by now, and may I remind you this was before YouTube.  I can't decide which one is my favorite, although 'Body Massage' was a popular phrase around campus freshman to sophomore year.

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