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Los Angeles, California-based Patrick Hruby creates bright and colorful illustrations that make us feel like a kid again! Not only are they playful and whimsical, they have that retro but completely modern feel to them...like a Michael Bublé song or like sunshine on your skin. …















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Added by alice on February 9, 2011 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Scary Staircase With No Handrail!

Is someone playing a joke on us? Are these stairs actually supposed to be used? No, not quite. Hanging high in the sky is a scary stairway made by conceptual artists and architects Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann. The metal steps are attached to the exterior concrete wall of a towering Swiss skyscraper. They're ten stories off the ground and do not come with a safety… Continue

Added by alice on October 9, 2010 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

Danny and Annie: A Love Story



It's incredible stories like this that make you realize what true love is. Using animation and the voiceovers of a very sweet couple, StoryCorps takes us on an amazing journey through their twenty-seven-year romance. Danny Perasa and his wife, Annie remember their life together from their first date to Danny’s final days with terminal cancer.



As StoryCrops says, "these remarkable Brooklynites personify the eloquence, grace, and poetry that can be found in the… Continue

Added by alice on September 8, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

What Will Google TV Look Like?



We were excited when we first heard about Google TV but we had a hard time visualizing it. Now, thanks to Google's new, simple 2 1/2 minute video, we can finally see how it's going to work.



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Added by alice on June 16, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Surveillance 2010 by Will Varner

Just how closely are we being watched? This piece by illustrator Will Varner, called Surveillance 2010, makes us think twice about that question.



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Added by alice on June 2, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Urban Street Art: Someone Save Will Ferrell

In this awesome collaborative piece by street artists Aakash Nihalani + Poster Boy, Will Ferrell (aka Billy Ray "Rojo" Johnson) is seen paddling through some serious fire hydrant-powered rapids in a three-dimensional tape canoe. Good thing he has a life jacket on...



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Added by Eugene on May 18, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Baseball Legend Billy Ray "Rojo" Johnson (Must Watch)



Our Minor League baseball team here in Austin, the Roundrock Express, debuted its newest pitcher the other night "Rojo" Johnson. The one time lizard smuggler from Venezuela has a nice mustache and some big gold chains but pitches a little outside the… Continue

Added by Kevin on May 8, 2010 at 9:37pm — 2 Comments

She Will Swim With Angels by Steve McGhee

When I first wrote about Steve McGhee's incredible apocalyptic scenes, I didn't imagine he'd see it. But now that theMET has content that spreads far and wide, we'll often get the artist finding us and telling us how much they appreciate the write-up. A wonderful side benefit to this… Continue

Added by alice on March 11, 2010 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Pic of the Day - Where Will 2010 Take You?

"Doesn't matter where you're from. It's where you're going." By Chanzhi Lee.

Added by Eugene on January 3, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

An Incredible Will to Survive - Elephant Man

Here at theMET, we've teamed up with the people over at National Geographic and had the privilege of screening this emotional documentary last week. It's a story of tragedy and hardship, but most importantly, hope.



Known as "China's Elephant Man," Huang Chuncai suffers from an extreme condition that has grotesquely deformed his face. Exceptionally large tumors have stunted his growth, left his bones undeveloped, caused his spine to buckle and restricted his… Continue

Added by Eugene on June 2, 2009 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Will Ferrell as Bush Endorsing McCain/Palin on SNL

Added by Eugene on October 24, 2008 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

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