These are black-and-white and color versions of the tattoo inked by artist Matt Pehrson of The Zion Tattoo Company in St. George, Utah on his friend Ryan’s dome. Pretty trippy, right? I want to see what it looks like from the other side. Also apparently this is a work in progress, although I’m not sure what else they intend to do unless it’s have a spider crawling out of the hole. I bet my girlfriend would loooove to see that when I’m little spoon. Still, this gives me an idea. “Getting a baseball hat tattoo so you don’t have to wear one to keep the sun out of our eyes?” Great minds, am I right? “We don’t have them.” Not at all…

Keep going for the color version while I write to Ryan and suggest he just point to the hole and shrug whenever he’s accused of forgetting something.

Source: Geekologie – Whoa: A Hole In The Head Optical Illusion Tattoo

This is a video of Cody of Cody’s Lab (previously: flushing 152 pounds of liquid mercury down a toilet, floating an anvil in liquid mercury, and taste-testing mercury a few times) inhaling helium (low molecular weight, creates high speed of sound) and sulfur hexafluoride (high molecular weight, creates low speed of sound) simultaneously to see (hear) what he sounds like. Do they even each other out? Not really, his tone sort of alternates between high and low, which he attributes to preventing the gases from mixing the best that he could (he references other people who have tried this on Youtube ending with an average tone, which he says is a result of the gases mixing in the lungs due to talking, and, despite it sounding counterintuitive, not breathing the helium first). So, there you have it, science at work. And later? *opens side of overcoat to reveal graduated cylinder and volumetric flask shaped sex toys* Science at play.

Keep going for the video while I walk by the nearest gas station for a little heavy breathing.

Source: Geekologie – Guy Inhales Helium And Sulfur Hexafluoride Simultaneously To See What He’ll Sound Like

50-year old Charles Eugene Ferris and 36-year old Christopher Hicks of Arkansas were apparently arrested last year after getting good and drunk and taking turns shooting each other while wearing a bulletproof vest. Now that — that just sounds like a fun-filled Saturday afternoon to me. The details (including shitty coverup story!) while I start pricing body armor on eBay:

According to the affidavit, a deputy with the Benton County Sheriff’s Office first interviewed Ferris after he was admitted to hospital late Sunday night. The man reportedly had a red spot on his upper chest but tried to concoct an elaborate cover story for the injury, police said.

As reported by 5News (KFSM-TV), Ferris claimed an “asset” had paid him $200 for protection. He said the pair met another man at around 10 p.m. and ended up in a gunfight.

The 50-year-old told the deputy he was hit multiple times but returned shots and fled in a car. He said he was taken to the hospital by the so-called asset. Later, he admitted making up the tale in an attempt to protect his friend, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

According to the affidavit, he confirmed they were drinking and playing with a bullet-resistant vest. After asking Hicks to shoot him, he was hit in the chest with a .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle, leaving the mark.

Local media outlet KARK-TV reported Ferris asserted that he had been left “pissed” about the injury and then “unloaded the clip” into Hicks, who by this stage was wearing the vest. The friend was struck five times in the back. Luckily none of the bullets pierced the material.

“Luckily none of the bullets pierced the material?” We’re talking about only for Hicks, right? Like not for the rest of humanity. I imagine Darwin is kicking himself for sleeping through this gunfight at the N.O.K.A.Y. Corral. I mean that’s some serious playing with fire. And you know how I feel about playing with fire. “Don’t do it unless you want to have the time of your life.” It’s my life creed.

Thanks to Luka, who agrees it’s refreshing to see some people still know how to have a good time.

Source: Geekologie – Sounds Right: Two Drunk Arkansas Men Arrested After Taking Turns Shooting Each Other Wearing Bulletproof Vest

This is The Child Chia Pet available for pre-order from Entertainment Earth ($20, presumably among other places, wherever fine Chia Pets are sold). It looks like baby Yoda surrounded by a blanket of greenery in his hover crib. That’s cool. It’s non canon though, because I distinctly don’t remember any sprouts in that crib. Also has anybody ever actually grown a Chia Pet that looks even remotely as lush as the ones they advertise? And the answer, of course, is not even close. They’re a sham, just like pet rocks. You think that rock loves you? That rock doesn’t f***ing love you. It doesn’t care if you come home tonight or not.

Thanks to Allyson S, who agrees they should have made the cribs actually hover. Now that would pay $20 for.

Source: Geekologie – It Was Only A Matter Of Time: The Baby Yoda In Hover Crib Chia Pet

This is the Cars & Trucks Waffle Maker from CucinaPro and available on Amazon ($43). It bakes waffle batter into the fun shapes of little cars and trucks. If you aren’t playing with your breakfast now, you’re doing it wrong. Obviously, I plan on hollowing out the tops of the two big trucks and filling them up to the brim with syrup and just drinking from them. My mom will almost tell me to stop because she knows I’m going to be so hyper I’ll be running through walls for the next hour, but deep down I know she hopes I concuss myself so I’m out for the rest of the day and she can drink her wine box in peace.

Keep going for a handful more shots while I park a bunch of these in my garage.

Source: Geekologie – Finally, A Waffle Maker That Makes 3-D Cars And Trucks

This is a video of an engineer at Youtube channel The Q replacing the factory wheels on a hoverboard with some Formula 1 tires. Does it work? Yes. Is it faster? Unsurprisingly, just the opposite. Will their next video be replacing a Formula 1 car’s tires with hoverboard wheels? I know at least one blogger waiting with bated breath! “Bated, or shit?” Hey I brushed AND mouthwashed this morning. “No flossing?” Only the night before and day of a dentist’s appointment.

Keep going for the full video, including the modification was done. Actual ride at the very end.

Source: Geekologie – Sure, Why Not?: Adding Formula 1 Tires To A Hoverboard

This is a video from Owasso, Oklahoma of a poor decision maker attempting to take off with his paraglider in what appears to be a little league field and parking lot surrounded by power lines. Can you guess what happens? “He hits one.” Goshdang I bet you never even had to study for tests in school!

Another man nearby recording the flight helped the man flying the paraglider cut himself loose.

Police say the paraglider had engine trouble and it got caught in the lines.

Police say the paraglider had engine trouble and it got caught in the lines? Because everybody else says guy tried taking off in an area surrounded by power lines and got caught in the lines. Don’t blame it on engine trouble, this was user trouble. That said, I would have 100% told the police the same thing if that were me. Plus kids were trying to throw rocks into my fan blade.

Keep going for the video.

Source: Geekologie – Smart Thinking: Paraglider Attempts Takeoff From Field Surrounded By Power Lines

Because genius comes in all shapes and sizes, this is a short video from a gas station attendant starring a woman wearing a face mask that she’s cut a hole right in front of the mouth of (and bending down to speak under the partition) because, “Since we have to wear ’em and it makes it harder to breathe, it just makes it a lot easier to breathe.” My God, I wonder if medical professionals have thought of that? Stuck behind a stuffy mask all day when just cutting a hole in it would make it so much easier to breathe! I’m 50/50 on this woman being an entitled jerk or legit dumb. “She keeps it up she may find it really hard to breathe one day.” Hey you said it, I was only thinking it.

Keep going for the video while I remember watching a guy lift his mask to sneeze at the grocery store.

Source: Geekologie – Problem Solving: Woman Cuts Hole In Face Mask “To Make It Easier To Breath”

Seen here speaking with the Utah State Trooper that pulled him over, a five-year old explains he was just on his way to California to buy a Lamborghini with the $3 he has in his pocket. Oh, and that’s just somebody’s poor face-blurring job in the photo, not a boy trying to drive to California with a paper plate taped to his eyes. More details:

The boy left in the SUV after arguing with his mother, who said she would not buy the luxury car for him, Utah Highway Patrol said on Twitter.

Troopers told CNN affiliate KSL-TV they initially thought the boy was an impaired driver.
“How old are you? You’re 5 years old?” Trooper Rick Morgan says in dash camera footage of the traffic stop. “Wow … Where did you learn to drive a car?”

Morgan told KSL-TV he had to help the child get the SUV into park.

“He was sitting on the front edge of the seat so that he could reach the brake pedal to keep the car stopped while I was standing there,” he said.

Morgan says no one was hurt, and it will be up to the local prosecutor to decide whether to file charges against the parents, who had left the boy in his sibling’s care while they were away from home.

Honestly, I’m not sure what you’d charge the parents with, because clearly this kid can take care of himself. I mean not only is he a better driver than 90% of people on the street, he clearly understands the value of money. Not to mention he’s practically the size of an adult. Is that what five-year olds look like now? When I was five I weighed like 20 pounds and still lived in my mom’s pouch. “Dammit GW, you weren’t adopted by kangaroos.” *shadowboxing* Come to Australia and say that to my fist-paws!

Keep going for a video of the pullover from the trooper’s dashcam (no bodycam).

Source: Geekologie – 5-Year Old Pulled Over In Utah On Way To California To Buy Himself A Lamborghini

This is a Great Big Story video about talented voice actor Dee Bradley Baker (Perry the Platypus on ‘Phineas and Ferb,’ Klaus the Fish on ‘American Dad’ and Daffy Duck in ‘Space Jam’) discussing and demonstrating his skill by improvising a variety of different animal sounds in his home studio. Some more info while I contact Dee and see if he’ll leave an audio autograph on my home answering machine:

We are about to take you on an audio odyssey unlike any other. It’s kind of like ASMR for people who find the sounds of squealing pigs, angry squirrels and raging dinosaurs soothing. And it’s all from the mouth of Dee Bradley Baker, one of Hollywood’s top voice actors. Baker specializes in creatures and animals, and you know his voice.

Impressive work. But can he do..THIS? *tries to make fart sound with armpit before realizing its too hairy to produce a ripper* “Yes I bet he could do that.” Whatever, I just need to trim up a bit is all. Speaking of — does this look like a rash to you? I’ve been trying a new deodorant and I think my body is fighting it.

Keep going for the full video.

Source: Geekologie – Cartoon Voice Actor Demonstrates His Skill With A Variety Of Different Animal Sounds

Remember those Star Wars Barbies from last year? Well apparently they sold like toilet paper, because Mattel has just announced the release of four more dolls available for pre-order (shipping in June). The new dolls will come in Rey, C-3PO, Stormtrooper, and Chewbacca varieties, and cost $100. Apiece. Oh except for the Chewbacca one, that one costs $150 on account of all the Wookie fur. That stuff is expensive because Wookies are tough fighters and hard to kill.

Keep going for a shot of each.

Source: Geekologie – Mattel Releasing Four More Star Wars Barbie Dolls

To celebrate Star Wars day, this is an inspirational video released by the official Star Wars Youtube channel to remind everyone to be kind to one another and not be jerks because that is not the Jedi way. And you do want to live a more Jedi life, don’t you? “I’m a Sith.” You mean in the sheets? Or all the time? Because my girlfriend said I make love like a Jawa. “What’s that even mean?” No clue, I’ve always been too afraid to ask.

Keep going for the video.

Source: Geekologie – Star Wars Releases Official ‘May The 4th’ Video

In honor of Star Wars Day and humongous tropical cocktails, these are the 40-ounce Jabba The Hutt and 45-ounce Rancor tiki mugs created by Geeki Tiki and available from Toynk. Either mug costs $75 and Jabba comes with a 2.5-ounce Bib Fortuna mini mug, and the Rancor with a Oola mini mug. Obviously, I’ll announce out loud that I refuse to drink out of anything else, and die of dehydration a few days later.

Keep going for a few more shots.

Source: Geekologie – Now You’re Talking: 40-Ounce Jabba The Hutt And 45-Ounce Rancor Tiki Mugs