Horrifying Hobby of the Day: Graham Barker shows off his record-breaking 22.1 grams of bellybutton lint, which the 45-year-old librarian has collected over the past 26 years.

Suddenly, I feel very normal.

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A swastika art show banner in western Poland is causing controversy. Public display of swastikas is illegal in Poland, punishable by 8 years in prison, but the curators insist on the banner’s allowed artistic context.

Already, vandals tore a gaping hole in the banner and it had to be replaced by the gallery. Because of the context, no legal action will be taken against the gallery.

The original work by Italian digital artist Max Papeschi has a pink background. The art show banner is red, which makes it look more like the original Nazi flags that once hung in occupied Poland. Does that mean that the intentionally shocking body of work wasn’t shocking enough for the curators and they needed some extra PR? Judge for yourself.

Apparently, Curb Your Enthusiasm has been filming in NYC and one fan tried to get Larry David to take a quick photo with him, which, as you can imagine, didn’t go over too well. But we urge the public to try again: this week they’re shooting near Times Square.

David LaChapelle’s newly opened solo exhibit at Paul Kasmin Gallery features the divine adventures of Michael Jackson, conveniently shot just a year before the death of the “modern martyr.” Also: a critique of the Catholic Church’s corruption with vague bondage and much bling and Rape of Africa, a spin of glamorized politics over Botticelli’s Venus & Mars (the possible “acid trippers”). Preview the work below.
“American Jesus,” David LaChapelle, Jul 13 – Sep 18, Paul Kasmin Gallery, NYC

After almost three months, BP says it has finally stopped the oil flood, prompting one of their vice presidents to get a little ahead of himself with this quote considering the 184 million or so gallons that have spewed since the incident: “I am very excited that there’s no oil in the Gulf of Mexico.” Evidently, they figured out how to get one of their caps to fit over the damn thing, but still need to permanently seal it before we all start celebrating. |NYT|

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A mobile phone company has suspended the number 0888 888 888 -- after every single person assigned to it died in the last 10 years.

Check out a STUNNING rendition of Paparazzi, sung and played on piano, by a very very talented 6th grader (above)!

Why don’t female bedbugs need vaginas? Two words: “knife penis.” Isabella Rossellini follows up on her “Green Porno” series with 5 more cooky, creepy shorts in “Seduce Me.” Playing out the odd seduction rituals of ducks and bedbugs (and more), Rossellini brings you the gang rape and sneaky cross-dressers of the animal world.

Click here to see the show. It will put your own sexual meanderings into a new light.

Then, go behind the scenes of the experimental shorts and see who navigates the duck-genital cam through the labyrinth vagina of curtains.

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And in today’s daily contempt-of-cop story, Ft. Lauderdale Police Officer Jeff Overcash did not appreciate a man asking him for his badge number, so he pulled out his handcuffs and arrested him.

And it was all caught on video.

The video shows Brennan Hamilton walking up to Overcash in a calm manner with a pen and notepad in his hand. Overcash, who is leaning against his squad car with other cops, then pulls out his handcuffs and arrests Hamilton.

Overcash charged him with resisting arrest without violence and disorderly intoxication.

For me, it’s like deja vu all over again.

In my second arrest, I had walked up to Miami Beach Police Officer David Socarras and asked for his name and badge number after he had ordered me to delete the photo I had taken of him.

One of his cohorts immediately handcuffed me and Socarras placed me in the back of his car.

Socarras initially charged me with disorderly intoxication but the state attorney’s office changed it to resisting arrest without violence.

The case was dismissed after Socarras failed to show up to trial on two occasions.

The above video was posted on the Broward-Palm Beach New Times and JAAblog.

Hamiltons’s attorney, Brad Cohen, stated the following on the latter blog:

“We have several witnesses for the incident prior to the arrest. The facts are essentially the train was going past the intersection, on SW 2nd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale. My client, Brennen Hamilton, was waiting with his wife and friends for the train to pass. My client leaned up against the rear of the police car.

Officer Overcash approached my client and took him by the arm and said ‘Get your ass off the car. How would you like it if I leaned my ass on your car?’ My client remained silent and rolled his eyes. The Officer said ‘Really tough guy, you have something to say to me?’ My client remained silent.

Officer Overcash then said ‘Yeah, that’s right tough guy, you’ve got nothing to say.’ The train passed and my client and his wife went to his car and called Fort Lauderdale Police, to complain about the treatment he just received. There wasn’t a Lt. or a Sgt. working at that time, so he left his number. During the call he was asked for the Officer’s name and badge number. He did not know that information.

After getting off the phone he went back to Officer Overcash and asked him if he could please give him his badge number and name. That is where the video is recorded. You can see my client approach calmly and request his badge and name. Without hesitation Officer Overcash immediately puts my client in cuffs, and ultimately charges him with resisting without violence and disorderly intoxication. My client was not intoxicated whatsoever. He is a licensed recovery agent and possesses all of the proper State licenses.

We called Internal Affairs today and left a message at 1pm, no call back as of yet. I am preparing my notice of investigation pursuant to Florida Statute and calling SAO Case Filing tomorrow to discuss the charges … “

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Andrew Devigal (multimedia editor at New York Times) has found an affordable iPad stand solution: An Office Depot Business Card holder. $0.69 a piece. Wheee!

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In case you missed the little print that flashed on the screen for a nanosecond during that very real commercial: Tim James is a Republican.

But then, you already knew that, didn't you?

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