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Or you can make nice and surprisingly sturdy plastic stuff in amazing shapes, amaze your friends with your technical prowess, and be the life of the party.
Vacuum forming is a technique for shaping sheet plastics into 3D shapes, which you can do at home, easily and cheaply. And it's fun. It's the easiest way to make an infinite variety of shapes in plastic, or to make molds for casting shapes in other materials, such as concrete.
The basic technique is to
0. clamp a sheet of plastic to a frame (such as a windowscreen-type aluminum frame)
1. heat it in an oven (such as your kitchen oven) until it's soft and rubbery
2. stretch it over a convex mold of an interesting shape (such as a life cast of your sweetie's face), and
3. suck the plastic inward onto that mold with a vacuum system (such as your household vacuum cleaner)
Once the plastic cools, you pull it off the mold and trim off the excess plastic, leaving a copy of whatever shape you sucked the plastic onto.
In this instructable, I'll show you how to make a cheap but good vacuum former, using mostly things you have around the house, or can buy very cheaply. The whole thing shouldn't cost more than about $30 to $50, maybe less depending on what shortcuts or substitutions you choose, and what materials and tools you have lying around. It also shouldn't or take more than an hour or two to make. (Plus a shopping trip to a home improvement store and an office supply store, and letting some silicone cure overnight; you can use epoxy if you're in a big hurry and want to do it all in an evening.)
Here's a movie of the vacuum former in action:
Relatively few people know about vacuum forming, or how easy it is. They're mostly radio control model builders---who use it for making thin plastic parts for airplanes, or bodies for cars or helicopters, or hulls for boats---or they're Star Wars fans who use it for making their own costume armor.
It's unfortunate that vacuum forming know-how is mostly limited to these little niches, because vacuum forming can be used for many purposes, artistic and practical. If you like making stuff in general, and especially if you like non-rectilinear stuff that doesn't look "homemade," you should know how to vacuum form.
You can use vacuum forming to make:
1. intermediate molds for modifying and combining sculptural shapes (this allows you to sculpt in whatever medium is easiest, and transfer the shapes to plastic, making one copy or many)
2. sturdy custom parts out of thick plastic to protect delicate machinery. (Using cheap homemade equipment, I've vacuum formed shells from 1/4" thick plastic that are sturdy enough to stand on.)
3. three-dimensional, internally-illuminated signs from scintillating textured plastic
4. flexible, cushiony custom liners from thermoformable foam
5. relief sculptures of various kinds
6. molds for casting chocolates, soaps, candles, or concrete relief sculptures
7. decorative architectural reliefs, or decorative shells that can be reinforced for structural purposes
8. stage props and costume parts in hard plastic or soft foam,
9. zillions of things you'll probably think of.
Industrially, vacuum forming is used for making all kinds of things, from disposable plastic cups and lids to sinks and hot tubs and McDonald's golden arches to full-sized boat hulls. (If you've never seen a 30-foot sheet of plastic sucked into a boat shape in a few seconds, trust me, it's pretty cool.)
For vacuum forming at home, the main limitation is usually space for the equipment---the size of your vacuum former is proportional to the size of plastic sheet you need to form. The $30-50 vacuum former described here doesn't take up much storage space at all, and can handle thin plastic sheets as big as will fit in your oven.
For larger stuff, you need a custom oven---not very difficult or expensive to make, but a little bigger all around than the plastic it will heat.
For thick plastics (more than about 3/32" or 1/8" thick, depending on several variables) you often need a stronger vacuum than a vacuum cleaner will provide, and again the cost and size of the equipment are roughly proportional to the size of plastic sheet you will be forming. The cost can be under $50 for a high-vacuum system for thick plastic sheets up to about 12" x 18", using a converted bike pump, or an electric air pump of some sort from a thrift store. (Such as a kitchen vacuum sealer, a tire inflator air compressor, or a "nebulizer" air pump.)
The vacuum former described here will work very well with an inexpensive high vacuum system, getting professional quality results for thick plastic, for under $100. If you want a standalone vacuum oven, so that you can use it somewhere besides your kitchen, you can make a medium-sized one (12 x 20 inches) for $30.
For now, let's make a good fast cheap vacuum former that you can do a lot with, using your kitchen oven and vacuum cleaner; it's mainly a board with a hole in it, which you can store on a shelf. You can soup it up later, if you want.
A single layer of soda bottle plastic often works really well and eaisly for small stuff like most model plane "bubble canopies," and for smallish food molds like chocolate molds or jello molds. (It's "food safe" plastic unless you burn it.)
You don't need to do anything special to flatten it---just cut the ends off the bottle, so that you're left with a cylinder, then split that, unroll it, and clamp it between appropriately-sized frames. When you heat it, it will relax and act just like a flat sheet.
If you're making something really small, pretty much any toaster oven will work fine. If you're making something that uses plastic that barely fits in the oven, it's nice to have on that heats particularly evenly. The ones with a single heating strip above and below may not heat particularly evenly---two above and two below may be better.
I got a great toaster oven for little stuff for a few bucks from a Goodwill store.
I made a quickie vacuum former awhile back out of parts laying around the house, I had an expanded metal shelf laying around that worked for a base.
I took a different tact with connecting the vacuum that seemed to work well. I used a flexible sink tailpipe that happens to fit my shop-vac perfectly. For mounting it to the MDF, I just used expanding insulation. The few times I used it, it worked well, how well it would hold up over extended, heavy use, I'm not sure. ( Vacuum connection )
The only problem I had was with the frame. I kept meaning to get back to it, but never did , well until now that is ;)
Thanks again.
The most common plastics for beginners, and also common for non-beginners are High Impact Polystyrene (a.k.a. HIPS, or High Impact Styrene, or HIS) and PETG. HIPS is usually opaque, and PETG is crystal clear. They're both pretty cheap and pretty good, and easy to form.
I'd recommend starting with plastic between 1/32 and 1/16 inch thick. (Or .030" to .060" or so.) Thinner plastic cools so quickly you may have trouble getting it to the platen and formed before it cools. Thicker plastic is harder to form without high vacuum, and is more expensive.
The most economical place to buy it is usually a local sheet plastic supplier. You can buy a 4 x 8 foot sheet of thin plastic for what a few small sheets would cost at a hobby shop or craft store. You can probably roll it up to get it into your car. (While it's still flat, thin plastic is flexible. Forming it into a 3D shape makes it much more rigid.) Look in the phone book and call around, to find a supplier that has no minimum order, or a low one like $25. Some places don't want to talk to you if you're not buying at least $100 worth of stuff. Others are happy to sell you a sheet or two of thin plastic. Unfortunately you generally have to call around to find out which is which.
Online, you can get sheet plastics from places like TAP Plastics and Professional Plastics.
I often vacuum form textured plastic light diffuser ceiling panels from Home Depot or Lowe's, which come in 2 x 4 foot sheets. The styrene ones are easier to form than the acrylic ones, but harder to find, and more fragile.
I also vacuum form craft foam from craft stores. (Hobby Lobby has good prices on craft foam---a 12-pack of 12 x 18 inch sheets 2mm thick is $4.00. ) That's a little different from most plastics, though, because it doesn't sag when it gets hot enough to form.
You can find links about vacuum forming diffuser panels and craft foam on my web site. ( http://www.vacuumformerplans.com )
Acrylics can be a problem because they absorb moisture from the air, and if you heat them, you get little bubbles. In my experience with diffuser panels, the bubbles have been small and don't show much. (They don't show at all for the translucent white stuff, just for the clear.) To avoid the bubbles, you may need to "pre-dry" acrylics, baking them at 200 degrees for a half hour to a couple of hours, depending on the thickness. That drives off the water.
Two other commonly vacuum formed plastics are ABS and polycarbonates (like Lexan (TM)). They both can absorb moisture from the air and require pre-drying, too.
I'd stick with HIPS or PETG, starting out, to avoid having to deal with that. (Craft foam doesn't have a problem with moisture.)
You can get a piece of PETG about 6" x 13" (IIRC) by splitting cutting the ends off a 3-liter soda bottle, splitting it, and unrolling it. A lot of RC plane "bubble canopies" are made of pop bottle PETG.
I'm working on another Instructable, with detailed instructions for vacuum forming and plastics sources, but that probably won't be done for a few weeks.
You can get the same effect with a one-hole platen by making some grooves in the top of the board, radiating out a few inches from the hole. (Don't make them too long---if you do, you'll have problems sealing small tape-down sheets on your platen.) If you have a router, that only takes a few minutes.
The grooves ensure that the mold can't sit flat over the hole and block it---air can still be sucked through the grooves. Adding one layer of window screen is still good, to keep the plastic from sucking down into the grooves and blocking them, and to let air flow across the surface of the board from anywhere into a groove.
Here's a posting over on www.hobbymolding.com that sketches how to make a many-hole platen that won't collapse under vacuum and doesn't hold a lot of useless air:
That's a fine thing to do, but it doesn't get you better results, would more than double the time to construct the vacuum former, and (if your holes are spread out too far from the middle of the board) it means you need big tape-down sheets to cover most of them when you want to use a small gasket.
A good compromise, if you want to go to the trouble of making a many-hole platen, is to have a about 40 1/8" holes in an area about 7 inches by 9 inches in the middle of the board. That's plenty if you have a single layer of window screen, and it allows you to cover the holes with a small, cheap tape-down sheet (like a small $1 flimsy FOR SALE sign) when you want to put down a small gasket.
That will let you put multiple molds anywhere on the platen; you don't need holes under a mold, because a wide swath of windowscreen will allow plenty of air to flow to the middle of the board and into the holes. You don't need a mold over the holes, either, because the screen will keep the plastic from sucking down flat and blocking them. And if you pick up the screen, you can still tape your tape-down sheets down to the non-holey area around the holey area.
That would combine all of the advantages of a one-hole platen and a many-hole platen.
I actually used work at a company that made signs using vacuum forming. Most folks don't realize just how easy it can be with a little practice. One thing I noticed you could maybe do is to get an extra rack for your oven and modify it by cutting most of the center out, making it fit your frame. That way you wouldn't need anything to raise the plastic. Also, it would take a little longer but if you were to drill hundreds of 1/32" to 1/16" holes in the model that you're forming, you wouldn't need to use the screen under it and it would make a much sharper/detailed form. You would have to seal around the edges of the model to get a good "pull". We always used ordinary masking tape. IF you have a Dollar Tree store close to you,you can buy tons of these things there. I know you can get the tape and spring clips there. Very good Instructable just the same.
Neat-o! Just grab some Neodymium Magnets, out of discarded Hard Drives, and you'll do it even faster.
I don't know why your attempt failed. You may not have gotten the plastic soft enough, or may have had a vacuum leak. Hard to say from the info given.
It happened to me too; in the oven the plastic sheet shrinked and warped so much that it got out of the frame. I wonder if it is normal, and I have to use a better frame, or if I have to try another type of plastic
Nice idea. Thanks for sharing
i wonder if i can mold a backpack vacuum out of plastic
I need to form a semi-circular cockpit canopy 46 in long 24 in diameter from a 46 in wide sheet of 1/4 to 3/16 in strong black transparent plastic. It is too
big to fit in an oven. Can I form it over a circular 24 in diameter ducting metal over a fire? What are your suggestions?
Many many thanks for the suggestion of folded metal flyscreen for the base.
This has always been a hinderence re drilling lots of holes.
For a while I've been planning to build a vacuum form machine to build recessed control panels. If you've ever seen an acoustic guitar with build in electronics, the controls are usually on a recessed panel like this. Or, you might see a shape like this on the backs of wooden loudspeaker cabinets, where the wires connect. So initially i thought this would be such a simple shape. After all, the molds would be simple blocks of wood crafted to the depth and size of the panels I'd need. Then after forming, I'd only need to trim the plastic, but include maybe a 1/4" lip all around. To use these panels, i would then cut the shape of the original mold into the guitar, and insert my panel. A small screw in each corner of the lip would hold it in place. What could be simpler, right?
Well NOT so!!! Because I now realize that whether I used holes in my platen, or a window screen as you suggest, the "lip" surrounding my mold is probably going to look awful, having the window screen pattern now molded into its surface! I'm not sure what to do about this. I guess I could just live with the screen pattern and try to sand it off
later, but that sounds labor intensive, and might still look lousy in
the end.
I suppose I could make a more complex mold that includes the lip, by attaching the original panel block mold to a thin flat piece of wood, a total of 1/4" bigger on all sides. But I think that will create a new problem, because that lip area is, of course, flat. So once the plastic is drawn to the edge of the lip, it will block further vacuum from getting into the inner corner, and I'll have poor definition. Kind of a catch 22!
The only thing I can think of would be to take the flat thin piece of wood that will become the lip, drill a big hole in the middle of it, then cut a small piece of window screen the size of the center block. If I can then attach the center block to the flat piece of wood with the small piece of screen in between, right over the hole, this should allow air to continue to be drawn, even if the plastic does form a seal around the edge.
What do you think? I know there's no way to do this stuff without some experimentation, but I definitely don't want to waste a lot, and would like to know I have a sound technique for getting the shape I need, while avoiding the screen pattern.


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Matthew G. Vander Heiden, M.D., Ph.D. [Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115]
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2. For all inactive compounds, PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE is 0. For all active compounds, a score range was given for each curve class type given above. Active compounds have PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE between 40 and 100. Inconclusive compounds have PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE between 1 and 39. Fit_LogAC50 was used for determining relative score and was scaled to each curve class' score range.
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Confirmatory Assay to Find Inhibitors of T. brucei phosphofructokinase: High F6P
Various species of the protozoan family Trypanosomatidae are responsible for a range of serious human diseases in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. The subspecies Trypanosoma brucei is one of three known to cause sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan Africa, significantly contributing to the millions of people worldwide who are infected by these parasites and endangering hundreds of millions more. Many of the disorders caused by trypanosomatids are fatal if left untreated, but most currently used drugs are inefficient and toxic. ..more
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Various species of the protozoan family Trypanosomatidae are responsible for a range of serious human diseases in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. The subspecies Trypanosoma brucei is one of three known to cause sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan Africa, significantly contributing to the millions of people worldwide who are infected by these parasites and endangering hundreds of millions more. Many of the disorders caused by trypanosomatids are fatal if left untreated, but most currently used drugs are inefficient and toxic.
Of many possible drug targets in trypanosomatid parasites, the carbohydrate metabolism pathway is seen as potentially one of the most selective, as T. brucei, when in the bloodstream of its mammalian host, is entirely dependent on the conversion of the blood sugar glucose into pyruvate for its ATP supply [1]. Oxidative metabolism involving the mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation are repressed in these parasites, and recent RNA interference (RNAi) experiments have shown that even partial depletion of certain individual glycolytic enzymes can lead to the death of cultured parasites [2]. One such glycolytic enzyme, phosphofructokinase (PFK), catalyzes the formation of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (F1,6BP) and ADP from fructose-6-phosphate (F6P) and ATP, and in many metabolic circumstances makes an important contribution to the control of flux through the glycolytic pathway. As a specific glycolytic target, PFK is particularly attractive as it catalyzes the first irreversible step in glycolysis, and structural and kinetic studies have shown very substantial and essential differences from corresponding host enzymes [3], allowing for the discovery of parasite-selective inhibitors.
A luminescent secondary assay was also performed that used luciferase-based nucleotide detection (ADP-Glo, Promega) similar to the qHTS, but that alternatively used saturating concentrations (10x Km concentrations) of ATP or F6P to determine if inhibitor potencies were shifted due to particular substrate competition. Compounds whose potencies were significantly weakened in the presence of increased substrate would be suggested competitive inhibitors of the saturating substrate, providing a preliminary glimpse into each compound's mechanism of action.
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Grant: 1 R03 MH092153-01
PI Name: Malcolm Walkinshaw, University of Edinburgh
Substrate buffer was dispensed into white, solid 1536-well plates at 3 uL/well in 0.1M triethanolamine (TEA) buffer, pH 8.0, containing final concentrations of 5 mM MgCl2 and 0.01% Tween20. Standard substrate buffer contained 0.5 mM fructose-6-phosphate (F6P) and 0.1 mM ATP, high ATP substrate buffer contained 0.5 mM fructose-6-phosphate (F6P) and 1mM ATP, high F6P substrate buffer contained 5mM fructose-6-phosphate (F6P) and 0.1 mM ATP, and high ATP/F6P buffer contained 5 mM fructose-6-phosphate (F6P) and 1 mM ATP. Then, 23 nl of compounds or DMSO were delivered to each well using a pin tool. One uL of T. brucei PFK (0.1 M TEA, 0.01% Tween20, 0.1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) and 1.25 nM PFK, final concentrations) was then dispensed, and plates were incubated at room temperature for 45 min. The luminescent detection reagent, Kinase-Glo Plus (Promega), was then added at 2ul/well and incubated for ten minutes at room temperature. The plates were measured on a ViewLux plate reader for luminescent signal using a clear filter with a one second exposure. The %Activity was determined from the corrected luminescence values. 1x (1.25nM) and 0x PFK enzyme controls (untreated) were included to normalize %Activity of identified inhibitors; 0x enzyme values corresponded to 100%Activity (full inhibition), while 1x PFK enzyme values were used to normalize 0% Activity (no inhibition).
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1. Compounds are first classified as having full titration curves, partial modulation, partial curve (weaker actives), single point activity (at highest concentration only), or inactive. See data field "Curve Description". For this assay, apparent inhibitors are ranked higher than compounds that showed apparent activation.
2. For all inactive compounds, PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE is 0. For all active compounds, a score range was given for each curve class type given above. Active compounds have PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE between 40 and 100. Inconclusive compounds have PUBCHEM_ACTIVITY_SCORE between 1 and 39. Fit_LogAC50 was used for determining relative score and was scaled to each curve class' score range.
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This is the most bizarre viral video ever. Okay, maybe that's hyperbole, but it's had over 5 million hits since being posted on August 30. It's so simple and so stupid. A guy found a crate in some sort of store filled with squeezable plastic ducks. He squeezed it, and as the air came back in, it made a predictable noise. But then he pressed down on a bunch of the ducks, and the sound that happened is reminiscent of any action movie where a few guys get tossed off a cliff or the top of a skyscraper. Bet you can't watch it just once.
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Will No One Do This Woman's Hair?
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refuses to issue wedding licenses to gay couples, was jailed yesterday on contempt charges. That's not funny. But I'm sorry, this meme is hilarious. Take a look - and tell me it didn't make you laugh. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); I just had to make this because of Joshs' post lol #KimDavis Posted by Jolene Gosha on Tuesday, September 1, 2015
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Who's a Happy (Training) Camper?
Yesterday, a federal judge vacated the four-game suspension that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell threw at New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the now infamous Deflategate Case. That means that Tom Terrific will be suited up and on the field next Thursday night in Foxboro for the season opener - and for the hanging of the team's latest Super Bowl banner. As you might expect, the reaction is missed. Some folks are absolutely delighted. Others, not so much. But here's one guy who's delirious with joy. New England tight end Rob Gronkowski, who posted this picture to Instagram after the ruling was announced. Let's go! This season about to be one heck of a ride!! #PatsNation A photo posted by Rob Gronkowski (@gronkowskiofficial) on Sep 3, 2015 at 12:08pm PDT
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Keith Richards Slams Rap, Heavy Metal & the Beatles
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards sat down for an interview recently with Rolling Stone, the magazine. He was promoting his upcoming solo album, "Crosseyed Heart," which comes out on September 18. But in the course of the interview, he had some pretty harsh things to say about rap music and heavy metal too. Here are some excerpts, from Rolling Stone... On rap: "What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there. All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they're happy. There's an enormous market for people who can't tell one note from another." On heavy metal: "Millions are in love with Metallica and Black Sabbath. I just thought they were great jokes." He even took a shot at the Beatles "Sgt. Peppers" album, calling it "a mishmash of rubbish..." Here's the most amazing thing - that the interviewer was able to understand what he was saying. Keith is not known for giving the most intelligible interviews. Check these top ten highlights from over the years...
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Be the Talk of Your Labor Day Barbecue
So if you're interested in having everyone talk about you at your Labor Day barbecue, this could be the thing for you. The video here is called "How to Skin a Watermelon." Following the methods demonstrated, you'll be able to pull the outer shell - the green and white stuff - off a watermelon, leaving only the juicy red part. There's a trick - I mean, a legit trick - to it. And the end result - a watermelon-shaped lump of juicy red part - looks a little creepy. Creepy like if you took a picture in bad lighting, it could be the star of a horror movie.
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Yes, Sir, Yes, Sir, 40 Sweaters Worth
Chris, a six-year-old ram who was rescued in the Australian outback recently, had his fleece shorn for the first time ever this week. When all was said and done, the shearing yielded about 42 kilos of fleece - that's almost 90 pounds. That's enough wool to make about 40 sweaters. When he was found, he was struggling under all that weight. The folks at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said his personality changed overnight.
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Ball's in the Park, Outfielder Isn't
First off, let's just make it clear: no one got hurt. Well, not physically. I'm sure there's some wounded pride here. On Wednesday, Ruben Tejada of the New York Mets got an inside-the-park home run at Citi Field, with a little help from the opposing team, the Philadelphia Phillies. It was a sort of blooper line drive to right field, and Domonic Brown missed it, the ball dropping under his glove and rolling to the wall. Unfortunately, Brown's momentum carried him over the infield wall and he flipped out of the playing area. Because no one was around to field the ball, Tejada managed to score. Brown's okay - he did leave the game with concussion-like symptoms - and everyone's got a fun story to tell. Well, I guess the "fun" depends on what side of the story you're on... (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Just Ridiculous Ruben Tejada Domonic Brown misplayed a ball in right field and flipped over the wall and it cost the Philadelphia Phillies.New York Mets Ruben Tejada touches 'em all for an inside-the-park home run! Posted by 120 Sports on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
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Can't a Frog Get a Little (Green) Peace?
Poor Kermit the Frog. He and his long-time beau, Miss Piggy, broke up over the summer. Just another in a long line of celebrity break-ups this year. He asked for privacy, but of course, you know the media. Now, they're falling over themselves to report that Kermit's got the googly eyes for a certain red-headed pig named Denise who works in ABC's Marketing Department. She's undoubtedly working on the PR for The Muppets, which debuts soon on that network. But poor Kermit. Now he's in a spot where he has to talk about his relationships - again! Sheesh. I can't believe I already have to do this again... Here is the official statement on my relationship status: pic.twitter.com/gRCyl3xbfz — Kermit the Frog (@KermitTheFrog) September 1, 2015
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44th in the 49th
President Barack Obama has been busy this week, visiting the nation's 49th state and making some points about climate change in the process. While in Alaska, he did some salmon fishing, taped a TV show with Bear Grylls, and visited some very remote spots - places they say no US President has visited before. It does not appear that he bumped into Sarah Palin at all - which would have been pretty darned intersting, don't ya think? He's posting his own pictures to Instagram, and even videotaping his personal travelogue. It's almost like he's auditioning for his own reality series. I mean, he will be looking for something to do at the end of January, 2017.
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Vince Wilfork Texas Stylin'
HBO's Hard Knocks is in its tenth season of following one NFL team through its training camp as the players get ready for the full season. This year, the show focuses on the Houston Texans. Vince Wilfork, one of the biggest defensive linemen around, signed with the Texans in the off-season when the New England Patriots opted not to sign him up for another season. The Hard Knocks folks caught Vince showing up at practice wearing short-legged bib overalls, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. And that's it. The video will make you laugh - especially when his coach catches a glimpse.
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You Have to Have a Sense of Humor
When you're a new mom, your body can do strange things to you when you least expect it. Just ask Jennifer Love Hewitt. She gave birth to her second child, a boy, not too long ago. On Tuesday, she headed out to a meeting, and her breast produced some milk that leaked right through her outfit. She covered for it nicely, and even tweeted about it. Check it out, and have a little chuckle. Jennifer sure did. Lactated through silk jumpsuit mid meeting. Had to buy scarf for dignified exit. #hotelgiftshop #mommylife pic.twitter.com/vU0HBmCrx3 — Jennifer Love Hewitt (@TheReal_Jlh) September 1, 2015
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Can I Get an Unsend Button, ASAP?
Here's one that's funny and sad at the same time. A guy in Illinois interviewed for a job and was offered a position. Somehow, when he got the offer, he managed to text two naked pictures of himself to the company's human resources manager. She called the police. When he called the next day to follow up on the job, she figured out the pictures had come from him, and the cops paid a visit. He says he did it by accident. A police spokesman told The Chicago Tribune: "We're seeing it much more often now with our young people sending inappropriate photos of themselves. They're sharing it with someone else and the next thing you know it takes on a life of its own." And in case you're wondering, the guy's back on the job market.
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Which Fight Club Rule Does This Break?
Two daycare workers in New Jersey are facing charges after authorities learned they were organizing a fight club with the kids they were charged with watching. The kids were between the ages of four and six, and cell phone videos posted to SnapChat by one of the workers show the two of them encouraging the kids to push and slap each other. The whole thing got tagged with Fight Club because one of the two women referenced the Brad Pitt movie in one of her videos. So, we know there are eight rules to Fight Club: 1st rule: You do not talk about Fight Club. 2nd rule: You DO NOT talk about Fight Club. 3rd rule: If someone says "stop" or goes limp, taps out, the fight is over. 4th rule: Only two guys to a fight. 5th rule: One fight at a time. 6th rule: No shirts, no shoes. 7th rule: Fights will go on as long as they have to. 8th rule: If this is your first night at Fight Club, you HAVE to fight. How about a new 9th RULE: No pre-schoolers in Fight Club. Works for me.
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Kanye Wiggles
If you've got kids, then chances are good you know the Wiggles. In the 90s and into the 00s, they were a very popular singing group that appealed to the pre-school market. They had a TV show, CDs, and even a feature movie in the late 90s. In my household, they were about as popular as Barney, the big purple dinosaur. My kids liked them. I did not. That said, someone created a mash-up that made it on-line yesterday of Kanye West appearing to dance to the Wiggles' "Fruit Salad." It's Kanye dancing in the aisles at the VMAs - lord knows to what - but it sure looks like it could have been to "Fruit Salad," don't you think? (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Kanye West dancing to The Wiggles - Fruit Salad Kanye West dancing to The Wiggles - Fruit Salad is the best thing you will see on facebook today.via @kanye_dancing (Twitter) Posted by Universal Music Australia on Tuesday, September 1, 2015
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"Not to Be Sexist, But..."
Star Wars has a Facebook page. If you knew that already, you could be a Star Wars geek. But that's not important right now. One of the characters in the much-anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens is Captain Phasma, played by Gwendolyn Christie who also plays Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones. The Star Wars folks are having an art contest, inviting people to submit drawings of characters from the upcoming film. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Feeling inspired by Phasma? Your Star Wars: The Force Awakens-inspired art could land you a spot in a professional art... Posted by Star Wars on Thursday, August 27, 2015 That's one artist's conception of Captain Phasma, and the reaction to it was pretty good. Until one guy - probably one of those internet trolls - posted a comment: "Not to be sexist, but it's really hard to tell that's female armor for me." First off, nothing good is ever followed by the phrase "not to be sexist, but..." Second, it's armor. Not designed to be curve-hugging. As the Star Wars pagemaster pointed out: "It's armor. On a woman. It doesn't have to look feminine." In order words, back off, Jack. Don't make me flick on my lightsaber!
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Whale Watch Play-by-Play
This is some incredible footage taken from a show called Big Blue Live on BBC One's BBC Earth in England. Steve Backshall was interviewing a whale expert while on a whale watch when his helicopter camera crew let him know that a blue whale - the biggest animal on the planet - had been spotted nearby. This all happened live, and Steve got absolutely breathless with his play-by-play as the giant mammal sucked in lungsful of air prior to diving below the surface to feed for a bit. Amazing, really, in so many ways. Check it out... (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); The moment we spotted a blue whale - LIVE! GROUNDBREAKING TV MOMENT! Steve Backshall is interrupted by a blue whale live on BBC One for BBC Big Blue Live. During an interview with whale expert Dorris Welch, Steve has to intervene and cut live to a BLUE WHALE! Posted by BBC Earth on Monday, August 31, 2015
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Breakfast All McDay
McDonald's announced yesterday that it will be serving breakfast all day long. That's a nationwide move starting on October 6, following what must have been a successful test run in San Diego that started in the spring. McDonald's see the all-day breakfast as a way to goose slumping sales. Time will tell. Back when the test program began in San Diego, it was greeted with a bit of skepticism. Like from The Late Late Show's James Corden, who had this to say about it on April Fools Day...
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The Name is Street... Too Street
Talk about poor choice of words. Anthony Horowitz, the guy currently in charge of writing new James Bond books, was on a promotional tour for his latest work, and the subject of Idris Elba came up. Idris, who's got a string of movie and TV credits, is thought to be a frontrunner to replace Daniel Craig as the next 007. Horowitz had this to say: "For me, Idris Elba is a bit too rough to play the part. It's not a colour issue. I think he is probably a bit too 'street' for Bond." Wow. For a writer, you'd think he'd choose his words a bit more carefully. The good news is, he did apologize, so there's that...
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
A Marine named Jarrod Haschett posted a video to all sorts of social media a little over a year ago, hoping to get a date for the Marine Corps Ball in December. An even though it's the Air Force's motto, this Marine aimed high. He wanted to escort UFC fighter Ronda Rousey to the ball. The video got close to 5 million hits. And guess what? Ronda saw it, and said yes. All Jarrod has to do is find dates for Ronda's three girlfriends. I think Jarrod's "hoo-ahh!" could be heard around the country.
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Ah, the White Knight After All
So Donald Trump took to Twitter yesterday to whine. Well, sort of. He wanted to let the world know that he felt "totally stupid" for "turning down millions of dollars" in campaign contributions. Really? That's what it takes to make him feel totally stupid? Good to know the bar's been set, anyway. I'm turning down millions of dollars of campaign contributions—feel totally stupid doing so, but hope it is appreciated by the voters. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2015
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Say It Ain't So - Please Say It Ain't So
A day after the Video Music Awards, during which Kanye West ran about ten minutes past his alloted two minutes, the folks at TMZ are reporting that MTV wants Kanye to host the show next year. Seriously? I mean, what did we do to deserve that, MTV? We've been good, haven't we? It's bad enough you wouldn't let the guys in the control room cut him off when he went over. It's bad enough one of your execs followed him to his dressing room to tell him how terrific he was. Now you want to put him in as host? Are you prepared for a weekend-long event, MTV? Cuz that's how this is shaping up!
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Just a Little Harsh, Wouldn't You Say?
So it looks like Demi Lovato's performance at MTV's Video Music Awards on Sunday wasn't all that well received. She performed outside the theater on a stage set up on there, and the people inside the auditorium watched on monitors. Demi was wearing what's been described as "dominatrix-style" boots and a bedazzled dress. And when Iggy Azalea joined her on stage - well, things didn't get much better. One viewer at home had a pretty harsh tweet about it. Check it out... loving the demi and iggy performance! pic.twitter.com/0qWitxoxkC — nick. (@XXIPilots) August 31, 2015
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Downton Abbey Wrapping Up
Are you ready for it, Downton Abbeyites? Your favorite series is wrapping up this season, which starts September 20. The folks at ITV released this trailer over the weekend. It feels a little sad, but a little uplifting too. Sort of like a rite of passage. What do you think?
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Hotel California, Sin Musica
This video's several months old, but I just stumbled on it, and it's worth sharing. An a capella group called Cubanos Acapella performed the Eagles' classic, "Hotel California." No music, except the music created by the performers. Percussion, guitars and more, all created vocally. And it's perfection. Check it out.
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"Like That Little Cage is Gonna Help Ya"
Those sharks keep on coming. Check out this video of a monster shark leaping out of the water. You can get a sense of its size from the shark cage's pontoons in the foreground. The best part is the look on the face of the Australian Today Show's anchor and his co-host. They're both completely dumbfounded, and vow never to go in the water again. Check it out. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); "I'm never going into the ocean again" - KarlWhat. was. that.#Today9 Posted by TODAY on Sunday, August 30, 2015
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* when you see a fire your first reaction is to put it out with your hands
* you sit in the living room with a propane torch on the coffe table using it to make smores
* you get splatter/grind dust in your coffee but you drink it anyway
* you have the needed concentration to weld while wearing flip-flops!
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Might be a weldor if when you bought your new boots they werent steel toed but now are.
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You have a Miller sticker on your hard hat where most people have their name.
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...you read this in one sitting, and your wife thinks it is a waste of time.
...you go to strike an arc and your cell phone vibrates at the same time.
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the oven in your garage to keep rod dry cost as much as the oven in the house your wife cooks with. placed right next to the refer full of beer and junk food like frozen twinkies and frozen cup cakes. Double duty for the frozen cup cakes, using them on burns while they are frozen, then eat them after they warm up.Flight Engineer, C-141-B, Star Lifter.
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