The Miniatur Wunderland model railroad in Hamburg

Imagine having this as a kid, the Miniatur Wunderland model railroad in Hamburg covers over 16,000 sq feet of space and has over 10,000 moving vehicles. Pretty amazing!

60-foot penis painted on roof

Saw this on BBC today, thought it was pretty funny.
"An 18-year-old has secretly painted a 60ft drawing of a phallus on the roof of his parents' £1million mansion in Berkshire. It was there for a year before his parents found out. They say he'll have to scrub it off when he gets back from travelling"

convert your apartment into a sushi restaurant

here are some still photos from one of the sets for an upcoming short film of mine. We thought it was quite funny in how a few little changes made my apartment kitchen look like a small sushi restaurant. table for 2 please.

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gnome sayin' bandanas

new bandanas to save your face from the wind, cold, or maybe you're just wanting to hide. The bandanas are very touch and water resistant but still breath nicely. Available in both orange and green. Pick yours up today here!

happy st. patty's day | .colourdesign x celtics

What a better day than today to release our celtics logo crew-neck sweater. Pick yours up online HERE!

.colourdesign polska influence

we took our take on an old Polish saying going back to old country
get yours here Polska only!

.colourdesign @ parkshow

saturday night we previewed three of our new designs at the parkshow. the event was amazing!

Typography Shirts are In!

The typography shirt is here! Still some available online and we have started shipping the pre-ordered shirts. Get Yours Here!

a couple of yams

My mother has a funny sense of humor, she bought these yams at the supermarket because of how they looked. Photographed them, and sent them for others to laugh at, hilarious.
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Philadelphia Cream Cheese Sauce

If you have seen the commercial for this I definitely recommend making it one night. If you haven't Philadelphia Cream Cheese is running one of their heavenly commercials giving a spin to their product we all love. Its super simple, and will empress your guests or your cat.

1) Take a wad of philly cream cheese, use your judgement in regards to how much pasta you are using, I don't have a measurement, this is a lifestyle blog not a cooking blog although we will have lots of dope recipes

2) Warm up a sauce pan and add your wad

3) Season it, I used oregano and a splash of olive oil

4) Add your already boiled and drained noodles of your desire (mine were whole wheat incase you think it looks weird in the photo) to the melting wad of cream cheese.

5) Stir until the wad is sauce and on all the noodles.

6) I had a vinaigrette and feta salad to compliment, along with a lucky extra.

enjoy!

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Jian Ghomeshi, You Sir are a Penis

About a year ago while driving home from work around 10:00 p.m., I was scanning the radio stations looking for something to listen to. As an avid pursuer of Canadian news and culture, I keep CBC logged in as one of the pre-sets on the radio in my vehicle, and that night I happened to catch the intro to a heretofore undiscovered-by-me radio show called, simply, “Q”. Well! I was immediately wrapped in the smooth, dulcet tones as the voice of the host crafted for me a blanket woven of pure delight, as he described what the upcoming program would entail. At the same time I was resisting the urge to pull over so I could fully embrace my need to move in a dance-related way to the funkiest song south of Stevie Wonder, “Shining Star” by Earth, Wind, and Fire. I sat, enthralled, as the host Jian Ghomeshi (yes, of Moxi Fruvous fame, though I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that) laid bare for me the culture scene in the frosty land that I call home. For months I would tune in whenever I could to hear comedians, authors and columnists (many of whom I was familiar with, and admirers thereof), musical icons (re: Derek’s discussion of Brian Eno, an interview that still stands as one of my favourites from the show), as well as politicians and activists and the entire spectrum of not only the Canadian culture scene but the world’s! It wasn’t until the several months into what I was certain would be an unending hetero-sexual man-love affair with Jian before I realized that my initial infatuation had blinded me to a horrible truth: Jian Ghomeshi (whose name is endlessly butchered by his guests, as I’m sure you can imagine) is a dick! I had begun to suspect this, as Pulitzer prize winning authors and Nobel Laureates were paraded in front of Mr. Ghomeshi (in my heartache, I can’t even type his first name anymore) and the tone of utter condescension became more and more clear in the voice of the host as he addressed prestigious men and women as though he were a police officer catching them with a same sex prostitute (not that I would know anything about that). Surely I must be mistaken, my own jealousy at the success of Ghomeshi’s guests was undoubtedly skewing my ability to assess tone of voice in the host. Not until recently, when Q hosted legendary recording engineer and producer Ken Scot did I finally break through my self-doubt and in horror made my aforementioned dick-related accusation aloud to myself in the car. Ken Scot has very few true credits to his name, though he did dabble a bit with no-name acts like the Beatles, Elton John, Duran Duran (don’t be ashamed if you don’t know who these acts are, I had to google them myself while researching this essay), but one man he did work with is one of my all-time favourites: David Bowie. This alone gives him legendary status in my mind, and when I heard he’d be a guest on Q, I was thoroughly excited. However, mid-way through the interview with Ghomeshi, I came to two equally earth shattering revelations: 1) I need better shit to do at 10:30 at night and 2) Jian Ghomeshi (oh how it pains my heart of hearts to type that name!) was actually talking down to Ken Scot not only as though they were equals but as though Ghomeshi were in some way superior to this legend! The pretentious tones, the snide half comments, the questioning of genius, all of these things were laid bare for my unprepared ears to absorb! Needless to say, I pulled my car off the road and immediately penned my apology to Mr. Scot’s people on behalf of our nation’s radio station (well, not really, but I’ll get to it eventually I’m sure) and vowed to never listen to Q ever again! Well, as I’m sure those of you who’ve made New Years resolutions are aware, promises to yourself are the hardest ones to keep (except those made to strange women in bars after 6 or 7 Grey Gooses [Grey Geese?]) and I’ve still listened to Q when I’m in the car after 10 p.m., but I want you to know this Jian: I’m onto you. You, Jian Ghomeshi, are a penis. So I leave you with this: I will await your written apology Mr. Ghomeshi. Not for the way you treat your guests, oh no, but for the way you treated my heart. Send it to Phil, care of this website. I await your reply.

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*note*
Q is now on CBC radio 1 @ 10:00p MST Monday-Friday

Mr. Rogers

Coming across this video through the randomness of the internet, I've come to a conclusion: This man, Mr. Rogers, was memorable through many a childhood television experience, in that we all wanted to have our own toy kingdom with its own moving tram system in our basement, or the way that the clown puppet invariably scared the shit out of us every time we later closed our eyes for our afternoon nap. Yet for all of this, the fact remains; in spite of every dirty joke or humorous misintepretation we had at his expense, he had a truly pure heart. It may seem eccentric in the tumultuous times, but none the less, the man had a good thing going.
Furthermore, as you can tell from this video, he probably had the most money granted to him in U.S. Congress in relation to the complete absence of hot-headed arguments and deliberate deciet. Maybe things would be better in these crazy economic times if companies said please when asking for money, rather than going with the "if you don't, it will only get worse" approach. With the manners of Mr. Rogers under their collective belts in the U.S., it might well be a more beautiful day in all our neighbourhoods.
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Our Studio | where We Create Fun

If you ever wanted to see what our studio looks like here is a short video tour. This is where the fun is created.