A Texas-based dental equipment company has put out a calendar featuring dental mannequins in various scenarios, including a family frolicking in a winter wonderland. Simultaneously heart-warming and terrifying, the publication was intended only for their school customers but demand has been high after it appeared on Gawker.com.
A hire calling
Chris writes: "I got woken at 4.30 on Monday morning last week by the honk of a horn. 'Some larrikin,' I thought and went back to sleep. Next morning the same thing happened. When it happened again on Wednesday I dragged myself out of bed, looked out the window and saw a van in the neighbour's driveway. This time for good measure he honked three times. Finally, on Thursday morning, as soon as I heard the honk I jumped out of bed and told the driver he kept waking me up. He was from New Zealand Labour Hire picking up one of the workers. He seemed genuinely surprised that his honking would wake me up. His van had 0800 Muscle on the side panel. Obviously not using the most important muscle."
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Artist's watery rave
This week, New York artist Dread Scott will repeatedly try to walk into the blast of a high-pressure water hose. He calls this performance "On the Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Slavery and Genocide". As you watch, you're supposed to be reminded of crowd-control tactics of the past and think of the ongoing struggle for equality. Across town, artist Michal Samama has been exploring the idea of when background noise becomes something more. "With a whistle in her mouth, Samama removes her clothing and lies on the floor next to the room's white brick wall. Stretching her legs up the wall and folding them into her belly, she travels in a continuous spiral along its perimeter. It's painstaking work, and her laboured breathing is audible through the whistle."
