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Golf icon Tiger Woods turns artist

kaptnk — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:06:54 +0000

Golf icon Tiger Woods’ name is synonymous with concentration, razor-sharp attention to detail and excellence. It’s how he got where he is today — to the pinnacle of professional golf. But what happens when you converge that focus and attention to detail…with paint?

Buick did just that, and invited Tiger to create three pieces of expressionistic original “Tiger Art” using his golf clubs and paint-filled golf balls.

Buick Marketing Director Maria Rohrer unveiled the finished work at the annual Buick media luncheon in New York City on the eve of the International Auto Show in New York.

Tiger teed off just a few feet in front of white canvasses and his golf balls exploded to create a kaleidoscopic master-stroke (pun intended) of modern art.

The finished canvases, reminiscent of Jackson Pollock’s work, were autographed by Tiger and will be available to bid at auction during Buick’s annual charity event this June.

“Tiger Art” is a radically different medium for Buick and Tiger Woods as they continue their philanthropic initiatives, helping children and adults in communities nationwide. To date, Buick has raised more than 40 million dollars for Buick Open charities since 1982.

Perhaps “Tiger Art” is an avant-garde phenomena waiting to happen? Tiger, after all, is known for making his own rules. And art…well, the genius of great art is that you never know what may happen!

Bader TV was the exclusive news team on site with Tiger as he put down his club and picke up his brush….

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Some interesting facts…

kaptnk — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:04:58 +0000

‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word typed with only the left hand on your keyboard.
And ‘lollipop’ is the longest word typed with your right hand on your keyboard.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
‘Dreamt’ is the only English word that ends in the letters ‘mt’.
Our eyes are always the same sizefrom birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’ uses every letter of the alphabet.
The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are only four words in the English language which end in ‘dous’: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: ‘abstemious’ and ‘facetious.’
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Leonardo DaVinci invented the scissors.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubberbands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchillwas born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Awareness Test

kaptnk — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:52:52 +0000

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How does a T-Rex brain measure up? Get your jugs out…

kaptnk — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:20:37 +0000

Not too much as it turns out. This great concept by MAID student Harry White tries to use unfamiliar units such as “half a human brain” etc as a way to “better conceptualize certain scientific constructs”.

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Freaky Brothers Do A Rather Odd Performance

kaptnk — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:07:42 +0000

These guys can play the piano in a way you never imagined possible! I hope they don’t do this too often, might start to hurt after a while.

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Woman Pissed Bout New Butt Implants

kaptnk — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:57:25 +0000

This news anchor cant hold it together when reporting a story about woman who is not happy about her recent butt implants. And after seeing what they look like, I would be pissed too.

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Ken Lee - Bulgarian Idol

kaptnk — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:52:59 +0000

Everybody knows this song by Mariah Carey ? Maybe not !

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T-Pain can’t sign ?

kaptnk — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:46:10 +0000

If you don’t know who T-Pain is, you might want to click here to hear some of his music.

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What’s Your Favorite Curse Word?

kaptnk — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:43:00 +0000

Britain’s Channel 4 asks loads of celebrities to share their favorite swear words. What’s yours?

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Optical Illusion

kaptnk — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:24:49 +0000

What do YOU see in the picture below ?!