spunkycarol – Page 21

Coat Hanger Gorilla

By spunkycarol Posted on October 23, 2007 Posted in Animals, Artsy

Gorilla sculpture using wire coat hangers.
(wonder what Joan Crawford would think about this were she with us today…)

via Digg
via Reuben Miller

To Heck With 9-to-5

By spunkycarol Posted on October 21, 2007 Posted in Stuff

WikiHow’s “How to Become a Hobo”

How-To Goggles on Instructables

By spunkycarol Posted on October 21, 2007 Posted in Fun Stuff to Make

Steampunk Airship Goggles

Dumpster Dive Find: 40 Boxes of Mortgage Records

By spunkycarol Posted on October 21, 2007 Posted in Stuff

The Blotter has another hot story

Police are investigating how the personal files of 1,200 Ameriquest Mortgage customers turned up in a dumpster at an Atlanta apartment complex. Police say the 40 boxes of records contain sensitive financial information, including customers’ credit histories, bank account information, tax and salary records and social security numbers.
Full story here

Cosmetic Safety Database

By spunkycarol Posted on October 13, 2007 Posted in Health & Med

As a follow-up to the last posting about lead in lipstick, here’s the link to the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep cosmetic safety database.

Another Reason to Not Lick Your Lips

By spunkycarol Posted on October 13, 2007 Posted in Health & Med

via Reuters
Lipsticks contain lead, consumer group says

ATLANTA (Reuters) – Lipsticks tested by a U.S. consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L’Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others, the group said on Thursday.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics said tests on 33 brand-name red lipsticks by the Bodycote Testing Group in Santa Fe Spring, California, found that 61 percent had detectable lead levels of 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million (ppm).

Article here

Update: Here’s the link for The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

Gore & Climate Panel Won Nobel

By spunkycarol Posted on October 12, 2007 Posted in Climate Change

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Gore, climate panel

via CNN.com on 10/12/07

Former Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize today for their efforts to draw attention to the issue of climate change. The honor comes as a group of Democrats is urging Gore to jump into the race for the White House.