my no.1 wish for 2012 ;)

b-o-h-o-s-u-n-s-h-i-n-e:

and freeeee

inothernews:

Via the New York Times, a story of, um, real-life superheroes:

Eat your heart out, Batman. In a niche of urban life that has evolved in recent years somewhere between comic-book fantasy and the Boy Scout oath, a cadre of self-cast crusaders — some with capes, some without, all with something to prove — are on the march.

They prowl the night in Boston, in San Francisco, in Milwaukee, in Minneapolis, even as far away as Australia. Whether they are making the world safer or just weirder remains an open question.

Some go out armed with gear like mace, pepper spray or police batons; others say they carry only cellphones, aiming to be eyes and ears for the police, who in most cities, including Salt Lake City, are keeping a wary distance.

… Red Voltage (pictured above, center), who in mild-mannered daytime life is a 23-year-old residential leasing manager named Roman Daniels, casually waved a gloved hand to his female drive-by fan. Clad head to toe in a red-and-black leather suit, his face covered by spandex, he is, he said, a different man when the mask goes on — a better man.

“But there are times when I’m putting the suit on, and I’m just like, ‘How crazy am I to do this?’ I do feel odd and out of the box,” said Mr. Daniels, who took over leadership of the group here, called the Black Monday Society, about six months ago, after two years of patrols. “But it’s good,” he added. “It feels really good — for the most part.”

(Photo: Jim Wilson / The New York Times)

lostl-ove:

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So true :)

fotojournalismus:

A boy looks at a toy train he received during an annual gift-giving event organized by firefighters in Ciudad Juarez on Dec. 24, 2011. The firefighters from Ciudad Juarez collect donated toys throughout the year for Christmas and hand them out to poor children on Christmas Eve.

[Credit : Jose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters]

fotojournalismus:

A horse-drawn carriage passes by ice sculptures during the light-testing period of the 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, China, Dec. 25. The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will be officially launched on January 5, 2012.

[Credit : Sheng Li / Reuters]

fotojournalismus:

Barcelona, Spain.

A man reads a newspaper with his dog in a bar.

[Credit : Emilio Morenatti/AP]

fotojournalismus:

Feres, Greece.

Illegal immigrants from Pakistan make their way along the Egnatia motorway after crossing the Turkish-Greek border.

[Credit : Yannis Behrakis/Reuters]

laughingsquid:

The History of Batman’s Batsuit (1939-2012)

inothernews:

Siku the polar bear looks like a WEE LITTLE DOGGIE.

(Photo of polar bear cub Siku, being cared for at the Skandinavisk Dyrepark in Djursland, Denmark after his mother failed to produce enough milk to feed him via the New York Daily News)

laughingsquid:

Car Atlas – Rainbow, 2,500 Toy Cars Arranged in a Circular Rainbow

laughingsquid:

Big Top Donut, Silicone Bakeware That Creates a Giant Donut

well, I am going to celebrate new year with my love status as SINGLE ;) ❤

fotojournalismus:

Meet Loukanikos, Athens’ Protest Dog

(via TIME)

Photos : 

#1 : In June 2011, in front of a line of riot police.(Giorgos Moutafis/Anzenberger)

#2 : A can of tear gas lands near Loukanikos and protesters, February 2011.(Giorgos Moutafis/Anzenberger)

#3 : Loukanikos, photographed for TIME by Peter Hapak, November 15, 2011. (Peter Hapak/Time)

#4 : The protest dog joins demonstrators in gas masks in June, 2011.(Giorgos Moutafis/Anzenberger)

# 5 : Loukanikos — the word means sausage in Greek — has showed up for numerous demonstrations in Athens over the last few years. Here, he barks at riot police in December 2010. (Giorgos Moutafis/Anzenberger)

inothernews:

But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he rode out of sight, ”No one will ever believe you.”

This is better than keeping Christ in Christmas.