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Who owns your ink?

Can you copyright a tattoo? Yes, you can. But there's more to it. The idea raises a lot of questions and concerns—for the artists, the inked-skin owners, and certain parties seeking to represent or showcase the work. Shortly after Marisa Kakoulas wrote The Tattoo Copyright Controversy guest article, featured at BMEZINE.com, she encountered a small legal battle of her own.
posted to MetaFilter by iamkimiam at 6:26 PM on July 28, 2008 (33 comments)

"We don't know whether to cry. Or laugh. Or hope to God that..."

He's 25, She's 84. It is Harold & Maude, The Musical? (slyt, set to Coldplay)
posted to MetaFilter by iamkimiam at 1:15 PM on July 23, 2008 (64 comments)

Carrie Bradshaw knows good sex*

It all started with a NYC writer wearing a tutu, getting splashed by a passing bus...
"It's really hard to walk in a single woman's shoes—that's why you sometimes need really special shoes." a 7-parter on the shoes that made the show...
posted to MetaFilter by iamkimiam at 11:35 PM on May 31, 2008 (117 comments)

Love at first smell, and what stinky t-shirts tell us about attraction

"There's no Brad Pitt of smell," Herz says. "Body odor is an external manifestation of the immune system, and the smells we think are attractive come from the people who are most genetically compatible with us."
posted to MetaFilter by iamkimiam at 6:08 AM on January 31, 2008 (41 comments)

A Theory of Humor | Why something is funny, why it sometimes is not, and when it crosses a line.

Theory of Humor. A scientific paper, written by Tom Veatch, describes his Theory of Humor. When is something funny? When is it not funny? When does it cross the line? Why are puns generally shitty? And the mysterious and magical powers elephant jokes have on children, revealed! A great data set to use for practice in applying the theories presented in the paper can be found here.
posted to MetaFilter by iamkimiam at 11:48 AM on November 20, 2007 (57 comments)

Hundreds of paintings, one masterpiece mural

Mural Mosaics! Artists come together to create beautiful themed murals, made of hundreds of relevant paintings.
posted to MetaFilter by iamkimiam at 9:51 AM on October 29, 2007 (2 comments)