Incredible Photos of the National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico

The jaw-dropping photo series “Tultepec” by Thomas Prior documents the fireworks-fueled chaos of the 2013 National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico. The nine-day festival celebrates the main industry of Tultepec—handmade fireworks—through firework competitions, a parade of pyrotechnic bulls, and apparently, loads of fireworks in the streets.

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_____ as _____, Food Idioms Visualized in Lettering Made out of Food

“Warm as toast”

In her photo series “_____ as _____,” designer Christine Kawasaki-Chan visualizes food idioms like “cool as a cucumber” using lettering made out of actual food items. Check out her Dribbble page for more of her photography.

“Cool as a cucumber”

“Easy as pie”

“Keen as mustard

Paula Deen admits to using the n-word, but only for "bad" black people

I grew up in the South, and I know all about "not racist" white people who use that racist slur against black people, but "only the bad ones." Guess what. Those white people are racists. Some pretty great Twitter jokes coming out of this one, though. And American shitrag National Enquirer says they have video. Here's the court transcript. And HuffPo picked out the awful bits and served them up on top of an SEO-optimized plate of warm grits and butter. Enjoy, y'all!

Actor James Gandolfini of Sopranos fame dies suddenly, in Italy

Actor James Gandolfini, 51, has died of what early reports say was a massive heart attack.
He was in Italy at the time.
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