Lists Galore!: May 2010

Monday, May 31, 2010

Unemployed stuff to do list

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Previously on Lists Galore!
101 things to do when you're bored

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Friday, May 28, 2010

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"X is the new Y" is a common cliché used to indicate the popularity or versatility of one idea by comparing it to a second idea. The most popular catchphrases of this type are based on the template "______ is the new black."

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Order is the new random.

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Violence is the new profanity.

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Loyalty is the new competence.

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Contempt is the new self-pity.

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Mongrel is the new pedigree.

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Young is the new old.

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Slow is the new fast.

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Indie is the new mainstream.

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Tea is the new coffee.

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China is the new East Germany.

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Wii is the new golf.

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Downloading is the new civil disobedience.

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Obvious is the new subliminal.

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Customer service is the new marketing.

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Small is the new big.

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Atheism is the new religion.

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Iraq is the new Vietnam.

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Blog is the new résumé.

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Individuality is the new conformity.

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Ignorant is the new educated.

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Contraception is the new abortion.

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Bald is the new beautiful.

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Ugly is the new cute.

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Fist bump is the new high five.

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Local is the new organic.

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Sushi is the new pizza.

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Boreout is the new burnout.

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Awake is the new sleep.

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Taste is the new flavor.

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Fake is the new real.

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Thin is the new happy.

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Together is the new alone.

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Unprotected sex is the new engagement ring.

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Knitting is the new gaming.

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Actual is the new virtual.

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25 million is the new million.

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Twitter is the new Facebook.

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Environmentalism is the new consumerism.

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Vegan is the new Atkins.

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Nice is the new cool.

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Staying in is the new going out.

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"Not bad" is the new "Great!"

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DVDs by mail is the new gym membership.

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Sincerity is the new irony.

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Contrived is the new original.

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Offline is the new online.

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Vampire is the new zombie.

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Sharing is the new stealing.

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, is the new -

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Nonsense is the new sense.

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Can you think of more? Share them in the comments!

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15 wise "rules" about books & movies
The way I see it: 15 inspiring Starbucks cups

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

A galaxy far, far away

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May 25 is Universal Day of the Jedi, an annual Star Wars fan holiday to honor the release of the original Star Wars movie.

This week is extra-special because May 21, 2010 marked the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Empire Strikes Back.

3 Jedi mind tricks to feel better in a nanosecond
Yoda's top 3 words of wisdom
5 sites for free online Star Wars games
5 Star Wars status updates
Where are they now? The 5 strangest post-Star Wars careers
7 classic Star Wars characters who totally dropped the ball
Top ten best Star Wars games
The 10 most embarrassingly collectible Star Wars toys of the '90s
Top ten sexually tilted lines in Star Wars
10 signs you just might be obsessed with the Star Wars saga
Top 10 Star Wars pumpkin carvings
Top 10 Stormtrooper crossovers
10 things Star Wars taught us about love
12 facts about Star Wars you probably don't know
14 cool designs inspired by R2-D2
20 epic Star Wars parties
21 things I learnt from Star Wars movies
25 extremely rare Star Wars photos
30 reasons The Empire still rules
The 50 most unique representations of Darth Vader
A gallery of Star Wars pin-up propaganda
Buildings that look like the Death Star
Fashion and products based on Star Wars Stormtroopers
Guide to the most epic FAILs in Star Wars design
If Star Wars was real
Pretty dope Star Wars weekends at Disney ads
Star Wars ABC [Flickr set]
Star Wars cake wrecks
Star Wars characters as played by mice
Star Wars costumes don't get worse than this
Star Wars for your mind, heart and soul
Star Wars in odd places
Star Wars zombies
Stormtroopers 365 [Flickr set]
Top pick-up lines used by Star Wars fans

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Bonus links
An assortment of underachieving AT-ATs
Before the galaxy far, far away: influences on Star Wars
The periodic table of The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars reimagined as Japanese art
Star Wars weather forecast

Previously on Lists Galore!
18 out-of-this-world Star Wars cakes

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

32 universal truths

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I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

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Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

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I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

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There is great need for a sarcasm font.

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How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

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Was learning cursive really necessary?

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Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

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Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

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I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

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Bad decisions make good stories.

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You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

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Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.

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I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

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"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this — ever.

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I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What did you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

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I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

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I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

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I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

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I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Bud Lite than Kay.

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I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

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Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.

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I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

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The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.

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I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

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How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

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I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

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Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

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Is it just me or do high school kids get dumber & dumber every year?

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There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

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As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

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Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

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Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey — but I'd bet my behind everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!

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15 wise "rules" about books & movies
20 geekiest lines from 'The Big Bang Theory'

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Friday, May 21, 2010

Dearly departed

Five A-listers who died in obscurity
The 5 worst deaths written for great characters (and why)
Six mysterious musical deaths we'd like to see reopened
6 people who faked their own deaths (for ridiculous reasons)
The weird experiences of 7 dead bodies
Toothpicks, bras, and seven other bizarre ways to die
The 10 best deaths of Spider-Man in the "What If...?" comics
Top 10 bizarre literary deaths
Top 10 famous last words and quotes
Top 10 fascinating deathbed confessions
10 fatal mistakes of travelers
10 favorite faux deaths in science fiction
10 movies about euthanasia
10 people who died on their birthdays
Top 10 pre-death monologues in film
Ten ways that technology could kill us all
12 things and places inspired by coffins
25 funny tombstones
Famous last meal requests
Notorious assassinations

Bonus links
Creative Coffins – customized cardboard eco-coffins
Who's alive and who's dead – a database of celebrities who have died ... and the ones who haven't

Previously on Lists Galore!
15 remarkable cemeteries and tombs to visit BEFORE you die
Beyond the Sistine Chapel: 10 remarkable ceilings worth seeing

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Quick list :: bizarre

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5 bizarre board games
The 7 most bizarrely unlucky people who ever lived
10 bizarre video games
12 of the most bizarre wedding dresses
Crazy for a cause: 14 bizarre green protests
14 bizarre movies everyone should see
20 most bizarre Craigslist adverts of all time
30 most bizarre zoo signs
Amazing exotics: evolutionary, strange, and bizarre species of the world
America's best (and most bizarre) miniature golf courses
Bizarre beauty treatments

Previously on Lists Galore!
Gross anatomy: 50 bizarre body parts
The 20 most outrageous flavors of Japanese ice cream

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Monday, May 17, 2010

Comedy & tragedy

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Three presidential tragedies (other than assassinations)
5 great things you didn't know came from horrific tragedies
The 8 best unexpected and hilarious cameos in comedies
8 Olympic tragedies
Top 10 best romantic comedies
Top 10 brilliant black comedies
Top 10 celebrity train wrecks and tragedies
How to write a Hollywood rom-com in 10 easy steps
10 film set tragedies
Top 10 lottery tragedies
10 must-see British comedy films
Top 10 TV comedy episodes about death
The 20 best comedies of the last 10 years
The top 20 comedy characters
The ugliest truth: 24 romantic-comedy characters who don't deserve love
25 romantic comedies that don't suck
This week on the History Channel's misleadingly titled comedies

Bonus link
50 comedies — name the movies represented by the visual puns

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25 sizzling hot bacon-inspired MUST-haves for fall
20 books guaranteed to warp kids' minds

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

10 best Steve Jobs quotes

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is an American business magnate, and the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.

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I want to put a ding in the universe.

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Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?

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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

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Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

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I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.

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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

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You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

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A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

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In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.

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Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Bonus link
Earn $200/hr teaching angry man to use Apple products

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iEverything: 20 marvelous items inspired by the iPod & iPhone
10 best computer quotes

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

5 x 5 x 5

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5 creative ways to use your Twitter favorites
Top 5 fake celebrities on Twitter
5 ways to get a celebrity to follow you on Twitter
5 ways to get free stuff on Twitter
5 ways to improve your cooking using Twitter

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5 badass movie characters you didn't know were real people
Top five cranky movie characters
Our five favorite Scorsese characters of all time
Top five Joss Whedon characters
The 5 most unintentionally offensive comic book characters

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The top 5 common traveler mistakes
Kissing, chewing – the 5 'germiest ' tourist attractions
Top five places to visit before you die
Five ways to keep your luggage safe through the airport
5 ways to travel more with less

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Top 5 reasons to ditch the bad boys
5 reasons you can't blame Lando Calrissian
5 reasons why aliens WOULD only land in the US
5 reasons why "House, M.D." is science fiction
5 reasons why we all click on lists

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Five deadly animals that might just save your life
The five stages of your life
5 things you can start doing today to change your life
5 ways to improve your life (even if you're lazy)
5 ways to simplify your life in one week

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15 funniest tweets from Jesus
15 marvelous must-see mosaics

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Friday, May 14, 2010

Sexual content

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Needless to say, most of these lists are NSFW.

Have a great weekend! ;o)

The 5 most horrific ways people have tried to discourage sex
5 most ridiculous old school sex-ed videos
5 ways for a guy to get laid
Five ways sex makes you beautiful
5 ways to green up your sex life
5 ways to keep your married sex life fresh
5 weird uses of Viagra
Six reasons to have sex every week
8 hilarious condom designs
9 real (or fake) edible aphrodisiacs
10 best R&B sex songs
10 foods for a better sex life
The 10 most notorious sex scandals in Hollywood history
Sex in 10 movies that challenged the ratings
11 exceptionally awkward movie masturbation scenes
30 things to do with a naked man
61 literary euphemisms for masturbation
An A-Z of sex in the noughties
The history of birth control
History of sex tapes

Bonus links
Bedpost – track your sexual activity online
I Just Made Love – announce your sexual activity online

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10 of the world's most unusual places to spend the night
10 unusual monuments to rub, kiss or pat for good luck

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

15 doodles by celebrities

Today is National Doodle Day in the United States!

As part of Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month each year, celebrities contribute doodles for an eBay auction. Funds raised go to support education, advocacy, coalitions, and research for treatments and a cure.

Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder that affects one in every 2,500 births. NF is more common than Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy and Huntington’s Disease combined.

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Pamela Adlon, King of the Hill

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Jason Alexander, Seinfeld

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Tim Allen, Home Improvement

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Gary Cole, Office Space

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Tim Conway, The Carol Burnett Show

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Phyllis Diller, comedienne

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George Foreman, former world heavyweight boxing champion

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Neil Gaiman, author, The Graveyard Book and Coraline

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Seth Green, Robot Chicken

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Stephen Hillenburg, creator, SpongeBob SquarePants

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John Hurt, Elephant Man

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Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock

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Cory Monteith, Glee

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Martin Sheen, The West Wing

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Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program

Check out the rest of the celebrity doodles!

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15 nifty celebrity doodles
15 marvelous must-see mosaics

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