People are always asking us for plushie appendixes — which we sell, but only attached to the intestine. But we realize some folks want the appendix alone, so check out this adorable appendix over @ FurWillFly on Etsy.
Archive for September, 2010
Intestinal Friend
Posted: Thursday, September 30th, 2010Totally Organic
Posted: Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Crafty organ cat toys — spleen, heart and liver — stuffed with organic catnip by OhBoyCatToy on Etsy.
My Paper Lung
Posted: Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Part of a poem visualized in intricate paper cutouts overlaid on the human body by design studio Floortje/Fluitsma. Incredible! {Street Anatomy via Designboom}
Bargain Bladder
Posted: Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Just posted some slightly bruised items in our Steals + Deals section, including a gallbladder with a damaged biliary duct (give her a few stitches and she’ll be like new — just $9!). We’ve also got a couple of When Urine Love tees with small smudges on sale for just $12 — see if it’s your size, make up a story about how you’re a tortured artist and got some paint from your last masterpiece on your new shirt and you’re done. Our loss is your gain, so go git ‘em!
Heart Haiku Winners!
Posted: Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Thanks to everyone who participated in our humongous heart haiku contest, we were blown away by the collective rhyming talent of our fine readers! You are all haiku masters and selecting a winner was almost impossible so we selected first place, second place, third plus an honorable mention. First place goes to Miss Keri S, who wins the humongous heart — congrats, Miss Keri! Lacey claims the second prize — a Spill Your Guts journal and I Heart Guts stationery set, both published by Chronicle Books — for busting out “Arteriosclerosis” as her seven-syllable line. Third place goes to Jane, who gets to pick five organ lapel pins of her choice, and an honorable mention goes to Katherine, who noted that heartburn doesn’t just come from burgers. The winning poems are below, thank you all so much for participating!
FIRST PLACE: Miss Keri S.
organ made of blood
elastic dreams and tissue
not the Kleenex kind
SECOND PLACE: Lacey
Butter is so good
Arteriosclerosis
Exercise I should
THIRD PLACE: Jane
you flutter and flop
but don’t ever stop, that’s good
slimy, shiny heart
HONORABLE MENTION: Katherine
My heart aches today
Is is that cute guy I met
Or indigestion?
Biological Banter
Posted: Monday, September 20th, 2010
If your guts could talk, this is what we think they might say. At least on Facebook.
Heart Strings
Posted: Friday, September 17th, 2010
I know, I know, again with the Cleveland Clinic, but these gorgeous simple organ line drawings from a recent ad campaign were what I was looking for when I came upon their designer hospital gowns.
Lungest Word
Posted: Friday, September 17th, 2010
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: noun. a factitious word alleged to mean ‘a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.’ A 45-letter word so pretend, it even had a cameo on The Simpsons.
Haute Hospital
Posted: Friday, September 17th, 2010
If you’ve ever suffered the indignity of wearing an ugly and revealing hospital gown, designer Diane von Furstenberg has got your back. The woman behind the iconic printed wrap-around dress connected with the Cleveland Clinic to improve the look of hospital gowns for its patients. Tres chic, but apparently hospital guests are as picky as your average fashionista — men think the colors are too feminine, the fabric shrank a bit on the wash and some say the snaps don’t close well (problems are being corrected). The designer wrote on Twitter: “We are very proud of our hospital gowns for the Cleveland Clinic. We worked hard at it and we hope it will make patients happier! DVF”
Beautiful Brains
Posted: Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Some past winners from the Association of Medical Illustrators Salon winners. From left to right, Mark Schornak’s illustration of Transcallosal Interforniceal Approach to Hypothalamic Hamartoma (say that five times fast); Brendan Taylor’s Olfactory Tract and Limbic System; and Andy Rekito’s Stroke: The Three Critical Hours. Browse more work here.
