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Attempting to spice up these celebrity lives, illustrator Odessa Begay has created the Museum of Modern Tweets, posting illustrated interpretations of stars' Twitter posts each week. Her works play off poor grammar and lack of context for maximum comedic effect, turning everyday updates into surreal, vibrant scenes. The results include...
Begay, a New York City-based freelance photo editor, starts by scouring Twitter and reader recommendations with her boyfriend. She then sits down with Adobe Illustrator and takes anywhere from four hours to a week and a half on each creation. There's no blog-to-book deal in progress...
"Did I really earn this?" she asked the assembled members of the Academy who had feted her with a rousing standing ovation, "or did I just wear y'all down?" (See pictures of Oscar fashion from the red carpet.)
For anyone trying to lose weight, one of the first indulgences to get cut from their diet is alcohol. After all, alcohol packs 7 kcal/g - a good-size glass of wine contains more than 150 calories - an extravagance that could stymie efforts to slim down.
That underscores the complex effect that alcohol has on the body, especially in women: excess alcohol can lead to a greater risk of developing breast cancer, while moderate consumption of a glass of wine a day may help reduce heart disease risk. So whatever potential gains a nightly beer or...