Weekend Links: How Not to Shower

Apparently I’ve been showering wrong for my entire adult life. Anyone else out there unaware that we’re not supposed to be using soap these days?

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Former President George W. Bush traded in his politics for paintbrushes, and the results are…surprisingly adept.

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These gorgeous photographs of airports as viewed from above will almost make you forget what an unpleasant experience going to the airport is.

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The Mars Curiosity rover just keeps doing cooler and cooler things. This 4-billion-pixel panorama stitched together from 295 separate images taken by the rover’s MastCams lets you virtually stand on Martian soil and take a look around. Use fullscreen mode for best effect.

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Remember those color-changing Hypercolor t-shirts? Oh, the ‘90s.

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Anderson Cooper met Grumpy Cat (you know, of Grumpy Cat fame) and it was a thing of beauty.

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After-Easter candy sales are coming! Resist the urge to indulge too freely in the post-holiday jellybean markdowns by making “the perfect chocolate truffle” at home instead.

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Watch this 2-year-old get caught red-handed sneaking around in the middle of the night, picking the lock to his sister’s room, and stealing her Pillow Pet, then let me know your opinion on whether this kid a) deserves a time-out, or b) is a genius.