And it is magical.

Photographer Andréanne Lupien from Canada has done a series of special portraits of cats and their owners titled "Crazy Cat Lovers."

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In each image the cats appear multiple times in a variety of poses.

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All under $40.

This gold global necklace:

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This reminder to always explore:

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I spoke to street performers at Southbank Centre and Covent Garden to find out what goes through their minds, and how they got into the profession in the first place.

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West told us that during the summer months he performs on the streets full-time, but in the winter months – when the weather's worse and things are quieter – he also works part-time at Tower Bridge.

"I tried street performing last year for about three months, to see whether it would work," West said. "I had a completely different character last time – I was a stilt-walking police man – but in the end I had to give that up because it was taking too much strain on my knees. So I decided to come up with this costume, the Queen's Guard, and the tourists absolutely love it… Because you get a lot of different nationalities down here on the South Bank, for those of them that don't understand or speak English it's much better to be a statue – with visual stuff – so that they can relate to the comedy aspect of it."

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User omgliterallydead will give you life.

An expert in the fine art of being basic, Skellie is a girl about town who means it when she says she's "literally dead."

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And her Instagram account, omgliterallydead, will give you life.

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She loves working out...

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Sushi...

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Be prepared.

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Use duct tape to close a wound.

"If you can't get immediate medical assistance, cut duct tape into strips and apply along the length of the laceration for DIY butterfly stitches," Willow Haven Outdoor owner and Fat Guys In The Woods host Creek Stewart told BuzzFeed Life.

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Turn your watch into a compass.

If you're lost, hold a watch with 12 o'clock at the left and the hour hand pointing at the sun, according to WIRED. The spot that's halfway between the hour hand and the 12 is south. Keep in mind that if you practice daylight saving time, you should subtract one hour from the hour hand.

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Wear panty hose under your pants to try to prevent hypothermia.

"Panty hose are an incredible base layer," says Stewart. "It's an old hunting secret to buy XXX-large women's panty hose before heading out into the woods."

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Green Eggs and Ham started as a dare to write a book using only 50 words.

A video from the archives at the University of California, San Diego shows the unique process of Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, in creating his beloved children's books.

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When designing the color scheme for his artwork, Seuss indicated the percentages of saturation for a color as well as the colors themselves.

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Though the book only uses a few colors, the different shades bring out the full dimensions of the cartoon.

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He had very specific thoughts about the colors for his imaginary worlds, including for the bones in his famous green ham.

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Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul will not appear on Better Call Saul — for now.

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Bad news Breaking Bad fans: Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul will not guest-star on Better Call Saul, the forthcoming Breaking Bad spin-off Vince Gilligan created with Peter Gould.

"Walt and Jesse will not appear in Season 1," Gould said at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California, on Saturday. "We want this to stand on its own. We don't want to mislead people in expecting something that's not going to happen. But having said that, everything else is on the table."

Better Call Saul revolves around Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), the shady lawyer employed throughout the original series by Walter White (Cranston) — although this time, he's calling himself Jimmy McGill.

The series is set six years before the events of Breaking Bad and as co-star Michael McKean noted that Paul's character Jesse "would be in middle school." The producers were quick to add that it's possible the beloved characters could appear in Season 2, which has already been ordered by AMC.

The 10-episode first season of Better Call Saul also stars Jonathan Banks, who reprises his role as Breaking Bad fan favorite Mike Erhmantraut, Rhea Seehorn (House of Lies), Patrick Fabian (The Last Exorcism), and Michael Mando (Orphan Black).

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How long have you had that mascara? Too long.

This is exactly how long you should be keeping every beauty product you own.

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Honestly ask yourself: Have you consistently added to your makeup collection for years, hardly throwing anything out?

It happens to the best of us.

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Have you built your nail polish stash to include every color and shade under the sun, hardly using most of the colors in your arsenal?

It takes time and dedication to cover all your color bases.

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If you've answered yes to any or all of these questions, it's time for a change. All the makeup you've had laying around for years can actually ruin your skin.

"Skin absorbs everything you put on it. Using expired makeup is like eating food that has turned. While it may not make you as ill, it can cause all kinds of problems from inflammation to rashes and to allergic reactions that can be really severe," celebrity makeup artist Tamah from The Wall Group, tells BuzzFeed Life.

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If you can make bagels out of brassicas, anything is possible.

Cheesy Cauliflower Breadsticks

Some genius did the obvious move and turned cauliflower pizza crust into cauliflower breadsticks. You know, like Papa John's but... not. Recipe here.

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"Everything Bagel" Cauliflower Rolls

I mean, the "everything" overpowers the "bagel" either way. Recipe here.

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Bacon Cheddar Cauliflower Chowder

White potatoes, you've officially been replaced. Recipe here.

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It’s not like EEG is breakthrough technology. We’ve been able to read the electrical activity of the brain for quite some time, but the clever folks at IEEE are thinking up new and creative ways to leverage those read-outs into something a bit more fun. Read More





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Find out now so you’re not caught off guard.

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Hungry for amazing new recipes? Then the BuzzFeed Food newsletter is for you!

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Who it's for: Healthy eaters, fast-food fiends, and everyone in between. Anyone hungry for a life-changing new recipe or a fresh spin on an old favorite.

What you'll get: Amazing recipes ranging from vegan versions of your favorite comfort foods to mind-blowing grilled cheeses. Breakfasts that will start your day off right, super-easy work lunches, and delicious ways to make your weeknights a snap. Kitchen essentials and brilliant shortcuts that everyone should learn. Mouthwatering desserts, must-try cocktails, and much more!

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Winter is coming. And coming and coming…

This is the Russian village of Oymyakon.

Oymyakon is a mere few hundred miles away from the Arctic Circle, according to Atlas Obscura.

And being that close to the ninth circle of hell has its issues like...

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Snowing indoors.

Record lows dip to about -96.16 degrees, which means the temperature inside your body is almost 100% warmer than the temperature outside of it.

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Going outside with wet hair is actually traumatizing.

Does this mean all your hair will just crack off and you don't have to shave?

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Your dog may contemplate killing you to tunnel inside your body.

Because cold this cold is cruel.

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If you were gifted with broad shoulders but want to play them down a bit every now and then, these tips and tricks will help you out.

Emphasize your waist while balancing out your figure.

Think peplum, it cinches your waist but the flaring on the bottom balances out your shoulders.

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Avoid tops with detailing at the shoulders, or balance them out with volume on your lower half.

If you have a beautiful top with detail on the shoulder, pair it like this blogger with a flowy skirt that balances out your shoulders and lower body.

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Embrace the skater skirt, she's your friend.

Skater skirts flare out to balance your lower body with your upper body, so even with a detailed top, proportions are balanced.

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Say yes to scoop and v-necks.

Wearing lower cut tops keeps the attention away from your shoulders, leading the eye down instead of from left to right.

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PEGIDA appeared out of nowhere in October and now draws thousands to its protests. Lucian Kim reports for BuzzFeed News from Dresden on the rise of the shadowy new group.

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DRESDEN, Germany — The thousands who tramped to a soggy field in a Dresden park Monday night weren't just defying the rain and cold, but the words of Chancellor Angela Merkel. In a televised address on New Year's Eve, Merkel warned citizens not to attend any more protests organized by PEGIDA, a shadowy group claiming to defend Western civilization against "Islamization." That night, 18,000 protesters, mostly young men, showed up at the 11th PEGIDA rally, even more than at the group's last demonstration, before Christmas.



Holding German flags and signs with slogans like "More money for our children than for asylum swindlers," the crowd listened to speeches read by speakers out of an open-sided trailer. When PEGIDA organizer Kathrin Oertel mentioned Merkel and unfavorable media coverage of the protests, she was met with boos and chants of "lying press, lying press!" Alcohol, dogs, and glass bottles were strictly forbidden — but not viewpoints that in polite society would be considered politically incorrect, if not outright xenophobic. Quite the contrary.



"When you hear that something is 'anti-foreigner,' you start to believe it may actually make sense," said Julien Wiesemann, 23, an education student who was attending his ninth PEGIDA rally. "Calling us Nazis trivializes Nazis," said his friend Matthias Scholz, 24, who is studying to be a religion teacher. "The media don't report objectively." Both young men sported beards and wool caps, looking like anything but skinheads.



Germany's political establishment is at a loss about how to deal with PEGIDA, which seemingly arose out of nowhere in Dresden in October. The acronym, which stands for Patriotische Europäer Gegen die Islamierung des Abendlandes, or Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, has spawned spin-off rallies in other German cities. After the attack on French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo that killed at least 12 people on Wednesday, PEGIDA is taking a "told you so" attitude as it assails Germany's elite for being out of touch with reality. In a poll conducted in December, 49% of respondents said they have full or partial understanding of the PEGIDA demonstrations.



Germany, which has followed a pacifist foreign policy because of its Nazi past and only reluctantly accepted immigration in recent years, is largely buffered from the conflicts gnawing at Europe's borders in the Middle East and North Africa. In the past year, however, 200,000 refugees sought refuge in Germany, many from Syria. The growth of Salafism, a form of radical Islam, among Muslims in Germany has further caused tensions. In October, thousands of supporters of a group called HoGeSa, or Hooligans Against Salafis, clashed with police at a demonstration in Cologne, which like many Western German cities has a sizable Turkish community.

Kathrin Oertel, one of the main organizers of the PEGIDA movement, speaks to supporters on Jan. 5.

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In an interview at a hotel bar in Dresden's historic center, Oertel, the PEGIDA organizer, said that she and a dozen friends felt they had had enough after the Kurdish rebel group PKK and their German supporters held a rally in central Dresden in early October. "We don't want them to carry out their quarrels on our streets," she said. "This isn't any of our business." PEGIDA was born, and the first rally took place on Oct. 20. At each subsequent rally, the numbers of participants grew as word spread via Facebook. Many demonstrators shouted "We are the people," adopting the slogan that was chanted in Dresden and other East German cities at the pro-democracy protests that helped bring down the Berlin Wall and reunite Germany 25 years ago.



Oertel, 36, a business consultant and mother of three, said that the "Islamification" of her home state of Saxony, where less than 3% of the population are foreigners, may not seem like a problem. "The Muslims are making it a problem," said Oertel, who has long blonde hair and was dressed all in black. She said it started in her children's school, where Muslim girls wear headscarves and don't take part in swimming lessons. "I don't have anything against Christians or Buddhists or Jews," Oertel, an atheist, said. "They don't bother me and don't demand I observe certain rules so as not to offend them."



Oertel said all the organizers had voted for mainstream political parties in the past, such as Merkel's Christian Democrats or the Free Democrats, a pro-business party. Now she supports the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), or Alternative for Germany, an upstart right-wing party that in 2014 entered three regional legislatures, including Saxony's.



"PEGIDA is an expression of the people. And I'm not ready to say, like Mrs. Merkel, that they're all filled with hate," said Frauke Petry, the head of the AfD caucus in the Saxon parliament. On Wednesday, she had her first meeting with the PEGIDA organizers behind closed doors.

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The Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet Built-in Artisan Fire Pizza Oven offers an elegant way to bake pizza right from the comfort of your backyard.

















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So easy, it should be a food sin.

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5-Minute Spicy Asian Chicken Salad

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Sriracha Lime Chicken Chopped Salad

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Lebanese Lemon-Parsley Bean Salad

Check out the recipe here.

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