Berlin-based artist and tinkerer Niklas Roy has devised a rather inefficient way to ensure privacy in his studio. (Photo: Niklasroy.com ) He has installed a curtain, which although not large enough to cover the entire window of his workspace, does happen to be attached to a camera, a computer, and an automated motor, so it automatically moves to block the view of any passersby.

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Dumb or clever: The motion-sensitive mini-curtain?

In 1979, comedian Steve Martin published a book of short works called Cruel Shoes , which included an essay by the same name.

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Offbeat bras poke fun at society’s dumb standards of beauty

Get excited, folks, tomorrow marked the annual world record skinny-dip challenge.  Sponsored by the American Association for Nude Recreation, each year nudist camps around the country host mass skinny-dips on the same day and time in hopes of breaking the record set the prior year. If you're lucky, the people participating near you will be as young and attractive as the folks in this promotional video.

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A skinny-dip record

Le Petomane, pictured, was a French flatulist who was a total gas and with his demise we lost perhaps the greatest dumb performer of all time. In short, he farted.  He farted his way to the top

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Johnny Depp’s weirdest role?

Do you expert nerd movies to have good love scenes?  I don't.  They're made for an audience of people who still live at home and have never seen a non-blue woman naked.  Still Ranker.com's 10 Creepiest Sex Scenes in Superhero Movies by Dave Howard is pretty fun. I like Howard's description of Bruce Banner getting it on in The Incredible Hulk : “…his heart rate monitor keeps going off, which means that if he's not careful Betty would find herself having sex with an enormous, muscle-y, primal incarnation of Banner's raging id

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Wham! BAM! Thank You Mortal Ma’am!

Well, now I'm balloon man. I mean, seriously? I thought the baby would actually hold onto that balloon

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And You Thought Balloon Boy Was Dumb…

Bidding starts at $200,000 for this LOVE painting by Robert Indiana . It's 12 inches square, was originally made to be a greeting card and yet it could net up to half a million dollars.* The painting is by the same Robert Indiana who starred in Andy Warhol's film “Eat” which is a silent 39 minutes of Indiana eating a mushroom.  Here's an action-packed two-minute clip which also features his cat .  Back to the auction, I found a Roy Lichtenstein foot medication poster which is expected to bring in a few thou and this rusted car hood (pictured right).  It is a real unsigned and untitled rusty car hood and it is being sold as a piece of art that is estimated to fetch $200-$300.   Well America, now when the neighbors scoff at the vehicle graveyard you've got splayed on your front lawn, you can yell “site-specific installation!” and wave this link in their general direction.  You're welcome

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Can Buy Me Love & Other High Brow Dumb Treasures

A new PowerPoint presentation from an ad agency & the band Devo — yes apparently the funny-hatted ones are alive — is to be commended for a healthy dose of entertaining nonsense.  Enjoy! Thanks to Joseph Dickerson for the heads up .

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Devo’s Dumb Delight

John White, pictured, hit a trifecta of stupidity this week, according to police in Orem, UT. He allegedly stole a two telephones from a gas station attendant and fled.

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No Directions Home

New York City has had some pretty fierce battles over artwork over the years. And we've had some pretty silly artwork. So how come our silly artwork is always dead sharks floating in formaldehyde , the Virgin Mary smeared with elephant poo , or wrapping Central Park in monk's robes?

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Oi, Robot