Cayetano Ferrer is selling everything he owns on eBay “packaged in a large crate crafted from high quality poplar wood” as part of his BFA thesis at the School of the Art Institute Chicago. With 43 bids so far, the auction (which ends tomorrow) is up to $10,600, but the reserve hasn’t been met yet.

The auction’s reserve is the total amount of money he owes on his student loans.

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The long wait is over, people.

Warning/Nu-Lite Entertainment has announced the release of their new film, Color Of The Cross. The film will depict the final 48 hours of the life of Jesus Christ.

Oh – and Jesus is black.

Now I know what you’re thinking. You’re worried about all the controversy this is going to cause, right? Maybe a bit concerned about race relations? Don’t worry, little buddy – the film’s director and star, Jean Claude Lamarre, knows exactly what he’s doing.

“To watch a black man on screen, being referred to as rabbi, or to see him partaking in a Seder meal and observing Passover really blurs the lines that divide blacks and Jews in this country. We are part of the same history,” he said in a press release issued today.

Check out the trailer here.

This awesome thread on Ask Metafilter serves to both answer the nagging question we’ve all grappled with at one time or another (how can I best crash a fancy party in the style of James Bond?) and to remind me why I love the internet.

New article up at Gapers Block today.  Check it out.