Wine-based spa treatments, tattoo convention, intricate ice
sculptures, and a robot hobbyist in China hits the big time.

Another great use for wine.

Tattoo convention.

Ice sculptures.

I (build) Robots.

"And Finally," the best of Reuters Oddly Enough this
week. From our web show studio in New York, I'm Chad Ruble. Its no secret
that I like the ol' vino, but now there's something else I can do with it.

Smear it on you face! High-end spas are now using wine by-products
to beautify their clients' skin.
I'll let Diane Hanson of Delluva Spa explain, "The red wine actually
helps with capillary activity, white wine helps more with lightening and
brightening."

That makes sense. For really bad acne, I'd recommend a 1966
bordeaux, and for dry skin, I'd say a Bartles & James White Zinfandel
Spritzer will do you. But it should go without saying, whatever you do, don't
use chardonnay as a moisturizer because that would be ridiculous. Oh wine!
First you cure heart disease and now this. Is there nothing you can't do?

Not many people know this, but I actually have a tattoo. Here,
check it out. That's as far as we got cuz it actually kinda hurts. For those
with higher pain thresholds, there's the Singapore Tattoo convention. Body
artists from all over showed off the fruits of their soon-to-be regretted
youth. I thought I loved Jack Daniels. "They tried to make me go to
Rehab but I said--" Oh, no, sorry, I thought you were someone else.

Also this week, artists who prefer frostbite to needle pain met in
Harbin, China for its annual Ice Sculpture contest. Artists used saws,
chisels, and powertools to create these intricate pieces. Whoa. The work will
be on display all month in the Mojave Desert. Just kidding. It's ice! They
would melt!

And finally on And Finally. We pay tribute to a man who never quit
in his dream to have a personal robot servant.

This is Wu Yulu and this is his robot, aptly named "Wu's 32nd
Son" -- his 32nd robo-creation. A farmer in rural China, Wu has no formal
training in bot building, but he didn't let that stop him. Instead he
borrowed money from friends, and even once burned his house down, as he
attempted to make his humanoid creations.
This one uses magnetic feet to walk up walls. At long last, Wu is finally
receiving recognition for his life's work, and is working with companies and
universities to help them develop new and cool robots. And his dream to have
his mechanical buddy pull his rickshaw into town has finally come true. Hope
he's not in a hurry.

See ya next time.