Double Rainbow in Los Angeles

Walking to my car this evening I saw this: two rainbows over Occidental College.

Sunday Succulent: Astrophytum capricorne

Astrophytum capricorne

Today's Sunday Succulent is Astrophytum capricorne, not Astrophytum ornatum, which it can be mistaken for. My husband (the cactus and succulent expert) describes it as:

The skin of the cactus is patterned with fine, white tubercles which give it a rich texture, like exotic animal skin. The spines are long and curved. The flowers on this individual are lemon-yellow with a red throat.

Sunday Succulent: Echinopsis cinnabarina

Echinopsis cinnabarina

The Other Half has always been a big fan of succulents and cacti. Recently he has become a more serious afficionado, joining the Cactus and Succulent Society of America. This has made him a more knowledgeable collector of the plants. He tells me that the above is Echinopsis cinnabarina.

Eye Candy: Armon Adibi

Armon Adibi is a natural bodybuilder from Dallas, Texas. I first noticed him at Dark Flex. On his Model Mayhem page, he lists himself at 5'10", 240 pounds and was born November 2, 1983. He is a bit bigger than most of the models we feature here, but he is definitely still Eye Candy.

Eye Candy: Christopher Villa

Christopher Villa is a 26-year-old model from Brooklyn, New York. I found him myself but he's also available on Facebook. With friends like these who needs benefits? If you want to see more of Mr. Villa, check out this short film, directed by renowned photographer Carlos Arias. The shots shown here were taken by Rick Day.

Eye Candy: Stanley Wittemberg

Hat tip to self-described modelizer Rod 2.0 for highlighting the hotness that is model Stanley Wittemberg. Nice, eh?

LOOK: A 3-D Depiction of the Mandelbrot Set

Thanks to io9, I was alerted to this interesting 3-D visualization of the famous Mandelbrot set. The Mandelbrot set is a very famous example of a fractal, which is an object which is self-similar under magnification. It is usually depicted in two-dimensions, since it is generally generated using complex variables. There are many more stunning images available.

Eye Candy: Robert Gonzalez

More stunning work from the lens of John Gress. Last week, we brought you his stunning images of beautiful dark-skinned model Adem Aluka and this week we are bringing you the powerfully muscular physique and masculine (but cuddly) look of Robert Gonzalez. Check out more of his work at www.johngress.com.

Celebrity Friday: Serena Williams Nude on ESPN Mag Cover

New world #1 Serena Williams is just one of the many athletes posing nude for the cover of ESPN magazine's "Body issue."

Eye Candy: Grégory Capra

Here are some pictures of the stunning Grégory Capra, a French model who has graced the pages of Tetu, the French gay magazine and was featured at Queerty.com recently, where they have several more images of this delightful French patisserie!

Featured Flora: Pink Beauty

Gymnocalycium denudatum 'Pink Beauty'

This small, dome-shaped cactus has flattened, spidery spines; no threat to anyone! This variety has pink flowers rather than the usual white. The Other Half purchased this one at Huntington Gardens Desert Collection by appointment.

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Eye Candy: Inked

It's surprisingly difficult to find high-quality puictures of models of color on the web. One source I was directed to was: http://bbwphoto.blogspot.com where I found the amazing shot above. Lucky us!

Eye Candy: Philip Fusco

Yay! After a brief hiatus, Japhy at Queerty.com is back and posting up pictures of scantily clad pulchritudinous youngsters. Here are a few shots of Philip Fusco, check out Queerty for more pictures of him (wearing even less!)

President Barack Obama's Official Photo

Barack Hussein Obama is now the 44th President of the United States!

Eye Candy: Alex Valdez

Sports, anyone? Queerty has been upping it a notch with their latest Morning Goods who are people of color. First, they had two black models--Synjin and Chris Sledge--on December 31 (more than they had the entire last half of the year) and so far in 2009 they have had multiple Latino models.

Enjoy these shots of Alex Valdez and then head over to Queerty for even more delectable images of him.

Eye Candy: Santiago Peralta

¡Buenas Dias! Queerty continues their exploration of non-white models with Santiago Peralta. Check out their site which has over a dozen images of Señor Peralta.

Eye Candy: Sinjyn

Sinjyn was a bonus model of color that the boys at Queerty snuck in on the last day of 2008.

Eye Candy: Dark Chocolate!

I just discovered this very cool blog called Another Guy Blog which features smoking hot pictures of Black guys every day. They deserve much more traffic, and will most likely be a frequent source of MadProfessah's Eye Candy in the future. Enjoy!

Eye Candy: Jason Holmes

The editors of Queerty.com have finally selected a model with dark skin as one of their Morning Goods models and his name is Jason Holmes. Happy holidays!

Barack Obama Named Time's 2008 Person of the Year

Time magazine has named Barack Obama their Person of the Year 2008. In their lengthy article on the soon-to-be 44th President of the United States, they also include pictures from a 1980 photo shoot of "Barry Obama" as a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles (where MadProfessah teaches now) taken by photographer Lisa Jack for her colege photography portfolio.