Uh, oh. Somebody's about to get fried.

The sticker above was seen pasted on the side of a literature bin near the B49 bus stop at the corner of East 17 St & Sheepshead Bay Road.

It's an advertisement for SLUTZ -- literally! A visit to their website (no gratuitous links included, here) was a dead-end. But their Myspace page indicated that this group of logo-copiers run nightclub events. They specialize in "tight-ass beats" marketed with a picture of a woman's butt.

The logo they chose to "slut up" belongs to none other than the UTZ Quality Foods, Inc. snacks and potato chip company. The doctored logo does have a slight difference in the little girl's hairline, but it is unmistakably the UTZ logo, otherwise.

First, we're wondering why these event organizers feel the need to put their stickers on surfaces that don't belong to them. Next, we're interested in knowing if the UTZ snack company will get all "tight-ass" on them, maybe slice these SLUTZ up like potatoes and fry them in hot oil for ripping off their logo.

It's a little bit of a harsh punishment, but maybe that would finally get the message out to these tightwad advertisers.

The plant above was seen growing on the Sheepshead Bay station, close to the platform.

The plant stalks pictured to the side, though a little difficult to see is believed to be the same as the one above -- except that the one above is more of a trailing vine.

The leaves look similar to pumpkin plant leaves, so could this be the growth from pumpkin seeds thrown from the subway cars by people who can't wait for the garbage can? Or, is it a type of squash?

Are there any gardeners who might be able to identify this plant, or will we have to wait for the next harvest to check its yield?

This photo is a spectacular aerial view of Southern Brooklyn taken in flight from JFK Airport to Los Angeles. The photographer, Sheldon Pincus, captured the shot back in February.

Sheldon told us that, although he travels frequently, seldom does he "get to take a shot of Coney and Brooklyn like that clear and sunny day!" This shot is particularly beautiful, because it has the not-oft-seen gorgeous blue-green opaque color of the water.

This stray shopping cart titled "A Long Way From Home" was caught by photographer Lisanne Anderson and posted on Flickr on May 22, 2009.

The beautiful blue plastic cart found cowering under the shade of a tree must have been mistreated by its family -- the Family Dollar Store, that is. Imagine the life of this poor shopping cart, banged around, filled to the rim with cheap imports -- only to be emptied and tossed aside without so much as a thank-you.

From another perspective, it looks like a blue cruise ship sailing on a sea of green, but then reality sets in and like the Backyard Woods Explorer said, "If this one sits here long enough, the weeds will grow through it." Looks like Beautiful Blue would be happier living in the weeds than in an unhappy home.

This post is in response to a comment made by bill w. to our post about the Waterpod project, Sustainable Living Floats Into Sheepshead Bay.

Here is bill w.'s comment and our response, below:

What's so new? People have been living on boats for years. Most communities discurage this because they don't "pay taxes". How about Ried Stowe, living on a boat going around the world for 1000 days? Whats novel about this barge is that they are asking for donations. Imagine Sheesphead Bay filled with barges like this. What would the neighbors think?

Thank you, bill w., for bringing this to our attention.

If you've been reading Sheepshead Bites regularly, you might have noticed that we like to bring you a wide variety of news and happenings about issues related to Sheepshead Bay. The Waterpod project was an innovative visitor in our bay and we thought it might be worth a mention on our site, with hopes that our readers might be glad to hear about the project.

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In March, we told you about the No Sushi sign in the window at Wheeler's Bar.

Well, Wheeler's recently replaced the neon pink sign with a smaller plain one. The bartender on duty told us that the old sign had gotten a little old and had to be replaced. She assured us that although the sign has been replaced with one that is less prominent, the joke is still the same -- just not as big.

The Manhattan Beach Community Group (MBCG) has posted on its website the information about tonight's CB 15 meeting.

They are asking everyone to show up at the meeting especially to speak about the proposed NYC Department of Transportation's (NYC DOT) changes to the bus routes and vehicular traffic that will affect the Manhattan Beach quality of life. But, these proposed changes will affect everyone in the CB 15 area.

You can read more about the NYC DOT's recommendations and the MBCG's reaction to them, here.

Here is the meeting information:
Community Board 15 at Kingsborough Community College
Faculty Dining Room
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
7:00 p.m.

You'd better hurry, though, because just as quickly as it sailed in, it will sail out.*

The Waterpod Project, based out of New York, is a self-sustaining floating home to four artists, a few chickens, and a large array of vegetables. The barge, made from recycled and reused materials found around New York, was built as a collaborative effort by a multinational team of very innovative people in an effort to transform the way we think about living "off the land", so to speak.

And living "off" land is what this team of artists plans on doing when they are not visiting the shore. They have everything they need for survival on the barge: food, water, power, and waste treatment.

While the facilities are spartan, they meet the needs of the inhabitants sufficiently. When we visited them at their humble abode moored in Sheepshead Bay, they were quite content preparing a snack in the open air kitchen.

With the wide variety of fresh vegetables growing in their various tiers, as well as the eggs supplied by the chickens, the peas in the pod seem to be quite satisfied nutritionally.

They asked us for nothing other than we should let everyone know that their Waterpod will be at Pier 2 (Bedford Ave & Emmons Ave) in Sheepshead Bay until July 5, 2009. And oh, if you should have any extra eggshells that would be welcome, too. The chickens on board will thank you.

There is no admission price, but donations to support the project are welcomed. You can visit the self-sustaining home from Wednesdays to Sundays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Check the Waterpod website for full details and open hours. Get to know three ofthe residents before you enter their living room garden, Mary Mattingly, Eve Tremblay, and Mira Hunter and their artistic expressions at the website.

*Technically, the barge doesn't have any sails and was pulled in by a tugboat from the Weeks Marine Transportation, Inc. as a donated service.