E43: What Is This Thing?

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Welcome to Edition 43 of What Is This Thing?, a visual riddle, a mind bender, a way to build some mental muscle alongside your prison body...

Noodles Towels

I already have a Ramen Towel. It doesn't have screen-printed bowls of noodles hanging off the sides of it though. It's just a red towel I really like, and always keep tucked in the neck of my shirt while I eat Ramen to:...

Extendable Chinese Tai Chi Sword

$44.99 Amazon »

The usual rule might be no sword fighting in the house, but these are not your usual times, and this extendable Chinese tai chi sword is not your usual weapon. Telescoping with the flick of a wrist from an 8.5" hilt to...

Star Wars Death Star Glass & Ice Mold Set

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This Star Wars Death Star Glass & Ice Mold Set might be a victim of extended delivery periods for online orders, but at printing anyway, there was still a chance the 4-piece tumbler and giant cube tray set would arrive...

ClearUP - Drug-Free Sinus Pain Relief for Allergies

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Zap your allergy-related sinus pain like your mosquitos! The ClearUP is a drug-free device that uses an electrical current to stimulate sinus nerve fibers under your cheeks, nose bone, and brown bone, helping to ease...

Conquer Adjustable Height Cycling Trainer Desk

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Adjustable height cycling trainer desk? Looks more like an adjustable height cycling trainer airplane tray table. But for the cyclists I know who are serious about turning their road bikes into stationary bikes so they...

Retro single player games of skill could be anything from the 14th Century cup-and-ball game to the great Frogger of the 1980s. The retro single player games of skill I've chosen for this revue are all physical hand-eye coordination and concentration games - no screens or controllers allowed. Some...

Guevara Cigar Lighter with Cigar Stand

$19.99 - $21.99 Amazon »

So this is what Cuban steampunk looks like. The Guevara Cigar Lighter shows off an industrial cyborg look with its slatted shell and mottled silver and gold finish options, and an industrial Mr. Belvedere functionality...

Giant Crystal Glass Brandy Snifters

$31.90 - $119 Amazon »

Nothing does the Remy Martin XO justice like a giant crystal glass brandy snifter that can hold a whole bottle of it. Several bottles of the red-gold liquor when you go with a 12000mL version of the stemware, but that...

Petsfit Dog Bunk Bed

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Not only does this dog bunk bed from Petsfit look precious, the wood panel pooch chamber is begging to look even more precious, as it arrives primed and ready for a custom paint job from Dad. I mean, come one, Petsfit...

E42: What Is This Thing?

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Welcome to Edition 42 of What Is This Thing?, a visual riddle, a mind bender, a way to build some mental muscle alongside your prison body...

Canadian Spa Company 16' St. Lawrence Swim Spa

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Canadian Spa Company's 16' St. Lawrence Swim Spa is large enough to fit 17 people, but ain't no way that's happening anytime soon. Of course, neither is a thrice-weekly lap swim at the gym. Or an early-bird water workout...

Foots Love Broken Toe Wraps

$12.82 Amazon »

Foots Love Broken Toe. I can't help but read that curious name for a broken toe wrap and crooked / hammer toe splint like, "Foots be lovin' them some broken toes. So come on, son, drop that dumbbell on piggies 2 and 3...

Corgi Butt Leggings

$54.07 Etsy »

Why you gotta taunt me, Corgi Butt Leggings? Like I don't want to pet, pat, and smack my wife's ass often enough as it is. Especially now that we're sheltering up in place, so it's within about 50' of me 24/7. Adding...

Where's Bowie? 500-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

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The Where's Bowie? 500-piece jigsaw puzzle is not practicing safe social distancing like Clay Bennett's reimagination of Where's Waldo? But, it is paying proper - eccentric, colorful, Easter-egg-packed - tribute to the...

Bushnell Falcon 10x50 Wide Angle Binoculars

$35.34 Amazon »

I'm not suggesting you use the Bushnell's Falcon 10x50 wide angle binoculars to do any shady magnified viewing during your shelter in place. I'm thinking more like playing Hangman with the neighbor across the street who's...

Dumpster Fire 2020 Insulated Travel Mug

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Dumpster Fire 2020 merch is about to light up online marketplaces. This Dumpster Fire 2020 insulated travel mug from Missing Digit Woodshop is a big deviation from their other whimsical designs, namely the Spartan Knife...

E41: What Is This Thing?

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Welcome to Edition 41 of What Is This Thing?, a visual riddle, a mind bender, and a way to pass a few more minutes of your screen time...

Taco Toaster Taco Shell Makers

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The Taco Toaster! Here to save us from the horrible taco shell shortage we've been experiencing! It's a pair of dashing red tortilla shapers that slip right into your home toaster to turn your store-bought (or homemade)...

Hygiene Hand Antimicrobial Brass Door Opener & Stylus

$21 StatGear »

No hand a lot of us could use more right now than a Hygiene Hand. The antimicrobial brass door opener and stylus comes as, shall we say, a first responder in the coronavirus EDC department, but its utility as a handle...

Calling these how-to guides manuals of random & dubious skills is itself a random & dubious title, but it was the only one I saw fit for such an eclectic collection of guides...

Pizzazz Plus Rotating Pizza Oven

$82.31 Amazon »

The Pizzazz Plus Rotating Pizza Oven isn't trying to school you on yeast whispering and dough tossing, bubbling up tomato sauce, or perfecting cheese and topping distribution. This 1,235-watt bad boy for the countertop...

BIC Special Edition Lighters

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BIC Special Edition Lighters are like the frosted Lucky Charms of smoking paraphernalia. Neon green pickles! Scooter-riding T-Rexes! Nebula-drifting tacos! Angelic grinning beavers! They're magically auspicious!...

Polydrop Trailers

$14,495 - $19,995 Polydrops »

It's a road trip spaceship! Polydrop Trailers are geometric campers designed to look and act like they're something from another place, another time...