Alessi Todo Giant Cheese & Nutmeg Grater

$125.99 Amazon »

The Alessi Todo giant cheese and nutmeg grater is for chefs and entertainers who value presentation. Flair. Copious amounts of cheese and nutmeg...

Magicactus Kit - Miniature Crystal Cactus Growing Set

$19.95 - $21 Amazon »

My mama has had a Christmas Cactus for years, but a crystal cactus? So precious and shiny and energy healing...or whatever the sayers say crystals do. I've never seen one of these small miracles. I bet my mama hasn't...

These 14 charming design gifts feature exceptional executions, yes. But they're as much about the cleverness of the ideas to create them in the first place. They're super cool designs conceived by people who were wearing fully loaded thinking caps. Some are handmade, some are mass produced, some...

Toast-it Cork Coasters

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Toast for your toasts! And so that you don't F up the table. Toast-it Coasters are a set of 8 cork drink pedestals packaged - and you thought the cleverness couldn't get any more intense - like a loaf. A loaf...

Life Size Hanging Shark Sculpture

$4,394.50 Etsy »

What exactly does "life size" mean when we're talking a life size hanging shark sculpture? Welp, nose-to-tail-fin this beatific behemoth from The King's Bay measures 11' long. With a wing-, er, pectoral fin span of 76"...

Handmade Baby Jabba Dolls

$781.14 Etsy »

Baby Yo-...no. The Chi-...no. Grogu! Nope, not even Grogu. It's Baby Jabba! Wait, what? Baby Jabba? Baby Jabba the Hutt? What evil cuteness, what abominable adorability is this?!...

The Historical City Scratch-Off Puzzles

Assemble the 500 puzzle pieces of London, New York, or Paris of yore, and then scratch off your shiny new project to reveal an even shinier, newer project: London, New York, or Paris of today. The Historical City Scratch-Off...

Inflatable Shark Squirt Gun

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Must be a slow day because this inflatable shark squirt gun has me right enamored. (And also giggling like a school girl because the first time I wrote that sentence I made a typo and called it the "inflatable shart squirt...

Fire Syrup - Jalapeno Infused Syrup

$14.97 Amazon »

The makers of Fire Syrup, a jalapeno-infused sweetener and flavor kicker upper, call their creation "A sweet, hot squirt of genius with 104 uses!"...

My collection of 17 of the best boozy gifts for 2020 isn't just about the booze itself. The beer, the wine, the liquor, sure, there's some of that. But there's also a lot of what you're gonna put your booze in. How you're gonna serve it. How you're gonna make it better. ... And in one case, how you're...

Full Face Trapper Hat with Goggles

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Goofy? Yes. Overkill? Maybe. But let's also review all the ways in which this full face trapper hat - with goggles! - is exactly the piece of headwear you need right now. Or at least need to get as a gift for your girlfriend...

EmazingLights Orbite-X3 Spinning LED Orbit

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When you tell your kids to go outside and play, hand them an Orbite-X3 spinning LED orbit and they may actually listen. The EmazingLights issue is obviously EDM show- and festival-ready, but you don't need to be a raver...

Bah, Humbug! Candy Cane

$9.07 Amazon »

That's one way to go with the Bah, Humbug! Candy Cane. Whiting out its jolly red stripes. Eliminating its trademark peppermint flavor. Devoiding the candy cane of all signs of Christmas spirit. It makes a funny stocking...

Nerf The Mandalorian Amban Phase-pulse Blaster

$125.99 Hasbro Pulse »

I know what you're thinking. Dude. If I get a Nerf The Mandalorian Amban Phase-pulse Blaster for my kid this Christmas, I am going to be the Best! Parent! Ever! Or maybe it's, Dude. If I get a Nerf The Mandalorian Amban...

Coke Can Mini Fridge

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It's mini for a refrigerator, but maxi for a Coke can. Oh Coca-Cola Mini Cooler, let's pop a top and clink a can to the irony!...

If you were groovy in the 70s, gnarly in the 80s, or dope in the 90s, these 18 throwback gifts are for your own nostalgic self...

Myerchin Marlin Spike

$33.49 Amazon »

Myerchin's Marlin Spike is too big to be a toothpick, too small to be a fire poker, too blunt to skewer me some kebabs...so what exactly is it? What the EDConundrum is a marlin spike?...

5-Gallon Copper Alembic Still for Whiskey & Moonshine

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Don't people wear copper bracelets to reduce inflammation and boost immunity? Well. Imagine how un-swollen and impervious to disease I'm going to be after drinking 5 gallons of whiskey from this copper alembic still!...

Dude's must see products for November 2020 are all about your holiday gift-buying pursuits. Being generous, sharing love and thoughtfulness with others...

The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival

$13.81 Amazon »

It's another outdoor, off-grid survival how-to, this time from Netflix's MeatEater host, Steven Rinella. The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival calls itself "the perfect antidote to the sensationalism of...

E74: What Is This Thing?

Welcome to Edition 74 of What Is This Thing?, my recurring visual riddle series consisting of one simple photo - see above - and one simple question: what is this thing?...

Butts on Things Stickers, Pins & Artwork

$4.50 - $20 Etsy »

What's up, Taco Butt? Hey there, TARDASSSS! Yo, yo, I see you've got S'more junk in the trunk. No insult and no judgement with my comments, just a sheer appreciation for your Butts on Things sticker, pin, and artwork...

Stuffed Animal Storage Bean Bag Chair

$23.95 - $39.95 Amazon »

I don't need this stuffed animal storage bean bag chair as a quick place to hide my childhood teddy and bunny, and my adulthood Baby Yoda (Grogu!) Squishmallow plush when people (i.e., my wife) come in my office...you...

Charmeuse Kimono Robe

$149.99 Amazon »

I love everything about these watercolor-effect charmeuse Kimono Robes as a wrapped up purdy gift for my wife, except the word charmeuse. Shar-moose, is that how you say it? That is ugly, and my mouth does not like the...