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Fairy Swatter

Fairy Swatter

Pink vinyl star shape on an eighteen-inch blue wand… we know what this is! See? It says “Fairy Swatter” right on it — and (in case that wasn’t hint enough) it comes with a packet of squished-fairy stickers. No other novelty product we’ve seen this year (so far) is so perfectly suited to slapping any [...]

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It's a Broom, It's a Dog…

It's a Broom, It's a Dog...

This just in from Amanda Nicole, our Girl in Vancouver: the Doggy Broom! With an aluminum handle that’s shaped like a dog leash in zero gravity, and a colourful plastic broom that vaguely resembles a small long-haired dog — dare we suggest that the Scopa Cane Doggy broom (ViceVersa) is the perfect household item for [...]

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Bendy-Holdy Flower Vase

Bendy-Holdy Flower Vase

Today, I dashed into town to stock up on essentials, and while there stopped in at DJ’s mother’s house. Well, I’m ashamed to say that a parcel was waiting for me there since Christmas! (You know how it goes, never enough time in a day – especially when we seem to get a blasted snowstorm [...]

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Impossible is Nothing

Impossible is Nothing

So a snowboarding accident wipes out your plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro? What then? You look for a whole new hobby, of course! But maybe one that’s a tiny bit less challenging to the body… but boggles the mind and tests the patience. For Lee Greenwood, that means he’s taught himself to trap a Rubik’s [...]

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Pop Art for Breakfast

Pop Art for Breakfast

All the weight-control guru types tell us not to skip breakfast, but c’mon, how realistic is that? I can barely manage to get my act together enough to grab a cup of coffee on the way through my kitchen. Given a choice between a bowl of Kellogg cardboard and an extra fifteen minutes of sleep, [...]

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